Events Calendar

Upcoming Events

February 27, 2025

Multi-Scale Biomechanics of Blood Flow for Vascular Development, Repair, and Rejuvenation

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Teer 106

Tzung K. Hsiai, MD, PhD

Abstract: During cardiovascular development, peristaltic contraction of the embryonic heart tube produces time-varying hemodynamic forces and pressure gradients across the atrioventricular canal. [...]

March 13, 2025

Application Deadline: Master of Science (MS) in Materials Science & Engineering

11:55 pm - 11:55 pm

Virtual

Start your duke journey at dmi.duke.edu Please note: The priority deadline is January 31, 2025. All applications received by March 13, 2025 are guaranteed review.

March 26, 2025

DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof Mariana Rossi

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Fitzpatrick Center Schiciano Auditorium Side B, room 1466

Mariana Rossi

More details to come!

April 16, 2025

DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof Rigoberto Advincula

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Fitzpatrick Center Schiciano Auditorium Side B, room 1466

Rigoberto Advincula

TITLE: AI/ML in Additive Manufacturing and Polymer Synthesis for New Data and Discovery Abstract: Creating and curating new data appends the way we approach materials science. In additive [...]

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Past Events

2025

February 12, 2025

DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof Brian L. Wardle

Brian L. Wardle

Abstract: Bulk nanostructured materials offer tremendous opportunity for re-inventing materials, but also pose challenges both in terms of characterization, design, processing, and scaling. This [...]

January 29, 2025

MEMS Seminar: Emily Pentzer, "Leveraging Polymer Chemistry and Emulsions for Energy Applications"

Emily Pentzer

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Spring 2025 Seminar Series, welcomes Emily Pentzer, Professor of Chemistry Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A [...]

January 15, 2025

DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof Veronica Augustyn

Veronica Augustyn

ABSTRACT: Electrochemical processes are vital for global decarbonization efforts because they are central to many energy-efficient storage and conversion technologies and can also be leveraged for [...]

2024

December 4, 2024

Aeroelastic Tailoring, Composites, and Progress Towards Validation

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Seume

Composite materials, due to their anisotropic stiffness, offer an improved potential for aeroelastic tailoring over isotropic material, e.g. metallic fan blades. This is because the anisotropy [...]

November 20, 2024

DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof. Markus J. Buehler

Markus Buehler

Abstract: For centuries, researchers have sought out ways to connect disparate areas of knowledge. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), we can now rigorously explore relationships that [...]

November 18, 2024 to November 19, 2024

Duke Advanced Multifunctional Metamaterials Workshops 2024

The inaugural International Duke AMM Workshop aims to foster cutting-edge research and real-world applications of electromagnetic, acoustical, mechanical, and quantum metamaterials. The two-day [...]

November 14, 2024

Symposium on Critical Resources, Minerals, and Materials Joint Efforts

A part of Energy Week at Duke. This symposium brings together federal agency thought leaders, faculty with subject matter expertise, and industry stakeholders to address the complex role of critical [...]

October 28, 2024

Human-in-the-Loop Machine Learning for Robot Navigation and Manipulation

Peter Stone

While there have been huge advances in Machine Learning in recent years, many of the successes have relied on immense amounts of training data. Especially for sequential-decision-making tasks (the [...]

October 23, 2024

DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof. Hao Yan

Hao Yan

Designer Nucleic Acid Architectures for Programmable Molecular Systems. My lab uses nature's design rules as inspiration to advance biomedical, energy-related, and other technological [...]

October 2, 2024

Duke Engineering Master's Programs Fair

Attention Undergraduates! Your perfect graduate school program may be *very* close by. Drop in at the Fitzpatrick Atrium for pizza, swag, and info about the growing variety of master's degree [...]