Seminars – Multiscale Mechanics & Materials Laboratory

Seminar at Georgia Tech

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019

Prof. Spear presented work from the MMM Lab in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech on October 17. The talk was entitled Predicting Microstructure-Sensitive Mechanical Behavior of Materials by Integrating Physics-Based Modeling with Machine Learning. The presentation covered research by lab members Kyle Pierson, Aowabin Rahman, and Carl Herriott. Many thanks to the wonderful faculty and students from Georgia Tech AE for fruitful discussions and for attending the seminar!...

Spring activities in the MMM Lab

April 14, 2019April 14, 2019

Check out the latest activities from the MMM Lab. April 19th: Nadia hosted a spring party for the MMM Lab. Activities included corn hole, spikeball, ladder ball, and an egg hunt. April 12th: Post-doctoral researcher, Nadia Kouraytem, presented work from the MMM Lab at the APS Users Science Meeting at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Lab. Her presentation was entitled “Microscale characterization and modeling of additively manufactured metals”. On the same day, Prof. Spear gave a seminar at Ohio State University on “A multi-scale, multi-physics modeling framework to predict spatial variation of properties in additive-manufactured metals”. April...

Invited talks in Texas and Spain

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018

Prof. Spear recently gave two invited talks: one in Texas and one in Spain. On October 3rd, Spear visited Texas A&M in College Station to give an invited seminar entitled A Multiscale, Multiphysics Modeling Framework to Predict Spatial Variation of Properties in Additive-Manufactured Metals. The work is a collaboration with Prof. Wenda Tan (Utah) and Prof. Tony Rollett (Carnegie Mellon University). MMM Lab member Carl Herriott is leading the research effort. On October 11th, Spear gave an invited talk at the Society of Engineering Science (SES) conference in Madrid, Spain. Her talk was entitled Multiscale Characterization and Modeling of 3D...

Welcome, Prof. Gary Harlow!

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is pleased to announce Distinguished Seminar speaker, Dr. Gary Harlow, Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Lehigh University. Dr. Harlow’s talk is entitled Probability and Statistics Issues in Wire Fed Additive Manufacturing of Metals, and will be held on Friday, October 20, at 3:15 PM in 3550 MEK. The seminar will be followed by a reception with light refreshments....

Invited Seminar at Duke

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016

Prof. Spear recently traveled to Duke University to give a seminar on the topic of combining experimental observations with numerical simulation and machine learning to improve understanding of 3D crack growth at the grain scale. Thanks to the faculty and students in various departments within the School of Engineering for their kind hospitality and fruitful discussions. Special thanks to Professor Wilkins Aquino for the generous invitation and for hosting Spear’s visit....

Invited Seminar at University of Michigan

January 16, 2016January 16, 2016

Prof. Spear recently traveled to the University of Michigan to give a seminar on the topic of combining experimental observations with numerical simulation and machine learning to improve understanding of 3D crack growth at the grain scale. Thanks to the faculty and students in various departments within the College of Engineering for their kind hospitality and fruitful discussions. Special thanks to Professors Sam Daly and John Allison for the generous invitation and for hosting Spear’s visit....

Welcome, Prof. Tony Rollett!

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is pleased to announce Distinguished Seminar speaker, Dr. Anthony (Tony) Rollett, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Rollett’s talk is entitled Advances in Modeling and Simulation of Micromechanical Response of Materials, with an Emphasis on 3D Microstructure and will be held on Friday, November 20, at 3PM in 3550 MEK. The seminar will be followed by a reception with light refreshments....

Invited Seminar at Johns Hopkins

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015

Prof. Spear recently traveled to Baltimore, MD, to give an invited seminar in the Department of Civil Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Thanks to the faculty and students in various departments within the Whiting School of Engineering for their kind hospitality and fruitful discussions. Special thanks goes to Prof. Somnath Ghosh for the generous invitation....

Invited Seminar at UTK

November 5, 2014November 5, 2014

Prof. Spear recently traveled to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to give an invited seminar in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. For more information about the exciting work going on in CEE at UTK, please visit http://cee.utk.edu/....

Retirement Symposium to Honor Prof. Anthony Ingraffea

September 27, 2014September 27, 2014

Prof. Spear recently returned to Cornell University to present at a symposium in honor of Prof. Emeritus Tony Ingraffea on the occasion of his retirement. Spear’s presentation was entitled “Toward High-fidelity Multi-scale Modeling of 3D Crack Evolution” and accompanied about a dozen other talks from former students and colleagues of Prof. Ingraffea. Congratulations and thank you to Prof. Ingraffea for his outstanding contributions in the classroom and in the field of fracture mechanics! The symposium abstracts and videos can be accessed at this link. ...