Events for March 2026

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 […]

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science invites Dr. Olivier Delaire (Duke) to present the MEMS Seminar, "The Dynamics of Atoms in Solids - from Early Breakthroughs to Current Challenges." ABSTRACT: From Einstein's and Debye's models for the heat capacity , through Peierls' early theory of thermal conductivity , and the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory […]

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science welcomes Lance Collins to deliver the MEMS Seminar, "Technology Campuses Spurring the Regional Economy." ABSTRACT: In late 2010, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration announced a competition to create a new campus in New York City that would accelerate the burgeoning tech sector in the city. […]