MAE's Seminar Series is proud to host speakers who are at the top of their fields and conducting cutting-edge research in mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Xiaoli Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Van Anh Ho, Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Phanindra Tallapragada, Professor, Clemson University
Jinkee Lee, Professor, Sungkyunkwan University
Kathryn Matlack, Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Francine Battaglia, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo
Satish Kandlikar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
Shima Hajimirza, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Joshua Weisberger, Research Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center
Howard Tu, Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Steven Makowka, Core Facility Director, University at Buffalo
Elzbieta Frackowiak, Professor, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Samantha Hill, Senior Research Engineer, Center for Energy and Environment
Ziyou Song, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
William Clark, Assistant Professor, Ohio University
Jun Chen, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Junmin Wang, Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Shawn Chester, Associate Professor & Associate Vice Provost for Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Jie Feng, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jessica Zhang, George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Henry Shum, Associate Professor, University at Waterloo
Albert To, William Kepler Whiteford Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Danial Faghihi, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
Emre Turkoz, Research Scientist, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
Zhen Li, Assistant Professor, Clemson University
Craig Snoeyink, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo
Minami Yoda, Chairperson and Red Cedar Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University
Ali Beheshti, Assistant Professor, George Mason University
Shaowu Pan, Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Anil V. Rao, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville
Xin Yong, Associate Professor, Department of MechanicalEngineering, Binghamton University
Amit K. Sanyal, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University
Dan Cole, ARO Program Manager, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Army Research Office
Gordon Christopher, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University
Hyeongyun Cha, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo
Yuxiang (Shawn) Liu, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Hanna Cho, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University
Siddhartha Das, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
Yun Zhang, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Yashwanth Kumar Nakka, Robotics Technologist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Li Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Louisville
Deborah Chung, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo
Hatem Zurob, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University
Yunbo Zhang, Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
Aggrey Mwesigye, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary
Kathryn Hinkelman, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Chris Nebelecky, Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo
Xudong Zheng, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Rochester Institute of Technology
Francesco Zonta, Senior Scientist, Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
Drew Antony and Naveen Prakash, Sr. Process Modeling Engineers; Modeling, Software, and Analytics; Corning Incorporated
Xianqiao (XQ) Wang, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, University of Georgia
Yuan Gao, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Herff College of Engineering/University of Memphis
Dr. Simiao Niu, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University
Jihong Ma, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont
Yidong Xia, Senior Scientist, Energy and Environment Science & Technology Directorate, Idaho National Laboratory
Dr. Halil Tetik, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
Dr. Theresa Oehmke, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Hampshire
Dr. Tanvir Farouk, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina
Dr. Ryan St. Pierre, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo
Dr. James Richard Forbes, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
Ketki Lichade, PhD Candidate, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Avik Samanta, Post Doctorate Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Dr. Jon Valasek, Professor, Texas A&M University
Dr. Jingang Yi, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Elaine Petro, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
Dr. Yi Zheng, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University
Mark Owen, Senior Scientific and Technical Manager, Naval Information Warfare Center, San Diego
Ashish Goel, Robotics Technologist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Stanford University
Dr. Ahmad Vasel-Be-Hagh, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech University
Dr. Rozie Zangeneh, Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo
Robert Prickett, Aerospace Engineer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Navigation and Mission Design Branch
Wanliang Shan, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Cong Feng, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sensing & Predictive Analysis Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dr. Chaozhe He, Staff Research Engineer, Plus.ai, Santa Clara
Mehmet Z. Baykara, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Merced
Aarushi Bhargava, PhD; Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; Stuttgart, Germany