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Graduate Student Sylvanus Lee at a seminar.

MSE Colloquium Series: 2008/2009

The MSE Colloquium Series features distinguished speakers as well as Division faculty and graduate students addressing topics in the relevant areas of the program: Biomaterials, Electronic and Photonic Materials, Materials for Energy and Environment, and Nanomaterials. Click on the talk title for the abstract and bio.

 
Fall 2009 MSE Colloquium Series

October 16, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
15 Saint Mary's Street, Rm 105

Cosponsored by CNN

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Dr. Xinqiao Jia
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Delaware

Molecular Design of Functional Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine

October 23, 2009

Friday, 3:00-4:30PM
GSU Metcalf Hall, 775 Commonwealth Avenue

College of Engineering
2009 Future of Engineering Symposium

Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang
Kyocera Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT


Amplifying the Societal Impact of Engineering Research: A Case Study in Clean Technology

October 30, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
15 Saint Mary's Street, Rm 105

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Dr. Fernando A. Ponce
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Delaware

Materials Challenges for Green InGaN Injection Lasers

November 6, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
8 Saint Mary's Street, Rm 210

Cosponsored by CNN

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Dr. Ramesh Jasti
Department of Chemistry; Division of Materials Science and Engineering
Boston University

Bridging Organic Synthesis and Nanoscience

November 13, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
8 Saint Mary's Street, Rm 210

Cosponsored by Physics

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Dr. Thomas P. Russell
Polymer Science and Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Macroscopic Arrays of Block Copolymers with Areal Densities of 10 Terabit/inch2 and beyond

November 20, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
8 Saint Mary's Street, Rm 210

Cosponsored by ECE and Physics

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Dr. William Klein
Physics Department
Boston University


Non-Classical Nucleation and Spinodals

December 4, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
8 Saint Mary's Street, Rm 210

Cosponsored by ECE and Physics

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Dr. Clemens Heske
Chemistry Department
University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Using Soft x-rays to Look Into Interfaces of Energy Conversion Devices

 
summer 2009 MSE seminar

July 17, 2009

Friday, 11 AM - 12 PM
EMB 105

Cosponsored by the BU Clean Energy Initiative

Dr. Zhenguo (Gary) Yang
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Title: Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage for Renewable Integration and Smart Grid Applications


Spring 2009 MSE Colloquium Series flyer (pdf)

February 27, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
PHO 211

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Dr. Meilin Liu
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Probing and mapping electrode reactions in SOFCs using in situ Raman spectroscopy

March 6, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
PHO 211

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Dr. Gerbrand Ceder
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Materials Design with First Principles Computations and application to Materials for Energy Storage and Generation

March 20, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
PHO 211

Cosponsored by ECE, Physics, and the Center for Nanotechnology

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Dr. Theodore Moustakas
Division of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Boston University

Nitride Semiconductors and their Applications

March 27, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
PHO 211

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Dr. Uday Pal
Division of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Boston University

Performance Analysis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and New Electrode Materials

April 3, 2009

Friday, 3:00PM
PHO 211

Cosponsored by ECE, Physics, and the Center for Nanotechnology

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Dr. Arto Nurmikko
Division of Engineering
Brown University

Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots as Active Optical Elements: From Single Photons Sources to Lasers?

Postponed to Fall 2009

Dr. Jung Han
Department of Electrical Engineering
Yale University

Science of Epitaxy for Solid State Lighting

Postponed to Fall 2009

Dr. Thomas P. Russell
Polymer Science and Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Macroscopic Arrays of Block Copolymers with Areal Densities of 10 Terabit/inch2 and beyond

 
Fall 2008 MSE Colloquium Series

October 17, 2008

Friday, 11AM
110 Cummington St., Room 245

Dr. Newell R. Washburn
Carnegie Mellon University

Design Principles for Cytokine-Regulating Biomaterials

Joint with Mechanical Engineering

October 17, 2008

Friday, 4PM
8 Saint Mary's Street, PHO 210

Dr. Sudipta Seal
Professor of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida

Regenerative Catalytic Rare Earth Nanoparticles as Therapeutics

Joint with CNN

October 24, 2008

Friday, 1:30-2:30PM
8 Saint Mary's Street, PHO 339

Dr. Robert F. Davis
John R. and Clare Bertucci Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Initial and Subsequent Modes of Growth
AlN, GaN and ZnO Semiconductor Films

October 31, 2008

Friday, 3PM
8 Saint Mary’s Street, PHO 210

Dr. Efthimios Kaxiras
Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Multiscale Simulations Of Complex Materials For Engineering And Biological Applications

Joint with ECE and Physics

November 7, 2008

Friday, 11:30AM
15 Saint Mary's Street, Room 105

Guest Lecturer
Dr. U. (Balu) Balachandran
Argonne National Laboratory

Development of Dense Membranes for Hydrogen Production and Purification

November 7, 2008

Friday, 3PM
8 Saint Mary's Street, PHO 210

Dr. H. Eugene Stanley
Director, Center for Polymer Studies, BU College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics

Liquid Water

Joint with ECE

November 14, 2008

Friday, 3PM
8 Saint Mary’s Street, PHO 901

Dr. George M. Whitesides
Harvard University

Ionic Electrets and Contact Electrification

Joint with CNN

November 21, 2008

Friday, 3PM
8 Saint Mary’s Street, PHO 210

Dr. Ilhan A. Aksay
Chemical Engineering Department, Princeton University

Biologically Inspired Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites

Joint with CNN

December 5 , 2008

Friday, 11AM
110 Cummington Street, Rm 245

Dr. Seung-Wuk Lee
Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley

Making Viruses Work For Us

Joint with Mechanical Engineering

 

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