MME Seminar Series

The MME Seminar Series features presentations by experts on cutting-edge topics in mechanical and materials engineering, fostering learning, collaboration and exposure to new developments in the field.

Spring 2025 Seminar Schedule

Seminars begin at 2 p.m. every Tuesday in EC1113 unless stated otherwise. For comments or suggestions, email Benjamin Boesl at bboesl@fiu.edu or Jiuhua Chen at chenj@fiu.edu.

Spring 2025 Seminar Schedule

Date

Speaker/Title

Title

Jan. 7, 2025

Benjamin Boesl, Ph.D. (MME, FIU)

Professional Development: Organizing Sessions

Jan. 14, 2025

Markus Downey, Ph.D. (MME, FIU)

New Graduate Student Orientation

Jan. 21, 2025

Holly Weber, Ph.D. (Kansas City National Security Campus)

Aging of Polymeric Materials

Jan. 28, 2025

Gerald R. Bourne, Ph.D. (Colorado School of Mines)

Twenty Years Without Tenure: A Journey Through Teaching, Research and Service in Materials Science

Feb. 4, 2025

Irina Chuvashova, Ph.D. (Chemistry and Biochemistry, FIU)

Engineering Materials at Extreme Conditions: Insights from High-Pressure Chemistry

Feb. 11, 2025

Ron Redwing, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University)

 

Feb. 18, 2025

Wenzhi Li, Ph.D. (Physics, FIU)

Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Materials for Advanced Energy Applications

Mar. 4, 2025

Chao Luo, Ph.D. (University of Miami)

Organic Electrode Materials for Affordable and Sustainable Na-ion Batteries

Past Seminars

  • Fall 2024 Seminars
    Fall 2024 Seminar Schedule

    Date

    Speaker

    Title

    Aug. 27, 2024

    Benjamin Boesl, Ph.D. (FIU MME)

    Professional Development: Success in industry, government and academic settings

    Sep. 3rd, 2024

    Jennifer Girard, Ph.D. (Yale University)

    Investigation of mechanical behavior of olivine using in-situ synchrotron high-pressure deformation and its applications to understand how Earth works

    Sep. 10, 2024

    Jiuhua Chen, Ph.D. (FIU MME)

    Materials under Extreme Conditions

    Sep. 17, 2024

    Prashant Sarswat, Ph.D.

    Pushing Boundaries in Metal Additive Manufacturing: Innovations, Challenges, and the Path Forward

    Sep. 26, 2024

    3 - 4:30 p.m., EC2300

    Haiming Wen, Ph.D. (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

    Development and Advanced Manufacturing of Materials for Extreme Environments

    Oct. 15, 2024

    Benjamin Boesl, Ph.D. (FIU MME)

    Discussion on Career Development and Poster

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Qingda Yang, Ph.D. (University of Miami)

    Augmented Finite Element Method for Non-Linear Fracture Analysis and Virtual Testing of Composite Materials

    Oct. 29, 2024

    Chris McComb, Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon University)

    AI Applications in Mechanical Engineering

    Nov. 01, 2024
    11 a.m. - Noon, SIPA 100

    Tony Yu, Ph.D. (University of Chicago)

    Large-Volume High-Pressure Research at GSECARS, Advanced Photon Source)

    Nov. 12, 2024

    Stefan Williams, Ph.D. (Army Research Laboratory, C5ISR)

     

    Nov. 15, 2024

    9:00 a.m., EC2300

    Vikas Varshney, Ph.D. (Air Force Research Laboratory)

     

    Nov. 19, 2024

    Needa Brown, Ph.D. (University of Central Florida)

    Chemistry Meets Engineering: Developing Inorganic Phosphate-Based Anticorrosive Systems for Mild Steel Protection

    Nov. 26, 2024

    Vadym Drozd, Ph.D. (Florida International University)