Events

Friday, September 29, 2023 10:00 a.m.

Special Seminar: Tips to Help You Win the NSF GRFP, with Ryan Sochol

Tips to Help You Win the NSF GRFP Ryan D. SocholAssociate Professor and Fischell Institute FellowMechanical EngineeringFischell Department of Bioengineering Streaming Link The...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Friday, September 29, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Elisabeth Smela

Cell-Based Sensing for Artificial Olfaction Abstract: An artificial or electronic nose (e-nose) for odor recognition has been a goal for many decades. However, the primary and best...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, September 29, 2023 2:00 p.m.

MRC Seminar: Drones 101: UMD's UAS Research and Operations Center (UROC)

Drones 101: UMD's UAS Research and Operations Center (UROC) Streaming Link John SlaughterDirectorUAS Research and Operations CenterUniversity of Maryland Abstract The seminar will...

Friday, September 29, 2023 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

ECE Family Night 2023

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering invites ECE Terps and their parents on their Undergraduate journey on Friday,September 29 at 5:30 pm on campus. Please join us...

Audience: Parents and Family 

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 11:00 a.m.

DoR Workshop: "Responding to NIH Reviewers"

Panelists: Jonathan Simon, Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah, Alisa Morss Clyne (University of Maryland, College Park) Title: "NIH Strategy for Response to Reviewers Info Session and Panel...

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 12:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.

DoD SMART Program Lobby Table and Info Session

Find out more about the Department of Defense Scholarship-for-Service Program, presented by Nate Ferlic (ECE Ph.D. '22) Stop by the A.V. Williams Lobby between 12:00 and 4:00...

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 10:30 a.m.

Proposal Exam: Yidi Shen

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Research Proposal Exam Name: Yidi Shen Committee: Professor Alireza Khaligh (Chair) Professor Sahil Shah Professor Xin Zan Date/time: Wednesday, Oct...

Audience: Faculty 

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 11:30 a.m.

MOCB Seminar: "Electronic and molecular approaches for neural recording..."

Speaker: Dingchang Lin (Johns Hopkins University) Title: "Electronic and molecular approaches for neural recording: mapping the brain in space and time" Abstract: Resolving neuronal...

Friday, October 6, 2023 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) Education and Outreach

International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) Education and Outreach Event Calling all students, postdocs, faculty, and more!Join delegates from the...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Post-Docs 

Friday, October 6, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Younan Xia, Georgia Tech.

Putting Chemistry to Work for Nano, Energy, and Medicine Abstract: Nanomaterials have found widespread use in many applications, including photonics, electronics, catalysis, energy...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, October 6, 2023 2:00 p.m.

MRC Seminar: From Neural Certificates to Certificate-based RL in Large-Scale Autonomy Design

From Neural Certificates to Certificate-based RL in Large-Scale Autonomy Design Streaming Link Chuchu FanAssistant Professor Massachusetts Institute of...

Friday, October 6, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium - Saikat Guha

Speaker: Saikat Guha, Professor, University of Arizona Abstract: Many organized efforts across the world are racing to realize the "Quantum Internet" -- the internet of the future...

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

Energy Seed Grant Information Session

Join Dr. Ellen Williams, Chair of the MEI2 Investment Committee, to learn more about the Energy Seed Grant submission process. The Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEI2) is...

Audience: Public  Campus  Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 10:00 a.m.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Ti Xie

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Name: Ti Xie Committee: Professor Cheng Gong, Chair/Advisor Professor Thomas E. Murphy Professor Shenqiang Ren Professor Carlos...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 2:00 p.m.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Dushyanthi Karunathilake

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Name: Dushyanthi Karunathilake Committee: Professor Jonathan Z. Simon, Chair/Advisor Professor Behtash Babadi Professor Carol...

Audience: Faculty  Employers 

Thursday, October 12, 2023 5:00 p.m.

Turning Crazy Ideas Into Reality: A Whiting-Turner Lecture

Dr. Chance M. Glenn ’91Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of Houston, VictoriaFounder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Morningbird FoundationFounder,...

Audience: Public  Clark School  All Students  Graduate  Undergraduate  Prospective Students  K-12  Faculty  Alumni 

Friday, October 13, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Eleonora Tubaldi, University of Maryland

From Snapping to Buckling: a Path for New Multifunctional Materials Abstract: Mechanical instabilities, like buckling and snap-through instabilities, have been traditionally...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, October 13, 2023 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Fall Career Fair

Internships and full-time positions available.Dress nicely and bring several copies of your resume.Talk to companies you may not have heard of.Career Fair Prep Handout or Workshops...

Monday, October 16, 2023 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

2023 Climate Tech Exchange

The 2023 Climate Tech Exchange will highlight industry engagement opportunities and climate technology in Maryland. Hosted by the Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator (MEIA) and the...

Audience: Public 

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 4:00 p.m.

IREAP Paint Branch Lecture - John Mather

Speaker: John Mather, College Park Professor of Physics and NASA Senior Scientist The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on December 25, 2021, with commissioning complete in...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Friday, October 20, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Anna C. Alba-Rubio, Clemson University

Orchestrating different catalytic sites to close the carbon cycle Abstract: Catalysts can be good at multitasking when possessing the right tools (sites). This talk will present...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, October 20, 2023 2:00 p.m.

MRC Seminar: Soft Material Robotics and Next-Generation Surgical Robots

Soft Material Robotics and Next-Generation Surgical Robots Streaming Link Sheila RussoAssistant ProfessorBoston University Abstract Minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures...

Friday, October 20, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium - Cynthia Chestek

Speaker: Cynthia Chestek, Professor, University of Michigan Abstract: Brain machine interfaces or neural prosthetics have the potential to restore movement to people with paralysis or...

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 11:00 a.m.

BSOS-VPR Joint Seminar: "NIMH Priorities for Reducing Mental Health Disparities"

Speaker: Christina Borba (NIMH) Overview: Dr. Borba will share an overview of her office's priorities to reduce mental health disparities, promote equity, and to further efforts to...

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 1:15 p.m.

Ph.D. Defense: Charles Josiah Turner

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Defense Name: Charles Josiah Turner Committee: Dr. Thomas E. Murphy (Chair) Dr. Yanne K. Chembo Dr. Thomas M. Antonsen, Jr. Dr. Mark A. Stephen Dr....

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 3:30 p.m.

MSE Seminar: Dr. Gottlieb Oehrlein, UMD

Low temperature plasma-materials interactions: Foundations of nanofabrication and emerging applications at atmospheric pressure Abstract: Our ability to understand and control the...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, October 27, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Pinar Akcora, Stevens Inst. of Technology

Chain Dynamics and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites with Complex Interphases Abstract: Miscible polymer blends with different glass transition temperatures (Tg) are...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 3:30 p.m.

MSE Seminar: Dr. Ray Phaneuf, UMD

Hierarchically structured materials via directed self-assembly* *Work supported by NSF #DMR0705447 Abstract: The next frontier beyond nanotechnology is arguably assembly at the...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, November 3, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Paul Rueger, NASA

Title: Cryogenics and Fluids at NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract: Spacecraft thermal design presents unique thermal and fluid challenges caused by a variety of harsh...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, November 3, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Matthew Wycoff

Speaker: Matthew Wycoff, Director of DarkLabs, Booz Allen Hamilton...

Friday, November 10, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium - Michael Clifford

Speaker: Michael Clifford, Principal Researcher, Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA...

Friday, November 17, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Whitney Blocher McTigue, Lehigh University

Polyelectrolyte Complexes: The Intersection of Vaccine Stability and Depolymerization Abstract: Polymer physics plays an important role in a variety of aspects in the realms of...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, November 17, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium - Darnell Moore

Speakre: Darnell Moore, Principal Technical Program Manager, Amazon Consumer Robotics Lab...

Friday, December 1, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Ben Shapiro Senior Manager – Digital Product Development United States Pharmacopeia

How to get hired and develop your career - Advice from a hiring manager Description: As chemical engineering students, you all have valuable technical and problem-solving skills which...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, December 8, 2023 3:30 p.m.-11:00 a.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Pavithra Prabhakar

Speaker: Pavithra Prabhakar, Professor, Kansas State University...