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Monday, April 20th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Adventures in Building Structure into Models: Lessons from Constructing Euclidean Neural Networks for Physics
Tess Smidt, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
12:00pm 2:00pm
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3:00pm 4:00pm
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Medical Engineering Defense, Canran Wang

Smart Bandages for Chronic Wound Sampling, Monitoring, and Management
Canran Wang, PhD Candidate, Medical Engineering Department, California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Chemistry in condensed matter: from nuclear quantum effects to detonations
Alejandro Strachan, Professor, Materials Engineering, Purdue University,
12:00pm 2:00pm
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4:00pm 5:00pm
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Distinguished Materials Seminar Series

Intersection of Solid-State Ionics, Chemistry and Physics in Intercalation Compounds
William Chueh, Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering & of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford University,
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar Series

Coexistence of spatially decoupled unconventional superconducting condensates in 4Hb-TaSSe
Miguel Ugeda, Professor, Donostia International Physics Center, San Sebastián, Spain,
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Elasto-Plastic Stochasticity: The Role of Atomic Level Fluctuations on Mesoscale Deformation Properties in Complex Alloys
Jaime Marian, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles,
Friday, April 24th, 2026
10:00am 11:00am
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Medical Engineering PhD Defense, Akash Dhawan

Hierarchical Assembly of Collagen Type I Using a Photobase Generator
Akash Dhawan, MD/PhD Candidate, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Emulating the Bose-Hubbard Model with Arrays of Superconducting Qubits
William Oliver, Director of the Center for Quantum Engineering, MIT,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Carlos Alejandro Pantano-Rubino, Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California,
Saturday, April 25th, 2026
Monday, April 27th, 2026
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
7:30pm 8:30pm
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POSTPONED: Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian

Sarkis Mazmanian, Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,
  • Public Event
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Robots That Learn To Model The World By Playing
Anirudha Majumdar, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) department, Princeton University,
Friday, May 1st, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Topic to be announced
Lauren Conger, Graduate Student, Department of Control & Dynamical Systems, Caltech,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Maine Christos, AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Hypervelocity Water Entry and Free Flight Experiments
Bryan Schmidt, Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University,
Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

TBA
Nicholas Nelsen, Klarman Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Global Stratospheric Methane Loss from Satellite Observations
Qiang Fu, Calvin Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Science, University of Washington,
Thursday, May 7th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

No Small Measure: Using Nanostructure to Create Materials with Superior Toughness
Lucas Meza, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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MedE Distinquished Seminar Series, Adam Cohen

Mapping brain dynamics across scales
Adam Cohen, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics, Harvard University,
Friday, May 8th, 2026
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Christoph Brehm, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland,
Monday, May 11th, 2026
Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Thursday, May 14th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Imaging Soil Plus Something Else: Ice Lenses And Plant Roots
Cino Viggiani, Professor, Laboratoire 3SR, Université Grenoble Alpes,
Friday, May 15th, 2026
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Sean Mendoza, PhD Candidate, Aerospace Department, California Institute of Technology,