PhD Final Examination: Ziyuan Wang
Dissertation Title:
An Efficient and Effective Electromagnetic Rewarming Platform for Cryopreservation
Supervisory Committee Members: Dayong Gao |Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Yinhai Wang | GSR | Department of Civil And Environmental Engineering , John Kramlich | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Zhiquan Shu | Committee Member | School of Engineering & Technology - UW Tacoma , Ming Chen | Committee Member | The Boeing Company.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Ziyuan Wang. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
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, November 12, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 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.
CREATE-HuskyADAPT Panel Discussion
Morgan Tweed, an Accessibility Specialist, Plan Examiner, and Activist from Studio Pacifica, will be giving our fall lecture this year. Join us to learn about Morgan’s experiences designing for accessibility in architecture and beyond.
Register by November 9.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Paul G. Allen Center For Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). Campus room: Gates Commons. Accessibility Contact: apfist8@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Information Sessions. Meetings. Special Events. Lectures/Seminars. Student Activities. Target Audience: UW students interested in accessibility.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
PhD General Examination: Mackenzie 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.
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 from The Boeing Company for a BARC lecture.
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.