AEM Events

Balas Atrium

The Department hosts several scholarly and professional development events each semester. From research showcases to lecture series, student exhibitions, discussion panels, and more, we have countless ways for you to get involved in our community.

NASA’s MN Space Grant Consortium (MnSGC) Student Symposium

The symposium will include presentations and demonstrations from MnSGC students as well a keynote from U of M Professor Jim Kakalios about "The Physics of Superheroes." 

AEM Colloquium: The Complex Role of Turbulence: Vanishing Tip Vortices, Scattering Waves, and Enhanced Gas Transfer

We will discuss three areas where recent advances in experimental turbulence
measurements have led to new insights.

AEM Colloquium: Laboratory X-Ray Measurements in Solid Mechanics: Any New Insights?

A range of laboratory-based X-ray techniques ranging from energy dispersive X-ray diffraction to measure elastic strains in metals, high speed tomography of the dynamic deformation of architected solids to 3D deformation fields within rubbers will be discussed. Do these novel measurements provide any new insights into the mechanics of these materials? 

AEM Colloquium: A Tunable Control/Learning Framework for Autonomous Systems

Modern society has been relying more and more on engineering advance of autonomous systems, ranging from individual systems (such as a robotic arm for manufacturing, a self-driving car, or an autonomous vehicle for planetary exploration) to cooperative systems (such as a human-robot team, swarms of drones, etc). In this talk, Dr. Shaoshuai Mou will present his most recent progress in developing a fundamental framework for learning and control in autonomous systems.

AEM Colloquium: Measuring Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions with High Spatial Resolution

Shock-wave/boundary-layer interactions (SWBLI) are important to the performance of
hypersonic flight vehicles, but they are challenging to predict due to their combination of high spatial gradients and unsteady nature. Viscous effects are unavoidable, and the flows are highly sensitive to flow conditions and flight attitude. Current research at the University of Notre Dame seeks to make improved experimental measurements of the phenomena.