The NU-MRSEC organizes and sponsors seminars, workshops, and symposiums throughout the year on a variety of research topics. These educational outreach events provide opportunities for discussion and open the door to potential collaborations.

Upcoming and past events are listed below.

Takhee Lee

Department of Physics and Astronomy
Seoul National University
Korea

"TBA"
Monday, June 24, 2013

Location: TBA

Sharon Weiss

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vanderbilt University

Nanoscale Porous Materials for Application in Chemical
and Biomolecular Detection

3:00pm
Monday, April 15, 2013

Technological Institute
K140
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Roie Yerushalmi

Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"Post-Growth Surface Doping of Silicon Nanostructures"

4:00pm
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

James Rondinelli

Drexel University

"Rational Materials Discovery: Bottom-up Design of Emergent Ferroelectricity"

2:00pm
Friday, March 29, 2013

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

NUCAPT's Atom Probe Tomography Workshop

March 15, 2013

Silverman Hall
Conference Room 4-510
2170 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Agenda

NUANCE Workshop

"Electron Tomography Training Workshop:
Hitachi HT7700 TEM and HD-2300 STEM Instruments
"

March 12-13, 2013

Evanston Campus

Agenda

John Perkins

Renewable Energy Laboratory

"Amorphous Transparent Conducting Oxides for Photovoltaics"

3:00pm
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

MRSEC Special Seminar

Yeng-Long Chen

Instiute of Physics
Academia Sinica, Taiwan

"Migration and fractionation of soft deformable particles in microchannels"

3:00pm
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Kenneth Crozier

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University

"Nano-Optics of Plasmonic Optical Tweezers, SERS Substrates, and Multi-Colored Silicon Nanowires"

2:30pm
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
2:15pm coffee before seminar

Ryan 4003
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

NU/AIC Seminar Series in Conservation Science:
"Soft materials and hard plastics in art: characterization, degradation and conservation"


9:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Cook 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Program

Stefan Maier

Centre for Plasmonics & Metamaterials
Imperial College, London, UK

"Nanoplasmonics and Metamaterials: Bringing Photonics to the Nanoscale"

11:00am
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
10:30am reception before seminar

Ryan 4003
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

MRSEC 2012 Distinguished Lecture

Miguel Yacaman
University of Texas, San Antonio

"High Resolution Studies of Bimetallic Nanoparticles"

11:00am
Thursday, May 31, 2012
10:30am reception before seminar

Pancoe Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI) Liaison Visit

May 30, 2012

Silverman Hall
Conference Room 3-510
2170 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Agenda

MRSEC-PREM Seminar
Marcelo Marucho


Department of Physics
University of Texas, San Antonio

"Optimized Approach to Studying Strongly Interacting Charged Systems"

4:00pm
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Details

Christine Aikens

Department of Chemistry
Kansas State University

"Unraveling Nanoparticle Properties Using Density-Functional Theory"

2:30pm
Friday, February 24, 2012

Ryan Hall 4003
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Details

MRSEC Grantsmanship Workshop

9:00am - 5:00pm
February 20 - 21, 2012

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Alberto Salleo

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford University

"Neither crystalline nor amorphous: how a quantitative assessment of
microstructure helps us design better organic semiconductors
"

2:30pm
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

MRSEC Art of Science Lecture Series

Scientific Figures in Adobe Photoshop

12:30 - 2pm
Friday, February 3, 2012

Pancoe Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Northwestern University Center for Atomic-Probe Tomography Workshop

NUCAPT: Introducing the New Laser Hardware

9:30am
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Bodeen Studio (Tech C115)
2175 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Optical Microscopy and Metallography Facility Workshop

Sample Preparation for Electron Microscopy using Ion Milling

10:00am
Friday, January 20, 2012

Cook Hall 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

David Paine

Division of Engineering
Brown University

"Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors for TFT (And More) Applications"

2:30pm
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

MRSEC 2011 Distinguished Lecture
co-sponsored by IBNAM


Jacques Prost
École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI)

"Constructing Tools for Describing Cell and Tissue Dynamics"

2:30pm, Tuesday
December 6, 2011

reception to follow seminar

Pancoe Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

MRSEC Art of Science Lecture Series

Rapid Production of 3D Figures in PowerPoint


November 30, 2011

Tech LR4
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

MRSEC Facilities Workshop

November 1-2, 2011

Norris Center
1999 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Registration Link

NU/AIC Seminar Series in Conservation Science:
"Synchrotron Research in Cultural Heritage Science"


October 11-12, 2011

Ford ITW Classroom (Room 1.350)
Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
2133 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Registration Link

Hongxia Guo

Institute of Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

"Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Transport of Water Molecules through Nano-channels"

4:00pm
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI) Liaison Visit

September 2, 2011

Silverman Hall
Conference Room 3-510
2170 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Agenda

René van Roij

Institute for Theoretical Physics
Utrecht University

"Electric Double Layers in Aqueous and Oily Solvents: Thermodynamic Cycles, Surface Heterogeneities, and Charge Regulation"

*11:00 a.m.* (Time Change)

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Tech LR5
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Brad Tinkham

Group Leader Process Technology Frontend
Inventux Technologies AG

"Series Production and Process Development of Solar Modules based on Amorphous and Nanocrsytalline Si Tandem Solar Cells"

2:00 p.m.

Friday, April 22 2011

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Jiwoong Park

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University

"Atomically Defined Carbon Nanostructures"

11:00 a.m.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Ryan Hall (Nano) 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Julia Medvedeva

Department of Physics
Missouri University of Science & Technology

"Crystalline IGZO calculations "

2:00 p.m.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Ryan Hall (Nano) 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Cecilia Noguez

Instituto de Física
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México

"Designing the Plasmonic Response of Noble Metal Nanoparticles"

3:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Ron Naaman

Dept. of Chemical Physics
Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel

"Organic-inorganic Interfaces: a Source for Surprising Electronic and Magnetic Properties"

2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Patanjali Kambhampati

Department of Chemistry
McGill University

"Excitonics: Unraveling the Structure and Dynamics

of Excitons in Quantum Dots "

2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Cook Hall 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

NU/AIC Seminar Series in Conservation Science

Nanotechnology for Art Conservation

October 28, 2010

10:00 a.m

Ford ITW Classroom (Room 1.350)
Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
2133 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Agenda

Volunteer Recruiting Ice Cream Social

Cook Hall 2058
2220 Campus Dr.

Friday, September 24, 2010, 3:00 pm

Presentation of various educational outreach volunteer opportunities.
Everyone is welcome!

Volunteer Website

Alfredo Alexander-Katz

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

"Dynamics of Globular Polymers and the Problem of Blood Clotting "

10:00 a.m.

"Self-Assembled Microscopic Swimmers and Walkers "

2:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Tech L150
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI) Liaison Visit

August 26, 2010

Silverman Hall
Conference Room 3-510
2170 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Agenda

Bhupendra Dev

Department of Materials Science
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Kolkata, India

"Ion Irradiation-Induced Evolution of Magnetic Behavior in Multilayers "

2:00 p.m
Monday, August 2, 2010

Cook 2058
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Yitzhak Rabin

Institute for Nanotechnology
and Advanced Materials
Bar-Ilan University, Israel

"Electrostatic Focusing of DNA into
Nanoscale Pores"


Thursday, July 22 at 2:00 p.m.

Ford Center, ITW Classroom (Room 1.350)
2133 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

The Eleventh International Conference on Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering

July 14 - 17, 2010

Norris Center
1999 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Conference Website



Edwin R. Fuller, Jr.

NIST

"Efficacy of Nanoparticle-based Thermal Ablation of Tumors"


Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
Refreshments before seminar

Tech L150
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

MRSEC 2010 Distinguished Speaker
Ray Baughman

NanoTech Institute
University of Texas, Dallas

"Superelastic Carbon Nanotube Muscles Providing
Giant Strokes and Giant Stroke Rates from 0K to 1900K"


Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.
Refreshments before seminar

Tech LR4
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Michael Bendikov

Department of Organic Chemistry
Weizmann Institute of Science

"Novel Types of Organic Electronic Materials:
Polyselenophens and Oligofurans"


Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Refreshments before seminar

Tech K140
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Millicent Firestone

Materials Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory

"Nanostructured Polymers:
Designing and Tailoring the Abiotic-Biotic Interface"

Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Cook 3118
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Mathias Steiner

Nanoscale Science and Technology
IBM

"Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes in
Nano-optoelectronics"

Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Cook 3118
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Peter Lu

Department of Physics
Harvard University

"Modern Math in Medieval Islamic Architecture"

Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Cook 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

2009 MRSEC Distinguished Speaker

Todd Emrick

Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

"Materials Research on Functional Polymer Materials
Using Synthesis to Enable Assembly, Conjugation, and Encapsulation."

Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

Ryan 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Markus Deserno

Department of Physics
Carnegie Mellon University

"Coarse-Grained Simulation Studies of Mesoscopic Membrane Phenomena"

Thursday, October 22, 2009, 2:00 p.m.

Tech L251
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Volunteer Recruiting Ice Cream Social

Cook Hall 2058
2220 Campus Dr.

Friday, September 25, 2009, 2:00 pm

Presentation of various educational outreach volunteer opportunities.
Everyone is welcome!

Volunteer Website

Alex Travesset

Department of Physics
Iowa State University and Ames Lab

"Multiblock Polymers, Functionalization, and the Design of Polymer Nanocomposite Materials from Solutions"

Monday, September 21, 2:00 p.m.

Ford Center, ITW Classroom (Room 1.350)
2133 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Yossi Paltiel

Applied Physics Department
The Hebrew University, Israel

"Toward Confinement Potential Control of Self Assembled Nano Dots"

Friday, July 31, 4:00 p.m.

Ryan (Nano) 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Igor Aronson

Materials Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory

"Self-Assembled Magnetic Microswimmers"

Tuesday, July 14, 3:00 p.m.

Cook 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Pedro Gonzalez-Mozuelos

Cinvestav del I.P.N., Mexico

"Charged Nanoparticles in Water"

Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 3:00 pm

Tech E133
2145 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston Campus

George John

The City College of the City University of New York

"Self-Assembled Soft Materials and the In Situ Synthesis of Nanoparticles"

Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 4:00 pm

Tech K140
2145 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Linda Young

Argonne National Laboratory

"Behavior of Atoms and Molecules in Strong Electromagnetic Fields:
From X-ray Switches to Hollow Atoms
"

Thursday, May 14, 2009, 4:00 pm

Ryan Hall (Nano) 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Jan Genzer

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
North Carolina State University

"On Preparing Tunable Random Copolymers by
'Chemical Painting' of Synthetic Homopolymers
"

Thursday, April 2, 2009, 1:00 pm

Cook Hall 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Wim Van Camp

Department of Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry Research Group
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

"ATRP and “Click” Chemistry:
Versatile Synthetic Tools for the Design of
Poly(acrylic acid) Containing Polymers"


Thursday, March 5, 2009, 1:00 pm

Ryan Hall (Nano) 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Holly Falk-Krzesinski

Director, Office of Research Development
Director, Office of Research Team Support
Northwestern University

"Grantsmanship for the Early Career Researcher"

Friday, February 20, 2009, 2:00 pm

Cook Hall 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

C. Daniel Frisbie

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Minnesota

"New Materials for Printed Polymer Electronics"

Thursday, February 19, 2009, 11:00 am

Cook Hall 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Bryan Vogt

Department of Chemical Engineering
Arizona State University

"Confinement Effects on the Elastic Modulus of Polymer Thin Films"

Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 2:00 pm

Cook Hall 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Milko E. van der Boom

Department of Organic Chemistry
The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel

"Molecular-based Mono- and Multilayers:
Sensors, Communication, and Boolean Logic"


Monday, December 15, 2008, 4:00 pm

Tech K140
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Mark Watson

Department of Chemistry
University of Kentucky

"Organic Electronic Materials
Synthesis, Structure-property Relationships, and Device Studies."


Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 4:00 pm

Ryan Hall (Nano) 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Productive Affinities: Successful Collaborations Between Museums and Academia

October 29-31, 2008

Chicago, IL and Evanston, IL

Meeting Announcement and Registration Information

Michale Frayn's Copenhagen

A play about the physicists whose scientific discoveries and nationalities affected the development of the atomic bomb.

Tech Lecture Room 2
2145 Sheridan Rd.

Saturday, September 27, 2008, 7:00 pm

NU-MRSEC Director Professor Monica Olvera de la Cruz will be the moderator for the post-play interdisciplinary panel discussion.

Copehangen Website

Volunteer Recruiting Ice Cream Social

Cook Hall 2058
2220 Campus Dr.

Thursday, September 25, 2008, 3:00 pm

Presentation of various educational outreach volunteer opportunities.
Everyone is welcome!

Volunteer Website

Reshef Tenne

Department of Materials and Interfaces
Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel

"Inorganic Nanotubes (INT) and Fullerene-like Structures (IF): Science and Applications"

Thursday, September 25, 2008, 2:00 pm

Tech K140
2145 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston Campus

Abstract

NU-MRSEC Annual Meeting

Thursday, August 28, 2008, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Pancoe Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Agenda

James Ferri

Department of Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Golm/Potsdam, Germany

"Physicochemical Mechanics in Asymmetric Nanomembranes"

Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 10:00 am

Cook Hall room 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Yuri Popov

Department of Physics
Case Western University

"A Field-Theoretic Approach in Polymer Physics:
a Study of Fluctuation Effects in Charged Systems"


Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 10:00 am

Cook Hall room 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Energy - The Challenge for the 21st Century

Northwestern-Argonne Symposium
Part of the Heilborn Lecture Series

Friday, April 2, 2008,
8:30am - 5:00pm

Ryan Auditorium
Technological Institutes
2145 Sheridan Rd. Evanston

Keynote Lecture:
The World's Energy Problem and What We Can Do About It
by Steve Chu
Laurence Berkeley National Laboratory

See the Flier for more details.

This event is sponsored by the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Qui Tran-Cong-Miyata

Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Kyoto Institute of Technology

"Co-continuous Morphology Resulting from Competing Interactions in Reacting Polymer Blends and Its Practical Implication"

Friday, April 4, 2008, 2:00 p.m.

Nano room 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Vincent Derycke

Laboratoire d'Electronique Moléculaire (LEM)
Service de Physique de l'Etat Condensé (SPEC)
CEA Saclay - France

"Selective Placement of Carbon Nanotubes for Electronics "

Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 10:00 a.m.

Cook Hall room 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Thy Nguyen

University Career Services

"CV / Resume Writing Workshop for Science and Engineering PhDs"

Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 4:00 p.m.

Cook Hall room 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Anatoly V. Zayats

Centre for Nanostructures Media, IRCEP
The Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom

"Nanophotonics with Surface Plasmons "

Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 11:00 a.m.

Cook Hall room 2058
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Kenneth Crozier

Department of Electrical Engineering
Harvard Universit

"The Optical Antenna: A Versatile Tool for Nanophotonics"

Friday, November 2, 2007, 2:00 p.m.

Nano 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston Campus

Abstract

Ananth Dodabalapur

Microelectronics Research Center
The University of Texas at Austin

"Organic and Polymer Transistors: Performance Characteristics and Applications"

Thursday, November 1, 2007, 2:00 p.m.

Tech F235
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus

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Todd Emrick and Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Monica Olvera de la Cruz welcomes fellow MRSEC director Todd Emrick before his presentation of the NU-MRSEC 2009 Distinguished Speaker Seminar.

 

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) is supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF Award Number DMR-1121262. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.
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