Seminar Series
The Mechanical Engineering Department invites students, staff and faculty to hear about exciting research developments and proposals from various professionals and academics.
Fall 2024
Wednesday, November 14, 2024
Howard Tu, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology
Hosted by Guangwen Zhou (cohosted with MSE)
Friday, November 8, 2024
Adnan Akay, PhD, Carnegie Mellon
Damping and Dissipation
Hosted by Mohammad Younis
Friday, November 1, 2024
Catalin Picu, PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Athermal Network Materials: Structure-Properties Relations and Applications
Hosted by Pu Zhang
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Mohammed Jalal Ahamed, PhD, University of Windsor
Hosted by Paul Chiarot
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Ting Zhu, PhD, Georgia Tech
Mechanics of extremely heterogeneous materials
Hosted by Guangwen Zhou (cohosted with MSE)
Friday, September 27, 2024
Abdullah Ramini, PhD, IBM
The Resilience of IBM Mainframe Computer Operations under Earthquake
Hosted by Mohammad Younis
Past Seminars
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Elaine M. Petro, PhD, Cornell University
Multiscale Modeling of Ion Beams and Beam-Surface Interactions
Hosted by Paul Chiarot
Friday, March 29, 2024
Atieh Moridi, PhD, Cornell University
Hosted by Dehao Liu
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Jia Zhao, PhD, Binghamton University
Physics-informed Computational Modeling of Multiphase Complex Fluids
with Applications in Life Science
Hosted by Pu Zhang
Eco-friendly Nanomanufacturing Technology for Flexible Structures and Devices
Hosted by Scott Schiffres Friday, November 3, 2023 Arvind Santhanakrishnan, PhD, Oklahoma State University
Hydrodynamics of Metachronal Rowing with Multiple Appendages
Hostedy by Paul Chiarot Friday, October 13, 2023 Xiang Cheng, PhD, University of Minnesota
Locomotion of flagellated bacteria: the influence of complex fluids
and the role of multiflagellarity
Hosted by Xin Yong Friday, April 14, 2023 Prosenjit Bagchi, PhD, Rutgers University
Cell-resolved modeling of capillary network-scale blood flow
Hosted by Xin Yong Friday, April 2, 2022 Lucy Zhang, PhD, NSF Program Officer
Mechanics of Materials and Structures (MoMS) and Biomechanics & Mechanobiology (BMMB) programs
Hosted by Pu Zhang Friday, November 5, 2021 Juan M. Vanegas, PhD, Department of Physics
University of Vermont
Hosted by Xin Yong Friday, October 9, 2020 Willie Padilla, PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering Duke University Hosted by Sherry Towfighian Friday, October 16, 2020 Jianliang Xiao, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder
Hosted by Pu Zhang Friday, November 6, 2020 George H. Pettit, MD, PhD
Distinguished Fellow, Alcon Surgical R&D
“Engineering Aspects of Cataract Surgery”
Hosted by Bruce Murray Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Minghui Zheng, PhD, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University at Buffalo
Hosted by Kaiyan Yu Friday, November 20, 2020 Scott Schiffres, PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Binghamton University Friday, December 4, 2020 Wei Wang, PhD, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering The University of Tennessee Hosted by Peter Huang Thursday, February 20, 2020 Dr. Ke Du, Rochester Institute of Technology
Combating Deadly Infectious Diseases with Miniaturized Systems: From Single MoleculeBlinking” to “Bacterial Immunology” Monday, February 10, 2020 Dr. Johannes Weickenmeier, Stevens Institute of Technology
NEUROMECHANICS- A Mechanobiological Perspective On Understanding Our Brain Monday, November 18, 2019 Howon Lee
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University
Digital 4D Printing for Engineered Living Materials Thursday, November 7, 2019 Edmund Webb lll
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University
Multiscale modeling of the human blood protein von Willebrand Factor Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Friday, October 11, 2019 Gary Fedder, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University High-range, low-drift CMOS MEMS physical sensors Monday, September 30, 2019 Vasudevan Rajamohan, PhD Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering Ramesh Kumar, Professor of Thermofluids VIT Vellore Thursday, September 19, 2019 Alexei Tkachenko, PhD
Brookhaven National Laboratory
How To Build A Diamond Wednesday, May 8, 2019 Professor Kourosh Shoele
Florida State University
Fluttering Response of a Flexible Piezo-electromechanical Smart Structure: Energy Harvesting Thursday, April 25, 2019 Professor Mir Jalil Razavi
Binghamton University
Mechanics of Soft Biological Tissues Thursday, April 18, 2019 Professor Paulo Arratia
University of Pennsylvania
Life in Complex Fluids Thursday, April 11, 2019 Zhiting Tian 09'
Cornell University
Fundamental understanding of nanoscale thermal transport for thermal conductivity manipulation Thursday, March 14, 2019 Professor Alan Zehnder
Cornell University
Thermo-Optical MEMS Limit Cycle Oscillators Friday, November 30, 2018 Kwame Amponsah PhD, CEO & Founder of Xallent LLC
Nanomachines for Characterizing Thin Film Materials and Semiconductor Devices Thursday, November 8, 2018 Professor Sherry Towfighian
Binghamton University
Nonlinear Dynamics and Applications in MEMS and Energy Harvesting Monday, October 29, 2018 Professor Neil Dasgupta
University of Michigan
Interfacial Engineering of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials using Atomic Layer Deposition Monday, October 22, 2018 Professor Teng Zhang
Syracuse University
Wrinkling, crumpling, and folding in elastic thin sheets floating on water surface September 26, 2018 Ian D. Hosein, PhD
Syracuse University
Coupling Nonlinear Optical Dynamics to Polymer Systems for Light-Directed Organization of Functional Materials May 4, 2018 David Salac, PhD
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Three-Dimensional Multicomponent Vesicles: Methods and Influence of Material Properties
April 18, 2018 Bret P. Van Poppel, Ph.D.
Colonel, U.S. Army
Deputy Department Head
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Engineering at West Point and Simulating Electrohydrodynamic Atomization March 22, 2018 James E. Warner, PhD
Computational Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center
Rapid Uncertainty Quantification for Aerospace Applications Nov. 8, 2017
Shan Jiang
Iowa State University
New Dimensions of colloids and nanoparticles - from Janus Particles to Smart Materials Oct. 25, 2017
Taehun Lee
CUNY Energy Institute
Computational Study of Microparticle Effect on Breakup of Liquid Bridge and Self-propelled Jumping of Droplet Oct. 16, 2017
Mark Owkes
Montana State University
Gas-Liquid Flows: Numerical Methods through Simulations on Supercomputers Oct. 6, 2017
Sotirios Mamalis
Stony Brook University
The Grant Challenges of Internal Combustion Engineers: Current Research and Future Outlook
Oct. 4, 2017
Brent Fultz
California Institute of Technology
Where does the entropy of materials come from? Sept. 28, 2017
Bruce Murray
Binghamton University
Thermal and Chemical Characterization of Aerosols Produced by Electronic Cigarettes Dec. 2, 2016 Sami Alkharabsheh
Binghamton University
Cooling Technologies for Data Centers Nov. 18, 2016 Erik Einarsson
University of Buffalo
Graphene for Plasmonic Applications Nov. 11, 2016 Pietro Valdastri
University of Leeds
Lifesaving Capsule Robots Oct. 12, 2016 Chang-Hwan Choi
Stevens Institute of Technology
Nanoengineering of Bioinspired Multifunctional Superhydrophobic Surfaces
