Advanced Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties
2009/2010
| 2009 | ||
| September 24 | Prof. Daeyeon Lee, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ‘Wetting in Nature’ |
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| October 22 | Prof. Jorge Santiago, EE ‘Energy Storage Schemes and Supercapacitors’ |
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| November 12 | Prof. Charlie Johnson, Physics ‘An Electronic Nose and Tongue’ |
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| December 10 | Prof. Dan Gianola, MSE ‘Deformation at the micro- and nanoscale’ |
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| 2010 | ||
| January 21 | Prof. Andrea Liu, Physics ‘The Physics of Cell Crawling’ |
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| February 18 | Prof. John Crocker, CBE ‘How to Assemble Colloids using DNA’ |
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| March 18 | Prof. TBA ‘TBA’ |
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| April 22 | Prof. Charles Graham, MSE ‘Advances in Magnetic Materials’ |
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| May 27 | Prof. Karen Winey, MSE ‘Polymer Nanocomposites’ |
2008/2009
| 2008 | ||
| September 11 | Prof. Matt Lazzara, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ‘Directed therapeutics for Cancer’ |
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| October 26 | Robert Johnson, Physics ‘Materials at the Nano/Bio Interface: DNA-carbon nanotube hybrids’ |
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| November 13 | Prof. John Vohs, CBE ‘Advances in fuel cell technology’ |
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| December 11 | Prof.Talid Sinno, CBE ‘Advances in growing electronic materials’ |
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| 2009 | ||
| January 15 | Prof. Tobias Baumgart, Chemistry ‘Of domains and boundaries: phase behavior of lipid membranes’ |
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| February 19 | Prof. I-Wei Chen, MSE ‘Nanoelectronics’ |
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| March 19 | Prof. Shu Yang, Materials Science and Engineering ‘Patterning at the nanoscale’ |
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| April 23 | Prof. Doug Durian, Physics ‘Granular physics’ |
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| May 28 | Prof. Karen Winey, MSE ‘Polymer Nanocomposites’ |
2007/2008
| 2007 | ||
| September 13 | Prof. Randall Kamien, Physics ‘Tiling and the Alhambra’ |
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| October 18 | Prof. Marija Drndic, Physics ‘The real world of quantum dots’ |
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| November 8 | Prof. Russ Composto, MSE ‘Introducing polymers to grades 7-12’ |
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| December 13 | Prof. Peter Davies, MSE ‘Nano Chessboards’ |
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| 2008 | ||
| January 17 | Prof. Chris Murray, Chemistry ‘Building with Artificial Atoms: Harnessing synthesis and self-assembly for the design of nanoscale materials and device’ |
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| February 21 | Prof. So-Jung Park, Chemistry ‘Spatial Organization of Nanoparticles towards Novel Functional Materials’ |
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| March 13 | Prof. Jennifer Lukes, Mechanical Engineering ‘Thermal transport at the nano interface’ |
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| April 24 | Prof. Paul Janmey, Physiology ‘Finding new ways to kill bacteria’ |
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| May 29 | T.B.A. |
2006/2007
| 2006 | ||
| September 21 | Prof. Charlie Johnson, Physics ‘Carbon Nanotube electronic Nose’ |
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| October 19 | Prof. Ritesh Agarwal, MSE ‘Nanowire Optics and Optoelectronics’ |
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| November 9 | Prof. Doug Durian, Physics ‘Granular Physics’ |
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| December 7 | Prof. Tobias Baumgart, Chemistry ‘Morphology of Lipid Bilayer Membranes’ |
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| 2007 | ||
| January 18 | Prof. Dennis Discher, CBE ‘Stem cells and a simple material principle for control’ |
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| February 15 | Prof. I-Wei Chen, MSE ‘Oxide Electronics’ |
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| March 15 | Prof. Ivan Dmochowski, Chemistry ‘Chemical Tools for Biomolecular Imaging’ |
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| April 26 | Prof. Larry Sneddon, Chemistry ‘Design, Synthesis, and Application of Advanced Ceramics’ |
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| May 31 | T.B.A. |
2005/2006
| 2005 | ||
| September 15 | Prof . John Crocker, CBE ‘Squishiness and mechanosensing by cells’ |
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| October 13 | Prof. Jennifer Lukes , MEAM ‘Energy and Mass Transport at the Nanoscale’ |
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| November 10 | Prof. Paul Janmey , Physiology ‘Physical properties of Biomaterials’ |
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| December 8 | Prof. Andrea Liu , Physics ‘Jamming: what do traffic and shaving cream have in common?’ |
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| 2006 | ||
| January 19 | Prof. Jack Fischer , MSE ‘Hydrogen Storage in Nanoporous Carbons’ |
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| February 16 | Prof. Russ Composto, MSE ‘Application of Polymers to Tissue Engineering’ |
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| March 23 | Prof. Mark Goulian , Physics ‘Deciphering Signaling Circuits in Bacteria’ |
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| April 20 | Prof. Bradford Wayland , Chemistry ‘Living Radical Polymerization’ |
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| May 25 | Prof. Jason Burdick , Bioengineering Synthesis and Characterization of Biodegradable Polymers |
2004/2005
| 2004 | ||
| September 16 | Prof. David Luzzi, Materials Science and Engineering ‘Advances in Nanotechnology’ |
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| October 14 | Prof. Shu Yang, MSE ‘Biology and Photonic Crystals’ |
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| November 11 | Prof. Marija Drndic, Physics and Astronomy ‘Nanoscale Electronics |
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| December 16 | Prof. Jorge Santiago, EE ‘Characterization of Electrospun Nanofibers’ |
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| 2005 | ||
| January 20 | Prof. Arjun Yodh, Physics and Astronomy ‘Brain and Breast Imaging with Light’ |
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| February 17 | Prof. Jack Fischer, MSE “New Developments in carbon nanotubes’ |
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| March 24 | Dr. Mark Hermanson, Chemistry ‘Plumbing the depths of insidious lead’ |
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| April 21 | Prof. Karen Winey, MSE ‘Advances in Ionomers’ |
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| May 26 | Prof. Donald Berry, Chemistry ‘TBA’ |
2003/2001
| 2003 | ||
| September 18 | Dr. Andrew McGhie, LRSM ‘Heli-zone: A revolutionary green technology for materials purification’ |
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| October 16 | Prof. Randall Kamien, Physics ‘How to stack oranges and other spherical fruits’ |
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| November 6 | Prof. Ray Gorte, Chem. and Biomolecular Eng. ‘Advances in Fuel Cells’ |
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| December 11 | Prof. Russ Composto, MSE ‘Polymers for Biomedical Application’ |
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| 2004 | ||
| January 15 | Prof. Dennis Discher, Chem. and Biomolecular Eng. ‘Synthetic Cells’ |
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| February 12 | Prof. Donald Voet, Chemistry ‘Biochemistry in Secondary Education’ |
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| March 11 | Prof. John DeLuccia, MSE ‘Corrosion and Embrittlement of Structures’ |
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| April 15 | Prof. Feng Gai, Chemistry ‘Protein Folding Dynamics’ |
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| May 20 | Prof. Mark Goulian, Physics ‘A day in the life of bdellovibrio bacteriovorus’ |
2002/2003
| 2002 | ||
| September 12 | Prof. Sally Solomon, Chemistry, Drexel University. ‘Science in Motion”- In the VANguard of Education’ |
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| October 10 | Prof. Charles McMahon, Materials Science and Engineering ‘Metal Failure: The Competition between Deformation and Fracture’ |
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| November 14 | Prof. Andrew Rappe, Chemistry ‘Understanding and Designing Smart Materials’ |
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| December 12 | Prof. Hai-Lung Dai, Chemistry ‘Molecules at Interfaces’ |
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| 2003 | ||
| January 16 | Prof. I-Wei Chen, MSE ‘Nanoparticles for Biomedical Application’ |
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| February 13 | Dr. Brian ‘Peapod’ Smith, MSE ‘The Discovery, Characterization, and Application of Carbon Nanotube Peapods’ |
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| March 13 | Dr. Andreas Taubert, MSE ‘Crystal Engineering’ |
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| April 17 | Prof. Mark Goulian, Physics ‘Membrane-active Peptides’ |
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| May 22 | Prof. William Graham, MSE ‘Biological Performance of Material Used for Total Hip Arthroplasty’ |
2001/2002
| 2001 | ||
| September 20 | Prof. Jack Fischer, MSE ‘Update on Carbon Nanotubes: Science and Applications’ |
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| October 18 | Prof. Dawn Bonnell, MSE ‘Exploiting Local Properties in Nanoscience and Technology’ |
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| November 15 | Prof. David Luzzi, MSE ‘Nanotechnology’ |
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| December 6 | Prof. Paul Janmey, Physiology ‘Mechano-sensing in Cell Biology’ |
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| 2002 | ||
| January 10 | Prof. John Vohs, Chemical Engineering ‘Advances in Fuel Cell Technology’ |
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| February 21 | Prof. John C. Crocker, Chemical Engineering ‘Using Optical Tweezers to Study Squishy Materials’ |
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| March 21 | Prof. A.T. ‘Charlie’ Johnson, Physics ‘Carbon Nanotube Nanoelectronics’ |
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| April 11 | Prof. Feng Gai, Chemistry ‘Protein Folding’ |
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| May 23 | Prof. Karen Winey, MSE ‘Ionomers’ |