Events

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Spring 2025 Seminar Series, welcomes Wilbur Lam, Professor at Emory University, who will give the talk, "Engineering microsystems to investigate the cellular mechanics of blood in health and disease." ABSTRACT: Hematologic processes are frequently comprised of cellular and biomolecular interactions that are biophysical in nature and […]

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Spring 2025 PEARSALL LECTURE, welcomes Dr. Yonggang Huang, Professor at Northwestern University, who will be delivering the annual Pearsall Lecture: "Bioelastic State Recovery for Haptic Sensory Substitution." Reception to follow. Abstract: The rich set of mechanoreceptors found in human skin offers a versatile engineering interface for […]

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Spring 2025 Seminar Series, welcomes Bobby Noble, Senior Program Manager Gas Turbine R&D at EPRI, who will be presenting a lecture entitled, "Decarbonization Pathways - How Dispatchable Gas Turbines Are Critical for Our Energy Trilemma." ABSTRACT: Most countries and areas worldwide have decarbonization goals with major […]

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Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Spring 2025 Seminar Series, welcomes Omar Farha, a professor at Northwestern, who will be giving a talk entitled, "Smart and Programmable Sponges: from Basic Science to Implementation and Commercialization." Abstract: As chemists and materials scientists, it is our duty to synthesize and utilize materials for a […]

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Spring 2025 Seminar Series, welcomes Terry Bristol (ISEPP), , who will be giving a talk (title TBA).