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Department Colloquia

The MatSE Department colloquium series is held on Mondays at 4 p.m. in room 100 Materials Science and Engineering Building.

Julia Greer

January 30, 2012

Julia Greer
Division of Engineering and Applied Science
California Institute of Technology

Size Matters: Mechanical properties of nano-sized solids

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William Buhro

February 6, 2012

William Buhro
Department of Chemistry
Washington University

Synthesis of Cadmium Selenide quantum belts having excellent optical properties from CdSe)13 Nanoclusters

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Ayse Asatekin

February 13, 2012

Ayse Asatekin
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Efficient membranes through polymer engineering

Christopher Schuh

February 20, 2012

Christopher Schuh
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Harder, cheaper, greener: The deign and deployment of alloy coatings with stabilized nanocrystalline structures

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David Johnson

February 27, 2012

David Johnson
Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Institute
University of Oregon

Ferecrystals: New materials with designed nanoarchitecture and tunable properties

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Jiaxing Huang

March 12, 2012

Jiaxing Huang
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University

Soft carbon sheets at interfaces

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Michael Mills

March 26, 2012

Michael Mills
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Ohio State University

"Characterization of novel precipitate phases in high temperature shape memory alloys and understanding their effect on shape memory properties"

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Daniel Abraham

April 2, 2012

Daniel Abraham
Chemical Sciences & Engineering Division
Argonne National Laboratory

"Designing long-life Lithium-ion batteries"

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Silvija Gradecak

April 9, 2012

Silvija Gradecak
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Semiconductor nanowires for energy applications"

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cancelled

April 16, 2012

CANCELLED

Mohamed El-Sayed

April 23, 2012

Mohamed E.H. El-Sayed
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan

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Development of enzyme-activated nano-conjugates for targeted hepatic cancer therapy

Frances Ross

April 30, 2012

Frances Ross
Watson Research Center
IBM

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Vapour and liquid phase crystal growth in the transmission electron microscope