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PhD Qualifying Examination: Vamsi Jonnalagadda

Committee Members: Aniruddh Vashisth | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Junlan Wang | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Santosh Devasia | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Vipin Kumar | Committee Member | Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Vamsi. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.

ME Seminar: Tom Matula, UW Applied Physics Laboratory

We are pleased to welcome Thomas Matula, the director of the Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound (CIMU) and senior principal physicist at the UW Applied Physics Laboratory, for an ME seminar. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: IEB G106. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 1:00 AM – 2:00 AM.

PhD General Examination: Youngshang Han

Supervisory Committee Members: Mohammad Malakooti| Committee Chair| Department of Mechanical Engineering , Karl Bohringer | GSR | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Junlan Wang | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jie Xiao | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Youngshang Han. Event Types: Academics. Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

PhD Qualifying Examination: Ally Clarke

Supervisory Committee Members: Katherine Steele | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Joseph Garbini | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Michelle Hickner | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jenny Robinson | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Ally Clarke. Event Types: Academics. Monday, October 13, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.

ME Seminar: Michael Dickey, NC State University

We are pleased to welcome Michael Dickey, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University, for an ME seminar. Shaping a soft futureExisting devices — such as phones, computers, and robots — are made from rigid materials, which is in direct contrast to the soft materials that compose the human body. Our group is studying and harnessing soft materials to create devices (actuators, sensors, electronics) with tissue-like properties. For example, gallium-based liquid metal alloys have remarkable properties: low melting point, water-like viscosity, low-toxicity, and effectively zero vapor pressure. Despite being liquid, these materials can be patterned into stretchable conductive circuits due to a thin, oxide skin that forms rapidly on its surface. This oxide can also be separated from the metal as a way to print thin conductors and dielectrics at ambient conditions. In addition to soft electronic conductors, we study soft, stretchable ionic… Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: IEB G106. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G106.

PhD Qualifying Examination: Renao Yan

Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Renao Yan. Event Types: Academics. Event sponsors: Committee Members: Jonathan Liu | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mehmet Kurt | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Duane Storti | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Feini (Sylvia) Qu | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering. Thursday, October 30, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.

MechEngr Capstone Preview Fair

Are you an ME undergraduate graduating this year and searching for a capstone design project to fulfill your degree requirements? Come preview the capstone design projects available this year. Featuring projects from local industry sponsors, such as Boeing, PACCAR, and others, local community organizations, ME faculty sponsors, and , registered student organizations. Sponsors and mentors will be available to describe their projects and answer questions. There will be no formal presentations - join for whatever times you are available. Industry-sponsored projects are a unique opportunity to work with professional engineers from industry on a relevant engineering challenge the company is facing. Projects would run over winter and spring quarters, allowing for opportunities to get into prototyping and testing. The project client representatives attending do not have input on which specific individuals are placed on the project, only the specific skills mix the team should have. You do NOT need to bring your… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: Lyceum. Accessibility Contact: epatten@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Mechanical Engineering Seniors. Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

PhD General Examination: Makenzie Pitts

Supervisory Committee Members: Katherine Steele | Committee Chair| Department of Mechanical Engineering , Brody Foy | GSR | Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology , Michelle Hickner | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Christine Agresta | Committee Member | Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Mackenzie Pitts. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, November 13, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.