Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - "Computational structural dynamics (CSD), aeroelasticity, and statistical energy analysis", Dr. Zahra Sotoudah, Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, Cal Poly Pomona

Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Dr. Raymond Adkins, RCSA Fellow, Yale University. Title and Abstract to be announced.

Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - "Correlating buffer microstructure with fracture behavior in TRISO particle fuels", Dr. Yongfeng Zhang, Associate Professor & Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics, U. Wisconsin

Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Auto-regressive models, trained simply to predict future observations from past ones, have become a default tool for sequential data, from language to video to control-relevant time series. This talk first addresses that gap in a canonical setting and then concludes with a discussion of a class systems which captures these observer effects, recent results on learning and control, and several open questions.

Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Join us as we present this year's Civil & Environmental Engineering Distinguished Alumni award to Thomas G. Capek. Mr. Capek graduated from RPI with a B.S. in civil engineering in 1986. He has had an industrious career at Corning Inc., using his civil degree as a base for further learning and preparation for many industrial challenges. Dessert reception will be in the DCC Great Hall with formal presentation in DCC 330.

Saturday / October 10, 2026 at 11:00 am Every day, Greenland loses 600 million tons of ice. Most people cannot perceive this. Sound artist Felix Deufel and video artist Lucas Gutierrez made it tangible—as sound, space, and embodied experience.Lost in Liquid Noise is an immersive audio-driven experience based on two Arctic expeditions (2023 & 2024). It reveals the hidden sonic and visual dimensions of climate change—from glacier ruptures to underwater ecosystems beneath frozen seas. Installation, Workshop Felix Deufel

Friday / October 9, 2026 at 12:00 pm Felix Deufel, sound artist and founder of Not a Number Studio and ZiMMT (Center for Immersive Media Arts, Music and Technology) presents his software Grapes 3D Audio Control, a universal 3D audio control software designed for live performance, show control, and the composition of spatial audio formats. Workshop Felix Deufel

Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - What can sound mean for humans and the environment? And how can immersive audio environments clarify—or create—these meanings? Researcher and artist Felix Deufel (ZiMMT, Leipzig), joins RPI composer and technologist Matthew Goodheart to talk about spatial sound, acoustics, composition, and their effects on human experience. All are welcome. Stay afterwards for refreshments and informal conversation in Evelyn’s Café at EMPAC.

Thursday / October 8, 2026 at 6:00 pm What can sound mean for humans and the environment? And how can immersive audio environments clarify—or create—these meanings? Researcher and artist Felix Deufel, who is the director of ZiMMT (Center for Media Art, Music, and Technology) in Leipzig, joins RPI composer and technologist Matthew Goodheart to talk about spatial sound, acoustics, composition, and their effects on human experience. Talk Felix Deufel & Matthew Goodheart