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SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Evangelos Theodorou
DESCRIPTION: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 Evangelos Theodorou is a professor at Georgia Tech.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-professor-evangelos-theodorou/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Professor Jacob McFarland
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 Jacob McFarland is an associate professor at Texas A&M University.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-professor-jacob-mcfarland/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Professor Rika Carlsen
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 Rika Carlsen is an Associate Professor at Robert Morris University.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-professor-rika-carlsen/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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SUMMARY:ME 150th Celebration: Distinguished Alumni\, Brewster Shaw
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. Brewster Shaw\, who received his bachelor’s (’68) and his master’s (’69) in engineering mechanics\, is a former astronaut who completed three space-shuttle missions\, helped to dissect the 1986 Challenger disaster\, and then held key management positions for NASA before entering the private sector. To learn more about Brewster Shaw’s experience\, please join us for this installment of our ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture series. *Students\, Nicholas Rienstra and Nathan Wagner\, who received the 2025 Astronaut Scholar Foundation award\, will also be recognized at this event.  \n\n\n\nAbstract: A great many\, if not most\, UW-Madison engineering students start their first year not knowing where they are headed nor what they want to do with their lives. The ensuing process of self discovery can be daunting to say the least. For most\, timing (ergo luck)\, is a huge factor in the ultimate degree of success. It can be a significant challenge for the student to realize that now their future\, and the effort and responsibility to make that future what they want it to be\, lies on their shoulders. \n\n\n\nBrewster Shaw is a graduate of the UW-Madison engineering mechanics program (BS 1968\, MS 1969) who was never a “practicing” engineer\, but has always appreciated the value of his engineering education in all the aspects of his professional life. The abilities to understand the technical aspects of executing “high risk” technical programs\, specifically human spaceflight programs\, and to ask penetrating questions of the teams involved in those executions\, proved to be invaluable throughout his career. \n\n\n\nIn his speech\, Brewster Shaw will demonstrate the broad applicability of a quality engineering education to show students if one has a roadmap to help guide one through the unavoidable forks in the road\, better choices can be made that will increase the probability of success greatly. \n\n\n\nBio: Brewster Shaw has served The United States of America in aerospace with government and industry teams throughout a career spanning 43 years. During this time he was a member of The United States Air Force (USAF)\, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)\, and The Boeing Company. He is a Vietnam combat veteran with tours in the F-100 and F-4 fighter aircraft in Vietnam and Thailand respectively. \n\n\n\nDuring his USAF career\, Shaw served as combat fighter pilot\, test pilot\, and instructor pilot. In 1978 he was selected by the USAF and NASA to the first group of Space Shuttle Astronauts. As an astronaut\, Shaw flew three space shuttle missions – as pilot of STS-9 in November 1983\, as commander of STS-61B in November 1985\, and as commander of STS-28 in August 1989. After this mission he served at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as Shuttle Operations Manger and the Johnson Space Center in Houston\, Texas as Space Shuttle Program Manager. During this time Shaw retired from the USAF with rank of Colonel and joined NASA as a Senior Executive Service government employee. \n\n\n\nShaw retired from NASA and joined Rockwell Aerospace and Defense in Seal Beach\, California in January 1996. In December that year Rockwell Aerospace and Defense was acquired by Boeing. \n\n\n\nIn his final career position Shaw served as vice president and general manager\, Space Exploration\, for Boeing Defense\, Space & Security at The Boeing Company. In this role he was responsible for the strategic direction of Boeing’s civil space programs and support of NASA programs such as Space Shuttle\, International Space Station (ISS)\, Checkout\, Assembly & Payload Processing Services (CAPPS)\, Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) and future Space Launch Systems. Prior to that\, he was Boeing International Space Station vice president and general manager\, responsible for leading the industry team in designing\, developing\, testing\, launching\, and operating NASA’s international orbiting laboratory and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance\, re-sponsible for executing Space Shuttle Program operations under contract to NASA. \n\n\n\nOver his twenty year flying career\, Shaw logged 533 hours of spaceflight and more than 5\,000 hours flying time in over 30 types of aircraft – including 644 hours of combat in the F-100 and F-4 aircraft. He is the recipient of many awards for serving his country in the U.S. Air Force and with NASA. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in engineering mechanics from the University of Wisconsin. \n\n\n\nShaw is married to Kathleen Anne Mueller of Madison\, Wisconsin. They have three children (one deceased) and five grandchildren.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-150th-celebration-distinguished-alumni-brewster-shaw/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Alumni events,Featured Guest Speaker,Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Tanmoy Chatterjee
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). Tanmoy Chatterjee is the Lead Research Engineer in Aerodynamics at GE Research Inc.  \n\n\n\nPresentation Title: From Turbulence to Turbines: Exascale CFD in Wind Energy \n\n\n\nAbstract: Wind energy is rapidly expanding in scale\, with individual turbines now exceeding 100-meter blades and offshore farms stretching tens of kilometers. Yet\, predicting their performance and more critically reliability remains a grand challenge of fluid mechanics\, spanning phenomena from centimeter-scale blade boundary layers to kilometer-scale atmospheric flows. This talk explores how exascale computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is transforming our ability to model and design wind energy systems across these scales. I will discuss recent advances in high-fidelity\, turbulent fluid–structure interaction simulations\, and their integration with the Department of Energy’s ExaWind project. Specific examples will include simulations of coastal low-level jets (LLJs) driving wind farm variability\, and the development of data-driven dynamic stall models for next-generation turbine blades. Together\, these efforts highlight how exascale CFD is reshaping our understanding of turbulence\, turbines\, and wind farms — and accelerating innovation in the renewable energy industry. \n\n\n\nBio: Tanmoy Chatterjee is a Lead Research Engineer in Advanced Simulations and Methods at the GE Vernova Advanced Research Center. Prior to joining GE\, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Argonne National Laboratory\, where he developed exascale CFD models using spectral codes for internal combustion engine simulations. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University\, focusing on turbulence–turbine interactions in large wind farms. \n\n\n\nAt GE Vernova\, Dr. Chatterjee has led the development of high-fidelity exascale CFD–FSI simulations of wind farms and turbine blade-level turbulence\, as well as data-driven reduced-order models for blade vibrations in the regimes of stall-induced and vortex-induced vibrations (SIV/VIV). He has also contributed to advanced controller strategies for mitigating turbine loads under unconventional wind conditions. In addition to his technical contributions\, Dr. Chatterjee has successfully led several GE-internal and government-funded research initiatives\, including projects supporting the DOE-WETO RAAW campaign in collaboration with national laboratories and academic partners.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-tanmoy-chatterjee/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Suo Yang
DESCRIPTION: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 Suo Yang is a professor at the University of Minnesota. \n\n\n\nPresentation title: Multi-Physics Modeling for Future Aerospace Propulsion and Energy \n\n\n\nAbstract: In the development of future aerospace propulsion and energy systems\, the pursuit of high efficiency\, high speed\, low emission\, and low noise is pushing the systems to operate at extreme conditions. These conditions and associated emerging technologies often introduce complicated multi-scale physics\, bringing new challenges to modeling and simulation in terms of both fidelity and computational cost. In this presentation\, I will mainly talk about two examples of such multi-physics modeling from our works: (1) Plasma assisted combustion (PAC) is a promising technology to enable ultra-fast ignition and stable combustion using low-reactivity fuels (e.g.\, ammonia for decarbonization\, and low-cetane sustainable/synthetic aviation fuels) or at extreme conditions (e.g.\, high-speed flows in scramjets for hypersonic propulsion). We developed a series of 0D-3D PAC models with unprecedented predictivity\, unraveled the mechanisms of simultaneous ignition acceleration and NOx emission reduction by non-equilibrium plasma in ammonia combustion\, and investigated the influence of discharge pulsing frequency\, plasma streamer evolution\, inter-electrode gap distance\, igniter placement\, and turbulence on ignition performance. (2) Advanced liquid-fueled rocket and gas-turbine jet engines (based on deflagration or detonation) operate at high pressures to achieve high efficiency and high energy density. At such conditions\, the supercritical liquid-like fuel often goes through transcritical multi-component phase transition upon mixing with the oxidizer stream or colliding with detonation/shock waves. We developed a series of computationally efficient and robust multiphase flow models based on the first-principled real-fluid vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) theory to predict high-pressure multi-component phase transition\, and investigated its interactions with mixing\, combustion\, detonation\, (hypersonic) shocks\, and expansion waves. \n\n\n\nBio: Dr. Suo Yang is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. During 2017-2018\, He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. (2017) and M.S. (2014) degrees in Aerospace Engineering\, and another M.S. degree in Computational Science & Engineering (2015)\, all from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received a B.S. degree in Mathematics & Applied Mathematics from Zhejiang University in 2011. Dr. Yang’s research focuses on the modeling and simulation of turbulent reacting & multiphase flows\, including combustion\, non-equilibrium plasma\, particulate & multiphase flows\, and hypersonics\, with applications in aerospace propulsion & energy systems. He is an awardee of the 2021 DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA)\, 2022 ONR Young Investigator (YIP) Award\, 2023 DARPA Director’s Fellowship Award\, and 2024 AFOSR Young Investigator (YIP) Award. Dr. Yang has authored nearly 100 journal articles and refereed conference papers\, in which he received 5 Editor’s Pick or Featured Article awards from Physics of Fluids and Combustion and Flame. Dr. Yang is a Senior Member of AIAA and a member of 3 AIAA Technical Committees. He has served as a Technical Discipline Chair or Deputy Chair 5 times for AIAA SciTech Forums. He also actively serves as a reviewer for many top-tier journals for which he received 4 Outstanding Reviewer Awards.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-professor-suo-yang/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering
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SUMMARY:Midwest Mechanics Seminar: Professor Daniel Chung
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 Daniel Chung is an Associate Professor at The University of Melbourne.  \n\n\n\nPresentation Title: Fluid mechanics of riblets drag reduction \n\n\n\nAbstract: Riblets are a surface texture composed of tiny ribs applied on aircraft skin to reduce drag\, which saves on fuel\, increases the payload and extends the range. To the fast-moving turbulent air that flows over it\, riblets turn out to be smoother\, generating less skin friction\, than a perfectly flat surface. However\, riblet performance is highly sensitive to their cross-sectional shape and features\, which is bad news because the micron-sized ribs\, imperceptible to the naked eye and challenging to measure even with precision instruments\, are impossible to manufacture and maintain perfectly. Thus\, accurate tolerancing\, not only for manufacture but also for lifetime wear planning and monitoring\, is key to this technology\, requiring predictive capability of the kind that derives from advances in basic understanding. In this regard\, I will present some of the progress we have made in the last few years\, building on decades of research\, on the fluid mechanics of turbulence over riblet surfaces. \n\n\n\nThe support of the Australian Research Council\, Cooperative Research Australia and the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research FA2386-23-1-4071 is gratefully acknowledged. \n\n\n\nBio: Daniel is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in engineering and computer science from the University of Melbourne in 2003\, and his PhD in aeronautics from Caltech in 2009. He was a postdoc at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory before joining the University of Melbourne in 2012. Daniel’s research uses computational fluid dynamics\, where he tries to distil turbulent flows into simplified problems and to build physics-based models for prediction. Recently\, he has been interested in understanding and controlling turbulent flow and thermal convection over rough surfaces\, riblets and moving wavy surfaces.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/midwest-mechanics-seminar-professor-daniel-chung/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T125500
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250918T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250918T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T221653
CREATED:20250811T163746Z
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SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Mike Molnar
DESCRIPTION: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. Michael Molnar (BSME ’85) is the founding director of the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office at NIST.  \n\n\n\nPresentation Title: The Federal Role in Accelerating Technology and Manufacturing Innovation \n\n\n\nAbstract: The development of critical and emerging technologies plays a key role in U.S. national and economic security. Since the founding of our nation the role of the federal government has been clear on national security but a matter of considerable debate on the broader economic security. Beginning with Alexander Hamilton’s Report on Manufactures through Vannevar Bush’s Science\, the Endless Frontier\, to today – the principles of an innovation policy are clear. What though is the federal role in industrial policy with a free market system? \n\n\n\nSeveral successful models have emerged\, all having elements of partnership to support industry and academia. Manufacturing USA is an example of industry-led public private partnerships. Established as a program just ten years ago as applied research institutes on emerging technologies\, these institutes feature mass collaboration of industry and academia on projects of technology acceleration\, supply chain and workforce development. Some 18 institutes are currently in the national network with a new institute on Artificial Intelligence for Resilient Manufacturing planned this year. The talk concludes with briefly contrasting other engagement models\, such as Operation Warp Speed\, for accelerating technology. \n\n\n\nBio: Mike is the founding director of the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office\, the interagency team responsible for the Manufacturing USA network of applied research manufacturing innovation institutes. He also leads the NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing and serves as co-chair of the National Science and Technology Council\, Subcommittee on Advanced Manufacturing – the White House team responsible for the National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing. Prior to joining federal service in 2011 Mike had a successful industry career\, including 25 years leading manufacturing and technology development at Cummins\, a U.S. based global company that designs and manufactures engines and power generation products. Mike is a proud Badger\, with two of his degrees from the University of Wisconsin – a Mechanical Engineering B.S. and one of the first graduates of the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Masters program.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-mike-molnar/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250912T125500
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CREATED:20250825T192505Z
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SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Professor Joseph Andrews
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 Joseph Andrews is a professor at UW-Madison.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-professor-xuanhe-zhao/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T221653
CREATED:20250811T142145Z
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SUMMARY:ME 150th Celebration: Distinguished Alumni\, Dean Devesh Ranjan
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. Newly appointed dean to the College of Engineering\, Devesh Ranjan graduated from UW-Madison with his master’s degree in 2005 and his doctorate in 2007. To learn more about Dean Ranjan’s experience\, please join us for this installment of our ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture series.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-150th-celebration-distinguished-alumni-dean-devesh-ranjan/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Alumni events,Featured Guest Speaker,Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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SUMMARY:ISyE - IISE Kick-off Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join the IISE Student org for their fall kick-off meeting.  \n\n\n\nYou’ll also get a chance to work on preparing for the upcoming career fair\, and to network with folks from GE Healthcare\, all of which will help you learn how to better market yourself. Free food will be provided\, and you can earn 2 DM points.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/isye-iise-kick-off-meeting/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Industrial & Systems Engineering,Student Org Event
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