PhD Final Examination: Benjamin Wong
Dissertation Title: Ergodic Graph Exploration via Markov Chain for Active Robotic Information Acquisition, Supervisory Committee Members: Ashis Banerjee | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Santosh Devasia | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Karen Leung |GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Joseph Garbini | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Benjamin Wong. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, November 17, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
BARC Seminar: Agnes Blom-Schieber
We are pleased to welcome Agnes Blom-Schieber, PhD, technical fellow at The Boeing Company, for a BARC lecture.
About the talk: Fiber-Steered Composites
Fiber-steered composites offer opportunities to improve structural performance by spatially tailoring laminate properties. The concept and limitations of fiber steering using Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) will be introduced. This will be followed by an example of a flat panel under compression, and an extensive example of a cylinder under bending. The design philosophy, analysis and optimization approach will be discussed; and analytical results will be compared with experimental data. Finally, a short overview will be given of additional case studies that were done at Boeing, and other relevant research that is needed to apply steered-fiber composites to real-life applications.
About the speaker:
Agnes holds a BSc, MSc and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. She is an expert in the design, analysis and…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G106. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Shuan Cheng
Committee Members: Xu Chen | Faculty Co-Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Shijing Sun | Faculty Co-Advisor | University of Cambridge, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy , John Kramlich | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mohammad Malakooti | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Aniruddh Vashisth | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Shuan Cheng. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Madeleine McCreary
Committee Members: Katherine Steele | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mehmet Kurt | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Krithika Manohar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Ariel Rokem | Committee Member | Department of Psychology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Madeleine McCreary. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Shawn Kim
Committee Members: Jaehyun Chung | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Nathan Sniadecki | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Lucas Meza | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Younghoon Kwon | Committee Member | UW Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Shawn Kim. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Gan Gao
Dissertation Title:
Computational processing of open-top light-sheet microscopy datasets for guiding treatment decisions
Supervisory Committee Members: Jonathan Liu |Committee Chair | Stanford University and Department of Mechanical Engineering , Ruikang Wang | GSR | Department of Bioengineering , Mehmet Kurt | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Duane Storti | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Gan Gao. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Keith Neale
Committee Members: Lucas Meza | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Junlan Wang | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mohammad Malakooti | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Aniruddh Vashisth | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Vipin Kumar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Keith Neale. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, November 21, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
ME Chair's Distinguished Industry Lecture: Carl Hergart, PACCAR
The Chair's Distinguished Industry Lecture Series is designed to expose faculty and students to the latest trends, research and problems facing a particular industry today; and for industry leaders to present their perspective on these engineering challenges.
This series is free and open to public. ME students and alumni are encouraged to attend.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G106. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Syed Sulman Ahmed
Committee Members: John Palmore Jr. | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Alberto Aliseda | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Michelle Hickner | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Brian Polagye |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Syed Sulman Ahmed. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Zhiyang Xue
Committee Members: Joseph Powers | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Nathan Sniadecki | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jenny Robinson | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Farid Moussavi-Harami | Committee Member | UW Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Zhiyang Xue. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, December 12, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Navneet Kaur
Committee Members: Santosh Devasia | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Duane Storti | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Ashis Banerjee | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Krithika Manohar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Navneet Kaur. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.