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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Laser Training
DESCRIPTION:You must complete FABLab Safety Training and have watched the Laser cutter training video before attending this session!
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152896
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Taubman College Laser Cutter Room
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DTSTAMP:20261102T062108
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T130000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Life Coaching Circles
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Coaching Cirlces!  Each coaching session will provide 8-10 staff members with an opportunity to interact informally with a Student Life Unit Director (or leader) around a leadership topic of interest to them. These are informal conversations (rather than workshops or presentations) between staff and these leaders who have experience with and willingness to share their wisdom around these topics.Staff are asked to register for no more than one coaching circle a semester. Space is very limited\, register today!
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152716
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Michigan Union Welker Room
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DTSTAMP:20260916T121745
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T132000
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SUMMARY:Performance:Lon Mitchell\, carillon
DESCRIPTION:Lon Mitchell performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152268
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Concert,North Campus
LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
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DTSTAMP:20261022T100939
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T133000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ChE SEMINAR: Alexander Dowling\, Notre Dame University
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \n\nLaboratory and computational experiments are often time- and resource-intensive\; thus\, maximizing their value and information gain is essential. This seminar explores several paradigms for optimal experiment design. We will start by reviewing classical design of experiments methods and modern approaches such as Bayesian optimization. These approaches do not require mechanistic models and can be effective for relatively few experimental decisions\, but high-dimensional decision spaces (e.g.\, time-varying experimental conditions) pose significant challenges.\nThe seminar focuses on methods that exploit mathematical models grounded in engineering science to formulate experiment design as a dynamic optimization problem that maximizes expected information. Using membrane separations for critical minerals and materials recovery as a central application\, I will show how mechanistic models\, parameter estimation\, and uncertainty quantification connect laboratory measurements to predictive models and process design. I will highlight recent advances in Pyomo.DoE\, an open-source package for model-based design of experiments (MBDoE)\, developed by my group in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories and others. Finally\, I will introduce DoE-GPT\, our emerging collection of agentic workflows that augment large language models to guide scientists and engineers through statistical analysis and experimental planning. Throughout the seminar\, I will discuss practical lessons for choosing informative experiments\, validating assumptions\, and translating data into defensible engineering decisions. I will conclude with opportunities for experiment automation\, e.g.\, self-driving labs\, grounded in engineering science and mechanistic models.\nSelect References\nWang and Dowling. “Bayesian optimization for chemical products and functional materials.” Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering\, 2022\, 36\, 100728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2021.100728\nWang and Dowling. “Pyomo.DoE: An Open-Source Package for Model-Based Design of Experiments in Python.” AIChE Journal\, 2022\, 68(12)\, e17813. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.17813\nLaky et al. “Optimal Experimental Design Using Eigenvalue-Based Criteria with Pyomo.DoE.” Digital Discovery\, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1039/D6DD00160B\nWamble et al. “Optimal Diafiltration Membrane Cascades Enable Green Recycling of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries.” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering\, 2022\, 10\, 12207–12225. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c02862\nLiu et al. “Characterizing Transport Properties of Surface Charged Nanofiltration Membranes via Model-Based Data Analytics.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research\, 2025\, 64\, 12111–12130. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c04763\nLiu et al. “Optimization of Reactive Ink Formulation for Controlled Additive Manufacturing of Copolymer Membrane Functionalization.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces\, 2024\, 16\, 59216–59233. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c11749\nYao et al. “Robust Optimization of Flexible Diafiltration Systems for Critical Mineral Separations.” Chemical Engineering Journal Advances\, 2026\, 27\, 101282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2026.101282\n\n\nBio: \n\nAlexander (Alex) Dowling is the Tony and Sarah Earley Collegiate Associate Professor of Energy and the Environment at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana\, USA). His research combines chemical engineering\, computational optimization\, machine learning\, and data science\, organized in three research themes: (1) molecular-to-systems (multiscale) modeling and optimization\, (2) optimal design of experiments and statistical inference\, and (3) machine learning for bridging timescales.\nApplication domains span sustainable energy\, environmental management\, and systems biology. Prof. Dowling has been recognized with several awards\, including the NSF CAREER award\, the CAST Outstanding Young Researcher Award\, the Junior Sargent Medal\, and the James A. Burns\, C.S.C.\, Award. He holds a B.S.E. from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor and a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University\, all in chemical engineering.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153960
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,chemical engineering,Alumni
LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 10 - B10 Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20260922T160442
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T153000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Affirmative Action and Racial Integration
DESCRIPTION:CID Speaker Series\n\nJoin the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as we host Zachary Bleemer\, assistant professor of economics in Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Section. This event is jointly presented with U-M Economics – Labor Economics Seminar.\n\nAbstract: Does exposure to diverse college peers cause long-run racial integration? The study examines California Proposition 209\, which halved Black and Hispanic enrollment at many undergraduate and graduate University of California schools and improved cross-race academic match at others. Combining time-series and difference-in-differences designs with linked administrative data\, survey responses\, and complementary evidence from the UC Berkeley freshman housing lottery\, it assesses how affirmative action and interracial contact affect later-life social\, political\, and economic integration.\n\nZach Bleemer is an assistant professor of economics at Princeton University in the Industrial Relations Section and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is a labor economist who studies American higher education.\n\nPlease RSVP via the event page to save your seat.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152663
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Labor,Inequality,Race,Research,Social Sciences,Economics,Education
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 6050 Large Conference Room
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