Fall 2012
You can find all of these seminars, as well as others of potential interest, on our event calendar.
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Date |
Speaker |
| August 31 | No Seminar |
| September 4 |
SPECIAL SEMINAR Please note day, time and location. Tuesday, September 4th 10:300 a.m. Room 1302 Chemical/Nuclear Eng. Bldg. (Tri)critical phase transitions in magnetocaloric materials Karl G. Sandeman Royal Society University Research Fellow and Lecturer Department of Physics Blackett Laboratory Imperial College, London Abstract » |
| September 7 |
MSGS Seminar Innovation in Electrochemical Technology: from Batteries to Metals Extraction Donald R. Sadoway John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract » |
| September 14 |
Liquid Crystals and Their Contribution to the Field of Photovoltaics Luz Martinez-Miranda Associate Professor Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering University of Maryland College Park Abstract » |
| September 21 |
Engineered Nanostructures for Plasmonics and Thermoelectrics Oded Rabin Assistant Professor Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering IREAP University of Maryland College Park Abstract » |
| September 28 |
Biomimetic Self-assembly of Polymer-Inorganic Hybrid Nanocompartments with Biomedical Applications Zhihong Nie Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Maryland College Park Abstract » |
| October 5 |
Please note special time and location: 9:00 a.m. Room 2110 Chemical/Nuclear Eng. Bldg. Nano-Biotechnological Methods and Tools for Innovative Diagnostics and Therapy Ross Rinaldi National Nanotechnology Laboratory - Istituto di NanoScienze CNR Scuola Superiore ISUFI Università del Salento, Lecce Abstract » |
| October 12 |
Nanophotonics for Casimir Forces and Photovoltaics Jeremy Munday Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering IREAP University of Maryland College Park Abstract » |
| October 19 | No Seminar |
| October 26 |
MSE/UMERC Joint Seminar Fabrication and Microstructure Characterization of Thin Film Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Zhi-Peng Li National Institute of Standards and Technology Abstract » |
| November 2 |
An All CNT Li-S Secondary Battery David Lashmore CTO and Vice President Nanocomp Abstract » |
| November 9 |
Electrostatic Interactions in Polymers and Soft Matter Andrey Dorynin Professor Institute of Materials Science Department of Physics University of Connecticut Abstract » |
| November 16 |
Engineering Self Assembled Nanostructures by Constrained Phase Transformation Alexander Roytburd Professor Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering University of Maryland College Park Abstract » |
| November 23 | Thankgiving Break–No Seminar |
| November 30 |
Simple Molecules and Simple Chemistry Yield Complex Materials Through Self-Assembly. Applications from Art Conservation to Oil Spill Recovery to New Foods Richard G. Weiss Department of Chemistry Georgetown University Abstract » |
| December 7 |
Using Interfacial Manipulations to Generate Functional Materials from Nanostructured Polymers Thomas H. Epps, III Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Professor of Chemical Engineering University of Delaware Department of Chemical Engineering Abstract » |