The Death and Re-Birth of the Intervertebral Disc Cell Lori A. Setton, PhDLopata Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biomedical EngineeringMcKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis Corrine Bahr Memorial Lecture Abstract:Intervertebral disc disorders are among the greatest contributors to pain and disability annually, such that low back pain and neck pain are ranked...

Join the Department of Mechanical Engineering for Faculty Candidate Seminars during the Spring 2025 semester. These will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays of each week from 12-1pm in room 2188 ME Building.

Tuesday, April 1 12:00 - 1:00pmERB 106Remote Participation: Please contact office@ep.wisc.edu for the Zoom link. Title: Enhancing Economic Operations and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants through Applied AI/ML Abstract: Nuclear power plants continue to be faced with a challenging economic reality that has led to the premature closure of many plants in the US fleet....

Join the Department of Mechanical Engineering for Faculty Candidate Seminars during the Spring 2025 semester. These will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays of each week from 12-1pm in room 2188 ME Building.

The ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture Series features campus and visiting speakers who present on a variety of research topics in the field of mechanical engineering. Professor Natasha Wright is a professor at the University of Minnesota.

Wearable technology such as smartwatches has the potential to transform the management and control of infectious diseases. Smartwatches provide continuous data about an individual’s health (e.g., heart rate, sleep patterns, physical activity). This data can be exploited to determine when an individual has become infected with a communicable disease, allowing for treatment of the disease...

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 Rajat Mittal is a professor at Johns Hopkins University.