October 2026
Intelligence Accelerated – Where Memory, Manufacturing, and AI Thrive
Presented by Robert Gifford, Director, DRAM Yield Enhancement, Micron Technology, Inc.
Abstract: Artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every field of engineering, while placing unprecedented demands on the memory and manufacturing technologies that support it. Micron Technology is at the heart…
Vikrantvir Jain, a PhD student in Dr. Anjali Sharma’s research group, is giving their final defense titled, “Rational Design and Engineering of Functional Dendrimers for Targeted Drug Delivery.”
Neetika, from Dr. ChulHee Kang’s research group, will present on “Biophysical Characterization of Protein-Protein Interactions Among Sorghum bicolor Flavonoid Biosynthetic Enzymes.”
SPEAKER: Dr. Anton Persikov, Senior Data Scientist, Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute Simons Foundation
BIOGRAPHY:
Anton V. Persikov, PhD, is a Senior Data Scientist in the Center for Computational Biology at the Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation, in New York. He earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in physics from…
Speaker: Dr. Shereen Ismail, Research Scientist, University of Michigan
Abstract: The rapid growth and increasing complexity of the Internet have created new challenges for understanding large-scale cyber threats and emerging security risks. Network telescopes provide a unique vantage point for observing unsolicited Internet traffic and identifying patterns associated with scanning,…
Towards In-Operando Rejuvenation of Materials & Devices
Presented by Dr. Aman Haque, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University
Abstract: For millennia, annealing has meant one thing: applying heat. Yet, high-temperature processing is inherently problematic for modern technology. It creates safety risks for reactive materials (lithium), imposes high thermal budgets…
Min Wang, from Dr. ChulHee Kang’s research group, will present on “Interactions Between Sorghum Cytochrome P450 Isoenzymes and Their Reductases.”
SPEAKER: Dr. Juye Kim, Assistant Professor, School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University.
BIOGRAPHY:
Juye Kim has been an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering (CBEE) at Oregon State University since September 2025. Her research focuses on electrochemistry for sustainable energy conversion.…
Kyle Lancaster grew up in Southern California, where he remained for his undergraduate study at Pomona College in Molecular Biology and his Ph.D. at Caltech with Harry Gray and Jack Richards in Bioinorganic Chemistry. An intended brief departure to upstate New York for a postdoc with Serena DeBeer evolved into a now permanent position in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. Recently named as the Stephanie Czech Rader ’37 Professor in Chemistry, Kyle runs a research group whose interests span Bioinorganic Chemistry, Physical Inorganic Chemistry, and Main Group Chemistry. Key efforts comprise the elucidation of the primary metabolisms of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria, the investigation of the electronic structures of transition metals in unusually high formal oxidation states, and the development of electronic structure principles for the prediction of catalytic reactivity by main-group metals.
Dr. Raf Vandebril will be giving a colloquium on October 15, 2026 starting at 4:20pm in CUE 318 with refreshments and discussions in Neill Hall 216 starting at 3:15pm. In this talk we will transform the abstract theory of eigenvalues and eigenvectors to a real life device! The toy is simple, inexpensive, easy-to-build, easy-to-operate, and consists of a few balls and rope. The motion of these swinging balls will be used to demonstrate the physical reality of eigenvectors. We will demonstrate the device, link it to its mechanics, and analyze the mathematics to analyze the system. Furthermore, we will show some extra illustrations on a Practicum executed in Leuven, where a model of a shear building is excited.
SPEAKER: Dr. Charles T. Campbell, Professor Emeritus and B. Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
BIOGRAPHY:
Prof. Charles T. Campbell is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Washington, where he is also Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering and of Physics, and the Rabinovitch Endowed…
Carl Brozek is an associate professor in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Oregon. He earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under Prof. Mircea Dinca in 2015 and completed post-doctoral studies with Prof. Daniel Gamelin at the University of Washington prior to starting his independent career in 2018. His research focuses on charge transport through high surface area media, porous nanoparticles, membrane fabrication, interfacial redox, and energy capture. He has been recognized by the Cottrell Scholar, NSF CAREER, Dream Chemistry, and, mostly recently, Fulbright US Scholar Awards.
Speaker: Dr. Basavesh Ammanaghatta Shivakumar, Assistant Professor, Washington State University
Abstract: Information flow control is a way to reason about where data comes from, where it is allowed to go, and how it can influence a system. These ideas have been used for many years in security to prevent information…