MTU Materials Science and Engineering: Research: MSE Seminar

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MSE Seminar Spring 2008

Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage John & Virginia Towers Distinguished Lecture Series	Yang Shao-Horn Electrochemical Energy Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	April 25, 2008 3:00 – 4:00 pm Room 610 M&M Building
High-Performance Piezoelectric Ceramics Through Microstructural Engineering	Dr. Edward M. Sabolsky Senior Research Scientist Fine Ceramics and Igniter R&D Group Saint-Gobain High-Performance R&D Center	March 3, 2008 9:00 – 10:00 am Room 610, M&M Building
Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Energy Storage/Conversion Systems	Dr. Ying (Jane) Wang Materials Research Institute Northwestern University Evanston, IL	February 25, 2008 9:00 – 10:00 am Room 610, M&M Building
Development of Electroactive Material-Based Hybrid Actuation Systems	Tian-Bing Xu Senior Research Scientist National Institute of Aerospace Hampton, VA	February 18, 2008 9:00 – 10:00 am Room 610, M&M Building
Residual Stress Determination in Strontium-Doped Lanthanum Manganite	Lamar Meda Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry Auburn University Auburn, AL	February 15, 2008 9:00 – 10:00 am Room 610, M&M Building
Colloidal Force Microscopy: Novel Technique for Mapping Charge-Mosaic Surfaces in Electrolyte Solutions	Xihui Yin Graduate Student Department of Materials Science and Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan	February 1, 2008 3:05– 3:25 pm Room 610, M&M Building
Effect of Die Line Roughness on the Fatigue Life of Extruded AA6082	Nicholas Nanninga Graduate Student Department of Materials Science and Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan	February 1, 2008 3:30– 3:50 pm Room 610, M&M Building
A Merging of Materials and Device Perspectives through Fabrication and Assembly: GaN Microdisks and Bio- Templated Photovoltaic Materials	Elaine D. Haberer Postdoctoral Researcher University of California Santa Barbara, CA	January 25, 2008 9:00 – 10:00 am Room 610, M&M Building
Developing Biomaterials and Delivery Systems for Bone- Inducing Proteins John & Virginia Towers Distinguished Lecture Series	Prof. Hasan Uludag Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada	January 18, 2008 3:00 – 4:00 pm Room U113 M&M Building

MSE Seminar Fall 2007

Metal Inserts for Gray Iron Castings Nostalgic Steel Can Single Cast Trailer Sand Shoe	Undergraduate Presentations Department of Materials Science and Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton	November 30, 2007 3:00 – 4:00 pm Room 610 M&M Building
New Materials Strategies for Organic Thin Film Electronics John & Virginia Towers Distinguished Lecture Series	Prof. C. Daniel Frisbie Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Minnesota	November 16, 2007 3:00 – 4:00 pm Room U113 M&M Building
In-Situ Tensile-Creep Testing of Advanced Structural Alloys John & Virginia Towers Distinguished Lecture Series	Prof. Carl J. Boehlert Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	November 9, 2007 3:00 – 4:00 pm Room 610 M&M Building
Engineering Photonic State Coupling and Photonic Band Gaps	Miguel Levy Professor Physics and Materials Science Departments Michigan Technological University	October 26, 2007 3:00 – 4:00 pm Room 610 M&M Building
First-Principles Study of Nanostructured Materials for Room- Temperature Reversible Hydrogen Storage	Dr. Yong-Hyun Kim National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden, CO 80401	October 15, 2007 10:00 – 11:00 am Room 610 M&M Building
Industrial Applications of Atomic Force Microscopy	Jerome S. Jourdan Analytical Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Group BASF Corporation Wyandotte, MI	October 12, 2007 3:00 – 4:00 pm Room 610 M&M Building
An Approach to Developing Metal-Supported Thin-Film Electrolytes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Operating at Reduced Temperatures	Natee Tangtrakarn Graduate Student Department of Materials Science and Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton	September 28, 2007 3:30 – 3:50 pm Room 610 M&M Building
Mechanically Alloyed Ag_0.9Pb₉Sn₉Sb_0.6Te₂₀ and Ag_0.9Pb₁₉Sb_0.6Te₂₀, Materials with Potential Application in Thermoelectric Power Generators	Aaron LaLonde Graduate Student Department of Materials Science and Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton	September 28, 2007 3:05 – 3:25 pm Room 610 M&M Building
The Advantages of Microwave Heating	Shangzhao Shi Institute of Materials Processing Department of Materials Science and Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton	September 14, 2007 3:10 – 4:00 pm Room 610 M&M Building

MSE Seminar 2006-2007