Wednesday, June 3, 2026 | 8:30-9:30 am

Engineering Origami Structures and Metamaterials

Glaucio H. Paulino, Ph.D., NAE, F.EMI, M.ASCE
Margareta E. Augustine Professor of Engineering
Princeton University

 

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 | 1:00-2:00 pm

Why Fracture Geometry is Important

Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy 
Purdue University
 

Thursday, June 4, 2026 | 8:30-9:30 am

Agentic Scientific Machine Learning 

George Em Karniadakis, Ph.D.
The Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor of Applied Mathematics
Brown University
 

Thursday, June 4, 2026 | 1:00-2:00 pm

Materials-in-motion: from heterarchical granular dynamics to x-ray rheography

Itai Einav, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of the Sydney Centre in Geomechanics and Mining Materials (SciGEM)
University of Sydney

 

Friday, June 5, 2026 | 8:30-9:30 am

Quantum algorithms for differential equations: Opportunities and challenges

Andrew Childs, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Computer Science and Interim Director 
University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS)

 

Friday, June 5, 2026 | 1:00-2:00 pm

Redefining the Computation-Mechanics Nexus in Large-Scale 6-DOF Shake-Table Testing

Joel P. Conte, Ph.D., P.E., F. EMI, F. ASCE
Distinguished Professor
Eric and Johanna Reissner Endowed Chair 
Department of Structural Engineering
University of California