
Control and Design of Active Liquid Crystals
Juan de Pablo, Ph.D.
Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering
University of Chicago
Friday, April 22, 2022 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flier

Transformative Applications of Materials Data Science
Roger French, Ph.D.
Kyocera Professor
Case School of Engineering,
Case Western University
Friday, April 8, 2022 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | HEC 101
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flier

Chirality and Complexity of Engineered Nanostructures
Dr. Nicholas A. Kotov
Irving Langmuir Distinguished University Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Friday March 4, 2022 11:00AM — 12:00PM HEC 101
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

Compositionally complex oxides: synthesis, characterization, challenges, and opportunities
Dr. Veerle Keppens
Head of Materials Science and Engineering Department,
Chancellor’s Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
February 11, 2022 11:00AM — 12:00PM HEC Room 101
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

Nanomechanical AFM for Structure, Properties, and Data in Multiphase Polymers
Dr. L. Cate Brinson
Sharon C and Harold L Yoh III Professor of Engineering,
Donald M Alstadt Department Chair of the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department, Duke University
November 19, 2021 11:00AM — 12:00PM
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

Anion-based Approaches to Engineering Functionality in Perovskite Oxide Heterostructures
Dr. Steve May
Head of Materials Science and Engineering Department, Drexel University
November 5, 2021 11:00AM — 12:00PM
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

Three Dimensional Nanoscale Properties for Photovoltaic and Functional Thin Films
Prof. Bryan D. Huey
University of Connecticut
October 1, 2021 11:00AM — 12:00PM
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

Corrosion and Passivation of Multi-Principal Element Alloys in Aqueous Solutions
Prof. John Scully
University of Virginia
April 2, 2021, 11:00AM — 12:00PM
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

New Perspective on Alloy Surface Engineering by Infusing High Concentrations of Interstitial Atoms
Dr. Frank Ernst
Case Western Reserve University, OH
March 12, 2021, 11:00AM — 12:00PM
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

Defects, Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors, and in Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells
Dr. Xingbo Liu
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
February 12, 2021, 11:00AM — 12:00PM
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

Layering Organic Metal Halide Semiconductors
Dr. Michael Chabinyc
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
January 22, 2021, 11:00AM — 12:00PM
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

Superconductors and Practical Superconducting Wires
Eric Hellstrom, Ph.D
Florida State University
December 4, 2020, 11:00AM — 12:00PM
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

Interdisciplinary Concepts in Ceramic Based Energy Materials: From Nuclear Waste to Fuel Cells
Prof. Kyle Brinkman,
Clemson University
October 30, 2020, 11:00AM — 12:00PM
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

3-D Metal Printing (SLM) – Challenges and Opportunities
Prof. Wojciech Z. Misiolek
Professor and Director, Lowey Institute, Lehigh University
September 30, 2020, 11:00AM — 12:00PM
Zoom Meeting Room and the Flyer

Biodegradable Microsystems: Physical Sensors, Chemical Sensors, and Power Sources
Mark Allen, Ph.D.
Alfred Fitler Moore Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
March 27, 2020 11:00AM — 12:00PM HEC Room 101

Classical Atomic-scale Methods in Material Design and Discovery
Susan Sinnott, Ph.D.
February 21, 2020 11:00AM — 12:00PM HEC Room 101

High-performance, heteroepitaxial, device layers on single-crystal- like, artificial substrates and controlled self-assembly of nanostructures within device layers for wide-ranging electrical & electronic applications
Amit Goyal, Ph.D.
SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, University at Buffalo
January 24, 2020 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM HEC Room 101

Self-Assembly of Periodic Polyethylene Sulfonates: Layered, Bicontinuous Gyroid, and Hexagonal Nanoscale Morphologies for Transport
Karen I. Winey, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
October 11, 2019, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm HEC (Room 101A)

Stabilization of Nanocrystalline Grain Size at Elevated Temperatures: Theory and Experiment
Dr. Carl Koch
Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor North Carolina State University, MSE Dept.
October 4, 2019 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – HEC 101-A

Biomolecules for Non-biological things: Materials Construction through Peptide Design and Solution Assembly
Darrin Pochan, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Delaware
September 27, 2019 11:00AM — 12:00PM HEC Room 101

Guidance to Achieving Success with Proposals: A Program Director's View
Shubhra Gangopadhyay, Ph.D.
C.W. LaPierre Endowed Chair, University of Missouri College of Engineering
Aug. 19 | Research I, Room 101 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.