Graduate Seminars

Fall 2022 E SC/E MCH 514 Seminar Schedule

Please note: All E SC 514/E MCH 514 seminars will be held from 3:35-4:25 p.m. in 360 Willard Building

August 24

• Presentation: Various graduate education issues
• Speakers: Ela Sikora and Laura Cabrera
• Affiliation: Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

August 31

• Presentation: "Chemically Controlled Shape-morphing of Elastic Sheets"
• Speaker: Anna Balazs
• Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh

September 7

• Presentation: "Sustainable Propulsion: Fast Forward to a Greener Future"
• Speaker: Sean Bradshaw (Webinar)
• Affiliation: Fellow, Sustainable Propulsion, Pratt and Whitney

September 14

• Presentation: "Advances in the Description of Shear Waves in Muscular Tissue for Elastography Applications"
• Speaker: John Cormack
• Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

September 21

• Presentation: "Quantifying Sustainability in Agricultural and Food Systems"
• Speaker: Christine Costello
• Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Penn State

September 28

• Presentation: "Mechanical Modulation of Epigenetic State for Cell Reprogramming"
• Speaker: Song Li
• Affiliation: UCLA – Department of Bioengineering and Medicine

October 5

• Presentation: "Mechanical Modulation of Epigenetic State for Cell Reprogramming"
• Speaker: Song Li
• Affiliation: UCLA – Department of Bioengineering and Medicine

October 12

• Presentation: "Bio-inspired Devices for Sensing, Computing, Storage, and Hardware Security Based on Two-dimensional (2D) Materials"
• Speaker: Saptarshi Das
• Affiliation: Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State

October 19 

• Presentation: "Use of Functional Soft Materials and 3D Printing for Conformable and Patient Specific Treatment of Cardiac Disease"
• Speaker: Simon Dunham
• Affiliation: Cornell

October 26 

• Presentation: "Finite Deformation Mesoscale Field Dislocation Mechanics"
• Speaker: Amit Acharya
• Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon University

November 2

• Presentation: "Advanced Materials and Coatings for Next Generation Technologies and Extreme Environments"
• Speaker: Doug Wolfe
• Affiliation: MATSE/ESM, Penn State

November 9 

• Presentation: "Local Ordering in Multi-principal Element alloys and its Impact on Diffusion and Dislocation Patterning"
• Speaker: Penghui Cao
• Affiliation: University of California, Irvine

November 16

• Presentation: "Ethics Discussion: Responsible Research and Innovation"
• Speaker: Laura Cabrera
• Affiliation: Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State

November 23

• No seminar: Thanksgiving Break

November 30

• Presentation: "Microsystems-inspired Robotics"
• Speaker: Sarah Bergbreiter
• Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon University

December 7

• Presentation: Wrapping Session (not a seminar)
• Speaker: Ela Sikora and Laura Cabrera 
• Affiliation: Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State