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  • August 2026

  • Fri 28

    ME New Graduate Student Orientation

    August 28 @ 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    Atrium - Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue, Madison

    Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics graduate students admitted in spring, summer, or fall 2026 terms are invited to join us for the New Graduate Student Orientation. Come meet your peers, interact with faculty, find out about graduate student services, learn about grad student orgs, ask questions specific to you, or just come for some ME swag. This orientation will be the perfect way to jumpstart your degree with the...

  • September 2026

  • Tue 8

    Welcome Back Ice Cream Social

    September 8 @ 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    Atrium - Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue, Madison

    All undergrad and graduate students in the Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Engineering Mechanics majors are invited to celebrate the new academic year with the Department of Mechanical Engineering on September 8th from 4:00-6:00pm in the Mechanical Engineering Building Atrium. *Please bring your student ID to check-in to the event​. 

  • Thu 10
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    ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Margaret Busse

    September 10 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    3M Auditorium, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Ave, Madison

    The ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture Series features campus and visiting speakers who present on a variety of research topics in the field of mechanical engineering. Professor Margaret Busse is an Assistant Professor at Penn State. Presentation Title: Assessing Critical Infrastructure and Driving Sustainable Solutions Across Scales Abstract: Much of our critical infrastructure is reaching the...

  • Fri 11
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    Mechanics Seminar: Professor Carmel Majidi

    September 11 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    1610 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison

    The Mechanics Seminar Series is a weekly seminar given by campus and visiting speakers on topics across the spectrum of mechanics research (solids, fluids, and dynamics). Professor Carmel Majidi is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Presentation Title: Soft Matter Engineering for Bio-Inspired Robotics and Wearables Abstract: Progress in soft lithography and soft materials integration have...

  • Thu 17
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    ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Laura Grossenbacher

    September 17 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    3M Auditorium, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Ave, Madison

    The ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture Series features campus and visiting speakers who present on a variety of research topics in the field of mechanical engineering. Dr. Laura Grossenbacher is the Director of the Program for Engineering Communication and Applied Ethics and the Director of Undergraduate Program Review. Presentation Title: Navigating Ethical Challenges in Mechanical Engineering Research...

  • Fri 18
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    Mechanics Seminar: Professor Guruswami Ravichandran

    September 18 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    1610 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison

    The Mechanics Seminar Series is a weekly seminar given by campus and visiting speakers on topics across the spectrum of mechanics research (solids, fluids, and dynamics). Professor Guruswami Ravichandran is a professor at Caltech. Presentation Title: Shock Induced Deformation and Failure during Pore Collapse in PMM Abstract: Porosity is prevalent in engineering materials and strongly...

  • Thu 24
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    ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Adam Steltzner

    September 24 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    3M Auditorium, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Ave, Madison

    The ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture Series features campus and visiting speakers who present on a variety of research topics in the field of mechanical engineering. Adam Steltzner is a Chief Engineer at NASA. Bio: Adam Steltzner is NASA’s Chief Engineer for Special Projects, where he works on difficult problems whose solutions generally cannot be found...

  • Fri 25
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    Mechanics Seminar: Professor Michael Leamy

    September 25 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    1610 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison

    The Mechanics Seminar Series is a weekly seminar given by campus and visiting speakers on topics across the spectrum of mechanics research (solids, fluids, and dynamics). Professor Michael Leamy is a professor and department chair at the University of Vermont. Presentation Title: Elastic-Plastic Wave Propagation in Structural Metamaterials Abstract: This seminar will explore the mechanics...

  • October 2026

  • Thu 1
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    ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Yijin Liu

    October 1 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    3M Auditorium, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Ave, Madison

    The ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture Series features campus and visiting speakers who present on a variety of research topics in the field of mechanical engineering. Professor Yijin Liu is an Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. Presentation Title: Structural and Chemical Dynamics in Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems Abstract: Lithium-ion batteries exhibit structural...

  • Fri 2
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    Mechanics Seminar: Professor Alexander Vakakis

    October 2 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    1610 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison

    The Mechanics Seminar Series is a weekly seminar given by campus and visiting speakers on topics across the spectrum of mechanics research (solids, fluids, and dynamics). Professor Alex Vakakis is a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Title: Quantifying Energy Dissipation in Mechanical Systems Abstract: The quantification of the inherent dissipative capacity and the...

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