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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