| Date |
Title |
Speaker/Affiliation |
| January 21 |
A Phase Field
Model of Microstructural Evolution in Ferromagnetic Shape Memory
Alloys
Study on domain structure of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-x%PbTiO3
(PMN-x%PT) single crystal by scanning force microcopy (SFM) |
Mr. Todd Heil
Graduate Student, MSE
Mr. Feiming Bai
Graduate Student, MSE |
| January 28 |
Metal Powder-based
Additive Manufacturing at VT-CHPM |
Dr. Kevin Creehan
CHPM, ISE, Virginia Tech |
| February 4 |
Modeling
Complex Microstructure using Phase-Field Method |
Prof. Yunzhi Wang
The Ohio State University |
| February 11 |
Synthesis Kinetics of CdSe
Quantum Dots
Drying Silica-Gel Using Variable
Frequency
Microwaves
|
Mr. Bryan Dickerson
Graduate Student, MSE
Mr. Carlos Folgar
Graduate Student, MSE
|
| February 18 |
Materials
and Manufacturing Aspects of High Pressure Combustion Driven
Powder Compaction |
Dr. Karthik Nagarathnam
UTRON Inc, Manassas, VA |
| February 25 |
Multiferroic Properties
of Modified BiFe03 Ceramics
Crystallization of Lithium Disilicate
Glass by Variable Frequency Microwave (VFM) Processing
|
Naigang Wang
Graduate Student, MSE
Morsi M. Mahmoud
Graduate Student, MSE
|
| March 4 |
Investigating
Polycrystal Deformation Modeling for Use in Microsystems Materials
Development |
Dr. Thomas Buchheit
Sandia National Laboratories |
| March 11 |
Spring Break, No Seminar |
|
| March 18 |
The Design of Multifunctional
and
Smart Materials
|
Prof. Kathryn Logan
MSE, Virginia Tech |
March 25
(Good Friday) |
Dendritic Crystallization
of Thin Films
of PEO / PMMA Blends
Evaluation of Nanostructured
Corrosion Resistant Coatings for Aging Aircraft
|
Mr. Brian Okerberg
Graduate Student, MSE
Mr. Davis Eichelberger
Graduate Student, MSE
|
| April 1 |
Synthesis of Nano-Silver
Colloids and Their
Anti-Microbial Effects
Fabrication and Characterization
of Nanocrystalline Metals
|
Mr. Guangyin Lei
Graduate Student, MSE
Mr. Adam Maisano
Graduate Student, MSE |
| April 8 |
Size Effects
and Scaling in Discrete Dislocation Plasticity |
Prof. Alan Needleman
Brown University |
| April 15 |
11:00 Single
Atom Spintronics*
3:30 Polymagnets |
Dr. Harsh D. Chopra
SUNY-Buffalo
Buffalo, NY |
| April 22 |
Microstructure
Evolution in Solids |
Prof. Armen G. Khachaturyan
Rutgers University |
| April 29 |
TBA
|
TBA |
