Seminar Information
The Materials Science program offers weekly seminars on a wide variety of topics. Unless otherwise stated, seminars are held in Covell 117 (the MIME Library) every Thursday of the term at 3:00 pm.
Upcoming Seminars
Past Seminars
- Oct 2nd, 2008 — “Metallic Glasses: Interesting Materials for Novel Processing, Structural Characterization and Computer Simulation”
Dan Sordelet, Department of Energy Ames Laboratory - Oct 9th, 2008 — “Molecular and Rheological Characterization of Biomaterials - Synovial Fluid and Hydrogels”
Skip Rochefort, Chemical Engineering, OSU - Oct 23rd, 2008 — “Influence of the microstructure of silicon nitride on the behaviour as a roller material”
Stefan Fünfschilling, Karlsruhe University - Oct 30th, 2008 — “Machining of microstructures using elliptical vibration cutting”
Gi Dae Kim, Catholic University of Daegu - School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering - Nov 6th, 2008 — “Coherent Optical Methods for Measuring Deformation, Motion and Flow”
Sean Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Division of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University - Nov 12th, 2008 — “Supercritical Fluids Near-critical Fluids for Chemical and Nanomaterial Processing - PLEASE NOTE - seminar in 324 Gilbert at 4 pm”
Shane Addleman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA - Nov 13th, 2008 — “TBA”
David Cann, OSU Materials Science/Mechanical Engineering - Nov 20th, 2008 — “Design and Processing of PiezoMEMS”
Ron Polcawich, Ph. D., U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD - Dec 4th, 2008 — “Viscoelastic and mechanical properties of polymer spinal disc prosthetics”
Will Beattie, OSU Mechanical Engineering - Dec 10th, 2008 — “Goodyear External Science and Technology Program - PLEASE NOTE - seminar in 243 Richardson Hall at 9 am”
Kuo-Chih Hua, External Science and Technology Program Leader, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, OH - Jan 8th, 2009 — “Materials Science Seminar Introductory Meeting”
Materials Science Faculty, OSU Materials Science - Jan 15th, 2009 — “The Testing and Characterization of Jet Engine Components”
Doug Puerta, Vice President and Technical Director, IMR KHA Testing Laboratories, Portland, OR - Jan 22nd, 2009 — “Failure Analysis of pre-notched composite laminated plates under four-point bending conditions”
Sergio Arias, OSU Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering - Jan 29th, 2009 — “Synthesis and characterization of nanoporous alumina films with controlled physical and chemical attributes”
Negar Monfared, OSU Materials Science - Feb 5th, 2009 — “Can we find a rational way to make graphene by graphite intercalation chemistry?”
Dr. Michael Lerner, OSU Department of Chemistry - Feb 12th, 2009 — “Nanoelectronics and the curse of the contacts”
Professor Raj Solanki, Portland State University - Feb 16th, 2009 — “Surface Science and Growth of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 for Solar Cell Applications - PLEASE NOTE: Seminar in Weniger 305 at 3:30 pm”
Dr. Angus Rockett, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Feb 19th, 2009 — “Early-Age Properties of Calcium Aluminate Cement Systems”
Jason Ideker, Asst. Professor, OSU Civil and Construction Engineering/Materials Science - Feb 26th, 2009 — “Materials Development for Future Energy Conversion Systems”
Ömer Dogan, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy, Albany, OR - Mar 5th, 2009 — “p-CuO/n-ZnO thin film hetrostructure gas sensors fabricated via mixed solution deposition method”
Ram Ravichandran, OSU Electrical Engineering/Materials Science - Mar 30th, 2009 — “Imaging the New Iron-Arsenic High-Tc Superconductors - PLEASE NOTE: Seminar in Weniger 153 at 4:00 pm”
Prof. Jenny Hoffman, Department of Physics, Harvard University - Apr 2nd, 2009 — “X-Ray Diffraction Safety Seminar”
Dan Harlan, OSU Radiation Safety - Apr 9th, 2009 — “Coordinating a three-year study on federally-compliant protective clear coatings for artistic metalwork”
Dr. Tami Lasseter Clare, Department of Chemistry, Portland State University - Apr 13th, 2009 — “Stabilisation of multifunctional artificial superlattices - PLEASE NOTE: Seminar in Gilbert 324 at 4:00 pm”
Dr. Wilfred Prellier, Laboratoire CRISMAT, CNRS UMR 6508, ENSICAEN - Apr 16th, 2009 — “Spintronics: Nanoscience and Nanoelectronics - PLEASE NOTE: Seminar in Withycomb 217 at 3:15 pm”
Dr. Hideo Ohno, 2009 IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer, Tohoku University, Japan - Apr 23rd, 2009 — “Corrosion Effects on Alloy Reliability in Energy Generation Systems”
Dr. Margaret Ziomek-Moroz, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Albany, OR - Apr 30th, 2009 — “Long term stabilization of living cells and tissues by cryopreservation”
Dr. Adam Higgins, OSU Chemical Engineering - May 7th, 2009 — “Collection and Analysis of Materials Science Data: Science Meets Statistics”
Bill Cowell, OSU Electrical Engineering - May 14th, 2009 — “Magnetic Materials for On-chip Integrated Inductors”
Dr. Albrecht Jander, OSU Electrical Engineering - May 21st, 2009 — “Numerical Predictions of Crack Growth Along Interfaces”
Dr. John Parmigiani, OSU Mechanical Engineering - May 28th, 2009 — “Solar Energy Conversion Using Organic Conducting Polymers”
Dr. Carl Wamser, Portland State University - Jun 1st, 2009 — “Controlling Magnetism with Light - PLEASE NOTE: Seminar in Bexell 102 at 4:00 pm”
Theo Rasing, 2009 IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Jun 1st, 2009 — “Porous Silicon: An Enabling Material for Microsystem Integration - PLEASE NOTE: Seminar in KEC 1001 at 4:00 pm”
Dr. Paul L. Bergstrom, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University - Jun 2nd, 2009 — “Electrons and holes in carbon nanotubes: particle physics writ small - PLEASE NOTE: Seminar in Owen 101 at 2:00 PM”
Paul L. McEuen, Professor of Physics, Cornell University - Jun 3rd, 2009 — “Small is All: Nano, Bio, and the Future of Technology - PLEASE NOTE: Seminar in Weniger 151 at 5:00 PM”
Paul L. McEuen, Professor of Physics, Cornell University - Jun 11th, 2009 — “Electroplating of Mn-Co Alloy on Stainless Steel for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Interconnect Applications”
Dr. Xingbo Liu, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, West Virginia University - Oct 8th, 2009 — “Epitaxial oxide films by pulsed laser deposition growth subtleties and final properties - PLEASE NOTE: Seminar in Owen 103 at 3:00 PM”
Scott A. Chambers, Laboratory Fellow, Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Oct 15th, 2009 — “Fatigue in Piezoelectric Actuators - PLEASE NOTE: Seminar in Rogers 226 at 11:00 AM”
Prof. Doru Lupascu, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany - Oct 22nd, 2009 — “Flexible Thin Film Transistor Technologies”
Greg Herman, OSU Chemical Engineering - Oct 29th, 2009 — “High-performance solution processable organic semiconductors: photophysical and photoconductive properties and their manipulation by doping”
Oksana Ostroverkhova, OSU Physics - Nov 5th, 2009 — “Quantifying Thin Film Chemistry and Thickness Using Electron Probe MicroAnalysis”
John Donovan, Director, Microanalysis Facility, Center for Advanced Materials Characterization for Oregon - Nov 12th, 2009 — “Spin Density Wave Phase Behaviors of Chromium Films”
Steve Kevan, Professor and Department Head, University of Oregon, Physics Department - Nov 19th, 2009 — “Photoelectron spectroscopy of BaCuChF (Ch = S, Se, Te) surfaces and interfaces”
Andriy Zakutayev, OSU Physics
