Fall 2024 Seminars
| Seminar Date | Speaker Name | Seminar Title |
|
8/30/2024 |
Ethan Ahn | Electrostriction Meets with Nanotechnology |
| 9/6/2024 | Hosam Fathy | What Does it Take to Achieve “Grace” in “Safe” Control? |
| 9/13/2024 | No seminar | |
| 9/20/2024 | Phillip Cunio | Potential Application of Mass-Driver Techniques to Orbital Debris Mitigation in Low Earth Orbit |
| 9/27/2024 | Prahalada Rao | Smart Additive Manufacturing |
| 10/4/2024 | Frank Lagor | Sensor Placement, Flow Estimation, and Maneuvering for Flight at low-Reynolds Numbers |
| 10/11/2024 | Jeff Moran | Fundamentals and Applications of Microscale Active Matter: toward the Fantastic Voyage |
| 10/18/2024 | Rear Admiral Small | ONR Lecture |
| 10/25/2024 | Linkan Bian | NSF Funding Opportunities for Manufacturing |
| 11/1/2024 | Stephen Ridella | A Safe(ty) Journey |
| 11/8/2024 | Sepehr Salari | My Experience and Journey During and After Graduation from GMU |
| 11/15/2024 | Chung Hyuk Park | Towards Impactful and Long-Term Interaction in Social Robotics and Personalized Healthcare/Medical Systems |
| 11/22/2024 | Larrie D. Ferreiro and James P. Delgado | Marine Forensic Analysis of the Clotilda Wreck Site |
| 11/29/2024 | ||
| 12/6/2024 | Students Presentation Day |
Spring 2024 Seminar Schedule
| Seminar Date | Speaker Name | Seminar Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1/19/2024 | Stephanie Bluth | Intro/Resources |
| 1/26/2024 | Maynard Holiday | ONR Lecture |
| 2/2/2024 | Khaled Khasawneh | Trustworthy ML: A Computer Architecture Perspective |
| 2/9/2024 | Detlef Knappe | Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Drinking Water: Community Impacts and Interventions to Reduce Human Exposure |
| 2/16/2024 | Julie Sorensen | From Cows to Catfish: Health and Safety Adventures in America's Most Dangerous Industries |
| 2/23/2024 | Christian Crews | Strategizing for the Future |
| 3/15/2024 | Rachel Dorsa | Fellowships |
| 3/22/2024 | Jesse Kirkpatrick | Responsible AI |
| 3/29/2024 | Steve Kan | TBD |
| 4/5/2024 | Martell Bell | Error 404: Permission Not Found- An Algorithm to Initiate your Own Success |
| 4/12/2024 | Celine Hun | How Novel Computational Frameworks can Advance Scientific Research |
| 4/19/2024 | Sajad Kargar, Rabia Sonmez | Student Presentations |
Spring 2023 Seminar Schedule
| Seminar Date | Speaker Name | Institution | Host | Seminar Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/27/2023 | Fei Wang | George Mason University | Ali Beheshti | Simulation of charge and energy transfer in condensed phase using classical and quantum computer |
| 2/3/2023 | Amir Ziabari | Oak Ridge National Lab | Mehdi Amiri | High-throughput characterization for additive manufacturing via CAD-drive, physics, and deep learning based X-ray CT reconstruction |
| 2/10/2023 | Sung Hoon Kang | Johns Hopkins University | Pilgyu Kang | Mechanically adaptive materials and structures by coupled mechanical systems |
| 2/17/2023 | Elliott J Rouse | University of Michigan | Quentin Sanders | Auctions, preferences, and wearable robots: The development of meaningful exoskeletons and robotic prostheses |
| 2/24/2023 | Maureen Foley | NAVSEA Warfare Centers | Leigh McCue | Composite components for reduced maintenance and total ownership cost |
| 3/3/2023 | Steven Holz | NASA | Leigh McCue | NASA aeronautics & opportunities for university faculty and students |
| 3/10/2023 | JiaJun Xu | University of the District of Columbia | Shaghayegh Bagheri | Additively manufactured two-phase heat exchanger with nano-enchanced phase change material for space thermal management |
| 3/24/2023 | Gabriella Fleming | University of Texas at Austin | DOIL | From research to action: Our collective role in diversifying the engineering professoriate |
| 3/31/2023 | Lourdes Salamanca-Riba | University of Maryland | Pilgyu Kang | Nanocarbon metal composites synthesized by electrocharging assisted process |
| 4/7/2023 | David Warsinger | Purdue University | Jeffrey Moran | Transport enhancing for the water energy nexus |
| 4/14/2023 | Graduate Student Presentations | George Mason University | Leigh McCue | |
| 4/21/2023 | Shila Alizadehghobadi | UC Berkeley | DOIL | Model predictive control (MPC) based optimal control for following a desired trajectory of robots and vehicles |
| 4/28/2023 | Mike Reynolds | Shell Global | Pei Dong | Crystal engineering approaches for remediating sulfate scale with green chemical inhibitors |
| 5/5/2023 | Leigh McCue | George Mason University | Ali Beheshti | Meeting with Department Chair |
Spring 2022 Seminar Schedule
| Seminar Date | Speaker Name | Host | Seminar Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/28/2022 | Nicole Xu | Leigh McCue | Bioinspired robots and underwater vehicles for real-world applications |
| 2/4/2022 | David Saldaña | Daigo Shishika | Fast Operation and Adaptation Using Modular Aerial Robots |
| 2/11/2022 | Quentin Sanders | Ali Beheshti | Incorporating patient-focused design to engineer the next generation of rehabilitation robotics |
| 2/18/2022 | Zhe Wang | Pei Dong | Ionic Liquids (ILs)/Electrified Interface Study for the Small Molecule Sensing and Conversion |
| 2/25/2022 | Amir Miranchi | Shaghayegh Bahgeri | Towards building a clinically-inspired ultrasound innovation center |
| 3/4/2022 | Eric A. Silk | Pilgyu Kang | Overview of Spaceflight Cryogenic System Design at NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center |
| 3/11/2022 | Robert Handler | Ali Beheshti | Vortex-Waves in Viscoelastic Fluids |
| 4/1/2022 | Greg Kubacki | Ali Beheshti | Localized and Atmospheric Corrosion Behavior of Cold Spray deposited Aerospace Aluminum Alloys |
| 4/8/2022 | Andrew D. Jones | Jeff Moran | Old hat, new hat: novel and not so novel reactions of bacteria to nanomaterials |
| 4/15/2022 | Leigh McCue | Meeting with Department Chair | |
| 4/22/2022 | Knox Millsaps | Leigh McCue | Division of Aerospace Sciences, Air Warfare and Weapons Department, Office of Naval Research |
| 4/9/2022 | Mechanical Engineering Students | ||
| 5/6/2022 | Mechanical Engineering Students |