Upcoming Events
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Artificial oxide quantum heterostructures and twisted membranes
Honyung Lee, PhD,
Corporate Fellow and Senior Advisor,
Materials Science and Technology Division,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
7:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Lead Contamination: An Old Foe Rises from the Ashes of the Eaton Fire, with Francois Tissot
Francois Tissot,
professor of geochemistry; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Nonholonomic Stabilization and Pursuit-Evasion: Not-so-hard After All
Miroslav Krstić,
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University of California, San Diego,
Friday, January 23rd, 2026
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2026
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Seeing and Shaping Quantum Matter at the Atomic Scale
Jane Park,
PhD Candidate,
Materials Science and Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Thursday, January 29th, 2026
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Homogenizing Origami and Kirigami Metamaterials
Paul Plucinsky,
Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Southern California,
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
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2/19
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James K. Knowles Lectures and Caltech Solid Mechanics Symposium
"Variational phase-field modeling of fracture: toward second-generation models"
Laura De Lorenzis,
Professor of Computational Mechanics,
ETH Zürich,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
8:00am
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2/10
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Negotiating Thermodynamics: Designing Periodic and Aperiodic Oxides on Demand
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
What a Digital Twin Can Learn from Data, Thermodynamics, and Action Principles for Damage Assessment in Complex Materials
Jiun-Shyan (JS) Chen,
William Prager Chair Professor,
Department of Structural Engineering,
University of California, San Diego,
Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
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Thursday, February 19th, 2026
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"The Inherent Resilience of Large Cities to Natural Hazards: Records, Evidence and Predictions"
Nicos Makris,
Professor of Structures and Mechanics, Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Southern Methodist University,
Friday, February 20th, 2026
4:00pm
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EE Devices Seminar
Ultra-low noise Phase-locked Loop Technique
Taekwang Jang,
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering,
ETH Zürich,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
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Watson Lecture: Chasing Sustainable Battery Chemistries for the Future with Kimberly See
Kimberly See,
professor of chemistry,
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Thursday, February 26th, 2026
8:00am
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3/11
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Thursday, March 5th, 2026
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Yoonjin Won,
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
UCI Samueli School of Engineering,
University of California, Irvine,
Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
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3/12
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Thursday, March 12th, 2026
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3/15
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Mikhail G. Shapiro,
Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
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3/19
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Thursday, March 19th, 2026
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3/29
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Monday, March 23rd, 2026
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
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Watson Lecture - Katie Bouman
Katie Bouman,
associate professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,
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Monday, March 30th, 2026
12:00am
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3/31
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
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Friday, April 17th, 2026
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
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Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian
Sarkis Mazmanian,
Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,
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Monday, May 11th, 2026
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Friday, May 15th, 2026
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
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Watson Lecture - Kirby Nielsen
Kirby Nielsen,
professor of economics; William H. Hurt Scholar,
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Thursday, May 21st, 2026
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6/5
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Friday, May 29th, 2026
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5/30
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Saturday, May 30th, 2026
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
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Friday, June 5th, 2026
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