Colloquium

MS&E Seminar Speaker Lineup for 2020-2021

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MSE Winter 2021 Speaker Lineup

SPRING 2021

March 31, 2021	Yugang Sun: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 7, 2021	Student Presentations
April 14, 2021	Chen Wang: Researcher, Sandia National Lab
April 21, 2021	Ram Seshadri: Professor of Materials Science in Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
April 28, 2021	Anupama Kaul: Professor of Materials Science in Engineering, University of North Texas
May 5, 2021	Neerak Rai: Associate Professor, Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University
May 12, 2021	Ram Seshadri: Professor of Materials Science in Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
May 19, 2021- June 2, 2021	Student Presentations

WINTER 2021

January 20, 2021	Krassimir Bozhilov: Director of the Central Facility for Advanced Microscopy and Microanalysis, UC Riverside
February 3, 2021	Christy Haynes: Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota
February 10, 2021	Odile Madden: Senior Scientist of the Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative, Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), Los Angeles
February 17, 2021	Jiaxing Huang: Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
March 3, 2021	Dmitry Bedrov: Associate Professor in the Materials Science & Engineering Department, University of Utah
March 10, 2021	Arun Bansil: Distinguished Professor of Physics, Northeastern University

FALL 2020

October 7, 2020	Shane Ardo: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, UC Irvine
October 14, 2020	Tim Strobel: Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution of Science in Washington
October 21, 2020	Mitch Boretz: Technical Communication Specialist for the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside
October 28, 2020	Renkun Chen: Associate Professor, UC San Diego, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
November 4, 2020	Dibyendu Mukherjee: Research Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
November 18, 2020	Houlong L. Zhuang: Assistant Professor in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University
December 2, 2020	Naresh Thadhani: Professor & Chair, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Georgia Tech

WINTER 2020

January 8, 2020	David Bahr: Professor and Chair, Materials Science & Engineering Purdue
January 15, 2020	Andre Schleife: Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois
January 22, 2020	Jonah Erlebacher: Professor and Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
January 29, 2020	Ibrahim Karaman: Chevron Professor I and Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
February 5, 2020	Teri Odom: Chair of Chemistry Department, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
February 12, 2020	David Martin: Associate Dean for Research and Entrepreneurship Karl W. and Renate Böer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Delaware
February 19, 2020	Valentino Cooper: Oak Ridge National Lab
February 26, 2020	Jiao Lin: Software Scientist at Oak Ridge National Lab
March 4, 2020	Amit Misra: Professor and Chair, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
March 11, 2020	Gregory Lowry: Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, CMU

SPRING 2020

April 1, 2020	Student Presentations
April 8, 2020	Ram Seshadri: Professor, Materials Science, University of California Santa Barbara
April 15, 2020	Student Presentations
April 22, 2020	Michele Manuel: Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Chair, University of Florida
April 29, 2020	Maryam Ghazisaeidi, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University
May 6, 2020	Odile Madde: Senior Scientist, Getty Conservation Institute
May 13, 2020	Student Presentations
May 20, 2020	Anupama B. Kaul: Professor, Materials Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering, University of North Texas
May 27, 2020	Naresh Thadhani: Professor & Chair Materials Science & Engineering Georgia Tech
June 3, 2020	Student Poster Session

Previous Colloquia

FALL 2019

October 2, 2019	Michael Zachariah: Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of California, Riverside
October 9, 2019	Kathryn Uhrich: Dean College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, University of California, Riverside
October 16, 2019	Clyde Blackwelder: Ergonomic Specialist, Workplace Health and Wellness/Human Resources, University of California, Riverside
October 23, 2019	Ashley Beene: Contracts and Grants Analyst II, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside
October 30, 2019	Ji-Cheng Zhao: Professor & Chair MS&E Maryland
November 6, 2019	Krassimir Bozhilov: Director of the Central Facility for Advanced Microscopy and Microanalysis, and MSE Adjunct Professor, University of California, Riverside
November 13, 2019	Erdem Arkun: Senior Research Staff, Electronic Materials & Devices Dept at HRL Labs in Malibu
November 20, 2019	Xiangfeng Duan: Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
November 27, 2019	Thanksgiving Holiday Break, No Seminar
December 4, 2019	Student Presentations
December 11, 2019	Jordan Moering: Protochips, Morrisville, USA

Fall 2018	Winter 2019	Spring 2019
Oct 03: Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz (Gillard), Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, UCR	Jan 09: Jim Eckstein, Professor in the Physics Department, University of Illinois	Apr 03: Mahesh Neupane, Researcher at US Army Research Laboratory
Oct 10: Peng Wei, Assistant Professor of Physics And Astronomy, UCR	Jan 16: David Lederman, Professor/Director, Materials Science Initiative, Physics Department, UCSC	Apr 10: Jian Qin, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Oct 17: Bruce Dunn, Professor and Chair, Department of Material Science and Engineering, UCLA	Jan 23: Yong Han, Group Leader, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Apr 17: Jeff Neaton, Condensed Matter Physics And Materials Science, UC Berkeley
Oct 24: Jeffery C. Gibeling, Professor and Chair, Department of Material Science and Engineering, UC Davis	Jan 30: Mitch Bortez, Technical Communications Specialist- UCR Engineering - Dean's Office	May 01: Younan Xia, Professor/Brock Family Chair GRA Eminent Scholar in Nanomedicine, Georgia Tech
Oct 31: Feng Liu, Professor and Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah	Feb 06: Gabriel M Veith, Research Staff and Team Lead, Thin Films and Coatings Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	May 08: Student Presentations
Nov 7: Daryl C. Chrzan, Professor and Chair, Department of Material Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley	Feb 13: Christopher Spadaccini, Director, Center for Engineered Materials, Manufacturing and Optimization at LLNL	May 15: Student Presentations
Nov 14: Michael Chabinyc, Professor and Chair, Department of Materials, UC Santa Barbara	Feb 20: Student Presentations	May 22: Jonathan Whitmer, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Nov 21: No Colloquium, Thanksgiving Holiday	Feb 27: Stephen Niezgoda, Assistant Professor, Materials Science Engineering, The Ohio State University	May 29: Fie Ren, Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia
Nov 28: MRS Week	March 06: Yi Hong, Associate Professor of Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington	June 05: Student Presentations
Dec 5: David Pile, Senior Editor of Nature Photonics	March 13: Pierre Deymier, Chair and Professor of Material Science and Engineering, University of Arizona

Fall 2017	Winter 2018	Spring 2018
Sept 8: Federico Rosei, UNESCO Chair in Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage Centre for Energy, Materials and Telecommunications	Jan 10: Ravi A Vilupanur, Professor and Chair, Chemical and Materials Engineering Department Director of Research and Partnerships, College of Engineering California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	April 11: Ashutosh Tiwari,
Oct 04: Alex Najera, ELR Representative	Jan 17: Student Presentations	April 18: Michael Kaufman,
Oct 11: Barry Zink, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Denver	Jan 24: Julie Schoenung, Professor in The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at UC Irvine	April 25: Ricardo Komai,
Oct 18: Hongyou Fan, National Laboratory Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering	Jan 31: Jaeho Lee, Assistant professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC Irvine	May 02: Student Presentations
Oct 25: Suneel Kodambaka, Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA	Feb 07: Anthony Muscat, Professor and and Chair for the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering	May 09: Jaafar El-Awady
Nov 01: Student Presentations	Feb 14: Student Presentations	May 16: Jane P. Chang
Nov 08: Vuk Uskokovic, Advanced Materials and Nanobiotechnology Laboratory Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois	Feb 21: Sayeef Salahuddin, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at The University of California, Berkeley	May 23: Khalid Hatter
Nov 15: Jun Lu, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division Argonne National Laboratory, IL	Feb 28: Stephen Wu, University of Rochester Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	June 06: Suresh Baskaran
Dec 06: Pan Xiaoging, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Department of Physics and Astronomy University of California, Irvine	Mar 07: Student Presentations
	Mar 14: Student Presentations

Fall 2016	Winter 2017	Spring 2017
Sept 27: Perry Cheung, Lab Safety Officer, UCR	Jan 11: David Cahill, Professor Department of MSE and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana	April 05: Cun-Zheng Ning, Professor, School of Electrical, Energy and Computer Engineering, Arizona State University
Oct 05: Shane Cybart, Oxide Nano Electronics Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCR	Jan 18: Chris Dames, Associate Professor Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley	April 12: Ning Yan, Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Oct 12: Greg P. Carman, Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering UCLA	Jan 25: Richard Wilson, Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering UCR	April 26: Stephan Link, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
Oct 19: Yongtao Cui, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, UCR	Feb 01: Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Professor, Physics/Materials Science Associate Laboratory Director, Energy Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory UC Berkeley	May 03: Student Presentations
Oct 26: Jennifer Cha, Norviel Associate Professor and Associate Chair, University of Colorado, Boulder	Feb 08: Peng Wei, Assistant Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy UCR	May 10: Sinisa Coh, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UCR
Nov 02: Elijah Thimsen, Assistant Professor, Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University	Feb 15: Chris Palmstrom, Professor Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara	May 17: Brent Fultz, Rawn Professor of Material Science and Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
Nov 09: Daniel Neuhauser, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry UCLA	Feb 22: Student Presentations	May 24: Ping Liu, Associate Professor of Nanoengineering, UC San Diego
Nov 16: Daniel Gianola, Associate Professor, Materials Department UC Santa Barbara	March 01: Student Presentations	May 31: Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Professor, Physics/Materials Science Associate Laboratory Director, Energy Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory UC Berkeley
	March 08: Tresa Pollock, Materials Department UC Santa Barbara	June 01: William Carter, Director, Sensors and Materials Laboratory HRL Laboratories LLC, Malibu, CA
	March 15: Student Presentations	June 07: Student Presentations