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Virtual Event
September 20 – 21, 2022
Madison, WI

Central Time – Chicago

Agenda

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Time Session
8:00am-11:35am Parallel Track Sessions
11:35am-12:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:00pm Dieter Fox, University of Washington: “Advances in Robotics and Autonomy” (Keynote)
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Pascal Van Hentenryck, Georgia Tech: “Fusing AI and Optimization for Engineering” (Keynote)
2:00pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-5:00pm Parallel Track Sessions

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Time Session
8:00am-11:35am Parallel Track Sessions
11:35am-12:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:00pm Anna Stefanopoulou, University of Michigan: “Battery Engineering For Vehicle Electrification” (Keynote)
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Somnath Ghosh, John Hopkins University: “Data-driven Bayesian model-based prediction of fatigue crack nucleation in Ni-based superalloys” (Keynote)
2:00pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-5:00pm Parallel Track Sessions

Track 1:  “Machine-Ground Interaction in Robotics & Autonomous Vehicles” with  Dan Negrut & Radu Serban

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Time Session
8:00am-8:15am Dan Negrut, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Introductory remarks, event logistics
8:15am-8:40am Marcel Offermans: “The structure and performance of a racing video game: rFactor 2”
8:40am-9:05am Wai Ching Sun, Columbia University: “Deep geometric prior for modeling granular solids”
9:05am-9:30am Iván Martínez-Estévez, University of Virgo: “Coupling of DualSPHysics with Project Chrono”
9:30am-9:55am Junmin Wang, University of Texas at Austin: “Efficient, Safe, and Trusted Vehicle Automation”
9:55am-10:20am Georgios Fourtakas, University of Manchester: “SPH scouring and sediment transport”
10:20am-10:45am Ken Kamrin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: “Three-Dimensional Resistive Force Theory in Granular Media”
10:45am-11:10am Chen Li, Johns Hopkins University: “Alternative Ground Robots to Traverse Sandy and Rocky Extraterrestrial Terrain”
11:10am-12:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:00pm Dieter Fox, University of Washington: “Advances in Robotics and Autonomy” (Keynote)
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Pascal Van Hentenryck, Georgia Tech: “Fusing AI and Optimization for Engineering” (Keynote)
2:00pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-2:55pm Pierangelo Masarati, Polytechnic University of Milan: “Pilot-vehicle interaction from a multibody dynamics and experimental perspective”
2:55pm-3:20pm Wei Hu, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Off-road mobility simulation via continuum representation of terrain”
3:20pm-3:45pm Jack Collins, Oxford University: “Simulations for Evolutionary Robotics and the Curse of the Reality Gap”
3:45pm-4:10pm Fabio Ramos, University of Sidney: “Bayesian Inference for Simulators: Reducing the Reality Gap by Modeling Uncertainty”
4:10pm-4:35pm Arno Rogg, NASA: “Overview of technical challenges related to VIPER’s 2023 Lunar mission”
4:35pm-5:00pm Gavriel State, NVIDIA: “Simulation for virtual design”

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Time Session
8:00am-8:15am Dan Negrut, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Introductory remarks, event logistics”
8:15am-8:40am Peter Chien, SmartUQ: “Uncertainty quantification”
8:40am-9:05am Denis Zorin, New York University: “Computational geometry, friction and contact, nonlinear FEA”
9:05am-9:30am Xiangru Xu, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Optimization-based Safety-critical Control of Dynamic Systems”
9:30am-9:55am John Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Human-automation interaction, trust, driver modeling”
9:55am-10:20am Eric Anderson, John Deere: “Simulation Infrastructure Perspectives for Dynamic Systems Modeling”
10:20am-10:45am Asher Elmquist, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Sensor modeling, and sensor simulation in Chrono”
10:45am-11:35am Nate Koenig, Open Robotics: “What’s new in Gazebo”
11:35am-12:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:00pm Anna Stefanopoulou, University of Michigan: “Battery Engineering For Vehicle Electrification” (Keynote)
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Somnath Ghosh, John Hopkins University: “Data-driven Bayesian model-based prediction of fatigue crack nucleation in Ni-based superalloys” (Keynote)
2:00pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-2:55pm Hiroyuki Sugiyama, University of Iowa: “Modeling and Computational Challenges in High-Fidelity Off-Road Mobility Simulations”
2:55pm-3:20pm Daniel Carruth, Mississippi State University: “Autonomy for off-road mobility”
3:20pm-3:45pm Hank Yang, Harvard University: “Certifiable robot geometric perception”
3:45pm-4:10pm Aaron Young, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: “Autonomy research testbed and simulation toolkit”
4:10pm-4:35pm Venkat Krovi, Clemson University: “Autonomous vehicle projects at Clemson University”
4:35pm-5:00pm Dan Negrut, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Event Wrap-up

 

Track 2: “Computing for sustainability” with Styliani Avraamidou & Victor Zavala

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Time Session
8:20am-8:30am Introductory remarks, event logistics
8:30am-9:00am Pei Liu, Tsinghua University: “Energy systems engineering and applications in China’s energy sector”
9:00am-9:30am Victor Zavala, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Enabling Sustainability using Coordinated Markets”
9:30am-10:00am Bruce McCarl, Texas A&M University: “Modeling agricultural participation in a lower carbon economy: Economic and Environmental Implications”
10:00am-10:30am Fani Boukouvala, Georgia Institute of Technology: “Use of high-fidelity simulations and Machine Learning for process modeling and optimization: applications in carbon capture and plastics recycling”
10:30am-11:00am Ana Torres, Carnegie Mellon University: “Perspectives on net zero carbon processes”
11:00am-12:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:00pm Dieter Fox, University of Washington: “Advances in Robotics and Autonomy” (Keynote)
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Pascal Van Hentenryck, Georgia Tech: “Fusing AI and Optimization for Engineering” (Keynote)
2:00pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-2:35pm Introductory remarks, event logistics
2:35pm-3:05pm Burcu Beykal, University of Connecticut: “Data-driven Stochastic Optimization of the Steam Cracking Process with Implicit Constraints”
3:05pm-3:35pm Jianping Li, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Multi-scale Modeling and Optimization for Bioproduct Separation”
3:35pm-4:05pm Prodromos Daoutidis, University of Minnesota: “Green ammonia for sustainable energy and agriculture”
4:05pm-4:45pm Styliani Avraamidou, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Circular Economy Systems Engineering”

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Time Session
8:50am-9:00am Introductory remarks, event logistics
9:00am-9:30am Xiaonan Wang, Tsinghua and the National University of Singapore: “Smart systems engineering contributing to an intelligent carbon-neutral future”
9:30am-10:00am Bhavik R. Bakshi, Ohio State University: “A Sustainable Transition to a Carbon-Neutral Chemical Industry”
10:00am-10:30am Andrea Hicks, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Considering the role of human behavior in life cycle assessment with stochastic modeling”
10:30am-11:00am Aurora Munguia Lopez, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Environmental Analysis of the Solvent-Targeted Recovery and Precipitation (STRAP) Process for the Recycling of Multilayer Plastic Films”
11:35am-12:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:00pm Anna Stefanopoulou, University of Michigan: “Battery Engineering For Vehicle Electrification” (Keynote)
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Somnath Ghosh, John Hopkins University: “Data-driven Bayesian model-based prediction of fatigue crack nucleation in Ni-based superalloys” (Keynote)

 

Track 3: “Frontiers in Computational Materials Science” with Jiamian Hu, Izabela Szlufarska, Yongfeng Zhang, &Dane Morgan

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Theme: “Materials in extreme environments”

Time Session
8:00am-8:15am Host, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Introductory remarks, event logistics”
8:15am-8:40am Douglass Spearot, Netwon C. Ebaugh Professor, University of Florida: “Shock Compression of CuxZr100-x Metallic Glasses: Insight from Molecular Dynamics Studies”
8:40am-9:05am Pascal Bellon, Donald W. Hamer Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: “Nonequilibrium phase transitions and patterning in irradiated alloys”
9:05am-9:30am Yue Fan, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan: “Universal Trend of Metastable Tilted Grain Boundaries? Evolution under Extreme Thermal Cycle”
9:30am-9:55am Dallas Trinkle, Ivan Racheff, Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: “Solute transport in zirconium with nonequilibrium vacancy concentration”
9:55am-10:20am Break Period
10:20am-10:45am Fei Gao, Professor, University of Michigan: “Defect Evolution in Multicomponent Equiatomic Alloys: Object Probability-Based Long-Time Dynamics”
10:45am-11:10am Sergei Dudarev, Group Lead, United Kingdom Atomic Energy: “The microscopic origin of macroscopic stress generated by irradiation”
11:10am-11:35am Curt Bronkhorst, Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison: “Computational Representation of Ductile Damage under Dynamic Loading Conditions”

Keynote Presentations

Time Session
12:15pm-1:00pm Dieter Fox, University of Washington: “Advances in Robotics and Autonomy”
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Pascal Van Hentenryck, Georgia Tech: “Fusing AI and Optimization for Engineering”

Theme: “Materials for energy and sustainability”

Time Session
2:30pm-2:55pm Laura Gagliardi, Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor, University of Chicago: “Engineering MOF functionalities for water harvesting and catalysis using high-throughput data and computational modeling”
2:55pm-3:20pm Yi Xia, Assistant Professor, Portland State University: “Understanding Phonons in Thermoelectrics via Physics-Informed Machine learning”
3:20pm-3:45pm Yifei Mo, Associate Professor, University of Maryland: “Data-driven design and discovery of materials for next-generation batteries”
3:45pm-4:10pm Logan Ward, Assistant Computational Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory: “Designing Redox Flow Batteries with Intelligent Computational Campaigns”
4:10pm-4:35pm Yue Qi, Joan Wernig Sorensen Professor of Engineering, Brown University: “When electrons meet ions, multiscale modeling of interfaces in Li-ion Batteries”
4:35pm-5:00pm Jiamian Hu, Assistant Professor, UW Madison: “Phase-field modeling of mesoscale ion transport in solid electrolytes”

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Theme: “Materials issues in additive manufacturing”

Time Session
8:00am-8:15am Host, UW-Madison: Introductory remarks, event logistics
8:15am-8:40am Tarasankar Debroy, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, PSU: “Model-based reduction of lack of fusion voids, balling, surface roughness and residual stresses”
8:40am-9:05am Jesper H.Hattel, Professor, Technical University of Denmark: “Multiphysics and multiscale modelling of metal AM processes with focus on L-PBF and DED”
9:05am-9:30am Greg Wagner, Associate Professor, Northwestern: “Multiphysics modeling of multicomponent powder beds for metal additive manufacturing”
9:30am-9:55am Greta Lindwall, Associate Professor, KTH: “Application of computational thermodynamics and kinetics to alloy design for AM”
9:55am-10:20am Break Period
10:20am-10:45am Ashley Spear, Associate Professor, University of Utah: “Predicting Ductile Failure in AM Metals”
10:45am-11:10am Dewen Yushu, Staff, Idaho National Laboratory: “Directed Energy Deposition Process Modeling, Control, and Optimization”
11:10am-11:35am To Be Decided

Keynote Presentations

Time Session
12:15pm-1:00pm Anna Stefanopoulou, University of Michigan: “Battery Engineering For Vehicle Electrification”
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Somnath Ghosh, John Hopkins University: “Data-driven Bayesian model-based prediction of fatigue crack nucleation in Ni-based superalloys”

Theme: “Theory and computation for quantum materials”

Time Session
2:30pm-2:55pm Chris Van de Walle, Herbert Kroemer Distinguished Professor, University of California, Saint Barbara: “Point defects in semiconductors for quantum technologies”
2:55pm-3:20pm Di Xiao, Professor, U. Washington: “Nonlinear Hall effect in collinear antiferromagnets”
3:20pm-3:45pm Turan Birol, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota: “Group Theory Approaches to First Principles Materials Calculations”
3:45pm-4:10pm Prineha Narang, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles: “Ab initio approaches to nonequilibrium interactions in molecules and materials”
4:10pm-4:35pm Yuan Ping, Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz: “First-Principles Many-Body Theory and Quantum Dynamics for Materials in Quantum Information Science”
4:35pm-5:00pm To Be Decided

Track 4: “Computational Modeling and Analysis in Bioengineering” with Colleen Witzenburg and Corinne Henak

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Time Session
9:00am-11:00am Gibbon Workshop with Dr. Kevin Moerman, National University of Ireland, Galway
11:35am-12:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:00pm Dieter Fox, University of Washington: “Advances in Robotics and Autonomy” (Keynote)
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Pascal Van Hentenryck, Georgia Tech: “Fusing AI and Optimization for Engineering” (Keynote)
2:00pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-4:30pm Brain and Neural Focus with spotlight speakers Dr. Rika Carlsen, Robert Morris University, and Dr. Johannes Weickenmeier, Stevens Institute of Technology

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Time Session
9:00am-11:00am Cardiovascular Focus with spotlight speakers Dr. Claudio Chiastra, Politecnico di Torino, and Dr. Colleen Witzenburg, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11:35am-12:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:00pm Anna Stefanopoulou, University of Michigan: “Battery Engineering For Vehicle Electrification” (Keynote)
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Somnath Ghosh, John Hopkins University: “Data-driven Bayesian model-based prediction of fatigue crack nucleation in Ni-based superalloys” (Keynote)
2:00pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-4:30pm Musculoskeletal Focus with spotlight speakers Dr. Sandra Shefelbine, Northeastern University, and Dr. Heidi Ploeg, Queen’s University

Track 5: “Electronic/Photonic Classical/Quantum Modeling” with Zongfu Yu & Irena Knezevic

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Time Session
8:50am-9:00am Irena Knezevic, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Introductory Remarks; Commencement of the Electronics Session of Computing in Engineering Forum 2022
9:00am-9:30am Mathieu Luisier, ETH Zurich: “Towards fully atomistic simulations of nano-devices”
9:30am-10:00am Urs Aeberhard, Fluxim AG & ETH Zurich: ”
Simulation of photon recycling in thin film solar cells – from non-equilibrium Green’s functions to luminescent coupling in perovskite-based tandem”
10:00am-10:30am Josef Weinbub, Technical University of Vienna: “Wigner Signed Particles for Electron Quantum Optics”
10:30am-11:00am Gerhard Klimeck, Purdue University: “nanoHUB Integration into Semiconductor Education”
11:00am-11:30am Branislav Nikolic, University of Delaware: “Quantum-classical modeling in spintronics and magnonics”
11:35am-12:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:00pm Dieter Fox, University of Washington: “Advances in Robotics and Autonomy” (Keynote)
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Pascal Van Hentenryck, Georgia Tech: “Fusing AI and Optimization for Engineering” (Keynote)
2:00pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-3:00pm Christian Jirauschek, Technical University of Munich: “Modeling of terahertz and microwave quantum devices”
3:00pm-3:30pm Shela Aboud, Synopsys: “Ab Initio-based Materials Modeling for Design Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO) Solutions”
3:30pm-4:00pm Neophytos Neophytou, University of Warwick: “Electronic and thermoelectric properties of complex band materials from first principles”
4:00pm-4:30pm Zlatan Aksamija, University of Utah: “Machine Learning for Thermal Management of Nanoelectronics”
4:30pm-5:00pm Roza Kotlyar, Intel: “Multi-physics modeling for quantum computing: from process and device physics to quantum performance simulation”

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Time Session
8:00am-8:45am Alejandro W. Rodriguez, Princeton University: “Nanophotonic limits as quadratically constrained quadratic programs”
8:45am-9:30am Owen Miller, Yale University: “Nanophotonic design meets convex optimization: Hidden structure in Maxwell’s equations”
9:30am-9:50am Tyler Hughes, Flexcompute Inc: “Hardware Accelerated FDTD for Large Scale Electrodynamic Problems”
9:50am-10:10am Cunfu Wang, Xiamen University: “Topology optimization of thermophotonic problems”
10:10am-12:15pm Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:00pm Anna Stefanopoulou, University of Michigan: “Battery Engineering For Vehicle Electrification” (Keynote)
1:00pm-1:15pm Break
1:15pm-2:00pm Somnath Ghosh, John Hopkins University: “Data-driven Bayesian model-based prediction of fatigue crack nucleation in Ni-based superalloys” (Keynote)
2:00pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-3:15pm Jonathan Fan, Stanford University: “High speed simulation and optimization of freeform nanophotonic devices with deep networks”
3:15pm-4:00pm Mikhail Kats, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Two bits of computing in photonics: Planck spectroscopy and nanoscale light extraction”
4:00pm-4:20pm Erfan Khoram, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Modeling Metasurfaces with Graph Neural Network”
4:20pm-4:40pm Zhicheng Wu, University of Wisconsin-Madison: “Modeling Metasurfaces with Spatial Coupled Mode Theory”

 

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