Events

Thursday, September 24, 2020 10:00 a.m.

Ph.D. Research Proposal Exam: Kelsey Dutta

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Research Proposal Exam Name: Kelsey Dutta Committee: Professor Shihab Shamma (Chair) Professor Jonathan Simon Professor Behtash Babadi Date/time:...

Audience: Faculty 

Thursday, September 24, 2020 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Emerging Energy Storage Solutions & Grid Modernization

This session will examine the topic of Energy Storage in Maryland, beyond the pilot project proposals currently under consideration by the PSC. Find out which storage technologies are...

Thursday, September 24, 2020 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

CANCELED: IEEE Leadership Seminar: "Pathways from an Engineering Degree"

Pathways from an Engineering Degree Rodney Oddoye, Senior Vice President Governmental and External Affairs Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) RSVP Link:...

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Alumni 

Friday, September 25, 2020 2:00 p.m.

Lockheed Martin Robotics Seminar: Socially Assistive Mobile Robots

Registration link: https://umd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R1odzKX_SYyB-TrelnHwhg Socially Assistive Mobile Robots Yi GuoProfessorElectrical and Computer Engineering...

Friday, September 25, 2020 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: JD Dulny, Chief Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton

Quantum in the Wild JD Dulny Chief Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton RSVP: go.umd.edu/dulny Abstract: Quantum computing is a rapidly evolving field that’s changing the world around...

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Post-Docs  Alumni 

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 11:00 a.m.

ChBE Seminar Series: Simulations Studies of Surface Reactions

Speaker: Tao Wei, Associate Professor, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Howard University Abstract: Understanding interfacial phenomena is crucial to the development of functional...

Audience: Campus 

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

Fireside Chat with Dr. Percy Pierre

Join the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on Tuesday, September 29th for a conversation with Adjunct Professor and Glenn L. Martin Endowed Professor, Percy Pierre. Dr....

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Post-Docs  Alumni 

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 2:00 p.m.

Work Visas, OPT, & Green Cards in the Job Search

Confused about options for staying and working in the United States after graduation? Worried about the H1B quota? What about the STEM extension for OPT? Does that still...

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 2:30 p.m.-4:30 a.m.

NSF Webinar: Diversifying STEM workforce and research

The National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) is hosting a FREE Webinar on September 30, 2020 from 2:30-4:30 pm ET. NSF Program Officers and...

Thursday, October 1, 2020 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Managing the MOPR: Maryland Response to FERC Order

A divided Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order in December of 2019 directing the PJM Interconnection to dramatically expand its Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR)...

Audience: Public 

Friday, October 2, 2020 1:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar: The Materials Evolution of the Aqueous Lithium Ion Battery

Speaker: Arthur van Wald Cresce, Materials Scientist, U.S. Army Research Laboratory Abstract: Lithium ion batteries have gone through many permutations since their inception in...

Audience: Public 

Friday, October 2, 2020 2:00 p.m.

Maryland Robotics Student Seminar: Multi-Agent Control Using Coverage Over Time-Varying Domains

Registration Link: https://umd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BZYWKQu3RD25fMRVrjz_kw Multi-Agent Control Using Coverage Over Time-Varying Domains Xiaotian XuPh.D Student, Mechanical...

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 10:00 a.m.

Seminar on modernization of UMD's Testudo/SIS, PHR and Kuali systems

UMD is in the process of modernizing our aging computing systems. If you use Testudo/SIS, PHR, or Kuali, this transformation affects you. Learn about UMD’s Elevate project that is...

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 11:00 a.m.

ChBE Seminar: Aerosols and Droplets: Fundamental Particles in our Evolving World

Speaker: Akua Asa-Awuku, ChBE Associate Professor, UMD College Park Abstract: Aerosols, or particles, emitted into the air have adverse effects for regional air quality and health....

Audience: Campus 

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 11:00 a.m.

MSE Seminar: Aerosols and Droplets: Fundamental Particles in our Evolving World

Akua Asa-AwukuChBE Associate ProfessorUniversity of Maryland, College Park Abstract: Aerosols, or particles, emitted into the air have adverse effects for regional air quality and...

Audience: Public 

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

MAMNA Virtual Seminar: Camilo Velez Cuervo, CMU, "Actuators for Microrobotics"

MAMNA Virtual Seminar Actuators for Microrobotics using Microfabrication, Additive Manufacturing, and Shape Memory Alloys Camilo Velez CuervoPostdoctoral ResearcherBergbreiter...

Friday, October 9, 2020 1:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar: Selected Observations of Microstructural Development in Metallic Alloys

Yongho SohnDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando Title: Selected Observations of Microstructural Development in Metallic Alloys...

Audience: Public 

Friday, October 9, 2020 2:00 p.m.

2020 ISR Welcome Back and Awards Ceremony

It's time for ISR's annual Welcome Back and Awards Ceremony! It will come as no surprise to anyone that we're holding the event virtually this year. You'll be able to tune in to our...

Friday, October 9, 2020 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Decentralization and its Limits

"Decentralization and its Limits" Bahman GharesifardAssociate Professor, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada RSVP: go.umd.edu/gharesiford Abstract: Decentralization has played a...

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Post-Docs  Alumni 

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:00 a.m.

ChBE Seminar: Atomic and molecular layer deposition of redox-active thin films

Speaker: Matthias Young, Assistant Professor, Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri Abstract: To improve the performance of electrodes for energy...

Audience: Campus 

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

MAMNA Virtual Seminar: Daniel Cohen, Princeton Univ, "Study & Control of Collective Cell Behavior"

MAMNA Virtual Seminar Study and Control of Collective Cell Behavior Assistant Professor Daniel CohenDept. of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringPrinceton University Research in the...

Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture by Professor Derek A. Paley

Please join us for this fall's University of Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture by Professor Derek A. Paley, Department of Aerospace Engineering "Collective Behavior in...

Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00 p.m.

Maryland Robotics Student Seminar: Instant Segmentation of Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay

Registration Link: https://umd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sj1iSLN4S6qibhSgXYd9Cw Instant Segmentation of Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay Behzad SadrfaridpourPostdoctoral Researcher,...

Friday, October 23, 2020 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Rachael Myers-Ward, U.S. Naval Research Lab

Talk Title: TBA Rachael Myers-WardDirector, High Power Electronics Branch / Power Materials Section,U.S. Naval Research Lab RSVP: go.umd.edu/myers-ward RACHAEL MYERS-WARD is an...

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Post-Docs  Alumni 

Tuesday, October 27, 2020 11:00 a.m.

ChBE Seminar: Interfacial Phenomena and Biomimetics

Speaker: Donglee Shin, Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemical EngineeringNew Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) Abstract: Many plants and animals have unique...

Audience: Campus 

Friday, October 30, 2020 1:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar: ShAPEing the Future: Novel Materials via Solid State Processing

Speaker: Suveen N. Mathaudhu, Professor and Chair, Materials Science & Engineering Program, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of California,...

Audience: Campus 

Tuesday, November 3, 2020 11:00 a.m.

ChBE Seminar: Modeling, understanding & treating neurodegeneration using engineering strategies

Speaker: Ethan Lippmann, Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University Abstract: Neurological disease imposes a significant socioeconomic...

Audience: Campus 

Tuesday, November 3, 2020 4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

MAMNA Virtual Seminar: Sam Emaminejad, UCLA, "Emerging Wearable Bioelectronics"

MAMNA Virtual Seminar Emerging Wearable Bioelectronics: Creating a New Era of Personalized Medicine Assistant Professor Sam EmaminejadDept. of Electrical and Computer...

Friday, November 6, 2020 2:00 p.m.

Lockheed Martin Robotics Seminar: Socially Assistive Robotics Right Now

Registration link https://umd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XXwMwBmWSvCLk_c0TubEtA Socially Assistive Robotics Right Now: The Need for Personalized Embodied Systems for In-Home...

Friday, November 6, 2020 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Dennis Andrucyk, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Dennis AndrucykCenter Director, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center RSVP: TBA BIO: Dennis Andrucyk is the center director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. He previously served...

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Post-Docs  Alumni 

Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:00 a.m.

ChBE Seminar: Tuning Collective Molecular Assembly to Influence Ion Transport and Electron Transfer

Speaker: Matthew Gebbie, Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin Abstract: Interfaces are critical to many growing societal...

Audience: Campus 

Friday, November 13, 2020 2:00 p.m.

Lockheed Martin Robotics Seminar: Robust Perception for Robots

Registration link https://umd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fvIN7i0oQASnHQOWeofnXQ Robust Perception for Robots: Sensor Fusion from Algorithm to Device Design Dezhen...

Friday, November 13, 2020 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Reza Ghanadan, Senior Manager, Google Cloud AI

Talk Title: TBA Reza GhanadanSenior Manager, Google Cloud AI RSVP: go.umd.edu/ghanadan Bio: Reza Ghanadan joined Google AI in 2017 and is leading the Cloud AI research and strategic...

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Post-Docs  Alumni 

Friday, November 13, 2020 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

IEEE Leadership Seminar: Rose Faghih, Professor, University of Houston

Rose Faghih, Professor, University of Houston RSVP Link: go.umd.edu/faghih-ieee BIO: Faghih joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston...

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Alumni 

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 4:00 p.m.-4:30 a.m.

MAMNA Virtual Seminar: Xiao Wang, Bryn Mawr College, "Magnetic Skyrmions"

MAMNA Virtual Seminar Magnetic Skyrmions in Multilayers with Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction Xiao WangPostdoctoral ResearcherBryn Mawr College Dr. Xiao (Shirley) Wang...

Friday, November 20, 2020 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Seminar by Professor Thomas Murphy

Special Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Seminar/Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium"Optics and Electronics in Flatland: The Surprising Capabilities of 2D Materials" Thomas MurphyProfessor,...

Audience: Campus  Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Post-Docs  Alumni 

Friday, December 4, 2020 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Fredrik Fatemi, CCDC Army Research Lab

Fredrik FatemiBranch Chief for Quantum Sciences, CCDC Army Research Lab RSVP: go.umd.edu/fatemi Talk Title: TBA...

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Post-Docs  Alumni 

Friday, December 11, 2020 1:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar Series: Metallography/Materialography

Speaker: George Vander Voort, Principal, Vander Voort Consulting LLC,Consultant at Struers, Inc. Abstract: The lecture defines what metallography is and describes what industries use...

Audience: Campus 

Friday, December 11, 2020 2:00 p.m.

Maryland Robotics Student Seminar: Resilient Multi-Robot Coordination -- An Algorithmic Perspective

Registration Link: https://umd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__t9hS287Rf-HeNOOOcemtA Resilient Multi-Robot Coordination -- An Algorithmic Perspective Guangyao ShiPh.D Student,...