Events

Thursday, March 30, 2023 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

CCSP Seminar: Source coding with locality - Variations on a theme (Shashank Vatedka (IIT Hyderabad))

The amount of data generated in many applications such as astronomy and genomics has highlighted the growing need for compression schemes that allows to interact and manipulate data...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty  Post-Docs 

Thursday, March 30, 2023 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

UMSON Guest Lecture Hybrid Series: Pain: Neural Pathways, Biomarkers, and Interventions

Title: "Pain: Neural Pathways, Biomarkers, and Interventions" Speaker: Tor Wager (Dartmouth College) Description: Tor Wager is the Diana L. Taylor Distinguished Professor in...

Thursday, March 30, 2023 5:00 p.m.

Finding Your Personal North Stars for A Meaningful Career

Lei Zong Partner and Senior Manager, Computer Engineering Group, Key Tech Lei's conversation will focus on her background and journey, how she finds meaning in her career and how she...

Audience: Public  Campus  Clark School  All Students  Graduate  Undergraduate  Prospective Students  K-12  Faculty  Staff  Post-Docs  Alumni  Employers  Corporate  Donors  Press  Parents and Family 

Friday, March 31, 2023 10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

NACS Seminar: A Cross-Species Approach to Understanding the Physiological Mechanisms underlying...

Title: "A Cross-Species Approach to Understanding the Physiological Mechanisms underlying Age-related Hearing Loss" Speaker: Aravind Parthasarathy (University of Pittsburgh)...

Friday, March 31, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Jerry Y.S Lin, Arizona State University

Hydrogen Production with CarbonCapture by CO2-Selective Membrane Reactors Abstract: Hydrogen is primarily produced from natural gas requiring costly separation of CO2 and H2 in the...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, March 31, 2023 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

Fincantieri Marine Group Information Session

Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) is the U.S. subsidiary of Italian enterprise Fincantieri S.p.A., one of the world’s largest shipbuilders. FMG employees more than 2,500 in the U.S.,...

Friday, March 31, 2023 2:00 p.m.

MRC Seminar: Flexible Surgical Robots: Design, Sensing, and Control

Flexible Surgical Robots: Design, Sensing, and Control Streaming Link Tania MorimotoAssistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringUniversity of California, San Diego Abstract Flexible...

Friday, March 31, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Abhishek Motayed, N5 Sensors

Speaker: Abhishek Motayed, CEO, N5 Sensors Title and Abstract TBD...

Audience: Public  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Civil & Environmental Consultants Information Table

Internships & Entry-level Jobs: Seeking freshmen through masters students in civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. US Citizens, Protected Residents and F-1 students...

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 2:00 p.m.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Chethana Nilesh Suriyarachchi

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Name: Chethana Nilesh Suriyarachchi Committee: Professor John S. Baras (Chair) Professor Eyad AbedProfessor Dinesh ManochaProfessor...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 3:30 p.m.

George Dieter Lecture in Mechanics & Materials

Title: Mechanical Properties of Lithiated Silicon: A Candidate Electrode for Lithium Ion Batteries Abstract: Understanding the insertion of lithium into silicon electrodes for high...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Post-Docs 

Friday, April 7, 2023 10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

NACS Seminar: Using 'Idiosynchrony' to draw out individual differences in brain and behavior

Title: "'Idiosynchrony': Using naturalistic stimuli to draw out individual differences in brain and behavior" Speaker: Emily Finn (Dartmouth University) Abstract: While neuroimaging...

Friday, April 7, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Jonghoon Choi, University of Pennsylvania

Lectin-glycan affinity in nanobio theragnostics: The specific capture of pancreatic cancer exosomes and the targeted immunotherapy of tumor cells. Abstract: The unique profile of...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, April 7, 2023 2:00 p.m.

Microsoft Future Leaders in Robotics and AI Seminar Series: Angeline Aguinaldo

A Category Theoretic Approach to Planning in a Complex World Zoom Link Angeline AguinaldoPhD StudentComputer Science DepartmentUniversity of Maryland, College...

Friday, April 7, 2023 2:30 p.m.

Microsoft Future Leaders in Robotics and AI Seminar Series: Lidia Al-Zogbi

Autonomous Ultrasound-Guided Robotics to Support Trauma Patients: From Diagnostics to Hemorrhage Control Zoom Link Lidia Al-ZogbiPhD CandidateMechanical Engineering DepartmentJohns...

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 3:30 p.m.

MSE Seminar by Dr. Hyun Jung Kim

Title: Phase Change Materials for Photonics in NASA Science and Space Missions Abstract: Phase change materials (PCMs) such as Ge2Sb2Te5, Ge2Sb2Se4Te1, and Sb2S3 have recently emerged...

Audience: Graduate  Post-Docs 

Friday, April 14, 2023 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: Using songbirds to explore auditory-motor interactions during musical rhythm...

Title: "Using songbirds to explore auditory-motor interactions during musical rhythm perception" Speaker: Aniruddh Patel (Tufts University) Abstract: Isochrony, or roughly equal...

Friday, April 14, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. W.S. Winston Ho, The Ohio State University

New Facilitated Transport Membranes for CO2 Capture from Flue Gas and Syngas Abstract: This presentation covers new facilitated transport membranes for post-combustion CO2 capture...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, April 14, 2023 2:00 p.m.

Microsoft Future Leaders in Robotics and AI Seminar Series: Rohan Chandra

Socially Compliant Multi-Agent Planning and Navigation in Challenging Environments Rohan ChandraPostdoctoral FellowUniversity of Texas, Austin Abstract Multi-agent social navigation...

Audience: Public 

Friday, April 14, 2023 3:00 p.m.

MSSE Thesis Defense: Siddharth Gopal, "Learning Metareasoning Policies for Motion Planning"

MS in Systems Engineering Thesis Defense Learning Metareasoning Policies for Motion Planning Siddharth Gopal Thesis committeeJeffery Herrmann (ME/ISR)Michael Otte (AE)Mumu Xu...

Friday, April 14, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium - Pramod Viswanath

Speaker: Pramod Viswanath, Princeton University...

Audience: Public  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Saturday, April 15, 2023 2:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

National Weather Service Storm Spotter Basics Class

The National Weather Service is coming to campus to teach a free class on the basics of storm spotting and severe weather safety. The class covers severe weather such as thunderstorms...

Audience: Public 

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 3:30 a.m.

MSE Seminar: Dr. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University

Title: Seeing is believing – how x-ray probes can help us image solid state batteries Abstract: Transportation accounts for 23% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions and...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 2:00 p.m.

MSSE Thesis Defense: Srijal Poojari, "Outdoor Localization and Path Planning"

MSSE Thesis DefenseOutdoor Localization and Path Planning for Repositioning a Self-Driving Electric Scooter Srijal Shekhar Poojari Committee Members Professor Derek Paley,...

Thursday, April 20, 2023 3:00 p.m.

INCOSE Seminar: Data Processing Pipeline for Socio-Technical Network Analysis

INCOSE Critical Infrastructure Protection and Recovery Working Group Seminar A Data Processing Pipeline for Socio-Technical Network Analysis Gabriel WeaverSenior Critical...

Friday, April 21, 2023

CHBE Seminar: Dr. Jeffrey McCutcheon, University of Connecticut, Chemical and Biomolecular Engr

Title: Customizing Membranes using Additive Manufacturing:Enabling New Materials in Water Treatment and Beyond Abstract: The way that we manufacture reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty  Post-Docs 

Friday, April 21, 2023 2:00 p.m.

MRC Seminar: Enabling robots to function in complex and unstructured environments

Enabling robots to function in complex and unstructured environments Tom RanzaniAssistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringBoston University Abstract Complex and unstructured...

Friday, April 21, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Na Li, Harvard University

Speaker: Na Li, Harvard Univeristy...

Audience: Public  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 1:00 p.m.

Seminar by Mathew Green

Title: Charged polymers for sustainability and the environment: direct air capture of CO 2 , water purification, and energy storage Abstract: Polymeric materials, due to their...

Audience: Graduate  Post-Docs 

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar by Dr. Mario Borunda from Oklahoma State University

Tittle: Radiation hardness of halide perovskites Abstract: Many of the challenges experienced by halide perovskite materials, such as degradation caused by exposure to oxygen or...

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Post-Docs 

Friday, April 28, 2023 2:00 p.m.

MRC Seminar: Neuromuscular actuators for robotics and health

Neuromuscular actuators for robotics and health Streaming Link Ritu RamanAssistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract Human beings and...

Friday, April 28, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Les Valiant, Harvard University

Speaker: Les Valiant, Harvard University Title and Abstract TBD...

Audience: Public  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Friday, April 28, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Les Valiant, Harvard University

Speaker: Les Valiant, Harvard University Title and Abstract TBD...

Audience: Public  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 12:30 p.m.

MATHBIOL Seminar: The progression of neural representations of speech in the brain, from...

Title: "The progression of neural representations of speech in the brain, from acoustics to semantics" Speaker: Jonathan Simon (University of Maryland) Abstract: Listening to speech...

Friday, May 5, 2023 8:00 a.m.

Special Workshop on AI and Analytics for Social Good

We invite you to contribute to the second annual Workshop on AI & Analytics for Social Good to be held at the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland on May 5, 2023....

Friday, May 5, 2023 11:00 a.m.

CHBE Seminar: Dr. David Gracias, Chemical and Biomolecular Engr., Johns Hopkins University

Smart 3D Microtechnologies for Biology and Human Health Abstract: In the future, it is envisioned that living systems will be integrated with sensors and actuators to enable two-way...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, May 5, 2023 2:00 p.m.

MRC Seminar: Origami-Inspired Design for Compliant and Reconfigurable Robots

Origami-Inspired Design for Compliant and Reconfigurable Robots Cynthia SungAssistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringUniversity of Pennsylvania Abstract Recent years have seen a...

Friday, May 5, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Saikat Guha, University of Arizona

Speaker: Saikat Guha, University of Arizona Title and Abstract TBD...

Audience: Public  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Thursday, May 25, 2023 9:00 a.m.

Maryland Robotics Center Research Symposium 2023

The Maryland Robotics Center invites you to participate in a day-long symposium highlighting the cutting-edge robotics research of the center. The symposium will feature keynote...