Pearsall Distinguished Lecture Series
During more than 30 years at Duke, George W. Pearsall, ScD, PE, was a beloved teacher, mentor and friend to hundreds of students and colleagues.
The Pearsall Distinguished Lecture Series was created by the faculty as a lasting tribute.
Past Pearsall Lectures
2024: Joseph DeSimone, Stanford University
The Delicate Interplay Between Light, Interfaces and Design: The Complex Dance That Allows 3D Printing to Scale to Manufacturing
2023: John A. Rogers, Northwestern University
3D Mesostructures and Their Applications in Unusual MEMS Technologies
2022: Graham V. Candler, University of Minnesota
Boundary Layer Stability Analysis of the BOLT Hypersonic Flight Experiments
2020: Dr. Ellen M. Arruda, University of Michigan
Full-Field Methods for Characterizing the Non-Linear Anisotropic Response of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament of the Knee
2019: Dr. Hod Lipson, Columbia University
The Robot Scientist: Automating Discovery, from Cognitive Robotics to Computational Biology
2018: Michimasa Fujino, Honda Aircraft Company
Innovation and Inspiration – The HondaJet
2017: Xiang Zhang, University of California, Berkeley
Soft Meta-Materials: Self-Gauged Assembly, Non-Equilibrium Matters, and 3D Super-Resolution Imaging
2016: Mary C. Boyce, Columbia University
Mechanics of Soft Composites – The Interplay Between Geometrical Structuring and Large Deformation to Achieve Novel Behavior
2015: Mark Asta, University of California, Berkeley
Computationally Aided Materials Discovery and Design
2014: Alexander Smits, Princeton University
Logarithmic Scaling in Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows
2013: Gang Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nanoengineering for Efficient Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Materials and Systems