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Department Events

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Particle Motions in Turbulence

Thursday, April 16, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar

PRESENTATION: Our work is motivated by the need to understand and predict turbulent particle-laden flows across a range of environmental and industrial applications. In this talk, we consider a relatively canonical yet challenging experimental flow designed to be accessible to direct numerical simulation. A spherical particle in a turbulent boundary layer undergoes complicated particle-wall and particle-turbulence interactions. Particles with...

Atomistics-consistent models for multi-scale simulations of the thermo-mechanics of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane (RDX) in moderate to strong shock regimes promotional image

Atomistics-consistent models for multi-scale simulations of the thermo-mechanics of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane (RDX) in moderate to strong shock regimes

Thursday, April 23, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Department of Mechanical Engineering

PRESENTATION: In this work, an atomistically informed continuum framework is developed to model shock-induced pore collapse and energy localization in energetic materials, with emphasis on RDX. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are used to extract thermophysical properties and constitutive response, enabling calibration of a modified rate-dependent Johnson–Cook (M–JC) strength model. The formulation is extended with a post-yield relaxation mechanism to...

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Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Night

Thursday, May 7, 2026 3:00pm to 5:30pm
Seamans Center

Join us for the Department of Mechanical Engineering's Spring Senior Design Night! See what our seniors have worked on for their research capstone projects. Everyone is welcome to mingle, network, and provide feedback on poster presentations.

College Events

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College of Engineering Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

Sunday, December 19, 2027 12:00pm
Hancher Auditorium

Date, time, and location are subject to change.

Doors open one hour prior to the start of the ceremony.

College of Engineering Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

Sunday, May 14, 2028 12:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Date, time, and location are subject to change.

Doors open one hour prior to the start of the ceremony. No tickets required.

College of Engineering Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony promotional image

College of Engineering Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

Sunday, December 17, 2028 12:00pm
Hancher Auditorium

Date, time, and location are subject to change.

Doors open one hour prior to the start of the ceremony.

College of Engineering Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

Sunday, May 13, 2029 12:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Date, time, and location are subject to change.

Doors open one hour prior to the start of the ceremony. No tickets required.