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 [...]

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 [...]