Events

Featured Events and Seminars

IEEE-UAE Distinguished Seminar Series

March 8 - May 16, 2021

Engineering Seminar Series

Engineering conducts a well-structured seminar series with speakers and experts from the region and around the globe. The seminars will take place via Zoom on Sundays from 11am-12pm unless otherwise stated.

Spring 2021

March 8, 2021	H. Vincent Poor \| Towards 6G Wireless Communication Networks: Vision, Enabling Technologies, and New Paradigm Shifts (IEEE Distinguished Seminar Series) Princeton University, USA 8-9PM
March 14, 2021	Khulood Alawadi \| Design Practice for Wicked Problems NYU Abu Dhabi

Past Events and Seminars

Symposia

IEEE-UAE Distinguished Seminar Series

September 6-December 6, 2020

3rd NYU Biomedical and Biosystems Conference

January 12-14, 2020

Engineering Seminar Series

Spring 2021

February 7, 2021

Dr. Mireille Elhajj | Dependency of Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
Astra-Terra Ltd., UK

Fall 2020

October 18, 2020	Asimina Kazakidi \| The contribution of computational biofluid mechanics in cardiovascular problems University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK 3:00 PM (GMT+4)
October 11, 2020	Mohammad Qasaimeh \| Lab-on-a-Tip Microfluidic Probes for Single Cell Analysis, Separations, and Manipulations NYU Abu Dhabi 11:00 AM (GMT+4)
October 4, 2020	Dr. Saad Jasim \| Impacts of Climate Change on Water Systems SJ Environmental Consultants (Windsor) Inc., Canada 10:00 (GMT+4)
September 27, 2020	Jeremy Teo \| (Immuno) Mechanobiology of Immune Cells NYU Abu Dhabi 11:00 AM (GMT+4)
September 13, 2020	K.R. Sreenivasan \| Massive Simulations of 3D Navier-Stokes Turbulence New York University 7:30 PM (GMT+4)

March 1, 2020	Tilo Pompe \| Mimicking physiological and pathological situations in 3D biopolymer-based matrices in vitro Leipzig University
February 24, 2020	Marten van Dijk \| Buffer Zones for Defending against Adversarial Examples in Image Classification University of Connecticut
February 23, 2020	Antonio Adán Oliver \| Automatic extraction of semantic models of buildings with robots 3D Visual Computing & Robotics Lab, Castilla La Mancha University
February 9, 2020	Ahmed Elwakil \| Modeling Biological Tissues Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy University of Sharjah
February 2, 2020	Carlos Guedes \| Engineering music and musifying engineering: 20 years of personal research at the intersection of music, engineering and computer science New York University Abu Dhabi

37th IEEE Intl. Conference on Computer Design

November 17-19, 2019

First CITIES Symposium

November 24, 2019

The 5th Transportation Symposium

November 25, 2019

December 10, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Nigel Wilson Title: Using Automated Data Sources to improve the performance of Public Transport Systems: a framework and applications
December 8, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Mihai Sanduleanu Title: CMOS Integrated Transceivers for mm-Waves and Broadband Communications
November 27, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| S. Feyza Cinicioglu Title: Geotechnical Failures and Likelihood of Prevention
November 24, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Oliver Otto Title: Label-free cytometry in virtual fluidic channels: high-throughput single-cell rheology and tissue mechanics
November 21, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Vijaykrishnan Narayanan Title: Is it Logic or Memory? - Blurring the Gap
November 17, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Nektarios Tsoutsos Title: Building Zero Knowledge Proofs for any Application
November 13, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Guido Gerig Title: Computer vision/medical image analysis, clinical studies
November 3, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Fan Zhu Title: Research and Development of Computer Vision in UAE
October 27, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Pinar Menguc Energy Efficiency as a Transdisciplinary Concept: Research and Applications
October 17, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Timothy Wangler Digital Concrete: Material and Processing Challenges
October 14, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Magdi Mohareb Modern finite element tools for lateral-torsional buckling analysis
October 13, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Ali Asghar Bhagat Medical Device Translation and Commercialization
October 6, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Dr. Hemant Unadkat Materiomics for Craniofacial Tissue Regeneration
September 23, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Dr. Ali K. Okyay In-Situ Monitoring of Plasma-ALD Processes for III-nitrides and Emerging Semiconductor Materials
September 22, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Dr. Niti Dhutia A Love-Hate Relationship: Machine Learning and the Cloud
September 15, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Ibrahim (Abe) M. Elfadel Title: A Love-Hate Relationship: Machine Learning and the Cloud
September 8, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Mohamed Omar Abdelgawad Title: Microfluidics Tools for Reproductive Health
September 8, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Mohamed Omar Abdelgawad Title: Microfluidics Tools for Reproductive Health
September 4, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Tuka Hanai Title: Detecting Cognitive Impairment from Spoken Language

3rd International Symposium on Infrastructure Asset Management

March 31 to April 1, 2019

2019 International Symposium on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

March 10-11, 2019

April 22, 2019	Dyson Workshop \| Hwasoo Yeo Title: Innovation in Engineering & Design
April 21, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Hwasoo Yeo Title: How to Build Smart City from Infrastructure Engineering Perspectives
April 17, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Agostino Gibaldi Title: The visual system and the natural environment: perceptual, behavioral and computational advances
April 16, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Janaka Wansapura Title: Non-invasive assessment of Fibrosis
April 11, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Deji Akinwande Title: Graphene Electronic Tattoo Sensors
April 10, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Mohammed Zourob Title: An Integrated and Ultrasensitive Biosensors and Diagnostic Tools for Biomedical Applications
March 31, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Zhibin Chen Title: A Cost-Competitiveness Analysis of Charging Infrastructure for Electric Bus Operations
March 19, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Dario Martelli Title: Innovative solutions to reduce the risk of falling
March 17, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Khalil Ramadi Title: Microinvasive modulation of neural physiology
March 14, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Halil Sezen Title: Performance Assessment and Sustainability of Structures
March 6, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Muhammad Shafique Title: Towards Extreme Energy-Efficiency with Brain-Inspired Computing: From Approximate Computing to Neural Processing
March 3, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Dimitrios Milioris Title: Positioning based on Probabilistic Methods, Sensing and Learning
February 25, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Shadi Hassan Title: Revolution and advancements of electrically enhanced membrane bioreactor (eMBR) for wastewater treatment and water reuse
February 24, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Arnab Chanda Title: Biomechanical Testing of Soft Tissue Damage Interventions
February 21, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Wenzhi Liao Title: Data mining and fusion for image analysis and interpretation
February 20, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Ismail Ben Mabrouk Title: On the Performance of Radio Communications in Underground Gold Mines
February 19, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Aissa Ikhlef Title: Challenges and Opportunities in Future Wireless Networks: 5G and Beyond
February 18, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Chao Liu Title: Desalinated seawaters in distribution systems: Formation of disinfection by-products and mitigation of toxicity
February 17, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Jian Li Title: Learning to cache: Accuracy or Speed
February 13, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Antonio Franchi Title: Aerial Robotics: Novel Design Control Methods for Enabling Physical InteractiveTasks in Real World
February 12, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Muataz Atieh Title: Nano-Materials for Water Treatment and Desalination
February 11, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Eliseo Ferrante Title: Swarm robotics: Designing scalable self-organized collective robotic platforms that combine the strengths of engineered and biological systems
February 10, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Kemal Celebi Title: 2D Materials for Membrane Separations and Functional Coatings
February 5, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Greg Cashion Title: Top 10 things all engineers need to know about construction law
February 5, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman Title: 3D Printing and Bioprinting for Tissue Engineering Applications

Precious Plastic WANA Conference 2018

December 16-17, 2018

The 4th NYUAD Transportation Symposium

Nov 18-19, 2018

January 10, 2019	Engineering Seminar Series \| David Lange Title: The Future of 3D Printing of Concrete Infrastructure
November 29, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Muhammad Shafique Title: Enabling Extreme Energy-Efficiency through Brain-Inspired Computing: A Cross-Layer Approach towards Approximate Computing and Energy-Efficient Neural Processing
November 25, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Debjani Paul Title: Microfluidic devices for blood analysis
November 22, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Mahmoud I. Hussein Title: Phononics: An Emerging Field Targeting Structural Dynamics of Materials and Beyond
November 20, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Paulo Montiero Title: Multiscale X-Ray Tomography of Concrete
November 19, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Bhargab Bhattacharya Title: Design of Free-Flowing Lab-on-Chip with 3D Microfluidic Network for Sample Preparation
November 18, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Khalil Ramadi Title: Minimally invasive neural drug delivery: a window to a future of precision medicine
November 13, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Michalis Vlachos Title: Interpretable Machine Learning with Applications in B2B Recommender Systems
November 11, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Ehab El-Sadaany Title: Embedded Distributed Energy Resources; A Problematic Solution
November 4, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Mohamed Al-Fandi Title: Toward Smart Micro/Nano Systems
October 28, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Baker Mohammad Title: Memristor: A new Paradigm in Electronics Computing, Sensing and Memory
October 14, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Cesare Stefanini Title: Healthcare Engineering Innovation within Khalifa University and the UAE ecosystem
October 2, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Sanjeeva Weerawarana Title: Ballerina: A Modern Programming Language Focused on Integration
September 30, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Hicham Chatila Title: Connectivity Analysis for Non-Motorized Transport
September 23, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Athanasios (Thanasis) Triantafyllou Title: Advanced Composite Materials and Structures: Past, Present and Future Challenges
September 16, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| Hamid Abderrahmane Title: Swirling flow in bucket paradigm
September 9, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series \| TieJun Zhang (TJ) Title: Enhancing Light-Heat-Fluid Transport by Tailoring Optical and Wetting Properties of Surfaces presented

January 14, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Roozbeh Jafari
January 21, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Xiangliang Zhang
January 22, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Mohammad Ali AlQassim
Jan 22 to Jan 24, 2018	11th International Conference on Plasma Assisted Technologies (ICPAT-11) Convened by Philip K. Panicker, Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering, NYUAD
Jan 28 to Jan 29, 2018	Theory and Modern Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics: In Memory of Ali H. Nayfeh Convened by Mohammed Daqaq, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, NYUAD
January 30, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Prof. Mahmoud I. Hussain
February 1, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Imran Akhtar
February 5, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: SeongHwan Cho
February 11, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Hassan Arafat
February 25, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Osama Abdullah
March 4, 2018	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Julian Garnder

October 23, 2017	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Ozge Akbulut
October 29, 2017	Joint Cyber Security Center and Engineering Division Seminar Series Speaker: Chengmo Yangi
November 5, 2017	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Vassos Soteriou
November 12, 2017	Engineering Industry Advisory Council Meeting Speaker: Industry Advisory Council Members
November 14, 2017	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: David Brownstone
Nov 19 to Nov 20, 2017	3rd NYUAD Transportation Symposium
December 3, 2017	Engineering Seminar Series Speaker: Pantelis Georgiou