Spring 2018 Semester

Date

Speaker

Title
February 2, 2018 Gun Udomsawat
United States Postal Service		 The Industrial Engineering and Lean Six Sigma Journey at the United States Postal Service
February 9, 2018 Alan Needleman
Texas A&M University		 Distinguished Lecture: Roughness, Toughness and the Possibility of Crack Path Engineering
February 16, 2018 Lakshana Hudar
ARPA-E		 Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E): Accelerating U.S. Energy Innovation
February 23, 2018 Allen Robinson
Carnegie Mellon		 Engineering Leadership Lecture: The shale gas revolution: green energy or a bridge to nowhere?
March 2, 2018 Jean-Francois Cordeau
HEC Montreal		 A Unified Decomposition Matheuristic for Assembly, Production and Inventory Routing
March 16, 2018 Karen Zheng
MIT		 MEIE Spring Seminar Series (General)
March 23, 2018 TBD MEIE Spring Seminar Series (General)
March 30, 2018 TBD MEIE Spring Seminar Series (General)
April 6, 2018 Barry L. Nelson
Northwestern University		 TBD
April 13, 2018 Joseph Hartman
Dean UMass Lowell		 Engineering Leadership Lecture: TBD
April 20, 2018 Cagdas Onal
WPI		 TBD

 

Spring 2017 Semester

Date

Speaker

Title
January 20, 2017 James R. Rice
Harvard University		 Resistance to Sliding, from Atomic to Tectonic
January 27, 2017 Kathryn Wahl
Naval Research Laboratory		 Barnacle Adhesion: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Mechanics of a Complex Biointerface
February 3, 2017 Research Misconduct Presentation
February 10, 2017 Department Research Overview
February 17, 2017 Dr. Chih-Ming Ho
University of California, Los Angeles		 Redefining the Drug Discovery Pathway – From Drug Candidate Search to Phenotypic Personalized Medicine (PPM)
February 24, 2017 Michael Pettes
University of Connecticut		 Engineering thermal conduction in 2D materials
March 3, 2017 Yanfeng Ouyang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
March 17, 2017 Magnus Egerstedt
Georgia Tech		 Control of Multi-Robot Systems: From Formations to Human-Swarm Interactions
March 24, 2017 John Bassani
University of Pennsylvania
March 31, 2017 Jianmin Qu
Tufts University
April 7, 2017 Shabbir Ahmed
Georgia Tech
April 14, 2017 John W. Hutchinson
Harvard University
April 21, 2017 Brian Denton
University of Michigan

 

Fall 2016 Semester

Date

Speaker

Title
September 30, 2016 Dimitris Bertsimas
MIT		 Machine Learning and Statistics via a modern optimization lens
October 7, 2016 Sarah Bergbreiter
University of Maryland		 Tiny leaps for robot kind: mixing microfabrication and robotics
October 14, 2016 Jian Wang
University of Nebraska – Lincoln		 Deformation Twinning in Hexagonal Metals
October 21, 2016 Kenneth Liechti
University of Texas at Austin		 Preparing for roll-to-roll dry transfer of graphene
October 28, 2016 James (Jacy) Bird
Boston University		 Jets and droplets from bursting bubbles
November 4, 2016 Sebastian Pokutta
Georgia Tech		 Efficient Learning over Discrete Decisions
November 18, 2016 William Messner
Tufts		 TBD
December 2, 2016 Christine Furstoss
GE Global Research		 TBD
December 9, 2016 Tapas Das
University of South Florida		 TBD

 

Spring 2015 Semester

Date

Speaker

Title
January 16, 2015 Mr. Anh Ninh
Rutgers University		 Recruitment Stocking Problems
January 20, 2015 Tugce Martagan
University of Wisconsin-Madison		 Stochastic Models to Optimize Biomanufacturing Operations
January 23, 2015 Hoda Bidkhori
MIT		 Flexibility, Adaptability and Pareto Efficiently in Manufacturing Operations
January 30, 2015
Host: Nader Jalili		 Prof. Vincent Manno
Olin College of Engineering		 Distinguished Lecture: Catalyzing Change in Undergraduate Engineering Education
February 6, 2015 Prof. Nader Jalili
MIE/NEU		 Graduate Student Conduct Overview
February 13, 2015 Various Profs.
MIE/NEU		 Departmental Research Area Overview

 

Fall 2014 Semester

Date

Speaker

Title
September 5, 2014 Prof. Nader Jalili
MIE/NEU		 Graduate Student Conduct Overview
September 12, 2014 Various Profs.
MIE/NEU		 Departmental Research Area Overview
September 19, 2014 Michael C. Tringides
Iowa State University		 Controlled 3-d metal island growth on graphene and Pb/Si(111)
September 19, 2014
Host: Rifat Sipahi		 Prof. Joo H. Kim
New York University		 Modeling and Identification of Human Metabolic Energy Expenditure: Multibody Dynamic Systems Approach and Implications in Robotic Walking.
September 26, 2014
Host: Hanchen Huang		 Prof. Frederic Sansoz
Mechanical Engineering Program		 Engineering Leadership Lecture: Nanotwinned Materials: Weird Kinks and Strength at the Nanoscale
October 3, 2014 C. H. Woo
Hong Kong CityU		 Spin-lattice dynamics investigation of magnetic effects on vacancy formation and migration in bcc iron
October 3, 2014
Host: Sagar Kamarthi		 Prof. Wei Ding
UMASS Boston		 Data Mining with Big Data
October 10, 2014
Host: Hanchen Huang		 Prof. Timothy Wei
University of Nebraska Lincoln		 Engineering Leadership Lecture: Fundamental Fluid Dynamics and The Olympic Swimming Movement
October 17, 2014 Prof. Ozlem Ergun
MIE/NEU		 A Case Study on post-disaster debris operations and solving multi-period network capacity expansion problems
October 24, 2014
Host: Hameed Metghalchi		 Prof. Gian Paolo Beretta
Universita degli Studi di Brescia via Branze		 A quantitative outlook at the future of energy
October 31, 2014
Host: Marilyn Minus		 Prof. Bassam Shakhasiri
University of Wisconsin		 Advancing Graduate Education and Research in the Chemical Sciences
November 14, 2014
Host: Hanchen Huang		 Prof. Zdenek P. Bazant
Northwestern University		 Distinguished Lecture: Why Fracking Works and How to Optimize it
November 21, 2014
Host: Sandra Shefelbine		 Prof. Jason Rife
Tufts University		 TBD
December 5, 2014
Host: Yung Joon Jung		 Dr. Jeremy Robinson
Office of Naval Research		 TBD

 

Summer 2014 Semester

Date

Speaker

Title
May 12, 2014 Randolph Kirchain Leveraging uncertainty to realize sustainable Engineering Systems: Case Studies across three Industries

 

Spring 2014 Semester

Date

Speaker

Title
February 24, 2014 Craig Maloney
Carnegie Mellon University		 Breakdown of elasticity: from nano-indentation in metals to rigidity loss in soft-particle suspensions
February 28, 2014 Karel Matous
University of Notre Dame		 High-performance Computational Science and Engineering: A Path Towards Virtual Materials Testing
March 10, 2014 Long-Qing Chen
Pennsylvania State University		 Strain Engineering of Phase Transitions, Domain Structures, Properties of Nanoscale Ferroelectric Thin Films
March 14, 2014 Huajian Gao
Brown University		 Mechanics of Cellular Uptake of One- and Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials
March 18, 2014 Paul J. Atzberger
University of California, Santa Barbara		 Mesoscale Methods for the Hydrodynamics of Microstructures: Applications in Soft Materials and Microfluidics
March 18, 2014 Mohammad Elahinia
University of Toledo		 Additively Manufacturing NiTi Shape Memory and Superelastic Devices: A New Paradigm for Biomimetic Control
March 19, 2014 Bryan Wong
Drexel University		 Predictive and Fast: First-Principles Calculations on Energy Transfer in Molecular Photovoltaics, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nanowires
March 20, 2014 Samantha Brunhaver
Stanford		 Early Career Outcomes of Engineering Alumni: Understanding Their Connection to the Undergraduate Experience
March 21, 2014 Dayna Martinez
HSyE		 Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention Strategies for Pandemic Influenza Outbreaks
March 24, 2014 Sudarsan Rachuri Manufacturing Systems: From Sustainable to Smart
March 25, 2014 Richard Wiebe
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory		 Nonlinearities in Structural Engineering Applications: Challenges and Opportunities
March 26, 2014 Zhangli Peng
MIT		 Biomechanics of Red Blood Cells and Related Diseases
March 27, 2014 Shiren Wang
Texas Tech University		 Sustainable Manufacturing: A Pathway to the Sustainable World
March 28, 2014 Zeynep Gozde Icten
GNS Healthcare		 An Application of Markov Decision Processes in Healthcare: Mitigating Inequities in Organ Allocation via Revised Health Reporting Frequencies
April 1, 2014 Sarang Supekar
University of Michigan		 Recovery of Carbon Dioxide for Sustainable Manufacturiing Applications
April 2, 2014 Jennifer Pazour
University of Central Florida		 Logistics System Design in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
April 3, 2014 Janet M. Twomey
Wichita State University		 Industrial Engineering’s Role in Advancing Industrial Sustainability
April 3, 2014 Susan Sinnott
University of Florida		 Expanding the Toolbox: Design and Discovery using Material Modeling Methods
April 7, 2014 Alireza Karimi
University of Notre Dame		 Interplay of Fluid Dynamics and Collective Behavior of Microorganisms
April 8, 2014 James A. Warren
NIST		 The Materials Genome Initiative, Data, and Open Science
April 8, 2014 Amir A. Zadpoor
Delft University of Technology		 Tackling skeletal diseases: an integrated approach
April 9, 2014 Denny Yu
University of Michigan		 Improving patient and surgeon safety: Application of human factors and ergonomics in the operating room
April 11, 2014 Suvranu De
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute		 Virtual Surgery
April 14, 2014 Luis Zepeda-Ruiz
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory		 Computational Materials Science – Applications at a National Laboratory
April 17, 2014 A.D. (Tony) Rollett
Carnegie Mellon University		 Distinguished Lecture: Advances in Modeling and Simulation of Microstructure, with an Emphasis on 3D Aspects
April 18, 2014 Jaydeep P. Bardhan
Northeastern University		 Multiscale Models for Proteins: Biological Water as a Nanostructured Material
April 24, 2014 Anirban Chaudhuri
Los Alamos National Laboratory		 Smart Materials for Actuation and Sensing
April 25, 2014 Reza Olfati-Saber
AbbVie		 Information-Driven Control of Networked Robotic Systems

 

Fall 2013 Semester

Date

Speaker

Title
October 11, 2013 Allan Davidd
Auburn University		 Surface Modification of Nanomaterials to Improve Drug Delivery
October 25, 2013 Jeff Hoytt
McMaster University		 Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Grain and Interphase Boundary Mobility
November 1, 2013 Dylan Shephardson
Mount Holyoke College		 An Individual-based Model of Tuberculosis Transmission in the US Population
November 15, 2013 Chuanhua Duan
Boston Universityy		 Enhanced Ion and Molecule Transport in 2-D Nanofluidic Channels
November 22, 2013 Jennifer Pazour
University of Central Florida		 Analytical Modeling of Logistics System Design
December 4, 2013 Nanoplatforms for Precision Medicine
December 6, 2013 Baki M. Cetegan
University of Connecticut		 Engineering Leadership Lecture: Physics of flame extinction behavior in bluff-body stabilized premixed and partially premixed turbulent combustion