Events
April 2021
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Phase-field modeling and simulation in biomechanics: cell migration and other applications
Dr. Adrian Moure,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
Monday, April 5th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
Online Event
A Networked Systems Approach to Engineering Synthetic Biological Patterning in Theory and Practice
Melinda Perkins,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
European Molecular Biology Laboratory,
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Lacustrine records of Cenozoic and Plio-Pleistocene hydroclimate change in western North America
Daniel Ibarra,
University of California Berkeley,
Thursday, April 8th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Strength of materials under high dynamic pressures
Dr. Suraj Ravindran,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, (GALCIT),
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
Online Event
Decentralized Multi-Robot Active Search and Rescue
Ramina Ghods,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University,
Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Volatile organic compound emissions from Arctic ecosystems
Riikka Rinnan,
University Copenhagen,
Thursday, April 15th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Misbehavin': anomalous atoms in solids and the extremes of thermal transport
Prof. Austin J. Minnich,
Professor,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Multi-functional metamaterials
Sai Sharan Injeti,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, April 16th, 2021
8:00am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
Online Event
Shock Generated Vortex Rings Drive Entrainment and Cooling in Flow Induced by a Spark Discharge
Bhavini Singh,
Ph.D. candidate,
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University,
Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Recycling of Moisture in the Amazonian Basin and Possible Impacts of Future Deforestation
Francina Dominguez,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - Sunlight to Everything: Catalyzing a Sustainable Future
Online Event
Jonas Peters,
Bren Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Resnick Sustainability Institute,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
The Viscoelastic Behavior of a Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Thao (Vicky) Nguyen,
Professor; Marlin U. Zimmerman, Jr. Faculty Scholar,
Mechanical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Monday, April 26th, 2021
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Dielectric metasurfaces for integrated imaging devices and active optical elements
Hyounghan Kwon,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
8:00am
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Ongoing
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Thursday, April 29th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
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Instabilities and flow-induced defects in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals
Irmgard Bischofberger,
Esther & Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Professor; Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
MIT,
Friday, April 30th, 2021
8:00am
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9:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Understanding imperfections and instabilities in crystals via physics-based and data-driven models
Ying Shi Teh,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,