Carnegie Mellon University

Departmental Seminar Series

Spring 2012

Fridays, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Wean Hall 7500

Date Speaker & Location Title
January 30 Alberto Fernandez De Las Nieves
Georgia Institute of Technology

Spheres, doughnuts, pretzels and frustrated nematic order

January 27 John Allison
University of Michigan
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering: The Next Big Thing in Structural Materials
February 3 Mark Hersam
Northwestern University
Chemically refined carbon nanomaterials for electronics, energy and medicine
February 10 Hyung Ju Ryu
Carnegie Mellon University, MSE

Microstructure Evolution in Block Copolymer/Block Copolymer Blend Systems

February 17 NO SEMINAR

NO SEMINAR

February 24 Philip Kim
Columbia University
Toward Graphene Quantum Electronics
March 2 Yury Gogotsi
Drexel University
Carbon Nanomaterials for Energy Applications
March 9 GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM
9AM – 6PM
Singleton Room
 
March 16 SPRING BREAK NO SEMINAR
March 23 Jeffery Brown
Westinghouse
Performance of Nuclear Fuel Materials under Normal and Accident Conditions
March 30 OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND NO SEMINAR
April 6

Darrell Schlom

Cornell University

Enhancing Oxide Properties – The Approach of the
Modern Alchemist
April 13 William Gerberich
University of Minnesota
Low-Temperature, High Toughness, Ceramics
April 20 CARNIVAL NO SEMINAR
April 27 Jeff Brinker
Sandia National Laboratory
 
May 4 Naomi Halas
Rice University