February 2026
Monday, February 2nd, 2026
4:00pm
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
9:00am
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James K. Knowles Lectures and Caltech Solid Mechanics Symposium
"Variational phase-field modeling of fracture: toward second-generation models"
Laura De Lorenzis,
Professor of Computational Mechanics,
ETH Zürich,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
8:00am
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2/10
11:59pm
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Friday, February 6th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Infinite temperature at zero energy
David Long,
Stanford,
Monday, February 9th, 2026
4:00pm
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
11:30am
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12:30pm
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CMS Special Seminar with Marcello Romano
Dynamics, Guidance & Control of Autonomous Orbital Systems: From Conception to Flight Experimentation
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
Flow Maps: Flow-based generative models with lightning-fast inference
Nicholas Boffi,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Machine Learning and Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
What a Digital Twin Can Learn from Data, Thermodynamics, and Action Principles for Damage Assessment in Complex Materials
Jiun-Shyan (JS) Chen,
William Prager Chair Professor,
Department of Structural Engineering,
University of California, San Diego,
Friday, February 13th, 2026
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
From higher-dimensional Fermiology to higher Hall crystals in moiré materials
Nisarga Paul,
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar,
Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
9:00am
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9:01am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thursday, February 19th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"The Inherent Resilience of Large Cities to Natural Hazards: Records, Evidence and Predictions"
Nicos Makris,
Professor of Structures and Mechanics, Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Southern Methodist University,
Friday, February 20th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Testing the quantumness of gravity "ab absurdo"
Emanuele Panella,
University of Rome Tor Vergata,
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
4:00pm
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
8:00am
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Watson Lecture: Chasing Sustainable Battery Chemistries for the Future with Kimberly See
Kimberly See,
professor of chemistry,
- Public Event
Thursday, February 26th, 2026
8:00am
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Ongoing
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4:00pm
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Theodore Y. Wu and Chin-Hua Wu Lecture
How to Improve the Performance of an Airtanker Drop
Dominique Legendre,
Professor,
Fluid Mechanics,
Toulouse INP, National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse,
Friday, February 27th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Senrui Chen,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Preskill group,