ME I0000 - Mechanical Engineering Seminars (Fall 2026)

Course Description

ME I0000 is a departmental seminar course featuring invited talks by researchers and professionals in mechanical engineering and related fields. The seminar series provides students with opportunities to learn about current research, emerging technologies, and professional developments across a broad range of topics.

Seminar Information

Credits: 1

Semester: Fall 2026

Schedule: Thr 2:00PM - 3:00PM, Steinman 254

Coordinators: Bo Wang, Inigo Sanz Pena
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Email: bwang1@ccny.cuny.edu, isanzpena@ccny.cuny.edu
- Website: https://bwang-ccny.github.io/seminars.html

Seminar Schedule

Week	Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Seminar Title
1	Aug. 27	Luiz Adolfo Hegele Jr.	Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina	An Integrated Experimental and Multiscale Modeling Framework for Droplet Breakup in Immiscible Fluid Flows
2	Sep. 3
3	Sep. 10	Jizhong Xiao	The City College of New York	General Wall-Climbing Robot for Non-Destructive Inspection of Infrastructure
4	Sep. 17	Amir Miri	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Multiscale Engineering of Vocal Fold Biomechanics and Fibrosis
5	Sep. 24	Jung Kyung Kim	Kookmin University	Human-Interactive Thermofluidics: Advancing Human-Centric Control of Heat and Flow
6	Oct. 1
7	Oct. 8	Saptarashmi Bandyopadhyay	The City College of New York	Multi-Agent AI for Real-World Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Applications
8	Oct. 15	Yiqiao Li	The City College of New York	Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure for Autonomous Mobility: From Multimodal Sensing to Physical AI
9	Oct. 22
10	Oct. 27 (12:30-1:30pm)	Fedor Bukreev & Adrian Kummerländer	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Shocks, Interfaces and Flames Using Lattice Boltzmann Methods
	Oct. 29	Aliasghar Arab	The City College of New York & New York University	Safe Control and Planning for Embodied AI: From Physical Constraints to Agile Autonomous Maneuvers
11	Nov. 5	Adeel Akhtar	New Jersey Institute of Technology	TBD
12	Nov. 12	George Papadopoulos	Innoveering, LLC	Plasma-Based Sensing Approaches for Aero Environment Characterization
13	Nov. 19	Wenjing Ye	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	TBD
14	Nov. 26	College Closed
15	Dec. 3	Lei Zhao	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Representing And Resolving Cities In The Earth System Across Scales
16	Dec. 10	Gokay Adabasi	The City College of New York	From Atomic Defects to Emergent Electronic Materials: Engineering Structure-Property Relationships in Functional Thin Films

Fall 2026 Academic Calendar

Attendance

Students enrolled in ME I0000 are expected to attend the scheduled seminars. Regular attendance is required throughout the semester.

Information for Speakers

Invited speakers are requested to provide a talk title, abstract, short biography, and headshot prior to the scheduled seminar. Presentation details and other logistical information will be coordinated in advance.