| Date |
Title |
Speaker/Affiliation |
| August 27 |
Graduate Student Event |
Bill Reynolds, Susette Sowers |
| September 3 |
Quantum Dot Lasers: Theoretical
Overview
|
Prof. Levon Asryan
MSE, Virginia Tech
|
| September 10 |
Advisory Board Meeting, No Seminar |
|
| September 17 |
Graduate Student Event |
Bill Reynolds, Susette Sowers |
| September 24 |
Fracture and
Damage Evolution in Polymers: Phase Dependent PTFE and Self-Healing
Epoxy |
Dr. Eric Brown
Los Alamos National Lab |
| October 1 |
Particulate Materials
Processing at the Nanoscale Size Range: Opportunities in Tungsten-Based
Materials |
Prof. Randall German
Pennsylvania State University |
October 8
(joint w/Geosciences) |
Is working
at Corning, Inc. and the U.S. Geological Survey really all that
different?: Confessions of a materials science geoscientist |
Prof. Michael Hochella
Dept. of Geosciences, Virginia Tech |
| October 15 |
Functional Immobilization
Matrices: Ionic and Thermally Responsive Polymeric Gels to
Capture Biological Elements
Nano Sized Silicon Carbide
Based Liquid Toner for Electro-Photographic Solid Freeform
Fabrication Applications
|
Ms. Dara Fleming
Graduate Student, MSE
Mr. Navin Manjooran
Graduate Student, MSE |
October 22
(joint w/Micron group) |
An Overview of
Radiation-Hardened Electronics – BAE Systems, Manassas,
VA |
Mr. Nadim F. Haddad
Semiconductor Technology Center
BAE Systems, Manassas, VA
|
| October 29 |
Fabrication and Characterization of Organic
Electronic Devices: Electrically Conductive Organic Composite
Films
Processing of Amorphous Particulate Reinforced Metal Matrix
Composites |
Ms. Nurdam Demicri
Graduate Student, MSE
Mr. C. Alex Wensley
Graduate Student, MSE |
| November 5 |
The Major Analytical Instrumentation Center
(MAIC): a multi user materials characterization facility |
Prof. Luisa Amelia Dempere
University of Florida |
| November 12 |
Elasticity of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys |
Prof. Manfred Wuttig
University of Maryland |
| November 19 |
The Minkowski Functionals: The Global Parameters
of Microstructure |
Dr. Jim Steele |
| November 26 |
Thanksgiving Break, No Seminar
|
|
| December 3 |
Advanced
Corrosion-Resistant Materials for the Long-Term Storage of Spent
Nuclear Fuel |
Dr. Joe Farmer
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
