Past Events

Soft Matter Days: April 8-17, will feature invited guest speakers discussing a variety of interdisciplinary topics in soft matter and complex fluids.  These topics sit at the interface of chemical & mechanical engineering, materials science, physics, chemistry, and biology.  Guest speakers will discuss real-world phenomena found in food, blood flow, and granular materials.  Two talks are guest lectures in CHME5179: RSVP required for those not in the class. Monday, April 8, 2:15pm, Curry 340 Capillary Rise and Thin Films Near Edges: New…

Announcing: PhD Dissertation Defense Name: Baolin Li Title: Making Machine Learning on HPC Systems Cost-Effective and Carbon-Friendly Date: 4/12/2024 Time: 12:00:00 PM

Announcing: PhD Dissertation Defense Name: Peng Wu Title: Bayesian Data Fusion for Distributed Learning Date: 4/12/2024 Time: 12:30:00 PM Location: ISEC 532 Committee Members: Prof. Pau Closas (Advisor) Prof. Deniz Erdogmus Prof. Lili Su Abstract: The necessity for distributed data fusion arises from the increasing demand to integrate diverse and voluminous data sources, especially in applications where large numbers of users are collaborating to perform inference and learning tasks. This integration is crucial when data is available in a distributed…

Want to learn more about the Graduate School of Engineering on the Boston campus? Then we welcome you to sign up for a Graduate School of Engineering campus tour! Led by one of our expert Graduate Student Ambassadors, we’ll show you key locations on campus, in addition to resources specific to Engineering, and answer your questions about Boston. Please complete the registration form linked below to select the date and time that works best for you. Tours are open to…

Name: Lin Deng Title: Function Capacity Expansion of Nano-Optics via Multiplexed Metasurfaces Date: 4/15/2024 Time: 1:30:00 PM Location: SL 011 Committee Members: Prof. Yongmin Liu (advisor) Prof. Hossein Mosallaei Prof. Sunil Mittal Abstract: Throughout history, the exploration of light has been fundamental to our understanding of the world and has driven advancements in technology and communication. Metasurfaces, composed of rationally designed nanostructures, offer a revolutionary means to control light in a prescribed manner. Metasurfaces can operate in conventional free space,…

Name: Nolan Pearce Title: Downlink Transmit Beamforming: Single-Carrier Acoustic Communication in a Noisy Environment Date: 4/16/2024 Time: 2:00:00 PM Location: EXP-601A: Committee Members: 1. Prof. MIlica Stojanovic (Advisor) 2. Prof. Stefano Basagni 3. Prof. Josep Jornet 4. Dr. Dimitrios Koutsonikolas Abstract: Noisy wireless acoustic channels produce intersymbol interference (ISI) from multipath propagation. This interference may be reduced by equalization techniques but require computationally intensive receiver algorithms. Typically, beamforming methods are implemented at the uplink receiver to reduce complexity of equalization…