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Department Events

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Object Transport by Confined Active Fluids

Thursday, February 19, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar

PRESENTATION: Active fluids, and more generally active matter, are out of equilibrium systems emblematic of biological materials, such as a cell interior or a developing multicellular organism. Chemical energy is locally converted into work that can guide their evolution through internal stresses in ways that lead to instabilities and generally rich phenomenology. Means to organize such systems to perform life-like tasks is particularly interesting...

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Expecting Turbulence: Flow-informed Machine Learning for Prediction and Control

Thursday, February 26, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar

PRESENTATION: Advances in data-driven and learning-based methodologies have enabled unprecedented autonomy in many engineered systems, but intelligent modeling and control of fluid flows have yet to be realized. Motivated by the enormous potential of intelligent interactions between engineered systems and fluid flows across many applications, my research seeks to bridge the gap between data-driven, computational, and experimental fluid mechanics...

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Optimal Control of Bio-Inspired Propulsion Systems

Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar

PRESENTATION: Natural swimmers and flyers exhibit exceptional propulsive performance by harnessing complex unsteady flows through mechanisms such as oscillating fish tails and flapping insect wings. To engineer high-performance bio-inspired robots, effective control of propulsors in these unsteady regimes is essential. However, this control problem is challenging due to two primary difficulties: 1) the high-dimensional parameter space governing...

College Events

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Leaders in Discovery: Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine with Andrés J. Garcia

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Old Capitol Museum
Andrés J. Garcia, Executive Director of the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience and Regents’ Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will present this year's invited “Leaders in Discovery” lecture, "Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine."

Maker Breaks: Pi Day Celebration!

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 11:30am to 1:00pm
Seamans Center

Take a break and get creative with monthly, themed crafts. Each activity takes only 10 to 20 minutes. Stop by at any time during the 1.5-hour session and explore your creativity!

Celebrate circles and the magic of Pi! Make your own Pi-themed buttons and enjoy free apple pie bites.

Library Workshop: OrcID

Thursday, March 26, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Sciences Library

ORCiD (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a persistent digital identifier to resolve the researcher's name ambiguity problem. Researchers are required to provide their ORCiD iD when applying for a grant or submitting an article for publication. Learn more about creating an ORCiD iD at www.iam.uiowa.edu/planter, linking your ORCiD iD to the University of Iowa, and adding your publication records from data sources (Scopus, CrossRef, etc.) to your ORCiD. Led by Carol Hollier, sciences reference...

Library Workshops: A Guide to Scholarly Publishing—from Journals to Open Access

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Seamans Center

Are you unsure which journal to publish in? Have you ever wondered how to identify and avoid predatory publishers? What is the difference between traditional publishing and open access? This workshop will provide answers to these questions and more, and you’ll learn strategies for navigating the jungle of scholarly publishing. Bring your own questions too! Presented by Kari Kozak, director, Sciences and Engineering Libraries.