PhD General Examination: Kyle Schultz
Dissertation Tile: Force-Based Control for Reduced Deformation Human–Robot Transport of Flexible Objects, Supervisory Committee Members: Santosh Devasia | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Amir Taghvaei |GSR | Department Aeronautics and Astronautics , Joseph Garbini | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Lance McCann | Committee Member| BARC and Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Kyle Schultz. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
ME Seminar: C. Fred Higgs III, Rice University
We are pleased to welcome C. Fred Higgs III, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and John and Ann Doerr Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University, for an ME seminar.
Tribology & Particle Flow Systems in the Midst of an Industrial Revolution: From Physics to Data
We are currently living in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds are becoming increasingly blurred. This revolution has sparked the rise of Industry 4.0—an era where industries are powered by data—and ushered in next-generation factories that produce highly personalized, data-driven products, enabled by advances in AI, digital twins, and additive manufacturing. In this talk, we will explore how our Particle Flow & Tribology Laboratory (PFTL) is contributing to this transformation by advancing technologies such as powder-bed additive manufacturing and squeeze film dampers. For years, our lab has focused on high-fidelity, physics-based modeling in tribology and particle…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G109. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Jayden Wood
Committee members: Brian Polagye| Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jie Xiao | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Michelle Hickner | Committee Member | Department Mechanical Engineering , Owen Williams | Committee Member | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Jayden Wood. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD General Examination: Satria Ardianuari
Supervisory Committee Members: Glenn Klute| Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Christopher Neils |GSR | Department of Bioengineering , Katherine Steele| Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jenny Robinson| Committee Member| Department of Mechanical Engineering , Stefania Fatone | Committee Member | Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Satria Ardianuari. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
ME Seminar: Lucas Meza, UW Mechanical Engineering
We are pleased to welcome Assistant Professor Lucas Meza for an ME seminar.
About the speaker:
Professor Meza’s research investigates the mechanics of architected materials at micro- and nanometer length scales. In this, he studies methods for harnessing the novel properties of nanomaterials in bulk materials. He uses a range of micro- and nanofabrication techniques to create new classes of nanoarchitected materials with unprecedented mechanical properties. These include ceramics that bounce back after compression to over 50% strain and fractal-like architectures that can hierarchically tune mechanical properties at different length scales.
His work often centers around bioinspired materials, especially given that the techniques used by his group can approach and replicate the length scale and complexity of natural materials. He is interested in materials for extreme environments (irradiation, temperature, ballistic impact, etc), designing for electrical and thermal performance to make multifunctional…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G109. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Justin Diamond
Committee members: David Dall'Osto | Faculty Advisor | UW Applied Physics Laboratory and Department of Mechanical Engineering , Michelle Hickner | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Peter Dahl | Committee Member | Department Mechanical Engineering , Brian Polagye | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Justin Diamond. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Almond Lau
Committee members: Igor Novosselov | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Shijing Sun| Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , John Kramlich| Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Guozhong Cao | Committee Member | Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Almond Lau. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM.
ECE Graduate MSEE & PhD Daytime Program Info Session
Are you an Engineering, Math or Physical Sciences student interested in graduate school in Electrical and Computer Engineering? If so, please join us to learn more about the daytime MSEE and Ph.D. in ECE programs. Current advisers will be available to answer questions!
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/fYFtjDAERU6fs0neK_IU0A. Campus room: via Zoom. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Prospective Graduate Students.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
For more info visit www.ece.uw.edu. ME Seminar: Vikas Patnaik, PoleStar Consulting, LLC
We are pleased to welcome Vikas Patnaik, president of PoleStar Consulting, LLC, for an ME seminar. Seminar title: Revolution in the Heating and Cooling of Buildings, About the talk: The responsible and sustainable use of energy is receiving considerable attention the world over. This is driven largely by the need to reduce carbon (or CO2-equivalent) emissions resulting from the generation and use of energy, as the most direct means of combating climate change. This seminar focuses on technology development associated with one of the more traditional sources of demand for energy — the heating and cooling of buildings. It addresses recent and imminent developments, both evolutionary and revolutionary based on the author's own journey through this dynamic landscape, and where the greatest opportunities — and pitfalls — might lie. About the speaker: Dr. Vikas Patnaik has his own consultancy practice, under PoleStar Consulting, LLC, in the areas of energy technology innovation and (often associated)…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
ECE Graduate MSEE & PhD Daytime Program Info Session
Are you an Engineering, Math or Physical Sciences student interested in graduate school in Electrical and Computer Engineering? If so, please join us to learn more about the daytime MSEE and Ph.D. in ECE programs. Current advisers will be available to answer questions!
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/QL0D0Z6dQz-Uq-4uH-y0HA. Campus room: via Zoom. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Prospective Graduate Students.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit www.ece.uw.edu. Accessible Presentations: Global Accessibility Awareness Day w/ CREATE
CREATE Director Jennifer Mankoff kicks off the UW's Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) midday session.
The session includes: Best practices for accessible presentations - CREATE participating postdoc Avery Mack , Basic disability studies history and concepts, important grounding for any kind of work with people with disabilities - CREATE participating postdoc Emma McDonnell , Welcome message by Andreas Bohman, Vice President for UW Information Technology , Presentation by UW Provost Tricia Serio, Registration required. Zoom link provided with registration.
Event Accommodations
Contact Susie Hawkey by April 30 to request accommodations: 206-543-6504, shawkey@uw.edu.
Also make sure to catch these CREATE offerings: Connecting Dots book talk with Joshua Miele - CREATE collaborator Joshua Miele will talk about his new memoir about the professional: his unique approaches to solving accessibility challenges; and the personal: canes and dogs, braille and babies, screen readers and spacecraft, and the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 250. Accessibility Contact: shawkey@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Information Sessions. Special Events. Student Activities. Target Audience: All are welcome.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 1:00 PM – 1:55 PM.
For more info visit create.uw.edu. Computing Instructors Workshop/Keynote with Amy Ko: Global Accessibility Awareness Day w/ CREATE
Zoom only workshop with CREATE faculty members: Kevin Lin hosts and Amy Ko delivers the keynote.
The workshop is designed for instructors in all disciplines–the humanities, arts, and sciences–who teach programming. Connect with and learn from other UW instructors. We will share resources and ideas for making our computing courses more accessible towards meeting the 2026 digital accessibility requirements. Learn from accessibility experts on topics such as pedagogy, community, teaching tools, assessments, and visuals.
Registration required. Zoom link provided with registration.
Accommodations
Contact Susie Hawkey by April 30 to request accommodations: 206-543-6504, shawkey@uw.edu.
Also make sure to catch these CREATE offerings at GAAD 2025: Disability History and Accessibility Best Practices. CREATE Director Jennifer Mankoff will introduce CREATE participating postdocs Emma McDonnell and Avery Mack.
, Connecting Dots book talk with Joshua Miele - CREATE collaborator Joshua Miele will talk about his…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: shawkey@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Special Events. Workshops. Target Audience: Instructors of computing, programming, or data analysis from all disciplines: humanities, arts, sci.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM.
For more info visit create.uw.edu. Joshua Miele book talk: Global Accessibility Awareness Day w/ CREATE
Connecting Dots book talk with Joshua Miele - CREATE collaborator Joshua Miele will talk about his new memoir. In the book, Miele shares his unique approaches to solving accessibility challenges, such as automated tools for generating tactile maps, a somewhat shady scheme for crowd-sourcing descriptions of YouTube videos, and a brief but brutal sabotage campaign against inaccessible ATMs in the late 90s. Along the way, he talks about canes and dogs, braille and babies, screen readers and spacecraft, and the rebellion and romance throughout his life that ties them all together.
Registration required. Zoom link provided with registration.
Accommodations
Contact Susie Hawkey by April 30 to request accommodations: 206-543-6504, shawkey@uw.edu.
Also make sure to catch these CREATE offerings at GAAD 2025: Disability History and Accessibility Best Practices. CREATE Director Jennifer Mankoff kicks off the midday GAAD session, which includes presentations by CREATE participating postdocs Emma McDonnell and Avery…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE2). Campus room: Bezos Seminar Room - G04. Accessibility Contact: kqvoss@cs.washington.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Information Sessions. Special Events. Student Activities. Target Audience: All are welcome.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit create.uw.edu. ME Seminar: Duane Storti, UW Mechanical Engineering
We are pleased to welcome ME Professor Duane Storti for a seminar.
About the speaker:
Professor Storti is co-director of the Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Lab. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of 3D printing and novel approaches to geometric design. He has significant experience working to create new materials systems for 3D printing and maintains a strong interest in new approaches to solid modeling specifically suited for compatibility with 3D medical image stacks. (The emphasis on imaging and biomechanical applications is the product of an ongoing research program with colleagues at the Seattle VA Hospital and the UW Medical School’s departments of Radiology and Orthopaedics.) Real-time interaction with models based on image stacks depends on the power of GPU-based parallel computing, so Dr. Storti’s research and instructional efforts now include extensive use of CUDA with a special emphasis on application of 3D texels.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G109. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
AccessADVANCE Capacity Building Institute
Join AccessADVANCE and colleagues from across the country to share challenges and solutions for creating systemic changes that supports the recruitment and participation of faculty with disabilities in STEM careers. We welcome the participation and perspectives of people with disabilities, administrators, faculty, and disability services professionals. Online via Zoom , In-person on the UW campus in Seattle , Learn more and apply , Apply to participate by April 11, Virtual and in-person participants are invited to propose and lead a flash talk (~15 minutes). You can also suggest panel discussions topics & volunteer to facilitate or join a panel. Virtual participants will receive Zoom links prior to the event. We will explore topics like: Accommodating faculty with disabilities , Funding accommodations , Finding community , Informal accommodations and interdependence , Intersectional issues particularly impacting women faculty with disabilities.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Accessibility Contact: doit@uw.edu. Event Types: Conferences. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Target Audience: People with disabilities, administrators, faculty, and disability services professionals.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 – Thursday, May 22, 2025.
For more info visit docs.google.com. ME Seminar: Keith Neeves, University of Colorado Denver
We are pleased to welcome Keith Neeves, professor at University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Center, for an ME seminar.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G109. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
MS Thesis Presentation: Tommy Zhang
Thesis Title: Automated Holographic Optical Tweezers for Micro-Structure Assembly, Supervisory Committee Members: Ashis Banerjee | Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Santosh Devasia | Committee Member| Department of Mechanical Engineering , Sawyer Fuller | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, ECE 303
Zoom Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/99117379957.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: megrad@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
MS Thesis Presentation: Nicholas Ozanich
Thesis Title: Validation of an Ultrasound-Embedded Shoe for Measuring Plantar Tissue Properties, Supervisory Committee Members: William R. Ledoux | Committee Chair | CLiMB and Department of Mechanical Engineering , Michael Bailey | Committee Member| APL and Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mehmet Kurt | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Daniel Leotta | Committee Member | APL,
MEB 102
Zoom Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/8538002993.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: megrad@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, June 2, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
MS Thesis Presentation: Nicholas Guimond
Thesis Title: Autonomous Capture of Submerged Plastic Bags, Supervisory Committee Members: Aaron Marburg | Committee Chair | Applied Physics Laboratory , Howard Chizek | Committee Member| Department of Electrical Engineering , Ashis Banerjee | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Krithika Manohar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, MEB 259
Zoom Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94382820309.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: megrad@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
ME Seminar: Tom Matula, UW Applied Physics Laboratory
We are pleased to welcome Tom Matula, senior principal physicist at the UW Applied Physics Laboratory, for an ME seminar.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G109. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Mechanical Engineering Capstone Exposition
We are pleased to invite you to the
Mechanical Engineering Department's Capstone Exposition!
Tuesday, June 3, 2:30–4:30 PM PDT
HUB North Ballroom
Mechanical engineering undergraduates will showcase their capstone design projects through posters, prototypes, exhibits, and demos. Join students, industry mentors and sponsors, and the ME community in celebrating their hard work and achievements.
Students have been working on their projects for the past two quarters. There is a wide range of projects, including ones sponsored by companies, hosted by faculty, and proposed by students. Many of the teams are interdisciplinary.
The event will include awards and prizes, including the results of an image contest and exhibit judging by experienced engineers. Refreshments will be provided. For parking information or to request accessibility accommodations, please register for the event and then email Prof. Eli Patten.
Students will be setting up their exhibits between 1:00 and 2:00. Between 2:00 and 2:30 capstone…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB, North Ballroom. Accessibility Contact: epatten@uw.edu. Event Types: Student Activities. Target Audience: Broader ME community, including students, faculty, industry mentors and sponsors, and friends&family.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
2025 Engineering Innovation in Health Spring Symposium
We are pleased to invite you to the 2025 Engineering Innovation in Health (EIH) Spring Symposium. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Samuel R. Browd, M.D. Ph.D. Founder of Proprio, UW Professor of Neurological Surgery, Director of The Sports Institute at UW Medicine, and Attending Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Seattle Children's.
Nine interdisciplinary student teams are collaborating with clinical and industry partners to define and address unmet challenges in healthcare. Please join us for an evening of lightning pitches, poster presentations, and live demos to see the teams progress over the past year.
Lightning pitches will start at 4:30 pm. Free food and beverages will be provided at the event.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB 160 Lyceum. Accessibility Contact: Shawn Swanson, sshawn@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Student Activities.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Samuel Schneider
, Committee members: Steve Brunton | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Duane Storti| Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Xu Chen | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Krithika Manohar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Sam Schneider. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Michael Bi
Committee members: Santosh Devasia | Faculty Co-Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Ji-Eun Kim | Faculty Co-Advisor | Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering , Steve Shen | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Joseph Garbini | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Michael Bi. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Benjamin Price
Committee members: Igor Novosselov | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Santosh Devasia | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Alberto Aliseda| Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Alexander Mamishev | Committee Member | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Benjamin Price. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Nicole Gunderson
Committee members: Eric Seibel | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Michelle Hickner | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Steven Brunton | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mehmet Kurt | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Nicole Gunderson. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.