Events

Title: Automating Computational Materials Design with Explainable AI Abstract: High-throughput density functional theory (DFT) calculations have the capability to quickly screen thousands of materials to identify the top candidates for myriad of energy and sustainability applications. However, despite its impressive efficiency relative to experiments, computational screening is still incapable of exploring the entirety of materials […]

Thomas Lord Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS) Spring 2026 Distinguished Seminar Speaker Series welcomes Laura McGill (Sandia) to present the Distinguished MEMS Seminar, "Engineering Challenges and Opportunities in National Security." ABSTRACT: In this talk, Laura McGill will discuss the history of Sandia National Laboratories and our ongoing work 'to render exceptional service […]

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science (MEMS), welcomes Dr. Subra Suresh, Vannevar Bush Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Professor at Large, Brown University, who will present the George W. Pearsall lecture, "Deep Learning from Nature and Machines." ABSTRACT: This lecture will deal with three broad areas of science and technology, […]

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS) Spring 2026 Distinguished Seminar Speaker Series welcomes Carmel Majidi (Carnegie Mellon) to present the MEMS Seminar, "Soft-Matter Engineering for Robotics and Wearables." ABSTRACT: Progress in soft lithography and soft materials integration have led to extraordinary new classes of soft-matter sensors, circuits, and transducers. These material […]

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science hosts Dr. Seth Hutchinson (Northeastern) to present the MEMS Seminar, "Model-Based Methods in Today's Data-Driven Robotics Landscape." Abstract: Data-driven machine learning methods are making advances in many long-standing problems in robotics, including grasping, legged locomotion, perception, and more. There are, however, robotics applications for which data-driven […]

Thomas Lord Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS) Spring 2026 Distinguished Seminar Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Jian Cao (Northwestern) to deliver the MEMS Distinguished Seminar, "Physics-based AI-assisted Design and Control Manufacturing Processes." Abstract: Current research efforts at my manufacturing group aim to advance the capability to co-design materials and manufacturing processes using hybrid […]