First Year Seminar Series 2026 (CME 300)
Event Details:
Location
Stanford Campus
United States
This event is open to:
Weekly presentations by Stanford faculty on their current research. Required for first-year ICME Ph.D. students; recommended for first-year ICME M.S. students interested in research.
If you have any questions, please contact Professor Alison Marsden amarsden@stanford.edu.
Schedule
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PDT
Seminar Session 1
Speaker 1 (1:30 PM – 2:45 PM) - Eric Darve, Director of Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME), Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PDT
Seminar Session 2
Speaker 1 (1:30 PM – 2:05 PM) - Mykel Kochenderfer, Associate Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Speaker 2 (2:10 PM – 2:45 PM) - Ruizhe Jia, Assistant Professor, Management Science and Engineering
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PDT
Seminar Session 3
Speaker 1 (1:30 PM – 2:05 PM) - Wei Li, Adjunct Professor, ICME
Speaker 2 (2:10 PM – 2:45 PM) - Emmanuel Mignot, Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PDT
Seminar Session 4
Speaker 1 (1:30 PM – 2:05 PM) - Renyuan Xu, Assistant Professor, Management Science and Engineering
Speaker 2 (2:10 PM – 2:45 PM) - Steven Niederer, Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PDT
Seminar Session 5
Speaker 1 (1:30 PM – 2:05 PM) - Markus Covert, Professor, Bioengineering
Speaker 2 (2:10 PM – 2:45 PM) - Ilenia Battiato, Associate Professor, Energy Science and Engineering
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PDT
Seminar Session 6
Speaker 1 (1:30 PM – 2:05 PM) - Lei Xing, Professor of Medical Physics, Director of Medical Physics Division of Radiation Oncology Department
Speaker 2 (2:10 PM – 2:45 PM) - Akshay Chaudhari, Associate Professor, Radiology and Biomedical Data Science
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PST
No class - Democracy Day
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PST
Seminar Session 7
Speaker 1 (1:30 PM – 2:05 PM) - Ching-Yao Lai, Assistant Professor, Geophysics
Speaker 2 (2:10 PM – 2:45 PM) - Simona Onori, Associate Professor, Energy Science and Engineering
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PST
Seminar Session 8
Speaker 1 (1:30 PM – 2:05 PM) - Evan Elder, Associate Director for Licensing and Strategic Alliances, Physical Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Speaker 2 (2:10 PM – 2:45 PM) - Emily Fox, Professor, Statistics and Computer Science
Tuesday, November 24, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PST
No class - Thanksgiving
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm PST
Seminar Session 9
Speaker 1 (1:30 PM – 2:05 PM) -
Speaker 2 (2:10 PM – 2:45 PM) -
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