Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science Seminar Series
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science hosts outstanding researchers in the field through our Seminar Series. Seminars are free and open to the public and take place in Duke Centennial Hall Room 345, unless noted otherwise. If you have questions about our seminar series or would like to set up an appointment with a speaker, please contact Sierra Roe at sroe1@charlotte.edu.
SEMINARS – Fall 2026
| DATE & TIME | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2026 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM | Dr. Li Yang Assistant Professor Department of Machine Learning UNC Charlotte | Toward Adaptive, LLM-Enabled Local Intelligence: From Efficient Inference to On-Device Learning | Dr. Qiang Zhu |
| September 10, 2026 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Dr. Stephanie Schuckers Bank of America Distinguished Professor Computing & Informatics UNC Charlotte | Overview of Charlotte AI Institute, Center for Identification Technology Research, and Recent Genesis Mission Grant | Dr. Haitao Zhang |
| September 22, 2026 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Dr. Ronald D. Joslin NSF Program Director for Transport Phenomena | Dr. Ying Sun | |
| October 22, 2026 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Dr. Krishna Suresh Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison | Dr. Alireza Tabarraei | |
| November 12, 2026 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Dr. Ricardo de Castro Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of California, Merced | Dr. Mesbah Uddin | |
| November 19, 2026 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Dr. John Liu Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Dr. Jose Outeiro |