Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. What are PRONOUNS - Welcome picnic for international grad students in engineering (September 9, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97217 97217-21794152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 9, 2022 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Join us on North Campus to learn PRONOUNS, play activities, win prizes, make new friends and enjoy a free lunch!

Are you ready for the new semester? We prepared a welcome picnic for you. Each participant will receive some swag and a free lunch! By attending this event, you will know more about Pronouns and meet new people. Please come to join us and share the event with your friends.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:27:40 -0400 2022-09-09T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-09T13:30:00-04:00 Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Pronoun Event
IOE Career Workshop Series: How to Rock It In An Interview (September 21, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97507 97507-21794660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

How to Rock It In An Interview

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:31:57 -0400 2022-09-21T19:00:00-04:00 2022-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
My Journey in electrifying the world’s most popular truck (September 23, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98392 98392-21796600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 23, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Linda Zhang is the 2022 ECE Alumni Merit Award Recipient.

Linda Zhang, chief program engineer for the F-150 Lightning, Ford’s first electric truck, will talk about her experience leading the team behind this game-changing vehicle, including the challenges and successes of shifting America’s perception of what an EV can be.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Sep 2022 12:02:30 -0400 2022-09-23T15:00:00-04:00 2022-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion Chrysler Center
A 300-GHz 52-mW CMOS Receiver with On-Chip LO Generation (October 7, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99912 99912-21798872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 7, 2022 3:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

The 300-GHz band holds great potential for high-speed data communication. With the creation of the IEEE 802.15.3d standard in 2017 for radios operating in the unlicensed frequency band from 252 GHz to 322 GHz, there is now heightened interest in developing terahertz transceivers. Moreover, a number of researchers have demonstrated the viability of such radios in CMOS technology, portraying a promising future. These examples consume between 140 mW and 650 mW and employ off-chip local oscillators (LOs).

In this presentation, we contend that the feasibility of terahertz data-communication radios hinges upon their power consumption. We then present a fully-integrated receiver that employs a heterodyne architecture with 270-GHz and 30-GHz local oscillators to alleviate phase mismatch issues. The system incorporates three on-chip phase-locked loops to generate the LO phases for both downconversions. Realized in 28-nm CMOS technology, the prototype exhibits a noise figure of 16-20 dB, a gain of 17-21dB, and a 1-dB compression point of -17.3 dBm. The phase noise of the 270-GHz PLL is -105 dBc/Hz at 10-MHz offset, amounting to an integrated jitter of 106 fs from 10 kHz to 10 MHz. The compact design occupies an active area of 0.06 mm2.

Bio: Behzad Razavi is Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA, where he conducts research on analog and RF integrated circuits. Prof. Razavi has served as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and published more than 200 papers and eight books. He has received nine IEEE best paper awards and six teaching and education awards, and his books have been published in seven languages. He
received the IEEE Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits and was recognized as one of the top ten authors in the 50-year history of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:53:42 -0400 2022-10-07T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-07T16:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Lecture / Discussion Professor Behzad Razavi
Celebrate Invention (October 13, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98346 98346-21796522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 13, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Innovation Partnerships

Celebrate University of Michigan inventors and the growing impact of U-M innovations!

Don’t miss this year’s annual Celebrate Invention highlighting demonstrations from promising U-M startups, networking opportunities at the ecosystem fair, panel discussions featuring prominent inventors and alumni, and the presentation of the Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award.

Thursday, October 13
1:00–6:00pm
Michigan Union, 2nd Floor
530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Part of Ann Arbor SPARK's a2Tech360, Celebrate Invention is free and open to the public. Register today at *https://myumi.ch/DJNbM!*

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1:00–3:00pm: Panel Sessions & Ecosystem Fair

3:00–6:00pm: Reception, Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union, 2nd Floor

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Reception / Open House Thu, 08 Sep 2022 17:06:20 -0400 2022-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 2022-10-13T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Innovation Partnerships Reception / Open House Image of the Celebrate Invention logo on a blue background.
Nuclear Science Week Showcase (October 18, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/98988 98988-21797434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Nuclear Science Week is an international, broadly observed week-long celebration of all aspects of nuclear science. This year the event is hosted by the Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences Department (NERS) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

‍Join us in person or virtually to experience how nuclear science supports clean energy, environment and health, national security, and scientific discovery.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:22:56 -0400 2022-10-18T09:00:00-04:00 2022-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NSW
Nuclear Science Week Virtual Lunch (October 19, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99456 99456-21798223@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Kathryn Huff leads the Office of Nuclear Energy as the Assistant Secretary. Prior to her current role, she served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Secretary. Dr. Huff also led the office as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy. Before joining the Department of Energy, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she led the Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles Research Group. She was also a Blue Waters Assistant Professor with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. She was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow in both the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium and the Berkeley Institute for Data Science at the University of California - Berkeley. She received her PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013 and her undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago. Her research focused on modeling and simulation of advanced nuclear reactors and fuel cycles.

She is an active member of the American Nuclear Society, a past Chair of the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Policy Division as well as the Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division, and recipient of both the Young Member Excellence and Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement awards. Through leadership within Software Carpentry, SciPy, the Hacker Within, and the Journal of Open Source Software she also advocates for best practices in open, reproducible scientific computing.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:44:16 -0400 2022-10-19T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NSW Virtual Lunch
Nuclear Science Week Virtual Lunch (October 20, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99455 99455-21798222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 20, 2022 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Hear from a panel of nuclear engineers who have taken different paths in their careers. Learn where a nuclear engineering career could take them at a nuclear generating company or at a supplier to the industry.

Panelists:

Pam Cowan, Westinghouse, President Global Engineered Systems & Solutions
Ashley Kovacs, Constellation, Director Nuclear Fuels
Jason Murphy, Constellation, Vice President Nuclear Fuels
Jeanne Tortorelli, Constellation, Director Nuclear Fuels
Moderator: Susan Korn, GE Hitachi

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:44:19 -0400 2022-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 2022-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NSW Virtual Lunch
Telling half a story: A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Culturally Relevant Engineering Education in Nigeria and the United States (October 21, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99928 99928-21798898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 21, 2022 9:00am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

In 2021, the United States maintained its reputation as a destination of choice for international students around the globe. More than 80% of them are pursuing advanced degrees in STEM (Institute of International Education, 2021). Unfortunately, many of these international students come in only to experience loneliness, social disconnectedness, and a crisis of identity the longer they stay in their respective programs. The commitment to diversify and attract international students to US institutions must be followed by a clear understanding of what it takes to support these students. Among the myriad of international students that enter the US for higher education every year, I am particularly interested in the experiences of African international students. Is their performance in US higher education exclusively tied to their educational backgrounds or does it stem from a motivation to succeed in a different environment despite the odds? What might we learn about how engineering is taught in their home countries? In this study, I attempt to address these questions by designing a comparative case study using mixed methods, theoretically informed by culturally relevant pedagogy surrounding two contexts. This study poses the question of culture as an integral intrinsic aspect of learning, leveraging a socio-psychological framework to help understand how students receive support from their instructors to excel in engineering. In this presentation, I discuss emerging results of my studies investigating culturally relevant engineering education in Nigeria.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:17:58 -0400 2022-10-21T09:00:00-04:00 2022-10-21T10:15:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Moses Olayemi
Nuclear Science Week Virtual Lunch (October 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99454 99454-21798221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Kristine Svinicki is an internationally recognized policy expert and innovator with 30 years of public service experience and a demonstrated record of devising solutions to the most complex public policy challenges facing today’s global nuclear enterprise. A battle-tested leader with a proven ability to gather and rally diverse coalitions to move solutions from concept to reality. Firmly convinced that diversity in all forms – thought, experience, perspective, and background – is essential to pushing past outmoded paradigms and creating a global energy future that can improve the standard of living of every human citizen.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:44:22 -0400 2022-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NSW Virtual Lunch
Integrative Systems + Design Open House (October 26, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100064 100064-21799047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 11:00am
Location: School of Information North
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Join us for the 2022 Integrative Systems + Design (ISD) Open House on Wednesday, October 26 at 11-12:30 PM. You will get to talk with our graduate coordinators, program directors and faculty, as well as current students. This is a great opportunity to visit the University of Michigan’s North Campus where the ISD lives and get to learn more about the opportunities within our six unique graduate degree programs.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:31:04 -0400 2022-10-26T11:00:00-04:00 2022-10-26T12:30:00-04:00 School of Information North Integrative Systems + Design Reception / Open House Open House
Graduate Studies in Computational & Data Sciences Information Session (October 26, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100680 100680-21800224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

The educational programs represented are:
- PhD in Scientific Computing (MICDE)
- Graduate Certificate in Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE)
- Graduate Certificate in Computational Neuroscience (MICDE)
- Graduate Certificate in Data Science (MIDAS)

These programs are open to all U-M graduate students with an interest in scientific computing or data science. These methodologies can have a wide range of applications - current and past students have come from a variety of home departments including Aerospace Engineering, Applied Physics, Biostatistics, Biomedical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Behavior and Health Education, Health Infrastructures & Learning Systems, Information, Industrial & Operations Engineering, Kinesiology, Linguistics, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, Math, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Environment and Sustainability, Sociology and Statistics.

If you have any questions about these programs or about the information session, please reach out to MICDE (micde-contact@umich.edu) or MIDAS (midas-contact@umich.edu).

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Presentation Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:46:55 -0400 2022-10-26T13:30:00-04:00 2022-10-26T14:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Presentation MICDE/MIDAS Information Session - PhD in Scientific Computing (MICDE) - Graduate Certificate in Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE) - Graduate Certificate in Computational Neuroscience (MICDE) - Graduate Certificate in Data Science (MIDAS)
Touching the Void: Enabling the Future of Haptic Interaction through Shape Displays (October 27, 2022 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100508 100508-21800023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 27, 2022 3:30pm
Location: Ford Robotics Building
Organized By: Michigan Robotics

Abstract
Towards a goal of more human-centered computing, I believe that interaction must be grounded in the physical world and leverage our innate abilities for spatial cognition and dexterous manipulation with our hands. By creating interfaces that allow for richer physical interaction, such as bimanual, whole hand haptic exploration, these systems can help people with different abilities (e.g., children, people with visual impairments, or even expert designers) better understand and interact with information. My work in Human Computer Interaction addresses a central challenge in the widespread adoption of such haptic user interfaces – how can we create physical interactive displays that update dynamically, and what are the interaction techniques and enabling technologies necessary to support such systems? This talk will start with our recent work motivating the need for such devices through the development of new 3D tactile displays for interacting with spatial information in Virtual Reality as well as interfaces for people who are Blind and visually impaired to author 3D models. I will focus the rest of the talk on recent enabling technologies (including electrostatic adhesion and perceptual illusions) to make these devices low cost and high resolution. Specifically, I will highlight the need to better integrate the development of these devices with a sensorimotor control perspective in order to improve perceived performance despite physical device limitations.

Bio
Sean Follmer is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science (by courtesy) at Stanford University. His Research in Human-Computer Interaction, Haptics, and Human Robot Interaction explores the design of novel tactile physical interfaces and robotic devices. Dr. Follmer directs the Stanford SHAPE Lab, co-directs the Center for Design Research, and is a faculty member of the Stanford HCI Group. Dr. Follmer received a PhD and a Masters from the MIT Media Lab in 2015 and 2011 (respectively) for his work in Human-Computer Interaction, and a BS in Engineering from Stanford University. His talk featured on TED.com was named one of the best science and tech TED talks of 2015 and has been viewed more than 1.5 million times. He has received numerous awards for his research including an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, NSF CAREER Award, Google Faculty Research Award, and 15 Best Paper Awards and nominations from premier conferences in Human-Computer Interaction.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:05:49 -0400 2022-10-27T15:30:00-04:00 2022-10-27T16:30:00-04:00 Ford Robotics Building Michigan Robotics Workshop / Seminar Haptic table to interact with data and math
Graduate Studies in Computational & Data Sciences Information Session (November 2, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100680 100680-21800225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 1:30pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

The educational programs represented are:
- PhD in Scientific Computing (MICDE)
- Graduate Certificate in Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE)
- Graduate Certificate in Computational Neuroscience (MICDE)
- Graduate Certificate in Data Science (MIDAS)

These programs are open to all U-M graduate students with an interest in scientific computing or data science. These methodologies can have a wide range of applications - current and past students have come from a variety of home departments including Aerospace Engineering, Applied Physics, Biostatistics, Biomedical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Behavior and Health Education, Health Infrastructures & Learning Systems, Information, Industrial & Operations Engineering, Kinesiology, Linguistics, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, Math, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Environment and Sustainability, Sociology and Statistics.

If you have any questions about these programs or about the information session, please reach out to MICDE (micde-contact@umich.edu) or MIDAS (midas-contact@umich.edu).

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Presentation Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:46:55 -0400 2022-11-02T13:30:00-04:00 2022-11-02T14:30:00-04:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Presentation MICDE/MIDAS Information Session - PhD in Scientific Computing (MICDE) - Graduate Certificate in Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE) - Graduate Certificate in Computational Neuroscience (MICDE) - Graduate Certificate in Data Science (MIDAS)
Faculty Fireside Chat: Prof. Talia Moore (November 11, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101045 101045-21800723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 11, 2022 1:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Mechanical Engineering

We are very excited to launch our Faculty Fireside Chats series with Prof. Talia Moore!

Join us on Friday 11/11 at 1 PM in the Blue Lounge (GGB) to meet Prof. Moore and learn more about her career & research. Light refreshments will be provided.

Bio: Talia Y. Moore is an Assistant Professor of Robotics and of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, where she is also affiliated with the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and the Museum of Zoology. She examines the biomechanics, evolution, and ecology of animals to create bio-inspired robotic systems and uses these physical models to evaluate biological hypotheses.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:00:39 -0400 2022-11-11T13:00:00-05:00 2022-11-11T14:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Mechanical Engineering Social / Informal Gathering Faculty Fireside Chat with Prof. Talia Moore Friday 11/11 | 1-2pm G.G. Brown Blue Lounge
"Commercializing University Innovation - a non-linear journey" (November 11, 2022 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101004 101004-21800661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 11, 2022 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

Abstract: Entrepreneurship is a dynamic career path. It is romanticized in the media and company founders often wind up becoming rockstars in technology circles. It provides an engaging and intellectually stimulating work environment, yet is also not for the faint of heart. It can be stressful, grueling, and the path forward is uncertain. While entrepreneurship is not for everyone, I will use this talk to convey my viewpoint that it is worth the effort and, even more pointedly, that there are few things more important from a technology perspective than commercializing innovation developed within great universities like the University of Michigan. I will begin the talk with an overview of technology-based startup life and discuss the non-monotonic path startups take from conception through growth stages. I will also discuss the role startups play in our society today and motivate why I think they are more important than ever. I will also provide a discussion on services and resources offered at the University of Michigan that can help founders early on in their journey. And through it all I'll sprinkle in anecdotes from my own experience as a university researcher and also a founding engineer from Everactive, a 10-year old 'startup' that made the journey from university innovation to productive commercial business.

Bio: Nathan Roberts obtained his MS and PhD from the University of Michigan in 2014, studying ultra low power wireless integrated circuits with his advisor, David Wentzloff. They published the first sub-1uW wakeup receiver leading to an entire research field of nanoWatt wakeup receivers including a multi-M dollar DARPA program (N-ZERO). Prior to his time at the University of Michigan, Nathan received his BS from the University of San Diego and worked for Lattice Semiconductor in Hillsboro Oregon from 2006 to 2009. After receiving his PhD Nathan joined Everactive (formerly known as PsiKick) where he commercialized his wake-up receiver and led the production effort of Everactive's first silicon product, PK1001. He later became the VP of Engineering leading Everactive's development effort across the entire vertical stack, from silicon design through cloud computing and data analytics. Currently Nathan is consulting with young startups working to commercialize technology specifically focused in the IoT space.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:50:35 -0400 2022-11-11T15:30:00-05:00 2022-11-11T16:30:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Lecture / Discussion Nathan Roberts
Building the Whole Black Child: Facilitating Engineering with Respect to Culture (November 18, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101152 101152-21800879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 18, 2022 9:00am
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Engineering education intentionally excludes and pushes out learners who do not uphold traditional Eurocentric standards for thinking and practice of the profession. Facilitators who uphold such standards gatekeep the discipline and perpetuate the marginalization of racially and ethnically diverse youth when they do not orient the learners’ cultures in their teaching and practices. Oftentimes, to obtain academic and professional achievement, facilitators encourage Black youth seeking entry into the engineering pathway to suppress their culture, linguistic literacy and practice, and history. Given the educational debt that persists in K-12 education for Black American youth, meaningful culturally oriented facilitation is crucial as it often determines whether a learner may persist or perish along their engineering pursuit. Most importantly, the culturally informed engineering facilitator has the power to extract the brilliance and ingenuity that Black youth bring into the engineering classroom. In this talk, I discuss the significance of a culturally centered engineering facilitator on Black American youth’s engineering learning. Founded on asset-focused culturally relevant and sustaining frameworks, I explain how the ethos, beliefs, and training of a multifaceted facilitator influenced engineering learning and practice for Black youth at an interdisciplinary summer camp within an urban creative arts community learning center— Hit Makers Summer Camp. I also detail how culturally relevant and sustaining facilitation guided Black youth to rationalize their place in engineering. Finally, I discuss implications for educational research, teaching, and professional development for engineering educators and initial steps on how the Engineering Education Research community could implement initial policies that maximize cultural prosperity to contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in engineering education.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:53:58 -0500 2022-11-18T09:00:00-05:00 2022-11-18T10:15:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Tikyna Dandridge
Building the Whole Black Child: Facilitating Engineering with Respect to Culture (November 18, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101152 101152-21800881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 18, 2022 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Engineering education intentionally excludes and pushes out learners who do not uphold traditional Eurocentric standards for thinking and practice of the profession. Facilitators who uphold such standards gatekeep the discipline and perpetuate the marginalization of racially and ethnically diverse youth when they do not orient the learners’ cultures in their teaching and practices. Oftentimes, to obtain academic and professional achievement, facilitators encourage Black youth seeking entry into the engineering pathway to suppress their culture, linguistic literacy and practice, and history. Given the educational debt that persists in K-12 education for Black American youth, meaningful culturally oriented facilitation is crucial as it often determines whether a learner may persist or perish along their engineering pursuit. Most importantly, the culturally informed engineering facilitator has the power to extract the brilliance and ingenuity that Black youth bring into the engineering classroom. In this talk, I discuss the significance of a culturally centered engineering facilitator on Black American youth’s engineering learning. Founded on asset-focused culturally relevant and sustaining frameworks, I explain how the ethos, beliefs, and training of a multifaceted facilitator influenced engineering learning and practice for Black youth at an interdisciplinary summer camp within an urban creative arts community learning center— Hit Makers Summer Camp. I also detail how culturally relevant and sustaining facilitation guided Black youth to rationalize their place in engineering. Finally, I discuss implications for educational research, teaching, and professional development for engineering educators and initial steps on how the Engineering Education Research community could implement initial policies that maximize cultural prosperity to contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in engineering education.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:53:58 -0500 2022-11-18T09:00:00-05:00 2022-11-18T10:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Tikyna Dandridge
Saturday Morning Physics | Fluid Instabilities: Stars, Bars, and Fusion (December 10, 2022 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99201 99201-21797698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Fluids are constantly mixing in our everyday lives. Some examples are oil and vinegar or coffee and cream. While we often don't think too much about how these fluids mix, they can have profound consequences in material ejecta in the Universe, fusion energy, and at your local pub. This talk will give a fundamental description of fluid mixing, discuss examples found in nature and engineering, and describe the effects mixing can have.

This talk will be live in ROOMS 170 & 182 Weiser Hall. You can also watch the talk/Q&A, live, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCLXmkQUwlg

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Nov 2022 16:08:19 -0400 2022-12-10T10:30:00-05:00 2022-12-10T11:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Figure Credit: Adrianna Angulo
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (January 3, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21804976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-01-03T10:00:00-05:00 2023-01-03T11:00:00-05:00 Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (January 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-01-13T16:00:00-05:00 2023-01-13T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
Educating Ethical Engineers (January 24, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103233 103233-21806517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:30am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

In today’s society, the need to graduate engineers who are conscious of their ethical and professional responsibilities is more important than ever. This is especially difficult given the current media environment that publicizes reports of algorithmic bias, drone-based surveillance, and emissions falsification (among other issues) but provides few positive role models for students. While engineering programs have made significant strides to incorporate ethics instruction into the engineering curriculum, there is little evidence about which approaches best prepare students to address the ethical challenges they will face in the workforce. In this session, Dr. Finelli will present research about the state of undergraduate ethics instruction and it’s long term impact, propose a new approach to ethics instruction, and offer two course-based approaches to better educate ethical engineers.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:25:15 -0500 2023-01-24T10:30:00-05:00 2023-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Cynthia Finelli
Educating Ethical Engineers (January 24, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103233 103233-21806518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

In today’s society, the need to graduate engineers who are conscious of their ethical and professional responsibilities is more important than ever. This is especially difficult given the current media environment that publicizes reports of algorithmic bias, drone-based surveillance, and emissions falsification (among other issues) but provides few positive role models for students. While engineering programs have made significant strides to incorporate ethics instruction into the engineering curriculum, there is little evidence about which approaches best prepare students to address the ethical challenges they will face in the workforce. In this session, Dr. Finelli will present research about the state of undergraduate ethics instruction and it’s long term impact, propose a new approach to ethics instruction, and offer two course-based approaches to better educate ethical engineers.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:25:15 -0500 2023-01-24T10:30:00-05:00 2023-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Cynthia Finelli
ME Seminar Series (January 24, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103857 103857-21808008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Mechanical Engineering

Adventures in Cell Herding: Engineering and Control of Multi-agent Cellular Swarms

Presented by
Daniel Cohen
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University

Room 2505 GG Brown
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
4:30 p.m.
ME Seminar Zoom link
Passcode 309714
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Abstract
We are working to accomplish for cells something akin to what a shepherd and sheepdogs bring to flocks of sheep: control over large-scale collective cellular motion. As coordinated cellular motion is foundational to many forms of multicellular life, being able to ‘herd’ or program large-scale cell migration raises exciting possibilities for accelerated healing, tissue engineering, and novel biomaterials. We treat tissues as living, multi-agent systems allowing us to combine approaches from disparate fields—control theory, active matter mechanics, tissue engineering, and materials—both to better understand the rules of cellular crowds and to build new tools to ‘herd’ large-scale cell behaviors. One approach we use is guided self-assembly of tissues, where we establish precise initial conditions and let the tissues develop spontaneously. Here, we combine machine learning, biomechanical modeling, and tissue micropatterning to: characterize the rules of collective migration within tissues of different types; connect cell-cell mechanics to large-scale collective dynamics; and build complex ‘tissue tessellations’ through precise control of healing boundaries between tissues. In contrast to self-assembly, we are also developing tools that allow for true, interactive control of tissue growth and form at the multicellular level. Here, we use a unique bioelectric cue—electrotaxis—to literally program large-scale collective cell migration, enabled by our ‘SCHEEPDOG’ bioreactor. In this case, ionic currents manipulate cellular signaling allowing control of both cell direction and speed, allowing us to: accelerate the ‘healing’ of gap injuries with in vitro tissues; investigate how cell-cell interaction mechanics modulate ‘controllability’; and manipulate the growth of 3D tissues and organoids.

Bio
Daniel Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University and a founding member of the new Princeton Bioengineering Institute (PBI). He trained first in Mechanical Engineering at Princeton, followed by a joint Ph.D. in Bioengineering at UC Berkeley/UCSF, the Physiology Course at the MBL at Woods Hole, and as a Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellow at Stanford University. He started his lab at Princeton in 2018, where his work has been awarded an NIH Early Career MIRA award and an NSF CAREER award. His works span dinosaur and organismal mechanics, tissue engineering, biomaterials, and bio-electromechanics. Outside the laboratory, he is heavily engaged in science communication, running both theatrical performances for the public and the yearly, week-long Lab Tales workshop at Princeton to train researchers in the hidden histories and human stories behind modern scientific research.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:37:17 -0500 2023-01-24T16:30:00-05:00 2023-01-24T17:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Mechanical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Dan Cohen, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, will give a talk on work he is doing to accomplish for cells something akin to what a shepherd and sheepdogs bring to flocks of sheep: control over large-scale collective cellular motion.
Unresolved Racial Justice: Anti-Blackness on Campus, Past and Present (January 24, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103463 103463-21807235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 5:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Mechanical Engineering

The Sankofa Project started by U-M Mechanical Engineering professors is hosting a student panel to unpack anti-blackness at Michigan, and specifically within engineering.

January 24th
5:30-7:30pm
2505 GG Brown Laboratory

RSVP: http://bit.ly/3k8qa6u

The Sankofa Project
Our objective is to use Black history as a guiding resource for re-engineering a more humanistic future. This project aims to restore accuracy and strength to the narrative about Black Americans’ role in developing our country, we anticipate this will enhance inclusivity by centering the stories and perspectives of a racially marginalized group. We believe this information is important for everyone, so we invite students of diverse identities to participate.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:21:35 -0500 2023-01-24T17:30:00-05:00 2023-01-24T19:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Mechanical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Circle designs and silhouette of hands on green background with title of event
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (January 27, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 27, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-01-27T16:00:00-05:00 2023-01-27T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
ME Seminar Series (January 31, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103863 103863-21808014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Mechanical Engineering

Biophysical Transitions and Unified Dynamics of Periodically Driven (synchronous) and Self-excited (asynchronous) Flapping Flight in Insects and Robots

Presented by
Simon Sponberg
Dunn Family Associate Professor in the School of Physics
and the School of Biological Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology

Room 1200 EECS
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
3:00 PM
ME Seminar Zoom link
Passcode 309714
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Abstract
The ability to move is a trait of all animals. Yet how do animals, including ourselves, get around in this complex and uncertain world with an ease and agility we find hard to recreate in engineered systems? A particular frontier is centimeter scale locomotion, especially flapping flight. Flapping flight is considered a key evolutionary innovation that led to one of the most explosive radiation events where insects diversified to many forms and ecologies. Underlying these behaviors are compositions of immensely complex physiological subsystems (brains, muscles, bodies), yet what often emerges through evolutionary timescales and environmental interactions is a functional performance that can (sometimes) afford simple analysis on the scale of behavior. In this talk, I will use the agile flight of insects to show how an organismal physics approach can give insights into this emergent, functional simplicity. I will show how insects operate as resonant mechanical systems to power flight but do not necessarily operate at their resonant frequency because of consequences for control. We will explore how insects have evolved two different strategies for powering this resonant flight system using muscles that either provide periodic oscillatory forcing or use a stretch-responsive property to set up self-excited limit cycles. While these two strategies have been known for some time, we find that they can be unified in a single dynamic systems framework that shows how major evolutionary transitions reflect transitions in dynamics. We embody this framework in a dynamically scaled robophysical flapper, where kinematics emerge from mechanics and actuation. We can then test the broad parameter space for flapping flight. We find that these two dynamics regimes are separated by a classic entrainment boundary but also bridged by a region of parameter space enabling smooth transitions between the two flight modes. Finally, we realize this biophysical model in the first at-scale flapping robot that can achieve self-excited oscillations and transition between the two flight modes.

Bio
Simon Sponberg is Dunn Family Associate Professor in the School of Physics and the School of Biological Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). He received his B.A. in physics and biology from Lewis & Clark College and his Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. Afterward, Simon conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Washington before joining the faculty at Georgia Tech. He and his group (the Agile Systems Lab) has been exploring how neurons precisely orchestrate motor activity at the millisecond scale, how the versatility of muscle arises from the physics of billions of organized tiny molecular motors, how agile flight is powered and controlled at the centimeter scale and how flowers blow in the wind (and what that does to the pollinators around them). His interdisciplinary approach has been supported by three NSF directorates, including a CAREER award in the physics of living systems. He now leads an Air Force Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI), bringing together neuroscientists and engineers from five universities to understand how the brains of organisms achieve fast, flexible perception and decision-making in complex sensory environments. He has been the recipient of a Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Neuroethology, a Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship in the Neurosciences, and a Hertz Fellow.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:36:36 -0500 2023-01-31T15:00:00-05:00 2023-01-31T16:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Mechanical Engineering Lecture / Discussion The ability to move is a trait of all animals. Yet how do animals, including ourselves, get around in this complex and uncertain world with an ease and agility we find hard to recreate in engineered systems?
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (February 3, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 3, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-02-03T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-03T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
Taking Actions Toward Educational Change in Engineering Education (February 10, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104157 104157-21808511@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 10, 2023 10:30am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

As engineering education scholars and engineering educators, many of us pursue educational change and innovation through our research, teaching, service, and leadership activities. In this pursuit, we take intentional and strategic actions towards educational change and innovation goals that matter to us, whether that is reimagining graduate admissions to be a more equitable and inclusive process or redesigning how students are introduced to the ideas of heat and temperature in a foundational engineering course. Our actions towards these goals represent our professional agency towards educational change.

The focus of this talk will be to explore the question of How might we empower and enable faculty to engage in educational change at their institutions? To support this exploration, I will introduce a contextualized theory for professional agency towards educational change that was developed based on a longitudinal and collaborative qualitative study of six early career engineering education scholars. The theory has since been used to examine the actions and experiences of engineering instructional faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Using both studies as examples, we will consider our own experiences pursuing change efforts through this lens and begin to imagine how we might further promote this type of professional agency within our communities.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:48:22 -0500 2023-02-10T10:30:00-05:00 2023-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (February 10, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 10, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-02-10T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-10T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
The Pandora's Box of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) (February 15, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103578 103578-21807510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Transportation Research Institute
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

Professor Cummings will detail lessons learned in her recent role as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Senior Safety Advisor, including an examination of the use (or lack thereof) of systems engineering principles, the need for formalized safety cultures, and what technology and policy mitigations are needed to advance autonomous vehicle (AV) applications.
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About the speaker: Professor Mary (Missy) Cummings received her B.S. in Mathematics from the US Naval Academy in 1988, her M.S. in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994, and her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2004. A naval officer and military pilot from 1988-1999, she was one of the U.S. Navy’s first female fighter pilots. She is a Professor in the George Mason University Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science departments. She is an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow, and recently served as the senior safety advisor to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Her research interests include embedded artificial intelligence in safety-critical systems, assured autonomy, human-systems engineering, and the ethical and social impact of technology.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:00:10 -0500 2023-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T14:00:00-05:00 Transportation Research Institute Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Lecture / Discussion Promotional Image for the CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series with Professor Mary (Missy) Cummings. It features their headshot, the presentation title: "The Pandora's Box of Autonomous Vehicle's (AVs)", and an aerial photograph of cars driving.
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (February 17, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
Online EV/Mobility Scholars Program Info Session (February 21, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104992 104992-21810545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: EV/Mobility Scholars Program

Learn more about the EV/Mobility Scholars Program, which will connect engineering students with scholarships, resume/interview prep, and participating companies
Students must be:
• Engineering undergraduate
• Interested in a career in EV/mobility industry
• Willing to participate in career events with participating employers

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:28:39 -0500 2023-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location EV/Mobility Scholars Program Careers / Jobs Michigan: Your Career Charging Station with State of Michigan outline and Michigan Engineering Logo
Online EV/Mobility Scholars Program Info Session (February 23, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104992 104992-21810546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: EV/Mobility Scholars Program

Learn more about the EV/Mobility Scholars Program, which will connect engineering students with scholarships, resume/interview prep, and participating companies
Students must be:
• Engineering undergraduate
• Interested in a career in EV/mobility industry
• Willing to participate in career events with participating employers

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:28:39 -0500 2023-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 2023-02-23T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location EV/Mobility Scholars Program Careers / Jobs Michigan: Your Career Charging Station with State of Michigan outline and Michigan Engineering Logo
Developing Teacher Empathy – A Journey of Three Engineering Faculty Members Implementing Empathetic Actions in their Classroom (March 7, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105424 105424-21811742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 10:30am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

In higher education, teacher empathy is a term that refers to the empathetic skills of teachers and has been researched since the 1980s. Multiple studies in fields such as medicine, nursing and psychology have shown that teacher empathy has reduced teacher burnout, improved teacher satisfaction and student performance. Within engineering education, there is increased research on empathy in recent years, but primarily aimed at introducing and improving empathetic skills of engineering students. There is very little research on teacher empathy within engineering education. In my current study, I explored the potential changes in perception of teacher empathy among three engineering faculty members as they utilized empathetic actions while teaching a second-year engineering course. I also explored the motivations and challenges that could arise in teacher empathy implementation. The outcome of this study could be used by faculty development programs, department heads and university deans to expand the implementation of teacher empathy within a college or university.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 24 Feb 2023 12:19:05 -0500 2023-03-07T10:30:00-05:00 2023-03-07T12:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Bala Vignesh Sundaram
EV/Mobility Scholars Program Resume and Interview Prep Workshop (March 8, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104993 104993-21810573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: EV/Mobility Scholars Program

ECRC Introduction to Resume Writing Workshop
You will learn about the best practices for resume design, different types of resume section headings, and best practices for writing bullet points and highlighting non-technical transferable skills. There will be time at the end of the workshop to ask questions.

ECRC Interview Preparation Workshop
We will discuss common types of interviews for engineering students, how to prepare for different interview modalities (recorded, virtual, or in-person), and strategies for managing behavioral interview questions. There will be time at the end of the workshop to ask questions.

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:34:08 -0500 2023-03-08T15:00:00-05:00 2023-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons EV/Mobility Scholars Program Careers / Jobs Michigan: Your Career Charging Station with State of Michigan outline and Michigan Engineering Logo
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (March 10, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 10, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-03-10T16:00:00-05:00 2023-03-10T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
Student/Employer In-Person Networking Event (March 14, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105495 105495-21811960@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: EV/Mobility Scholars Program

Attend this first of two networking events for students and employers to get to know one another.
Representatives from the program's participating employers will be present to discuss their companies, job opportunities, and provide advice on career paths.
See participating companies here: https://myumi.ch/n77g3

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:09:47 -0500 2023-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-14T18:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons EV/Mobility Scholars Program Careers / Jobs Michigan: Your Career Charging Station with State of Michigan outline and Michigan Engineering Logo
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (March 17, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 17, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
Starting With Self, Then Towards Others: How Students Engage With Empathy in Community-Based Learning (March 21, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106180 106180-21813895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 10:30am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

This seminar contributes to a recent movement in engineering education, calling attention to fostering more engineering students to develop social awareness to solve complex problems in the real world. As many engineering problems raised in a community can be related to addressing social issues, community-based learning (CBL) has become a way to educate more empathic engineers. However, there is an ethical consideration in CBL as the outcome of student learning can impact a real-world community partner. Therefore, it is critical to understand how students engage with empathy in CBL to commit to the community’s needs authentically before implementation.

In this seminar, I will share some qualitative findings from my dissertation study focusing on how students shift between the roles of “self” and “others” in the process of engaging with empathy in CBL. I also investigated different types of opportunities to expose students to empathy in CBL, such as structural opportunities (how the CBL activity is organized), social opportunities (how students are guided to work with others), and reflective opportunities (how students think about what they have learned). The seminar concludes with practical recommendations for engineering educators to understand how to support students to engage with empathy in community-based learning contexts.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:46:25 -0400 2023-03-21T10:30:00-04:00 2023-03-21T12:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Linjue (Jade) Wang
Integrative Systems + Design (ISD) Open House (March 24, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105246 105246-21811448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Integrative Systems + Design OPEN HOUSE for Prospective Graduate Students
March 24, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
-Learn about our top-ranked interdisciplinary graduate programs
-Browse courses that are available on campus and online
-Explore Sequential Undergraduate/Graduate Study (SUGS), which allows eligible undergrads to double-count certain courses toward an advanced degree

Our six graduate programs include dual degrees, SUGS, master's and doctoral degrees in

-Automotive Engineering (MEng)
-Energy Systems Engineering (MEng)
-Manufacturing Engineering (MEng and DEng)
-Systems Engineering and Design (MEng)
-Global Automotive & Manufacturing Engineering (MEng)
-Design Science (MS and Ph.D.)

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Reception / Open House Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:38:46 -0500 2023-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 2023-03-24T15:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Integrative Systems + Design Reception / Open House Open House
Disability Visibility Symposium (March 24, 2023 2:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106178 106178-21813894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 2:45pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Mechanical Engineering

Please join the ME DEI Alliance at their hybrid Disability Visibility symposium that will highlight how engineering research is working to improve accessibility for people who identify as having a disability. We would love for you to attend the symposium and participate in the discussion about how we can all work to improve accessibility in classrooms, research environments, and our careers. This event is sponsored by the Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services Office (SAAS).

Events Occurring in GG Brown 2505
*These events will also be streamed via Zoom for those that wish to attend virtually*
2:45 PM – 3 PM: Introduction
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM: Keynote Speaker
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM: A series of lightning research talks.
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM: A Q&A panel with members from Wolverine Wellness, the CARE Center, and SSD.
Events Occurring in the Borg Warner Galleria of GG Brown
*This reception will NOT be streamed via Zoom*
4:45 PM: Reception featuring a poster session and light hors d’oeuvres.
Please RSVP to receive Zoom and room information.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:51:37 -0400 2023-03-24T14:45:00-04:00 2023-03-24T17:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Mechanical Engineering Conference / Symposium Disability Visibility Symposium Flyer
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (March 24, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
Faculty Fireside Chat with Dr. Eleni Gourgou (March 25, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106443 106443-21814279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 25, 2023 5:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Mechanical Engineering

Faculty Fireside Chats are a series of conversations with faculty members in Mechanical Engineering at and beyond U-M. The goal of the series is to provide our community with opportunities to engage with faculty in conversations about research, academia, careers, and more!

Dr. Eleni Gourgou is part of U-M Mechanical Engineering research faculty and would be a great person to meet for those interested in research-focused academic tracks.

Join us on Wednesday 03/29 from 5:30-6:30 PM in the GGB Blue Lounge to meet Dr. Gourgou and learn more about her career. Please RSVP using the link and let us know what questions you'd like to ask.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Mar 2023 10:05:08 -0400 2023-03-25T17:30:00-04:00 2023-03-25T18:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Mechanical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Faculty Fireside Chat Flyer
Women's History Month Trivia (March 30, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106179 106179-21813896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 30, 2023 5:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Mechanical Engineering

Join us in celebrating Women’s History Month with a Trivia Night happening on March 30th, 5-6:30 PM in the GGB Blue Lounge.

You’ll meet some friends and compete in teams answering trivia questions around our theme for a chance to win prizes!

This event is organized by the ME DEI Alliance + Women and Gender Minorities in ME (WaGMiME). Please RSVP.

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Other Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:49:03 -0400 2023-03-30T17:00:00-04:00 2023-03-30T18:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Mechanical Engineering Other Women's History Month Trivia Flyer
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (March 31, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 31, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (April 7, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 7, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-04-07T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-07T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
Student/Employer In-Person Networking Event (April 12, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105496 105496-21811961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Mcity
Organized By: EV/Mobility Scholars Program

Attend this event to network with representatives from the program's participating employers* who will be present to discuss their companies, job opportunities, and provide advice on career paths.
This event will be held in the Mcity Test Facility with a tour of the facility and its assets provided.
*Participating companies, more info found here: https://myumi.ch/n77g3

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:18:15 -0500 2023-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-12T18:00:00-04:00 Mcity EV/Mobility Scholars Program Careers / Jobs Michigan: Your Career Charging Station with State of Michigan outline and Michigan Engineering Logo
Dean Gallimore's End of Year Address and Q&A (April 13, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107179 107179-21815593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 5:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Black Students in Aerospace

Black Students in Aerospace (BSA), the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and the Latinos/Hispanics United in Aerospace (LUNA) organizations are hosting an end-of-semester talk with the outgoing Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, Dr. Alec Gallimore, on Thursday, April 13th from 6-7 PM in GG Brown Room 2505. This talk will consist of an address by Dean Gallimore, followed by a moderated question and answer session with live audience questions at the end, if time permits. The event focuses on the personal and career experiences of the Dean, his perspectives on how the Black engineering experience at the university can be improved by the College of Engineering’s DEI strategic plan, how student organizations can be better supported and uplifted, and more.

Please fill out the attached RSVP form to register for the event and submit any questions to be asked in the moderated Q&A portion (questions accepted until Thursday, April 6th at 12 PM). Refreshments will be served at 5:30PM, and the event will begin promptly at 6PM. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/hsj8EWhGjhsUpB1R9

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Presentation Thu, 06 Apr 2023 01:45:44 -0400 2023-04-13T17:30:00-04:00 2023-04-13T19:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Black Students in Aerospace Presentation Flyer with event details and description
NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series (April 14, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100707 100707-21800275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 14, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

For more details, follow the "NERS Colloquia" link to the right. **

Friday, January 6, 2023
CANCELED

Friday, January 13, 2023
Electron Accelerators
Speaker: Bruce Carlsten, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, January 20, 2023
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Applications of Nuclear Engineering
Speaker: Takuji Kanemura, Michigan State University

Friday, January 27, 2023
Topic TBA
Speaker: Ling Jian Meng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 3, 2023
Why and How Lightbridge is Developing Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Speaker: Seth Grae, Lightbridge Corporation

Friday, February 10, 2023
Modern Multiscale Kinetic Algorithms for High-Fidelity ICF Capsule and Hohlraum Simulations
Speaker: Luis Chacon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Friday, February 17, 2023
High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Status and Challenges
Speaker: Gerhard Strydom, Idaho National Laboratory

Friday, March 10, 2023
2022 COP Conference Panel
Speaker: Anil Bansal, University of Michigan
Panel Discussion—The November 2022 COP (UN Climate Change) Conference

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speaker: Peter Hotvedt, UM, NERS
Panel Discussion—Student Social Media Presence at the 2022 IAEA Nuclear Power Ministerial Panel

Friday, March 24, 2023
Fuel Design and Developments from a Vendor’s Perspective
Speaker: Jacki Stevens, Framatome

Friday, March 31, 2023
Development of Understandable Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Methods in Physical Sciences
Speaker: Professor Y Z, NERS, U-M

Friday, April 7, 2023
Richard K. Osborn Lecture
Speaker: Kathryn Huff, US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy

Friday, April 14, 2023
Ethical Applications of AI in International Safeguards
Speaker: Chantell Murphy, Y-12 National Security Complex

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:57:23 -0400 2023-04-14T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-14T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Winter 2023 Colloquia Series
Volunteer Registration for the Carbon Capture and Utilization Workshop (April 25, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107512 107512-21816253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global CO2 Initiative

The Global CO2 Initiative is looking for student volunteers for our May Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Techno-economic & Life Cycle Assessment workshop in Ann Arbor. Volunteers will receive free meals, beverages & snacks as well as branded souvenirs. We hope to also be able to give away soap and hand sanitizer made with captured CO2.

We need volunteers in the afternoon/early evening of Tuesday, May 16, all day Wednesday, May 17, and the morning/early afternoon of Thursday, May 18.

Sign up for as many or as few shifts as you wish.

This is a great opportunity to network with policy, industry, and academic people working in the carbon capture field.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/tdiubvApDuV74ssUA

Questions can be directed to info@globalco2initiative.org.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:24:10 -0400 2023-04-25T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global CO2 Initiative Workshop / Seminar Student listening in auditorium
Distributed Decision-making in Disrupted Industrial Environments Using a Multi-agent Framework (May 8, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107813 107813-21817096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 8, 2023 9:30am
Location: Ford Robotics Building
Organized By: Michigan Robotics

The modern industrial environment is becoming more complex and dynamic, due to customized and shifting market demands, highly connected businesses, and frequently upgraded technologies. In such environments, varying uncertainties and disruptions could occur and highly impact the performance of the manufacturing factories and supply chain networks. Conventional centralized decision-making approaches handle disruptions by re-optimizing across the entire system regardless of disruption type and scale, which require significant computational efforts, especially for complex and large-scale systems. Therefore, to stay competitive, industry enterprises need to develop a dynamic and flexible decision-making method that enables an agile and resilient response to these unexpected disruptions in industrial environments.

Enabled by current Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, multi-agent control has been proposed to conduct distributed decision-making to provide an agile response to disruptions. A multi-agent system consists of various autonomous agents, which are cyber representations of their associated physical objects and have their own knowledge and goals. Agents communicate and interact with each other to make high-level decisions for their associated physical objects. In different industrial environments, agents could represent different system entities, such as the products and machines in manufacturing systems, or suppliers and customers in supply chains. However, most existing industrial multi-agent systems require prior knowledge of disruptions and predetermined rules and strategies to generate responses, which makes it difficult to handle unexpected disruptions.

Aiming to improve the agility and resiliency of industrial systems, this dissertation develops a model-based multi-agent framework to address risk management within an agile and resilient response to various unexpected industrial disruptions. The proposed multi-agent framework comprises model-based agents, heuristic-based communication, and optimization-based decision-making. The model-based agent architecture enables agents to update their knowledge and local environments dynamically. When agents need to make decisions, they utilize their knowledge as heuristics to instruct their communication strategies. Then based on their knowledge and communication information, agents can identify new actions by solving risk-aware optimizations to respond to unexpected disruptions dynamically. The proposed framework is tested in a simulated manufacturing environment and a supply chain instance, showcasing the improved flexibility, agility, and resiliency of the industrial systems.

To conclude, this dissertation pushes the fields of distributed decision-making for industrial systems closer to satisfying the requirements of modern industry: flexibility, agility, and resiliency, especially for manufacturing systems and supply chain networks. Enterprises could apply this framework to compute a resilient recovery plan to address a disruption quickly to minimize the negative effects. In addition, this dissertation contributes to standardizing the design of system-level decision-making using a multi-agent framework. The proposed methodology to design a multi-agent framework is transferable to other complex systems, such as multi-robot systems and autonomous vehicle teams, that consist of multiple intelligent entities.

Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94248906200, Passcode: mingjie

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Presentation Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:46:17 -0400 2023-05-08T09:30:00-04:00 2023-05-08T11:30:00-04:00 Ford Robotics Building Michigan Robotics Presentation A supply chain disrupted and finding a way around the disruption
PREACT: Motion Sickness Alleviation in Autonomous Vehicles via Preemptive Interventions — CCAT Research Review (May 9, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101400 101400-21803710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Transportation Research Institute
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

While autonomous vehicles (AVs) promise a transportation future with several benefits, a high incidence of motion sickness among passengers remains a major impediment to the widespread adoption of this promising technology.

Motion sickness in a moving vehicle is the consequence of frequent acceleration and resulting inertial forces associated with driving actions such as speeding, braking, and turning. In a traditional vehicle, the driver anticipates the inertial consequences of their own driving actions, and accordingly makes subtle preemptive corrections. The passenger ends ups passively reacting to the inertial forces, which leads to a far greater incidence of motion sickness. In a future world of AVs, every occupant will be a passive passenger, resulting in a greater likelihood and severity of motion sickness.

In this talk, Professor Awtar will present the development and experimental validation of a novel motion sickness mitigation technology, PREACT. The key idea behind the PREACT technology is to employ predictive algorithms that anticipate impending inertial events associated with driving and accordingly makes preemptive corrections via mechatronic hardware such as tip/tilt active seats, active restraints, and passenger stimuli before the inertial events happen. Instead of reacting to an inertial event that can produce motion sickness, the PREACT system “pre-acts” ahead of time to avert motion sickness before it even happens.

More on this research: https://myumi.ch/kyxdD
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About the speaker: Shorya Awtar is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests include mechanical design, human-centric design, mechatronic systems, and robotics. He has developed affordable medical devices for minimally invasive surgery, precision motion stages for semiconductor metrology, motion sickness mitigation solutions for autonomous vehicles, and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) actuators. Prior to joining U of M, he worked at the General Electric Global Research Center and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He earned his Mechanical Engineering degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed conferences and journal articles and has three dozen inventions that are either patented or patent-pending. Professor Awtar has started two companies to commercialize the technologies developed in his research lab. He has received the Leonardo daVinci Award and Thomas A. Edison Patent Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Goel Award for Translational Research from the American Society of Biomechanics, multiple R&D100 Awards, and several Best Paper awards for his research, innovations, technology transfer, and societal impact. He is a Fellow of the ASME and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses as well as professional tutorials in machine design, mechanism design, and mechatronic systems. He has also worked with the Ann Arbor Hands-on Museum to create educational exhibits for K-12 children.

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Presentation Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:39:20 -0400 2023-05-09T13:00:00-04:00 2023-05-09T14:00:00-04:00 Transportation Research Institute Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Presentation Promotional Image for the CCAT Research Review with Professor Shorya Awtar. It includes the presentation title, Professor Awtar's headshot, and a photo of a transit van.
Carbon Capture and Utilization Workshop (May 16, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107599 107599-21816254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Global CO2 Initiative

The Global CO2 Initiative will host the 2023 TEA/LCA Workshop on Harmonizing CCUS Assessments on May 16-18 this year! This fifth workshop in the series is planned and conducted by the International CCUS Assessment Harmonization Group with members from the USA (GCI at U-M, NETL, NREL, ANL), Canada (NRC), Germany (RIFS, formerly known as IASS), Switzerland (ETH Zürich), and Japan (NIAIST). We are looking forward to one-and-a-half days of intense dialog and work that will advance transparent and uniform assessments of CCUS technologies and products.

This year’s workshop will focus on the inclusion of social factors in life cycle assessments and techno-economic assessments, as well as next steps towards guidance through international standardization of assessment guidelines.

The workshop will be conducted in-person at the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Attendance is free but space is limited.

Register for in-person attendance: https://forms.gle/8qsJr39BxVgZ9YNu8

Register for virtual participation:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_trGHWfn4Q-GhWvGVZTLp0A

More information about the webinar can be found at the Global CO2 Initiative events website:

https://www.globalco2initiative.org/events/

Questions can be directed to info@globalco2initiative.org.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:21:30 -0400 2023-05-16T17:00:00-04:00 2023-05-16T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Global CO2 Initiative Workshop / Seminar speakers from 2022
Carbon Capture and Utilization Workshop (May 17, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107599 107599-21816255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Global CO2 Initiative

The Global CO2 Initiative will host the 2023 TEA/LCA Workshop on Harmonizing CCUS Assessments on May 16-18 this year! This fifth workshop in the series is planned and conducted by the International CCUS Assessment Harmonization Group with members from the USA (GCI at U-M, NETL, NREL, ANL), Canada (NRC), Germany (RIFS, formerly known as IASS), Switzerland (ETH Zürich), and Japan (NIAIST). We are looking forward to one-and-a-half days of intense dialog and work that will advance transparent and uniform assessments of CCUS technologies and products.

This year’s workshop will focus on the inclusion of social factors in life cycle assessments and techno-economic assessments, as well as next steps towards guidance through international standardization of assessment guidelines.

The workshop will be conducted in-person at the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Attendance is free but space is limited.

Register for in-person attendance: https://forms.gle/8qsJr39BxVgZ9YNu8

Register for virtual participation:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_trGHWfn4Q-GhWvGVZTLp0A

More information about the webinar can be found at the Global CO2 Initiative events website:

https://www.globalco2initiative.org/events/

Questions can be directed to info@globalco2initiative.org.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:21:30 -0400 2023-05-17T08:00:00-04:00 2023-05-17T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Global CO2 Initiative Workshop / Seminar speakers from 2022
Carbon Capture and Utilization Workshop (May 18, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107599 107599-21816256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 18, 2023 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Global CO2 Initiative

The Global CO2 Initiative will host the 2023 TEA/LCA Workshop on Harmonizing CCUS Assessments on May 16-18 this year! This fifth workshop in the series is planned and conducted by the International CCUS Assessment Harmonization Group with members from the USA (GCI at U-M, NETL, NREL, ANL), Canada (NRC), Germany (RIFS, formerly known as IASS), Switzerland (ETH Zürich), and Japan (NIAIST). We are looking forward to one-and-a-half days of intense dialog and work that will advance transparent and uniform assessments of CCUS technologies and products.

This year’s workshop will focus on the inclusion of social factors in life cycle assessments and techno-economic assessments, as well as next steps towards guidance through international standardization of assessment guidelines.

The workshop will be conducted in-person at the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Attendance is free but space is limited.

Register for in-person attendance: https://forms.gle/8qsJr39BxVgZ9YNu8

Register for virtual participation:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_trGHWfn4Q-GhWvGVZTLp0A

More information about the webinar can be found at the Global CO2 Initiative events website:

https://www.globalco2initiative.org/events/

Questions can be directed to info@globalco2initiative.org.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:21:30 -0400 2023-05-18T08:00:00-04:00 2023-05-18T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Global CO2 Initiative Workshop / Seminar speakers from 2022
The Design and Implementation of the Illinois Express Quantum Metropolitan Area Network (June 22, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108778 108778-21820381@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 22, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Arbor Lakes
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join Information and Technology Services (ITS) in welcoming Joaquin Chung to campus for a presentation on Quantum Networking, cutting-edge research, and one of the future technologies in campus network computing. This will be a very technical presentation geared for researchers and technologists.

Chung is a research scientist at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory who is working on the Illinois Express Quantum Metropolitan Area Network (IE QMAN). The IE QMAN is a functioning test bed that supports the transmission of quantum network traffic over existing dark fiber networks. This talk will describe details around the network control and physics involved in quantum data transmission.

Special Invitation:
Joaquin Chung will be available to chat with U-M researchers Thursday and Friday mornings during his time in Ann Arbor. If you would like to schedule a meeting with him, email T. Charles Yun (tcyun@umich.edu) to schedule an appointment.

Joaquin Chung is a postdoctoral appointee at the Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne National Laboratory. He received both his B.S. in Electronics and Communications Engineering (2007) and his M.Sc. in Communication Systems Engineering with Emphasis in Data Networks (2013) from University of Panama, Panama. He received his Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Henry Owen and Dr. Russ Clark at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA in December 2017. He is a Fulbright alumni, an IEEE member, and an ACM member. His research interests include software-defined networking, software-defined exchanges, cyber-infrastructure orchestration, edge computing, network security, and quantum communication networks.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:50:23 -0400 2023-06-22T14:00:00-04:00 2023-06-22T15:00:00-04:00 Arbor Lakes Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Joaquin Chung, University of Chicago & Argonne National Laboratory
Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jurgen Janek (July 27, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109312 109312-21821394@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 27, 2023 11:00am
Location: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project
Organized By: ECS University of Michigan Student Chapter

The Electrochemical Society (ECS) University of Michigan Student Chapter is hosting guest speaker Dr. Jurgen Janek on next-generation batteries. Lunch from Jerusalem Garden will be provided. The event is open to all students, faculty, and staff.
RSVP: https://forms.gle/N6nwohny9a6qEwor6

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Presentation Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:05:12 -0400 2023-07-27T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-27T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project ECS University of Michigan Student Chapter Presentation Guest Speaker Event Details
Electrochemical Society Ice cream Social Central Campus (August 17, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110029 110029-21823597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 17, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: ECS University of Michigan Student Chapter

Ice cream social at Central Campus!
When: August 17th from 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Where: In front of the Chemistry Building, 930 N University Ave.

Come out to enjoy some ice cream during the last few summer days and learn more about the Electrochemical Society (ECS) University of Michigan Student Chapter!

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7F3FRCYLdhPWrh0X5atvxNbptAfFnQZEHAWreh76-WnrX5w/viewform

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:03:28 -0400 2023-08-17T15:00:00-04:00 2023-08-17T16:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab ECS University of Michigan Student Chapter Social / Informal Gathering Chemistry Dow Lab
Electrochemical Society Ice-cream Social North Campus (August 18, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110030 110030-21823599@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 18, 2023 3:00pm
Location: The Grove
Organized By: ECS University of Michigan Student Chapter

Ice cream social at North Campus!
When: August 18 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Where: On the Grove by the sand volleyball court in front of Bob and Betty Beyster Building (BBB) 2260 Hayward St.

Come out to enjoy some ice cream during the last few summer days and learn more about the Electrochemical Society (ECS) University of Michigan Student Chapter!

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7F3FRCYLdhPWrh0X5atvxNbptAfFnQZEHAWreh76-WnrX5w/viewform

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:17:07 -0400 2023-08-18T15:00:00-04:00 2023-08-18T16:00:00-04:00 The Grove ECS University of Michigan Student Chapter Social / Informal Gathering The Grove