Graduate Student Seminar
April 19, 2024
10:00 a.m. ET
Doherty Hall 2210
Artificial Intelligence Driven Discovery Connects Scales, Disciplines, and Modalities
For centuries, researchers have sought out ways to connect disparate areas of knowledge. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), we can now rigorously explore relationships that cut across distinct areas – such as, mechanics and biology, or science and art – to foster discovery, understanding and innovation. Our AI algorithms blur the boundary between physics-based and data-driven modeling through integrated physics-inspired multimodal graph-based generative AI models, set forth in a hierarchical multi-agent mixture-of-experts framework. The design of these models follows a biologically inspired approach where we endow AI systems with the capability to reason about their own structure and to dynamically rearrange themselves to improve their utility to solve certain tasks, thereby implementing a manifestation of the universality-diversity- principle seen in biological materials. This new generation of models is applied to the analysis and design of materials, specifically to understand, discover, mimic and improve upon biological materials design principles. Applied specifically to protein engineering, the talk will cover case studies covering distinct scales, from silk, to collagen, to biomineralized materials, as well as applications to medicine, food and agriculture where materials design is critical to achieve performance targets. A discussion of future challenges and opportunities will be provided.
Markus J. Buehler, McAfee Professor of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Buehler pursues new modeling, design and manufacturing approaches for advanced biomaterials that offer greater resilience and a wide range of controllable properties from the nano- to the macroscale. He received many distinguished awards, including the Feynman Prize, the ASME Drucker Medal, the J.R. Rice Medal, and many others. Buehler is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Upcoming Events
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April 23 2025
1:00 PM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
"Characterizing the Structure of Highly-Alloyed Electroceramics" presented by Charles Evans
Doherty A303
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April 25 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
Oxide Dispersion Strengthening via Additive Processing: A Revolutionary New Approach for High Temperature Alloys, presented by Michael J. Mills, The Ohio State University
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center
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May 7 2025
3:00 PM ET
Faculty Insights with Erica Fuchs
Please join us for CMU Engineering's virtual program, "Faculty Insights: A 20 Minute Briefing." In this series, faculty will share insights into their research, its impact, and provide perspective for the future of the field.
Virtual, link provided to registrants