The School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks (MSN) holds weekly academic seminars. These seminars are open to the public and feature speakers who are at the forefront of a variety of manufacturing disciplines and applications.
About Karen Lozano is a trustee professor and chair of the materials science and nanoengineering department at Rice University. From 2000 to 2025, she served as the Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she founded the Nanotechnology Center and launched the college’s first doctoral degree…
Join the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks as they host Julia Greer, professor of materials science and mechanics at Caltech, for a seminar on intelligentsia of nano-architected hierarchical materials. Agenda: Abstract Creation of reconfigurable and multi-functional materials can be achieved by incorporating architecture into material design. In our research, we design and fabricate three-dimensional…
Join the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks as they host Rolf Mueller, Lynn Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech, for a seminar on bioinspiration, biodiversity and the quest for autonomy in natural environments.
Join the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks as they host Brian Baughman, a chief engineer for Honeywell Aerospace, for a seminar on the various types of additive manufacturing in use at Honeywell for the production and repair of metallic parts for the aviation industry.
Join the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks as they host Donald Godfrey, global director of business development for aviation and defense at Nikon-SLM-Solutions, for a seminar on the importance of understanding variation in the additive manufacturing process.
Join the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks as they host Eric MacDonald, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso, for a seminar on additive manufacturing of elastomer, ceramic and metal multi-functional structures.
Join the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks as they host Brandon Sweeney, CTO of Elect Nano, for a seminar on carbon nanocomposites processing.