Spring 2023 Seminar Schedule
All MSEN graduate seminars are held at 4:10 p.m. on a Monday unless otherwise noted below:
Please contact the Department of Materials Science and Engineering for more information. materials@tamu.edu
January 23
Dr. Delia J. Milliron, University of Texas at Austin
Infrared metamaterials from plasmonic metal oxide nanocrystals
January 23
Dr. Donald W. Brenner, North Carolina State University
High entropy ceramics: Insights from theory and computation
February 13
Dr. Karen I. Winey, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Precise microstructures in functional polymers provide morphology control and improved transport properties.
February 21
Dr. Jeffrey M. Rickman, Lehigh University
Interfacial Phase Transitions at Grain Boundaries and Their Impact on Material Properties
February 23
Dr. Tetsu Ouchi, Duke University
Mechanically adaptive systems leveraging surface instabilities and molecular mechanochemistry
March 6
Dr. Mark C. Hersam, Northwestern University
Mixed-dimensional heterostructures for electronic and energy technologies.
March 7
Dr. Yong Zhu, North Carolina State University
In-situ Nanomechanics of Crystalline Nanowires
March 20
Dr. Shi-Qing Wang, The University of Akron
Physics of polymer mechanics (Wiley, 2025)
March 27
Dr. Yanfa Yan, The University of Toledo
Taming defects for high-performance thin-film solar cells
April 10
Dr. Gurpreet Singh, Kansas State University
Precursor derived ceramics: Fibers, Composites and Electrodes for Batteries