Events

Monday, October 14, 2019 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Dell Tech Rally

Have a hands-on Dell experience at the Dell Tech Rally, cohosted by the University Libraries and DIT! It is open to all UMD community members and will include a next-generation product...

Audience: Campus 

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:00 a.m.

PRG Seminar: Algorithms for Autonomous Near Earth Sensing with Aerial, Ground, and Marine Robots

Perception and Robotics Group Seminar Series on Robotics and Computer Vision Algorithms for Autonomous Near Earth Sensing with Aerial, Ground, and Marine Robots Pratap...

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.

Lunch & Learn: Modeling Universal Design for Learning Through Accessible Course Design

Dr. Carolyn Fink, College of Education, will discuss her journey to develop a fully accessible course in ELMS-Canvas through the use of UDOIT and Design Tools.Lunch will be provided,...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

125th Anniversary Symposium & Mpact Challenge Exhibition

The University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering is proud to celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2019 and an enduring tradition of research, learning, and innovation!...

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

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 9:00 a.m.

ChBE Seminar Series: Colloidal Hybrid Quantum Structures: Synthesis, Assembly & Applications

Speaker: Min Ouyang, Professor of Physics, Center for Nanophysics & Advanced Materials, UMD Title: Colloidal Hybrid Quantum Structures: Synthesis, Assembly and Applications from the...

Audience: Campus 

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Terrapin Tech Expo

What can DIT do for you?! Come to the Atrium in The Stamp (room 1107) on Wednesday, October 16 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to find out. The Terrapin Tech Expo showcases DIT services as...

Audience: All Students  Faculty  Staff 

Thursday, October 17, 2019 11:00 a.m.

Ph.D. Research Proposal Exam: Neha Hemant Joshi

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Research Proposal Exam Name: Neha Hemant Joshi Committee: Professor Shihab A. Shamma (Chair) Professor Jonathan Simon Professor Carol...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Thursday, October 17, 2019 3:30 p.m.

Cognitive Science Colloquium: Nausicaa Pouscoulous

Speaker: Dr. Nausicaa Pouscoulous, University College London Title: TBA Abstract: TBA...

Friday, October 18, 2019 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

IEEE Leadership Seminar: Next-Generation Identity Assurance for Mobile Environments

Next-Generation Identity Assurance for Mobile Environments Dr. Sarbari Gupta, President and CEO of Electrosoft Abstract: Traditional identity authentication models are limited to...

Audience: All Students  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Post-Docs 

Friday, October 18, 2019 1:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar/CDD Seminar: Electrical Energy Storage: Near-term and Long-term Perspectives

Speaker: Dr. Arumugam Manthiram, Director of Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Texas Title: Electrical Energy Storage: Near-term and Long-term...

Audience: Public 

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:00 p.m.

Lunch & Learn: Building Accessibility into Your Everyday Instructional Tasks

Accessibility must be part of our everyday instructional tasks whenever we are creating, editing or managing web-based content. In this session, we will review how to build...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

ChBE Seminar: Towards Scalable Manufacturing of Nanocomposite Films and Membranes Using Capillarity

Speaker: Daeyeon Lee, Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UPenn Title:Towards Scalable Manufacturing of Nanocomposite Films and Membranes Using...

Audience: Campus 

Thursday, October 24, 2019 3:30 p.m.

Cognitive Science Colloquium: Diane Brentari

Speaker: Dr. Diane Brentari Title: Limits and possibilities of modality’s effect on language: phonology through the lens of sign languages Abstract: There have been numerous...

Friday, October 25, 2019 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: Dina Lipkind

Speaker: Dr. Dina Lipkind, City University of New York Title: The challenges of learning complex behavioral sequences – lessons from songbirds Abstract: How does one learn a...

Friday, October 25, 2019 1:00 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...

Friday, October 25, 2019 1:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar Series: Material Science Investigations to Advance Li-ion and Li Metal Batteries

Speaker: Nancy Dudney, Corporate Fellow and Group Leader, OakRidge National Laboratory Title: Material Science Investigations to Advance Li-ion and Li Metal...

Audience: Campus 

Friday, October 25, 2019 2:00 p.m.

Lockheed Martin Robotics Seminar: Designing exoskeletons and prosthetic limbs

Lockheed Martin Robotics Seminar Designing exoskeletons and prosthetic limbs that enhance humanlocomotor performance Steve CollinsAssociate ProfessorMechanical EngineeringStanford...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Post-Docs  Alumni 

Friday, October 25, 2019 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Machine Learning with Differential Privacy, Roxana Geambasu

Security and Privacy Guarantees in Machine Learning with Differential PrivacyAbstract:Machine learning (ML) is driving many of our applications and life-changing decisions. Yet, it is...

Audience: Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Post-Docs  Alumni 

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Systems Engineering Information Session

Systems Engineering Information Session Tuesday, Oct. 29 5:00–6:30 pm 1146 A.V. Williams Building Pizza and other refreshments will be served! Be sure to RSVP by Tuesday, Oct....

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 9:00 a.m.

ChBE Seminar Series: Engineering new tools to understand mucus function and dysfunction

Speaker: Gregg Duncan, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, UMD Title: Engineering new tools to understand mucus function and dysfunction Abstract: Mucus is a biological gel that...

Audience: Campus 

Friday, November 1, 2019 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: Michael Reiser

Speaker: Dr. Michael Reiser, Janelia Research Campus Title: Connecting vision to behavior in Drosophila Abstract: How central nervous systems control behavior is the main question in...

Friday, November 1, 2019 1:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar Series: Modeling of heat flow across interfaces

Speaker: Pawel Keblinski, MSE Professor and Department Head, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York Title: Modeling of heat flow across interfaces Abstract: An interface between...

Audience: Campus 

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:00 a.m.

ChBE Seminar Series: Molecules to devices: mechanistic analyses of electrochemical energy systems

Speaker: Maureen Tang, ChBE Assistant Professor, Drexel University Title: From molecules to devices: mechanistic analyses of electrochemical energy systems Abstract: In an energy...

Audience: Public 

Thursday, November 7, 2019 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Whiting-Turner Lecture Series: Sherif Marakby

Sherif Marakby, President and CEO for Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, will deliver the Whiting-Turner Business and Entrepreneurial Lecture on November 7, 2019, in conjunction with the...

Audience: Public  Campus  Clark School  All Students  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Donors 

Friday, November 8, 2019 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: Reza Shadmehr

Speaker: Dr. Reza Shadmehr, Johns Hopkins University Title: Building internal models in the cerebellum Abstract: The cerebellum is not necessary for making a movement. Rather, it is...

Friday, November 8, 2019 1:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar Series: Shape-Symmetry Incommensurate Polymer Crystals

Speaker: Christopher Li, MSE Professor @ Drexel Univeristy, PA Title: Shape-Symmetry Incommensurate Polymer Crystals Abstract: Crystallization is ubiquitous in nature and...

Audience: Campus 

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 12:00 p.m.

Innovation Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

This half-hour event recognizes the achievements of the selected innovator, who is presented with a medallion by a high official of the university and whose work is described in a...

Audience: Public  Clark School  Faculty  Staff  Alumni 

Thursday, November 14, 2019 3:30 p.m.

Cognitive Science Colloquium: Justin Wood

Speaker: Dr. Justin Wood, Indiana University Title: Reverse Engineering the Origins of Intelligence Abstract: One of the great unsolved mysteries in science concerns the origins of...

Friday, November 15, 2019 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: Michael Long

Speaker: Dr. Michael Long, New York University Title: Comparative neurobiology of vocal communication Abstract: Vocal communication is central to our everyday lives, facilitating...

Friday, November 15, 2019 1:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar Series: How today's energy transition defines tomorrow's R&D needs

Speaker: Patrick McGrath, Deputy Director for Technology, ARPA-E Title: How today's energy transition defines tomorrow's R&D needs Abstract: Wind and solar generation...

Audience: Campus 

Friday, November 15, 2019 2:00 p.m.

Lockheed Martin Robotics Seminar: Robotics and Autonomy: The Future of People in Space

Lockheed Martin Robotics Seminar Robotics and Autonomy: The Future of People in Space Julia BadgerProject Manager Robotics and Intelligence for Human Spacecraft TeamVSM System...

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 4:00 p.m.

BBI Seed Grant Symposium

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 19, 2019 as the Brain and Behavior Initiative hosts its 3rd Annual Seed Grant Symposium! Hear from 2018 Seed Grant Program awardees, find...

Audience: Campus  Clark School  Graduate  Faculty  Post-Docs 

Thursday, November 21, 2019 3:30 p.m.

Cognitive Science Colloquium: Rick Lewis

Speaker: Dr. Rick Lewis, University of Michigan Title: TBA Abstract: TBA...

Friday, November 22, 2019 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: Misha Ahrens

Speaker: Dr. Misha Ahrens, Janelia Research Campus Title: TBA Abstract: TBA...

Friday, November 22, 2019 1:00 p.m.

MSE Seminar Series: Material Science Investigations to Advance Li-ion and Li-Metal Batteries

Speaker: Nancy Dudney, Corporate Fellow and Group Leader, OakRidge National Laboratory Title: Material Science Investigations to Advance Li-ion and Li Metal...

Audience: Campus 

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

Graduate Engineering Open House

The A. James Clark School of Engineering offers Professional Graduate Engineering Programs in 18 areas of engineering. Our programs are specifically designed for working engineers and...

Audience: Public  Campus  Clark School  Undergraduate  Prospective Students  Alumni  Corporate 

Thursday, December 5, 2019 5:00 p.m.

Whiting-Turner Lecture Series: Sheila Rohra

Sheila Rohra, Chief Transformation Officer & Chief of Staff to the CEO for NetApp, will deliver the Whiting-Turner Business and Entrepreneurial Lecture on December 5, 2019, in...

Audience: Public  Clark School  All Students  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Corporate 

Friday, December 6, 2019 10:15 a.m.

NACS Seminar: Bevil Conway

Speaker: Dr. Bevil Conway, Wellesley College Title: Color as a tool for understanding how brains/minds work Abstract: What is color for and how are color operations implemented in...

Friday, December 6, 2019 2:00 p.m.

Lockheed Martin Robotics Seminar: From Optimal Multi-Robot Motion Planning

Lockheed Martin Robotics Seminar From Optimal Multi-Robot Motion Planning to Optimal Collaborative Autonomy Jingjin YuAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Computer ScienceRutgers...