February 2, 2026
Constitutive Modeling of Rubbery Networks: from microscale physics to macroscopic behavior
Laurence Brassart
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
February 16, 2026
Tailoring Network Features to Control the Mechanical Properties of Materials
Sinan Keten
Jan and Marcia Achenbach Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy) and the Associate Chair of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
March 2, 2026
Modeling Dynamic Infrastructure Systems with Spatiotemporal Network Science
Jürgen Hackl
Assistant Professor of Complex Infrastructure Systems, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Princeton University
March 23, 2026
Nathan Lilly
Managing Director of Lilly Capital and CEO of LX Construction
March 30, 2026
Adaptive finite element methods and machine-learning-based surrogates for the phase field fracture model
Ravindra Duddu
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Vanderbilt University
April 13, 2026
Why do Concrete Buildings Collapse during Extreme Events?
Halil Sezen
Professor
Civil Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
The Ohio State University