Friday, March 20
Flying, Floating, and Fostering the Future: Innovations in Autonomy & Industry-Academia Partnerships
3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Kingsley Fregene, Lockheed Martin
Sponsor: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Series: MAE Departmental Seminars
Location: Bowen Hall, 222
Monday, March 23
Measuring Fine-Scale Air Pollution Using Novel Mobile Sensors in the U.S. and Chennai, India
12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Mark Zondlo, Princeton University. Nikhil Bugalia, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Sponsors: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Metropolis Initiative
Location: Carl A. Fields Center, 104 Multi-Purpose Room
MOSAiC: a unified framework for lossless, one-shot, federated learning algorithms
12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Yong Chen, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Sponsor: Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Series: S. S. Wilks Memorial Seminar in Statistics
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 101
Understanding the Foundation Model Pipeline: From Imitation to Exploration
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dylan Foster, Microsoft Research
Sponsor: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Note: No location or remote link provided
Tuesday, March 24
Coffee Chat
9:00 a.m.
Speaker: Julie Yun, Princeton University
Location: Engineering Quad, Equad Cafe
Student Tour of Commons Library
11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Corina Bardoff, Commons Library
Sponsor: Princeton Engineering
Location: Commons Building
Failure of Classical Coverage in Predictive Workflows with Inferred Attributes
12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Blossom Metevier, Princeton University
Sponsor: Center for Information Technology Policy
Series: CITP Seminar
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 306
Wednesday, March 25
Yes, and! Improv for Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation
10:00 a.m.
Note: No speaker provided
Sponsor: Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
Location: Friend Center, Convocation Room
Princeton’s Three Minute Thesis Final Competition
3:00 p.m.
Speaker: multiple
Location: Frist Campus Center, Multipurpose Room
Engineering Microbial Systems for Transformation, Protection, and Function Across Extreme Environments
4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Adam Arkin, University of California-Berkeley
Sponsor: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Series: Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series
Recent Results on Quantum Hall Josephson Junctions
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Sankalpa Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Sponsor: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Series: ECE Korhammer Seminar Series
Location: Engineering Quad, B205
Thursday, March 26
Meditation Thursdays
8:30 a.m.
Speaker: Sue Kim, Counseling and Psychological Services
Location: Maeder Hall, 103
The Growth and Future of the Fusion Energy Industry
12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Andrew Holland, Fusion Industry Association
Sponsors: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Series: Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment Highlight Seminar Series
Location: Maeder Hall, Auditorium
A Multi-modal Brain-computer Interface for Restoring Human Communication
4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Sergey Stavisky, UC Davis
Sponsor: Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute
Series: BioE Colloquium Series
Location: Bioengineering, E105
Improved approximation algorithms for low-rank problems using semidefinite optimization
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ryan Cory-Wright, Imperial Business School
Sponsor: Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 101
GradFUTURES Forum Tech Meetup
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: multiple
Location: Friend Center, Convocation Room
Friday, March 27
Convex Optimization Based Optimal Control
3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Behcet Acikmese, University of Washington
Sponsor: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Series: MAE Departmental Seminars
Location: Bowen Hall, 222
Emerging Chip-Scale Terahertz Systems for Sensing, Metrology and Security Applications
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ruonan Han, MIT
Sponsors: Electrical and Computer Engineering, NextG
Series: NextG Distinguished Seminar Series
Location: Engineering Quad, B205
Monday, March 30
Princeton Pathways into the Academy: Crafting an Effective Teaching Statement
12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Ransford Pinto, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning
Sponsor: Princeton Engineering
Note: No location or remote link provided
Tuesday, March 31
Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Technology
12:10 p.m.
Speaker: Maria Klawe, Math for America
Sponsor: Computer Science
Series: CS Distinguished Colloquium Series
Location: Friend Center, Convocation Room
HER: Open House and Movie Night Highlighting the Technology and Society Minor Program
6:15 p.m.
Note: No speaker provided
Sponsor: Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
Location: Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Ruehl Family Room 399
Wednesday, April 01
Staff Tour of Commons
2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Courtney Massari, Commons Event Planner
Sponsor: Princeton Engineering
Location: Commons Building
Machine Learning Based Analyses and Interpretation of Structural Characterization Data from Soft Materials
4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Arthi Jayaraman, University of Delaware-Newark
Sponsor: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Series: Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series
A Stochastic Analysis Seminar Talk by Nizar Touzi, New York University
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Nizar Touzi, New York University
Sponsor: Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 101
Photonic Ising Machines and Quantum Neural Networks
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Bhavin Shastri, Queen’s University
Sponsor: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Series: ECE Departmental Seminars
Location: Engineering Quad, B205
Thursday, April 02
Meditation Thursdays
8:30 a.m.
Speaker: Sue Kim, Counseling and Psychological Services
Location: Maeder Hall, 103
Interactomics-driven discovery and characterization of plant natural product biosynthetic pathways in yeast
4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Sijin Li, Cornell University
Sponsor: Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute
Series: BioE Colloquium Series
Friday, April 03
Evolution of Satellite Formation-Flying and Proximity Operations through Optimization and Learning-based Approaches
3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Simon D’Amico, Stanford University
Sponsor: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Series: MAE Departmental Seminars
Location: Bowen Hall, 222
Monday, April 06
Towards Building the Phylogenetic Network of Life: Models, Methods, and Challenges
12:10 p.m.
Speaker: Luay Nakhleh, Rice University
Sponsor: Computer Science
Series: CS Colloquium Series
Location: Computer Science Building, 105
A S. S. Wilks Memorial Seminar in Statistics Talk by Yves Atchade, Boston University
12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Yves Atchade, Boston University
Sponsor: Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Series: S. S. Wilks Memorial Seminar in Statistics
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 101
AI-Driven Efficiency and Security in Edge Computing and Sensing: Advancements, Vulnerabilities, and Opportunities in Smart-X Devices
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Yingying (Jennifer) Chen, Rutgers University
Sponsors: Electrical and Computer Engineering, NextG
Series: NextG Distinguished Seminar Series
Location: Engineering Quad, B205
Tuesday, April 07
Balancing Epistemic Truth with Wellbeing in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Marianne Aubin Le Quéré, Princeton University
Sponsor: Center for Information Technology Policy
Series: CITP Seminar
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 306
A ORFE Department Colloquia Talk by Yann LeCun, New York University
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Yann LeCun, New York University
Sponsor: Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 101
Open House: Minor in Entrepreneurship
4:30 p.m.
Note: No speaker provided
Sponsor: Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
Location: Robertson Hall, 035
Wednesday, April 08
Liquid Crystalline Elastomers: Soft Materials with Muscle-like Responses
4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Timothy White, University of Colorado-Boulder
Sponsor: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Series: Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series
A Stochastic Analysis Seminar Talk by Ben Seeger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ben Seeger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sponsor: Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 101
A Designer’s Entrepreneurial Journey on a Road Less Traveled
4:30 p.m.
Note: No speaker provided
Sponsor: Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
Location: Briger Hall, C112
Thursday, April 09
Meditation Thursdays
8:30 a.m.
Speaker: Sue Kim, Counseling and Psychological Services
Sponsor: Princeton Engineering
Location: Maeder Hall, 103
The Art of Feedback
1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Shaofei Lu, Princeton University McGraw Center
Sponsor: Princeton Engineering
Location: Maeder Hall, 102
Friday, April 10
From the Sun to Interstellar Space: Translating Science into Flight‑Ready Hardware
12:00 a.m.
Speaker: Jamie Rankin, Department of Astrophysical Sciences – Princeton University
Sponsor: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Series: MAE Departmental Seminars
Location: Bowen Hall, 222
Monday, April 13
A S. S. Wilks Memorial Seminar in Statistics Talk by Qiang Sun, University of Toronto
12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Qiang Sun, University of Toronto
Sponsor: Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Series: S. S. Wilks Memorial Seminar in Statistics
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 101
Wednesday, April 15
Princeton Materials Institute Symposium
8:00 a.m.
Note: No speaker provided
Sponsor: Princeton Materials Institute
Location: Maeder Hall, 002
AI-assisted Design of Functional Polymers for a Sustainable World
4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Rampi Ramprasad, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sponsor: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Series: Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series
Thursday, April 16
Princeton Materials Institute Symposium
8:30 a.m.
Note: No speaker provided
Sponsor: Princeton Materials Institute
Location: Maeder Hall, 002
Meditation Thursdays
8:30 a.m.
Speaker: Sue Kim, Counseling and Psychological Services
Sponsor: Princeton Engineering
Location: Maeder Hall, 103
Coffee Chat
9:00 a.m.
Speaker: Julie Yun, Princeton University
Location: Engineering Quad, Equad Cafe
Advising vs. Mentorship
1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Ransford Pinto, McGraw Center for Teaching
Sponsor: Princeton Engineering
Location: Carl A. Fields Center, 105 & 106
Student-Industry Networking – Princeton Materials Institute Symposium
2:00 p.m.
Note: No speaker provided
Sponsor: Princeton Materials Institute
Location: Bowen Hall, 222
Start-up Showcase – Princeton Materials Institute Symposium
3:30 p.m.
Note: No speaker provided
Sponsor: Princeton Materials Institute
Location: Bowen Hall, 222
Imaging, Editing, and Deciphering the Lipidome Using Synthetic Lipid Biology
4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Jeremy Baskin, Cornell University
Sponsor: Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute
Series: BioE Colloquium Series
Friday, April 17
Two Heat Transfer Studies Using Light as a Thermal Probe and Heat Carrier
3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Chris Dames, UC Berkeley
Sponsor: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Series: MAE Departmental Seminars
Location: Bowen Hall, 222
Monday, April 20
Expanding the Labeling Toolbox for CRISPR/Cas13-based Imaging
12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dongxia Wang, Princeton University
Sponsor: Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute
Location: Bioengineering, E112
Tuesday, April 21
Multi-Anisotropic-Material Topology Optimization
12:05 p.m.
Speaker: Emily Sanders, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sponsor: Princeton Materials Institute
Location: Bowen Hall, 222
Wednesday, April 22
Administrative Professionals Day
10:00 a.m.
Speaker: Julie Yun, Princeton University
Sponsor: Princeton Engineering
Location: Carl A. Fields Center, 105 & 106
Engineering Fluid-Fluid Interfaces Through Composition and Processing for Control of Complex Soft Materials
4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Lynn M. Walker, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Sponsor: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Series: Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series
A Stochastic Analysis Seminar Talk by Ibrahim Ekren, University of Michigan
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ibrahim Ekren, University of Michigan
Sponsor: Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 101
Thursday, April 23
Meditation Thursdays
8:30 a.m.
Speaker: Sue Kim, Counseling and Psychological Services
Sponsor: Princeton Engineering
Location: Maeder Hall, 103
Science & Applications of Mid-Infrared Photonics: From Live Cell Imaging with Vibrational Contrast to Laser Nano-Machining
4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Gennady Shvets, Cornell University
Sponsor: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Series: ECE Korhammer Seminar Series
Location: Engineering Quad, B205
Monday, April 27
Reconnecting Sample Survey, Experimental Design and Causality: A Modern Perspective on Classical Foundations
12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Tirthankar Dasgupta, Rutgers University
Sponsor: Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Series: S. S. Wilks Memorial Seminar in Statistics
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 101
Tuesday, April 28
Where Fairness Fails: How to Confront the Material Political Economy of AI
12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Janet Vertesi, Princeton University
Sponsor: Center for Information Technology Policy
Series: CITP Seminar
Location: Sherrerd Hall, 306
Friday, May 01
The Enabling Role of Porous Media in Energy Neutral Waste Management
3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Jose L. Torero, University College London
Sponsor: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Series: MAE Departmental Seminars
Location: Bowen Hall, 222
Wednesday, May 06
Shared Mechanobiological Programs Governing Valvular Morphogenesis, Disease Pathogenesis, and Tissue Engineering
4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Jonathan Butcher, Cornell University
Sponsor: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Series: Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series
Thursday, May 07
Meditation Thursdays
8:30 a.m.
Speaker: Sue Kim, Counseling and Psychological Services
Sponsor: Princeton Engineering
Location: Maeder Hall, 103
Wednesday, March 25
Harnessing Sunlight with Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells and Windows that have Adjustable Tinting
12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Michael McGehee ’94, University of Colorado Boulder
Sponsor: Princeton Materials Institute
Series: PMI/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES
Location: Bowen Hall, 222