PhD Final Examination: Kelli Shimazu
Dissertation Title: Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Point-of-Care Diagnostics of Bloodborne Viruses, Supervisory Committee Members:Jonathan Posner | Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Barry Lutz | GSR | Department of Bioengineering, Jaehyun Chung |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering, Paul Drain |Committee Member | Department of Global Health.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Kelli Shimazu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, June 1, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
NASA's Howard Hu ('91, MS '94) on Artemis
Howard Hu (A&A '91, '94) comes back to the UW to talk to us about Artemis. Hu is the director of NASA's Orion Program.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95191191623. Campus room: 250. Accessibility Contact: aafrontdesk@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, June 1, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
ME Seminar: Paul Fasolo, Sonomotion
We are pleased to welcome Paul Fasolo from Sonomotion, Inc. for an ME seminar.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB). Campus room: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G106. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Satria Ardianuari
Dissertation Title: Influence of Prosthetic Ankle-Foot Properties on Intact Limb Biomechanical Demands in Transtibial Amputees During Simulated Functional Tasks, Supervisory Committee Members: Glenn Klute| Committee Chair | VA CLiMB & 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.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Yu-Jen (Howard) Cheng
Dissertation Title: Nanocomposite Single-Electrode Capacitive Sensors for Intelligent and Wearable Cardiovascular Health Monitoring, Supervisory Committee Members: Jaehyun Chung | Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Xiaohu Gao | GSR | Department of Bioengineering , Dayong Gao |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jonathan Posner |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Younghoon Kwon | Committee Member | UW Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Yu-Jen Cheng. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Saveer Yogita Sharda
Supervisory Committee Members: Juan Carlos del Alamo | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Dayong Gao | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Alberto Aliseda | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Ashish Manohar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Saveer Sharda. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, June 5, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
MS Thesis Presentation: Jianya Wei
Thesis Title: A Study of the Portable and Fully Automated Artificial Kidney, Supervisory Committee Members:Dayong Gao| Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jae Hyun Chung| Committee Member| Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ruidong Ma | Committee Member | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: megrad@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, June 5, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
PhD General Examination: Gautam Jalori
Supervisory Committee Members:Alberto Aliseda |Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ying Zheng | Departmental Representative | Department of Bioengineering, Juan Carlos del Alamo | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Palmore Jr. | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michael Barbour |Committee Member | Seattle Children's, and Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Gautam Jalori. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, June 5, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Youngshang Han
Dissertation Title: Printing and Recycling of Liquid Metal Composites for 3D Architected Thermoelectric Wearables, 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.
Monday, June 8, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD General Examination: Abdulaziz Alrashed
Supervisory Committee Members:Lucas Meza | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eleftheria Roumeli |GSR | Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Aniruddh Vashisth |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marco Salviato | Committee Member | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Abdulaziz Alrashed. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, June 8, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
PhD General Examination: Benjamin Estroff
Supervisory Committee Members:Dayong Gao | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wei-Chih Wang | Committee Co-Chair | National Tsinghua University, UW Department of Mechanical Engineering, Payman Arabshahi | GSR | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Santosh Devasia | Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering, Joseph Garbini | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Ben Estroff. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, June 8, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Jan Williams
Dissertation Title: Data-driven recurrent models to forecast and control high-dimensional dynamical systems, Supervisory Committee Members: Krithika Manohar | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jose Nathan Kutz |Committee Co-Chair | Department of Applied Mathematics , Marine Denolle | GSR | Department of Earth and Space Sciences , Stefania Fresca | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Jan Williams. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, June 8, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Marina Ruediger
Dissertation Title: Approaches for Autonomous Multi-Vehicle Underwater Inspections, Supervisory Committee Members: Ashis Banerjee | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Abhishek Gupta | GSR | Department of Computer Science and Engineering , Santosh Devasia |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Aaron Marburg | Committee Member | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Marina Ruediger. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD General Examination: Ivan Stepanov
Supervisory Committee Members: Albert Folch | Committee Chair | Department of Bioengineering , Miqin Zhang | GSR | Department of Materials Science & Engineering , Eric Seibel | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Nathan Sniadecki | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Ivan Stepanov. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
PhD General Examination: Vinh Nguyen
Supervisory Committee Members:Corie Cobb| Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lilo Pozzo | GSR | Department of Chemical Engineering Jie Xiao| Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nadya Peek| Committee Member | Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Vinh Nguyen. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Xiaohai (Bob) Hu
Dissertation Title: Learning-Based Control and Tactile Perception for Robotic Systems, Supervisory Committee Members: Xu Chen | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Amir Taghvaei | GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Santosh Devasia |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Steve Shen | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Bob Hu. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
PhD General Examination: Emilee Armstrong
Supervisory Committee Members: Corie Cobb| Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Daniel Schwartz | GSR | Department of Chemical Engineering , John Kramlich | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Lucas Meza | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Emilee Armstrong. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD General Examination: Kush Dwivedi
Supervisory Committee Members:Lucas Meza | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marco Salviato | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dwayne Arola | GSR | Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Aniruddh Vashisth |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering, Charles Dorn | Committee Member | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Kush Dwivedi. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, June 12, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Yushu Lin
Dissertation Title: Learning-Based Control and Tactile Perception for Robotic Systems, Supervisory Committee Members: John Palmore Jr. | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jingwei Hu | GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Alberto Aliseda |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Antonino Ferrante | Committee Member | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Yushu Lin. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.