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Fall 2009
September
9	Brian Perry UNH Materials Science	Investigation of Radical Entry and Diffusion within Latex Particles during Emulsion Polymerization
23	Prof. Olaf Deutschmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany	Heterogeneous Reaction Systems: From Molecular Modeling to Reactor Optimization
30	Nikolay Timoshchuk UNH Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Behavior of Carbon/Carbon Composites
October
7	Dr. Elif Alymaç University of Akron	Self-Stratifying Coatings
21	Prof. Gonghu Li UNH Chemistry	TiO2-Based Hybrid Nanomaterials for Solar Energy Conversion
November
10	Bo Jiang UNH Materials Science	Morphology of Solvent Borne and Water Borne Ployurethane Films
18	Professor Olof Echt UNH Materials Science	Synthesis and characterization of molecules and atomic clusters embedded in helium nanodroplets
December
2	Prof. Lei Zhai Univeristy of Central Florida	Conjugated Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Supramolecular Structures and Composites
Spring 2009
January
29	Dr. Ron Shutz Exeter, NH	The Role of Materials Science in Executing Moore's Law

February
3	Dr. Bryan Koene Luna Innovations	Multifunctional Coatings
5	Prof. Julie Chen University of Massachusetts, Lowell	Patterned Electrospun Nanofibers for Tissue Scaffolds
12	Prof. Xiaowei Teng Department of Chemical Engineering University of New Hampshire	Renewed Catalytic and Magnetic Properties of Noble Metal Containing Nanostructures
19	Dr. Jeff Trogolo Agion-Tech	The Green of Silver: Controlled Release Antimicrobial Delivery
26	Prof. Greg Tew University of Massachusetts, Amherst	Chemically Rich Macromolecules: Biomimetics to Advanced Materials

March
12	Prof. Gareth McKinley Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Designing Oleophobic Surfaces

April
2	Prof. Bill Russel Princeton University	Lessons learned while watching paint dry: film formation, drying fronts, and cracking
9	Prof. Jovica Badjic Ohio State University	Gated Molecular Baskets
30	Prof. Michael Rubner Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Stimuli-Responsive Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: From Mechanomutable Surfaces to Functionalized Living Cells


Fall 2008
December
11	Quoc Truong Army Natick Research Center	Material Technologies for Next Generation Chemical and Biological Protective Clothing

November
6	Dana Filoti Materials Science Program University of New Hampshire	Dependence of Fiber Texture on Composition in Au-SiO2 Composite Thin Films
13	Prof. Bridgette Budhlall University of Massachusetts, Lowell	Microwave, Photo- & Thermally Responsive PNIPAM-Gold Nanoparticle Microgels

October
2	Prof. Vivek Shenoy Brown University	Compositional and morphological patterning in quantum dots and nanowires
16	Prof. Glen Miller Materials Science Program University of New Hampshire	Nanoscale Carbon: Large Acenes, Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes
23	Prof. Rudi Seitz Chemistry Department University of New Hampshire	Chemical Indicators based on the thermal phase transition of poly(N-isopropylacyrlamide) copolymers
30	Prof. John Roth PennState Erie	Improving Deformation and Sheet Metal Processing Using Electrically-Assisted Manufacturing (EAM)

September
11	Dr. Graham Swift Formerly Rohm & Haas	Polymers from Renewable Sources
18	Dr. Kevin Gardner Environmental Research Group University of New Hampshire	Evaluation of Sorbents and Geotextile Materials for Reactive Capping of Contaminated Sediments
25	Dr. Bogden Diaconescu Physics Department University of New Hampshire	Self-assembly and patterning of metallic surfaces


Spring 2008
May
1	Prof. Dan Wasserman University of Massachusetts, Lowell	Mid-IR Optoelectronic Materials

April
3	Prof. Robert Cohen Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Designing Superoloeophobic Surfaces
10	Prof. Jan Schroers Yale University	Bulk metallic glass
17	Prof. Lei Zhu University of Connecticut	Self-Assembled Biodegradable Block Copolymers and DNA Lipoplexes as Potential Delivery Systems
24	Prof. Igor Sevostianov New Mexico State University	Connections between different physical properties of heterogeneous materials

March
6	Dr. Eitan Zeira, Konarka Technologies, Inc. Lowell, MA	An introduction to Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics
27	Prof. Tom Russell University of Massachusetts, Amherst	Directed Self-Oriented Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers: Bottom-Up Meeting Top-Down

February
7	Dr. Stephen Rossnagel	Nanopore sensors for DNA measurements using silicon technology
21	Prof. Daniel Gall, RPI	The Materials Machine: Nanostructure growth from the vapor phase
28	Prof. Richard Johnson Chemistry Department University of New Hampshire	From C4H2 to Nanotubes: Slip-Sliding into Materials Science

January
31	Prof. Yvon Durant Material Science Program University of New Hampshire	Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

Fall 2007
December
6	Prof. Marshall Ming Materials Science Program University of New Hampshire	Toward Self-Healing Polymer Surfaces

November
1	Dr. Mitra Yoonessi Dept. of Chemical Engineering University of New Hampshire	Synthesis, Characterization and Modeling of Carbon Nanofiber/Phenolic Resin Nanocomposites
2	Dr. Jens Wiebe Institute of Applied Physics Hamburg University Hamburg, Germany	Imaging the magnetization of individual atoms
8	Prof. Jian-Ming Tang Dept. of Physics University of New Hampshire	Electrical manipulation of single spins in semiconductors
15	Dr. Byungki Kim University of Massachusetts, Lowell	Optical Diffraction Based Displacement Sensing in MEMS and Metrology
29	Prof. Joel Therrien University of Massachusetts, Lowell	Fabrication of Silicon Carbide AFM Cantilevers

October
4	Prof. Young-Kyun Kwon University of Massachusetts, Lowell	Computational Modeling and Applications of Nanostructured Materials
11	Prof. Humphrey Maris Dept. of Physics Brown University	Ultrasonics and Nanoscience
18	Dr. Michal Kacperski Materials Science Program University of New Hampshire	Polyurethane foams reinforced by carbon nanotubes

September
20	Dr. Eugene Langlais Presstek Inc. Hudson, NH	Good Things Come in Small Packages: A discussion of how micro and nano morphology are essential to new applications in modern printing.

Spring 2007
April
5	Eugene L. Langlais II Presstkek Inc. Hudson, NH	Good Things Come in Small Packages: A discussion of how micro and nano morphology are essential to new applications in modern printing.
12	Dr. Jin-Woong Kim Harvard University	Uniform nonspherical colloidal particles with anisotropic properties
19	Prof. Carmela Amato-Wierda University of New Hampshire	Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Deposition of Silicon Nitride Thin Films for Solar Cells

March
8	Dr. Steven Jost BAE Systems	Photoconductors for Affordable Sensors: An Application of Materials Physics
22	Steven Leibiger Fairchild Semiconductor Inc.	Electrostatic Discharge Protection for Microelectronic Circuits
29	Jennifer Hydrick AmberWave Systems	Epitaxial Oxide Growth on Si(001) for Floating Epitaxy, a Novel Process for Silicon-on-Insulator Wafer Production

February
1	Dr. John Tsavalas	Waterborne Hybrid Alkyd/Acrylic Polymer Latex: Advantages and Potential Application Challenges
15	Anne Quincy Materials Science Program University of New Hampshire	A Review of Polymer Synthesis Combining Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization and Free Radical Living Polymerizations

Fall 2006
December
7	Chandrani Pramanik University of New Hampshire	Purification, Solubilization and Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes – A Review

November
2	Derya Deniz University of New Hampshire	Tilted Fiber Texture in Aluminum Nitride Thin Films
9	Prof. William H. Green University of New Hampshire	A 21st Century Approach to Chemical Kinetic
16	Prof. Brad Kinsey University of New Hampshire	Fabricating Nanoscale Features in Bulk Metallic Glass Materials
30	Pooja R. Marella University of New Hampshire	Weakly Coordinating Anions: Application in Olefin Polymerization Reactions – A Review

October
5	Prof. Igor Tsukrov University of New Hampshire	Micromechanical modeling of carbon/carbon composites
12	Prof. Robert C. Cammarata Johns Hopkins University	Processing and Mechanical Behavior of Nanocomposite Thin Films
26	Prof. G. Slade Cargill III Lehigh University	Thermal and Electromigration-induced Stresses and Composition Changes from Real-time X-ray Microdiffraction and Microfluorescence

September
14	Prof. Igor Sokolov Clarkson University	3D Design of Self-Assembled Nanoporous Particles

Spring 2006
April
6	Prof. Darrell Velegol Pennsylvania State University	Colloidal Molecules: Synthesis and Engineering Design

March
9	Prof. Mehmet Dokmeci Northeastern University	Microelectromechanical Systems
23	Prof. Steven Shaler University of Maine, Orono	Materials Research in the Development of Wood Composites at the University of Maine
30	Prof. Jim Whitten University of Massachusetts, Lowell	Oligothiophene Interfaces with Applications to Organic Electronic Devices

February
2	Dr. Richard Osgood Lincoln Laboratories	Fabrication and Measurement of Semiconductor Detectors for Astronomy
9	Dr. Nicholas Geisse Harvard University	Mechanotransduction in Cardiac Myocytes

Fall 2005
December
1	Prof. Ebo deMuinck Dartmouth Medical School	Nanoparticles for Targeted Imaging and Treatment of New Blood Vessels

November
10	Prof. Sekar Dhanasekaran University of Massachusetts, Amherst	Morphology Control in Mesoporous Silica/gold Nanomaterials Synthesis Using Surfactant Self Assembly Process

October
6	Jiebing Sun and Karsten Pohl Dept. of Physics University of New Hampshire	Surface alloy composition determination with nanometer resolution
19	Materials Science Workshop	Workshop Agenda List of Posters
20	Prof. Bryan Huey University of Connecticut	Quantitative Nanoscale Electronic and Mechanical Characterization
27	Georgi Nenchev University of New Hampshire	Techniques for Preparing Large Atomically Flat Au(111) Terraces for Nanotemplate Manufacturing

September
22	Dr. Steven Leibiger Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation	How BiCMOS Semiconductor Devices are Made
29	Dr. Jeffrey Stubbs University of New Hampshire	Morphology Probes for Polymer Nanoparticles

August
2	Prof. Angus Rockett University of Illinois	Growth Mechanisms and Nanochemical Science of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and Their Effects on Solar Cell Performance

Spring 2005
April
7	Prof. Rosemary Smith University of Maine	Sensor Materials and Microfabricated Instruments
14	Prof. Richard Matyi University of Albany	X-rays and Nanotechnology
21	Prof. Frank Hagelberg Jackson State University	Computational Studies of Atomic Clusters

March
10	Bogdan Diaconescu University of New Hampshire	Highly Stable Variable Temperature STM for Atomically and Time Resolved Imaging: Dynamics of Self-Assembly at Surfaces
24	Prof. James Krzanowski University of New Hampshire	Materials Analysis Using Advanced Synchrotron Sources
31	Shaoning Yao University of New Hampshire	Electrostatic Force Microscopy to Study Process-Induced Damage of MSQ-based Low-k Dielectrics

February
3	Dr. Chuck Kurkjian Rutgers University	The Mechanical Properties of Inorganic Glasses
17	Dr. N.B. Singh, Northrop Grumman Corporation Linthicum, MD	Role of a Materials Scientist and Engineer in High Tech Industry

January
27	Prof. Anne Mayes Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Baroplastics: Low Temperature Plastics Processing by Pressure-Enhanced Mixing

Fall 2004
November
4	Dr. Koichi Takamura BASF Corporation	Paving Using Latex Modified Asphalt Emulsion: View from the Colloid Scientist
18	Dr. Farrell Martin U.S. Naval Research Laboratory	Seawater Crevice Corrosion of Nickel Superalloys
October
7	Dr. Thanas Budri National Semiconductor Corporation	Materials Analysis in the Semiconductor Industry Using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
13	Materials Science Workshop	Workshop Agenda Workshop Posters
14	Dr. Warren MoberlyChan Harvard University	Thin Film Growth Mechanisms as Revealed by Transmission Electron Microscopy

September
9	Prof. Thomas Laue University of New Hampshire	Materials Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
16	Prof. Robert Weiss University of Connecticut	New Materials for Proton Exchange Membranes
23	Dr. William Holber MKS Instruments, Inc.	Remote Plasma Sources in Semiconductor Processing
30	Prof. Olof Echt University of New Hampshire	Electronic Excitations of Carbon-60 and its Anions