Thursday, August 26, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
Graduate Student Convocation: John Mauro, Ph.D., Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program; and Associate Head for Graduate Education, Materials Science and Engineering
September 2, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
"Non-Equilibrium Processes and Reactions to Control Polymer Material Structure and Function"
Robert Hickey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State
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September 9, 202, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Advancing metal additive manufacturing: applying new tools in simulation, diagnostics and design”
Manyalibo J. Matthews, Division Leader, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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September 16, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Safety in a Small Company”
Douglas R. Dillon, Director Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Actuated Medical, Inc.
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September 23, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Advanced electron microscopy characterization of interfacial dynamics under extreme environments”
Yang Yang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State
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September 30, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Nonlinear ultrasonics: A cross-scale bridge between materials microstructure and macroscopic elastic properties”
Parisa Shokouhi, Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State
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October 7, 2021, No seminar this week.
October 14, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Incorporating microstructure sensitive modeling into component lifetime assessments”
Michael D. Sangid, Elmer F. Bruhn Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
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October 21, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Synthesis of quantum materials and heterostructures: challenges and opportunities”
Stephanie Law, Associate Professor of Material Science and Engineering, University of Delaware
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October 28, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“A Salty Problem: Integration of Alkali Halides with III-Vs”
Brelon May, Postdoctoral Researcher, National Renewable Laboratory
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November 4, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Atomic-scale Control of Emergent Properties at Complex Oxide Interfaces”
Divine Kumah, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, North Carolina State University
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*November 9, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Understanding Material Growth Using Atomic Layer Deposition”
Angel Yanguas-Gil, Principle Materials Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory
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November 11, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
"Towards active exploration of novel electronic materials"
James Rondinelli, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern
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*November 16, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
"Emergent Magnetic Order in PdCoO2 Thin Films"
Matthew Brahlek, R&D staff scientist, Quantum Heterostructures group, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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November 18, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
"Traversing charge dynamics landscapes: Reduced dimensionality-inspired design of organic-inorganic heterostructures for energy a"
Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah
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November 25, No seminar, happy Thanksgiving
*November 30, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Materials for Sustainable Energy Future”
Abdulhakeem Bello, Assistant Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Physics, African University of Science and Technology, Nigeria
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December 2, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Making Machine Learning Work in Chemical and Materials Research”
Johannes Hachmann, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
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*December 7, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Diminishing the Gigaton Carbon Giant through Hybrid Material Strategies for Capture, Conversion and Renewable Energy Alternatives”
Michelle K. Kidder, PhD., Research Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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December 9, 2021, 3:05 to 4:20 p.m., via Zoom (link sent to @psu.edu emails)
“Rational Design of Electrode/Electrolyte Materials Towards Advanced Battery Technologies”
Lin Ma, Ph.D., Dr. Brad. E. Forch Distinguished Postdoc Fellow, U.S. Army Research Laboratory/University of Maryland
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*Additional seminar added.
