
Hydrogen & Clean Energy

Materials Science and Engineering Seminars 2021
Title: Interfacial Reactions in Electrochemical Energy Systems: In-Situ Studies Using Synchrotron X-ray Techniques
Speaker: Dr. Zhenxing Feng
Affiliation: Oregon State University
Date: September 24, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Title: Design and Fabrication of Soft Electronics and Soft Robots for Hard Challenges
Speaker: Dr. Changyong Cao
Affiliation: Michigan State University
Date: October 1, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Title: Elucidating the Molecular Origins of Mechanical Properties of Biomass through Molecular and Coarse-Grained Dynamics Simulations of Lignocellulose Assemblies
Speaker: Dr. Peter N. Ciesielski
Affiliation: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Date: October 15, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Title: Quantum Repeaters: Materials and Applications
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Papile
Affiliation: Founder: BraneCell
Date: October 22, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Title: Flexible Adhesive Electronics for Electrophysiological Monitoring
Speaker: Dr. Christopher J Bettinger
Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon University
Date: October 29, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Title: High-throughput experiments and holistic integration with computational data to accelerate alloy design
Speaker: Dr. Ji-Cheng “JC” Zhao
Affiliation: University of Maryland
Date: November 5, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Title: Is necessity the mother of invention? The story behind the invention of Forcespinning
Speaker: Dr. Karen Lozano
Affiliation: Founder/Director of the UTRGV Nanotechnology Center
Date: November 12, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Title: Sputtered Electro-active Coatings for Neural Stimulation and Recording
Speaker: Dr. Stuart F. Cogan
Affiliation: University of Texas at Dallas
Date: November 19, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Title: The future story of wearable and implantable neuroelectronics has yet to be written
Speaker: Dr. John Seymour
Affiliation: Translational Biomimetic Bioelectronics Lab at UTHealth and Rice University
Date: December 3, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m.