Events

Formula Hybrid+Electric Competition

Apr 28 – May 01

NH Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH

FH+E—founded and run by Thayer—will host 29 student teams for the 19th annual competition.

PhD Thesis Defense: Peiyu Wang

Tuesday
1:30pm - 3:30pm ET

Rm 155, Irving/Online

"Enabling Lithium-based Batteries with Wide-Ranging Temperature Operability"

PhD Thesis Defense: Bahlakoana Mabetha

Wednesday
2:00pm - 3:00pm ET

Rm 232, Cummings Hall (Jackson Conf Rm)/Online

"Hybrid DC-DC Converters for Soft Charging Capacitive Loads: Modeling, analysis and design"

PhD Thesis Proposal: Huilin Qing

Thursday
1:15pm - 3:15pm ET

Zaleski Auditorium/Online

"Design and Electrochemical Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks with Intrinsic Electrical Conductivity"

PhD Thesis Defense: Huan Zhao

Friday
10:00am - 12:00pm ET

Rm 041, ECSC/Online

"Design and Manufacturing of Multifunctional Piezoelectric Composites"

PhD Thesis Defense: Ilyse Horlings

Friday
2:00pm - 3:00pm ET

Rm 127, ECSC

"Understanding firn dynamics: modeling and microstructure from East Antarctica"

Jones Seminar: Scalable Grid Architectures for Intelligent Electrification & Decarbonization

Mads Rønne Almassalkhi, L. Richard Fisher Associate Professor, University of Vermont

Friday
3:30pm - 4:30pm ET

Spanos Auditorium/Online

Architectures within the context of distributed control and optimization that facilitate the integration of DER flexibility across T&D interfaces.

PhD Thesis Defense: Navid Rashedi

Monday
10:00am - 12:00pm ET

Rm 210, MacLean ESC/Online

"Data‑driven Dynamic Decision‑making Using Discrete Optimization and Supervised Machine Learning"

PhD Thesis Proposal: Charles Liu

Monday
1:00pm - 3:00pm ET

Rm 035, ECSC

"A Generalized Framework for the 'Core' Thalamocortical Circuit Computation"

MS Thesis Defense: Jewelia Durant

Monday
3:30pm - 4:30pm ET

Zaleski Auditorium/Online

"A Pigment-Inclusive, Bilayered, Tissue-Engineered Skin Substitute as a Model for Autologous Skin Grafting"

PhD Thesis Defense: Junhu Zou

Tuesday
2:30pm - 4:30pm ET

Rm 232, Cummings Hall (Jackson Conf Rm)/Online

"Computation-Driven Design and Synthesis of Molecular Sensors for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Liquids"

MS Thesis Defense: Himanshu Patil

Wednesday
10:00am - 12:00pm ET

Rm 005, ECSC/Online

"Facilitating Design of Effective, Scalable Digital Mental Health Care Solutions"

PhD Thesis Defense: Yue Tang

Thursday
2:30pm - 4:30pm ET

Borwell 658W, DHMC/Online

"Intraoperative dynamic contrast-enhanced fluorescence imaging for navigating open orthopedic surgeries"

PhD Thesis Defense: Jacob Sunnerberg

Monday
9:00am - 11:00am ET

Auditorium G, DHMC

"Mechanistic Insights into the FLASH Effect: The role of oxygen and radiation chemistry in ultra-high dose rate radiation therapy"

MS Thesis Defense: Maxwell Weiner

Monday
1:00pm - 3:00pm ET

Spanos Auditorium, Cummings Hall

"Explorations of Amplified Feedback in Quantum Circuits"

Wags 'n' Waffles

Wednesday
2:00pm - 4:00pm ET

ECSC Atrium & Patio

Take a break to snuggle with therapy dogs and enjoy some waffles!

Irving Faculty Research Seminar

Friday
12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

Irving Institute IR-375

Faculty, researchers, and grad students are invited for lunch and to learn about the work of Professors Yan Li and Vikrant Vaze.

Jones Seminar: Design and engineering of coupled photonic nanostructures with enhanced light-matter interactions on the silicon platform

Luca Dal Negro, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, BU

Friday
3:30pm - 4:30pm ET

Spanos Auditorium/Online

Recent activities on the development of ENZ materials with tailored optical dispersion, resonant photon trapping and coupled photonic nanostructures.

Jones Seminar: Jugaad Engineering

Prabjit Singh, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Poughkeepsie

Friday
3:30pm - 4:30pm ET

Spanos Auditorium/Online

The unique jugaad-fundamental approach to getting the job done the best way you can with limited resources.

Thayer Investiture Ceremony

Saturday
9:30am - 11:30am ET

The Dartmouth Green

Thayer honors graduating BE, MEng, MEM, MS, and PhD students with the presentation of academic hoods, caps, and awards.