Events

Monday, October 2, 2023 12:00 p.m.

HESP Seminar: "Current assessment methods for the receptive language skills of autistic children..."

Speaker: Jonet Artis (University of Maryland, College Park) Title: "Current assessment methods for the receptive language skills of autistic children and future directions" Abstract:...

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...

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...

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 12:00 p.m.

Fireside chat: A UMD grad on transitioning from academia to industry

A fireside chat on the transition from academia to industry Aya Ismail (CS Ph.D. 2022)Research ScientistGenentech Online presentation, free registration required. Register...

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 3:30 p.m.

MSE Seminar: Mary Dorman & Miriam Sharp, UMD

Laboratory Safety Leadership Abstract: This talk will cover responsibilities current and future principal investigators and how to support a strong safety culture as a laboratory...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Thursday, October 5, 2023 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

CogSci Colloquium: "Closing the loop between neurophysiology and human behavior"

Speaker: Dwight Kravitz (George Washington University) Title: "Towards Cognitive Neuroscience: Closing the loop between neurophysiology and human behavior" Abstact: A core goal of...

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 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: "'Idiosynchrony': Using naturalistic stimuli to draw out individual differences"

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

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...

Monday, October 9, 2023 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Clark School DEI Committee: LGBTQ+ History Month Ice Cream Social

Join the Clark School DEI Committee for an LGBTQ+ History Month Ice cream social on Monday, October 9, 2023. The event will be from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. in the Kim Rotunda. In addition to...

Audience: Clark School 

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 10:00 a.m.

PhD Research Proposal Exam: Michael Straker

Title: Feedback-Driven Sampling Module for Ingestible Capsule-Based Biopsy of the Small Intestine Committee members: Dr. Reza Ghodssi, Chair Dr. William Bentley Dr. Katharina...

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 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 

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 3:30 p.m.

MSE Seminar: Dr. John C. Mauro, Pennsylvania State University

Relaxation is Everywhere Abstract: As a nonequilibrium material, a glass is continually relaxing towards its metastable supercooled liquid state. A comprehensive understanding of...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

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 9:00 a.m.

Workshop on New Frontiers in Networked Dynamical Systems: Assured Learning, Communication & Control

This two-day workshop (Oct. 13-14), preceded by a welcome reception the evening of Oct. 12, will explore new frontiers in modeling, learning and control of interconnected dynamical...

Friday, October 13, 2023 9:00 a.m.

PhD. Defense: Yashish M. Siriwardena

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Defense Name: Yashish M. Siriwardena Committee: Professor Carol Espy-Wilson, Chair/Co-AdvisorProfessor Shihab Shamma, Co-AdvisorProfessor Behtash...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, October 13, 2023 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: "Multiple solutions in functional neuroanatomy: A case study of fear"

Speaker: Ajay Satpute (Northeastern University) Title: "Multiple solutions in functional neuroanatomy: A case study of fear" Abstract: What is the neural basis of fear? Or memory, or...

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 1:00 p.m.

MRC Open Lab Tour

MRC now hosts Open Lab hours every other Friday from 1:00pm - 2:00pm (see calendar for specific dates). Open Lab is available to anyone interested in viewing the Robotic and Autonomy...

Saturday, October 14, 2023 9:00 a.m.

Workshop on New Frontiers in Networked Dynamical Systems: Assured Learning, Communication & Control

This two-day workshop (Oct. 13-14), preceded by a welcome reception the evening of Oct. 12, will explore new frontiers in modeling, learning and control of interconnected dynamical...

Monday, October 16, 2023 12:00 p.m.

HESP Seminar: "Cognitive control in language processing"

Speaker: Tal Ness (University of Maryland, College Park) Title: "Cognitive control in language processing" Abstract: During language processing, comprehenders must dynamically weigh...

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 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: "Harnessing Maxwell’s demon..."

Speaker: Edward Giniger (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Title: "Harnessing Maxwell’s demon: A new view of axon growth based on the stochastic dynamics of...

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...

Monday, October 23, 2023 12:00 p.m.

HESP Seminar: "Preparing for a Future of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Evidence-Based Practice"

Speaker: Nina Benway (University of Maryland, College Park) Title: "Preparing for a Future of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Evidence-Based Practice" Abstract: Artificial...

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...

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 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: "Amygdala astrocytes gate the retrieval of fear memory"

Speaker: Andrew Holmes (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) Title: "Amygdala astrocytes gate the retrieval of fear memory" Abstract: Brain systems mediating...

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 

Friday, October 27, 2023 1:00 p.m.

MRC Open Lab Tour

MRC now hosts Open Lab hours every other Friday from 1:00pm - 2:00pm (see calendar for specific dates). Open Lab is available to anyone interested in viewing the Robotic and Autonomy...

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 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: "Understanding visual representations in human occipito-temporal..."

Speaker: Yaoda Xu (Yale University.) Title: "Understanding visual representations in human occipito-temporal and posterior parietal cortices and convolutional neural...

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 1:00 p.m.

MRC Open Lab Tour

MRC now hosts Open Lab hours every other Friday from 1:00pm - 2:00pm (see calendar for specific dates). Open Lab is available to anyone interested in viewing the Robotic and Autonomy...

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, November 24, 2023 1:00 p.m.

MRC Open Lab Tour

MRC now hosts Open Lab hours every other Friday from 1:00pm - 2:00pm (see calendar for specific dates). Open Lab is available to anyone interested in viewing the Robotic and Autonomy...

Friday, December 1, 2023 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: "Behavioral and neural signatures of approximate hierarchical inference"

Speaker: Ralf Haefner (University of Rochester) Title: "Behavioral and neural signatures of approximate hierarchical inference" Abstract: TBA...

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 1, 2023 1:00 p.m.

MRC Open Lab Tour

MRC now hosts Open Lab hours every other Friday from 1:00pm - 2:00pm (see calendar for specific dates). Open Lab is available to anyone interested in viewing the Robotic and Autonomy...

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...

Friday, December 15, 2023 1:00 p.m.

MRC Open Lab Tour

MRC now hosts Open Lab hours every other Friday from 1:00pm - 2:00pm (see calendar for specific dates). Open Lab is available to anyone interested in viewing the Robotic and Autonomy...

Friday, March 8, 2024 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: "Investigating effects of stimulus type on the subcortical encoding of sounds"

Speaker: Ross Maddox (University of Michigan) Title: "Investigating effects of stimulus type and selective attention on the subcortical encoding of sounds" Abstract: The human...