Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Engineering Graduates Board Game Night (April 26, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48025 48025-11170173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 26, 2018 7:00pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Organization

An evening of fun, friends, pizza, and board games! We have a variety of games including Dominion, Avalon, Small World, Red Dragon Inn, and Betrayal at House on the Hill. You are also more than welcome to bring your own games. We'll also be providing free pizza! All are welcome not just engineering graduates.

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Recreational / Games Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:16:27 -0500 2018-04-26T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-26T23:00:00-04:00 BBB Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Organization Recreational / Games Board Games
AE Defense: Variational Multiscale Modeling and Memory Effects in Turbulent Flow Simulations (May 4, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52099 52099-12427138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 4, 2018 10:00am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineering PhD Candidate: Eric Parish
Dissertation Chair: Associate Professor Karthik Durasaimy

Effective models of multiscale problems such as turbulent flows have to account for the impact of unresolved physics on the resolved scales. This dissertation advances our understanding of multiscale models and develops a mathematically rigorous closure modeling framework by combining the Mori-Zwanzig formalism of Statistical Mechanics with the Variational Multiscale method (MZ-VMS). This approach leverages scale-separation and phase-space projectors to provide a systematic modeling approach that is applicable to complex non-linear partial differential equations. Spectral as well as finite element methods are considered.

The MZ-VMS framework leads to a closure term that is non-local in time and appears as a memory integral. The resulting non-Markovian system is used as a starting point for model development. Several new insights are discovered: We show that unresolved scales lead to memory effects that are driven by the coarse-scale residual and, in the case of finite elements, inter-element jumps. Connections between MZ-based methods, artificial viscosity, and VMS models are explored.

Large eddy simulations of Burgers’ equation, turbulent flows, and magnetohydrodynamic turbulence using spectral and discontinuous Galerkin methods are explored. We show that MZ-VMS models lead to substantial improvements in the prediction of quantities of interest. Applications to discontinuous Galerkin methods show that modern flux schemes can inherently capture memory effects. We conclude by demonstrating how ideas from MZ-VMS can be adapted for shock-capturing and filtering methods.

Dissertation Committee

Chair: Associate Professor Karthik Duraisamy
Cognate: Associate Professor Eric Johnsen

Members: Associate Professor Krzysztof Fidkowski, Professor Venkat Raman, Professor Philip Roe


Publications List

Parish, E.J. and Duraisamy, K., "Mori-Zwanzig and the Variational Multiscale Method: A Unified Framework for Multiscale Modeling" CMAME, Submitted, 2017. 


Parish, E.J. and Duraisamy, K., "A Dynamic Subgrid Model for Large Eddy Simulations Based on the Mori-Zwanzig Formalism," Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 349, pp. 154-175, 2017. 


Gouasmi, A., Parish, E.J., and Duraisamy, K., "A priori estimation of memory effects in reduced-order models of nonlinear systems using the Mori-Zwanzig formalism," Proc. Roy. Soc. A, Vol 473, 2017. 


Parish, E.J. and Duraisamy, K., "Non-Markovian closure models for Large Eddy Simulations based on the Mori-Zwanzig formalism," Phy. Rev. Fluids, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2017. 


Parish, E.J., Duraisamy, K., and Chandrashekar, P. "Generalized Riemann problem-based upwind scheme for the vorticity transport equations," Computers and Fluids, Vol. 132, No. 25, pg. 10-18, 2016.

Parish, E.J. and Duraisamy, K.. ”A Paradigm for data-driven predictive modeling using field inversion and machine learning," Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 305, No. 15, 2015.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:30:47 -0400 2018-05-04T10:00:00-04:00 2018-05-04T11:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Parish photo
TBP Grad Student Speaker Series: Training (for) Better Presentations (May 5, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49925 49925-11577490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 5, 2018 9:00am
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

**Note change of location**
We are excited to announce the launch of TBP Graduate Student Speaker Series: Training (for) Better Presentations organized by Tau Beta Pi for the College of Engineering, a pilot professional development event funded by the College of Engineering and the Office of Student Affairs.

Training (for) Better Presentations is aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills, so they can learn to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience. It also aims to engage a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering.

Intended as "teaching through practice" event, each session is structured to have student speakers (2-3 per session) make a timed (15-20 min) presentation on their graduate research to a broad engineering audience and a communications expert panel (3-4 panelists). Our expert panelists will provide constructive feedback to the speakers (and the audience), highlighting the positive aspects of each presentation and also indicating opportunities for improvement. This structure will allow for the speakers to receive specific feedback on their communication skills, while also providing the audience with generalized guidelines for good scientific communication.

Starting mid-February and leading up to June, we will be organizing multiple sessions for this event, and we invite you to participate. The sessions will be held on Saturday mornings (9am - 11am), and will be scheduled to occur once every 2-3 weeks. Breakfast and coffee will be provided!

If you are interested in participating as a speaker, please indicate your availability on the "Speaker sign up" form and the planning committee will follow up with you for scheduling. If you are interested in participating as an audience member, please sign up through our TBP website on the "Audience sign up" link. Note: you be prompted to create a guest profile in order to sign-up as an audience member.

We look forward to your participation!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:58:40 -0400 2018-05-05T09:00:00-04:00 2018-05-05T11:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Grad Student Speaker Series_OSA
STARX: ACE Compeition (May 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52158 52158-12494173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

TESTING FUNCTIONAL EXOSKELETONS
Exoskeletons are posed to change the lives of everyone. They can improve mobility for the disabled, strengthen emergency rescue workers, and keep soldiers safer. Currently most working exoskeletons are out of reach of the public, confined mostly to research and military. With this competition we hope to change this.

THE COMPETITION
The ACE Competition 2018 is an event to test the functionality of load-bearing leg exoskeletons in real-world situations. The event's obstacle course challenge simulates a firefighter with 75 lbs of equipment navigating through difficult terrain likely to be found in an emergency situation. Through this challenge, engineering students can test exoskeletons that reduce the burden of equipment weight in difficult environments.

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Exhibition Tue, 01 May 2018 12:02:32 -0400 2018-05-05T12:00:00-04:00 2018-05-05T17:00:00-04:00 BBB Engineering Office of Student Affairs Exhibition Strength Augmenting Robotic Exoskeleton
Volunteer Day with SWE-Detroit (May 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51859 51859-12265833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graduate Society of Women Engineers

Join UM Graduate Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE) and professionals from SWE-Detroit for a volunteer outreach event at Gleaners Community Food Bank in Detroit! We'll be sorting and packing nonperishable food and fresh produce, picking partner orders, and more. Closed-toed shoes are required at the volunteer site for your safety, and you'll also be prompted to sign up for volunteering through the Gleaners on the RSVP form. After the volunteering, we'll be gathering at a local park or establishment for snacks and networking between GradSWE and SWE-Detroit members. The timeline for the day is as follows:


12-12:15 PM - Vans for GradSWE volunteers will be leaving Ann Arbor (locations TBD but will include North and Central Campus). You're also welcome to drive yourself if you live close to Gleaners.

1-3:30 PM - Volunteer at Gleaners Community Food Bank in Detroit, MI
3:30-4:30 PM - Snacks and networking with SWE-Detroiters
4:30 PM - Depart for Ann Arbor from Detroit

RSVP REQUIRED: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-day-with-our-swe-sters-in-swe-detroit-registration-44921234622

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Community Service Tue, 10 Apr 2018 20:44:26 -0400 2018-05-05T12:00:00-04:00 2018-05-05T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graduate Society of Women Engineers Community Service Gleaners Logo
International Conference for Advanced Neurotechnology (May 7, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51260 51260-12029936@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 7, 2018 8:00am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

The annual International Conference for Advanced Neurotechnology (ICAN) brings together engineers and neuroscientists to review recent technological advancements in neurotechnology and neuroscience and to define the direction of the field in the generation and application of next-generation tools to advance neuroscience and enhance translation of technology to the science community.

Significant advances have occurred to address the problem of scaling neuroscience investigative tools to interface with neuronal circuits and in defining the properties of elemental cell types that comprise these circuits. Yet, these advances have not fully met the complexity, or fully addressed the cellular and network features of the CNS required to accelerate our understanding of the brain.

Program and Registration: http://eecs.umich.edu/ipan/ican2018.html

Co-chairs:
Euisik Yoon, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
Gyorgy Buzsaki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine

Sponsors:
NSF International Program for the Advancement of Neurotechnology (IPAN), directed by Prof. Euisik Yoon
Integrated Neuromorphic Electronics and Microsystems (INEMS), directed by Prof. Wei Lu

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:59:58 -0400 2018-05-07T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-07T16:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference / Symposium ICAN logo and header
International Conference for Advanced Neurotechnology (May 8, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51260 51260-12029937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 8:30am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

The annual International Conference for Advanced Neurotechnology (ICAN) brings together engineers and neuroscientists to review recent technological advancements in neurotechnology and neuroscience and to define the direction of the field in the generation and application of next-generation tools to advance neuroscience and enhance translation of technology to the science community.

Significant advances have occurred to address the problem of scaling neuroscience investigative tools to interface with neuronal circuits and in defining the properties of elemental cell types that comprise these circuits. Yet, these advances have not fully met the complexity, or fully addressed the cellular and network features of the CNS required to accelerate our understanding of the brain.

Program and Registration: http://eecs.umich.edu/ipan/ican2018.html

Co-chairs:
Euisik Yoon, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
Gyorgy Buzsaki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine

Sponsors:
NSF International Program for the Advancement of Neurotechnology (IPAN), directed by Prof. Euisik Yoon
Integrated Neuromorphic Electronics and Microsystems (INEMS), directed by Prof. Wei Lu

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:59:58 -0400 2018-05-08T08:30:00-04:00 2018-05-08T14:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference / Symposium ICAN logo and header
AE Dissertation Defense: Input and State Estimation for Discrete-Time Linear Systems (May 9, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51984 51984-12338124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 10:00am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Input and State Estimation for Discrete-Time Linear Systems with Application to Target Tracking and Fault Detection

Aerospace Engineering PhD Candidate: Ahmad A. Ansari

This dissertation first presents a deterministic treatment of discrete-time input reconstruction and state estimation without assuming the existence of a full-rank Markov parameter. Deadbeat algorithms based on the generalized inverse of a block-Toeplitz matrix are given for input reconstruction and state estimation in the case where the initial state is unknown and the system has no invariant zeros. In all cases, the unknown input is an arbitrary deterministic or stochastic signal.

Next, asymptotic input and state estimation for systems with invariant zeros is considered. Although this problem has been widely studied, existing techniques are confined to the minimum-phase systems. This dissertation presents retrospective cost input estimation (RCIE). It is shown that RCIE automatically develops an internal model of the unknown input, which provides an asymptotic estimate of the unknown input regardless of the zeros-location of the plant, including the case of nonminimum-phase dynamics.

Finally, based on exact kinematic models, this dissertation presents a method for target tracking and detecting sensor faults. RCIE is applied to the nonminimum-phase problem of estimating inertial acceleration (3-axis accelerometer measurements) and angular velocity (3-axis rate-gyro measurements) of a maneuvering UAV using vision data. The estimates are then compared to IMU data from onboard sensors.

Doctoral Committee

Chair:
Professor Dennis S. Bernstein

Cognate Member:
Professor Jeff Stein

Members:
Professor Ella M. Atkins
Assistant Professor Alex Gorodetsky


Publications

Journal Articles

1. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Deadbeat State Estimation and Input Reconstruction for Discrete-Time Linear Systems”, Automatica, under review.

2. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Input Estimation for Nonminimum-Phase Systems with Application to Acceleration Estimation for a Maneuvering Vehicle”, IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, 2018 March 6.

3. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Retrospective Cost Adaptive Control of the Generic Transport Model Under Uncertainty and Failure”, Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 123-174, 2017.

Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

1. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Satellite Drag Estimation Using Retrospective Cost Input Estimation”, 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, FL, 2018, under review.

2. Ankit Goel, Ahmad Ansari, and Dennis Bernstein, “Adaptive Squaring-Based Control Allocation for Wide Systems with Application to Lateral Flight Control”, 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, FL, 2018, under review.

3. Ahmad Ansari, Ningyuan Zhang, and Dennis Bernstein, “Retrospective Cost Adaptive PID Control of Quadcopter/Fixed-Wing Mode Transition in a VTOL Aircraft”, Proceeding of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, pp. 1838, Kissimmee, 2018.

4. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Retrospective Cost Adaptive Control of the Generic Transport Model under Abrupt Faults”, Proceeding of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, pp. 1125, Kissimmee, 2018.

5. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Estimation of Angular Velocity and Rate-Gyro Noise for Sensor Health Monitoring”, Proceedings of American Control Conference, pp. 1159-1164, Seattle, 2017.

6. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Adaptive Trim and Trajectory Following for a Tilt-Rotor Tricopter”, Proceedings of American Control Conference, pp. 1109-114, Seattle, 2017.

7. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Adaptive Input Estimation for Nonminimum-Phase Discrete-Time Systems”, 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1159-1164, Las Vegas, 2016.

8. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Aircraft Sensor Fault Detection Using State and Input Estimation”, Proceedings of American Control Conference, pp. 5951-5956, Boston, 2016.

9. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Adaptive Non-Bayesian State Estimation”, Proceedings of American Control Conference, pp. 6977-6982, Boston, 2016.

10. Ahmad Ansari and Dennis Bernstein, “Adaptive Control of an Aircraft with Uncertain Nonminimum-Phase Dynamics”, Proceedings of American Control Conference, pp. 844-849, Chicago, 2015.

11. Ahmad Ansari, Ming-Jui Yu, and Dennis Bernstein, “Exploration and Mapping of an Unknown Flight Envelope”, 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 523-528, Los Angeles, 2014.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:02:59 -0400 2018-05-09T10:00:00-04:00 2018-05-09T11:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Ansari photo
AE Defense: Advances in Constrained Spacecraft Relative Motion Planning (May 30, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52248 52248-12590264@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 9:30am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

This dissertation considers Spacecraft Relative Motion Planning (SRMP), where spacecraft operate in close proximity to obstacles or to each other. SRMP techniques must accommodate non-convex constraints, be robust to disturbances, and be implementable on-board spacecraft with limited computational capabilities. Three novel SRMP techniques are developed, and simulations illustrate implementations of each method.

Firstly, an invariance-based SRMP technique is proposed. Planned maneuvers transition a spacecraft between specified Natural Motion Trajectories (NMTs) while avoiding obstacles and accommodating control constraints. The method is based on a graph search applied to a “virtual net” with nodes corresponding to NMTs, and adjacency rules based on safe positively invariant tubes built around each NMT.

Secondly, a SRMP technique is developed for satellite inspection. An information collection model is developed and used to construct a control law based on the local gradient of the information rate. This control law drives the spacecraft on a path along which the rate of information collection is strictly increasing.

Finally, a SRMP strategy is proposed to generate a formation containing an arbitrary number of vehicles. This strategy is based on an add-on predictive control mechanism, known as a Parameter Governor, which modifies parameters in a nominal closed-loop system to enforce constraints.


Dissertation Committee Names:

Professor Ilya V. Kolmanovsky (co-chair)
Associate Professor Anouck R. Girard (co-chair)
Cognate Member: Professor Aaron J. Ridley
Members: Dr. Christopher D. Petersen, Air Force Research Laboratory and Dr. Frederick A. Leve, Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Journal Publications

Gregory R. Frey, Christopher D. Petersen, Frederick A. Leve, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, and Anouck R. Girard, “Constrained spacecraft relative motion planning exploiting periodic natural motion trajectories and invariance,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 40, No. 12 (2017), pp. 3100-3115.

Gregory R. Frey, Christopher D. Petersen, Frederick A. Leve, Emanuele Garone, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, and Anouck R. Girard, “Parameter governors for coordinated control of n-spacecraft formations,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 40, No. 11 (2017), pp. 3020-3025.

Conference Proceedings

Gregory R. Frey, Christopher D. Petersen, Frederick A. Leve, Anouck R. Girard, and Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, “Invariance-based spacecraft relative motion planning incorporating bounded disturbances and minimum thrust constraints,” American Control Conference, 2018, Accepted.

Gregory R. Frey, Christopher D. Petersen, Frederick A. Leve, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, and Anouck R. Girard, “Incorporating periodic and non-periodic natural motion trajectories into constrained invariance-based spacecraft relative motion planning,” 2017 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, IEEE, Kohala Coast, HI, 2017, pp. 1811-1816.

Ran Tian, Hao Chen, Gregory Frey, Bingqing Zu, Anouck Girard, and Ilya Kolmanovsky, “Path planning for information collection in contested environments using marsupial systems,” 2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Miami, FL, 2017, pp. 706-715.

Gregory R. Frey, Christopher D. Petersen, Frederick A. Leve, Anouck R. Girard, and Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, “Safe relative motion trajectory planning for satellite inspection,” 27th Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, AIAA/AAS, San Antonio, TX, 2017, AAS Paper 17-411.

Gregory R. Frey, Christopher D. Petersen, Frederick A. Leve, Emanuele Garone, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, and Anouck R. Girard, “Time shift governor for coordinated control of two spacecraft formations,” 10th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems, IFAC, Monterrey, CA, 2016, pp. 296-301.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 May 2018 11:38:27 -0400 2018-05-30T09:30:00-04:00 2018-05-30T11:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Gregory Frey
Future Engineering Faculty Summer Writing Series (June 11, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52473 52473-12793965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 11, 2018 11:30am
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

Got That Summertime, Summertime Writing? The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), with the support of the Rackham Professional Development Leaders, are excited to announce our Future Engineering Faculty Summer Writing Series!

What is it?

Three unique workshops and supplementary writing
sessions to help prepare YOU! Focusing on developing
your applications through writing Diversity Statements,
Teaching Philosophies, and Research Statements.

That sounds AWESOME! How do I sign up!?:

The first workshop will be our Diversity Statement
Workshop on Monday, June 11, 11:30-1:30 PM, 1014 Dow. Lunch provided! Sign up provided in the link. https://goo.gl/forms/iFldtX7TicMv5gt12

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 May 2018 11:54:11 -0400 2018-06-11T11:30:00-04:00 2018-06-11T13:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Workshop / Seminar Herbert H. Dow Building
TBP Grad Student Speaker Series: Training (for) Better Presentations (June 16, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49925 49925-11577492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 16, 2018 9:00am
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

**Note change of location**
We are excited to announce the launch of TBP Graduate Student Speaker Series: Training (for) Better Presentations organized by Tau Beta Pi for the College of Engineering, a pilot professional development event funded by the College of Engineering and the Office of Student Affairs.

Training (for) Better Presentations is aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills, so they can learn to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience. It also aims to engage a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering.

Intended as "teaching through practice" event, each session is structured to have student speakers (2-3 per session) make a timed (15-20 min) presentation on their graduate research to a broad engineering audience and a communications expert panel (3-4 panelists). Our expert panelists will provide constructive feedback to the speakers (and the audience), highlighting the positive aspects of each presentation and also indicating opportunities for improvement. This structure will allow for the speakers to receive specific feedback on their communication skills, while also providing the audience with generalized guidelines for good scientific communication.

Starting mid-February and leading up to June, we will be organizing multiple sessions for this event, and we invite you to participate. The sessions will be held on Saturday mornings (9am - 11am), and will be scheduled to occur once every 2-3 weeks. Breakfast and coffee will be provided!

If you are interested in participating as a speaker, please indicate your availability on the "Speaker sign up" form and the planning committee will follow up with you for scheduling. If you are interested in participating as an audience member, please sign up through our TBP website on the "Audience sign up" link. Note: you be prompted to create a guest profile in order to sign-up as an audience member.

We look forward to your participation!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:58:40 -0400 2018-06-16T09:00:00-04:00 2018-06-16T11:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Grad Student Speaker Series_OSA
AE Dissertation Defense: Bioinspired Control of Rudderless Morphing UAVs (June 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52655 52655-12918936@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Bioinspired Control of Rudderless Morphing UAVs

Lawren Gamble
Aerospace Engineering PhD Candidate

Professor Daniel J. Inman
Dissertation Chair

Morphing to seamlessly alter aircraft geometry for either multi-mission or adaptive fly-by-feel flight has recently become an emerging field of research. With the added benefits of tailored aerodynamics, an aircraft no longer needs to be designed to suit a single cruise flight condition. This is particularly useful for small UAVs which, like birds and insects, tend to operate at lower altitudes and even in urban environments where the flow can frequently change drastically.

The primary objective of this research is to investigate morphing applications for rudderless UAVs, which have seldom been studied prior to this point, through bioinspiration. This is accomplished through both analytical aerodynamic modeling, and experimental design and investigation of novel morphing actuators using Macrofiber Composites. Using these smart material actuators, complex shape change such as spanwise camber morphing and three-dimensional bending-twisting coupling is achieved.

Overall, this dissertation presents three main contributions to the field of morphing aircraft. The first contribution is an analytical derivation that assesses the impact of scale and altitude on flight. A extended nonlinear lifting line model was also developed specifically for spanwise morphing aircraft such that the spanwise geometry can be optimized to recover from stall. Lastly, a novel bioinspired tail actuator is developed for multifunctional pitch and yaw control using MFCs, and was experimentally verified.


Dissertation Committee:
Daniel J. Inman (chair)
Carlos E. Cesnik (committee member)
Douglas L. Altshuler (committee member)
Henry A. Sodano (cognate member)


Journal Articles:

Gamble, L. L., Pankonien, A. M., and Inman., D. J., “Stall Recovery of a MorphingWing via Extended Nonlinear Lifting-Line Theory,” AIAA, Vol. 55, No. 9, 2017, pp. 2956–2963.

Gamble, L. L. and Inman, D. J., “Why morphology matters in birds and UAV’s: How scale affects attitude wind sensitivit,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 111, No. 20, 2017, pp. 203701.

Gamble, L. L. and Inman, D. J., “A tale of two tails: Developing an avian-inspired morphing actuator for yaw control and stability,” Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2018.


Conference Proceedings:

Gamble, L. L., Pankonien, A. M., and Inman, D. J., “Stall Recovery of the Span-wise Morphing Trailing Edge Concept via an Optimized Nonlinear Model,” 26th International conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 2015.

Gamble, L. L. and Inman, D. J., “Yaw Control of a Smart Morphing Tailless Aircraft Concept,” 5th International Conference on Smart and Multifunctional Materials, Structures and Systems, 2016.

Pankonien, A. M., Gamble, L. L., Faria, C., & Inman, D. J., “Synergistic Smart Morphing AIleron: Capabilites Identification,” 24th AIAA/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference, AIAA Scitech, 2016.

Moosavian, A., Gamble, L. L., Pankonien, A. M., & Inman, D. J., “Bio-inspired Coupling of Camber and Sweep in Morphing Wings.,” ASME 2016 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS, 2016

Gamble, L. L. and Inman, D. J., “Aerodynamic Performance of a Bioinspired Morphing Tailless Aircraft Concept,” 27th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 2017

Gamble, L. L., Moosavian, A., & Inman, D. J., “Effects of Speed on Coupled Sweep and Camber in Morphing Wings,” 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Scitech, 2017

Gamble, L. L. and Inman, D. J., “Bioinspired pitch control using a piezoelectric horizontal tail for rudderless UAVs,” Smart Structures and Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, SPIE, 2018.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:07:45 -0400 2018-06-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-06-22T09:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Gamble Photo
Research Education and Activities for Classroom Teachers (June 22, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51957 51957-12327241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 22, 2018 9:30am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: American Chemical Society Polymer Division - Student Chapter

REACT is a one-day workshop for Michigan K-12 STEM teachers at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor campus). This event provides K-12 STEM teachers free exposure to the impactful research being done at the University of Michigan through focused student talks, lab tours, and hands-on demonstrations by student organizations.

This year's REACT workshop includes research from Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Human Genetics, and Physics.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:25:00 -0400 2018-06-22T09:30:00-04:00 2018-06-22T17:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 American Chemical Society Polymer Division - Student Chapter Workshop / Seminar
AE Defense: Fluid-Structure-Jet Interaction Effects on High-Speed Vehicles (July 12, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52755 52755-12995591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 12, 2018 10:00am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Fluid-Structure-Jet Interaction Effects on High-Speed Vehicles
Aerospace Engineering PhD Candidate: Ryan Kitson
Dissertation Chair: Professor Carlos Cesnik

This dissertation is focused on two design considerations for supersonic intercept missiles: (i) increased structural slenderness and (ii) attitude control jets. The resulting new designs have the potential to increase vehicle performance, but will lead to a coupled fluid-structure-jet interaction that has yet to be studied. Numerical results of the vehicle response across the design space and flight envelope can be used as guidelines for assessment of improved control effectiveness, maneuverability and agility.

First, new modeling methods for approximating the steady-state and dynamic loads are presented. The methods account for the wide range of flight conditions and maneuvering conditions. Next, multiple vehicle models with varying flexibility and fin configuration are developed to conduct high-fidelity analysis and reduced order model flight simulation.

Steady-state and dynamic high-fidelity results have presented that highlight the nonlinearity and sensitivity of fluid-structure-jet interaction to perturbations in the flight conditions and control inputs. These high-fidelity results, as well as flight simulation results of the reduced order models, reveal how fluid-structure-jet interaction can significantly affect the vehicle flight response.

Chair: Professor Carlos E. Cesnik
Cognate Member: Associate Professor Eric Johnsen
Members: Associate Professor Karthik Duraisamy, Professor Peretz P. Friedmann, Dr. Daniel A. Reasor Jr., Air Force Research Laboratory

Publications

Journal Papers

[1] R. C. Kitson and C. E. S. Cesnik, “Multidisciplinary effects on high-speed vehicle performance and stability,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, In Review, 2018.

[2] R. C. Kitson and C. E. S. Cesnik, “Unsteady fluid-structure-jet interactions of agile high-speed vehicles,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2018. DOI: 10.2514/1.A34092.

[3] R. C. Kitson and C. E. S. Cesnik, “Fluid-structure-jet interaction modeling and simulation of high-speed vehicles,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 190–201, Jan. 2018. DOI: 10.2514/1.A33895.

Conference Papers

[1] R. C. Kitson and C. E. S. Cesnik, “Multidisciplinary effects on high-speed vehicle performance and stability,” 2018 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, AIAA 2018-1208, Kissimmee, Florida, Jan. 2018. DOI: 10. 2514/6.2018-1208.

[2] AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Best Student Paper
R. C. Kitson and C. E. S. Cesnik, “Unsteady fluid-structure-jet interactions of agile high-speed vehicles,” AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, AIAA Aviation Forum, AIAA 2017-3549, Denver, CO, June 2017. DOI: 10.2514/6.2017-3549.

[3] R. C. Kitson and C. E. S. Cesnik, “Unsteady fluid-structure-jet interaction modeling methods for agile high-speed vehicles,” AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, AIAA Aviation Forum, AIAA 2017-4356, Denver, CO, June 2017. DOI: 10.2514/6.2017-4356.

[4] AIAA Structural Dynamics Best Student Paper
R. C. Kitson and C. E. S. Cesnik, “High speed vehicle fluid-structure-jet interaction analysis and modeling,” 58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, AIAA 2017-0405, Grapevine, TX, Jan. 2017. DOI: 10.2514/6.2017-0405.

[5] R. C. Kitson and C. E. S. Cesnik, “Aeroelastic modeling and simulation of high-speed flexible vehicles,” 15th Dynamics Specialists Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, AIAA 2016-1324, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2016. DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-1324.

[6] R. C. Kitson, C. A. Lupp, and C. E. S. Cesnik, “Modeling and simulation of flexible jet transport aircraft with high-aspect-ratio wings,” 15th Dynamics Specialists Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, AIAA 2016-2046, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2016. DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-2046.

[7] R. C. Kitson and C. E. S. Cesnik, “Aeroelastic modeling and simulation of flexible jet transport aircraft with high-aspect-ratio wings,” International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:12:14 -0400 2018-07-12T10:00:00-04:00 2018-07-12T11:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Kitson image
AE Department Seminar: Towards an Efficient Time-Domain, Non-Linear Aeroelastic Simulation Tool (July 13, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52944 52944-13157422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 13, 2018 9:30am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Towards an efficient time-domain, non-linear aeroelastic simulation tool
by Alfonso del Carre

Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of the most recent work carried out at the Loads Control and Aeroelasticity Lab at Imperial College London.
The discussion will be focussed on the underlying theory and challenges encountered when developing a robust, efficient and user-friendly time-domain aeroelastic simulation tool.

Several test cases will be presented and discussed. In addition to that, the ongoing work to create an accurate model of the UM-XHALE configuration is
presented.

Bio: Alfonso del Carre is a PhD student from the Loads Control and Aeroelasticity Lab at the Aeronautics Department, Imperial College London. He graduated in Aerospace Engineering at Politécnica de Madrid, Spain and then completed a MSc(Dist) in Advanced Computational Methods in Aeronautics, Flow Control and Fluid-Structure Interaction at Imperial College London.

Next, he spent a year working as a contractor for the Zephyr Team (Airbus Defence and Space, Bristol) conducting gust response
analysis and software development.
His research is currently fully funded by the Zephyr division of Airbus Defence and Space. Meanwhile, he also carries out consulting work for the same division
about flexibility effects on very light, novel configurations.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:00:04 -0400 2018-07-13T09:30:00-04:00 2018-07-13T11:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
AE Department Seminar: The Expansion of Electric Propulsion (July 13, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52958 52958-13159589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 13, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

The Expansion of Electric Propulsion

Dr. Dan Lev
Rafael Evanced Defense Systems
Israel

In the hundred years since electric propulsion (EP) was originally conceived, it has been developed by an increasing number of research and industrial entities worldwide‎. To date, a myriad of technological subclasses of EP exist‎, each at a different Technological Readiness Level (TRL), from basic notions of particle acceleration techniques to space proven applications. During the first decades, following the first operation in space of an EP system in 1964, most development efforts have been invested in maturing five main types of EP technologies – ion engines, pulsed plasma thrusters (PPT), resistojets, arcjets, and Hall thrusters. The principle drivers supporting the research, development, and ultimately qualification of each of the five technologies were government entities; either space agencies or different branches of the military. We review the expansion process of EP in the past few decades. To do so, we focus on four particular spacecraft niches: (1) communication satellites in GEO, (2) satellites in LEO, (3) interplanetary or deep space missions, and (4) small satellite platforms under 100 kg. For each niche, we present statistics showing the chronological increase in the number of satellites carrying EP devices. Lastly, we overview electric propulsion activities at Rafael, Israel from in-space activities to basic development.


About the Speaker...

Dr. Dan Lev received his PhD from Princeton University in 2012 where he worked on magneto-plasma-dynamic thrusters. He is currently with Rafael, Israel, where he conducts research and develops Hall thruster based propulsion systems. Dr. Lev serves as the technical authority in the joint Israeli-European Micro-satellite Electric Propulsion System (MEPS) project under the supervision of the European space agency, and also takes part in the Venus satellite mission, currently operating in space. In parallel with his work at Rafael Dr. Lev also teaches electric propulsion at the Technion – Israel Institute of technology.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:15:15 -0400 2018-07-13T13:30:00-04:00 2018-07-13T14:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
AE Defense: Component-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using Overset Meshes (July 16, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52965 52965-13159595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 16, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Component-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using Overset Meshes

Ney Rafael Secco, Aerospace Engineering Ph.D. Candidate
Professor Joaquim R. R. A. Martins, Dissertation Chair

Advances in computational power allow the increase in the fidelity level of analysis tools used in conceptual aircraft design and optimization. These tools not only give more accurate assessments of aircraft efficiency but also provide insights to improve the performance of next-generation aircraft. Aerodynamic shape optimization involves the inclusion of aerodynamic analysis tools in optimization frameworks to maximize the aerodynamic efficiency of an aircraft configuration via modifications of its outer mold line.

When using CFD-based aerodynamic shape optimization, generating high-quality structured meshes for complex aircraft configurations becomes challenging, especially near junctions. Furthermore, mesh deformation procedures frequently generate negative volume cells when applied to these structured meshes during optimization. Complex geometries can be accurately modeled using overset meshes, whereby multiple high-quality structured meshes corresponding to different aircraft components overlap to model the complete aircraft configuration. However, from the standpoint of geometry manipulation, most methods operate on the entire geometry rather than on separate components, which diminishes the advantages of overset meshes.

To address this issue, we introduce a geometry module that operates on individual components and automatically computes their intersections to update overset meshes during optimization. We apply reverse-mode automatic differentiation to compute partial derivatives across this geometry module, so that it fits into an optimization framework that uses a hybrid adjoint method (ADjoint) to efficiently compute gradients for a large number of design variables.

By using these automatically updated meshes and the corresponding derivatives, we optimize the aerodynamic shape of the DLR-F6 geometry while allowing changes in the wing-fuselage intersection. Sixteen design variables control the fuselage shape and 128 design variables determine the wing surface. Under transonic flight conditions, the optimization reduces drag by 16 counts (5\%) compared with the baseline design.

We also use this approach to minimize drag of the PADRI 2017 strut-braced wing benchmark for a fixed lift constraint at transonic flight conditions. The drag of the optimized configuration is 15\% lower than the baseline due to the reduction of shocks and separation in the wing-strut junction region. This result is an example where high-fidelity modeling is required to quantify the benefits of a new aircraft configuration and address potential issues during the conceptual design.

The methodologies developed in this work give additional flexibility for geometry and mesh manipulation tools used in aerodynamic shape optimization frameworks. This extends the applicability of design optimization tools to provide insights to more complex cases involving multiple components, including unconventional aircraft configurations.

Dissertation Committee:
Chair: Professor Joaquim R. R. A. Martins
Cognate Member: Assistant Professor Jesse S. Capecelatro, Mechanical Engineering
Members: Professor Carlos E. S. Cesnik and Associate Professor Karthik Duraisamy


Publications

Journal Papers

Secco N. R., Jasa J. P., Kenway G. K. W., Martins J. R. R. A. Component-based Geometry Manipulation for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization with Overset Meshes. AIAA Journal. 2018. (Accepted).

Secco N. R., Martins J. R. R. A. RANS-based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of a Strut-braced Wing with Overset Meshes. Journal of Aircraft. 2018. (Accepted).

Conference Papers

Secco N. R., Jasa J. P., Kenway G. K. W., Martins J. R. R. A. Component-based Geometry Manipulation for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization with Overset Meshes. 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. Denver, CO. 2017.

Secco N. R., Martins J. R. R. A. RANS-based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of a Strut-braced Wing with Overset Meshes. 2018 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. Kissimmee, FL. 2018.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:52:59 -0400 2018-07-16T15:30:00-04:00 2018-07-16T16:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Tour Michigan Ladder Co. and its Historic Building (July 17, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48309 48309-11212298@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Enjoy an interesting evening at a hidden treasure of Ypsilanti. Michigan Ladder Company has been in operation since 1901. They have served as a witness to the changes happening all around them -- delivery wagons becoming trucks, B-24 bomber planes overhead before going off to fight in WW II, trains passing and then not, businesses coming and going. Yet, they have made their fine products at the same location for the past 115 years. All of their ladders are made up to a quality -- not down to a price.

We thought it would be fun to learn more about how they have survived the changes in their business and community and see the historical building they still occupy. Tom Harrison, CEO and owner, will talk with us about his company. Afterwards, we will walk to dinner at the ABC (Arbor Brewing Company) Microbrewery, 720 Norris, Ypsilanti.

After 5 events are open to the public, and do not require OLLI membership.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION TO THE KELLOGG EYE CENTER, 1000 WALL STREET.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:45:24 -0400 2018-07-17T17:30:00-04:00 2018-07-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion OLLI After 5
ChE Special Seminar: Dr. (William) Joshua Kennedy (July 20, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53080 53080-13220160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 20, 2018 1:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

"Optical Detection of Process Parameters in Structural Polymer Nanocomposites Using Gold Nanorods"

ABSTRACT:
The real-time measurement of thermophysical properties in structural polymers is crucial to the optimization of processing parameters for composites manufacturing. However, robust techniques for in-situ monitoring of key parameters such as temperature, stress, strain, viscosity, and degree of cure with high sensitivity and spatial resolution are lacking. Many optically active nanoparticles, including fluorescent quantum dots and plasmonic nanostructures, change their optical signatures in response to various environmental stimuli. These materials are good candidates for embedded sensing in polymers because of their high signal-to-noise and intrinsic non-contact sensing modality. However, because spectral shifts can arise through a variety of mechanisms, a thorough understanding of the fundamental relationships between environment and optical response is needed. I will show that the thermal shape transformation of gold nanorods in a polymer matrix is governed by multiple mechanisms, and these competing mechanisms lead to different behaviors at short and long time scales. This understanding can be exploited in order to use gold nanorods as a way to simultaneously measure temperature, dielectric constant, and modulus in a structural polymer resin.

BIO:
(William) Joshua Kennedy received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Utah in 2011. His graduate work and early postdoctoral work at the University of Texas - Dallas was focused on the study of the optoelectronic properties of carbon nanotubes and nanotube polymer nanocomposites. During a postdoctoral fellowship at Nasa Johnson Space Center, Dr. Kennedy studied the functional response of optically active polymer nanocomposites for space applications, and he developed a new piezoelectric composite for use on the International Space Station. Dr. Kennedy now works as a Research Physicist at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH. He is a member of the Polymer Matrix Composites Materials and Processes Research Team where he focuses on the development of multifunctional structural composite materials and embedded sensors for composite processing.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:23:20 -0400 2018-07-20T13:00:00-04:00 2018-07-20T14:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Chemical Engineering Workshop / Seminar
Ask A Scientist at Art Fair (July 21, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52908 52908-13142319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 21, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

ESPA will have an Ask A Scientist booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair on Saturday, July 21, and Sunday, July 22. Sign up to be at the booth (and get a t shirt), or stop by and talk to one of us! Register to be an advocate here: https://goo.gl/forms/YYAzJViB9wwtrkoF3

Booth is located with the other non-profit booths on Liberty St between 5th St and Division St. Look for Booth #55. Scientists may also be walking around wearing t-shirts - please stop us and strike up a conversation!

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Fair / Festival Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:58:02 -0400 2018-07-21T10:00:00-04:00 2018-07-21T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Fair / Festival
AE Defense: Lie Group Observer Design for Robotic Systems (July 23, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52998 52998-13176892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 23, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Lie Group Observer Design for Robotic Systems: Extensions, Synthesis, and Higher-Order Filtering

David Zlotnik
Aerospace Engineering PhD Candidate

Prof. James R. Forbes
Dissertation Chair

Lie groups, a class of differential manifold with a group structure, arise naturally in the study of rigid-body kinematics. This dissertation studies the design of state observers for systems whose state evolves on a Lie group. State observers, or state estimators, are a crucial part of the navigation algorithms necessary for autonomous operation of robotic systems. One such nonlinear observer, the gradient-based observer, has generated significant interest in the literature due to its computational simplicity and stability guarantees. The first part of this dissertation explores several applications of the gradient-based observer, including both the attitude estimation problem and the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem.

In addition, state of the art in Lie group observer design is extended by the development of a higher-order filter on a Lie group. By analogy to the classical linear complementary filter, the proposed method can be interpreted as a nonlinear complementary filter on a Lie group. A disturbance observer that accounts for constant and harmonic disturbances in the group velocity measurements is also considered. Local asymptotic stability about the desired equilibrium point is demonstrated. In addition, an H2-optimal filter synthesis method is derived and disturbance rejection via the internal model principle is considered.

Publications

Journal Publications

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Higher-Order Nonlinear Complementary Filtering on Lie Groups,'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2018.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Gradient-Based Observer for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping,'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2018.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Exponential Convergence of a Nonlinear Attitude Estimator,'' Automatica, vol. 72, pp. 11-18, 2016.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Nonlinear Estimator Design on the Special Orthogonal Group using Vector Measurements Directly,'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2016.

Caverly, R. J., Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R. "Saturated Control of Flexible-Joint Manipulators Using a Hammerstein Strictly Positive Real Compensator,'' Robotica, 2014

Forbes, J. R., de Ruiter, A. H., Zlotnik, D. E. "Continuous-Time Norm-Constrained Kalman Filtering,'' Automatica, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 2546–-2554, 2014.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Dynamic Modelling, Estimation, and Control for Precision Pointing of an Atmospheric Balloon Platform, "Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 263-274, 2014, invited submission.

Caverly, R. J., Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R. "Saturated Proportional Derivative Control of a Single-Link Flexible-Joint Manipulator,'' Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 241-250, 2014, invited submission.

Caverly, R. J., Zlotnik, D. E., L. J. Bridgeman and Forbes, J. R. "Saturated Proportional Derivative Control of Flexible-Joint Manipulators,'' Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Vol. 30, No. 6, 658-666, 2014.


Conference Publications

Zlotnik, D. E., Di Cairano, S., and Weiss, A., "MPC for coupled station keeping, attitude control, and momentum management of GEO satellites using on-off electric propulsion,'' 2017 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), Mauna Lani, HI, 2017, pp. 1835-1840

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Exteroceptive measurement filtering embedded within an SO(3)-based attitude estimator,'' Proc. of the Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, USA, December 12-14, 2016.

Zlotnik, D. E., Forbes, J. R., and Aldrich, J., ``Control Bandwidth Recovery of Flexible Pointing Systems,'' Proc. of the American Control Conference, Boston, MA, USA, July 6-8, 2016.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "A Nonlinear Attitude Estimator with Desirable Convergence Properties,'' Proc. of the European Control Conference, Linz, Austria, July 15-17, 2015.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Effect of Pendulation on an SO(3)-Based Attitude Estimator for Precision Pointing of an Atmospheric Balloon-Borne Platform,'' AHAC Academic High Altitude Conference, Grand Forks, ND, USA, June 24-27, 2014.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Rotation-Matrix-Based Attitude Control Without Angular Velocity Measurements," American Control Conference, Portland, OR, USA, June 4-6, 2014.

Tran, N. K., Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Design of an Attitude Control System for a High-Altitude Balloon Payload'', AHAC Academic High Altitude Conference, Upland, IN, USA, June, 2013.

Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Dynamic Modelling, Estimation, and Control for Precision Pointing of an Atmospheric Balloon Platform," CCToMM M3 Symposium, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 30-31, 2013.

Caverly, R. J., D. E.Zlotnik, and Forbes, J. R., "Saturated Proportional Derivative Control of a Single-Link Flexible-Joint Manipulator," CCToMM M3 Symposium, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 30-31, 2013.

Tran, N.~K., He, X., Zlotnik, D. E., and Forbes, J. R., "Attitude Sensing and Control of a Stratosphere Balloon Platform,'' AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, March, 2013.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:05:44 -0400 2018-07-23T13:00:00-04:00 2018-07-23T14:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
GradSWE Female Faculty-Student Summer Mixer (July 25, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53029 53029-13202725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Graduate Society of Women Engineers

The Graduate Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE) is hosting its Female Faculty-Student Summer Mixer, which features bowls of questions at each table to spur conversations between participants. Come, interact, and mingle with faculty, research scientists, and post-docs. Lunch will be provided! RSVP required at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/female-faculty-student-summer-mixer-registration-47516295519?mc_cid=26221bd654&mc_eid=db6ea39439

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:42:55 -0400 2018-07-25T12:00:00-04:00 2018-07-25T13:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Graduate Society of Women Engineers Social / Informal Gathering Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
AE Dissertation Defense: Development and Application of Multidimensional Computational Models for Hall Thrusters (August 2, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53081 53081-13220163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 2, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

AE Dissertation Defense: Development and Application of Multidimensional Computational Models for Hall Thrusters

Horatiu C. Dragnea
Aerospace Engineering PhD Candidate

Prof. Iain D. Boyd
Dissertation Chair

This work is focused on improving the state-of-the-art in the field of Hall thruster numerical simulation, as well as investigating several physical processes that are important to Hall thruster development and application. Since Hall thrusters have been in use for more than half a century, they have built a reputation of reliability, however they are known for low power operation with primary applications such as station- keeping and orbit raising. Within the past decade there has been a significant effort to increase the power levels for these electric propulsion devices, but when considering such recent developments, several problems become apparent.

First, propellant cost, which is addressed through a study of an alternative and less expensive option to the ubiquitous xenon gas: krypton. Next, the problem of discharge channel erosion is investigated by simulating an optical experimental diagnostic: cavity-ring-down spectroscopy. Further, two approaches are used to analyze a nested Hall thruster: both a neutral simulation of dual channel operation and a plasma simulation of the thruster running in single channel mode. It is determined that improved modeling capabilities are required, therefore a new Cartesian 2D axisymmetric electron fluid model is developed, verified and then integrated within an existing, state-of-the-art, hybrid particle-in-cell framework.

Dissertation Committee
Chair: Prof. Iain D. Boyd
Cognate: Prof. Mark J. Kushner (EECS)
Members: Prof. Alec D. Gallimore and Member: Prof. John E. Foster (NERS)


Publications:

Journal Articles
1. Cusson, S. E., Georgin, M. P., Dragnea, H. C., Dale, E. T., Dhaliwal, V., Boyd, I. D., and Gallimore, A. D. " On Channel Interactions in Nested Hall Thrusters", Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 123, Issue 13, 2018, 133303.

2. Dragnea, H. C., Boyd, I. D., Lee, B. C., and Yalin, A. P., "Characterization of Eroded Boron Atoms in the Plume of a Hall Thruster", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 43, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 35-44.

Conferences

1. Dragnea, H. C., and Boyd, I. D., "Axisymmetric Fully 2D Hybrid-PIC Model for Hall Thrusters", AIAA Paper 2018-4811, July 2018

2. Dragnea, H. C., Hara, K., and Boyd, I. D., "Development of a 2D Axisymmetric Electron Fluid Model in Hall Thrusters", AIAA Paper 2017-4632, July 2017.

3. Dragnea, H. C., Lopez Ortega, A., and Boyd, I. D., "Simulation of a Hall Effect Thruster with Krypton Propellant", AIAA Paper 2017-4633, July 2017.

4. Dragnea, H. C., Hara K., and Boyd, I. D., "Fully 2D Numerical Simulation of a Nested Channel Hall Thruster", Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France, SP2016_3124969, July 2016.

5. Dragnea, H. C. and Boyd, I. D., "Simulation of a Nested Channel Hall Thruster", Electric Rocket Propulsion Society, IEPC Paper 2015-250, July 2015.

6. Dragnea, H. C., Boyd, I. D., Lee, B. C., and Yalin, A. P., "Characterization of Eroded Boron Atoms in the Plume of a Hall Thruster", Electric Rocket Propulsion Society, IEPC Paper 2013-158, October 2013.

Presentations and Posters:

1. Dragnea, H. C., Hara, K., and Boyd, I. D., “A Fully 2D Electron Fluid Model for Hall Thrusters”, Gaseous Electronics Conference, Honolulu HI, October 2015.

2. Dragnea, H. C., Hara, K., and Boyd, I. D., “Development of a 2D Axial-Radial Fluid Electron Model”, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering Symposium, U-M, October 2015.

3. Dragnea, H. C., Hall, S. J., Boyd, I. D. and Gallimore, A. D. “Preliminary Results and Future Goals for a Simultaneous Characterization of a Nested-channel Hall Thruster in Experiment and Simulation”, Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop, Ohio Aerospace Institute, November 2014.

4. Dragnea, H. C. and Boyd, I. D., “An Inner Channel Simulation of the X2 Nested Channel Hall Effect Thruster”, Engineering Graduate Symposium, U-M, November 2014.

5. Dragnea, H. C. and Boyd, I. D., “The X2 Nested Channel Hall Effect Thruster: An Inner Channel Simulation”, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering Symposium, U-M, October 2014.

6. Dragnea, H. C. and Hall, S. J., “Simultaneous Characterization of a Nested-channel Hall Thruster in Experiment and Simulation” Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student Seminar Series, U-M, September 2014.

7. Dragnea, H. C. and Boyd, I. D., “Simulation of Sputtered Boron Atoms in the Plume of a SPT-70 Hall Thruster”, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering Symposium, U-M, September 2013.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:58:43 -0400 2018-08-02T13:00:00-04:00 2018-08-02T14:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Single-Cell Data Analytics Symposium (August 6, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52442 52442-12724698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 6, 2018 8:30am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Please join us for the second annual Single-cell Genomic Data Analytics Symposium. The day-long symposium will highlight researchers from U-M and around the world whose work is on the leading edge of innovation and discovery. This symposium is organized by the Michigan Center for Single-Cell Genomic Data Analytics and sponsored by the Michigan Institute for Data Science.

External speakers:
• Dana Pe’er, Scientific Director, GMTEC; Chair, Computational and Systems Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
• Christina Kendziorski, Professor, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin
• Peter Kharchenko, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics Harvard Medical School
• Emma Lundberg, Visiting Associate Professor, Stanford University; Associate Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

U-M Speakers:
• Johann Gagnon-Bartsch, Statistics, LSA • Xiang Zhou, Biostatistics, SPH
• Max Wicha, Forbes Institute for Cancer Discovery, Internal Medicine, Medical School
• Gil Omenn, Harold T. Shapiro Distinguished University Professor and Director, Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
• Jun Li, Human Genetics, Medical School
• Anna Gilbert, Mathematics, LSA
• Sue Hammoud, Human Genetics, MedicalSchool
• Justin Colacino, Environmental Health Sciences, SPH
• Clay Scott, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
• Lana Garmire (new faculty), Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Medical School
• Josh Welch (new faculty), Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Medical School

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Conference / Symposium Sun, 22 Jul 2018 11:14:53 -0400 2018-08-06T08:30:00-04:00 2018-08-06T16:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium MIDAS logo
Preparing Faculty Research Statements Workshop (August 7, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53352 53352-13349546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 11:30am
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

The American Society for Engineering Education is pleased to announce our final seminar of the summer focusing on preparing faculty statements for research.

The event will be held in 1311 EECS on August 7th from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM. Come on down and learn with us about research statements for future faculty positions. RSVP required at https://goo.gl/forms/oYVM9aInhHKyabSj2

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 03 Aug 2018 14:28:41 -0400 2018-08-07T11:30:00-04:00 2018-08-07T13:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Workshop / Seminar Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
BME Coulter at Researchpalooza (August 8, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53517 53517-13392478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 11:00am
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Come visit Coulter at #researchpalooza, tomorrow, Aug 8th from 11-2 pm in front of Med Sci I to find out how we help move medical innovation closer to the clinic and enter to win a Starbucks gift card! See you at tables 91 and 92.

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Fair / Festival Tue, 07 Aug 2018 15:04:34 -0400 2018-08-08T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-08T14:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit I Biomedical Engineering Fair / Festival Coulter
BME PhD Defense: Sydney Williams (August 9, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53244 53244-13321606@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 9, 2018 10:00am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Constrained and Spectral-Spatial RF Pulse Design for Magnetic Resonance Imaging



Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a critical tool for modern medicine, providing a non-invasive glimpse inside the human body with excellent soft tissue contrast and no ionizing radiation. The radio frequency (RF) pulse in an MRI acquisition is integral to producing an image and can be tailored to particular applications. This thesis focuses on the design of RF pulses and explores the MRI physics, convex optimization problems, and experimental methodologies behind doing so.



First, we introduce constrained RF pulse design which enables efficient RF pulse design with meaningful, physical constraints such as peak RF amplitude and integrated RF power. We explore constrained RF pulse design for simultaneous multislice imaging, a powerful tool for accelerating MRI and combatting notoriously long acquisition times. Compared to a conventional simultaneous multislice pulse designed without constraints, our constrained pulses achieved lower magnitude normalized root mean squared error (NRMSE) for an equivalent RF pulse length, or alternatively, the same NRMSE for a shorter pulse length. Constrained RF pulse design forms a basis for the rest of the dissertation.



Secondly, we describe a special class of RF pulses, “prewinding pulses”, that help correct for intravoxel dephasing due to magnetic field inhomogeneity, that can lead to signal loss. We propose a spectral-spatial prewinding pulse that leverages a larger effective recovery bandwidth than equivalent, purely spectral pulses. In an in vivo experiment imaging the brain of a human volunteer, we designed spectral-spatial pulses with a complex NMRSE of 0.18, which is significantly improved from the complex NRMSE of 0.54 in the purely spectral pulse for the same experiment.



Finally, we consider a slab-selective prewinding pulse, that extends spectral and spectral-spatial prewinding pulses to a common 3D imaging method. Here we integrate optimal control optimization to further improve the slab-selective spectral pulse design and see an in vivo improvement of excitation NRMSE from 0.40 to 0.37 and a major reduction in mean residual magnetization magnitude after a tip-up pulse from 0.18 to 0.02 when adding optimal control. This method has the potential to connect prewinding pulse design from the MRI physicist engineering workspace to a clinical application.

In summary, we show that constrained RF pulse design provides an efficient way of improving MRI in terms of acquisition speed (via multislice imaging) and image quality (via signal recovery).

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Presentation Mon, 06 Aug 2018 10:05:33 -0400 2018-08-09T10:00:00-04:00 2018-08-09T11:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Biomedical Engineering Presentation BME-EVENT Placeholder
BME PhD Defense: Tuğba Topal (August 10, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53267 53267-13330229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 10, 2018 1:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

The Effects of Mechanical Forces on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Behavior



The development of an organism from a zygote into a fully functional 3D individual is a process in which a strong coupling of morphogens and mechanical forces is coordinated with embryo shape. During development, cells communicate with each other through cell-cell junctions and with their microenvironment via mechanical cues to regulate cell fate, re-organize the extracellular matrix, and guide developmental process. Most studies on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) focused on how external soluble factors including growth factors and small inhibitors, gene and protein expression, and signaling pathways to maintain stemness or initiate differentiation of these cells. A various array of environmental factors including the effect of geometry and mechanical properties of extracellular matrix on stem cells contributes to altering stem cell fate. Recently, increasing evidence has revealed the importance of mechanical factors in affecting migration, proliferation and stem cell differentiation in vitro.



In this dissertation, we focus on the development and application of novel bioengineering approaches to understand the effects of mechanical forces on hESC behaviors and the directed differentiation of hESCs. Specifically, by employing a microfluidic device to induce controlled and regulated forces that apply global mechanical forces to adherent hESCs, we find that uniaxial substrate stretching disrupts the pluripotency circuit and initiates the exit of transcription factors, Nanog and Oct4, from the nucleus into the cytoplasm via a nuclear export protein (CRM1) as early as 30 min after stretch application and for 2 hours on a flexible substrate coated with Matrigel, and is not reliant on exogenous soluble factors. In order to pinpoint to the receptors responsible for mechanical sensing, we employ a novel technique, acoustic tweezing cytometery (ATC), that utilizes ultrasound pulses to actuate functionalized microbubbles targeted to integrin in order to apply cyclic strain to hESCs. We find that ATC-mediated cyclic forces applied for 30 min induced immediate global responses in the colony, including increased contractile force, enhanced calcium activity, as well as decreased nuclear expression of pluripotency transcription factors Oct4 and Nanog, leading to rapid differentiation and characteristic epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) events that depend on focal adhesion kinase activation and cytoskeleton tension. These results reveal a unique, rapid mechanoresponsiveness and community behavior of hESCs to integrin-targeted cyclic forces. Furthermore, we demonstrate an integrative mechanotransduction that induced neural rosette formation of hESCs via the application of ATC and induction medium. We observe upregulation of Pax6 and Sox1 in as early as 6 hours, following by neural rosettes formation in 48 hours, which is much faster compared to the typical 10-15 days needed with conventional neural rosettes formation protocols.



Together, this dissertation presents novel findings and insights regarding the effects of external mechanical forces on hESCs. Such information may help elucidate the mechanobiology of hESCs, and thus advance our knowledge of human embryogenesis, regenerative medicine, and tissue engineering.

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Presentation Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:53:18 -0400 2018-08-10T13:00:00-04:00 2018-08-10T14:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Biomedical Engineering Presentation BME-EVENT Placeholder
Summer Term 2018 Graduation Application Deadline (August 14, 2018 11:59pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53022 53022-13202723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 11:59pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Engineering

Summer Term 2018 Graduation Application Deadline

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Class / Instruction Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:41:53 -0400 2018-08-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Engineering Class / Instruction
ChE Special Seminar: Marie-Paule Pileni (August 16, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52891 52891-13107800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 16, 2018 1:30pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

Marie-Paule Pileni
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Paris, France

"Nanocrystallinity, Supracrystals: Unexpected Behavior"

ABSTRACT: The nanocrystals with low size distribution self assemble in 3D superlattices called supracrystals. The crystalline structure of nanocrystals called nanocrystallinity plays a key role on these self-assemblies Heterogeneous and homogeneous growth processes of supracrystals take place inducing marked changes in their physical properties.

We describe some physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials differing by the crystalline structures called nanocrystallinity: It is demonstrated that nanocrystallinity plays a major role in the final structure when nanocrystals are subjected to oxidation processes (Kinkendall effect). Concerning the optical properties, some processes are markedly affected by the crystalline structure whereas others are negligeable.

“Clustered” and “eggs” structures are hydrophobic supracrystals are dispersed in aqueous solution with a very high stability (almost two years). Solubilization of hydrophobic supracrystal in aqueous solution is obtained with Co and Au supracrystals with appearance of tunable plasmonic metamaterials. With Au supracrystals, the optical properties revealed that the fingerprint of nanocrystal is preserved even for large crystalline aggregates demonstrating that the nanocrystal could be used as a probe for investigating the optical properties of such assemblies.

BIO: Marie-Paule Pileni is a distinguished professor at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC). She obtained an honors degree in physical chemistry (1970) and a Ph.D (1977) at the UPMC. She was director, between 1996 and 2000, of the Struc­ture and Reactivity of Interfaces Laboratory (SRI), a Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) joint unit. In 2000, she created the Laboratoire des Matéri­aux Mésoscopiques et Nanométriques (LM2N) (Mesoscopic and Nanometric Materials Laboratory). Her areas of specialization are nanomaterials self assemblies, colloids, and physical chemistry.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Jul 2018 15:50:50 -0400 2018-08-16T13:30:00-04:00 2018-08-16T14:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion
BME PhD Defense: Steven M. Peterson (August 17, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53424 53424-13381393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 17, 2018 10:30am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Humans must frequently adapt their posture to prevent loss of balance. Such balance control requires complex, precisely-timed coordination among sensory input, neural processing, and motor output. Despite its importance, our current understanding of cortical involvement during balance control remains limited by traditional neuroimaging methods, which are stationary and have poor time resolution. High-density electroencephalography (EEG), combined with independent component analysis, has become a promising tool for recording cortical dynamics during balance perturbations due to its portability and high temporal resolution. Additionally, recent improvements in immersive virtual reality headsets may provide new rehabilitative paradigms, but the effects of virtual reality on balance and cortical function remain poorly understood.

In my first study, I recorded high-density EEG from healthy, young adult subjects as they walked along a beam with and without virtual reality high heights exposure. While virtual high heights did induce stress, the use of virtual reality during the task increased performance errors and EEG measures of cognitive loading compared to real-world viewing without a headset. In my second study, I collected high-density EEG from healthy young adults as they walked along a treadmill-mounted balance beam to determine the effect of a transient visual perturbation on training in virtual reality. Subjects in the perturbations group improved comparably to those that trained without virtual reality, indicating that the perturbation helped subjects overcome the negative effects of virtual reality on motor learning. The perturbation primarily elicited a cognitive change. In my third study, healthy, young adult EEG was recorded during physical pull and visual rotation perturbations to tandem walking and tandem standing. I found similar electrocortical patterns for both perturbation types, but different cortical areas were involved for each. In my fourth study, I used a phantom head to validate EEG connectivity methods based on Granger causality in a real-world environment. In general, connectivity measures could determine the underlying connections, but many were susceptible to high-frequency false positives. Using data from my third study, my fifth study analyzed corticomuscular connectivity patterns following sensorimotor balance perturbations. I found strong occipito-parietal connections regardless of perturbation type, along with evidence of direct muscular control from the supplementary motor area during the standing perturbation response.

Taken together, the work presented in this dissertation greatly expands upon the current knowledge of cortical processing during sensorimotor balance perturbations and the effect of such perturbations on short-term motor learning, providing multiple avenues for future exploration.

CO-CHAIRS: Dr. Cynthia Chestek and Dr. Daniel P. Ferris

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Aug 2018 10:12:36 -0400 2018-08-17T10:30:00-04:00 2018-08-17T11:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
BME PhD Defense: Grant Hanada (August 17, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53562 53562-13407924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 17, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Mobile brain and body imaging (MoBI) presents new and promising methods for moving traditional research studies out of a controlled laboratory and into the real world. Most current neuroimaging techniques require subjects to be stationary in laboratory settings because of both hardware and software limitations. Recent developments in mobile brain imaging have utilized Electroencephalography (EEG) in conjunction with advanced signal processing techniques such as Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to overcome these obstacles and study humans doing complex tasks in non-traditional environments. In my first study, I used high density EEG to examine the cortical dynamics of subjects walking on a split-belt treadmill with legs moving independently of each other at different speeds to investigate how humans adapt to novel perturbations. I found significantly increased low and high frequency spectral power across all sensorimotor and parietal neural sources during split-belt adaptation compared to normal walking, which provides insight into the brain areas and patterns used to accommodate locomotor adaptation. In my second study I combined multi-modal sensing and biometric devices including EEG, eye tracking, heart rate, accelerometers, and salivary cortisol into a portable setup that subjects wore indoors on a treadmill using virtual reality as well as outdoors in a public arboretum. Subjects walked for 1 hour each indoors and outdoors while completing a free viewing visual search oddball task in virtual reality and in real life. I reported on the methods for how to set this experiment up, synchronize all data, and standardize the data in order to make it usable as an open access dataset that has been made available to the public online. My third study used this data set to examine the P300 event-related potential response during both indoors in virtual reality and outdoors in the arboretum. I found a significantly increased P300 amplitude response across the centro-parietal electrodes that distinguished target flags from distractor flags during visual search for both indoor and outdoor environments. And finally, for my fourth study I used the same data set to look at the behavioral and neural correlates associated with gait dynamics when subjects walked indoors on a treadmill vs outdoors in variable terrain while also doing the visual search task. I found significant EEG power differences across multiple neural sources that showed increased spectral fluctuations throughout the gait cycle when subjects walked outdoors compared to indoors on a treadmill.

The collective studies in this dissertation present new ways of using mobile brain and body imaging devices to expand our knowledge of the neural dynamics involved in humans moving in complex ways and in variable environments outside of traditional laboratories.

DATE: Friday, August 17, 2018
TIME: 1:30 PM
LOCATION: General Motors Conference Room, Lurie Engineering Center (4th floor)
CO-CHAIRS: Dr. Cynthia Chestek and Dr. Daniel P. Ferris

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Aug 2018 09:24:16 -0400 2018-08-17T13:30:00-04:00 2018-08-17T14:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
Learning Supported Predictive Control of Autonomous Systems (August 17, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53463 53463-13383955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 17, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Learning Supported Predictive Control of Autonomous Systems

Rolf Findeisen
Laboratory for Systems Theory and Automatic Control Otto-von-Guericke
University Magdeburg, Germany

Due to rapid advancements in communication and information technology systems increasingly exchange information with neighboring systems or systems in the cloud. Examples are smart grids, production systems or multi-modal transportation systems. While the interconnections provide many fascinating possibilities, they also pose several challenges. What are suitable scalable control and monitoring technologies, which facilitate autonomy, plug and play operation while leading to an overall optimal behavior? How can such approaches be combined with methods from machine learning to cope with uncertainties? In the first part of this talk, we outline how contract based predictive control strategies allow a modular design of complex systems which facilitates hierarchical as well as decentralized autonomous operation of systems. The second part focuses on the fusion of learning approaches and predictive control methods to allow for adaptation in a changing environment. We consider the use of Gaussian Processes to learn model uncertainties and disturbances as well as the use of model predictive control and learning when the controlled system is subject to several possible, yet unknown modes. The presented methods are underlined by examples from robotics, autonomous driving, and air conditioning systems.


About the Speaker:

Rolf Findeisen obtained an M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a Diploma in Engineering Cybernetics and Doctorate from the University of Stuttgart. Since 2007 he is heading the Laboratory for Systems Theory and Automatic Control at the Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg. Rolf is editor/associated editor of several journals including the IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems and he is the international program co-chair of the IFAC World Congress 2020 in Berlin. The research of his group focuses on optimal and predictive control, control for autonomous systems, learning and control, decision-making under uncertainty, and network controlled systems. The considered fields of applications span from biotechnology, process automation, chemical processes, automotive applications and robotic, systems medicine.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:31:12 -0400 2018-08-17T14:00:00-04:00 2018-08-17T15:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Findeinsen photo
AE 585 Seminar Series - Reasoning in the Design of Cyber-Physical Systems (August 29, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53577 53577-13583286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Reasoning in the Design of Cyber-Physical Systems

Kemper Lewis
Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo - SUNY

Cyber-physical systems and the emerging data analytics supporting their operation are revolutionizing many facets of our lives including business, transportation, finance, defense, energy, and manufacturing. Necessary to the success of these complex systems is interdisciplinary design knowledge that integrates quantitative and qualitative methods. In this seminar, the concept of inference in cyber-physical systems is discussed using methods rooted in the developing science of design. Recent research in cyber-empathic design using embedded product sensors, coordination of autonomous rescue drones, and geometric reasoning in additive manufacturing is presented.

About the Speaker:

Kemper Lewis is Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo (UB). He is also the Director of the Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies (SMART) Community of Excellence. His research expertise is in the areas of design analytics, strategic design, decision networks, and complex system tradeoffs. He is a Fellow of ASME, an Associate Fellow of AIAA, and his research has resulted in over 200 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, and over $18M in research funding from NSF, NASA, NIH, DoD, ONR, and private industry.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:20:29 -0500 2018-08-29T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Lewis Photo
How to Write Better Proofs (August 30, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53166 53166-13269766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:00am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Proofs are essential to mathematics, but what about engineering? In this 1.5-hour seminar, I will discuss the role of proofs in mathematics and their value in engineering research. Next, I will review the basics of logic for writing mathematically precise definitions and theorems. Finally, I will describe strategies and techniques for constructing clear, coherent, and well-structured proofs. This seminar is intended for graduate students in engineering whose research involves proofs, but beginning and advanced graduate students and faculty from all areas are welcome to attend. The seminar will be informal, with questions invited throughout.



About the Speaker:

Professor Bernstein’s interests include identification, estimation, and control for aerospace applications. His current research is focused on adaptive control of aircraft and spacecraft. He has coauthored more than 200 journal papers and 400 conference papers, and he is the author of Scalar, Vector, and Matrix Mathematics, third edition published in 2018.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:19:49 -0400 2018-08-30T10:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T11:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Engin Connection (August 31, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53537 53537-13399425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:30am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Michigan Engineering Transfer Support (METS)

Register today for this one-day conference that connects new engineering transfer students with all the people, places, and programs that will help you make the most of your time in the College. Learn about preparing for your first Career Fair, research opportunities, student organizations, and more. Meet your Transfer Student Leaders and other transfer students in your major. This day is packed with information that will help you get off to a strong start in the College. The event is free and registration is required. Breakfast and lunch are included!

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:57:08 -0400 2018-08-31T08:30:00-04:00 2018-08-31T16:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Michigan Engineering Transfer Support (METS) Workshop / Seminar Hail Yeah
Welcome Back BBQ! (September 1, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54247 54247-13559097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

We will be hosting a barbecue to welcome back SMES-G members and any incoming students interested in being apart of our organization. We will be at Wheeler Park on Saturday, September 1 from 1-4pm. Food and drinks will be provided

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Social / Informal Gathering Sun, 26 Aug 2018 23:12:31 -0400 2018-09-01T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Social / Informal Gathering Welcome BAck BBQ Image
Northfest Meetup (September 3, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54435 54435-13583311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 3, 2018 10:30am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Michigan Engineering Transfer Support (METS)

Join your Transfer Student Leaders and other new transfer students, then explore Northfest together. This is a great way to check out the groups, teams, and clubs across the College and the campus.

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Meeting Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:46:16 -0400 2018-09-03T10:30:00-04:00 2018-09-03T14:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Michigan Engineering Transfer Support (METS) Meeting NFest
“Molecular Imaging and Cellular Manipulation in Immuno-engineering” (September 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53897 53897-13476566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Abstract:

Genetically-encoded biosensors based on fluorescence proteins (FPs) and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) have enabled the specific targeting and visualization of signaling events in live cells with high spatiotemporal resolutions. Single-molecule FRET biosensors have been successfully developed to monitor the activity of a variety of signaling molecules, including tyrosine/serine/threonine kinases. We have a developed a general high-throughput screening (HTS) method based on directed evolution to develop sensitive and specific FRET biosensors. We have first applied a yeast library and screened for a mutated binding domain for phosphorylated peptide sequence. When this mutated binding domain and the peptide sequence are connected by a linker and then concatenated in between a pair of FRET FPs, a drastic increase in sensitivity can be achieved. It has also been increasingly clear that controlling protein functions using lights and chemical compounds to trigger allosteric conformational changes can be applied to manipulate protein functions and control cellular behaviors. In this work, we first engineered a novel class of machinery molecules which can provide a surveillance of the intracellular space, visualizing the spatiotemporal patterns of molecular events and automatically triggering corresponding molecular actions to guide cellular functions. We have adopted a modular assembly approach to develop these machinery molecules. As a proof-of-concept, we engineered such a molecule for the sensing of intracellular tyrosine phosphorylation based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and the consequent activation of a tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) Shp2, which plays a critical and positive role in various pathophysiological processes. We have further integrated this machinery molecule to the “don’t eat me” CD47 receptor SIRPa on macrophages such that the engagement of SIRPa and its activation of naturally negative signals will be rewired to turn on the positive Shp2 action to facilitate phagocytosis of red blood cells and target tumor cells, initiated by the specific antigen-targeting antibodies and their interaction with Fcg receptors. Because of the modular design of our engineered molecule, our approach can be extended to perform a broad range of cell-based imaging and immunotherapies, and hence highlight the translational power in bridging the fundamental molecular engineering to clinical medicine. We have also integrated with lights and ultrasound to manipulate the molecular activation of genes and enzymes, which allowed us to control the cellular functions of immunocells with high precision in space and time. As such, we can integrate fundamental science and engineering principles for biomedical and clinical applications.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:43:44 -0400 2018-09-06T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
NAME Welcome Back Picnic (September 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53715 53715-13452669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

Students, staff, and faculty join us for food, fun, and fellowship to kick off the new school year!

When: September 6th 12-1:30 PM
Where: Tent on the front lawn of the NAME Building

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Reception / Open House Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:28:17 -0400 2018-09-06T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T13:30:00-04:00 Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Reception / Open House NAME Building
AE585 Graduate Seminar Series - Current Research in Composite Aerostructures (September 6, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54832 54832-13645309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Anthony Waas, Richard A Auhl Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering
Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan

After providing the introductory materials for this course, the speaker will describe current research in the Composite Structures Laboratory (CSL) at the University of Michigan related to Advanced (Robotic) Fiber Placement (AFP) technology. Furthermore, research and development related to characterizing impact damage and the residual strength of damaged composite aerostructures will also be described.

About the speaker...
Anthony M. Waas is the Richard A Auhl Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where he holds the Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Chair. Prior to that he was the Boeing Egtvedt Endowed Chair Professor and Department Chair in the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington, Seattle. Professor Waas’s research interests are: computational modeling of lightweight composite structures, robotically manufactured aerospace structures, 3D printing in aerospace, damage tolerance of aerospace composites, mechanics of textile composites and data science applications in aerospace engineering. Professor Waas was the Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Chair Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Director, Composite Structures Laboratory at the University of Michigan, from 1988 to 2014, prior to joining UW in January 2015. Professor Waas is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), and the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM). He is a recipient of several best paper awards, the 2016 AIAA/ASME SDM award, the AAM Jr. Research Award, the ASC Outstanding Researcher Award, and several distinguished awards from the University of Michigan. He received the AIAA-ASC James H. Starnes, jr. Award, 2017, for seminal contributions to composite structures and materials and for mentoring students and other young professionals. In 2017, Professor Waas was elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences, and in 2018 to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Professor Waas obtained his B.Sc in Aeronautics with First Class Honors from Imperial College, London, 1982, the ACGI in 1982, the MS and Ph.D in Aeronautics and Applied Mathematics (minor) from Caltech, 1983 and 1988, respectively.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:31:14 -0400 2018-09-06T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T17:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Waas photo
One Energy Info Session (September 6, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53689 53689-13446282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

One Energy Enterprises LLC is the leading provider of Wind for Industry® solutions for large electricity consumers. We deliver project development, engineering, procurement, construction, finance, and operations services to take projects from concept to installation to operation.

Food will be provided by Zingerman's

Majors: Civil, CLaSP, and ME
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time, Internship's, and Co-op's
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. citizenship or permanent resident

When: Thu. Sept. 06, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
Where: 1017 DOW (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RVSP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1363/

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:13:20 -0400 2018-09-06T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T19:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
AE285 Undergraduate Seminar: Dissecting Boeing’s Middle of the Market Aircraft (September 7, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54893 54893-13651923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Mike Stengel, Associate, AeroDynamic Advisory

The rumored Next Midsize Airplane (NMA), also known as the Middle of the Market (MoM) or 797, potentially represents Boeing’s first clean-sheet aircraft design since the introduction of the 787 in 2011. The aircraft is a challenging design concept, sitting at the intersection of narrowbody and widebody product lines, and also faces competition from existing aircraft models. Furthermore, Boeing has corporate goals to learn the lessons of its past to reduce aircraft development risk, and increase its services business. Given all these factors, what could the proposed design look like? What are the key technologies that Boeing could incorporate? What will be new and what will remain the same from previous aircraft models? What clues do Boeing’s public comments and perceived corporate strategy reveal? In this seminar, Mike Stengel, an Associate with consulting firm AeroDynamic Advisory in Ann Arbor, MI will dissect Boeing’s next clean-sheet aircraft and offer a perspective, taking into account business realities and available technologies.

About the speaker...
Mike Stengel is an Associate at AeroDynamic Advisory, a boutique consultancy focused exclusively on serving the aerospace industry. His particular area of focus is in the air transport Maintenance, Repair, & Overhaul (MRO) and manufacturing sectors. Mike has contributed to projects in multiple disciplines for a variety of aerospace clients, including airlines, manufacturers, maintenance providers, economic development agencies, and private equity firms. Previously, Mike was an Associate at ICF International’s Aerospace & MRO consulting practice from 2014-2016. Prior to that, he interned at United Airlines in their San Francisco, CA engine and APU maintenance facility, as well as at AeroStrategy in 2011. Mike began flying at the age of 12, and has since received his Commercial License and Instrument Rating (ASEL), and is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering (cum laude).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:21:24 -0400 2018-09-07T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Stengel photo
Get Fit With Us! (September 8, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636346@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 8, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-09-08T09:30:00-04:00 2018-09-08T10:30:00-04:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
IOE 813 Seminar: Jim Bagian (September 10, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54901 54901-13651933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Patient Safety Challenges and Ways to Overcome Them with a Systems Approach

Patient safety has become a commonly recognized challenge among not only care providers but patients throughout the world over the last 19 years. Its rise to prominence was spurred by the Institute of Medicine’s (now called the National Academy of Medicine) landmark report entitled ‘To Err Is Human”. While initially, there was a good deal of denial in the healthcare industry that the level and frequency of harm to patients was not as high as the report contended, 44,000 to 98,000 annually, there was general agreement that the number by any accounting was too high.  More recently, there have been reports that put the annual number of deaths at 250,000 or more making it the 3rd leading cause of death in the USA. This increase in the reported number of patients harmed may be more a result of the methods used in the counting process rather than an increase in the risk of harm due to care but reinforces the reality that the risk is still one that can benefit from corrective action.

Obstacles to improvement range from a failure to acknowledge that the problem exists, to who is responsible for establishing what level of risk is acceptable, to an over-simplistic and superficial perspective that seldom goes past the determination of proximate cause and implementation of siloed symptom-based corrective actions.  The failure to routinely take a systems-based approach to the identification of vulnerabilities that place the patient at risk and failure to formulate and implement corrective actions that address these foundational vulnerabilities as well as a widespread lack of a robust quality assurance process are the principal challenges that the patients and healthcare faces today.

The presentation will identify some of the barriers to improvement and potential approaches to overcome these barriers.

Dr. James P. Bagian is the Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety and is a Professor in the  Department of Anesthesiology in the Medical School and the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Previously, he served as the first Director of the VA National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) and the first Chief Patient Safety Officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs from 1999 to 2010 where he developed numerous patient safety related tools and programs that have been adopted nationally and internationally. Dr. Bagian served as a NASA astronaut and is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and was an investigator of both the Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle mishaps. Presently, he is applying systems engineering approaches to the analysis of medical adverse events and the development and implementation of systems-based corrective actions that will enhance patient safety primarily through preventive means. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Drexel University and his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. He is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and has received numerous awards for his work in the field of patient safety and aerospace medicine.

The seminar series “Providing Better Healthcare through Systems Engineering” is presented by the U-M Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS): Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi-disciplinary, systems-engineering approach.
For additional information and to be added to the weekly e-mail for the series,
please contact genehkim@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:26:37 -0400 2018-09-10T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-10T18:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion
Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Information Session (September 10, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54580 54580-13601157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate, PhD
Citizenship: US Citizen
Resumes: Yes

Lilly is a global healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We were founded more than a century ago by a man committed to creating high-quality medicines that meet real needs, and today we remain true to that mission in all our work. Across the globe, Lilly employees work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of the disease, and give back to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:26:01 -0400 2018-09-10T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-10T19:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
General Electric Corporate Information Session (September 10, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54582 54582-13601159@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 6:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Positions: Full-Time, Intern, Co-op
Majors: All Engineering Majors
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters
Citizenship: US Citizen
Resumes: No

GE drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges: Energy, health, transportation. For more than 125 years, GE has invented the future of industry.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:24:52 -0400 2018-09-10T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-10T19:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs GG Brown Laboratory
Delta Air Lines Corporate Information Session (September 10, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54583 54583-13601160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: All Engineering Majors
Degrees: Bachelor, Masters
Citizenship: US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Resumes: Yes

#1 U.S Airline based in Atlanta, GA

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:25:51 -0400 2018-09-10T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-10T20:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Bosch Corporate Information Session (September 11, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54637 54637-13625337@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Description:Positions: Full-Time
Majors: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters
Citizenship: US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Resumes: Yes

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:25:35 -0400 2018-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T19:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles Corporate Information Session (September 11, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54638 54638-13625338@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters
Citizenship: US Citizen
Resumes: Yes

Joint event with IEEE

Automotive OEM

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:29:27 -0400 2018-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T19:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (September 11, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54185 54185-13539439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

NSF Graduate Research Fellowships provide a three-year annual stipend of $32,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution) to PhD students in STEM and select Social Science fields.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:53:56 -0400 2018-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T19:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Northrop Grumman Corporate Information Session (September 11, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54639 54639-13625339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Bachelor, Masters
Citizenship: US Citizen
Resumes: Yes

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide.
We hold ourselves to a higher standard, both in the products we deliver and in the way we conduct ourselves throughout the entire customer experience. Because, after all, we are in the business of securing a great deal more than just our place in the market.
Our mission is to be at the forefront of technology and innovation, delivering superior capability in tandem with maximized cost efficiencies. The security solutions we provide help secure freedoms for our nation as well as those of our allies. Squarely meeting our obligations, fiscally and technologically, isn't just a business goal, but a moral imperative. To that end, as we evolve as a company, the responsibility we feel for our country and the citizens and troops we help support grows with us.
Northrop Grumman is consistently recognized as a top employer for military, diversity, and recent college graduates. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved—the recognition reinforces our commitment to doing what’s right. Learn more about some of our recent awards and honors: http://www.northropgrumman.com/Careers/DiscoverNorthropGrumman/Pages/AwardsRecognition.aspx

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:31:44 -0400 2018-09-11T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
WISE Sundaes on Tuesday (September 11, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54279 54279-13563515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program

Welcome to the University of Michigan from the UM Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program!

Please join WISE for ice-cream sundaes and the inside scoop on how seasoned UM students in sciences, engineering, mathematics, and related concentrations survived their freshman year and beyond!

Find out from our panel of seasoned undergraduate women in science and engineering how they managed it all! Learn about resource centers on campus that are used by science, math, and engineering students. Bring your questions.

This is targeted to incoming first year and transfer students but is open to any interested student!

Please register for this event using this link:
http://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/sessions/sundaes-on-tuesday-welcome-for-um-women-interested-in-science-and-engineering-2/

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Aug 2018 10:49:47 -0400 2018-09-11T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program Workshop / Seminar Chemistry Dow Lab
Bioethics Discussion: Neuroethics (September 11, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49420 49420-11453762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the origins of our moral situation.

Readings to consider:
"Neuroethics: an agenda for neuroscience and society"
"Neuroethics: the practical and the philosophical"
"Neuroethics for the new millennium"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/.

Please also swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:39:23 -0400 2018-09-11T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Neuroethics
International Programs in Engineering Fair (September 12, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/42090 42090-13340983@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 11:00am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Calling Engineers! Join the International Programs in Engineering office to enjoy international food, learn about Engineering study and work abroad opportunities for Summer semester, and enter to win a travel grant!

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Fair / Festival Wed, 23 Oct 2019 08:10:09 -0400 2018-09-12T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T15:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center International Programs in Engineering Fair / Festival Photo by Zach Zimmerman
BME PhD Defense: Diana Dillstrom (September 12, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54489 54489-13589890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder caused by collagen-related mutations which leads to increased bone fragility and low bone mass. Although the past decade has been marked by numerous advances in therapies that aim to stabilize the onset of metabolic bone disease, current treatment strategies leave room for substantial improvements. The studies that will be presented in this thesis focus on designing systematic treatments for two challenging clinical scenarios that require novel approaches. All studies have been approached in the context of OI using the Brtl/+ mouse model.

While the maternal skeleton goes through significant bone loss during pregnancy and lactation, this period of skeletal vulnerability can exacerbate an underlying metabolic bone condition like OI. In view of increasing use of bisphosphonates (BP) in premenopausal women to treat OI, the potential risks from long-term exposure on both maternal and neonatal skeleton during pregnancy and lactation remain inconclusive. When we assessed the maternal skeletal changes during pregnancy and lactation in Brtl/+ dams, pregnancy led to maternal trabecular gains in vertebral bone mass, while lactation induced maternal cortical and trabecular bone loss in both vertebra and femur. When BPs were administered prior to conception, bone mass gains due to pregnancy were amplified and lactation-induced bone loss was prevented. However, this protective effect was more modest with BP intervention during pregnancy, and ceased to exist in the late stages of lactation. Despite preventing lactation-induced maternal bone loss, no negative skeletal effects of BPs on offspring were observed. These findings indicate that during this period of significant imbalance between bone resorption and formation, BPs can help reduce the risk of maternal bone fragility in OI by inhibiting lactation-induced bone resorption without affecting bone development in their offspring.

The second half of this thesis explores clinical cases with a critically depleted bone structure, such as severe OI. These cases pose a challenge to current antiresorptive and anabolic therapeutics since their response mechanisms target different abnormalities in the bone remodeling cycle. In this study, rapidly growing Brtl/+ mice were treated with a combination of pamidronate (PAM) and an anabolic (SclAb) in order to attain superior bone mass and strength effects compared to monotherapy. Results from this study showed that following one cycle of combination therapy, a single dose of PAM in combination with SclAb led to a cumulative effect on bone mass, but each through independent means. PAM retention mechanism led to an increase in trabecular number as the dosage increased while no additional gains were observed with SclAb. Conversely, while PAM showed no significant effect on trabecular thickness, SclAb induced a consistent trabecular thickening across all BP dosages. Chronic effects of concurrent administration of BP and SclAb revealed that accumulating cycles conferred synergistic gains in trabecular mass and vertebral stiffness, suggesting a distinct advantage of both therapies combined.

Given the lack of knowledge regarding the effects of BPs during reproductive periods and lack of treatment options for patients with severe OI, this thesis provides valuable insight that can help develop patient-specific treatment plans. By understanding the changes in bone metabolism of the clinical conditions we are trying to resolve, and by combining this knowledge with our understanding of the targeted pathways of available pharmaceuticals, we can strategically and systematically optimize bone therapeutics so that the best clinical outcome can be achieved.

DATE: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
TIME: 2:00 PM
LOCATION: Earl Lewis Room in Rackham Building
CHAIR: Dr. Kenneth Kozloff

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:50:02 -0400 2018-09-12T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T15:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
METS Ice Cream Social (September 12, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54976 54976-13660788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Michigan Engineering Transfer Support (METS)

Life is short. Eat dessert first! Stop by for a sweet treat and meet other engineering transfer students.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:17:02 -0400 2018-09-12T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-12T19:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Michigan Engineering Transfer Support (METS) Social / Informal Gathering IC Social
Air Products Corporate Information Session (September 12, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54640 54640-13625340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Positions: Intern
Majors: Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters
Citizenship: US Citizenship or Permanent Resident
Resumes: Yes


Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company in operation for over 75 years. The Company’s core industrial gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the world’s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:34:29 -0400 2018-09-12T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T19:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Seizert Capital Corporate Information Session (September 12, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54641 54641-13625341@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Positions: Full-Time, Intern, Co-op
Majors: All Engineering Majors
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Citizenship: US Citizen
Resumes: Yes

Stocks, Investing, Trading, Programming

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:36:13 -0400 2018-09-12T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T19:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Applied Predictive Technologies Corporate Information Session (September 12, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54642 54642-13625342@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: All Engineering Majors
Degrees: Bachelor, Masters
Citizenship: None
Resumes: Yes

Analytics Software Company

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:37:56 -0400 2018-09-12T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-12T20:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Neri Oxman (September 12, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53456 53456-13383550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Ross

What does innovation look like when we dissolve the borders between artistic creativity and the scientific method, speculative design and applied engineering, and problem solving and problem seeking? Find out Wednesday, September 12, as we host Neri Oxman on campus! An award-winning designer, architect, and director of the Mediated Matter Group at MIT, Neri’s work transcends the traditional boundaries between art, science, and nature.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:18:35 -0400 2018-09-12T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-12T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Neri Oxman
Improving Intracortical Microelectrode Interface Utilizing Nano-Architecture (September 13, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54258 54258-13563460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Abstract: Intracortical microelectrodes provide a means to both treat and understand diseases and injuries of the nervous systems. A major hurdle to the clinical deployment of microelectrode technologies is recording instability caused by the neuroinflammatory response and lack of integration with the native tissue. The neuroinflammatory response observed after device implantation has been linked to oxidative stress that occurs due to neurological injury and disease. It is important to improve the understanding of the neuroinflammatory and oxidative stress response in order to develop next generation electrodes and treatment strategies. A potential strategy to mitigate this response involves understanding the disparity in architecture between the in vivo environment and commercially available intracortical microelectrodes. The smooth surface structure of intracortical microelectrodes implanted within the nanometer-scale architecture of brain tissue may contribute to the foreign body response. The factors examined in Dr. Ereifej’s work and how they are utilized to inform the future design of compatible intracortical microelectrodes will be discussed.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 08:51:46 -0400 2018-09-13T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME
Sharing your International Experience with Employers (September 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42843 42843-13340988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Are you wondering how to incorporate your international experience into your resume and elevator pitch? Attend this workshop co-sponsored by the Engineering Career Resource Center and International Programs in Engineering for tips on how to articulate the skills, knowledge, and experience you gained while abroad. You will practice crafting impact-statements that clearly demonstrate to employers what you learned during your international experience. Bring a copy of your resume to edit during the workshop!

Food will be provided so make sure to register through Engineering Careers, by Symplicity: https://engineering-umich-csm.symplicity.com/students/?signin_tab=0

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:33:37 -0400 2018-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center International Programs in Engineering Workshop / Seminar IPE marketing image
AE 585 Seminar Series - Laser Communication with CubeSats (September 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53574 53574-13410067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Laser Communication with CubeSats

Kerri Cahoy
Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT

CubeSats can be as large as a toaster oven, only with 100 times less available power. CubeSats typically use radio frequency (RF) communication, where higher data rates usually belong to commercial CubeSats. Due to size, weight, and power (SWaP) limits and regulatory constraints, most CubeSats transmit at <2 Watts with relatively low gain antennas. With the rapid growth in CubeSats on orbit, RF licensing is a challenge. Laser communications (lasercom) systems have access to currently unregulated bandwidth. We demonstrate how improvement in fine pointing capability allows CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit to track a ground station or crosslink to another CubeSat, enabling lasercom up to Gbps, with enough power efficiency to allow use of instrument payloads. Low-cost, compact lasercom terminals can support large constellations or swarms of CubeSat sensors collecting terabytes or petabytes of remote sensing data daily. Lasercom downlinks and crosslinks within constellations and swarms can also enable exchanges of large volumes of data for autonomous onboard processing toward intelligent system planning and scheduling. We discuss MIT's Nanosatellite Optical Downlink Experiment and its corresponding Portable Telescope for Lasercom (PorTeL), MIT's CubeSat Lasercom Infrared CrosslinK mission (CLICK), and MIT's Scheduling, Planning and Routing Intersatellite Networking Tool (SPRINT).

About the Speaker:

Kerri L. Cahoy, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, received her B.S. (2000) in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and her M.S. (2002) and Ph.D. (2008) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University working with the Radio Science Team on Mars Global Surveyor. From 2006 to 2008, she was a Senior Payload and Communication Sciences Engineer at Space Systems Loral in Palo Alto, CA. From 2008 to 2010, Dr. Cahoy was a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow in Exoplanet Exploration at NASA Ames Research Center. From 2010 to 2011, she was a Radio Science research scientist on the MIT Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar mission team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Prof. Cahoy currently holds the Rockwell International Career Development Chair. Dr. Cahoy leads the MIT Space, Telecommunications, Astronomy, and Radiation (STAR) Lab, part of the Space Systems Laboratory

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:10:03 -0400 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Service Now Info Session (September 13, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54084 54084-13524004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Voted 2018 Forbes' #1 Most Innovative Company in the World, we are an enterprise cloud SaaS company HQ'ed in Santa Clara, CA. Our technology makes the world of work, work better for people.

Food will be provided by Jimmy John's.

Majors: CS, CE, and others interested platform or application development, front end, back end, and/or design
Degrees: Bachelor's and Master's
Positions: Full-time and Interns
Citizenship Requirement: None
Collecting Resumes?: Yes

When: Thu. Sept. 13, 2018 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Where: 1024 FXB (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1382/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:27:02 -0400 2018-09-13T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-13T18:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Applied Predictive Technologies Info Session (September 13, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53691 53691-13446273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

APT is a leading analytics software company that empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions using our proprietary software. As a member of the Product Development team at APT, you will have a direct impact on the roadmap and the direction of our software.

Majors: All engineering majors
Degrees: Bachelor's and Master's
Positions: Full-time and Internships
Citizenship Requirement: None
Collecting resumes?: Yes

When: Thu. Sept. 13, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
Where: 1006 DOW (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1364/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:28:06 -0400 2018-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T19:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
P&G Resume Critique Session (September 13, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55245 55245-13707118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Please fill out the sheet below beforehand!
https://tinyurl.com/pg-sase

The SWE Career Fair is coming up so make sure your resume is prepared by coming by and getting critiqued! 1v1 opportunity to talk to recruiters directly! Do not miss this chance!

P&G is also looking to talk about opportunities with *mechanical* and *chemical* engineering students! We recommend these students to apply online beforehand to streamline the process!

Make sure to join our FB group for more networking events SASE UM 2018-2019 and our mailing list @ www.tinyurl.com/sase-umich/ . To see our calender of events, check out our new website @ www.umich.edu/~sase/ !

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:10:42 -0400 2018-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Careers / Jobs Flyer
Whirlpool Info Session (September 13, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53690 53690-13446272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the world’s leading major home appliance company, with approximately $21 billion in annual sales, 92,000 employees and 70 manufacturing and technology research centers in 2017. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, Jenn-Air, Indesit and other major brand names in nearly every country throughout the world. Additional information about the company can be found on Twitter at @WhirlpoolCorp.

Food will be provided by Cottage Inn

Majors: ChE, CE, CS, EE, MSE, and ME
Degrees: Bachelor's
Positions: Full-time and internships
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. citizenship or permanent resident
Collecting resumes? Yes

When: Thu. Sept. 13, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
Where: 1017 DOW (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1357/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:27:32 -0400 2018-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T19:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Manufacturing Research Seminar Series: Smart Manufacturing_Integrating In-Process Sensing, Big Data Analytics, and Modeling for Zero Part Defects in Smart Additive Manufacturing (September 14, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55109 55109-13687207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 11:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Abstract: This talk concerns the following research question in the context of Additive Manufacturing (AM) of metal parts: how to overcome the existing poor quality of AM parts?

The answer to this question requires melding fundamental knowledge of the thermal phenomena that cause defects, with algorithms that can detect the formation of defects from data acquired by several sensors built into an AM machine. This solution in turn entails transcending the twin challenges of: modeling the complex thermal physics of AM, and Big Data analytics, wherein existing finite element modeling, and statistical machine learning approaches, respectively, are limited owing to their computational tortuosity.

Incidentally, an approach to overcome these challenges can be forwarded from the domain of spectral graph theory. The graph theoretic approach allows discrete approximation of heat flux in AM parts, which reduces computation time to minutes, as well as, facilitates data from different sensors to be analyzed simultaneously and quickly. The efficacy of this graph theoretic approach is seconded based on data generated and shared by collaborators at NIST, Penn State, and Edison Welding Institute.

Bio:
Prahalada Rao is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research focuses on sensor-based monitoring of complex systems. He was recently (2018) awarded the NSF CAREER award for sensor-based monitoring and control of additive manufacturing processes. He earned the 2017 Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Yoram Koren Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, and the 2018 IIE Transactions Best Paper Award. He is the area editor for the Quality and Reliability Engineering section of the IIE Transactions.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:36:21 -0400 2018-09-14T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Integrative Systems + Design Workshop / Seminar Chrysler Center
Get Fit With Us! (September 15, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 15, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-09-15T09:30:00-04:00 2018-09-15T10:30:00-04:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
General Mills Info Session (September 16, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55246 55246-13707119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

General Mills is coming to discuss their opportunities for our students so make sure to come on out!

Make sure to join our FB group for more networking events SASE UM 2018-2019 and our mailing list @ www.tinyurl.com/sase-umich/ . To see our calendar of events, check out our new website @ www.umich.edu/~sase/ !

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:59:03 -0400 2018-09-16T15:30:00-04:00 2018-09-16T17:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Careers / Jobs Flyer
3M Info Session (September 16, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53692 53692-13446274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Do you see the world differently? Are you inspired by how a simple shift can result in big change? Do you share your ideas in the hopes of coming up with something even better by working together? Then join 3M! With 89,000 people around the world in more than 70 countries and $30 billion in sales, 3M is committed to building on our rich heritage by bringing our best to the innovations we create. Be part of improving how people live and work every day. Be part of what’s next at 3M! Follow us @3MCareers and hear stories via 3m.com/Newsroom.

Food will be provided by Cottage Inn.

Majors: All Engineering majors
Degrees: Bachelor's, Masters, and Ph.D.'s.
Positions: Internships and Full-time.
Citizenship requirement: U.S. Citizenship.
Collecting resumes? Yes

When: Sun. Sept. 16, 2018 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Where: Chrysler 220 (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1354/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:28:28 -0400 2018-09-16T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-16T18:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Chrysler Center
Blackedge Capital Info Session (September 16, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53693 53693-13446275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

BlackEdge Capital is a leading proprietary trading firm based in Chicago that seeks to capture market inefficiencies utilizing technical innovation and risk management expertise.

Food will be provided by Zingerman's.

Majors: AERO, BME, ChE, Civil, CE, CS, DS, EE, Eng Physics, IOE, ME, and NERS
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.
Positions: Full-time and internships
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. citizenship or permanent resident
Collecting resumes?: Yes

When: Sun. Sept. 16, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
Where: 1006 DOW (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1359/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:28:44 -0400 2018-09-16T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-16T19:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety Symposium (September 17, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54997 54997-13663008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Join us to learn more about how the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS) is improving the safety and quality of healthcare delivery by identifying, fostering, and promoting collaborative projects across the University.

The symposium will feature refreshments, posters from researchers across the university and beyond, as well as networking.

Posters will represent collaborations between:
College of Engineering
Medical School
School of Public Health
School of Nursing
Michigan Medicine
and more...

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:25:56 -0400 2018-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T19:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Conference / Symposium Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
NASA JPL Info Session (September 17, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53694 53694-13446276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 5:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a unique national research facility that carries out robotic, space, and Earth science missions. JPL continues its world-leading innovation, implementing programs in planetary exploration, Earth science, space-based astronomy, and technology development, while applying its capabilities to technical and scientific problems of national significance. JPL technology developed to enable new missions is also applied on Earth to benefit our everyday lives.

Food will be provided by Cottage Inn.

Majors: AERO, CLaSP, CE, CS, DS, EE, EnvE, MSE, ME, and Engineering Physics
Degrees: Bachelors, Masters, and Ph.D.'s.
Positions: Full-time, Internships, and Co-Op.
Citizenship Requirement: US-citizenship or Permanent Resident.
Collecting Resumes?: Yes

When: Mon. Sept. 17, 2018 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Where: G.G. Brown 1571 (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1355/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:28:59 -0400 2018-09-17T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-17T18:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs GG Brown Laboratory
Cavium/Marvell Info Session (September 17, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53696 53696-13446278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Cavium (NASDAQ: CAVM) is a provider of highly integrated semiconductor processors that enable intelligent networking, communications, storage, video and security applications.

Food will be provided by Cottage Inn

Majors: CE, CS, and EE
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and internships
Citizenship Requirement: None
Collecting Resumes?: Yes

When: Mon. Sept. 17, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
Where: 1032 FXB (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1366/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:29:14 -0400 2018-09-17T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T19:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Cisco Meraki Info Session (September 17, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53873 53873-13470179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Technology can connect us, empower us, and drive us. At Cisco Meraki, we believe that by simplifying powerful technology, we can free passionate people to focus on their mission and reach groups previously left in the darkness.

Food will be provided by Zingerman's

Majors: CE, CS, EE, and ME
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time, Internship, and Co-op
Citizenship Requirement: None
Collecting Resumes?: Yes

When: Mon. Sept. 17, 2018 6 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Where: 1014 DOW (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1381/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:29:31 -0400 2018-09-17T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T20:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Exponent Info Session (September 17, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53695 53695-13446277@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Exponent is a multi-disciplinary engineering and scientific consulting firm that brings together more than 90 different disciplines to solve engineering, science, regulatory, and business issues facing our clients.

Food will be provided by Zingerman's

Majors: All engineering majors
Degrees: Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time
Citizenship Requirement: None
Collecting resumes?: Yes

When: Mon. Sept. 17, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
Where: 2166 DOW (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1365/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:29:48 -0400 2018-09-17T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T19:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Exxon Mobil Corporate Information Session (September 17, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54643 54643-13627520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern, Co-op
Majors: All Engineering Majors
Degrees: Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Citizenship: US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Resumes: Yes

Energy Company

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:01:05 -0400 2018-09-17T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T19:30:00-04:00 Cooley Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Cooley Building
Lyft Level 5 Autonomous Tech Talk (September 17, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54927 54927-13654168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Applied Robotics Group

Join us to learn more about the technical challenges we face as well as our open roles for 2019 internships and full-time!
Fun swag, food, and a resume drop provided.
We look forward to meeting you!
https://www.lyft.com/self-driving-vehicles

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 06 Sep 2018 12:58:14 -0400 2018-09-17T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Applied Robotics Group Careers / Jobs
Merkai Corporate Information Session (September 17, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54644 54644-13627521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Joint Event with TBP

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:05:56 -0400 2018-09-17T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T19:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Riot Games Information Session (September 17, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55497 55497-13750110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: Wolverine Soft

Rioters from various tech teams are here to share their journey into the games industry and their tips, tricks, lessons learned throughout their experiences. We'll also cover aspects of the application and interview process so you're prepared for the next step in your career!

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:15:45 -0400 2018-09-17T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T19:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering Wolverine Soft Careers / Jobs Riot Games
Gessner Engineering Corporate Information Session (September 17, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54646 54646-13627522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern, Co-op
Majors: Civil Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters
Citizenship: US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Resumes: Yes

Civil, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:08:25 -0400 2018-09-17T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
2018 Welcome Dinner (September 18, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54346 54346-13572333@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

Interested in teaching? Want to learn more about education? Looking for more resources at the University? Look no further! Join us for dinner to kick off our event series, “Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia.” Featuring ASEE’s faculty advisor Dr. Susan Montgomery experienced educator and instructor of the annual Teaching Engineering course! RSVP Required at asee.engin.umich.edu under Upcoming Events or https://goo.gl/forms/Gs2pSCvWH2ih0c7k1.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:11:18 -0400 2018-09-18T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-18T19:30:00-04:00 Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Workshop / Seminar ASEE Logo
Affirm Corporate Information Session (September 18, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54647 54647-13627523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: Computer Science
Degrees: Bachelor
Citizenship: Sponsorship on case by case basis
Resumes: Yes

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:12:18 -0400 2018-09-18T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Optiver Tech Talk (September 18, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53697 53697-13446279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Join Optiver Senior Software Engineering, Matt Nassr, as he walks through the concepts of market making and the engineering challenges and principles inherent in low-latency trading systems. Learn about the types of problems that need to be solved in the fast paced world of global financial markets and the ways that increasingly technically focused trading firms go about solving those problems.

Food will be provided by Jimmy Johns.

Majors: All
Degrees: Bachelors, Masters, and Ph.D.
Positions: Full-time and Interns
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship
Collecting Resumes?: Yes

When: Tue. Sept. 18, 2018 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Where: FXB 1109 (on campus)

More Information: Kevin Greenman (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1356/

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 13 Sep 2018 22:06:03 -0400 2018-09-18T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-18T18:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Central Intelligence Agency Info Session (September 18, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53698 53698-13446280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

The Central Intelligence Agency’s primary mission is to collect, evaluate, and disseminate foreign intelligence to assist the President and senior US Government policymakers in making decisions related to national security.

Majors: All Engineering Majors
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and Internships
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship
Collecting Resumes?: Yes

When: Tue. Sept. 18, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
Where: 1200 EECS (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1358/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:30:21 -0400 2018-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Dynetics Info Session (September 18, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53699 53699-13446281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Dynetics is a 100% employee owned mid-sized engineering firm headquartered in Huntsville Alabama. Primarily serving the DoD, we have built a solid reputation in the realms of radar and sensors, intelligence, electronic warfare, strike systems, unmanned aircraft, and weapons technology; while also working extensively in the private sector in the automotive industry, and through our Ground Aware product line serving critical infrastructure.

Food will be provided by Cottage Inn

Majors: AERO, CE, CS, EE, ME, and Engineering Physics
Degrees: Bachelor's and Master's
Positions: Full-time and Internships
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship
Collecting resumes?: Yes

When: Tue. Sept. 18, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
Where: 1012 EECS (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1367/

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:30:38 -0400 2018-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Raytheon Corporate Information Session (September 18, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54648 54648-13627526@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Positions: Full-time, Intern
Majors: Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Math/Physics
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters
Citizenship: US Citizenship
Resumes: Yes

Technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cyber security solutions

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:30:23 -0400 2018-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T19:30:00-04:00 Cooley Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Cooley Building
Schlumberger Corporate Information Session (September 18, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54651 54651-13627527@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-time, Intern
Majors: Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Citizenship: US Citizenship or Permanent Resident
Resumes: No

Schlumberger is the world’s leading supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry worldwide. Employing more than 115,000 people representing over 140 nationalities and working in approximately 85 countries, Schlumberger provides the industry’s widest range of products and services from exploration through production. Schlumberger recently completed a merger with Cameron combining two complementary technology portfolios into a pore-to-pipeline products and services offering to the global oil and gas industry.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:24:29 -0400 2018-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T19:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Marine Hydrodynamics Lab Open House (September 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55199 55199-13698268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

Undecided on your major? Interested in engineering in the marine domain? Chart your course to Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering!

You're invited to visit our Marine Hydrodynamics Lab to learn more about the NAME program and the opportunities that are available to our graduates. 95% job and internship placement.

Food and refreshments will be provided...

Go Blue!

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Other Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:38:10 -0400 2018-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Other West Hall
KLA-Tencor Info Session (September 19, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54457 54457-13680561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

KLA-Tencor Corporation, a leading provider of process control and yield management solutions, partners with customers around the world to develop state-of-the-art inspection and metrology technologies. These technologies serve the semiconductor, LED, and other related nanoelectronics industries.

Food will be provided by Zingerman's.

Majors: ChE, CE, CS, DS, EE, IOE, MSE, ME, and Engineering Physics
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and Internships
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
Collecting Resumes?: Yes

When: Wed. Sept. 19, 2018 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Where: 1940 Cooley (on campus)

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:33:37 -0400 2018-09-19T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T19:30:00-04:00 Cooley Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Cooley Building
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Corporate Information Session (September 19, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54652 54652-13627528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: All Engineering Majors
Degrees: Bachelors
Citizenship: None
Resumes: Yes

At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, diverse teams of technical experts develop groundbreaking solutions to problems of national security. Our R&D efforts span ten key mission areas: space control; air, missile, & maritime defense technology; communication systems; cyber security and information sciences; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems technology; advanced technology (electronic or electro-optical technologies, biotechnology and chemistry); tactical systems; homeland protection; air traffic control; and engineering innovative systems to test new concepts. For agile thinkers, excited by the freedom to develop and execute novel ideas and test them in sophisticated real-world simulations, Lincoln Laboratory offers abundant opportunities and resources. Learn more at www.ll.mit.edu.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:26:42 -0400 2018-09-19T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T19:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Novacoast, Inc. Corporate Information Session (September 19, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54653 54653-13627529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Description:Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: All Engineering Majors
Degrees: Undergraduate
Citizenship: None
Resumes: Yes

Novacoast is a uniquely positioned professional services and solutions company built on broad offerings, deep expertise and a collaborative culture of adaptable problem solving. We are a comprehensive resource, offering everything from broader IT and security services to product development, staffing services to product fulfillment. Novacoast combines its advanced technical knowledge with our customers’ expertise so together we can make informed decisions and avoid costly IT mistakes.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:29:52 -0400 2018-09-19T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T19:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Anheuser-Busch Corporate Information Session (September 19, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55136 55136-13689425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: All Engineering Majors
Degrees: Undergraduate
Citizenship: US Citizen
Resumes: No

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:59:43 -0400 2018-09-19T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Argo AI Corporate Information Session (September 19, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54654 54654-13627530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Description:Positions: Full-Time, Intern, Co-op
Majors: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Citizenship: None
Resumes: Yes

Argo AI was founded to tackle one of the most challenging applications in computer science, robotics and artificial intelligence with self-driving vehicles. Argo AI is developing and deploying the latest advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision to help build safe and efficient self-driving vehicles that enable these transformations and more. The challenges are significant, but we are a team that believes in tackling hard, meaningful problems to improve the world.

With offices in Pittsburgh, the Bay Area of California, Southeastern Michigan and Central New Jersey, we are building a high-performance team that is excited by complex engineering challenges and is passionate about making transportation safer, more affordable and accessible for all.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:33:36 -0400 2018-09-19T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
AE Graduate Seminar Series - Boundary Layer Ingestion for Transport Aircraft: Power Balance, Wind Tunnel Tests, and Analysis Framework (September 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55252 55252-13707127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Alejandra Uranga, Gabilan Assistant Professor, USC

Boundary layer ingestion (BLI), in which part of an aircraft airframe's boundary layer is ingested by the propulsors, has the potential to provide significant improvements in fuel efficiency compared to conventional engine installations. The wind tunnel tests of the D8 "double-bubble" aircraft in back-to-back BLI and non-BLI configurations constitute a proof-of-concept for the use of BLI in transport aircraft. These were carried out as part of a NASA N+3 project led by MIT in collaboration with Aurora Flight Sciences and Pratt & Whitney.

This presentation will cover the wind tunnel experiments, with emphasis on the quantification of the power-saving benefit of BLI. It will introduce the power balance method for analyzing highly-integrated aircraft configurations, and how it was applied to the D8 tests to determine the aerodynamic benefit of BLI. The different sources of benefits with BLI will be related to the dissipation sources in the flowfield, and an analysis framework for aircraft with BLI will be presented.

About the speaker...
Alejandra Uranga is a Gabilan Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at USC. Before joining USC in 2016, she was a Research Engineer at MIT in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. While at MIT, she was the project technology lead and co-PI for design, development, simulation, and wind tunnel testing of the D8 double-bubble advanced transport aircraft concept under the NASA N+3 program.

She holds a PhD degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, and a Master's of Applied Sciences in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. She completed her undergraduate education at the Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France, with an associate's degree in Mathematics, and has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology. Her research interests are in aerodynamics, novel aircraft design, and integrated propulsion systems, for which she favors a combined computational and experimental approach.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:31:43 -0400 2018-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T17:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Arconic Post Career Fair Tips + Info Session (September 20, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55265 55265-13709333@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Career Fair is over, now what? Come to learn more about skills you need to handle all your interviews! This is also a great opportunity to network with recruiters from Arconic. Food will also be provided.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:00:14 -0400 2018-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Careers / Jobs Flyer
Manufacturing Research Seminar Series: Industry 4.0: Implementation Challenges Across Technology, People and PRocess (September 21, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55705 55705-13775069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 11:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Abstract
Industry 4.0, is the current manufacturing industry term that combines IoT, Big Data and cloud computing to develop factories that have the ability to make real-time decisions based on large amounts of data. Some of the intended benefits are smarter more automated factories that can detect bottlenecks, deficiencies and constantly align / optimize demand with supply. The underlying assumption is that a smart factory supports the overall company strategy and objectives.

Thus far, much of the Industry 4.0 discussions has focused on the technology transformation tools (i.e. AR, VR, Big Data, Additive Manufacturing, Autonomous Robots & Co-bots, Simulation). In this talk, we’ll discuss the implementation challenges of these tools from a technology, people, process and financial perspective. We will examine the five different levels of automation and the transformational steps shops must adopt across the facility to advance towards the future state of an automated smart factory. Additionally, we’ll review real-world examples of both high-volume manufacturers and the traditional job shop and share where they are along the automation continuum.

Bio
James Ricci is the Chief Technology Officer at Harbour Results, Inc. He has more than 25 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, quality and supply chain focused on implementing lean and process improvement initiatives, developing and executing operational turnarounds, developing manufacturing strategies, performing competitive benchmarking and due diligence.

In his current role as CTO, Ricci works with manufacturing organizations to improve their global competitiveness, which includes transitioning to a data driven organization and implementing Industry 4.0 tools.

Ricci began his career at Honda of America Mfg., in engineering, manufacturing and new program launch with responsibilities related to quality, warranty, production and cost competitiveness. Ricci worked for other notable organizations including KPMG LLP and Harbour Consulting where he was responsible for directing and executing projects to improve client operating performance, including lean manufacturing implementation, quality improvement and operational assistance in restructuring and manufacturing consolidation. Assignments included a two-year staff augmentation role as the interim Manufacturing Manager for a Ford vehicle assembly plant.

Ricci holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Engineering Management from the University of Michigan. He also is a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP).

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:01:40 -0400 2018-09-21T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Integrative Systems + Design Workshop / Seminar Chrysler Center
ECE Innovator Program: Presentations and Reception (September 21, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55516 55516-13750144@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

You are invited to attend a special event organized to recognize the three finalists of the inaugural 2018 ECE Innovator Program and to present the first 2018 ECE Innovator with $75,000 to help launch their commercialization effort on a technology developed through their research in ECE.

The “ECE Innovator Program” is aimed at inspiring and facilitating the commercialization of research conducted in ECE by providing financial support to a team of entrepreneurs with both technical and product management skills. ECE has long been a hub of top-notch research and significant innovation and commercialization of intellectual property. This new program is made possible through a donation by an ECE alumnus Rick Bolander, Managing Director and co-founder of Gabriel Venture Partners and eLab Ventures, who has been a successful serial entrepreneur himself. ECE has matched this generous donation to fund and launch this new program.

A panel of experts reviewed nine proposals submitted by ECE researchers, and selected three finalists. The finalists will present their proposed innovation and commercialization plan to the panel of experts and the public on September 21, 2018. The panel will then select the 2018 ECE Innovator.

The three finalist projects and proposing teams are:

Self-Powered IoT for Smart Manufacturing and Transportation (ActiveMEMS)
Dr. Ethem Erkan Aktakka

Advanced Wireless Technology
Ms. Avish Kosari, Dr. Armin Jam, Professor David Wentzloff

Large-Scale Ultra-thin Doped Silver Film for Flexible Transparent Electrodes
Mr. Yongbum Park, Mr. Chengang Ji, Professor Jay Guo

In addition, one of the nine proposers will present a short summary of their commercialization plan:

Small Precision Affordable Rotation Sensors (SPARS)
Dr. Jae Yoong Cho, Prof. Khalil Najafi


Program:

3:00pm: Introductions and Information about the program
3:15pm: Presentations by Finalist teams showcasing their groundbreaking technology
4:30pm: Closed Judges Panel Meeting to select the 2018 ECE Innovator
5:00pm: Announcement of 2018 ECE Innovator, and Reception

Panel of Experts:

Rick Bolander, Managing Director and co-founder of Gabriel Venture Partners and eLab Ventures

David Brophy, Professor and Director, Office for the Study of Private Equity Finance, Ross Business School, University of Michigan

Jonathan Fay, Dixon and Carol Doll Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan

Joseph A. Heanue, President and CEO, Triple Ring Technologies

Mingyan Liu, Peter and Evelyn Fuss Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan

Khalil Najafi, Schlumberger Professor of Engineering, ECE, University of Michigan
Bryce Pilz, Director of Licensing, U-M Office of Tech Transfer, University of Michigan

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Other Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:17:27 -0400 2018-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T18:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Electrical and Computer Engineering Other ECE Innovator Program
Nuro (Self-driving Delivery Vehicles) Info Session (September 21, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54456 54456-13585507@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Nuro's mission is delivering the future of local commerce, autonomously. We are looking for engineers with backgrounds spanning software, hardware, robotics and machine learning. More information can be found on our website (https://nuro.ai/).

Food will be provided by Zingerman's.

Majors: Aero, CE, CS, EE, ME, NAME, and Robotics
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and Internships
Citizenship Requirement: None
Collecting Resumes?: Yes

When: Fri. Sept. 21, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
Where: 1311 EECS (on campus)

More Information: Brendon Brown (tbp-corporate@umich.edu)
RSVP Link (Optional): https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1383/

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 19 Sep 2018 23:51:21 -0400 2018-09-21T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-21T19:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
50th Anniversary Live Presentation of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (September 21, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52810 52810-13081675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Engineering

UMS and the Michigan Engineering co-present a free multi-media community event of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, with live orchestral and choral accompaniment from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Musica Sacra, and Robert Ziegler

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Performance Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:14:23 -0400 2018-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T23:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Engineering Performance 2001: A Space Odyssey by Courtesy of Artist
Get Fit With Us! (September 22, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-09-22T09:30:00-04:00 2018-09-22T10:30:00-04:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
AE Dissertation Defense - Design Optimization of a Boundary Layer Ingestion Propulsor Using a Coupled Aeropropulsive Model (September 24, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55229 55229-13707100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 10:00am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Justin S. Gray
PhD Candidate, Aerospace Engineering

Professor Joaquim R.R.A. Martin
Dissertation Chair

Within a few years of the first jet engine aircraft entering military service, engineers proposed an aeropropulsive concept called boundary layer ingestion (BLI) that could offer reduced aircraft fuel burn.

The jet engine would ingest the boundary layer air and thereby reduce aircraft drag and improve propulsion system efficiency at the same time. Although a promising idea, lack of computational power and aerodynamic analysis tools for viscous flows prevented its adoption.

Thanks to the modern computing power and developments in the field of multidisciplinary design optimization, RANS CFD is now a viable tool for early-stage aircraft design. This has opened the door to the design of BLI propulsion systems.

This thesis presents a detailed aeropropulsive study of the aft-mounted BLI propulsor for NASA's turboelectric STARC-ABL aircraft. The multidisciplinary modeling was performed using a coupled model built with RANS CFD and newly developed 1-D thermodynamic propulsion analysis.

The results of the study show that STARC-ABL could use between 1\% and 4.6\% less energy at cruise compared to a non BLI aircraft. Further results show aerodynamic shape optimization of the aft-fuselage and BLI propulsor nacelle can be used to limit inlet distortion with an associated reduction in BLI performance.

Dissertation Committee:
Chair: Professor Joaquim R. R. A. Martins
Member: Professor James F. Driscoll
Member: Dr. James Heidmann
Cognate: Professor Eric Johnsen


Publications list:

Journal:

J. S. Gray, J. R. R. A. Martins, "Coupled Aeropropulsive Design Optimization of a Boundary Layer Ingestion Propulsor", The Aeronautical Journal, submitted

J. S. Gray, C. A. Mader, G. K. W. Kenway, and J. R. R. A. Martins, “Modeling boundary layer ingestion using a coupled aeropropulsive analysis,” Aiaa journal of aircraft, vol. 55, p. 1191–1199, 2018.

J. S. Gray, J. Chin, T. Hearn, E. Hendricks, T. Lavelle, and J. R. R. A. Martins, “Chemical equilibrium analysis with adjoint derivatives for propulsion cycle analysis,” Journal of propulsion and power, vol. 33, iss. 5, p. 1041–1052, 2017.

Conference:
J. S. Gray, G. K. W. Kenway, C. A. Mader, and J. R. R. A. Martins, “Aeropropulsive design optimization of a turboelectric boundary layer ingestion propulsion,” in 2018 aviation technology, integration, and operations conference, Atlanta, GA, 2018.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:54:12 -0400 2018-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Gray image
Voice your Vote!! (September 24, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55770 55770-13777549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

This Monday, September 24th, members of Turn Up Turnout will be at the Duderstadt Connector from noon to 4PM to help you get signed up on TurboVote so we can reach our 90% goal. They can help you get registered, change your registration address, sign up for absentee ballots, and get important election information and reminders.

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Other Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:27:42 -0400 2018-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Office of Student Affairs Other Voice Your Vote! Free Cookies!
IOE 813 Seminar: Maria Mayorga (September 24, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55718 55718-13775234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Using Systems Engineering to Inform Public Health Policies: A Simulation Model to Assess the Impact of Insurance Expansion on Colorectal Cancer Screening

Recent health care reform debates have triggered substantial discussion on how best to improve access to insurance. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is an example of a largely preventable condition, if access to and use of healthcare is increased. Early and ongoing screening and intervention can identify and remove polyps before they become cancerous. We present the development of an individual-based discrete-event simulation model to estimate the impact of insurance expansion scenarios on CRC screening, incidence, mortality, and costs. A national repeated cross-sectional survey was used to estimate which individuals obtained insurance in North Carolina (NC) after the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The potential impact of expanding the state’s Medicaid program is tested and compared to no insurance reform and the ACA without Medicaid expansion. The model integrates a census-based synthetic population, national data, claims based statistical models, and a natural history module in which simulated polyps and cancer progress.

A brief overview of other precision medicine related research projects in Health Systems Engineering at NC State are also presented.

MARIA E. MAYORGA is a Professor of Personalized Medicine in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University. She received her M.S. and PhD degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include predictive models in health care, health care operations management, emergency response, and humanitarian logistics. She has authored over 65 publications in archival journals and refereed proceedings. Her research has been supported by NIH and NSF, among others. She received the distinguished National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her work to incorporate patient choice into predictive models of health outcomes. She is a member of INFORMS and the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers, and serves on the editorial board for the journals Health Systems, IISE Transactions, IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, OMEGA and Service Science.

The seminar series “Providing Better Healthcare through Systems Engineering” is presented by the U-M Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS): Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi-disciplinary, systems-engineering approach.

For additional information and to be added to the weekly e-mail for the series,
please contact genehkim@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:59:50 -0400 2018-09-24T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-24T18:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion
Reimagining Healthcare (September 24, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55155 55155-13691646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 5:30pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: NextGen Med

Monday, September 24th, 2018
5:30-7:00 PM
Ford Auditorium, University Hospital

Please join us as our panelists share their perspectives on the future of healthcare in the United States focusing on how the government, payers, and providers can interact to alleviate some of the key issues facing healthcare today.

This event is free, and we welcome all members of the University of Michigan community including students, faculty, and staff. Food will be served following the panel while supplies last.

Please RSVP at https://goo.gl/GbazVh

Please direct any additional questions to MedECGUMMS@gmail.com or NextGenMed@umich.edu or visit medecg.org/reimagining-healthcare for more information.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Sep 2018 19:00:47 -0400 2018-09-24T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-24T19:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals NextGen Med Lecture / Discussion
Okta Corporate Information Session (September 24, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55133 55133-13689422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern, Co-op
Majors: Computer Engineering, Computer Science
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters
Citizenship: None
Resumes: Yes

Okta is on a mission to enable any organization to use any technology. Our products, the Okta Identity Cloud, connects and protects employees of the world's largest enterprises. It also securely connects enterprises to their partners, suppliers and customers. And with deep integrations to over 5,000 apps, the Okta Identity Cloud enables simple and secure access from any device. Thousands of customers, including 20th Century Fox, LinkedIn, Levi Strauss & Co., Experian, News Corp, Dish Networks, and Adobe trust Okta to work faster, boost revenue and stay secure.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:51:27 -0400 2018-09-24T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T19:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Burns & McDonnell Corporate Information Session (September 24, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55134 55134-13689423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters
Citizenship: US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Resumes: Yes

Burns & McDonnell comprises more than 6,000 engineers, architects, construction professionals, scientists, consultants and entrepreneurs. We strive to create amazing success for our clients and amazing careers for our employee-owners. We are steadfast in our mission to make our clients successful through a breadth and depth of services in industries from aviation to power, environmental remediation to transportation, manufacturing to refining, military facilities to commercial buildings. We are proud to be 100 percent employee-owned, consistently ranked as one of FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For and a winner of numerous regional workplace honors.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:54:53 -0400 2018-09-24T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-24T20:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Nielsen Corporate Information Session (September 24, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55135 55135-13689424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Citizenship: US Citizen
Resumes: Yes

Nielsen is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. Our approach marries proprietary Nielsen data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what's happening now, what's happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:57:10 -0400 2018-09-24T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-24T20:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
ISD Showcase (September 25, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55185 55185-13698246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 11:00am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Come meet Integrative Systems + Design! Talk to current students and faculty to learn more about our Master of Engineering degrees and our SUGS program.

Date: 9/25/2018
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Duderstadt Atrium

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Other Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:44:05 -0400 2018-09-25T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Integrative Systems + Design Other Duderstadt Center
The Science of Materials: Impactful Solutions to Big Global Challenges (September 25, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55172 55172-13696043@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Chemical Engineering Graduate Society

Dr. A.N. Sreeram, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer from The Dow Chemical Company, is visiting campus to give a seminar. Science and engineering graduate students, postdocs and faculty are invited to attend.

Time: 12:00-1:30 PM
Date: September 25th, 2018
Location: Pierpont Commons East Room

Due to limited space, please RSVP through the link provided below under "Web and Social"

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:53:33 -0400 2018-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T13:30:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Chemical Engineering Graduate Society Lecture / Discussion SeminarTitle
Wallenberg Fellowship North Campus (September 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54277 54277-13563510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Join Asst. Dean John Godfrey at 4:00 PM in 151 Chrysler Center to learn more about Raoul Wallenberg and the unique opportunity of the Wallenberg Fellowship. The fellowship provides $25,000 for a graduating senior to pursue a self-designed, year-long project. More detailed information available at http://lsa.umich.edu/onsf

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Presentation Mon, 27 Aug 2018 10:21:18 -0400 2018-09-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T17:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation Chrysler Center
Bioethics Discussion: Drugs (September 25, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49421 49421-11453763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the manipulation of our biochemical status.

Readings to consider:
"Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy"
"Adverse health effects of marijuana use"
"Practical, legal, and ethical issues in expanded access to investigational drugs"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/017-drugs/.

Partake in the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:53:37 -0400 2018-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Drugs
A Celebration of Experiential Learning (September 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55176 55176-13698249@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: The Grove
Organized By: Michigan Engineering

The Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, U-M College of Engineering is hosting a Celebration of Experiential Learning - stop by and enjoy food trucks and cake, help build a Rube Goldberg machine, get a free pair of safety glasses (students), enjoy student performances, pick up info on a range of experiential learning program opportunities, and share your thoughts on how you #PracticeYourPurpose.

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Fair / Festival Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:40:48 -0400 2018-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 The Grove Michigan Engineering Fair / Festival Banner
EER Guided Discussion (September 26, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55778 55778-13777546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

This session will focus on the “middle years” of engineering education. Jess Swenson and Aaron Johnson will give some background and then pose the following discussion question to the group: "What makes core technical courses (200- and 300-level non-lab, non-design courses) engineering courses rather than math or science courses?"

To register for this session, please visit this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-sM68zA-GLY8dCCcHWaVI-GzW0cHi6jWs9B8unNViBs/viewform?edit_requested=

As a part of the "Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia" series, ASEE and the EER program are offering a series of guided discussions, where a member of the EER community will overview research on a particular topic, after which you will have an opportunity to engage in discussion about this topic with other attendees. Everyone is welcome to attend these events, and there is no preparatory work that you need to do before attending. Coffee and refreshments will also be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:49:52 -0400 2018-09-26T15:30:00-04:00 2018-09-26T16:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Lecture / Discussion Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Sling Health Problem Day (September 26, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54309 54309-13567912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Sling Health

An overview of Sling Health will be given that provides interested members information about the organization and outline the process project teams will undergo throughout the 2018-2019 year. Project leads who have chosen a medical issue to address will present their topics in a poster presentation. Participants will be able to speak and interact with each lead to determine the project of interest/best fit in an open session. More info about Sling Health can be found at http://michigan.slinghealth.org/

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Presentation Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:53:53 -0400 2018-09-26T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T19:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Sling Health Presentation
KPMG Corporate Information Session (September 26, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55138 55138-13689427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time
Majors: All Engineering Majors
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Citizenship: US Citizen
Resumes: Yes

Data & Analytics at KPMG

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:05:05 -0400 2018-09-26T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T19:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Siemens PLM Software, Simcenter Team Info Session (September 26, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55834 55834-13780046@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Siemens PLM Software helps companies of all sizes around the world to transform their business and develop innovative products and services. Our customers are better equipped to respond successfully to the challenges of digitalization. Our solutions optimize their processes from planning and development through manufacturing and lifecycle support to realize innovation.

Our Simcenter team helps companies design and implement cutting-edge "digital twins" that mimic real-world product performance through physics-based 3D and 1D simulation. We are looking for enthusiastic engineers with experience in either CFD (computational fluid dynamics), FE (finite element)-based structural analysis, computational acoustics, or systems-level (1D) analysis to join us and help customers utilize our technology to break barriers and accelerate product development.

We are recruiting for full-time and internship positions focused on our Simcenter 3D, STAR-CCM+, and Amesim product lines.

Food will be provided by Cottage Inn.

Majors: AERO, ChE, ME, NAME, and Engineering Physics.
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and Internships
Citizenship Requirement: None
Collecting Resumes?: Yes

When: Wed. Sept. 26, 2018 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
Where: 1017 DOW (on campus)

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:08:25 -0400 2018-09-26T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T19:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
Sparrow Health System Corporate Information Session (September 26, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55139 55139-13689428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters
Citizenship: US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Resumes: Yes

Sparrow is mid-Michigan’s largest health system and its diverse range of facilities offer our community some of the most advanced medical technology in the world. By joining Sparrow, you join an organization that is committed to enhancing the services it provides to the region by establishing key partnerships with other outstanding institutions like the Mayo Clinic, Michigan State University, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, and Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital.

Sparrow’s mission is to improve the health of the people in our communities by providing quality, compassionate care to everyone, every time. The Sparrow IT and Analytics department supports the organization's vision by helping our Clinicians to leverage technology and data analytics in pursuit of better patient care and safety.

Serving a public purpose by providing excellent Patient care is at Sparrow’s core, and we hire the best in all the career fields that make for a highly successful organization, including information technology (IT). Sparrow IT offers a variety of challenging and fulfilling analytic, project management, IT training, and technical careers.

At Sparrow IT, we believe hiring people from a variety of educational and professional backgrounds makes for a stronger, more robust workforce. We welcome self-motivated people, who thrive in a highly collaborative environment, and want a career with real responsibility. Each day at Sparrow IT brings new opportunities and the chance to work as a team with Caregivers across the organization, including physicians, nurses, and other clinicians.

By joining the Sparrow IT team, you can grow professionally while doing meaningful work that serves a broader public purpose. Some of the applications you’ll get hands-on experience with include:
•EPIC Electronic Medical Record,
•Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
•Business intelligence/data analytics/data warehousing

If you are passionate about improving processes and systems in an industry that provides unmatched benefits to society, consider joining Sparrow IT and starting a rewarding career journey.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:07:25 -0400 2018-09-26T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T19:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Herbert H. Dow Building
NAME Community Project | Jeffrey Reifsnyder | Mercury Marine (September 27, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55971 55971-13814218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

The NAME Community Project is a new initiative with a goal to build and strengthen the NAME community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. There will be a dedicated hour each Thursday with no NAME classes or meetings scheduled so that we can hold NAME Community Project events. These events will include industry speakers, faculty/student mixers, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion activities and faculty meetings.

Lunch provided

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:27:18 -0500 2018-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion NAME
AE 585 Seminar Series - Relevance of Aircraft and Ship Wakes to Modern Problems of Ocean Remote Sensing and Climate Change (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54412 54412-13583287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

The subject of wake dynamics has been studied for well over 100 years. Control-volume analysis and boundary-layer theory have led to methods for computing drag and estimating basic properties of wakes, such as decay and spreading rates, whereas empirical flight testing expanded knowledge important for safe separation of aircraft during landing and takeoff. In general, it is well known that wakes from practical configurations are comprised of momentum sources and sinks, vortical structures, turbulence, and gravity waves. Furthermore, spatiotemporal description of wake evolution is a function of vehicle configuration, operational details (such as speed, heading, and altitude/depth), and the structure and properties of the environment.

Today, wake physics is important for a number of modern problems, including ocean remote sensing, aviation-induced cloudiness, and even the use of bubbly ship wakes for geoengineering Earth's future climate. The hallmark of these problems is their multi-physics and multi-scale nature which presents significant challenges to computational modeling and design of useful experiments. In this talk, these problems will be introduced and discussed, including relevance, formulation, status, and prognosis.

About the speaker...

Eric Paterson is the Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor and Head of the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research is in the general area of computational mechanics, and over the past 30 years he has worked on numerous diverse applications, including; naval hydrodynamics, remote and in-situ sensing, wind turbines, ocean renewable energy, deployable space structures, implantable cardiovascular devices, and biomimetic trace detectors.

In the spirit of Virginia Tech's motto Ut Prosim ("That I May Serve"), Dr. Paterson as Editor in Chief of SNAME's Journal of Ship Research, Chair of Education for AIAA, member of the Board of Trustees for the AIAA Foundation, Vice-Chair of the Aerospace Department Chairs Association, and as a member of several university and industry advisory boards and conference organizing committees.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:27:35 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Paterson photo
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

Employers look for the skills you’re developing in your undergraduate degree, like the ability to understand complex concepts and deliver creative solutions. But, connecting with companies and highlighting these skills is not always easy. Join us at "The Ross Effect" to learn how three outstanding Ross graduate programs, the Master of Accounting, the Master of Management and the Master of Supply Chain Management, will leverage your undergraduate training for a smooth and successful transition into the workforce.

This event is being held exclusively for non-Ross University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) students. The event is being held on the 5th floor of the Blau/Kresge side of the Ross Building, in the Blau Colloquium.

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ross-effect-how-a-ross-graduate-degree-amplifies-your-toolkit-registration-48421327494

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
Manufacturing Research Seminar: Challenges and Opportunities in the Fast-Paced World of Automotive Manufacturing (September 28, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56084 56084-13830282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 11:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Abstract:
Fast-paced automotive industry has revolutionized the art of manufacturing over the last century;
introducing the world to various innovative concepts ranging from mass production to robots to
lean manufacturing. With the ongoing increase in product and process complexity, coupled with
the pressure of thousands of lost dollars for every minute of line stop, manufacturing engineers
play a key role in both the design and the operations of a world-class factory.
The talk highlights some of the strategic and tactical challenges in the automotive industry
and current data analytics used to help with decision making. As we equip our new intelligent
factories with more and more sensors as part of Industry Revolution 4.0, Big data and data
analytics will play even a more important role in decision making.

Bio:
Raj Kawlra, a U of M alumni, is Director of Manufacturing Planning and Control at Fiat Chrysler
Automobiles. He has 33 years of automotive experience in concurrent engineering, advanced
manufacturing engineering, quality, lean manufacturing, launching products, and manufacturing
planning functions. He has had the opportunity to work in both powertrain and vehicle assembly.
Over the years, he has successfully developed and implemented major strategies to drive
improvements in throughput, quality, and cost.
Raj spent the first 16 years of his automotive career at GM Tech Center with responsibilities
ranging from lead process engineer for the first “lights out” Flexible Manufacturing System in
Powertrain in the late 80s to leading the development of a simple plant floor problem solving
toolkit that leveraged advanced statistics and enabled GM to achieve world-class dimensional
quality levels during the MY97 launch of their full size trucks at (3) plants. He also had the
opportunity to work with the best lean gurus to develop GM’s Global Manufacturing System and
implement it for their greenfield plant that launched Cadillac CTS in CY01.
Raj joined Chrysler with the responsibility to develop and implement the Black Belt program at all
of their (28) plant locations. Over the years, he has held numerous leadership positions ranging
from Manufacturing Quality Director to Dimensional Quality Director to Industrial Engineering
Director to the current role as Manufacturing Planning Director. Over the last 3 years, he has
also led the development of World Class Technology (WCT) - application of lean principles to
manufacturing engineering function that designs and implements equipment and processes for
all launches - first of its kind in the industry. WCT has been successfully applied across all regions
and divisions at FCA, with savings ranging from $5 to 10M for each launch.
Raj is a Big 10 fan, having received degrees from University of Wisconsin (MS, Mech Engr), University
of Illinois (MS, IE), and University of Michigan (PhD, IOE). He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering
from Indian Institute of Technology. He also has an Executive Management Certification from
INSEAD. Over the years he has been on the Department of Defense Oversight Committee (CY09-
11) and has served on the Advisory Board of University of Wisconsin’s Industrial and Systems
Engineering department (CY11-17).

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:41:10 -0400 2018-09-28T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Integrative Systems + Design Workshop / Seminar Chrysler Center
College of Engineering NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Workshop (September 28, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55923 55923-13805091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Attention Engineering graduate (1st and 2nd year PhD, Master's considering the PhD), and undergraduate seniors! Come learn about the NSF GRFP and receive helpful tips on applying. Get your questions answered from Professors Katsuo Kurabayashi and Kevin Pipe along with a panel of award recipients.

Important Notes: Eligibility for this award requires U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency; RSVP by 9:00am Thursday, September 27.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:06:20 -0400 2018-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T13:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Office of Student Affairs Workshop / Seminar Duderstadt Center
AE285 Undergraduate Seminar Series - Aerospace Through the Decades (September 28, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55998 55998-13814272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

In this seminar we will explore the progress of Aerospace as seen through the eyes and career of Karen Albrecht. This seminar will discuss the infancy of space travel in the 60's and discuss the changes and transformation of Aerospace through the 2010's. She will discuss the many facets of Aerospace and how your education and knowledge of the Michigan education can take you to meet your goals. Additionally, Karen will provide insights into the career and recruiting process of the industry. Her experience in creating engineering predates the use of computers and CAD systems to design and analyze aerospace vehicles. She will also reveal how the course "Geography of the Soviet Union" played a key part in her career.

About the speaker...
Karen’s illustrious career as an Aerospace Engineer began at NASA JSC where she developed analytic methods for composite primary structure under fatigue and fracture mechanics for Space Shuttle. Karen participated in the Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health (LSAH).

At Lockheed Martin, she worked on Missile Launching Systems, Basic Research, Commercial Aircraft, Undersea Systems, SMART Structures, Robotics and high performance Military Aircraft. She developed embedded fiber optics technology. She is a Master Black Belt in 6-sigma and Lean Engineering.

Karen serves on several university engineering and non-profit boards. Karen is the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus –Aerospace for the UM.

Karen is now CEO of Karen Albrecht Enterprises a Career and Personal Development Organization. Karen has delivered over 200 seminars for courses she developed and gives her time and knowledge to help students navigate career fairs and resume. Karen has set up an endowment fund for Aerospace undergraduate education and provides scholarships for Aerospace Engineering students who need the support to finish their education at the University of Michigan. She has already given out 5 scholarships to Aero students.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:53:06 -0400 2018-09-28T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Statistical Models for Analyzing Dynamic Social Network Data (September 28, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54423 54423-13583297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: Due in part to the ubiquity of online social networks these days, interest in analyzing social network data has spread beyond its traditional home in the social sciences to many other disciplines including physics, computer science, statistics, and engineering. A topic of significant importance in social network analysis is the creation of statistical models for social network data. Many social network data involve relations between people observed at multiple points in time and are thus dynamic network data. In this talk, I introduce several statistical models for analyzing two types of dynamic network data. Discrete-time network data, also known as network panel data, represent the structure of the social network at regular time intervals, e.g. over each week or each month.Continuous-time network data, also known as timestamped network or relational event data, are collected with finer granularity on the time and at irregular time intervals. I demonstrate how these models can be used to infer network structures and how they evolve over time on several dynamic social network data sets, including a network of physical proximities between people at a university and a network of wall posts between users on Facebook.

Bio: Kevin S. Xu received the B.A.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2007 and the M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering: Systems from the University of Michigan in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He was a recipient of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Master’s and Doctorate Scholarships. He is currently an assistant professor in the EECS Department at the University of Toledo and has previously held industry research positions at Technicolor and 3M. His main research interests are in machine learning and statistical signal processing with applications to network science and human dynamics.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:52:23 -0400 2018-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Kevin Xu
Get Fit With Us! (September 29, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636349@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-09-29T09:30:00-04:00 2018-09-29T10:30:00-04:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
Donuts & Cider in the Duderstadt Connector (October 1, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56050 56050-13823410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 11:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Stop by the Duderstadt Connector for Apple Cider & Washtenaw Dairy Donuts between 10 am and 2pm on Monday, October 1st.

Pick up a 2019 MDP Program Booklet, get tips for how to apply, and prepare for one of the major MDP recruitment events on 10/2 or 10/3.

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Exhibition Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:10:22 -0400 2018-10-01T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T14:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Multidisciplinary Design Program Exhibition Cider and Donuts
Sexual Harassment in Engineering (October 1, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51305 51305-12044086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently published a report on the impact of sexual harassment on the career advancement of women in academic scientific, technical, and medical fields. The report identifies key findings on the causes and impacts of sexual harassment in academia and makes recommendations to address and prevent it.

This event will include a summary of the report, discussion from the report’s co-authors, commentary from disciplinary experts, and Q&A with the audience. A reception will follow.

Welcome by Alec D. Gallimore, Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering, U-M

PANELISTS :
- Gilda A. Barabino,* Daniel and Frances Berg Professor and Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College of New York
- Alec D. Gallimore, Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering, U-M
- Allison Steiner, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, U-M

REPORT OVERVIEW & PANEL MODERATION:
- Lilia Cortina,* Associate Director of ADVANCE for the College of LSA; Professor of Psychology, Women’s Studies, and Management and Organizations, U-M
- Anna Kirkland,* Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Women’s Studies, U-M

Preventing and effectively addressing sexual harassment of women in colleges and universities has remained a challenge for decades. More than half of women faculty and staff report having been harassed. Student surveys of university systems show disturbingly similar rates, with 20–50% of women students experiencing sexually harassing behavior perpetrated by faculty or staff.

Persistent sexual harassment in STEM fields, and its adverse impacts on women’s careers, jeopardizes progress in closing the gender gap, damages research integrity, and results in a costly loss of talent. Academic sciences, engineering, and medicine share characteristics that create conditions for harassment, but many findings of the report are not limited to STEM field settings. Other fields within academia can be similarly male-dominated, hierarchical work and learning settings in which abusive cultures may form. Such environments can silence and limit the career opportunities for both the targets of the sexual harassment and bystanders, causing both men and women to leave their fields.

This panel discussion will offer broad discussion of use to any member of the university community or the public interested in sexual harassment in academia

Sexual Harassment in the Academy Panel Discussion Series is presented by IRWG and the Office of Research, with co-sponsorship from: ADVANCE, The Office for Health Equity and Inclusion, the College of Literature Sciences, and the Arts, and the College of Engineering

Questions or for accessibility information, please contact irwg@umich.edu or (734) 764-9537.

*National Academies committee member and report co-author

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:52:48 -0400 2018-10-01T15:30:00-04:00 2018-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion white circle overlaid on grid paper background with text reading "Sexual Harassment in the Academy: 2018 Panel Discussion Series"
Sanjay Padhi: Predictive Analytics Using Amazon Web Services (October 1, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55796 55796-13779923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 4:00pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

One of the most explored features of Big Data is predictive analytics. Predictive analytics is a set of techniques that are fundamental to large organizations like Amazon. Methods such as Machine Learning are used in many aspects of life, including health care, education, financial modeling, and marketing. Analytics on Big Data has given rise to various “smart” projects, such as Connected Intersections, Smart Cities, and Smart Health. This talk will provide a range of such studies using predictive analytics including detailed overview of methods such as Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning using AWS. Fully managed Artificial Intelligence (AI) services to help researchers build, train and deploy ML models in various domains including Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing (NLP) will also be outlined. Supervised and unsupervised based learning frameworks and its implications in the fields of Scientific Computing, Medical Imaging, Cancer detection, Diabetic Retinopathy, and Voice-enabled solutions to improve management of chronic disease will be discussed. The AWS Research Initiative with funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the domains related to the foundation and innovative tracks, as well as AWS Research Credit program will also be outlined.

Dr. Sanjay Padhi, leads the AWS Research Initiatives including AWS’s federal initiatives with the National Science Foundation. He is a physicist and Adjunct Professor at Brown University. Dr. Padhi has more than 15 years of experience in large-scale distributed computing, Data Analytics and Machine Learning.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:35:29 -0400 2018-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 BBB Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar BBB
Finance Workshop: How To Adult (October 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56001 56001-13814275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Graduate Society of Women Engineers

GradSWE has invited Mark Munzenberger from UMCU to kindly provide a finance workshop covering essential financial topics including credit. The presentation will be followed by Q&As. Lunch will be provided!

If interested, please RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finance-workshop-how-to-adult-registration-50648138947

PLEASE CONTACT "Maryam Akram" and "Dhanya Abraham" at akramrym@umich.edu and dmabe@umich.edu with ANY QUESTIONS

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 30 Sep 2018 02:37:02 -0400 2018-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Graduate Society of Women Engineers Workshop / Seminar Finance Workshop
Arconic Corporate Information Session (October 2, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55141 55141-13689429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Citizenship: US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Resumes: Yes

Arconic is a lightweight metals engineering and manufacturing company specializing in products and solutions that transform the way we fly, drive, build and power.

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:09:50 -0400 2018-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T19:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Cruise Automation Corporate Information Session (October 2, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55142 55142-13689430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 6:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern, Co-op
Majors: Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Citizenship: None
Resumes: Yes

Join the DRIVERLESS revolution!

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:11:56 -0400 2018-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T19:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs GG Brown Laboratory
MDP 2019 Project Preview Night (October 2, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56264 56264-13869403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 6:00pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Student Recruitment for 2019 MDP Teams Has Begun!

You will shake hands and speak with Faculty PIs and engineering and product development professionals about the MDP team they are sponsoring. Build your network, learn about the teams, and position yourself as a great candidate. Attire is casual!

What is the MDP Project Preview Night?

The 2019 MDP Project Preview Night will showcase 40+ teams with open positions for students across the University. All Corporate Partners and Faculty Research Teams will be in the BBB Building to meet with interested students, discuss design team opportunities, and collect student resumes. Attend this event if you cannot attend the Project Fair on Wednesday. Casual attire is expected.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:48:25 -0400 2018-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 BBB Multidisciplinary Design Program Careers / Jobs BBB Atrium
Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences Open House (October 2, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55689 55689-13768291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: U-M College of Pharmacy

Attention all Science, Pre-Health, and Engineering majors!

Are you interested in learning about graduate programs that will prepare you for an exciting career in drug discovery & drug development? If so, please make plans to attend the Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences Open House.

This event will feature a poster session where you can talk to graduate students and faculty members about their research. You will also have an opportunity to learn more about the benefits and requirements of the Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD programs.

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Other Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:03:49 -0400 2018-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T20:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons U-M College of Pharmacy Other
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44037 44037-9877694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Advisors, CGIS Alumni, and program representatives from around campus and the world will answer your questions about UM study abroad opportunities. Learn about UM faculty-led programs and meet with staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office. Enjoy performances from global student orgs, maize-n-blue giveaways, and free candy from around the world!

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Fair / Festival Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:01:54 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Study Abroad!
MDP 2019 Project Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56265 56265-13869404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Student Recruitment for 2019 MDP Teams Has Begun!

You will shake hands and speak with Faculty PIs and engineering and product development professionals about the MDP team they are sponsoring. Build your network, learn about the teams, and position yourself as a great candidate. Attire is casual!

What is the MDP Project Fair?

The 2019 MDP Project Opportunity Fair will showcase 40+ teams with open positions for students across the University. All Corporate Partners and Faculty Research Teams will be in the Duderstadt Atrium to meet with interested students, discuss design team opportunities, and collect student resumes. Attend this event if you cannot attend the Project Preview Night on Tuesday. Casual attire is expected.

This event is very, very similar to the Project Preview night on 10/2 6-8pm in BBB….just in a different location, and the sponsors/faculty will have table displays with prototypes, screens, giveaways, etc. Attend either event – whichever fits your busy schedule.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:14:43 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Multidisciplinary Design Program Careers / Jobs Duderstadt Connector
Accelerating Engineering Research (October 3, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56309 56309-13878506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 5:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Accelerate your engineering research by using research platforms such as Knovel, Engineering Village, and Mendeley from Elsevier. In this workshop, we will learn the skills and knowledge needed to effectively search for technical literature including, journal articles, handbooks, standards and patents.


Presentation by Daniel & Keith of Elsevier Engineering Education.

Food will be provided!

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
5 pm - 7 pm
2517 GGB

Attend the workshop to receive Elsevier swag including a Mendeley shirt and more cool stuff!!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Oct 2018 13:43:03 -0400 2018-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T19:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Engineering Office of Student Affairs Workshop / Seminar ME Graduate Council Logo
“Squish and Squeeze - Nuclear mechanics in physiology and disease” (October 4, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55506 55506-13750119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

The nucleus is the characteristic feature of eukaryotic cells and houses the genomic information of the cell. The Lammerding laboratory is combining cell and molecular biology approaches with tissue engineering and microfabrication techniques, live-cell microscopy, and in vivo models to investigate the interplay between nuclear structure, mechanics, and function. In particular, the research is addressing how physical forces acting on the nucleus, for example, in contracting muscle cells or during migration of cells through tight interstitial spaces, can challenge the integrity of the nucleus, alter its structure, and cause genomic and transcriptional changes. These processes play important roles in cellular mechanotransduction, i.e., the ability of cells to convert mechanical stimuli into biochemical signals, but can also contribute to various diseases when the nuclear structure is perturbed by mutations or altered protein expression. For example, mutations in the nuclear envelope proteins lamin A/C are responsible for a broad spectrum of diseases (laminopathies), including Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) and dilated cardiomyopathy. The fact that most mutations result in highly tissue-specific disease phenotypes primarily affecting skeletal and cardiac muscles, in spite of the near ubiquitous expression of lamins A/C, suggest that lamin mutations may render cells more sensitive to mechanical stress, which then causes progressive cell failure in mechanically stressed tissues. I will discuss our recent findings that highlight the importance of lamins A/C in mediating nuclear stability and mechanotransduction in mechanically stressed cells and tissues. At the same time, increased nuclear deformability, caused for example by reduced levels of lamins A/C, can promote cell migration through tight spaces with cross-sections smaller than the nuclear diameter, where the large size and rigidity of the nucleus can constitute a rate-limiting factor. I will present recent findings that demonstrate the importance of nuclear mechanics during cell migration in confined environments in vitro and in vivo, as well as the functional consequences of cells having to squeeze their large nuclei through tight interstitial spaces and small pores in the extracellular matrix network, with a particular focus on breast cancer.

Jan Lammerding, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering and the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology & Director of Graduate Studies at Cornell University.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:13:09 -0400 2018-10-04T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Biomedical Engineering
NAME Community Project | Jeffrey Reifsnyder | Mercury Marine (October 4, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55971 55971-13814219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

The NAME Community Project is a new initiative with a goal to build and strengthen the NAME community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. There will be a dedicated hour each Thursday with no NAME classes or meetings scheduled so that we can hold NAME Community Project events. These events will include industry speakers, faculty/student mixers, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion activities and faculty meetings.

Lunch provided

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:27:18 -0500 2018-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion NAME
Planning under Uncertainty: Theory and Practice (October 4, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56053 56053-13823417@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Jonathan P. How
Richard C. Maclaurin Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

This talk will describe recent progress on planning, learning, and control of autonomous systems operating in dynamic environments, with an emphasis on addressing the planning challenges faced on various timescales. For example, autonomous robotic agents need to plan/execute safe paths and avoid imminent collisions given noisy sensory information (short timescale), interact with other dynamic agents whose intents are typically not known (medium timescale), and perform complex cooperative tasks given imperfect models and knowledge of the environment (long timescale). These planning tasks are often constrained to be done using onboard computation and perception, which typically adds significant complexity to the system. The talk will highlight several recently developed solutions to these challenges that have been implemented to robustly plan paths and demonstrate high-speed agile flight of a quadrotor in unknown, cluttered environments; autonomous navigation of ground vehicles in complex indoor environments alongside non-communicating agents; near-optimal resource-aware communication planning for distributed loop closure detection in collaborative simultaneous localization and mapping under budgeted communication; and an augmented reality testbed for testing, evaluation and verification of complex robotic systems using controlled indoor simulations of outdoor environments.

About the speaker...

Jonathan P. How, the Richard C. Maclaurin Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, was honored for contributions to guidance and control of air and space vehicles. He currently serves as the head of the Information sector within the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is the Director of the Ford-MIT Alliance, and was a member of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) from 2014-2017. His research focuses on planning and learning under uncertainty, and he was the control lead for the MIT DARPA Urban Challenge team.

He is the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine, associate editor for the AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, and associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. His work has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Institute of Navigation Burka Award, the IFAC Automatica award for best applications paper, the AeroLion Technologies Outstanding Paper Award for the Journal Unmanned Systems, the IEEE Control Systems Society Video Clip Contest, and numerous AIAA Best Paper in Conference Awards. He was awarded the Air Force Commander's Public Service Award (2017) for his contributions to the SAB. He is both an IEEE Fellow and an AIAA Fellow.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:49:06 -0400 2018-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T14:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion
AE 585 Seminar Series - Humans and Automation Taking Flight: a perspective on symbiosis (October 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53575 53575-13410068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Humans and Automation Taking Flight: a perspective on symbiosis

Daniel Patt, PhD
Chief Executive Office, Vecna Robotics
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis

In this talk, Dr. Patt offers a perspective on historic and future automation technology, and how this might affect human roles in aviation. This talk is grounded in perspectives from across his career as an engineer and leader. He presents a theoretical framework for considering the symbiotic role of humans and automation across shared objectives. This framework is applied to flight automation, and the payoff and obstacles to self-flying aircraft are considered. Several examples from his career are presented, including flight test video.

About the Speaker:

Daniel Patt, PhD is the Chief Executive Officer of Vecna Robotics, a leading commercial robotics and industrial automation technology provider. Vecna Robotics has unique artificial intelligence technology for resilient orchestration of diverse autonomous systems, industrial equipment, and human capabilities. Dr. Patt also serves as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis (CSBA), a leading policy research institute located in Washington, DC. Previously, Patt was the Deputy Director of DARPA’s Strategic Technology Office. At DARPA, he led development of a strategy for renewed conventional military advantage focused on achieving decision superiority and risk distribution. He led investments enabling robust distributed systems architectures in a technology portfolio including command and control; communications and networking; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Prior to joining DARPA, Dr. Patt held a senior leadership position at a small aerospace research and development firm specializing in autonomy and the rapid prototyping of complete air vehicle systems. Dr. Patt has previously worked at Fortune 50 research and development firms developing advanced unmanned systems and has also worked in the automotive industry. He has engineering experience in robotics, air vehicle flight testing, dynamics analysis, adaptive control, learning systems, systems integration, human interface, and health monitoring. Dr. Patt holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:30:14 -0400 2018-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Gender, Technology and Design: The Female Innovation Potential (October 5, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56365 56365-13887674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 10:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Despite great progress over the last decade, the number of female engineers remains limited. A study in the US showed that the number of women entering engineering as a course of study is around 20%. Of these, 40% do not continue professionally as engineers. Causes are manifold, but a consequence is that most products and systems are designed by men, even if the products are for the female population. The role of women in product development is limited to participation in market research and testing. The presentation will give examples of gender bias in products and highlight the importance of using the innovation potential of women in product development through some successful cases. The presentation will close with an analysis of causes and possible actions to develop and tap into this potential.

Luciënne T.M. Blessing is a Professor in the Engineering and Product Development Pillar, and Co-Director of the SUTD-MIT International Design Center, at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) since 2016. Previously she held positions at the University of Luxembourg (Vice-president for Research, Chair of Engineering Design and Methodology, Chair of the Ethics Review Panel); Technical University of Berlin (Chair of Engineering Design and Methodology, Vice-president for Research and International Relations); Cambridge University Engineering Design Centre (Senior Research Associate and Associate Director); and University of Twente in the Netherlands (Lecturer). She received her MSc from Delft University of Technology (NL), a PhD from the University of Twente (NL), an honorary Doctorate from Mälardalen University in Sweden, and the Peabody Visiting Professorship at the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. She has taught a large number of workshops and conducted research in engineering design, design innovation and systematic design for a variety of public and private organizations. She was co-founder of the Design Society, Editor-in-Chief (Europe) of the journal Research in Engineering Design, and co-author of DRM, a Design Research Methodology, a textbook widely used worldwide. Her research interests include empirical studies into the design process; design methodologies and early stage methods; product service systems; user experience and product meaning; design research methodology, design theory and transdisciplinarity.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 17:33:19 -0400 2018-10-05T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T11:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Engineering Office of Student Affairs Lecture / Discussion Chrysler Center
Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri, Technology Manager (October 5, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56397 56397-13896791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 11:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Abstract
Smart manufacturing is an emerging field that combines physical systems with data and intelligence. It can mean different things to different people, but essentially it is about smartly extracting information from the manufacturing system to improve overall efficiency of networked enterprises. Smart Manufacturing provides effective and secure human-system platform for better decision making and improving the overall productivity and efficiency of manufacturing across the networked enterprise. The talk will also describe the objective of the “smart” manufacturing and the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII).

Bio
Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri is a Technology Manager in the Advanced Manufacturing Office, EERE, and DOE. He is the Federal Program Manager for the CESMII. Prior to joining DOE, he was the program manager at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and also a research professor at George Washington University and worked in the CAD/CAE/PLM software industry.

Dr. Rachuri is the Editor-in-Chief of ASTM Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems journal (www.astm.org/ssms). Rachuri is the founding member and was the vice chair of the ASTM subcommittee on sustainable manufacturing (E60.13) and a member of ASTM Smart Manufacturing Advisory Committee. Rachuri is the founding member and the Chair of the standards committee on ASME V&V 50 Verification and Validation of Computational Modeling for Advanced Manufacturing.

Dr. Rachuri is a Fellow of ASME and AAAS. Dr. Rachuri received the 2016 ASTM International President’s Leadership Award. Dr. Rachuri won first prize in the 2017 World Standards Day (WSD) Paper Competition, awarded by The Society for Standards Professionals. Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri was recently honored with the Excellence in Research Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:54:21 -0400 2018-10-05T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Integrative Systems + Design Workshop / Seminar Chrysler Center
Duderstadt Center Fall Open House (October 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55192 55192-13698256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Digital Media Commons

Join us Friday, October 5th (12-6pm)

The Duderstadt Center provides a nexus for creative and technological innovation across all disciplines.

Come see what new resources we are unveiling for the Fall semester, available to the entire University of Michigan community!

This is your first opportunity to experience the all new Visualization Studio, a powerful digital maker-space equipped with high end virtual reality development workstations, play areas and 3D modeling tools. Staffed by industry experts with a proven track record of successful augmented and virtual reality development in grants all across campus. Come experience the MIDEN, a 10'x10' immersive virtual reality room, and see how instructors and students are using VR as a platform to revolutionize teaching and learning.

Our recently unveiled Fabrication Studio is also available, equipped with an assortment of high end and self service 3D printers, laser cutters, electronic workbenches and a variety of hand tools. We will also soon be re-opening a freshly remodeled Design Studio come Winter - come see what will soon be a creative hub to suit all your artistic needs. Light tables, down shooters and a Hollywood mocap system for animation, large format scanners and photography tables, smart displays for iterative design and ideation, and various drafting/drawing tools.

Learn more at: http://www.dc.umich.edu/openhouse

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Community Service Wed, 12 Sep 2018 09:52:59 -0400 2018-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T18:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Digital Media Commons Community Service Duderstadt Center Open House
Duderstadt Center Fall Open House (October 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55197 55197-13698262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Duderstadt Center

Join us Friday, October 5th (12-6pm)

The Duderstadt Center provides a nexus for creative and technological innovation across all disciplines.

Come see what new resources we are unveiling for the Fall semester, available to the entire University of Michigan community!

This is your first opportunity to experience the all new Visualization Studio, a powerful digital maker-space equipped with high end virtual reality development workstations, play areas and 3D modeling tools. Staffed by industry experts with a proven track record of successful augmented and virtual reality development in grants all across campus. Come experience the MIDEN, a 10'x10' immersive virtual reality room, and see how instructors and students are using VR as a platform to revolutionize teaching and learning.

Our recently unveiled Fabrication Studio is also available, equipped with an assortment of high end and self service 3D printers, laser cutters, electronic workbenches and a variety of hand tools. We will also soon be re-opening a freshly remodeled Design Studio come Winter - come see what will soon be a creative hub to suit all your artistic needs. Light tables, down shooters and a Hollywood mocap system for animation, large format scanners and photography tables, smart displays for iterative design and ideation, and various drafting/drawing tools.

Learn more at: http://www.dc.umich.edu/openhouse

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Community Service Wed, 12 Sep 2018 09:58:01 -0400 2018-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T18:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Duderstadt Center Community Service Duderstadt Center Open House
Homecoming Aerospace Department Lunch (October 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53216 53216-13295780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Join us for the annual Aerospace Engineering lunch with faculty, staff, students, and alumni on Friday, October 4th at 12noon!

State of the Department Address with new Chair of Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Anthony Waas (Atrium, FXB )
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm

Lunch with alumni (McDivitt Conference Room, FXB)
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Lab and Facility Tours
1:00 pm

Please RSVP by Friday, September 27th!

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:07:18 -0400 2018-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T13:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Social / Informal Gathering Waas photo
NAME Homecoming Luncheon (October 5, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56274 56274-13869413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

The NAME department will celebrate homecoming with a tent luncheon on the NAME building front lawn. Join us to hear from 2018 NAME department Alumni Merit Awardee Douglas Pearlson.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Oct 2018 17:31:22 -0400 2018-10-05T12:30:00-04:00 2018-10-05T13:30:00-04:00 Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion NAME
AE285 Undergraduate Seminar: Connecting People, Growing Economies, and Protecting Freedom (October 5, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56251 56251-13867124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Connecting People, Growing Economies, and Protecting Freedom: A Career Designing and Developing Gas Turbine Engines

Jennifer Duke, Sr. Director, Propulsion Systems Analysis Pratt & Whitney

Economic demand and concern for the environment has stimulated innovations in the gas turbine aero engine industry. With aircraft performance improvements depending largely on the engines, the cost of jet fuel driving airline operating cost, and the consideration of new regulatory requirements, engine manufacturers must innovate to realize step change improvements. Pratt & Whitney has created the game changing Geared Turbofan™ engine as a solution for our commercial customers; and we power new capability to the military warfighter. This lecture will explore a look into a career designing and developing gas turbine jet engines.

An aerospace engineer must create solutions to problems that are multi-physics in nature while integrating across disciplines for an optimal design that operates safely and reliably over a wide range of conditions. The challenge now becomes the speed of developing and integrating new technologies into the product, as well as cost effectiveness and reliability of technologies. An overview of the recent advances in propulsion system design will be presented, with focus on the aerospace engineer’s role in development, realization and deployment of gas turbine aero engine products for unprecedented performance, operability, and reliability.

About the speaker...

Jennifer Duke is senior director of the Propulsion Systems Analysis organization at Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (UTC) company and a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units. In this new role since July 2018, Jennifer provides strategic leadership of a multi-site engineering organization to architect, design, develop, and support engine performance systems, bringing value to the commercial and military business. She is responsible for engine functional metrics including mission fuel efficiency, thrust assurance, time on wing, operability, and environmental sustainment of noise and emissions.

Previously, Jennifer was Sr. Director of the Aerodynamics and Thermal Fluids organization. In this role since 2013, she provided both strategic and technical leadership for Pratt & Whitney Engineering’s Aerodynamics organization, with oversight of turbines, compressors, combustors, acoustics, inlets, nacelles & nozzles, CFD methods, internal air systems and heat transfer.

Duke has been with Pratt & Whitney since 1992 and has held roles of increasing responsibility in the Performance Systems Analysis, Turbine Aerodynamics, and the Turbine Module Center organizations. She also served as Performance Systems Chief for the Operational Commercial Engines group and the Executive Assistant to Pratt & Whitney’s Chief Operating Officer.

She sits on the industry advisory board for the University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering Department and the advisory board for the University of Connecticut Department of Mechanical Engineering. She is a member of the FAA Environment and Energy Research, Engineering & Development advisory subcommittee and the United Way Women’s Leadership Council. In 2015, Duke received a United Technologies Chairman’s award and in 2016 received the University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering Alumni Merit Award.

Duke earned a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:31 -0400 2018-10-05T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-06T03:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Jennifer Duke photo
The 3rd Revolution in Computing Has Just Begun: Connecting the Physical World to the Power of the Digital World (October 5, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55890 55890-13802784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

ABSTRACT — Half a century of Moore’s Law has resulted in computing and communication systems of incredible power. As a consequence, we are now beginning the third revolution in which digital processing is beginning to be embedded in devices and systems all around us. While this is enabling fascinating
possibilities such as autonomous vehicles, new approaches to healthcare and more efficient industrial infrastructure, it also must address new and difficult technical challenges. Some of these challenges include radical improvement in wireless communication, powering the trillions of embedded devices with Nano or Picowatts rather than Milliwatts, and creating robust security for networked systems of embedded devices.

Moreover, these challenges can no longer depend on the exponential scaling of Moore’s Law that had been provided by the Dennard Scaling of CMOS. Alternative technologies from new semiconducting materials to new processor architectures in support of advanced algorithms are required and will be discussed in the seminar.

BIO — Dr. Fuller is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Emeritus and Distinguished Scientist at Analog Devices
Inc. As CTO, he led the technology strategy, established
the Analog Garage, an advanced technology design
center, and directed other R&D programs in the U.S. and
Asia. He currently has an appointment as a Research
Scientist at MIT, participating in joint MIT-ADI research
projects.

Prior to joining ADI in 1998, Dr. Fuller was Vice President
of Research and Chief Scientist of Digital Equipment
Corporation, where he established and led Digital’s
research laboratories that led to innovations in RISC
computers, network processors, and Internet search
engines.

In the 1970s, Dr. Fuller was an Associate Professor of
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Carnegie
Mellon University, where he lead the design and
performance evaluation of pioneering multiprocessor
computer systems.

He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Michigan and MS and PhD degrees from
Stanford University. He is an IEEE Fellow, AAAS Fellow,
and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
He has authored over 30 technical publications and
contributed to several textbooks in Computer Science.
Dr. Fuller has served on several National Research Council
studies including “Cryptography’s Role in Securing the
Information Society” and chaired the study “The Future of
Computing Performance: Game Over or Next Level?”

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:31:34 -0400 2018-10-05T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-05T14:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Pavel Bochev: Compatible Mesh-Free Methods (October 5, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55826 55826-13779926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 3:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

Particle and mesh-free methods offer significant computational advantages in settings where quality mesh generation required for many compatible PDE discretizations may be expensive or even intractable. At the same time, the lack of underlying geometric grid structure makes it more difficult to construct mesh-free methods mirroring the discrete vector calculus properties of mesh-based compatible and mimetic discretization methods. In this talk we survey ongoing efforts at Sandia National Laboratories to develop new classes of locally and globally compatible meshfree methods that attempt to recover some of the key properties of mimetic discretization methods.

We will present two examples of recently developed “mimetic”-like meshfree methods. The first one is motivated by classical staggered discretization methods. We use the local connectivity graph of a discretization particle to define locally compatible discrete operators. In particular, the edge-to-vertex connectivity matrix of the local graph provides a topological gradient, whereas a generalized moving least-squares (GMLS) reconstruction from the edge midpoints defines a divergence operator. The second method can be viewed as a meshfree analogue of a finite volume type scheme. In this method, the metric information that would be normally provided by the mesh, such as cell volumes and face areas, is reconstructed algebraically, without a mesh. This reconstruction process effectively creates virtual cells having virtual faces and ensures a local conservation property matching that of mesh-based finite volumes. In contrast to similar recent efforts our approach does not involve a solution of a global optimization problem to find the virtual cell volumes and faces areas. Instead, we determine the necessary metric information by solving a graph Laplacian problem that can be effectively preconditioned by algebraic multigrid.

Several numerical examples will illustrate the mimetic properties of the new meshfree schemes. The talk will also review some of the ongoing work to build a modern software toolkit for mesh-free and particle discretizations that leverages Sandia’s Trillinos library and performance tools such as Kokkos.

Pavel Bochev is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque where he works in the Center for Computing Research. He joined Sandia in 2000 after six years of teaching and research at the University of Texas at Arlington.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 30 Sep 2018 15:08:29 -0400 2018-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar East Hall
New Methods for Detecting Natural Selection in Large Samples of Genetic Data (October 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56321 56321-13878530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: Understanding how humans evolved and adapted to their environment is one of the most important and interesting questions in science. The recent emergence of large, publicly available genetic data sets places the answers to these questions closer within reach than ever before. New statistical methods are needed to take full advantage of these resources.

In this talk Dr. Terhorst will discuss some recent progress towards detecting signals of recent natural selection in genetic data from tens of thousands of individuals. On the computational side, he will describe new memory- and compute-efficient inference algorithms that allow us to analyze thousands of genomes in parallel using GPUs. On the theoretical side, he will describe a new test for neutrality based on combinatorial properties of Kingman’s coalescent. The test turns out to have interesting connections to a classic problem in theoretical statistics which has been studied by LeCam, Moran, Hall, and other luminaries. Some of this work is joint with Dan Erdmann-Pham, Kamm, Pier Palamara, Alkes Price and Yun Song.

Bio: Jonathan Terhorst joined the University of Michigan in the fall of 2017 as an assistant professor in the statistics department. Before that, he was a PhD student in statistics at UC Berkeley under the supervision of Prof. Yun Song. He is broadly interested in applications of statistics and machine learning to problems in biology, with a particular emphasis on statistical and population genetics.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:06:12 -0400 2018-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Jonathan Terhorst, PhD
Get Fit With Us! (October 6, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636350@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 6, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-10-06T09:30:00-04:00 2018-10-06T10:30:00-04:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
TBP Grad Student Speaker Series (October 6, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56179 56179-13841860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 6, 2018 10:00am
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

TBP Graduate Student Speaker Series: Training (for) Better Presentations is a pilot event funded by the College of Engineering and the Office of Student Affairs. It is a professional development event aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills, so they can learn to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience. It also aims to engage a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering.

*Breakfast from Panera Bread Provided!

Sign up link: https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1399/

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Presentation Sat, 24 Nov 2018 02:27:04 -0500 2018-10-06T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Presentation Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Secretary of State Mobile Unit on Campus (October 8, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56441 56441-13903628@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

The Michigan Secretary of State will have its mobile unit on campus in the Michigan League’s circular drive off of North University Avenue on Monday, October 8 and will be open for business from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The primary focus of this visit is voter registration. However, the mobile unit is equipped to handle most regular Secretary of State services. If you wish to register to vote, don’t forget your driver’s license or Michigan personal identification card.

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Other Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:43:14 -0400 2018-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Engineering Office of Student Affairs Other
Navigating stability and metastability in the synthesis of novel functional materials (October 8, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56211 56211-13867060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Materials Science and Engineering

Despite rapid progress in the computational design of novel functional materials, the materials discovery pipeline remains bottlenecked by the difficulty of synthesizing predicted compounds in the laboratory. Developing a theoretical foundation for predictive materials synthesis requires a more quantitative understanding of metastable phases, which often appear as kinetic byproducts during materials formation. By mapping the thermodynamic scale of crystalline metastability, and calculating relative nucleation rates between competing polymorphs, we can construct synthesis maps to navigate through the thermodynamic and kinetic energy landscape towards desired material phases. I will showcase several applications of this ab initio framework to predict non-equilibrium crystallization pathways of carbonate minerals and functional manganese oxides in hydrothermal synthesis, and conclude with thermodynamic strategies for the discovery and synthesis of novel thin-film nitride semiconductors. Mastering metastability will deepen our fundamental understanding of nucleation and crystal growth, and can expand the search space for functional technological materials beyond equilibrium phases and compositions.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:14:26 -0400 2018-10-08T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-08T14:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Materials Science and Engineering Lecture / Discussion Materials Science logo with photo of Wenhao Sun
STEM Research Central Campus (October 8, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54283 54283-13563518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Join ONSF Director, Henry Dyson, for a brown bag info session Monday, October 8th from 4-5 pm in 1330 Mason Hall (LSA Honors Program). The U-M STEM Research Career Award, Goldwater, and Astronaut Scholarships provide $5000, $7500 and $10,000 respectively to sophomores and juniors who plan to pursue research careers in STEM fields.

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Presentation Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:04:08 -0400 2018-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation Mason Hall
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
impactXchange–VOTING (October 9, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56083 56083-13830280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 11:30am
Location: The Grove
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

North Campus DEI Collaborative–College of Engineering, Stamps School of Art & Design, Duderstadt Center, School of Music, Theater and Dance, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Rackham Student Government

Join the North Campus DEI Collaborative impactXchange–College of Engineering, Stamps School of Art & Design, Duderstadt Center, School of Music, Theater and Dance, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and the Rackham Student Government in celebration of Diversity Week 2018.

The all day celebration aims to put students in the driver’s seat of decision making. We will explore the topic of VOTING and how voting and not voting impacts students and their peers (students will be able to register to vote too!). Students will learn what they can do in their communities to create change (regardless if they can vote or not). Live performances, exhibition posters on voting, workshops, food, and entertainment will make this event one that must not be missed.

When: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Where: The Grove and Duderstadt Center
Time: 11:30am-1:00pm
Special Guest: Ruby Sales–Building a Vibrant Youth Culture at 6:30pm in the new Taubman College Commons.
Light refreshments will be served.

Ruby Nell Sales looks at her work as a calling rather than a career. She answered the call to social justice as a teenager at Tuskegee Institute where she joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and worked on voter registration in Lowndes County, Alabama. Sales has made the struggle for racial justice one of the centerpieces of her work through the SpiritHouse Project. Recognizing a need to nurture the hope that still resides in young people as well as to revive an intergenerational community and human compassion, in 2016 the SpiritHouse Project introduced Hope Zones.™ They are alternative learning spaces designed to strengthen the hope, courage, reason, and will of young people to individually and collectively stand up for themselves with dignity, clarity and nonviolent persistence. According to the Harvard Gazette, Ruby spoke about the fight for racial equality in the U.S. and shared, “Even in the face of challenges, there are reasons for hope. Freedom must be seen as a constant struggle. We don’t have to give in to despair.”

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Fair / Festival Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:56:52 -0400 2018-10-09T11:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 The Grove A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Fair / Festival One Vote, One Difference
METS Advisor Luncheon (October 9, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55481 55481-13747845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Engineering Transfer Support (METS)

Join us for a wonderful lunch, good company, and good conversation with your advisor and other students from your major. RSVP by October 1. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:34:17 -0400 2018-10-09T11:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Engineering Transfer Support (METS) Social / Informal Gathering mb flowers
Nandini Ananth: Charge Transfer Dynamics, Excited State Energetics, and Organic Photovoltaics (October 9, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56196 56196-13860237@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

Designing molecular materials for use as organic photovoltaics, molecular electronics, and photocatalysts is a multifaceted challenge requiring a detailed understanding of both the excited state energetics and the dynamics of charge and energy transfer. We address the dynamic challenge by developing new methods based on the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics that are uniquely suited to the simulation of photo-initiated excited state dynamics in the condensed phase. We then tackle the characterization of the excited state manifold in molecular systems using a combination of high-level electronic structure methods to accurately calculate excited state energies, normal mode analysis to quantify vibronic couplings, and novel orbital analyses to uncover structure-spectrum correlations.
In this talk, we focus on one target application: designing chromophores that exhibit ultrafast Singlet Fission (SF), a phenomenon that has the potential to significantly increase organic solar cell efficiency. We investigate SF in non-bonded and covalently bonded pentacene dimers: we uncover two distinct mechanistic pathways for ultrafast SF and we identify molecular geometries and bonding motifs that can be modified to enhance efficiency in each case. Finally, we combine the insights obtained from our theoretical investigations to generate a priori design principles for next-generation SF chromophores, and working with experimental collaborators, we verify them.

Nandini Ananth is an associate professor in the department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. She received her bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Stella Maris College in Chennai, India, and a Masters in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 30 Sep 2018 15:14:35 -0400 2018-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar Ananth
Bioethics Discussion: Alternative Medicine (October 9, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49423 49423-11453765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion at the boundaries of the medical sciences.

Readings to consider:
"The placebo effect in alternative medicine"
"The use of complementary and alternative medicine in pediatrics"
"Efficacy of complementary and alternative medicine therapies in relieving cancer pain: a systematic review"
"Trends in the use of complementary health approaches among adults: United States, 2002-2012"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/018-alternative-medicine/.

Be mindful at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:54:30 -0400 2018-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Alternative medicine
EER Seminar - Equity and Inclusion in STEM Intro Courses (October 10, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56304 56304-13878502@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Equity and inclusion are central goals for educational institutions. Are these goals being met? Looking back, I'll describe studies which revealed a pattern of gendered performance differences in large foundational courses, both at Michigan and at an array of other Universities. I'll also talk about pursuing solutions: how we use tools like ECoach, both to learn more and to experiment with possible interventions. Looking forward, I will describe an emerging national collaboration, dedicated to the pursuit of equity and inclusion in STEM courses, and describe how students, faculty, and staff here at Michigan can get involved.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Oct 2018 13:25:20 -0400 2018-10-10T15:30:00-04:00 2018-10-10T16:20:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Duderstadt Center
Bostik Corporate Information Session (October 10, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55143 55143-13689431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Intern
Majors: Chemical Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Undergraduate
Citizenship: US Citizen
Resumes: Yes


Adhesives Company

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:13:48 -0400 2018-10-10T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T19:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Cruise Automation Corporate Information Session (October 10, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55144 55144-13689433@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 6:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-time, Intern, Co-op
Majors: Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Citizenship: None
Resumes: Yes

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:17:27 -0400 2018-10-10T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T19:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs GG Brown Laboratory
"Engineering Therapies for Complex Diseases" (October 11, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55507 55507-13750120@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Many diseases lack a clear cause, making the search for therapies especially challenging. For example, there is no known cause for more than 80% of the cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and the remaining cases can be caused by mutations in any one of more than twenty genes. It is unlikely that any single therapeutic strategy will work for all these patients. We seek to understand such complex diseases better by gathering a wide variety of omic, clinical and behavior data. I’ll describe the approaches we are using to integrate these data, identify disease subtypes and explore their therapeutic potential.

Dr. Ernest Fraenkel is a professor in Biomedical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:09:38 -0400 2018-10-11T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Biomedical Engineering
Introduction To Science Policy (Panel Event) (October 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56195 56195-13855647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Graduate Society of Women Engineers

GradSWE and MESWN are inviting students to attend this science policy panel event featuring Dr. Joy Rohde (associate professor of Ford school of public policy at UM), Kristina Ko (Senior Director of Federal Relations for Research), and Rachel Kirpes (PhD candidate at the department of Chemistry at University of Michigan).

The panel will be focused on introducing science and public policy, its impact on graduate student’s daily life, research, and funding, career paths in science and public policy and introducing more resources.

Questions are highly welcome. Lunch will be provided.

If interested, please RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-science-policy-panel-event-registration-50676262064

Please contact "Dhanya Abraham" and "Maryam Akram" at dmabe@umich.edu and akramrym@umich.edu if you have any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Oct 2018 21:57:40 -0400 2018-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Graduate Society of Women Engineers Workshop / Seminar Science Policy
The Taking of K-129 (October 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53422 53422-13381389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War—a mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argo—about how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America’s most eccentric mogul spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal the nuclear-armed Soviet submarine K-129 after it had sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; all while the Russians were watching.

The Taking of K-129 is a riveting, almost unbelievable true-life tale of military history, engineering genius, and high-stakes spy-craft set during the height of the Cold War, when nuclear annihilation was a constant fear, and the opportunity to gain even the slightest advantage over your enemy was worth massive risk.

Writer Josh Dean will visit the department for the new Community Project. He'll be joined by NAME alumni who worked on this unbelievable project, including Chuck Cannon, Charlie Canby and John Hollett.

When: October 11th 12-2 PM
Where: Gerald Ford Library

Lunch provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:43:32 -0400 2018-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T14:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion Glomar Explorer
AE585 Graduate Seminar Series - Future of Rotary Wing Industry (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56491 56491-13930956@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Tomasz Krysinski
Vice-President for Research and Innovation
Airbus Helicopters

In the seminar, we will tackle main areas of VTOL aeromechanics starting on initial design, performance and stability.

There are many new players coming on the market, what attract talents and it results in new way of working.

Special focus will be given on future of VTOL.

About the speaker...

Tomasz Krysinski re-joined Airbus Helicopters as Vice-President Research and Innovation in May 2014.

In his role, he contributes to the definition and the cascading fo the company strategy & objectives, communicate and translate these into a clear set of implementation activities; ensure their successful delivery across the company.

From 2011 to May 2014 Mr. Krysinski was in charge of the innovation laboratory at PSA Peugeot Citroën. Tomasz Krysinski joined Aérospatiale (which later became Eurocopter and then Airbus Helicopters) as an aerodynamics engineer in 1986, and was involved in the development of most of their helicopter product range, including the hybrid high-speed demonstrator X3, as Chief Engineer, and the combat helicopter Tiger, Dauphin, H155, H225, NH90.

Mr. Krysinski who was born in Lodz in Poland holds a Master of Engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) Paris and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Pétroles et des Moteurs (IFP) as well as a Master of Science in Energy Processes from Université Paris VI.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 08 Oct 2018 09:27:23 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Krysinski helicopter image
STEM Info Session (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56404 56404-13896800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Interested in science, technology, engineering, and math?

Join Senior Intercultural Program Advisor Sarah Pauling and Intercultural Program Advisor, Cristina Zamarron for an information session for current students interested in the following study abroad programs:

AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
• Wildlife Management Studies in Tanzania

THE AMERICAS
•Environment and Sustainable Development in San Jose, Costa Rica

ASIA-PACIFIC
•EcoQuest Field Studies in Whakatiwai, New Zealand
•Frontiers Abroad- Geology, and Earth Systems Science

EUROPE
•Budapest Semester in Mathematics
•DIS Stockholm/Copenhagen
•STEM Summer Research Program
•University Study in the UK— London School of Economics (Summer)

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Meeting Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:50:57 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting PHOTO
Manufacturing Research Seminar Series: Recurrent Data Analysis in the Framework of Socket Models (October 12, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56556 56556-13942280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 11:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Abstract
Consider a set of “sibling” components in a multi-socket repairable system. In the case of an automobile, for example, these siblings would be spark plugs, light bulbs, tires, that is, identical components that are coded with the same part number. When field [big] data are analyzed, a dilemma arises as to how to interpret a recurrent replacement of a sibling component: as a secondary failure of the component that has already been replaced once, or as the first failure of the component’s sibling(s)? From the stand point of root-cause analysis, the task is to understand whether recurrent failures are related to (i) a particular sibling, which might be operating in inauspicious conditions relative to other siblings, or (ii) to all siblings on the vehicle. One could attribute Scenario (i) to a system-level (e.g. system interaction) problem, and Scenario (ii) to a component-level (supplier quality) problem. We first review a statistical procedure that solves the above-mentioned dilemma in the framework of ordinary renewal process (ORP) and then extend the discussion to the non-homogeneous Poisson process (NHPP) and the g-renewal process (GRP).

Bio
Vasiliy Krivtsov is the Director of Reliability Analytics at the Ford Motor Company. He also holds the position of Adjunct Associate Professor of Reliability Engineering at the University of Maryland, where he teaches a graduate course on Advanced Reliability Data Analysis. Krivtsov has earned a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine and a PhD in Reliability Engineering from the University of Maryland, USA. He is the author and co-author of over 60 professional publications, including 2 books on Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis, 9 patented inventions and 6 trade secret inventions on statistical algorithms for Ford. He is a Vice Chair of the International Reliability Symposium (RAMS®) Tutorials Committee and a Senior Member of IEEE. Prior to Ford, Krivtsov held the position of Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering in Ukraine, and that of Graduate Research Scientist at the University of Maryland Center for Reliability Engineering. Further information on Dr. Krivtsov’s professional activity is available at www.krivtsov.net

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:19:14 -0400 2018-10-12T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Integrative Systems + Design Workshop / Seminar Dr. Vasiliy Krivstov
AE285 Undergraduate Seminar: Taking Aerospace Engineering to New Heights with the Power of Data (October 12, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56519 56519-13939976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Eric Muir, Ph.D., The Boeing Company

A valuable resource is becoming increasingly available to engineers across all disciplines: data. Data is changing the way society lives and works from social media to automobile safety to smart manufacturing. While data has always played a key role in engineering, the volume and variety now available enables new insights on the behavior of complex systems and their environment. When leveraged properly, this influx of data provides an opportunity for significant advancement in engineering solutions that benefit society.


In this seminar, the impacts of big data and machine learning technologies on data-driven engineering are explored with emphasis on the aerospace industry. Modern aircraft are outfitted with thousands of sensors and produce hundreds of gigabytes of data each flight. Combined with data collected during design, build, and testing, engineers have a wealth of information to increase safety, enhance value, and improve future designs. Engineers will be instrumental in harnessing the power of all this data, collecting the right information and making it available to the right person at the right time.



About the speaker...

Eric Muir earned his Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and currently works at the Boeing Company in Seattle, WA. He is currently a data scientist in autonomous systems development combining his passion for engineering and aviation with new technologies in data analytics and machine learning. Prior to this role, Eric was a structural dynamics engineer within the Propulsion Systems Division where he advanced fan blade-out and windmilling dynamic analyses of turbofan engines, particularly the GE9X on the 777X. In addition to his work at Boeing, he also teaches a structural dynamics course at the University of Washington.


Eric’s interests as an aerospace engineer center on tackling challenging and complex problems using cutting-edge technologies. His work spans structural dynamics and fluid-structure interaction and is expanding into the areas of machine learning and autonomous flight. He is enthusiastic about the impact of these advanced technologies on the design, manufacture, and operation of the next generation of sophisticated aerospace systems.

Eric lives in Seattle with his wife and daughter and is an avid outdoorsman and pilot who enjoys taking full advantage of the recreation in the Pacific Northwest.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:51:34 -0400 2018-10-12T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Get Fit With Us! (October 13, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636351@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 13, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-10-13T09:30:00-04:00 2018-10-13T10:30:00-04:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
TBP Grad Student Speaker Series (October 13, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56179 56179-13841861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 13, 2018 10:00am
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

TBP Graduate Student Speaker Series: Training (for) Better Presentations is a pilot event funded by the College of Engineering and the Office of Student Affairs. It is a professional development event aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills, so they can learn to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience. It also aims to engage a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering.

*Breakfast from Panera Bread Provided!

Sign up link: https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1399/

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Presentation Sat, 24 Nov 2018 02:27:04 -0500 2018-10-13T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Presentation Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
IPE Annual Photo Contest Submission Deadline (October 15, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55616 55616-13765953@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 15, 2018 12:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

International Programs in Engineering is now accepting photo submissions for our annual Photo Contest.

CoE students who participated in Fall 2017, Academic Year 2017-18, Winter 2018, and/or Spring/Summer 2018 international experiences (including study, work, internship, research and/or volunteer) are eligible to submit!

Submission Deadline is October 15

https://ipe.engin.umich.edu/ipe-annual-alumni-photo-contest/

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Other Wed, 19 Sep 2018 08:36:28 -0400 2018-10-15T00:00:00-04:00 2018-10-15T23:59:00-04:00 Chrysler Center International Programs in Engineering Other IPE Photo Contest
TBP/EGS Student Speaker Series Audience Signup (October 15, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56263 56263-13869399@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 15, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

We are excited to announce the EGS & TBP Student Speaker Series organized by Tau Beta Pi and Engineering Graduate Symposium for the College of Engineering, a professional development event for EGS presenters to practice their presentation skills.

Training (for) Better Presentations is aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills, so they can learn to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience. It also aims to engage a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering.

Intended as "teaching through practice" event, each session is structured to have EGS student speakers make a timed presentation on their graduate research to a broad engineering audience and a communications expert panel. Expert panelists will provide constructive feedback to the speakers (and the audience), highlighting the positive aspects of each presentation and also indicating opportunities for improvement. This structure will allow for the speakers to receive specific feedback on their communication skills, while also providing the audience with generalized guidelines for good scientific communication.

We will host two events, both 6-8 pm, at 1303 EECS (10/15) and 1005 DOW (10/18) respectively. Food will be provided!

If you are interested in participating as an audience, please sign up through our TBP website here:

https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1412/

Note: you will be prompted to create a guest profile in order to sign-up for the event.

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Presentation Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:12:11 -0400 2018-10-15T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-15T20:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Presentation Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
International Internships for Engineers (October 17, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44232 44232-13601163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Are you interested in an international internship in your field? Co-sponsored by the Engineering Career Resource Center and International Programs in Engineering, this event features experienced students and knowledgeable staff ready to help you plan your internship abroad. Learn more about how to find, secure and fund your experience.

This event is part of the International Career Pathways Series: https://internationalcenter.umich.edu/abroad/swt/work/icp

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 03 Oct 2019 07:53:06 -0400 2018-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-17T17:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center International Programs in Engineering Careers / Jobs IPE marketing image
Symposium on Complexity in Transportation Science: Connectivity, Data & Automation. (October 18, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52695 52695-12938041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

SCHEDULE

08:30-9:00 Coffee & light breakfast

09:00-10:00 Benjamin Seibold, Temple University
"Traffic Waves, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Future of Traffic Modeling"

10:00-11:00 Soyoung Ahn, University of Wisconsin
"A stochastic modeling of traffic breakdown for freeway merge bottlenecks"

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:15 Xuegang (Jeff) Ban, University of Washington
"Transportation Big Data: Promises and Issues in the Era of Connectivity, Automation, and Sharing"

12:15-1:30 Lunch

01:30-02:30 Robert Hampshire, University of Michigan
"Smart Cities: Data and Decision science for parking management"

02:30-03:30 Marta González, University of California, Berkeley
"Data Science to tackle Urban Challenges"

03:30-03:45 Coffee break

03:45-04:45 Rainald Löhner, George Mason University
"Crowd Management Via Multisensory Input, Fast Computing, Data Bases and Deep Learning"

04:45 Closing Remarks

For abstracts and biosketches please click the "ABSTRACTS AND BIOSKETCHES" link below.

ORGANIZERS

Tierra S Bills, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Charles Doering, Complex Systems, Mathematics, Physics
Gabor Orosz, Mechanical Engineering

See below to register for nametag (until noon Oct. 17, 2018). Lunch registration is closed.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:03:31 -0500 2018-10-18T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Conference / Symposium event poster
NAME Community Project | Jeffrey Reifsnyder | Mercury Marine (October 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55971 55971-13814221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

The NAME Community Project is a new initiative with a goal to build and strengthen the NAME community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. There will be a dedicated hour each Thursday with no NAME classes or meetings scheduled so that we can hold NAME Community Project events. These events will include industry speakers, faculty/student mixers, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion activities and faculty meetings.

Lunch provided

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:27:18 -0500 2018-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion NAME
AE585 Seminar Series - Adaptive Structures at 800 G's (October 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53652 53652-13441979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

The discussion will present the system-level perspective regarding the employment of adaptive geometry for rotary-wing propulsors, such as propellers and rotors. The capability to change configuration during use of a system offers dramatically improved performance by replacing the single static geometry that represents a compromise across use cases left unattended to complete its design life, with a state-changing system capable of a range of geometries each customized for the particular operating condition. The presentation will touch on the complexity added with incorporating active means to control formerly passive components, and the ensuing need for sensing and intelligence.

Applying any new technology to aviation involves a number of technical, financial, cultural and regulatory challenges. Applying to rotary-wing propulsion introduces yet more. The presentation will address the relationship between the push by researchers and developers to insert new technology, the pull required by operators and users, and the variety and impacts of risks on the perspective of each.

The presentation will address the challenges to be overcome for rotary-wing adaptation in aviation, some of them in work and some still ahead, in the context of nature’s aviation examples and the history of manufactured morphing aircraft.

About the Speaker...

Daniel Newman is a Senior Technical Fellow of the Boeing Company in aircraft configuration design and development. He serves as Chief Engineer for the Advanced Vertical Lift organization in Defense, Space, and Security, responsible for the technical integrity of research for a full range of runway independent technologies, products and services including rotorcraft, tiltrotor and powered lift aircraft. He also supports commercial airplane product development focusing on advanced concepts. Mr. Newman previously served as a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the Tactical Technologies Office, responsible for a variety of developments in unmanned aircraft, high-fidelity modeling, sensors, airspace network and architecture, and aircraft survivability. Prior to DARPA he was a Technical Fellow of The Boeing Company in a variety of roles on the RAH-66 Comanche Program and in the Advanced Rotorcraft organization. He served as the Technical Director of the Vertical Flight Society (formerly AHS International), the premier global vertical flight technical society. He served as an Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and his Masters in Aerospace Engineering from the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center at the University of Maryland.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:08:50 -0400 2018-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
TBP/EGS Student Speaker Series Audience Signup (October 18, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56263 56263-13869401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

We are excited to announce the EGS & TBP Student Speaker Series organized by Tau Beta Pi and Engineering Graduate Symposium for the College of Engineering, a professional development event for EGS presenters to practice their presentation skills.

Training (for) Better Presentations is aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills, so they can learn to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience. It also aims to engage a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering.

Intended as "teaching through practice" event, each session is structured to have EGS student speakers make a timed presentation on their graduate research to a broad engineering audience and a communications expert panel. Expert panelists will provide constructive feedback to the speakers (and the audience), highlighting the positive aspects of each presentation and also indicating opportunities for improvement. This structure will allow for the speakers to receive specific feedback on their communication skills, while also providing the audience with generalized guidelines for good scientific communication.

We will host two events, both 6-8 pm, at 1303 EECS (10/15) and 1005 DOW (10/18) respectively. Food will be provided!

If you are interested in participating as an audience, please sign up through our TBP website here:

https://tbp.engin.umich.edu/calendar/event/1412/

Note: you will be prompted to create a guest profile in order to sign-up for the event.

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Presentation Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:12:11 -0400 2018-10-18T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T20:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Presentation Herbert H. Dow Building
Manufacturing Research Seminar Series: Data Enabled Smart Manufacturing (October 19, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56894 56894-14021559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 11:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Abstract:
Industrial big data are widely available through connected cyber-physical systems, distributed sensing and the Internet of Things, which provide unprecedented opportunities for real time information sharing and integrative decision making for smart manufacturing. Meanwhile, it also brings data analysis challenges due to massive high dimensional data with spatial and temporal heterogeneity and complex functional dependencies. This talk will first present the research opportunities and challenges of data analytics for smart manufacturing. Examples of ongoing research on methodological developments and their applications will be discussed with the emphasis on information integration for data driven optimal decision making. Specifically, it includes (1) integrating computer simulation model calibration using limited physical tests with optimal robust design; (2) integrating warranty data analysis with the design of accelerated life testing for improving reliability prediction and customer satisfaction; (3) integrative analysis of process sensing signals and product quality measurements for optimal decision-making in monitoring, inferring, and controlling manufacturing processes. The related data analytics methods will be discussed, including high-order tensor data analysis for multistream functional data/images, multiscale data transforms for data dimension reduction of nonstationary waveform signals, a regularized hierarchical variable selection method for combing the two steps of sensor selection and the signal features extraction together, employing the transfer learning technique for knowledge sharing among the similar processes, SPC supervised predictive control for defects prevention, etc. Some discussions will also be given on how the developed methodologies have been applied in automotive, metal forming and semiconductor manufacturing to show the essential need for multidisciplinary integration efforts.

Bio
Jionghua (Judy) Jin is currently a professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and the Director of Manufacturing Engineering Program at the University of Michigan. Dr. Jin’s research focuses on developing new data fusion methodologies with broad applications in both manufacturing and service industries. She has received numerous awards including the Forging Achievement Award from Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation in 2007, the NSF CAREER and the PECASE Awards in 2002 and 2004 respectively and 12 Best Paper Awards since 2000 from the conferences and journals in her research field. She is currently the Editor of Quality and Reliability Engineering for IISE Transactions. She was also the former Vice President of INFORMS-International Activities in 2010~2013 and the President of Quality Control and Reliability Engineering Division in IIE in 2007~2008. She is a Fellow of IISE, a Fellow of ASME, an elected senior member of ISI, and a senior member of ASQ.

She received her BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering at Southeast University, Nanjing, China in 1984 and 1987 respectively, and her PhD in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan in 1999.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 18 Oct 2018 09:53:35 -0400 2018-10-19T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T12:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Integrative Systems + Design Workshop / Seminar Dr. Judy Jin
AE285 Undergraduate Seminar Series - The Drones are Coming (October 19, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56723 56723-13969940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Edward L. Burnett, Former Senior Fellow for Modeling, Simulation and Controls, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

“The Drones are Coming” is a unique look at some of the strange and little know history of UAVs. The presentation traces the history of Unmanned Aircraft and their ties to Hollywood. The talk also presents some of the possible future uses of UAVs to support multiple industries and what technology improvements will make them possible.

About the Speaker...
Edward L. Burnett was the Senior Fellow for Modeling, Simulation and Controls at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Palmdale, CA (the Skunk Works) until his retirement in August after 37 years. His principal duty was to develop real-time Man-In-The-Loop and Hardware-In-The-Loop simulations for the Skunk Works. He has a B.S. and an M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Ed’s career started with Lockheed Martin in 1981, and since then he has worked a wide variety of projects including the F-117A, F-22A the JSF X-35 and F-35, the X-56, and many others. Mr. Burnett was a member of the class of 2018 AIAA Fellows, he is on its Academic Affairs Committee and is a past chair of the Modeling and Simulation Technical Committee. Ed is the Chair of the Cal Poly Aerospace Departments Industrial Advisory Board and serves of several other university boards. He is also a member of the SAE, SFTE, and AOPA. Ed enjoys flying, sailing, skiing (snow and water), scuba diving and traveling.

Ed has also worked as a consultant on several aircraft simulation computer games, movie special effects, and theatrical props.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:37:09 -0400 2018-10-19T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Burnett Photo
MESWN Coffee and Book Club (October 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55704 55704-13772812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

MESWN (Michigan Earth Science Women's Network) is very happy to start a book club aimed at professional development of women from all disciplines. Book for Fall 2018 - Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. We will be meeting twice this semester to discuss sections of the book. Let us share our insights on this awesome book over snacks and coffee! The first meeting (Oct 19th) will cover chapters 1-4 and the second meeting (Nov 16th) will cover chapters 4-8.

RSVP is required - https://goo.gl/forms/p1804cxvb9D1k9222
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/1830299247065578/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:01:08 -0400 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Lecture / Discussion MESWN logo
Get Fit With Us! (October 20, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54702 54702-13636352@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 20, 2018 9:30am
Location: Palmer Field
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

Having a healthy mind and body is key to the success of any graduate student. That's why we welcome you to join us for a 1 hour social workout session,involving running, Pilates, and weight-training. Come kick-start your weekend.

Work at your own pace. Make friends. Make memories.

Visit our website: bit.ly/SMES-G

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Exercise / Fitness Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:35:56 -0400 2018-10-20T09:30:00-04:00 2018-10-20T10:30:00-04:00 Palmer Field Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Exercise / Fitness Get Fit With Us!
Engineering Education Research Graduate Program Prospective Student Open House (October 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54682 54682-13636277@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Visit the EER website for full details and to register: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eKff9UWxwIdyeUJ

UM has just launched a brand new graduate program in Engineering Education Research (EER), and students from all institutions are invited to attend the Prospective Student Open House on Monday October 22, 2018 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in Ann Arbor, MI. Participants will meet with faculty, postdocs, and graduate students, tour the beautiful UM campus and EER lab spaces, and learn about career opportunities as a UM graduate in this field. Note that applicants to the EER graduate program must have Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in a traditional engineering discipline.

Please register to attend at this open house registration site, and please forward this link (https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eKff9UWxwIdyeUJ) to any friends who may be interested. A limited number of travel grants are available to offset the costs of traveling to Ann Arbor.

Can't make it to the open house but interested in applying? Visit the EER website at https://eer.engin.umich.edu/ to learn more about the graduate program. We hope you will consider UM as you decide to pursue your graduate studies in engineering education.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 04 Sep 2018 12:32:39 -0400 2018-10-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Engineering Office of Student Affairs Reception / Open House Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Campus to Career workshop: Ace the interview! (October 23, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56739 56739-13988200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Graduate Society of Women Engineers

Are you ready to learn more about the three different stages of transitioning from graduate school to post-graduation career? Come join us for the Campus to Career Workshop 3 part series!

The purpose of this workshop is to assist students in understanding the importance of networking, developing a professional network as a graduate student, presenting their best at the job interview and receiving the offer, and finally negotiating their offer effectively.

The "Ace the interview" workshop will focus on the second stage and we will have a representative from the Engineering Career Resource Center share their insights and knowledge with us. Lunch will be provided!

If interested, please RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/campus-to-career-workshop-ace-the-interview-registration-50971766927

Please email Dhanya Abraham (dmabe@umich.edu) or Maryam Akram (akramrym@umich.edu) with any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:52:25 -0400 2018-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Graduate Society of Women Engineers Workshop / Seminar Ace The Interview
Engineering Majors/Minors Fair (October 23, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52401 52401-12701586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Advising Center

Undecided on an Engineering major? Curious about studying abroad, applying to the Ross minor, or an MDP project? Then this event is for you! Come speak with representatives from all engineering departments as well as: IPE, Honors, MDP, CFE, C-SED, Innovate Blue, LSA, Ross, Art & Design, and Social Work. Free PIZZA!

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Fair / Festival Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:34:48 -0400 2018-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Advising Center Fair / Festival Info Fair
Engineering Majors/Minors Fair (October 23, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43124 43124-13765954@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Advising Center

Undecided on an engineering major? Curious about studying abroad, applying to the Ross minor, or an MDP project? Then this event is for you! Come speak with representatives from all engineering departments as well as: IPE, CoE Honors, MDP, CFE, Center for Socially Engaged Design, Innovate Blue, LSA, Ross, Art & Design, and Social Work. Free PIZZA!

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Fair / Festival Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:35:26 -0400 2018-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Advising Center Fair / Festival Majors Fair Image
Bioethics Discussion: Zombies (October 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49424 49424-11453766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the rights of the living, the dead, and those in between.

Readings to consider:
"Consciousness: the most critical moral (constitutional) standard for human personhood"
"CDC preparedness 101: zombie pandemic"
"Zombies v. materialists"
"In vitro meat"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/019-zombies/.

Have your brain eaten by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:55:12 -0400 2018-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Zombies
Energy Storage: Predicting the Future is a lot Easier These Days (October 24, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56970 56970-14057149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 11:00am
Location: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

About Sue Babenic: Sue Babinec is a Senior Advisor at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and is responsible for their energy storage portfolio–both transportation and grid. In the commercialization aspects of this role she prepares breakthrough energy technology teams for the transition from lab to market by coaching on patents, manufacturing process design/economics and partnerships with customers/funding groups. In her strategy role she helps to shape improved approaches, across a broad spectrum, towards maximizing positive impact of ARPA-E technologies on the US competitiveness.

Talk abstract:
The long awaited emergence of ES as an economically sound enabler of electrified trans- portation, often considered pure speculation, is now a reality. Li-Ion is satisfying the many criteria for ICE parity which was originally set by DOE. Its high volume manufacturing now gives rise to lower costs which ensures continued commoditization and widespread adoption, albeit not based on US as the market lead. Thus the formerly nascent industry is settling in to predictable mature behaviors. For the reimagined GRID of the future, cost effective wind and solar renewables coupled to the now cost effective Li-Ion storage are beginning to beat the usual approaches for electricity generation - without subsidies. In this presentation we will look at the evolution and some of the details of this pres- ent case, the remaining performance shortcomings, and how they might be met. Topics will include global manufacturing supply/demand trends, economics of scale, remaining technology gaps and technical challenges, including ARPA-E breakthrough approaches for both transportation and stationary. Our problem has transitioned from grappling to bring Li-Ion to the world to avoiding its total technology lock-in, which may ultimately thwart the next generation of progress.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:52:36 -0400 2018-10-24T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project University of Michigan Energy Institute Lecture / Discussion Energy Institute promo image
Juan Pablo Vielma: Modeling Power of Mixed Integer Convex Optimization Problems And Their Effective Solution with Julia and Jump (October 24, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55828 55828-13779929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

More than 50 years of development have made mixed integer linear programming (MILP) an extremely successful tool. MILP’s modeling flexibility allows it describe a wide range of business, engineering and scientific problems, and, while MILP is NP-hard, many of these problems are routinely solved in practice thanks to state-of-the-art solvers that nearly double their machine-independent speeds every year. Inspired by this success, the last decade has seen a surge of activity on the solution and application of mixed integer convex programming (MICP), which extends MILP’s versatility by allowing the use of convex constraints in addition to linear inequalities. In this talk we cover various recent developments concerning theory, algorithms and computation for MICP. Solvers for MICP can be significantly more effective than those for more general non-convex optimization, so one of the questions we cover in this talk is what classes of non-convex constraints can be modeled through MICP. We also cover the solution of MICP problems through polyhedral approximation algorithms that exploit the power of extended formulations. Finally, we cover various topics concerning the modeling and computational solution of MICP problems using the Julia programming language and the JuMP modeling language for optimization. In Particular, we show how mixed integer optimal control problems where the variables are polynomials can be easily modeled and solved by seamlessly combining several Julia packages and JuMP extensions with the Julia-written MICP solver Pajarito.

Juan Pablo Vielma is the Richard S. Leghorn (1939) Career Development Associate Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and is affiliated to MIT’s Operations Research Center. Dr. Vielma has a B.S. in Mathematical Engineering from University of Chile and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His current research interests include the theory and practice of mixed-integer mathematical optimization and applications in natural resource management, marketing and statistics.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:43:34 -0400 2018-10-24T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-24T17:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Integrative Systems + Design: Degree Chat (October 24, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55753 55753-13777525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

You're Invited!

Integrative Systems + Design (ISD) is holding an on-campus information session on 10/24/18 in Chrysler 151 from 5:00-6:00 PM to highlight our Master of Engineering in Energy Systems Engineering degree which can be completed completely online or on-campus!

The Program Director, Suljo Linic will be there to explain the program benefits. There will also be time to ask any questions you may have about the degree.

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Other Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:03:59 -0400 2018-10-24T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-24T18:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Integrative Systems + Design Other Chrysler Center
Praxair, Inc. Corporate Information Session (October 24, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55145 55145-13689434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Positions: Full-Time, Intern
Majors: Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees: Masters, PhD
Citizenship: None
Resumes: Yes

Industrial Gases

*Food will be provided!
Contact: Society of Women Engineers (swe.cis-ind.publicity@umich.edu)

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:20:06 -0400 2018-10-24T18:30:00-04:00 2018-10-24T20:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
2018 Massey TBI Regional Conference (October 25, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55950 55950-13811923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 8:30am
Location: Junge Champions Center
Organized By: Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC)

Supported by the Massey Foundation, the Massey TBI Regional Conference aims to improve the outcomes of those who suffer severe traumatic brain injuries by supporting technology development, and translational and clinical research that impacts the “golden hours” of care. Through lectures, a poster session, and scientific presentations from funded Massey TBI Grand Challenge teams, we will explore the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of this critical injury.
Learn more and register today at https://mcircc.umich.edu/events-training/regional-conference.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:42:26 -0400 2018-10-25T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-25T16:30:00-04:00 Junge Champions Center Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC) Conference / Symposium Massey TBI Regional Conference Header Image
SUMIT 2018: Security at University of Michigan IT (October 25, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55622 55622-13765961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Register now for SUMIT_2018, the University of Michigan’s annual symposium to raise awareness and educate the community on cybersecurity. This free, one-day conference is an exciting opportunity to hear recognized experts discuss the latest issues, trends, and threats in cybersecurity and privacy. This year’s theme focuses on U-M’s role as a leader and best in security and privacy research. The presenters are all faculty, students, or alumni of U-M.

For a complete list of speakers and to register visit the SUMIT_2018 website: http://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/sumit/2018

Attendance is free, but registration is required.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:27:03 -0400 2018-10-25T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Conference / Symposium SUMIT 2018: U-M Security and Privacy - Innovative Leaders
NAME Community Project | Jeffrey Reifsnyder | Mercury Marine (October 25, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55971 55971-13814222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

The NAME Community Project is a new initiative with a goal to build and strengthen the NAME community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. There will be a dedicated hour each Thursday with no NAME classes or meetings scheduled so that we can hold NAME Community Project events. These events will include industry speakers, faculty/student mixers, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion activities and faculty meetings.

Lunch provided

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:27:18 -0500 2018-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion NAME
AE585 Graduate Seminar Series - Improving Airport Surface and Terminal Airspace Operations via Strategic Decision-Making with Explicit Consideration of Tactical Recourse (Feedback Control) (October 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56981 56981-14059369@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Improving Airport Surface and Terminal Airspace Operations via Strategic Decision-Making with Explicit Consideration of Tactical Recourse (Feedback Control)

John-Paul Clarke, Sc.D.
College of Engineering Dean’s Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology

Airport surface and terminal airspace operations are frequently subject to congestion and delays that are symptoms of our current operating paradigm. For example, unless there is severe airport surface congestion, departing aircraft are typically allowed to leave their gate and continue with minimal regulation to the takeoff queue. Similarly, en route aircraft are typically allowed to continue with minimal regulation to the terminal airspace above their destination. I present three algorithms for minimizing congestion and delays while fully utilizing available resources — runways, taxiways, ramps, and gates. In the first algorithm, airspace congestion is minimized (thereby minimizing flight time, fuel burn, emissions, and noise) by determining the separation required between successive aircraft prior to their descent to the runway so that each aircraft can execute a continuous descent arrival with little to no controller intervention. In the second algorithm, ramp congestion is minimized by determining the optimal assignment of flights to concourses based on historical statistics and then assigning flights to specific gates based on nearer-term landing time forecasts. In the third algorithm, runway utilization is maximized by determining the optimal initial schedule for operations on a runway given uncertainty in taxi out times and the corrective re-sequencing to account for adverse FIFO sequences.

About the Speaker:

John-Paul Clarke is a College of Engineering Dean’s Professor at Georgia Tech, where he has appointments in Aerospace Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering, and serves as Director of the Air Transportation Laboratory. His research interests include aircraft trajectory prediction and optimization–especially as it pertains to the development of flight procedures that reduce the environmental impact of aviation–and the development and use of stochastic models and optimization algorithms to improve the efficiency and robustness of airline, airport, and air traffic operations. His research has been particularly instrumental in changing both the theory and the practice of flight procedure design. Professor Clarke was co-Chair of the National Academies Committee that developed the US National Agenda for Autonomy Research related to Civil Aviation, and is a member of the NASA Advisory Council Aeronautics Committee. Over the years, he has chaired or served on advisory and technical committees chartered by the AIAA, EU, FAA, ICAO, NASA, the National Academies, the US Army, and the US DOT. Dr. Clarke received the S.B., S.M., and Sc.D. degrees from MIT in 1991, 1992, and 1997, respectively. His many prior honors include the 1999 AIAA/AAAE/ACC Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award, the 2003 FAA Excellence in Aviation Award, the 2006 National Academy of Engineering Gilbreth Lectureship, the 2012 AIAA/SAE William Littlewood Lectureship, and the SAE Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award in 2015. He is a Fellow of the AIAA, and is a member of AGIFORS, INFORMS, and Sigma Xi.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:19:32 -0400 2018-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building