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
 
 

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The Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) is an internationally distinguished department that is recognized for its globally competitive excellence in engineering and scientific accomplishments, research, and educational leadership.

Our Engineering Science program is the official undergraduate honors program of the College of Engineering, attracting the University’s brightest engineering students. We also offer graduate degrees in ESM, engineering mechanics, engineering at the nano-scale, and an integrated undergraduate/graduate program.

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

212 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-4523