Seminar Videos

April 22, 2022: Sensing and Metrology

Tanya Hutter, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin: "Mid-infrared fiber sensors"

Shoufeng Lan, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University: "Multiscale Chirality Towards Light-Assisted Asymmetric Synthesis"

Moderator: David Mitlin, David Allen Cockrell Professorship in Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

April 15, 2022: Advances in Thermal Sciences

Dakotah Thompson, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison: "Radiative heat transfer: advanced experimentation & emerging phenomena"

Tian Li, Assistant Professor, Purdue University, "Redesign Natural Materials for Energy, Water, Environment and Devices (RENEWED)"

Moderator: Matthew T. McDowell, Georgia Tech

April 1, 2022: Additive Manufacturing

Mehran Tehrani, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin: "Low-Energy and Fast Additive Manufacturing of Polymer Composites via Reactive Extrusion"

Guha Manogharan, Emmert H. Bashore Faculty Development Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University: "Enabling patient-specific biomimetic implants through Additive Manufacturing"

Moderator: Timothy Simpson, The Pennsylvania State University

March 25, 2022: Robotics and Controls

Patrick Wensing, Assistant Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame: "Advancing the Versatility of Legged Robots and Assistive Devices"

Laura Blumenschein, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University: "Task Focused Design of Soft Robots"

Moderator: Karthik Ramani, Purdue University

September 24, 2021: Reacting Flows

Dorrin Jarrahbashi, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University: "Liquid Breakup at High-Pressure and High-Speeds: Toward Understanding Mixing and Combustion at Extreme Conditions"

Ellen Mazumdar, Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech: "Imaging Diagnostics for Metalized Combustion Systems"

Moderator: Devesh Ranjan, Georgia Tech

May 7, 2021: Sustainability (Energy and Water)

Kelsey Hatzell, Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, Assistant Professor in the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Princeton University: "Synchrotron Characterization of Buried Interfaces in Solid State Batteries"

David Warsinger, Assistant Professor at Purdue University: "How Desalination can Enable Renewable Energy"

Moderator: Partha Mukherjee, Professor at Purdue University

April 30, 2021: Turbulence and Circulation

K.R. Sreenivasan, Dean Emeritus and Eugene Kleiner Professor for Innovation in Mechanical Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering

April 23, 2021: Artificial Intelligence

Ayanna Howard, Dean of Engineering and Monte Ahuja Endowed Dean's Chair in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University
"The Future of Work and AI – Making Us and AI Smarter Together"

April 2, 2021: Data Analytics

Jayathi Murthy, Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA
"Beyond CFD: Possible Computational Futures in the Thermal Sciences"

March 26, 2021: Bioengineering

Andrés J. García, Executive Director, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience; Petit Director’s Chair in Bioengineering and Bioscience; Regents’ Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech
"Bioengineered Synthetic Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine"

February 5, 2021: Fluid Dynamics

Prof. Jennifer Franck, University of Wisconsin-Madison : "Fluid Dynamics in the Wake of Bio-Inspired Flows"
Prof. Aaron Morris, Purdue University: "Using Discrete Element Simulations to Bridge Particle and Continuum Flow Scales"
Moderator: Krishnan Mahesh, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota

January 29, 2021: Distinguished Speaker

Ajay Malshe, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
"Quo Vadimus, Engineering that Matters: Manufacturing, Leadership, and Equity"

September 18, 2020: Wearable Robotics

Prof. Elliott Rouse, University of Michigan: "Reverse engineering the human neuromotor system: the role of joint dynamics and user-preference in the design and control of wearable robots"
Prof. Aaron Young, Georgia Tech: “Personalizing control of robotic prostheses and exoskeletons through new advances to intent recognition systems”
Moderator: Marcia O'Malley, Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

September 25, 2020: Design

Prof. Vinayak Krishnamurthy, Texas A&M University: "Partitive solid geometry and other adventures in digital design ideation"
Prof. Jessica Menold, Penn State: "Opening the blackbox: Towards a deeper understanding of design cognition"
Moderator: Kristin L. Wood, Senior Associate Dean of Innovation and Engagement and Executive Director, Comcast Center, University of Colorado Denver

October 2, 2020: Mechanics/Materials

Prof. Julianna Abel, University of Minnesota: "Materials, Mechanics, and Manufacturing of Multifunctional Yarns and Textiles"
Prof. Ramathasan Thevamaran University of Wisconsin-Madison: "Microballistics: Dynamic creation of nanostructures in Metals to Engineering Energy Dissipation in Nanostructured Materials"
Moderator: J.N. Reddy, O'Donnell Foundation Chair IV Professor, University Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor at Texas A&M University

October 9, 2020: Data-Driven Modeling

Prof. Khalid Jawed, UCLA: "A Discrete Geometric Approach to Simulation of Soft Robots"
Prof. Mark Fuge, University of Maryland: "Lost in Space: Design Manifolds Can Accelerate Design and Optimization Iterations Several Fold"
Moderator: Curt A. Bronkhorst, Professor of Applied Mechanics at University of Wisconsin- Madison

October 16, 2020: Combustion

Prof. Chris Goldenstein, Purdue University: "Advancements in high-bandwidth laser-absorption diagnostics for combustion of energetic materials"
Prof. Mitchell Spearrin, UCLA: "Quantitative thermochemical imaging of combustion flows: rockets to wildfires"
Moderator: Tim Lieuwen, Regents Professor and David S. Lewis Jr. Chair, Georgia Tech

October 23, 2020: Biorobotics

Prof. Suhasa Kodandaramaiah, University of Minnesota: "Robotics tools for sensing and perturbing single cells in intact tissue"
Prof. Jean-Michel Mongeau, Penn State: "Reverse Engineering Biological Control of Locomotion"
Moderator: Prof. Kristi A. Morgansen, Chair of the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington

October 30, 2020: Interfacial Science

Prof. Marta Hatzell, Georgia Tech: "Managing the Nitrogen Cycle with Electrochemistry"
Prof. Wenxiao Pan, University of Wisconsin-Madison: "Data-driven Reduced-order Modeling for Fluid-solid Interactions and Soft Matter"
Moderator: Ravi Prasher, Associate Laboratory Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

November 6, 2020: Thermal Systems

Prof. Dion Antao, Texas A&M: "Towards Durable and Efficient Condensation Heat Transfer"
Prof. Vinod Srinivasan, University of Minnesota: "Multifractality and Universality of Thermal Fluctuations in Pool Boiling"
Moderator: G. P. "Bud" Peterson, President Emeritus, Regents Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech

November 13, 2020: Bioinspired Manufacturing and Locomotion

Prof. Margaret Byron, Penn State: "Scale-dependent complexity in locomotion: swimming across scales"
Prof. Ryan Sochol, University of Maryland: "Mollitia Ex Machina: 3D Micro/Nanoprinting Soft Robots with Integrated Fluidic Circuitry"
Moderator: Ajay Malshe, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

November 20, 2020: Systems Reliability and Control

Prof. Katrina Groth, University of Maryland: "Exploring the intersection between risk assessment and prognostics for complex engineering systems"
Prof. Neera Jain, Purdue University: "Enabling human-aware automation: a dynamical systems perspective on human cognition"
Moderator: Mark Costello, William R. T. Oakes Professor & School Chair, of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech

December 4, 2020: Bio-Engineering

Prof. Corinne Henak, University of Wisconsin-Madison: "Cartilage fracture: mechanics and mechanobiology"
Prof. Neil Lin, UCLA: "Investigating Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Heterogeneity Using AI-based Label-free Microscopy"
Moderator: Ellen Arruda, Tim Manganello/BorgWarner Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan

December 11, 2020: Energy Storage: Materials and Mechanics

Prof. Matt McDowell, Georgia Tech: "Chemo-Mechanics of Active Materials and Interfaces in Batteries"
Prof. Matt Pharr, Texas A&M: "Mechanics of Materials for High-Capacity Rechargeable Batteries"
Moderator: Sabarjit Banerjee: Professor and Davidson Chair in Science, Texas A&M University