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Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Building a new era of atom-by-atom materials characterization with electron ptychography
Pinshane Y. Huang, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
3:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Heuristics of Plant Water-Use and the Problem of Scale
Emma Reich, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech,
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
11:00am 3:49pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Data-Driven Modeling of Turbulent Flows: Nonlinear Modal Dynamics and Transient Forecasting
Oliver Schmidt, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego,
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Finite Time Bounds for Robust Reinforcement Learning with Linear Function Approximation
Yashaswini Murthy, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Computing & Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

From Fractionalization to Superconductivity in Flat Chern Bands — And What AI Enables Next
Ahmed Abouelkomsan, MIT,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

When waves are important, what is the best constitutive law for impact mitigation and how can we realize it?
Nicholas Boechler, Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego,
Monday, April 6th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Toward a Science of Auditing AI-Mediated Information Ecosystems
Chara Podimata, Class of 1942 Career Development Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Statistics, MIT,
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

TBA
Justin Sirignano, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Oxford,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Atmospheric Gravity Waves: New Observations, High-Resolution Simulations, and Data-Informed Methods
Aditi Sheshadri, Assistant Professor of Earth System Science and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University,
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
11:00am 4:01pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Safety Filters for Autonomous Systems: When They Misbehave and How to Fix Them
Pol Mestres, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Prof. Michael Levin

Online Event
Bioelectric signaling network underlie cellular collective behavior in embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer
Professor Michael Levin, Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor of Biology at Tufts University and Director of the Allen Discovery Center,
Friday, April 10th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Topic to be announced
Yizhou Zhang, Graduate Student, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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3:00pm 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Unravelling hydrogen-material interactions: a challenge across scales and disciplines
Emilio Martinez Paneda, Associate Professor, Engineering Science, Oxford University,
Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

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Silvio Barandun, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate, Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
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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3:00pm 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Multiphysics Simulations on GPUs using high-order finite elements
Robert Rieben, Computational Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
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

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
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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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

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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,
Friday, May 8th, 2026
3:00pm 4:00pm
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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