BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison - ECPv6.17.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250926T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250926T130000 DTSTAMP:20250918T163656Z CREATED:20250903T155005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T163656Z UID:10001309-1758888000-1758891600@engineering.wisc.edu SUMMARY:Optimization\, ML and AI in Operations Management  DESCRIPTION:UW-ISyE looks forward to welcoming Dr. Georgia Perakis\, Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nData-driven decision-making has garnered a growing interest due to the increase in data availability in recent years. With that growth many opportunities as well as challenges arise. Optimization\, Machine Learning (ML) and more generally\, AI play and can play even more an important role to address important challenges in a variety of Operations Management applications. In this talk\, we will discuss some of these applications and will highlight the importance and challenges of integrating optimization with ML in data-driven decision-making. We will also discuss some concrete examples of these synergies in pricing and healthcare. As a result\, we will also discuss how we can optimize over already trained objective functions that arise from neural network models in order to recommend better decisions. \n\n\n\n\n\nBio: Georgia Perakis is the William F. Pounds Professor and a Professor of Operations Management\, Operations Research & Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is also serving as co-director of the Operations Research Center. On July 1 she started her sabbatical at Harvard Business School where she is spending the year as a Visiting Scholar. For the past year and a half\, she served as the John C Head III Dean (Interim) at MIT Sloan and before that\, she served as an Associate Dean for Social and Ethical Responsibility in Computing (SERC) in the Schwarzman College of Computing and MIT Sloan. Her research has received many awards and focuses on analytics/AI\, in particular\, in the intersection of optimization and machine learning with applications in pricing\, revenue management\, supply chain\, sustainability and healthcare among others. She received the PECASE Award from the Office of the President on Science and Technology. In 2016\, she was elected as an INFORMS Fellow\, and in 2021 as Distinguished MSOM Fellow.  \n\n\n\nPerakis has passion for supervising PhD\, masters\, and undergraduate students\, having graduated 34 PhD and 63 master’s students. She has received numerous awards for teaching including the Graduate Student Council Teaching Award (2002)\, the Samuel M. Seegal Award (2012)\, the Jamieson Prize for excellence in Teaching (2014)\, the Teacher of the Year Award (2017) and the Outstanding Teaching Award (2024) at MIT Sloan. Perakis is currently the Editor in Chief of the M&SOM journal and has served on the editorial board at a number of other journals. She holds a BS in mathematics from the University of Athens as well as an MS in applied mathematics and a PhD in applied mathematics from Brown University. URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/optimization-ml-and-ai-in-operations-management/ LOCATION:1163 Mechanical Engineering\, 1513 Engineering Dr.\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium,Industrial & Systems Engineering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://engineering.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/perakisgraphic.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250925T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250925T170000 DTSTAMP:20250922T141117Z CREATED:20250811T150514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T141117Z UID:10001260-1758816000-1758819600@engineering.wisc.edu SUMMARY:ME 150th Celebration: Distinguished Alumni\, Jim Berbee DESCRIPTION:To celebrate 150 years of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison\, the Department of Mechanical Engineering will feature distinguished alumni in mechanical engineering and engineering mechanics who have made a lasting impact on the field. Jim Berbee\, who received his bachelor’s (’85) and his master’s (’87) in mechanical engineering\, started his career as an IBM system engineer and then founded Berbee Information Networks Corporation. After selling his company\, Dr. Berbee earned his doctor of medicine and now serves as a clinical assistant professor at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. To learn more about Jim Berbee’s experience\, please join us for this installment of our ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture series. \n\n\n\nPresentation title: Is it a good thing\, or a bad thing? \n\n\n\nBio: After graduating from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with degrees in mechanical engineering and business\, Dr. Berbee started his career as an IBM system engineer where he specialized in system interoperability. He then founded Berbee Information Networks Corporation\, which he sold to the public company CDW. He went on to earn his medical degree at Stanford University School of Medicine. \n\n\n\nDr. Berbee joined the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health after completing his emergency medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. He served as an attending physician at the UW\, the VA and on MedFlight\, the UW critical transport helicopter service. He also attended patients at the Rice Lake emergency department in northern Wisconsin. \n\n\n\nDr. Berbee serves as a Trustee of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Association (WARF\, known for the medication Warfarin) and is on the board of directors of Madison Gas and Electric (MGEE). He was the Chair of WARF from 2018-2024. He is an active venture investor in medicine and technology and holds patents related to digital otoscopy. He is the founder and chair of WiscMed\, a company that designs and markets the Wispr digital otoscope. \n\n\n\nHe supports human health and welfare projects through the BerbeeWalsh Foundation. He is the event founder of the Berbee Derby Thanksgiving Day 10k RUN & 5k RUN/WALK whose proceeds support technology education. He holds an airline transport pilot (ATP) license\, and type ratings in Cessna Citation jets. In addition\, he has rotor and float plane endorsements. \n\n\n\nHis primary home is in British Columbia\, Canada which he shares with Maple\, his spaniel. URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-150th-celebration-distinguished-alumni-jim-berbee/ LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711 CATEGORIES:Alumni events,Featured Guest Speaker,Mechanical Engineering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://engineering.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Event-Graphics-for-Calendar.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250925T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250925T130000 DTSTAMP:20250905T133221Z CREATED:20250904T203653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T133221Z UID:10001311-1758801600-1758805200@engineering.wisc.edu SUMMARY:NEEP Seminar Series: Todd Allen\, University of Michigan DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 2512:00 – 1:00pm106 Engineering Research BuildingPlease contact office@neep.wisc.edu for assistance with remote participation. \n\n\n\nNet zero economy: What’s Up With That (and Nuclear)?Transitioning to a net-zero economy is complex and involves developing new technologies (including nuclear energy)\, determining pathways to expand into wider use of these technologies\, and determining the decision-making processes and policy choices to optimize success.  This talk will frame this transition for nuclear energy within three concepts\, Energy Technology Complexity\, System-informed Decision-Making\, and Community-appropriate Capacity Expansion\, that are the key considerations through which optimal transitions can be made. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTodd AllenDr. Todd Allen is Professor at the University of Michigan and a Senior Fellow at Third Way\, a DC base Think Tank\, supporting their Climate & Energy Portfolio.  He is the Founding Director of the Fastest Path to Zero Initiative\, aimed at identifying the combined technologies and social acceptance that moves towards decarbonized systems.   He is also the Co-Director of the University of Michigan’s hydrogen initiative\, MI Hydrogen.  He was the Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the Idaho National Laboratory from January 2013 through January 2016. Prior to INL he was a Professor in the Engineering Physics Department at the University of Wisconsin\, a position held from September 2003 through December 2012 and again from January 2016-December 2018.  From March 2008-December 2012\, he was concurrently the Scientific Director of the Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility at INL. Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin\, he was a Nuclear Engineer at Argonne National Laboratory-West in Idaho Falls. His Doctoral Degree is in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan (1997) and his Bachelor’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering is from Northwestern University (1984).  Prior to graduate work\, he was an officer in the United States Navy Nuclear Power Program. URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/neep-seminar-series-todd-allen-university-of-michigan/ CATEGORIES:Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://engineering.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/NEEP-Seminar-Series_Events-Page-Feature-Image.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250924T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250924T200000 DTSTAMP:20250822T163947Z CREATED:20250822T163945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T163947Z UID:10001271-1758736800-1758744000@engineering.wisc.edu SUMMARY:The Next Era: A Reception with Dean Ranjan DESCRIPTION:—- \n\n\n\nYou’re invited to join us for a special evening as we welcome Devesh Ranjan (MS ’05\, PhD ’07)\, the new Grainger Dean of the College of Engineering\, for a casual reception with fellow alumni in the Twin Cities area.  \n\n\n\nThis is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with the College\, engage in meaningful conversations with Dean Ranjan\, and network with fellow engineering alumni living and working in the region. Come celebrate the exciting future of the College of Engineering and be part of this growing community of innovators and leaders.Date: September 24\, 2025Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (featuring brief remarks and Q+A)Location: The Hewing Hotel(300 N Washington Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN 55401) \n\n\n\nHeavy appetizers and refreshments will be served. Street parking available. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWe look forward to extending a warm Wisconsin welcome to Dean Ranjan and help shape the future of engineering—together. \n\n\n\nThis event is free to attend. URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/the-next-era-a-reception-with-dean-ranjan-3/ LOCATION:300 N Washington Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN 55401\, 300 N Washington Ave\,\, Minneapolis\, Wisconsin\, 55401\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250923T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250923T170000 DTSTAMP:20250827T163458Z CREATED:20250827T163455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T163458Z UID:10001287-1758643200-1758646800@engineering.wisc.edu SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: David Schaffer DESCRIPTION:David SchafferDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringUniversity of California-Berkeley Berkeley\, CA \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDirected Evolution of New AAV Vectors for Clinical Gene Therapy\n\n\n\nGene therapy has experienced an increasing number of successful human clinical trials\, leading to 6 FDA approved products using delivery vectors based on adeno-associated viruses (AAV). These successes were possible due to the identification of specific disease targets for which natural variants of AAV were sufficient. However\, vectors face a number of barriers and shortcomings that preclude their extension to most human diseases\, including limited delivery efficiency to target cells\, pre-existing antibodies against AAVs\, suboptimal biodistribution\, limited spread within tissues\, and/or an inability to target delivery to specific cells. These barriers are not surprising\, since the parent viruses upon which vectors are based were not evolved by nature for our convenience to use as human therapeutics. Unfortunately\, for most applications\, there is insufficient mechanistic knowledge of underlying virus structure-function relationships to empower rational design improvements. As an alternative\, for over two decades we have been implementing directed evolution–the iterative genetic diversification of the viral genome and functional selection for desired properties–to engineer highly optimized\, next generation AAV variants for efficient and targeted delivery to any cell or tissue target. We have genetically diversified AAV using a broad range of approaches from fully random (e.g. error prone PCR) to computationally guided (e.g. by machine learning). The resulting large (~109) libraries are then functionally selected for substantially enhanced delivery\, yielding AAVs capable of highly efficient therapeutic gene delivery. Our variants have been effective in both animal models and in 6 human clinical trials to date\, and results from both will be discussed. URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/cbe-seminar-series-david-schaffer/ CATEGORIES:Chemical & Biological Engineering,Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://engineering.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023_CBE-sem-series-web-header-scaled.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250922T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250922T130000 DTSTAMP:20250910T203228Z CREATED:20250827T170410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T203228Z UID:10001292-1758542400-1758546000@engineering.wisc.edu SUMMARY:BME Seminar Series: Marty Pagel\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Molecular Imaging of the Tumor Microenvironment\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarty Pagel\, PhDProfessorDepartment of Medical PhysicsDepartment of RadiologyUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison \n\n\n\nAbstract:Tumor acidosis\, hypoxia\, and vascular perfusion are well-known characteristics of the tumor microenvironment. We have developed MRI\, MR Fingerprinting\, PET/MRI\, electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI)\, and photoacoustic imaging (PAI) to quantitatively measure extracellular pH\, oxygenation\, and pharmacokinetic transport rates in solid tumors. We apply these molecular imaging methods to preclinical tumor models\, and we have translated some of our methods to evaluate patients who have cancer. We are especially focused on employing molecular imaging to predict treatment effect before starting therapy\, and to evaluate the early response to treatment\, during evaluations of chemotherapy\, radiotherapy and immunotherapy. This presentation will discuss a variety of molecular imaging methods and research applications\, and also discuss a value proposition for molecular imaging. \n\n\n\nPrint PDF URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/bme-seminar-series-marty-pagel-phd/ LOCATION:1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building\, 1550 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://engineering.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Seminar-Graphic-Fall2024-1.avif ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Biomedical Engineering":MAILTO:bmehelp@bme.wisc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250922T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250922T235959 DTSTAMP:20250916T194726Z CREATED:20250916T194724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T194726Z UID:10001330-1758499200-1758585599@engineering.wisc.edu SUMMARY:ISyE - AI in Industrial Engineering DESCRIPTION:Join IISE for a crash course on AI and how it relates to our major in the workforce. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMore info to come soon! URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/isye-ai-in-industrial-engineering/ CATEGORIES:Industrial & Systems Engineering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://engineering.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Student-Org-EVent-scaled.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T220000 DTSTAMP:20250916T195821Z CREATED:20250916T195625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T195821Z UID:10001331-1758301200-1758319200@engineering.wisc.edu SUMMARY:ISyE - Terrace Hangout! DESCRIPTION:Join the graduate student orgs from ISyE for a night on the Terrace. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nStudents from across ISyE are encouraged to join their peers from INFORMS\, HFES and SME for an evening on the terrace. This is a chance to catch up\, meet old and new faces\, and simply relax by the lake. URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/isye-terrace-hangout/ LOCATION:Memorial Union Terrace\, 800 Langdon St\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53706 CATEGORIES:Industrial & Systems Engineering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://engineering.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/terrace2.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T120500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T125500 DTSTAMP:20250915T161922Z CREATED:20250825T193504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T161922Z UID:10001273-1758283500-1758286500@engineering.wisc.edu SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Professor Matthew Brake DESCRIPTION:The Mechanics Seminar Series is a weekly seminar given by campus and visiting speakers on topics across the spectrum of mechanics research (solids\, fluids\, and dynamics). Professor Matthew Brake is an Associate Professor at Rice University. \n\n\n\nPresentation Title: Videographic Modal Analysis \n\n\n\nAbstract: Experimental modal analysis is a classical tool that has formed the basis of modern vibration testing and qualification. Despite this\, the process of experimental modal analysis is largely reliant upon techniques from over 60 years ago. Typical experiments of large structures can take months of planning and setup\, and require thousands of channels of accelerometer data. To lower the cost and time associated with vibration testing\, Videographic Modal Analysis (VMA) combines recent advances in data science\, image processing\, and traditional modal analysis concepts. First\, natural frequencies are identified from videos of an experiment using a deep learning algorithm. Once these frequencies are identified\, optical flow\, phase-based motion magnification\, and edge detection techniques are automatically applied to quantitatively characterize the mode shapes of the structure. Without instrumentation\, we can now identify mode shapes and natural frequencies of arbitrary structures in real-world settings (not just beams vibrating in labs!). This talk will present the science behind VMA and demonstrate its applicability. \n\n\n\nBio: Prof. Brake started at Rice University in 2016 after working at Sandia National Laboratories for nine years. Prior to Sandia\, Prof. Brake graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2007. Prof. Brake has been elected to several leadership positions\, including as the director of the International Committee on Joint Mechanics\, the chair of the Nonlinear Dynamics Technical Division of SEM\, and the chair of the ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound. He is a recipient of the 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers\, the 2018 C.D. Mote Jr Early Career Award\, and the National Science Foundation Career Award. His primary research interests are in data-driven experimentation\, multi-scale and multi-physics modeling\, vibration\, tribology\, uncertainty propagation\, structural health monitoring\, and nonlinear dynamics. URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-professor-matthew-brake/ LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711 CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://engineering.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Event-Graphics-for-Calendar-11-jpg.avif END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR