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Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Controlling and Interrogating Matter at the Fundamental Limits of Space and Time
Mohammed Th. Hassan, University of Arizona,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Non-Hermitian skin effect in resonator systems
Silvio Barandun, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate, Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Integrating Multi-Scale Data to Constrain Forest Biomass Stocks and Dynamics
Xiangtao Xu, Cornell University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Autonomous Experiments and Accessible Automation for Soft Matter Research
Lilo Pozzo, Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Washington,
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Recent Progress on Liquid Jet Atomization
Stéphane Zaleski, Professor of Fluid Mechanics, Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Sorbonne Université,
Friday, April 17th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Quantum eigenvalue processing
Yuan Su, AWS Center for Quantum Computing,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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The Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Multiphysics Simulations on GPUs using high-order finite elements
Robert Rieben, Computational Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Monday, April 20th, 2026
9:00am 10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Nano-architected Composites Across Scales and Strain Rates
Kevin Nakahara, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
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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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Drivers of Vertical Exchange: Near-Inertial Waves and Fronts on the Texas-Louisiana Shelf
Jamie Hilditch, Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Science, 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
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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The 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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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

Professor Adam Cohen, John P. Reardon, Jr., Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics, Department of Physics, Harvard University,
Friday, May 8th, 2026
3:00pm 4:00pm
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The Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Christoph Brehm, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland,