ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Lattice Theory in Multi-Agent Systems”
Ordered sets model signals such as binary relations, concepts, partitions, rankings, matchings, events, as well as other taxa of information, temporal, hierarchical, relational, or, in general, logical in nature. We […]
MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Room-temperature Electrochemical Healing of Structural Metals”
For over 6,000 years, repairing high-strength metallic materials has required high temperatures and large energy inputs. Likewise, recent innovations in self-healing and repairable metals have remained limited by the need […]
MEAM Seminar: “The Challenges and Opportunities of Battery-Powered Flight”
Sustainable transportation and aviation are critical to address climate change and renewable energy powered battery electric vehicles represent a promising path towards this goal. I will discuss the performance metrics […]
ESE Fall Colloquium – “Steampunk Data Science”
How did scientists make sense of data before statistics and computing? This talk will explore this question by focusing on the discovery of vitamins, which occurred in the early 20th […]
ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Learning Environmental Models with Multi-Robot Teams Using a Dynamical Systems Approach”
Robots have the capability to sense and track natural phenomena for environmental monitoring, deepening our understanding of the world. Robotic modeling of such phenomena is essential to operating in complex […]
ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Optical and Spin Dynamics of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride at Room Temperature”
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a van der Waals material that hosts defect-based quantum emitters (QEs) at room temperature, providing an unparalleled platform for realizing devices for quantum technologies and […]
Quantum Engineering Summer Seminar Series: Riccardo Manenti, PhD [scalable quantum computing systems] (Rigetti)
About the Series: The Quantum Engineering Summer Seminar Series is hosted by the Quantum Engineering Graduate Association (QEGA) every Friday at 12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT throughout the summer months […]
Quantum Engineering Summer Seminar Series: Nick Bronn, PhD [NISQ era quantum computing] (IBM)
About the Series: The Quantum Engineering Summer Seminar Series is hosted by the Quantum Engineering Graduate Association (QEGA) every Friday at 12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT throughout the summer months […]
Quantum Engineering Summer Seminar Series: Peter McMahon, PhD [quantum annealing] (Cornell University)
About the Series: The Quantum Engineering Summer Seminar Series is hosted by the Quantum Engineering Graduate Association (QEGA) every Friday at 12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT throughout the summer months […]
Quantum Engineering Summer Seminar Series: Prineha Narang, PhD [computational quantum dynamics] (Harvard University)
About the Series: The Quantum Engineering Summer Seminar Series is hosted by the Quantum Engineering Graduate Association (QEGA) every Friday at 12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT throughout the summer months […]