Fridays at 3 PM in PHO 211 – Join at 2:30 PM for a social with refreshments & networking<\/p>\n
January 30: Todd Emrick<\/a>, UMass Amherst, <\/span>Connecting Biological Functionality with Polymer Architecture: Nanoscale and Mesoscale Materials Opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n MSE GRAD TALKS<\/strong> – February 13: Benli Jiang,<\/a> Real-Time Hard X-Ray Scattering for Probing Surface Structure in Nanometer Scale<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n February 20: Claudia Avalos<\/a>, New York University, Lighting up Magnetic Resonance: The Role of Spin in Optical Pathways<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n February 27: Ashwin Ramasubramaniam<\/a>, UMass Amherst, Predictive Modeling of Optoelectronic Properties of Layered Materials via Non-Empirical Hybrid Density Functionals<\/a><\/p>\n March 6: Open House Poster Session<\/p>\n (EMB 105)<\/strong><\/span> April 10: Peter Schindler,<\/a> Northeastern University, AI for Materials: Discovery of Stable Surfaces with Tailored Properties<\/a><\/p>\n Joint MSE\/ME Talk:<\/strong> April 17: Rayne Zheng, UC Berkeley, Engineering Super-Human Senses with Intelligent Architected Materials<\/a><\/p>\n MSE GRAD TALKS<\/strong> – April 24: Savannah Schisler, <\/a>Experimentally Examining the Thermal Properties of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gas Adsorption<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n (EMB 105) <\/strong><\/span>May 1: Daniel Preston,<\/a> Rice University, Material-Enabled Technologies for Soft and Fluidic Robots<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n MSE GRAD TALKS: <\/strong>May 8: Neila Gross, Materials-Based Health Dimensions in Protracted Crises\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n MSE GRAD TALKS<\/strong>: May 22: Toluwalope John, Nanoscale Engineering of the Oxygen Electrode in Solid Oxide Cells: Barrier-Layer-Free Ruddlesden\u2013Popper Nickelate Infiltration for Intermediate-Temperature Performance and Durability<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n September 19: Jillian Goldfarb<\/a>, Cornell University, <\/span>Carbon Recovery by Design: Modular Pathways to Advanced Materials from Hydrothermal Liquefaction Byproducts<\/a><\/p>\n September 26: Emily Davidson<\/a>, Princeton University, Hierarchical Materials through 3D Printing and Molecular Design<\/a><\/p>\n MSE GRADS TALK<\/strong> – October 3: Emily Ghosh,<\/a>\u00a0Quantification of 4 Phase Microstructural Changes in Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell Fuel Electrodes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n October 10: Bilge Yildiz<\/a>, MIT, Computing with Protons, and How to Find Better Proton Conductors<\/a><\/p>\n October 17: Daniel Harris<\/a>, Brown University, Propulsion and Interaction of Wave-Propelled Interfacial Particles<\/a><\/p>\n November 7: Hongkun Park<\/a>, Harvard University, Drawing \u201cQuantum\u201d on an Atomically Thin Canvas<\/a><\/p>\n MSE GRADS TALK<\/strong> – November 14: Zelin Miao<\/a>, Boston University, Integrating Transition Metals into Coordination Chain Single-Molecule Circuits via Self-Assembly<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n MSE GRADS TALK<\/strong> – November 21: Aaron Khan<\/a>, Boston University, Thermal Wave Sensing for Operando Measurement of Subsurface Electrochemical, Mechanical, and Thermal Transport Properties in Next-Generation Energy Materials<\/a><\/p>\n December 5: Mustafa Ordu<\/a>, Bilkent University, Fiber-Based Nanogenerators for Advanced Wearable Technologies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n December 12: Alon Gorodetsky,<\/a> UC Irvine, Dynamic Multispectral Materials and Systems Inspired by Cephalopods<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n February 14: Liheng Cai<\/a>,\u00a0University of Virginia, <\/span>Bottlebrush Polymers, Networks, and Devices<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n February 28: Josh Bailey<\/a>, Queens University, Belfast, Towards Reliable, Customisable, and Sustainable Flow Batteries<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n March 7: John Rogers<\/a>, Northwestern University, S<\/a>oft Bioelectronic Systems as Neural Interfaces<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n April 25: Yuhang Hu<\/a>, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Interplay Between Mechanics and Chemistry in Dynamic Polymers and Polymeric Gels<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n May 2: Benjamin Keselowsky<\/a>, University of Florida, Engineered Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase for Immunometabolic Suppression of Inflammation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n September 6: Stacy Copp<\/a>, University of California, Irvine, Machine Learning-guided Discovery of Atomically Precise, DNA-stabilized Nanoclusters<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n September 20: Kenan Gundogdu<\/a>, North Carolina State University, Room Temperature Superfluorescence in Perovskites and Its Implications for Quantum Materials<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n September 27: Mark Paul<\/a>, Virginia Tech, <\/span>Small Elastic Beams in Fluid as a Testbed to Explore Physics from the Continuum to Molecular Scales<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n October 4: Jasmina Burek<\/a>, UMass Lowell, <\/span>Evaluating Passive-Solar House Design for Sustainable Living Across the U.S.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n October 18: Thomas Senftle<\/a>, Rice University, <\/span>Understanding Metal-Support Interactions in Catalytic Materials with Symbolic Regression<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n October 25: Hee-Sun Han<\/a>, UIUC, <\/span>Precision Measurements in Biology 2.0: How System-level Functions Emerge from Molecular Mechanism<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n November 1: Luyi Sun<\/a>, University of Connecticut, Smart Soft Materials with Multiscale Architecture and Dynamic Surface Topographies<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n November 8: Farnaz Niroui<\/a>, MIT, <\/span>Extreme Nanodevices with Force Engineering <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n December 6: Kelsey Hatzell<\/a>, Princeton, Seeing is Believing \u2013 How X-Ray Probes Can Help Us Image Solid State Batteries<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n December 13: Jerzy Sadowski<\/a>, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Electron Spectro-Microscopy of 2D Materials and Devices<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n March 8: Ryan Sochol<\/a>, University of Maryland,\u00a0<\/span>3D Micro\/Nanoprinted Soft Robots: From Super Mario Bros. to Minimally Invasive Surgery<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n March 15: B. Reeja Jayan<\/a>, Carnegie Mellon University,\u00a0Yes, You Can Microwave Metals… & Other Tales at the Interface of Materials and Electromagnetics<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n March 22:\u00a0Arun Kumar <\/span>Mannodi<\/span> <\/span>Kanakkithodi<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Purdue University,\u00a0<\/span>Semiconductor Discovery using Multi-Fidelity DFT-ML and Crystal Graphs<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n March 25: Distinguished Hariri Institute\/MSE Seminar<\/span>–\u00a0Rapha\u00ebl Pestourie<\/a> (he\/him\/his<\/span><\/i>), Georgia Tech, Leveraging Surrogate Models for Scientific AI Discoveries<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n March 29:\u00a0Qifa Zhou<\/span><\/a>, University of South California, Novel Piezoelectric Materials and Devices for Vision Restoration and High-Resolution Flow Image<\/a><\/em> April 5: Jie Yin<\/a><\/span>, North Carolina State University, Novel Piezoelectric Materials and Devices for Vision Restoration and High-Resolution Flow Image<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n April 19: Thomas Russell<\/a>, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Self-Propulsion by Directed Explosive Emulsification<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n April 26: Yang Shao-Horn<\/a>:\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology,\u00a0Electrochemistry Renaissance for Climate Actions<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n May<\/span> <\/span>3<\/span>: <\/span>Sarbajit Banerjee<\/span><\/a>, Texas A&M University, Designing and Architecting Battery Electrode Materials Across Length Scales<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n May 10: Xianming (Simon) Dai<\/span><\/a>, UT Dallas<\/span>, Decarbonization for Electronic and Energy Systems<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n October 6: Emily Asenath-Smith<\/a>, Dartmouth and CRREL (Army),\u00a0<\/span>Ice on Surfaces:\u00a0<\/span>A Problem of Adhesion by a Crystalline Material<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n October 20: Lisa Fredin<\/a>, Lehigh University, Structure-Function Relationships in Metal Oxide Materials<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n November 17th: Xinfang Jin<\/a>, Umass Lowell, Unlocking the Power of Multiscale Modeling in Energy Conversion and Storage Devices<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n February 2: Jesse McDaniel<\/a>, Georgia Tech, Electrochemical Interfaces: Chemical Reactions and Physical Properties <\/em>(hosted by MSE and\u00a0<\/span>Chemistry)<\/p>\n February 10: Xuanhe Zhao<\/span><\/a>, MIT, Soft Materials Innovation for Health and Sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n April 14: Seo Hyoung<\/a>, Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Exploring Energy Materials using Advanced Hard X-ray Scattering Techniques<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n April 21: William Polacheck<\/span><\/a>, UNC, Arteries on Chip: Vascular Fluid-Structure Interactions in Health and Disease<\/em><\/p>\n April 28: Matthieu Fortin-Deschenes<\/span><\/a>, Yale University, Direct Growth of Tunable Moir\u00e9 Heterostructures<\/em><\/p>\n May 5: Carmel Majidi<\/span><\/a>, Carnegie Mellon University, Soft-Matter Engineering for Robotics and Wearables<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n September 23: Sijia Dong<\/a>, Northeastern University, Excited-State Simulations of Complex Molecules and Materials with Combined First Principles and Machine Learning Approaches<\/i><\/p>\n September 30: Tracy Cui<\/a>, University of Pittsburgh, Biomaterials Strategies Towards Seamless Neural Tissue-Device Interface <\/i><\/p>\nFall 2025 Speakers<\/h3>
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\nSeptember 16: Nitin Padture<\/a>, Brown University, The Promise of Halide Perovskite Solar Photovoltaics<\/i><\/p>\n