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Feb4
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lessFor Dario Robleto, the practice of art shares a key aspiration with scientific endeavor: both artists and scientists strive to increase the sensitivity of their observations. In her contribution to The Heart’s Knowledge catalogue, Jennifer Roberts (Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University) writes that “the act of measurement cannot be separated from the search for meaning.” What are the tools that artists and scientists use to observe and measure the unknown? How might we use those tools collaboratively to construct new pathways of human understanding across time and distance? How might shared values of empathy, care, and curiosity guide such pursuits?
In this opening conversation, Robleto and Roberts will be joined by Lucianne Walkowicz, astronomer and co-founder of the JustSpace Alliance, and Michael Metzger, Pick-Laudati Curator of Media Arts and curator of The Heart’s Knowledge, to reflect on these questions. Join us for a discussion that reaches across boundaries to examine the shared pursuit of greater understanding that binds artists and scientists.
Drop by The Block early and join the Block Museum Student Associates in the galleries for a look at the exhibition.
Programs are open to all, on a first-come first-served basis. RSVPs not required, but appreciated.
TIME Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
LOCATION McCormick Auditorium, Norris University Center map it
CONTACT Block Museum of Art block-museum@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Block Museum of Art
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Feb6
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lessMaking compliant mechanisms smart: nonlinear modeling and design optimization
Dr. Mary Frecker
Distinguished Speaker
Professor of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering
Penn State University
Abstract - Compliant mechanisms have been the subject of intense research in recent decades. Making compliant mechanisms “smart” to form flexible, adaptive structures is the focus of my research group, with applications ranging from medical devices to aerospace structures. This seminar will describe recent work on modeling approaches for compliant mechanisms with both superelastic material behavior and large deformations, which have not been considered previously in the literature. This approach allows for design of compliant mechanism-based metamaterials with highly nonlinear stiffness and enhanced energy absorption. Additionally, the presentation will cover our method for designing active compliant mechanisms that change shape on demand due to application of external stimulus such as magnetic field, electric field, or temperature. Methods to optimize origami-based designs with magneto active elastomer and dielectric elastomer materials will be described, along with an analytical modeling approach for soft magneto active elastomer devices produced via additive manufacturing.
Bio - Mary Frecker is the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, the Leighton Riess Chair in Engineering, and the founding director of the Center for Biodevices at Pennsylvania State University. She has served as Associate Department Head for Graduate Programs in Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, as well as Director of the Bernard Gordon Learning Factory in the College of Engineering. Dr. Frecker has a B.S. from the University of Dayton, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Dr. Frecker has been awarded the Pearce Endowed Development Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State, the GM/Freudenstein Young Investigator Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Mechanisms Committee (2002), the Outstanding Advising Award by the Penn State Engineering Society (2002), the Outstanding Research Award by the Penn State Engineering Society (2005), three ASME Best Paper awards (2009 and 2015), and the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award (2021). She served as an Executive Leadership in Academic Technology & Engineering (ELATE) Fellow in 2018-2019, and completed the Changing the Future for Senior Women Faculty in STEM leadership program in 2019. Dr. Frecker is a Fellow of the ASME, is currently an Executive Committee member of the ASME Design Engineering Division and past Chair of the ASME Mechanisms & Robotics Technical Committee, and has served as Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Chair of the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Technical Committee, and Executive Committee member of the ASME Aerospace Division.
TIME Monday, February 6, 2023 at 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION ITW, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center map it
CONTACT Jeremy Wells jeremywells@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick - Mechanical Engineering (ME)
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Feb15
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Join us for a series of professional development events hosted by McCormick HR. The first event of the series will focus on conflict resolution.
Conflict is an unavoidable part of life, both at home and at work. Knowing how to resolve conflict – and, in many cases, reap the benefits that conflict can bring – is a valuable skill. Participants in this workshop will learn how to iron out differences before they escalate, they will explore the dynamics of conflict, develop awareness of their role in conflict situations, and acquire tips for dealing with hostile individuals.
This event is voluntary and open to all Northwestern Engineering staff, faculty, postdocs, and research staff.
Training provided by SupportLinc, your Employee Assistance Program
TIME Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
LOCATION The Hive, Room 2-350, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center map it
CONTACT Kimberly Higgins kimberly.higgins@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Mar11
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lessWinter Classes End
TIME Saturday, March 11, 2023
CONTACT Office of the Registrar nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR University Academic Calendar
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Mar18
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lessSpring Break Begins
TIME Saturday, March 18, 2023
CONTACT Office of the Registrar nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL
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Mar24
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lessWinter Degrees Conferred
TIME Friday, March 24, 2023
CONTACT Office of the Registrar nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL
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Mar27
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lessSpring Break Ends
TIME Monday, March 27, 2023
CONTACT Office of the Registrar nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR University Academic Calendar