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ESE scientists and engineers investigate the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological processes that shape Earth’s environment and provide the scientific and engineering underpinnings needed to inform resilient practices by governments, businesses, and consumers. The department trains students to solve problems that cut across traditional disciplinary boundaries and equips them with a holistic knowledge base about environmental systems. Students in ESE receive a broad education and carry out research addressing some of the grand science and engineering challenges of our times.

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October 15, 2026 11:00 am

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Bridging Scales in Mechanics: Integrating Data-Rich Experiments with Symmetry-Aware Scientific Machine Learning
Samantha Daly, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara,
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October 17, 2026 10:30 am

Kavli Nanoscience Institute Special Lecture: 10 years of the KNI-Wheatley Scholarship in Nanoscience

Andrei Faraon, William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering and Fletcher Jones Foundation Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute., Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
October 21, 2026 4:00 pm

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

The Pyrocene: Burning Through the Earth System
Douglas Hamilton, Asst Professor Aerosol, Earth System Modelling, Wildfires, Biogeochemical Cycles, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University,
October 22, 2026 11:00 am

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Mechanical design in the age of AI
Antoine Jerusalem, Professor of Mechanical Engineering/Fellow at St Hugh's College, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford,