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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March 13 2025
3:30 PM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
"MaterialEyes - Seeing the Invisible using Experiment, Theory and AI," presented by Maria Chan, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory
Mehl Room - 2327 Wean
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March 14 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
A Journey from Atoms to Materials: Computationally-Guided Discovery and Design of Functional Materials, presented by Prashun Gorai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center
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March 21 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
Thermophysical and Thermochemical Properties of Transition Metal Diborides up to and above 3000 degrees, presented by Scott J. McCormack, University of California, Davis
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center
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March 28 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
Deciphering microscopic mechanisms driving assembly and flow of soft materials, presented by Vikram Jadhao, Indiana University, Bloomington
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center
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April 11 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
The Green Steel Revolution, presented by Sara Hornby-Anderson
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center
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April 18 2025
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
presented by Robert Macfarlane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center