The C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series was founded and has been organized since 2015, in honor of Prof. Chiang C. Mei. It aims to provide a vibrant forum for highly distinguished speakers, from around the world, to share their research with the CEE, MIT, and the local Boston community.
The talks are held on Mondays 4:15-5:00 pm in Building 1-190 (campus map). Reception starts at 4:00 pm. Check our event page for upcoming speakers.
2023 Speakers
Prof. Wei Chen
Northwestern University Data Driven Computational Design of Engineered Material Systems
Prof. Arun Majumdar
Stanford University Climate & Sustainability: The defining issue of the 21st century
Prof. Pradeep Sharma
University of Houston Flexoelectricity & Electrets
Prof. Paulo Monteiro
University of California, Berkeley Synchrotron X-ray probes to study the multiscale structure of concrete
2022 Speakers
Prof. Alan Needleman
Texas A&M University Discrete defect plasticity & implications of requiring non-negative dissipation
Prof. Alain Goriely
University of Oxford The Mechanics of Chirality: from Darwin’s Perversion to Feynman’s Obsession
2019 Speakers
Prof. Stéphane Zaleski
Sorbonne University Challenges in the modeling of multiphase flow from large to small scales
Prof. Detlef Lohse
Twente University Rayleigh vs. Marangoni
Prof. Andrea Prosperetti
(No recording available) University of Houston Resolved simulations of particulate flows
Prof. Jeffrey Koseff
Stanford University The interaction between gravity currents and breaking internal waves
Prof. Sébastien Candel
Ecole Centrale Paris Progress and challenges in combustion dynamics
Prof. Samer Madanat
New York University and UC Berkeley Flood protection infrastructure, transportation, and government networks
Dr. David Hibbitt
Founder & retired chairman of ABAQUS Inc. ABAQUS and it’s market: evolution of an engineering simulation software venture
Prof. Ann Karagozian
UCLA Control of jets in energy and propulsion systems
