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Welcome to the first annual MSEE Student Symposium The Symposium is being organized by graduate students and designed for graduate students and post docs ...
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2022 Annual Technical Review
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) uses the Annual Technical Review to review the progress of the MSEE URA. The meeting also provides a forum for the government and corporate ...
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MSEE Seminar: Dr. Terrence R. Meyer, School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University
Join us for a seminar with Dr. Terrence R. Meyer, School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University, titled "Optical and X-ray Based Multi-Dimensional Characterization of Multiphase Material Dynamics". <...
MoreThe seminar will begin at 3:00 PM ET on June 7, 2022.
Please contact Veronica Turner for connection information.
Bio: Dr. Terrence R. Meyer specializes in the development and application of laser and x-ray diagnostics for multiphase flows and combustion in novel propulsion, energetic, defense, and hypersonic systems. After earning a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he served as a contract research scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Combustion Branch for six years, as a member of the Mechanical Engineering faculty at Iowa State University for nine years, and as a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University for seven years, where is he also a professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics by courtesy. He also formerly served as a visiting professor at Ecole Centrale Paris in France and at Erlangen University in Germany, and as Technical Director of private research firm Spectral Energies, LLC. He is currently the Chair of the Gordon Research Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Energy and Combustion Science, Colloquium Co-Chair for the Diagnostics Section of the 39th International Symposium on Combustion, and Honors and Awards Chair for the Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He is a Fellow of Optica (formerly Optical Society of America) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and he is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA.
Short Course: Uncertainty Quantification in physics-based modeling using Python
MSEE: Short Course on Uncertainty Quantification in Physics-based Modeling using Python
MSEE: Short Course on Uncertainty Quantification in Physics-based Modeling using Python
Dimitris Tsapetis, Assistant Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Dimitris Giovanis, Assistant Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Michael D. Shields, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Please register here by May 23, 2022.
The course will be held on May 25-27, 2022. Each day will be broken into three sessions that will run from 9AM-12PM and 1-3PM EDT. During the morning session, instruction will be provided for setting up the day’s activities. In the afternoon, participants will work independently on UQ activities, and the instructors will be available to assist.
This in-person three-day short course will introduce participants to the practice of uncertainty quantification (UQ) in computational modeling of physical systems using the Python programming language. Participants will be introduced to a variety of UQ tasks including uncertainty propagation, surrogate modeling, and Bayesian inference using the UQpy toolbox. By the end of the course, it is the goal that students will have the knowledge to begin applying UQ to computational models in their respective fields of study. In particular, attendees will learn how to:- Link a model to the UQpy software to execute UQ tasks.
- Propagate uncertainties through a computational model using simulation-based methods in UQpy
- Construct a surrogate model using polynomial chaos expansions and Gaussian process regression
- Infer the parameters of a model using Bayesian inference
- Participants will be provided with links to video lectures on UQ topics, which they should watch prior to attending the workshop.
- Participants are expected to be proficient in the Python programming language with knowledge that includes Python syntax, data types and structures (e.g. lists and dictionaries), importing and using widely available libraries (e.g. numpy and scipy), and object-oriented programming in Python. Participants who are not already proficient may attend the short course after completing one (or more) of the online courses listed below.
- Participants must bring their own laptop computer with all necessary software installed, including Python 3. Although we will review installation of UQpy and setting the user environment, we will not review Python installation.
- Participants are encouraged to bring an example code that they can use for UQ in their own field of study.

MSEE Seminar: Dr. Jennifer L. Gottfried, University of Chicago
Join us for a seminar with Dr. Jennifer L. Gottfried, University of Chicago, titled "Microscale Experiments to Measure Energetic Material Performance and Sensitivity".
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The seminar will begin at 3pm ET on April 5, 2022.
Please contact Veronica Turner for connection information.
Bio: Dr. Gottfried obtained a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Chicago in August 2005, receiving numerous fellowships and awards for excellence in academics and research, including a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship and the William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship. She joined the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in September 2005 as a postdoctoral fellow and was hired in May 2008. Dr. Gottfried recently received a Department of the Army Civilian Service Commendation Medal for outstanding technical excellence. Dr. Gottfried has written four book chapters and has more than 60 peer-reviewed papers, including four invited reviews and four featured cover articles. She has also published more than 90 ARL technical reports. She has been an invited speaker at 18 international conferences and taught short courses on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and chemometric analysis. Dr. Gottfried’s current work is focused on laser spectroscopy of energetic materials for laboratory-scale characterization, model validation, and a fundamental understanding of reaction mechanisms during explosive initiation.
MSEE Seminar: Dr. Akeisha Owens, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Join us for a seminar with Dr. Akeisha N. Owens, Microbiologist/Biological Team Lead, Technical Reachback Division (OPR), Research and Development Directorate (RD), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), titled "...
MoreThe seminar will begin at 3:00 PM ET on March 1, 2022.
Please contact Veronica Turner for connection information.
Bio: Dr. Akeisha Owens is a microbiologist with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). At DTRA, Dr. Owens leads a team of biological and medical subject matter experts that perform modeling and simulation to anticipate and mitigate the effects of biological threats. Dr. Owens received her doctorate in microbiology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2014. Dr. Owens is an Innovative scientist with over 10 years of research and clinical experience across microbial genetics, molecular biology, and biodefense. She is currently a member of the American Society for Microbiology as well as a board certified member of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. For her leadership and timely response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Owens was awarded the High level Civilian of the Second Quarter of 2020 as well as the Research and Development Directorate Technical Achievement for the First Quarter of 2020 from DTRA.
MSEE Seminars encourage knowledge sharing on topics of broad interest and will be offered by experts from both within and outside the URA.
All seminars will be held from 3-4PM EST.
Meetings arranged by the Research Area Leads and FA Coordinators to discuss matters pertaining to their specific research programs. Attendees include MSEE URA PIs, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows.
This meeting allows DTRA to review the progress of the MSEE URA. The meeting is also open to the MSEE URA, GCAP, and SAB members.
These meetings allow for collaboration between the MSEE URA and GCAP members. Attendees include MSEE URA PIs and DTRA representatives, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and GCAP members.
Held quarterly, meetings of the Technical Management group to discuss items of importance to the MSEE URA.
Workshops will be arranged by the MSEE URA to encourage knowledge building and sharing from experts both within and outside of the URA. These events can last from one day to multiple days.
Short courses will be arranged by the MSEE URA to encourage knowledge sharing from experts outside of the URA. These events can last from one day to multiple days.
WFD activities will be created to engage, encourage, and aid MSEE URA students and postdoctoral fellows with professional development.
Focused talks on research topics of interest to specific MSEE URA focus areas.
MSEE Colloquium: Dr. Jennifer Gottfried
Focused talks on research topics of interest to specific MSEE URA focus areas.
MoreMSEE Colloquium: Dr. Simon Bland
Focused talks on research topics of interest to specific MSEE URA focus areas.
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