ChemE Graduate Seminar Series: Allison Godwin
Defining meaningful failure as a key ingredient in student success
Allison Godwin
Associate Director of Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility
Dr. G. Stephen Irwin ’67, ’68 Professor of Engineering Education Research, Cornell University
Abstract
Failure is one of the most impactful ways in which humans learn and is part of the human experience, and yet, it is often stigmatized in education systems that rely on one-attempt, high- stakes assessments. This talk focuses on three examples that frame failure as an essential intermediary step in the learning process, with success as the ultimate goal. This work is grounded in a novel framework for engineering learning—meaningful failure, which rewards and supports students in taking academic risks, embracing uncertainty, and learning from setbacks, ultimately achieving success that is connected to who they are.
The first example focuses on the use of alternative assessment in a first-year chemical engineering course to support student engagement with…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: PAA A102. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate students, Postdocs, Faculty.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
ChemE Graduate Seminar Series: Denis Wirtz
3D single-cell mapping of solid tumors and new CAR T therapy to resolve them
Denis Wirtz
Vice Provost for Research
Theophilus Halley Smoot Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University
Abstract
Our group has recently developed CODA, an AI-based platform to map whole diseased and healthy organs and organisms in 3D and at single-cell resolution. CODA solves the challenge of imaging large volume samples, while preserving high spatial resolution. Through integration with other multi-omic approaches – such as spatial transcriptomics and proteomics - CODA allows for unprecedented cellular and molecular profiling of tissues. I will discuss the new biological insights into tumor onset and progression gained from the use of CODA, including ovarian and pancreatic cancers, and associated biomedical implications for early detection of cancer. I will also introduce our new CAR T therapies that exploit synthetic velocity receptors that dramatically increase the ability of…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: PAA A102. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate students, Postdocs, Faculty.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
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Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, February 16, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Early Career Impact Award Seminar: Katie Weigandt (ChemE Ph.D. '12)
(Event details coming soon.).
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: dso.@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate students, Postdocs, Faculty.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
ChemE Graduate Seminar Series: Guillermo Ameer
Details coming soon!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: PAA A102. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
ChemE Graduate Seminar Series: Ying Diao
Details coming soon!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: PAA A102. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
ChemE Graduate Seminar Series: John Frostad
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: PAA A102. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
ChemE Graduate Seminar Series: Stephanie Wettstein
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: PAA A102. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
ChemE Graduate Seminar Series: Seu Sim
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: PAA A102. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.