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MAE Colloquium: Wei Chen, Ph.D., (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL), "Computational Design and Data Science for Accelerating the Innovation of Microstructural Material Systems"

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 4:00pm

Kimball Hall, B11

MAE Colloquium: Wei Chen, Ph.D., (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL), "Computational Design and Data Science for Accelerating the Innovation of Microstructural Material Systems"

Abstract:  Design of material systems with complex microstructures represents the future of materials development to achieve unprecedented product performance. While most of the existing methods are trial-and-error based, we are proposing data-driven systematic computational design methods that provide a seamless integration of design optimization, predictive materials modeling, processing/manufacturing, and data/informatics to enable the accelerated design and development of advanced materials systems. In this talk, we will introduce the state-of-the-art computational design methods for designing heterogeneous nano- and microstructural materials systems such as polymer nanocomposite, nanodielectric polymers, light-weight composite structures, and thin-film solar cells. Research developments in microstructure characterization and reconstruction, machine learning of key microstructure features, data-driven design synthesis, and multiscale uncertainty quantification will be introduced. Challenges and opportunities in designing engineered material systems will be discussed.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Dr. Chen received her Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995. She served on the ASME Design Engineering Division (DED) Executive Committee (2009-2015) and was an elected Advisory Board member of the Design Society (2007-2013). She is a review editor of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization and served twice as an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. In addition, she serves as the Associate Editor of SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification (JUQ) and the Department Editor for the IIE Transactions. Dr. Chen was the recipient of the 1996 NSF Faculty Early Career Award, the 1998 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal achievement award, the 2006 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational award, and the 2015 ASME Design Automation Award. She is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and an Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

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