MSE Seminars
Fall 2011
August 26, 2011
Prof. Chong Lin Chen
Physics Department, University of Texas at San Antonio
Interface Engineered Metamaterials for Energy Harvest and Storage
September 16, 2011
Prof. Wiley Kirk
Materials Science & Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington
Solar Cell Technology: What’s new and what won’t work
September 23, 2011
Michael Gallaway
ExxonMobil Corporation
The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030
September 30, 2010
Prof. Krishnan Rajeshwar
Chemistry & Biochemistry Department, University of Texas at Arlington
Materials for Energy Conversion
October 7, 2011
Prof. Xiankai Sun
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Towards Nanomedicine – How would imaging techniques help?
October 14, 2011
Prof. Dion Dionysiou
Environmental Engineering and Science Program, University of Cincinnati
TiO2 and Visible Light-Activated non-metal containing TiO2 - Synthesis, Characterization and Mechanistic Aspects in the Photocatalytic Degradation of Cyanotoxins in Water
October 21, 2011
Dr. Melanie Cole
US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Tailoring the Material Properties of Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films to Enable Enhanced Performance Reconfigurable Tunable Devices
October 28, 2011
Prof. Cheng Luo
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington
Sidewall Micropatterning and Mobile Microsystems
November 4, 2011
Prof. N.Y. Chen
Materials Science & Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington
Industrial Application of Shape Selective Zeolite Catalysts
November 11, 2011
Prof. Jian (Jerry) Q. Feng
Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Osteocyte: Beyond a Mechanosensor
Spring 2011
Januaryr 19, 2011 5:00 pm
"Control of Nanomaterials for Electronic, Energy & Biotech Applications"
Dr. Sungho Jin, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science & Iwama Endowed Chair, University of California, San Diego
Distinguished Speaker Series, College of Engineering
Fall 2010
September 3, 2010
10:00 am Nanophotonic resonant elements and their applications, Dr. R. Magnusson, EE/UTA
10:50 am Policies and Procedures for Using the Characterization Center for Materials and Biology, C2MB - Dr. J.C. Jiang, CCMB/UTA
September 10, 2010
10:00 am Nanoparticles for targeted and controlled drug delivery, Dr. K. Nguyen, BE/UTA
10:50 am Using nanoparticles to modify electro-optical properties of certain liquid-crystal based microstructures, Dr. S. Sharma, Phys/UTA
September 17, 2010 11:00 am
"Energy in the 21st Century"
David Levy, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Shorthorn Article
September 24, 2010
10:00 am Smart sensing for diagnostics, Dr. Samir Iqbal, EE/UTA
10:50 am Microwave Antenna Sensor for Crack Detection and Monitoring, Dr. H. Huang, MAE/UTA
October 1, 2010
10:00 am Adventures in Modeling and Simulations. Computational Science as a Tool to make Prediction, Dr. P. Kroll, Chem/UTA
10:50 am Time-resolve morphological study on polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic absorber, Dr. M. Jin, MSE/UTA
October 8, 2010
10:00 am Nanotechnology in Environmental Engineering: Case Studies on Innovative Materials Development and Environmental Contaminants Cleanup, Dr. H. Choi, CEE/UTA
10:50 am Flexible Semiconductor Nanomembrane Photonics, Dr. W. Zhou, EE/UTA
October 15, 2010
10:00 am Natural Resource Limitations to Terawatt-Scale Solar Cells, Dr. M. Tao, EE/UTA
10:50 am Bioelectronics for Medical Applications, Dr. J.C. Chiao, EE/UTA
October 22, 2010
10:00 am Emerging Nanotechnology Applications in Medical Sensing, Dr. H. Tibbals, UTSWMC
11:00 am Fluorescent Doped Carbon Nanoparticles, Dr. A. Koymen, Phys/UTA
October 29, 2010
10:00 am Foil bearings for oil-free turbomachinery: challenges in material and thermal transport, Dr. D. Kim, MAE/UTA
10:50 am Development of pH sensitive probes for real-time noninvasive inflammation imaging,
Dr. L. Tang, BE/UTA
November 12, 2010
10:00 am "Ultra Low Friction Coatings", Dr. Ali Erdemir, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago
Spring 2010
“Current Research Activities at the High-Tech Materials Laboratory”
March 23rd 2010,
Professor Constantin Politis
University of Patras, Greece; Engineering
Fall 2009
August 28, 2009
1:00 pm New MSE Graduate Student Orientation - Dr. Choong-Un Kim, UTA/MSE (WH200)
September 4, 2009
10:00 am Giving a Successful Seminar - Dr. Roger Goolsby, UTA/MSE
10:50 am Hollow Gold Nanoparticles as Theranostic agent - Dr. Yao Wu Hao, UTA/MSE
September 11, 2008
10:00 am Biodegradable Polymers for Tissue Engineering - Dr. Jian Yang, UTA/BE
10:50 am Materials forEelectrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage: Status, Challenge and Opportunity, - Dr. Fuqiang Liu, UTA/MSE
September 18, 2009
10:00 am Policies and Procedures for Using the Characterization Center for Materials and Biology, C2MB - Dr. Jiechao Jiang, UTA/MSE
September 25, 2009
10:00 am Active Plasmonic Nanostructures for Nonlinear and Quantum Optics - Dr. Michael Vasilyev, UTA/EE
10:50 am New Materials and Reliability Concerns in Microelectronics- Dr. Choong Un Kim, UTA/MSE
October 2, 2009
10:00 am Toward Practical Fabrication of Nanoscale Devices - Dr. Seong Jin Koh, UTA/MSE
10:50 am Si-based Solar Cell Technology and Market Trend - Dr. Donggun Lim, Chungju National University, South Korea
October 9, 2009
10:00 am Bioactivity of Silicate Base Bioceramics – Dr. Pranesh Aswath, UTA/MSE
10:50 am Electromagnetic Properties of Biological Tissues and Membranes – Dr. Harry Tibbals, UTSWMC
October 16, 2009
10:00 am Cancer Nanotechnology – Dr. Wei Chen, UTA/Physics
10:50 am Research Activities in the Surface and Nano Engineering Laboratory – Dr. Stathis Meletis, UTA/MSE
October 23, 2009
10:00 am Engineering Materials for Nerve Repair and Neurointerfaces – Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega, UTA/BE
10:50 am Metal-Organic Compounds as Homogeneous Catalysts and Luminescent Materials – Dr. Rasika Dias, UTA/Chemistry
Spring 2009
“The New World of Materials Science & Engineering: Nano & Bio Technology”
Robert L. Snyder, Professor and Chair
School of Materials Science & Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
