
2025: Yongang HuangWednesday, March 5 | Schiciano Auditorium
Bioelastic State Recovery for Haptic Sensory Substitution
The lecture convenes at noon. Open to the Duke Community and public. Reception to follow.

2024: Joseph DeSimoneStanford University
The Delicate Interplay Between Light, Interfaces and Design: The Complex Dance That Allows 3D Printing to Scale to Manufacturing

2023: John A. RogersNorthwestern University
3D Mesostructures and Their Applications in Unusual MEMS Technologies

2022: Graham V. CandlerUniversity of Minnesota
Boundary Layer Stability Analysis of the BOLT Hypersonic Flight Experiments

2020: Ellen M. ArrudaUniversity of Michigan
Full-Field Methods for Characterizing the Non-Linear Anisotropic Response of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament of the Knee

2019: Hod LipsonColumbia University
The Robot Scientist: Automating Discovery, from Cognitive Robotics to Computational Biology

2018: Michimasa FujinoHonda Aircraft Company
Innovation and Inspiration: The HondaJet

2017: Xiang ZhangUniversity of California, Berkeley
Soft Meta-Materials: Self-Gauged Assembly, Non-Equilibrium Matters, and 3D Super-Resolution Imaging

2016: Mary C. BoyceColumbia University
Mechanics of Soft Composites – The Interplay Between Geometrical Structuring and Large Deformation to Achieve Novel Behavior

2015: Mark AstaUniversity of California, Berkeley
Computationally Aided Materials Discovery and Design

2014: Alexander SmitsPrinceton University
Logarithmic Scaling in Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows

2013: Gang ChenMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Nanoengineering for Efficient Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Materials and Systems