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The SEAS-wide Faculty Research Retreat will be held on Thursday, August 7, 2025, from 9am to 4pm at North Fork, with reception to follow. We have a full one-day event with a lot of time designated for faculty engagement and discussion. The goals are to increase awareness of SEAS research among the faculty, foster collaboration, and provide educational information that supports research program development. Lunch will be provided. In an effort to be sustainable and cost-conscious, there will not be single-use water bottles at the event. Please bring a reusable water bottle if you have one and use the refill stations. There will be extra reusable bottles available if you do not have one. The agenda is below. Logistics and parking information will be posted later this summer.
Agenda
9:00-9:05 Welcome and Introduction (Brian Smith, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs and Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering)
9:05-10:00 Plenary Session 1: the Federal Landscape (Julia Smith, Executive Director for Federal Relations)
10:00-11:00 Breakout Session 1
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Interest Group (Yen-Ling Kuo, Assistant Professor, Computer Science; Yangfeng Ji, Associate Professor, Computer Science; Tom Fletcher, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science)
- Human-Centered Technology Research Interest Group (Afsaneh Doryab, Assistant Professor, Systems & Information Engineering and Computer Science)
- An Integrated Computational and Experimental Study of Gas-Surface-Materials in Nonequilibrium Flows Research Interest Group (Xinfeng Gao, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
- Translation/commercialization (David Chen, Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships and Professor of Practice, Biomedical Engineering)
11:00-11:30 Break and Unstructured Discussion
11:30-12:15 Plenary Session 2: Graduate Student Mentoring (Matt Panzer, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs and Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
12:15-1:15 Lunch, Posters, and Socializing
1:15-2:15 Breakout Session 2
- Large Language Models: Generative Language Technology and Its Societal Impacts Research Interest Group (Yangfeng Ji, Associate Professor, Computer Science)
- Accelerating Multiscale Materials Innovation through Advanced Electron Microscopy, AI-Driven Analysis, and Core Facility Engagement Research Interest Group (Toni Tang, Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Kory Burns, Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering; Art Lichtenberger, Research Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Director of IFAB/NMCF)
- Research Interest Group on Foundations of Computer Science (Matheus Venturyne Xavier Ferreira, Assistant Professor, Computer Science)
- National Security Research (TBD)
2:15-2:45 Break and Unstructured Discussion
2:45-3:45 Breakout Session 3
- Scholarship of Engineering Education Research Interest Group (Reid Bailey, Professor, Systems & Information Engineering; Anne McAlister, Assistant Professor, First Year Engineering Center)
- Soft-/BioMaterials and Biomanufacturing Research Interest Group (Chris Highley, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering; George Christ, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery)
- Robotics + X Research Interest Group (Rohan Chandra, Assistant Professor, Computer Science)
- Industry Engagement & 40Core (Chris Ervin, Director of SEAS Industry Engagement)
3:45-4:00 Concluding Remarks (Jennifer West, Dean and Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
4:00 Reception and Tours of the Center for Applied Biomechanics