Graduate seminars are presentations and discussions of recent advances and research in electrical and computer engineering by guest lecturers, faculty, and students. Requires a graduate standing.

Spring 2026 Seminar
ECE Graduate Seminar
DateTimeLocationSpeakerTopic
1/22/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Matt Finley, Assistant Research Scientist/Engineer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa 
1/29/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Shaoping Xiao, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of IowaA Data-Driven Framework for Flood Mitigation Using Transformers and Reinforcement Learning
2/5/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Gary E. Christensen, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of IowaLIART: Lung Injury Avoidance Radiation Therapy
2/12/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCHans Johnson, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of IowaECE Graduate Education
2/19/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCTony Terrones, ECE graduate student
and 
Noah Krchak, ECE graduate student		Fairness in Machine Learning
and
Identification of tube surfaces in an RGB image through circular filtering
2/26/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCLee Flores, ECE graduate student
and 
Sabbir Ahmed, ECE graduate student		Project from Graduate Business Analytics Class
and
Motion Compensation in Free-Breathing Pulmonary UTE MRI Using Smoothness Regularization on Manifolds
3/4/20263:30PM-
4:30PM		Old Capitol Museum 
Senate Chamber		Andrés J. Garcia, Executive Director, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience; The Petit Director's Chair in Bioengineering and Bioscience; Regents' Professor, George Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringLeaders in Discovery: Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine 
3/5/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCChris Brunet, Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate studentK2: An Open-Source Suspect Screening Workflow for the Identification of Airborne Contaminants
3/12/2026    
3/19/2026   SPRING BREAK
3/26/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Kishlay Jha, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa 
4/2/2026    
4/9/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Gopu Potty, Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island  
4/16/2026    
4/23/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Soura Dasgupta, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa 
4/30/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Quitong Jin, Sr. ASIC Engineer, NVidia 
5/7/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Tyler Bell, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa 

 

Fall 2025 Seminar
ECE Graduate Seminar
DateTimeLocationSpeakerTopic
8/8/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Tyler BellIntroductions, Ice Breakers, Games
9/4/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Milan SonkaHawkAI, IIAI, and IIBI
9/11/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEngineering Career FairN/AProfessional Development: Engineering Career Fair
9/18/2025N/AN/AN/ABroadening Perspectives: Students to Attend External Seminar
9/25/20255:00PM - 6:00PM3655 Seamans CenterDr. Jun WangFrom Space: Observing Fires, Smoke, and our Plant's Changing Future
10/2/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Weiyu XuN/A
10/9/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Matthew FinleyOpportunities in Translational Research
10/15/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Weiyu XuFeature compression is the root cause of adversarial fragility in neural networks
10/23/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Steve Davis
Beyond the Degree: Applying your ECE training to support Innovation
10/30/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Najeeb NajeebBridging Two Worlds: Navigating Industry and Academia, a Life Story
11/13/2025N/AN/AN/ANo Seminar
11/18/202512:30PM-1:45PMSeamans Center, 3655Oliver CameronOdyssey: Interactive Video Models and Generative Media
11/27/2025N/AN/AN/ANo Seminar - Thanksgiving Break
12/04/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427N/AEnd of Year Mixer