Events
April 2026
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
3:00pm
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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
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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,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
4:00pm
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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,
4:15pm
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5:30pm
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Dedication Ceremony for the Lynn Booth and Kent Kresa Department of Aerospace
Olive Walk
- Internal Event
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
11:00am
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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,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
4:00pm
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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,
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
11:00am
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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
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Monday, April 20th, 2026
9:00am
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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,
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
11:00am
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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,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
8:00am
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Ongoing
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Thermodynamic Control of Hydroclimate Change in the Western United States and Its Consequences
Alex Hall,
Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; Faculty Director, Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Institute of the Environment and Sustainability,
UCLA,
7:30pm
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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
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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,