The Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series at Stevens Institute of Technology is a dynamic forum where innovation meets insight. Featuring leading researchers, industry pioneers and visionary thinkers from across the mechanical engineering spectrum, these sessions foster collaboration, spark curiosity and inspire the next generation of leaders.
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Peter I. Renn, Virtu Financial
Expecting Turbulence: Machine Learning for Prediction and Control of Fluid Flows
Ferdous Alam, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Learning to Generate and Manufacture the Next Billion Designs
Sandip Patel, Kyowa Kirin
Overview of Quality Assurance (QA) Functions and How We Work Cross-Functionally
Deepika Raina, L’Oreal
The Hygiene Edge: Ensuring Microbial Prevention in Equipment Design, OTC Drugs & Cosmetic Manufacturing
Kon-Well Wang, A. Galip Ulsoy Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and Stephen P. Timoshenko Professor of Mechanical Engineering | University of Michigan
Harnessing the Dynamics of Reconfigurable Metastructures - From Wave Control to Embodying Mechano-Intelligence
Milos Ilak, RTX Technology Research Center
Overview of RTX Technology Research Center with Project Highlights
Dr. Derek Moulton, Professor, Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford
Morphorods: A Modelling Framework for Active Slender Structures
Yuanhang Zhu, PhD, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
Fluid-Structure Interactions In Energy Harvesting And Bio-Inspired Propulsion Systems
Lauren Katch, PhD candidate, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University
Wave Propagation In Complex Media And Its Nondestructive Evaluation Applications For Material Characterization
Shahab Mirjalili, PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Understanding Multiphase Flows via High-Fidelity Simulations, Asymptotics, and Machine Learning
Ekta U. Samani, PhD, Amazon
Enhancing Robot Perception for Robust Autonomy in Unstructured Environments
Binbin Ying, PhD, MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bioinspired Robots and Robotic Biomaterials for Precision Medicine
Shima Shahab, PhD, Virginia Tech
Ultrasound-Responsive Intelligent Material Systems
Zhuomin Zhang, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Fundamentals and Applications of Near-Field and Far-Field Thermal Radiation
Jaqueline Libby, Assistant Professor, Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology
Soft, Smart Physical Human-Robot Interaction in the Medical Domain
Haotian Gu, Provost Fellow (2021), Mechanical Engineering, Guoqing Zhang, Fernando Fernandez Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, Yang Xu, Fernando Fernandez Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, and Ehsan Nasiri, Provost Fellow, Mechanical Engineering
2022 Summer Graduate Fellowship Robotics Seminar (Fernando Fernandez Fellowship & Provost Fellowship)
Venkat Krovi, Michelin SmartState Professor of Vehicle Automation, Clemson University- International Center for Automotive Research
Clemson Connected Autonomy Systems
B. Balachandran, Distinguished University Professor, Minta Martin Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
Data-Driven Nonlinear Dynamics