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Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Nonholonomic Stabilization and Pursuit-Evasion: Not-so-hard After All
Miroslav Krstić, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego,
Thursday, January 29th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Homogenizing Origami and Kirigami Metamaterials
Paul Plucinsky, Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California,
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
9:00am 2/19 4:30am
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James K. Knowles Lectures and Caltech Solid Mechanics Symposium

"Variational phase-field modeling of fracture: toward second-generation models"
Laura De Lorenzis, Professor of Computational Mechanics, ETH Zürich,
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

What a Digital Twin Can Learn from Data, Thermodynamics, and Action Principles for Damage Assessment in Complex Materials
Jiun-Shyan (JS) Chen, William Prager Chair Professor, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego,
Thursday, February 19th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

"The Inherent Resilience of Large Cities to Natural Hazards: Records, Evidence and Predictions"
Nicos Makris, Professor of Structures and Mechanics, Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Methodist University,
Thursday, March 5th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Yoonjin Won, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCI Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine,
Thursday, March 12th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Mikhail G. Shapiro, Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,