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Graduate Seminar Archive


Spring 2021 Seminar Speakers

Seminar Date Speaker Name & Affiliation Title of Presentation
4/2/2021 Sung Yi - Portland State University Writing a Good Research Paper
4/9/2021 Ki Dong Lee - KITECH Welding Quality Prediction Applying Deep Learning
4/16/2021 Derrick Speaks - Oregon Institute of Technology Defects and Dopants in Transparent Conductive Oxides: Applications to Solar Cells and Anti-Microbial Thin Films
4/23/2021 Jun Jiao - Portland State University Progress and Challenges for the Low Temperature Graphene Growth Toward the Direct Device Integration
4/30/2021 Dr. Luiz Bertassoni - Oregon Health and Science University 3D Bioprinting - From Vascularized Tissue Constructs to Hydrogel-Based Microfluidic Devices
5/7/2021 Brian Victor - nLight Hybrid Laser+Arc Welding
5/14/2021 Nakyung Oh - Portland State University Evaluate the stability of molds / products manufactured by using 3D printing
5/21/2021 Lester Lampert - Intel Spin Qubits: A Scalable Semiconductor Platform for Quantum Computing
5/28/2021 Vikas Dixit - Intel The Role of Grain Boundaries on Microstructural Evolution in Ti Alloys
6/4/2021 Arman Ahari - Juniper Network Improved Predictive Modeling Techniques for Non-Linear Solder Material Behavior

 


Fall 2020 Seminar Speakers

Seminar Date Speaker Name & Affiliation Title of Presentation
10/02/2020 Sung Yi - Portland State University Writing a Good Research Paper
10/09/2020 Liz Stortstrom - Hewlett-Packard HP's Multi Jet Fusion
10/16/2020 Harry Hilton - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Viscoelastic Generalized Nonlinear Shanley-Ryder Failure Concepts, Deterministic Margins and Factors of Safety With Their Relations to Failure Probabilities, and Elastic and Structural Health Monitoring
10/23/2020 Benjamin Adam - Portland State University Behavior of heat-resistant alloys under high-temperature, high-pressure conditions
11/06/2020 Jaime Sanchez - Intel Corporation Introduction of Thermal Management of Electronics
11/13/2020 Dwyane Arola - University of Washington Next-Generation Engineering Materials: Inspiration from Natural Armors and Weapons
11/20/2020 Urmaze Naterwalla - Oregon Manufacturing & Innovation Center Introduction to Subtractive Technology
11/27/2020 Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
12/04/2020 Sun Ung Kim - Washington State University Physics-Based Battering Modellings and Experiments for the Next-Generation Energy Storage Systems: Challenges and Opportunities 

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Spring 2020 Seminar Speakers

*Due to COVID-19, Spring Seminars were delivered remotely by sharing videos of past seminar guests.

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Fall 2019 Seminar Speakers

Seminar Date Speaker Name & Affiliation Title of Presentation

Friday, October 4

Dr. John Lipor, Portland State University

Optimal Boundary Detection with Mobile Sensors

Friday, October 11

Dr. Filippo Coletti, University of Minnesota

Dust, snowflakes, and other stories

Friday, October 18

Dr. Marcelo Chamecki, University of California Los Angeles

Chimneys of the Amazon:  Effects of Gentle Topography on Gas Flexes Emitted within Forests

Friday, October 25

Dr. Naseem Ali, Portland State University

Data-Driven and Model Reduction for Wind Energy Applications

Friday, November 1

Dr. Peter Huck, University of Washington

The role of interfacial and acoustically driven instabilities in a co-axial atomizer

Friday, November 8

Dr. Mariona Claret, University of Washington

Escape of near-inertial waves trapped in strong oceanic fronts through wave-triad resonant interactions

Friday, November 15

Dr. Laurent Chevillard, ENS Lyon, France

Fully developed fluid turbulence:  the Lagrangian perspective.

Friday, November 22

Dr. Mickael Bourgoin, ENS Lyon, France

On the origin of turbulent relative superdiffusion

Friday, November 29

*Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday*

*No seminar*

Friday, December 6

Dr. Nicholas Hamilton, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Wind Turbine Wake Modeling at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory 

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Spring 2019 Seminar Speakers

Seminar Date Speaker Name & Affiliation Title of Presentation

Friday, April 5

Dr. Pierre Mourad, University of Washington

A novel ventricular catheter guidance system - a technological and entrepreneurial story

Friday, April 12

Dr. Megumi Kawasaki, Oregon State University

Processing of bulk nanostructured metals and nanocomposites through the application of high-pressure torsion

Friday, April 19

Dr. Juliaan Bossuyt, KU Leuven, Belgium

Experimental challenges for wind tunnel studies of wind energy and atmospheric flows

Friday, April 26

Dr. Ibrahim Nisanci, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Building pathways/strategies for successful research and academic career

Friday, May 3

Dr. Robert Peterka, OHSU

Engineering Approaches to Understanding Factors Contributing to Normal and Abnormal Human Balance Control

Friday, May 10

Dr. Cheolhee Kim, Korea Institute of Technology

De-skilling in welding research

Friday, May 17

George Gvakharia, Daimler

What is it like being an engineer at Daimler?

Friday, May 24

Dr. Ephraim Suhir, Bell Labs

Failure-Oriented-Accelerated-Testing (FOAT) vs. Highly-Accelerated_Life-Testing (HALT): Making a Viable Medical Electron Device (MED) Package into a Reliable Product

Friday, May 31 *live May 24, 2:15pm-3:00pm; video available on the 31st.   

Dr. Kyung Paik, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Wearable Electronics Interconnection Technology using ACFs Materials

Friday, June 7

Dr. Daniel Jacobs, Temple University

Learning and adaptation during walking in powered bilateral ankle exoskeletons

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Fall 2018 Seminar Speakers

Seminar Date Speaker Name & Affiliation Title of Presentation

Friday, September 28

Dr. Jihperng (Jim) Leu, National Chiao Tung University

PECVD Silicon Cabonitride Films for Interconnects Applications

Friday, October 5

Dr. Sarah Chang, Orthocare Innovations

Design Considerations for Adaptive Prosthetic Devices

Friday, October 12

Dr. SungWoo Nam, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Architecturing Atomically- Thin Materials for Multifunctionality

Friday, October 19

Dr. Jong Yoon, University of Washington, Bothell

Unmet clinical needs and smart medical devices - from the standpoint of mechanical engineering students

Friday, October 26

Ruwan Jayaweera, PE, PAE

Resilience and Passive Design in the Built Environment

Friday, November 2

Dr. Shaestagir Chowdhury, Intel

Semiconductor manufacturing today and tomorrow: An outlook

Friday, November 9

Dr. Sung Yi, PSU

Writing a Good Research Paper

Friday, November 16

Dr. Chih-hung (Alex) Chang, Oregon State University

Preparation of Inorganic Nanomaterials and Nanostructured Thin Films using Microreactor-Assisted Nanomaterial Synthesis and Deposition Process

Friday, November 23

*Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday*

*No Seminar*

Friday, November 30

Dr. Ana Paula Piovezan Fugolin, Oregon Health & Science University

Current Approaches to Engineer New Dental Materials

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Spring 2018 Seminar Speakers

Seminar Date Speaker Name & Affiliation Title of Presentation

Friday, April 6

Chris Hinojosa, Emulate

Human Emulation on the International Space Station:  A Platform for Studying Human Biology in Microgravity

Friday, April 13

Dr. Xiaopeng Bi, Washington State University

Dynamic Interfacial Failure under High and Ultra-high Strain Rate Loadings

Friday, April 20

Dr. Linda Chen, Washington State University- Vancouver

Modeling meets tumor cells

Friday, April 27

Dr. Jesik Shin, Korea Institute of Technology

3D printing and metal casting

Friday, May 4
 

Dr. Christin Murphy, Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Whiskers as Hydrodynamics Sensors:  Structures, Signals, and Sensitivity

Friday, May 11

Dr.Geoffrey Spedding, University of Southern California

Old and New Problems in Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics

Friday, May 18

Dr. Shae Kwang Kim, McGill University and KITECH

ECO-AI and ECO-AIMg Approaches

Friday, May 25

Dr. Matti Maricq, Ford Motor Companies

Motor Vehicles and Air Quality:  Assessing Particulate Matter Emissions

Friday, June 1

Dan Schlesinger, Retired.  Formerly of Daimler and Navistar

Aerospace Versus the Ground Vehicle Industry: A Comparison of Priorities & the Nature of Engineering Work

Friday, June 8

Dr. Yongho Lee, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Theories and Direct Numerical Simulations of Transition in Purely Oscillating Pipe Flow

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Fall 2017 Seminar Speakers

Seminar Date Speaker Name & Affiliation Title of Presentation

Friday, September 29

Dr. Joseph Teran, University of California- Los Angeles

Elastoplasticity Simulation with the Material Point Method

Friday, October 6

Beenish Zia, Intel

Introduction to High Performance Computing

Friday, October 13

Dr. Sung Yi, Portland State University

Writing a Good Research Paper

Friday, October 20

Dr. Junlan Wang, University of Washington- Seattle

Thermo-mechanical stability of metallic multilayer thin films

Friday, October 27
 

Dr. Weida Qian, Intel/PSU

An introduction to high volume semiconductor test for mechanical or process engineers

Friday, November 3

Dr. Saquib Ahmed, Intel

Tandem PV Devices- a Realistic Energy Frontier:  Challenges and Innovative Pathways

Friday, November 10

*Closed for Veterans Day*

*No Seminar*

Friday, November 17

Geff McCarthy, MD, MBA, AvMedSafe

Some engineering aspects of evaluating middle ear dysfunction

Friday, November 24

*Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday*

*No Seminar*

Friday, December 1

Dr. Donghua Xu, OSU

Amorphous alloy development and multi-scale modeling of materials kinetics

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Spring 2017 Seminar Speakers

Seminar Date Speaker Name & Affiliation Title of Presentation

Friday, April 7

Dr. Sandra Rugonyi, OHSU

Congenital Heart Disease:  It is not all about mutations

Friday, April 14

Dr. Yanzhang Ma, Texas Tech

Maximizing Pressure, Temperature and Shear and Materials at Extremes

Friday, April 21

Dr. Luiz Bertassoni, OHSU

3D Bioprinting - From Vascularized Tissue Constructs to Hydrogel-Based Microfluidic Devices

Friday, April 28

Dr. Ali Keshavarzi, Cypress Semiconductor

Low-Energy Embedded Systems for Future IoT Applications

Friday, May 5
 

Dr. Sung Yi, Portland State University

Writing a Good Research Paper

Friday, May 12

Dr. Thomas Bieler, Michigan State

Heterogeneous deformation in anisotropic metals and alloys

Friday, May 19

Nick Johnson, PE, Interface Engineering 

Whole Building Energy Model Calibration for Measurement and Verification Reporting

Friday, May 26

Jay Kim, PE, Western Specialty Technologies, LLC

Challenges in Semiconductor Test Sockets

Friday, June 2

Dr. Marianna Vallejo, CH2M

Facebook, water, and the push to net-zero:  How the internet is driving sustainable building design

Friday, June 9

Dr. Harry Hilton, University of Illinois

Elastic and Viscoelastic Poisson's Ratios:  The Theoretical Mechanics Perspective

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Fall 2016 Seminar Speakers

Seminar Date Speaker Name & Affiliation Title of Presentation

Friday, September 30

Dr. Danesh Tafti, Virginia Tech

Computational Challenges in Dense Fluid-Particle Systems

Friday, October 7

Dr. Joon-Hoon Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

Point-of-Care Testing in Resource Limited Settings

Friday, October 14

Dr. Jaime Sanchez, Intel

Thermo-electric coolers: Characterization, Reliability and Modeling

Friday, October 21

Ryan Jefferis, MS, Daimler

The Soft Skills of an Effective Engineer

Friday, October 28 
 

Dr. Christopher Mattson, Brigham Young University

Elusive Impact: Lessons in Engineering for Global Development and Design for the Developing World 

Friday, November 4

Tim Dugan, PE, Compression Engineering Corporation

Industrial Energy Efficiency - The Quiet Heavy Lifter

Friday, November 11

*Closed for Veterans Day*

*No Seminar*

Friday, November 18

Dr. Richard Corsi, University of Texas

Hidden Connections:  Indoor air quality and the unseen, often complex factors that define it

Friday, November 25

*Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday*

*No Seminar*

Friday, December 2

Dr. Sanjay Natarajan, Intel and PSU

The 4th Industrial Revolution

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