Guest and Graduate Seminars

Fall 2016 Semester

Special Guest Speaker

Date	Speaker	Title
12/16/2016	Zelong Xie	Metal Organic Frameworks and Their Derived Products for Carbon Dioxide
12/12/2016	Sue-Jonnathane Celestin	Understanding the effect of Spin-state on the Seebeck Coefficient of Iron Doped Barium Titanate (Fe-BTO) via Molecular Beam Epitaxy for high-efficiency thermoelectric applications
12/2/2016	Negar H. Golshan Xiaohua Geng	Removal of surface contaminants from SiC Substrate Using Thermally Generated Atomic Hydrogen Coupled, Simultaneous Displacement and Dealloying Reactions into Fe-Ni-Co Nanowires for Thinning Nanowire Segments
11/30/2016	Kanny (Run) Chang Brian Lejeune	Cationic Self-Assembling Peptide Amphiphiles as Antibacterial Agents Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria Structure-property relationships in AlFe2B2: A magnetofunctional layered system
11/9/2016	Tagbo Niepa University of Pennsylvania	Artificial Micronichesfor High Throughput Study of Microbial Communities
11/4/2016	Joshua Gallaway CUNY Energy Institute	Safe, Inexpensive, and Energy Dense Alkaline Batteries for the Grid Scale
11/2/2016	Joel Plawsky Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Modeling Dielectric Breakdown and Predicting IC Device Lifetime
10/28/2016	Gino Karlo Delos Reyes	Advancing Bio-Inspired Rosette Nanotubes as a Novel and Effective siRNA Delivery Vehicle for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
10/26/2016	Mahboobeh Rezaeeyazdi Gujie Mi	Semiconductor Nanoparticles as Potential Radiosensitizing Agents for Cancer Treatment DNA-Peptide Nanotubes as Artificial Extracellular Matrices to Engineer Cell-Material Interfaces
10/25/2016	Taylor Louise Carlson	Characterization of Mucus Barrier Properties: Understanding Changes in The Presence Of Natural Stimuli and Onset of Disease
10/21/2016	John Morgan Purdue University	Metabolic flux analysis of photosynthetic organisms
10/19/2016	Arthur Gonzales III Yiwen Fan	Using Molecular Dynamics in Modeling Fluorescent Rosette Nanotubes Synthesis and Self-assembly of PEGylated Rosette Nanotubes
10/14/2016	Garima Bhardwaj Stanley Chung	Nanostructured composite coatings to reduce bacterial infection on titanium orthopedic implants Electrospun Silk with Selenium Nanoparticles Inhibits Bacterial Proliferation
10/12/2016	Christopher Cogswell	3-Dimensional Silica as a Test Case for High Amine Efficiency Solid Adsorbents
10/7/2016	Jean M. Andino Arizona State University	Chemical Engineering for Enhanced Environmental Sustainability
10/5/2016	Sue-Jonnathane Celestin Ming Cheng	Understanding how to incorporate single crystal BTO (111) on 6H-SiC (0001) for next-generation electric devices Passive Gold Nanoparticle Delivery to Plaque-prone Blood Vessel Regions
9/30/2016	Luting Liu Hunter J. Sismaet	Atomic Layer Deposition Coatings on Ti Implants with Nanocrystalline TiO2 for Enhancing Osteoblast Functions and Reducing Bacteria Growth Electrochemical Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Chronic Wounds
9/28/2016	Taylor Carlson Oljora Rezhdo	Impact of Lactoferrin and Lysozyme on Particle Diffusion and Microbial Transport in Mucus Mechanistic model predicting the role of ingested lipids in oral drug dissolution
9/23/2016	Adedokun Adedoyin Proposal Defense	Magneto-Responsive, Bionanocomposite Hydrogels as Injectable Scaffolds for Osteochondral Tissue Regeneration
9/16/2016	Deyang Li Proposal Defense	Fabrication of Fe-Ni-Co Nanowires by Electrodeposition Coupled with Hydrogen Evolution Side Reactions

Spring 2016 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
4/15/2016	John Klier UMass Amherst	Applications of Polymer Self Assembly and Association
3/30/2016	Scott Milner Penn State	Semiconducting polymers for photovoltaics: theoretical challenges for molecular design
3/29/2016	Steve Lustig University of Delaware	Thermochemical Design for Chemical and Materials Engineering
3/25/2016	Mrityunjay Singh Ohio Aerospace Institute	Materials and Integration Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy Systems Received Distinguished Speaker Award
3/22/2016	Jie Zheng The University of Akron	Molecular Understanding of Amyloid Structures, Toxicity, and Inhibition
3/18/2016	Jan Stegemann University of Michigan	Biomaterials Science as Applied to Cell-based Therapies Received Distinguished Speaker Award
2/29/2016	Debra Auguste The City College of New York	A GPS for Targeted Drug Delivery
2/26/2016	Iaonnis Economou Texas A&M University	Computational Chemical Engineering: From Molecules to Sustainable Chemical Processes and Advanced Materials Design

Fall 2015 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
10/30/2015	Dr. Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles	Cooperative Function in Atomically Precise Nanoscale Assemblies Received Distinguished Speaker Award
10/16/2015	Dr. Michael Strano MIT	Plant Nanobionics
9/23/2015	Dr. James Hamilton Boston University	Noninvasive MR Imaging of Dangerous Atherosclerotic Plaques: How the Rabbit Beat the Mouse Received Distinguished Speaker Award
9/16/2015	Dr. David Marr Colorado School of Mines	Applied Microscopic Forces for Biomedical Applications
9/11/2015	Dr. James Hickman University of Central Florida	Tissue Engineering of Functional Systems of Preclinical Drug Discovery Received Distinguished Speaker Award
8/28/2015	Dr. David Sholl Georgia Institute of Technology	Using High Throughput Computation to Accelerate Development of Materials for Scalable Energy Technologies Received Distinguished Speaker Award

Summer 2015 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
6/19/2015	Dr. Nathaniel Finnery Tianjin University (China)	Exploring Fluorescent Chemsensors Based on Sulfur
6/10/2015	Dr. Russell Carr University of New Hampshire	Teasing Nonlinear Dynamics out of Microvascular Hemodynamics
6/3/2015	Belete Legesse Proposal Defense	Photoactive Rosette Nanotubes
5/29/2015	Yiwen Fan Proposal Defense	Synthesis and Characterization of Polyethylene Glycol-Grafted Rosette Nanotubes as Drug Delivery Vehicles
5/29/2015	Arthur Gonzales Proposal Defense	Multi-Scale Molecular Modeling of Rosette Nanotubes
5/27/2015	Dr. Jane Lipson Dartmouth University	Approaching the Glass Transition from Different Directions
5/19/2015	Cheryl Vaughn Boston Biomedical Innovation Center	B-BIC and the Skills Development Center
5/13/2015	Dr. Gino DiLabio University of British Columbia	Cool quantum effects revealed through mutagenesis & simulation studies of omithine 4,5-aminomutase

Spring 2015 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
5/6/2015	Dr. Lakis Mountziaris UMass Amherst	Synthesis, Functionalization and Biological Sensing Applications of ZnSe Nanocrystals
5/5/2015	Ece Alpaslan PhD Proposal Defense	TBD
5/1/2015	Dr. Samantha A. Meenach University of Rhode Island	Development of Particulates Capable of Penetrating Physiological Barriers & the In Vitro Systems Used for their Analysis
4/30/2015	Stanley Chung PhD Proposal Defense	Enhancing stem cell wound healing with nanofeatured scaffold
4/29/2015	Mian Wang PhD Proposal Defense	Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) Nanotechnology Technique for Biomedical Applications
4/29/2015	Dr. Sadagopan Krishnan Oklahoma State University	Clinical Biosensors and Bio-Electrocatalysis
4/29/2015	Dr. Ericka Ford North Carolina St. University	Engineered Surfaces and Interphases on Fiber Performance
4/28/2015	Garima Bhardwaj PhD Proposal Defense	Surface Modification of titanium implants to reduce infection and inflammation
4/27/2015	Dr. Sidi A Bencherif Harvard University	Injectable Sponge-like Scaffolds for Cancer Immunotherapy
4/24/2015	Dr. Jamal Lewis University of Florida	Pre-Clinical Development of a Biomaterial-based Microparticle Vaccine for Type 1 Diabetes Attenuation
4/21/2015	Bowen Huo MS Thesis Defense	Microfluidic Device for the Evaluation of Biofilm Removal under Shear Stress
4/17/2015	Noreen Rizvi PhD Dissertation Defense	TBD
4/16/2015	Salem AlZahmi PhD Dissertation Defense	Electrodeposition of CIGS/CZTS Components from Aqueous Electrolytes
4/15/2015	Nina Bordeaux PhD Dissertation Defense	Structure-magnetism correlations and chemical order/disorder transformations in ferrous L1₀-structured compounds
4/13/2015	Sydney Shaw MS Thesis Defense	TBD
4/3/2015	Dr. Rong Tong MIT	Development of Polymeric Particles for Cancer Nanomedicine
4/1/2015	Dr. J. Matt Kinsella McGill University (Canada)	Seeing Tumors: The Role of Advanced Materials in Oncology
3/27/2015 Hosts: Christopher Hassan & Sanjin Hosic	Zelong Xie & Junyan Zhang	Synthesis of Layered Metal Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Separation Au nanoparticles for targeted photothermal destruction of inuenza
3/26/2015	Dr. Usha Hemraz National Research Council (Canada)	Engineered Functional Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications
3/25/2015 Host: Marissa Puzan	Ehsan Keyvani-Someh	High-Rate Nanoimprinting of Photoactive Rosette Nanotube-Based Organic Solar Cells
3/20/2015 Hosts: Zelong Xie, Junyan Zhang & Gino Karlo Delos Reyes	Di Shi, Anh Phong Tran & Miao Wang	Controlling Ferrofluids Permeabilities to Cross an in Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model Development of a methodology to characterize the electrodeposition of Ni-W alloys using EIS and IMPS techniques In-product Anti-counterfeiting agrochemicals using phase change nanoparticles
3/18/2015	Dr. Richard Register Princeton University	Block Copolymer Thin Films: Structure, Shear Alignment, & Applications in Nanofabrication
3/17/2015	Dr. Hendrik Heinz University of Akron	Mechanisms of Molecular Recognition & Assembly at the Nanoscale: Computation Meets Experiment
3/13/2015	Spring Break, No Class	—-
3/11/2015	Spring Break, No Class	—-
3/6/2015 Hosts: Di Shi, Anh Phong Tran & Miao Wang	Autumn Paro, Meryem Pehlivaner & Marissa Puzan	Nanoparticle Enhanced Radiation Therapy: Theoretical Calculation In Situ Deposition of Hydrogels for Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Integration of Enteric Neurons into Intestinal Model Systems
3/4/2015	Heather Mayes Northwestern University	Break it down: Discovering the Secrets of Cellulosic Decomposition Reactions for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels
3/3/2015	Dr. Erik Dreaden MIT	Nanoscale Biomaterials for Rational Combination Therapies against Metastatic Solid Tumors
2/27/2015 Hosts: Autumn Paro & Meryem Pehlivaner	Deyang Li & Gujie Mi	Simulation of Anomalous Codeposition of Ni-Fe into Recesses Increased cell functions using BMP-7 functionalized rosette nanotubes
2/26/2015	Dr. Catherine Kuo Tufts University	Engineering Embryonic Microenvironments to Guide Musculoskeletal Engineering & Regeneration
2/25/2015	Robert Langer MIT	Profiles in Innovation: Invention, Entrepreneurship, and Breakthroughs in Bioengineering
2/23/2015	Dr. Guarav Giri MIT	Controlling crystal growth for organic electronics and pharmaceutical applications
2/20/2015 Hosts: Ehsan Keyvani-Someh, Deyang Li & Gujie Mi	Gino Karlo Delos Reyes, Christopher Hassan & Sanjin Ho	Present and Future Approaches to siRNA Delivery Effect of Red Selenium Nanoparticles on Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Spatial, Single Cell Isolation from Intestinal Crypts
2/19/2015	Dr. Ryan Koppes MIT	Scalable, multifunctional fiber probes for optical neural interfaces and tissue regeneration
2/18/2015	Dr. Mariah Hahn Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Bioactive Materials for Transitioning Cell Phenotypes with Chronic Vocal Fold Scar
2/13/2015 Hosts: Noreen Rizvi & Salem Zahmi	Luting Liu & Belete Legesse	Decreased Bacterial Activity on Nano-patterned PDMS Replica for Catheter-associated Infection Prevention Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorescent Rosette Nanotubes
2/12/2015	Dr. Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli MIT	Engineering the Nanoparticle-Biology Interface for Biomedical Applications
2/11/2015	Dr. Jonathan Parquette Ohio State University	The Self-Assembly of Functional Nanostructures
2/4/2015	Dr. Zachary Ulissi MIT	Stochasitc Interactions and Molecular Recognition in Nanosensor Systems Based on Carbon Nanotubes
1/30/2015 Hosts: Nina Bordeaux & Thaddaeus Webster	Hunter Sismaet & Belinda Slakman	Up-Regulation of Quorum Sensing Molecules for Early Electrochemical Detection of Bacterial Pathogens Extending Reaction Mechanism Generator (RMG) to Novel Chemical Systems
1/26/2015	Dr. Dario Marrochelli MIT	From First-Principles to Renewable Energy
1/23/2015 Hosts: Hunter Sismaet & Belinda Slakman	Oljora Rezhdo & Sydney Shaw	Effect of Food on the Behavior of Orally Administered Drugs Investigating the regulation of the vindoline biosynthetic pathway in the Catharanthus roseus plant
1/16/2015 Hosts: Oljora Rezhdo & Sydney Shaw	Mark Lalli & Tanya Narahari	Greater sensitivity of collective migration during electrotaxis Tunable Electrophoretic Separations Using a Scalable, Fabric-Based Platform
1/14/2015	Dr. Qiaobing Xu Tufts University	Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
1/12/2015	Qi Wang PhD Defense	Nanosized Selenium: A Novel Platform Technology to Prevent Bacterial Infections

Fall 2014 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
12/19/2014 1pm, 220 Behrakis	Adedayo Catlett PhD Defense	Induced Differentiation of Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells via Fluid Shear Stimulation
12/11/2014 102 WVG	Dr. Klavs Jensen MIT	Chemical and Biological Microfluidics-Advantages of going small
12/5/2014 Hosts: Mark Lalli, Tanya Narahari	Christopher Cogswell & Daniel Hickey	Novel Nanosheet Derivatives for Adsorbtion and Catalysis Antibacterial MgO Nanomaterials to Enhance Orthopedic Tissue Integration
12/3/2014 1:00pm, 342 CSC	Nil Tandogan & Thaddaeus Webster	Size-Specific Microfluidic Devices to Capture Microorganisms from the Environment Monitoring of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Toxins via Miniaturized Electrochemical Assemblies
11/26/2014 1:30 pm, 348 CSC	Kanny Chang	Selective Inhibition of Osteosarcoma Cell Functions Induced By Curcumin-Loaded Self-assembled Arginine-Rich-RGD Nanospheres
11/21/2014	Dean Aubry	Town Hall Meeting
11/14/2014 Hosts: Christopher Cogswell, Daniel Hickey	Taylor Carlson	Impact of Necrotizing Enterocolitis on the Barrier Properties of Intestinal Mucus
11/12/2014	Dr. David Bishop Boston University	Silicon Micro-Machines for Fun and Profit
11/7/2014	Dr. Robert Howe Harvard University	Heart Surgery Planning: From Imaging to Mechanics
11/5/2014 Hosts: Taylor Carlson, Sue-Jonnathane Celestin	Fariba Seyedzadeh	Progress in Automated Modeling of Biofuels: Updating Reaction Families
10/31/2014 Hosts: Negar Golshan	Daniel Milano	Contact Inhibition of Locomotion in a Fibrillar-like Microenvironment
10/29/2014	Negar Golshan Proposal Defense	Understanding Electrically Active Interface Formation on Wide Bandgap Semiconductors through Molecular Beam Epitaxy: Integration of oriented Fe3O4 for next-generation spintronic devices
10/17/2014 Hosts: Daniel Milano, Nil Tandogan	Dinara Andirova & Avinash Kola	Synthesis of Layered Metal Organic Framework for Carbon Dioxide Separation Application of Factorial Design to Determine Significant Parameters for Ni-W deposition
10/15/2014	Hui Jiang	Amine-pillared Nanosheet Adsorbents for CO2 Capture Applications
10/10/2014	Dr. Tequila Harris Georgia Tech	Scaled Coating of Polymer Thin Films onto Permeable and Impermeable Substrates
10/8/2014	Emily Gong	Proliferative Signals in Gradients of Soluble Growth Factors
10/3/2014 Hosts: Pegah Abadian, Emily Gong	Noreen Rizvi & Salem Zahmi	An efficient method for genetic transformation of Catharanthus roseus hairy roots Electrodeposition of CuSn with and without In
10/1/2014	Dr. Courtney Pfluger Northeastern University	PhD in Chemical Engineering with a Concentration in Technology-based Engineering Education
9/26/2014	Dr. Susmita Bose Washington State University	Calcium Phosphate Ceramics in Bone Tissue Engineering
9/24/2014	ChE Faculty Research Presentations	List of Presenters
9/19/2014	ChE Faculty Research Presentations	List of Presenters
9/12/2014	Dr. Abigail Koppes	Introduction to the NSF Graduate Fellowship Program

Summer 2014 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
8/21/2014	Dr. Felix Hol Delft University of Technology/ Harvard University	Antibiotic-mediated Competition and Bacterial Biodiversity in Synthetic Ecosystems
8/13/2014	Dr. Ed Luther Northeastern University	Laser Interference Based Systems
8/6/2014	Dr. Shanta Dhar University of Georgia	Mitochondria-targeted Delivery Systems
8/1/2014	Dr. Thomas Truskett University of Texas at Austin	Assembling Nanoclusters in Water for Therapy or Imaging
7/23/2014	Dr. Neha Kamat Harvard University	Towards the Construction of Protocells: Designing Opticaly Responsive Membranes
7/15/2014	Dr. Charles Monroe University of Michigan	Resolving the Mechanisms that Control Lithium/Oxygen Battery Performance
6/27/2014	SuPing Lyu Medtronic	Products, Engineering, and Science
6/18/2014 (Host: Thomas Webster)	Dr. Thomas Lars Andersen Techincal University of Denmark	PET/CT Imaging as a Tool to Evaluate Tumor Accumulation and Efficiency of Nanoterapeutics
6/11/2014 (Host: Thomas Webster)	Dr. Ken Littrell Oak Ridge National Laboratory	The Use of Small-Angle Scattering to Probe Self-Assembly and Structural Changes in Soft-Matter, Synthesis, Catalytic Systems
6/6/2014	Avinash Kola	Electrodeposition of Ag Alloys with Ni and W from a Thiourea-Citrate Electrolyte
6/5/2014	Hunter Sismaet Proposal Defense	The Development and Optimization of Electrochemical Sensors to Study Bacterial Pathogens in the Hospital Setting
5/30/2014	Adam Hatch	TBD
5/22/2014	Luting Liu Proposal Defense	Preparation of a Nano-patterned Polymer Replica for Reducing Catheter Associated Inflammation and Infection

Spring 2014 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
5/7/2014	Tanya Narahari Proposal Defense	Fabric Microfluidics for Low-Cost Separations and Analysis of Proteins in Complex Clinical Samples
5/2/2014 (Host: Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy)	Dr. Behnaz Bozorgui Columbia University	Simulation of Polymer-grafted Nanoparticles
5/1/2014 (Host: Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy)	Dr. Yajie Dong Harvard University	Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Information and Energy Technologies
4/28/2014	Dinara Andirova Proposal Defense	Nanoengineering of Metal Organic Frameworks for Applications in CO2 Capture, Drug Delivery, and Electronic Devices
4/23/2014	Sydney Shaw Proposal Defense	Investigating the limiting steps and factors required for vindoline biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus
4/17/2014 (Host: Thomas Webster)	Dr. Jeetain Mittal Lehigh University	Simulations of Biomolecular Assembly Processes at Interfaces
4/15/2014	Mark Lalli Proposal Defense	Targeting dynamic migratory response to electric fields to specifically segregate cancer cells
4/11/2014	Christopher Cogswell Proposal Defense	Layered Nanosheet Materials as Advanced Catalyst Systems
4/11/2014	Belinda Slakman Proposal Defense	Using Reaction Mechanism Generator (RMG) to study complex liquid-phase systems
4/9/2014 (Host: Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy)	Weijie Lu Air Force Research Laboratory	Oxygen Catalytic Growths and Multi-functionalities of CNTs and Graphene
4/7/2014	Jencilin Johnston	Multi- branched gold nanoparticle for detection of epidermal growth factor receptors on the surface of esophageal epithelial cells using surface enhanced Raman scattering
4/3/2014 (Host: Rebecca Carrier)	Dr. Mark Byrne Auburn University	TBD
4/2/2014 (Host: Thomas Webster)	Dr. Daniel K. Schwartz University of Colorado Boulder	Single Molecule Tracking at Wet Interfaces
3/31/2014 (Host: Thomas Webster)	Dr. Abigail Koppes MIT	Manipulating the Neurological Microenvironment for Regenerative Medicine Applications
3/28/2014 (Host: Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy)	Dr. John Zhanhu Guo Lamar University	Magnetoresistive Nanocomposites for Electrochemical Energy Storage
3/26/2014 (Host: Thomas Webster)	Dr. Amit Bandyopadhyay Washington State University	Hard Materials and Manufacturing Processes Towards Repair and Reconstruction of Bone Disorders
3/21/2014	Daniel Hickey Proposal Defense	MgO Nanocomposites as Antibacterial Biomaterials for Orthopedic Tissue Engineering
3/20/2014 (Host: Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy)	Dr. Gerassimos Orkoulas UCLA	Modeling, Simulation & Control of Batch Protein Crystallization Processes
3/19/2014 (Host: Laura Lewis)	Dr. Michael J Aziz Harvard University	Organic-Based Aqueous Flow Batteries for Massive Electrical Energy Storage
3/18/2014 (Host: Thomas Webster)	Dr. Boris Yakobson Rice University	From Material Substance to Shape to Property
3/14/2014	Pegah Hosseinpour Dissertation Defense	Structure–Magnetic Property Correlations in TiO2 Nanotube Arrays
3/12/2014 (Host: Thomas Webster)	Dr. Nasim Annabi Harvard University	Merging Microscale Technologies & Advanced Biomaterials for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
3/11/2014 (Host: Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy)	Dr. Gang Wu Los Alamos National Laboratory	Graphene Nanocomposite Catalysts for Sustainable Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion
3/7/2014	Town Meeting with Prof. Tom Webster	—
2/28/2014 (Host: Shashi Murthy)	Dr. Steven M. Cramer Renssealer Polytechnic Institute	Understanding and Enhancing Selectivity in Multimodal Chromatography
2/27/2014 (Host: Thomas Webster)	Dr. Yaakov Nahmias Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)	Development of Predictive Tools for Liver Toxicology: Micro-well Bioreactors and Pluripotent Stem Cells
2/26/2014	Radhika Barua Dissertation Defense	Pathways for tailoring the magnetostructural response of FeRh-based compounds
2/21/2014 (Host: Thomas Webster)	Dr. Alireza Abbaspourrad Harvard University	Life is Better with Drops!
2/20/2014	Alek Aksimentiev University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Reinventing a DNA Sequence Reader
2/19/2014 (Host: TBD)	Dr. Narendra Maheshri Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Using Dynamical Measurements and Kinetic Models to Yield Biological Insights in Gene Regulation
2/14/2014 Hosts: E. Alpaslan, G. Bhardwaj	Mahboobeh Rezaeeyazdi, Mian Wang;	Metal Organic Frameworks as New Generation of Catalysts for Energy Conversion
2/11/2014	Selena Di Maio Dissertation Defense	TBD
2/7/2014 Hosts: Mahboobeh Rezaeeyazdi, Mian Wang	Hui Jiang, Brian Lejeune;	TBD
2/5/2014 (Host: Prof. Adam Ekenseair)	Dr. Thomas M. Truskett The University of Texas at Austin	Assembling Nanoclusters in Water for Therapy or Imaging
2/3/2014 (Host: Prof. Hicham Fenniri)	Dr. Takeshi Yamazaki University of Alberta and National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), Canada	Multiscale Modeling of Nanomaterials in Solution
1/31/2014 (Host: Prof. Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy)	Dr. André D. Taylor Yale University	Synthesis and Assembly of High Performance Nanomaterials to Create Next-Generation Energy Conversion Devices
1/29/2014	Hasan Yildiz Dissertation Defense	TBD
1/27/2014 (Co-hosted by MIE, ChE, and Physics)	Professor J.J. Hoyt MCMaster University, Hamilton, ON	Particle Growth, Melting and Nucleation at the Nanoscale
1/24/2014 Hosts: Hui Jiang, Brian Lejeune	Xiaohua Geng, Arthur Gonzales III	TBD
1/17/2014 (Host: Arthur Gonzales III)	Yiwen Fan	Novel Applications of Rosette Nanotubes
1/17/2014 (Host: Xiaohua Geng)	Stanley Chung	Electrospinning Nanostructured Scaffolds for Skin Applications Using Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
1/15/2014 (Host: Yiwen Fan)	Adedokun Adedoyin	Injectable Scaffolds for Osteochondral Tissue Regeneration
1/15/2014 (Host: Stanley Chung)	Ming Cheng	Nanoparticle Approach to Inhibiting Endothelial Glycocalyx Dysfunction Related to Atherosclerosis
1/10/2014 (Host: Adedokun Adedoyin)	Ece Alpaslan	Rosette Nanotube Coated Iron Oxide and Selenium Nanoparticles to Inhibit Bone Cancer Growth
1/10/2014 (Host: Ming Cheng)	Garima Bhardwaj	Rosette Nanotube (RNT) and Nanophase Hydroxyapatite (HA) Composites for Orthopedic Applications

Fall 2013 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
12/13/2013 (Host: Prof. Edgar Goluch)	Pegah N. Abadian Proposal Defense (PhD)	Using Surface Plasmon Resonance imaging (SPRi) to Study Biofilms and Biofouling
12/5/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Richard West)	Fariba Seiyedzadeh Khanshan Proposal Defense (PhD)	Using Reaction Mechanism Generator (RMG) to Build Detailed Kinetic Model of Biofuels
12/4/2013 (Host: Prof. Adam Ekenseair)	Dr. Srinivas Sridhar Northeastern University	Nanoplatforms for Precision Medicine
11/25/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas J. Webster)	Dr. Arthur J. Coury Member of the National Academy of Engineering	A Career in Medical Products During the Era of Biomaterials
11/22/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Laura Lewis)	Melissa Loving Dissertation Defense (PhD)	Understanding the Magnetostructural Transformation in FeRh Thin Films
11/20/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy)	Salem Zahmi Proposal Defense (PhD)	Electrodeposition of CIGS/CZTS Components from Aqueous Electrolytes
11/19/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Edgar Goluch)	Nil Tandogan Proposal Defense (PhD)	Isolation and Study of Bacteria Using Physical Constrictions
11/15/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy)	Shaopeng Sun Dissertation Defense (PhD)	Induced Codeposition of Mo and W from Aqueous Electrolytes
11/14/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Richard West)	Pierre Bhoorasingh Proposal Defense (PhD)	Automated kinetic parameter calculation via transition state theory for bimolecular reactions to develop a 2,5-dimethylfuran combustion mechanism
11/13/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas J. Webster) Joint Sponsorship with ECE	Dr. Elias Manolakos Harvard University	Computational Methods to Decipher the Dynamic Processes of Cells and Living Organisms
11/8/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas J. Webster)	Dr. Richard Gilbert Northeastern University	Mapping Myoarchitecture and Mechanics with Magnetic Resonance Imaging
11/6/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)	Dr. Jeffrey S. Garanich Director, The Sapphire Group LLC, New York	Managing Innovation in a Challenging Global Economic Environment
11/1/2013 (Host: Prof. Adam Ekenseair)	Dr. Michael Rosenblatt Executive VP & Chief Medical Officer, Merck	How Academia and the Pharmaceutical Industry Can Work Together
10/30/2013 (Host: Prof. Adam Fenniri)	Dr. Ming Su Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Nano Medicine That Change Phases
10/29/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Thomas Webster)	George Aninwene, II	Lubricin & Nano-BaSO4: Novel Methods to Prevent Surface Biofouling
10/25/2013 (Host: Belinda Slakman) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Thomas Webster	Luting Liu	Preparation of a Nanopatterned Polymer Replica for Reduced Catheter Inflammation and Infection
10/25/2013 (Host: Nina Bordeaux) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Edgar Goluch	Thaddaeus Webster	Electrochemically Detecting P. aeruginosa Toxins in Relevant Biomedical Samples
10/18/2013 (Host: Belinda Slakman) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Laura Lewis	Nina Bordeaux	Towards Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnets:Thermomagnetic Behavior of Meteoritic Tetrataenite (L10 FeNi)
10/16/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas J. Webster)	Dr. Mark Burns University of Michigan	Microfluidic Devices for Chemical and Particle Analysis
10/11/2013 (Host: Prof. Edgar Goluch)	Dr. David Walt Tufts University	Single Molecule Arrays: From Fundamental Enzymology to High Sensitivity Analysis
10/9/2013 (Host: Prof. Carolyn Lee-Parsons) Joint Sponsorship with NU Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department	Dr. Wayne Curtis The Pennsylvania State University	Chemical PLANTS and Production Platforms: Propagation to Protein Expression
10/4/2013 (Host: Prof. Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy)	Dr. David Kazmer University of Massachusetts Lowell	System Identification and Modeling of Capillary Melt Rheological Data
9/11/2013 (Host: Prof. Hicham Fenniri)	Dr. John P. Nolan La Jolla Bioengineering Institute	High Speed Single Cell Analysis

Spring 2013 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
4/19/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Carolyn Lee-Parsons)	Noreen Rizvi Proposal Defense (PhD)
4/17/2013 (Host: Prof. Anand Asthagiri)	Prof. Shekhar Garde Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Water, Proteins, and Interfaces: A New Molecular Perspective
4/12/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)	Prof. Christopher Bettinger Carnegie Mellon University	Reconfigurable Polymers and Interfaces as Next-Generation Biomaterials
4/10/2013 (Host: Prof. Shashi Murthy)	Prof. Konstantinos Konstantopoulos Johns Hopkins University	Cell Migration in Confined Spaces
4/5/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth Podlaha-Murthy)	Salem Zahmi Proposal Defense (PhD)
4/3/2013 (Host: Prof. Shashi Murthy)	Prof. Susan Daniel Cornell University	Biomimetic Surfaces for Probing Virus-cell Interactions and Viral Entry Kinetics
3/29/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Anand Asthagiri)	Dan Milano Proposal Defense (PhD)	Engineering platforms to quantitatively measure contact inhibition of locomotion in a fibrillar ex vivo environment
3/27/2013 (Host: Prof. Edgar Goluch)	Prof. David Dandy Colorado State University	Engineering μFNs to do Quantitative Biology
3/22/2013 (Host: Fariba Seyedzadeh Khanshan) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Anand Asthagiri	Mark Lalli	Galvanotactic Segregation of Healthy and Cancerous Breast Cells
3/22/2013 (Host: Avinash Kola) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Richard West	Belinda Slakman	Understanding Aerosol Chemistry Through Computational Modeling
3/20/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Anand Asthagiri)	Emily Gong Proposal Defense (PhD)
3/15/2013 (Host: Mark Lalli) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Anand Asthagiri	Daniel Hickey	Using nanotechnology to regenerate the enthesis
3/15/2013 (Host: Belinda Slakman) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Edgar Goluch	Hunter Sismaet	Optimization of Electrochemical Sensors to Study Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hospital Environments
3/13/2013 (Host/Faculty Advisor: Prof. Laura Lewis)	Josh Marion Proposal Defense (PhD)
3/1/2013 (Host: Daniel Hickey) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Katherine Ziemer	Sue-Jonnathane Celestin	Utilizing Ultra-High Vacuum Technology for Engineering Materials & Surfaces
3/1/2013 (Host: Huner Sismaet) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Katherine Ziemer	Negar Hamedani Golshan	UHV Analysis Tools: Understanding Atomic-Level Mechanisms for Next-Generation Electronic Devices
2/27/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)	Dr. Li Xi MIT	Dynamics of Polymer Solids and Fluids: Tales at Different Scales
2/22/2013 (Host: Sue-Jonnathane Celestin) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Sunho Choi	Christopher Cogswell	Pillared Nanosheets for High Level Waste Management and Environmental Remediation in the Nuclear Fuel Industry
2/22/2013 (Host: Negar Hamedani Golshan) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Rebecca Carrier	Olijora Rezhdo	Effect of Food on the Absorption of Orally Administered Drugs
2/20/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)	Dr. Wyatt Tenhaeff Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Solid State Electrolytes and Lignin-based Carbon Fibers for Safe and Inexpensive Lithium Batteries
2/15/2013 (Host: Christopher Cogswell) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Edgar Goluch	Pegah Abidin	Studying bacterial behavior with Surface Plasmon Resonance imaging (SPRi)
2/15/2013 (Host: Olijora Rezhdo) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Sunho Choi	Yu Lei	Fabrication of Nanotiles for thermal/electrical insulation coatings
2/13/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)	Dr. Kelly Schultz University of Colorado at Boulder	Microrheological Characterization for Biological Applications and Soft Material Design
2/8/2013 (Host: Yu Lei) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Carolyn Lee-Parsons	Sydney Shaw
2/8/2013 (Host: Pegah Abidin) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Shashi Murthy	Tanya Narahiri	Fabric as a Low-cost Microfluidics Platform for Medical Diagnostics
2/6/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)	Dr. Anita Shukla Rice University	Designer Surfaces: From Treating Traumatic Injury to Applications in Regenerative Medicine
2/1/2013 (Host: Tanya Narahiri) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Rebecca Carrier	Taylor Carlson	The Physiological Environment’s Impact on Disease Progression Through the Mucosal Barrier
2/1/2013 (Host:Sydney Shaw) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Thomas Webster	Luting Liu	Nano-technology Derived Catheter for Reduced Inflammation and Infection
1/30/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)	Dr. Adam Ekenseair	Synthetic Polymers as Injectable Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
1/25/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)	Dr. Ben Cosgrove Stanford University	A More Youthful Self-renewal: Bioengineering Solutions to Rejuvenate Dysfunctional Muscle Stem Cells in Aging
1/23/2013 (Host: Prof. Richard West)	Prof. Linda Broadbelt Northwestern University	Designing Reaction Pathways to Novel Chemicals and Materials Using Kinetic Modeling
1/18/2013 (Host: Taylor Carlson) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy	Avinash Kola	Hull Cell Study of Electrodeposited NiAgW Alloys
1/18/2013 (Host: Luting Liu) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Laura Lewis	Pegah Mohammad Hosseinpour	Structural and Magnetic Tailoring of the TiO2 Nanoparticles via Fe-Incorporation
1/16/2013 (Host: Pegah Mohammad Hosseinpour) Faculty Advisor: Prof. Richard West	Fariba Seyedzadeh Khanshan	Kinetic Modeling of Syngas Production From Bio-Oil Gasification
1/11/2013 (Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)	Prof. Esmaiel Jabbari University of South Carolina	Engineered Matrix to Study the Effect of Microenvironment on Maintenance of Cancer Stem Cells and Drug Response

Fall 2012 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
12/7/2012 HOST: Prof. Shashi Murthy	Dr. Cullen R. Buie	Electrophoretic Deposition of Nanoporous Surface Coatings with Extreme Wettability
11/30/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Shashi Murthy)	Dwayne Vickers – PhD Defense	Extracellular and Intracellular Phenomena in Microfluidic Flow
11/30/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Edgar Goluch)	Nil Tandogan	Nano-Constriction Devices for Isolation and Cultivation of Environmental Microbes
11/28/2012 HOST: Prof. Sunho Choi	Dr. Michael Tsapatsis	Zeolite Nanosheets for Thin Film Applications and Hierarchical Zeolite Catalysts
11/16/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Richard West)	Pierre Bhoorasingh	Automating Transition State Searches for Reaction Mechanism Generation
11/14/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Rebecca Carrier)	Hasan Yildiz – PhD Defense	Food-associated Stimuli Enhance Barrier Properties of Mucus
11/9/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Anand Asthagiri)	Daniel Milano	Contact Inhibition in Tumor Progression
11/9/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Laura Lewis)	Joshua Marion	Towards rare-earth-free permanent magnetic materials – thermal evolution of magnetic and structural properties in nanostructured MnAl
11/7/2012 HOST: Dr. Thomas Webster	Dr. Evan Scott	An Immunoengineering Approach to Vaccination: Tuning the Immune Response with Redox-Sensitive Nanoparticles
10/26/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Laura Lewis)	Radhika Barua	Matrix-induced strain effects on the magnetostructural response of Cu-embedded FeRh nanostructures
10/26/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Shashi Murthy)	Adam Hatch	Efficacy and Versatility of Engineered Alginate Hydrogels Capture and Release of Endothelial Progenitor Cells
10/19/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth J. Podlaha-Murphy)	Shaopeng Sun	Electrodeposition and Induced Codeposition Behavior of NiMoW Alloys
10/19/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Sunho Choi)	Dinara Andirova	Nanoengineering of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Carbon Capture
10/17/2012 HOST: Dr. Thomas Webster	Dr. Hicham Fenniri	Supramolecular Engineering of Nanoscale Materials for Nanomedicine
10/12/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Anand Asthagiri)	Emily Gong	Cell Proliferation in Gradients of Chemical Cues
10/12/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Laura Lewis )	Melissa Loving	Effect of Size Reductions on the Magnetostructural Transition in FeRh Thin Films
10/10/2012 HOST: Prof. Shashi Murthy	Dr. Lucas Landherr	The Friction and Adhesion of Polymeric Systems: The Characterization of Thin Brush Lubricants and Superhydrophobic Surface Interactions
10/5/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Rebecca Carrier)	Selena DiMaio	Modeling Impact of Ingested Lipids on Orally Delivered Drug Dissolution
10/5/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth J. Podlaha-Murphy)	Salem Zahmi	Electrodeposition of Sn, In and Cu from Citrate Electrolytes, Part I. Electrolyte Characterization
10/5/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth J. Podlaha-Murphy)	Hana Kim	Fabrication of Super Invar Micro- and Nano- Structures by Electrodeposition for Low Thermal Expansion Applications
10/3/2012 HOST: Prof. Shashi Murthy	Dr. SJ Claire Hur	Inertial Microfluidics: Label-free Cell Manipulation for Biomedical Research
9/28/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Laura Lewis)	Nina Bordeaux	Towards Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnets: L10 FeNi (Tetrataenite)
9/28/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Shashi Murthy)	Dwayne Vickers	Determination of the Effect of Shear Stress on Hematopoiesis using two Shear Platforms
9/26/2012 HOST: Dr. Thomas Webster	Dr. Eno Ebong	Hemodynamics, Glycocalyx, and Endothelial Cell Function in Health and Atherosclerosis
9/21/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Shashi Murthy)	Sean Kevlahan	Enteroid and enterosphere co-culture elicits vasculogeneic response
9/21/2012 (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Edgar Goluch)	Thaddaeus A. Webster	Determination of the Effect of Shear Stress on Hematopoiesis using two Shear Platforms

Summer 2012 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
8/22/2012	Fulden Buyukozturk	Mechanistic Studies and Modeling of Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery Systems for the Oral Delivery of Hydrophobic Compounds
6/1/2012	Shaopeng Sun	Induced Codeposition of Mo and W from Aqueous Electrolytes

Spring 2012 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
4/25/2012	Selena Di Maio	Mechanistic Studies and Modeling of Effects of Ingested Lipids on Oral Drug Absorption
4/25/2012	Dr. Steven A. Vitale	Advanced Microelectronics Technology Development at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
4/20/2012	Dinara Andirova	Nanoengineering of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Carbon Capture
4/20/2012	Pegah Hosseinpour	Magnetism-Processing Correlations in Anodized Titania Nanotubes
4/18/2012	Nina Bordeaux	Towards Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnets: The L10-type Structure in FeNi (Tetrataenite)
4/6/2012	Noreen Rizvi	Transcriptional Regulation of Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus Cultures
4/6/2012	Nil Tandogan	Nano-Constriction Devices for Isolation and Cultivation of Environmental Microbes
4/3/2012	Adam Hatch	Microfluidic Isolation of Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Vascular Tissue Engineering
3/30/2012	Radhika Barua	Understanding the Magnetostructural Phase Transition Response: Effects of Nanostructuring
3/23/2012	Pierre Bhoorasingh	Predictive Modeling for Catalyst Design
3/2/2012	Dr. Vlado K. Lazarov United Kingdom	Characterising the Nanoworld: TEM
2/24/2012	Emily Gong	Cell Proliferation in Gradients of Chemical Cues
2/24/2012	Avinash Kola	Electrodeposition Studies of AgNiW Alloys
2/22/2012	Dr. Marco Dressler ETH, Zurich, Switzerland	Production of bi-component fibers with advanced mechanical properties
2/17/2012	Daniel Milano	Quantitative analysis of cell-cell interactions and contact-inhibition of movement of cancer cells
2/17/2012	Mehdi Zamanpour	Fabrication of Novel Magnetic Nanostructures towards Efficient Power Generation
1/20/2012	Sean H. Kevlahan	Label-Free Microfluidic Isolation of Intestinal Stem and Progenitor Cells from Native Rat Tissue
1/20/2012	Ha Na Kim	Electrodeposition of Super Invar alloy: effect of glycine

Fall 2011 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
12/9/2011	Nina Bordeaux	Towards Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnets: L10 Fe50Pd(50-x)Nix
12/9/2011	Hasan M. Yildiz	Impact of Food-associated Stimuli on Barrier Properties of Gastrointestinal Mucus to Bacteria Transport
12/2/2011	Shaopeng Sun	Electrodeposition of Mo-rich, MoNi Alloys from an Aqueous Electrolyte
12/2/2011	Dwayne Vickers	Lectins: A Means of Stem Cell Identification via Flow Cytometry and Microfluidics
11/18/2011	Pegah M. Hosseinpour	Effect of Iron Doping on Structural and Magnetic Properties of Titania Nanostructures
11/17/2011	Professor LaShanda Korley	Hierarchical Polymer Hybrids
11/16/2011	Melissa Loving	Characterization and Kinetics of the Magnetostructural Phase Transition in FeRh Thin Films
11/4/2011	Josh Marion	Towards Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnets: Fe-(CuMn) Nanocomposites
11/2/2011	Professor Henrikas Cesiulis	A Spectrum of Electrochemical Studies in the Department of Physical Chemistry at Vilnius University
10/11/2011	Bing Sun	Integrating RHEED-TRAXS and Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Real-time Compositional Control of Functional Oxide Deposition Process
10/7/2011	Fulden Buyukozturk	Mechanistic studies of self emulsifying drug delivery systems for the oral delivery of hydrophobic drugs: digestion kinetics and effect of formulation digestion on drug release
10/7/2011	Melissa Loving	Phase Transition Kinetics in FeRh Thin Films
9/30/2011	Salena DiMaio	Monitoring of Partitioning of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs during In Vitro Lipolysis by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
9/30/2011	Salem Zahmi	A Comparison of the Electrodeposition of Sn and In for Photovoltaic Components
9/26/2011	Professor Arul Jayaraman	Inter-kingdom signaling in the GI tract: There’s a lot of talking going on….
9/23/2011	Adam Hatch	Capture and Release of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in a Microfluidic Channel
9/23/2011	Thaddaeus A. Webster	Electrochemically Monitoring Single Cells with Nanofluidic Sensors
9/19/2011	Professor LaShanda Korley	Mechanically-Tunable Materials Inspired from Nature

Summer 2011 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
8/18/2011	Lütfiye Kurt	Production of Biodiesel from the Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris
8/15/2011	Tetiana Bairachna	Electrodeposition of NiW, NiWMo and NiMo Alloy Thin Films and NiW Nanowires
8/1/2011	Dr. Yaakov Nahmias	Microliver Technologies: Design and Application of Metabolic Programming
7/12/2011	Dwayne Vickers	Extracellular and Intracellular Phenomena in Microfluidic Flow
6/24/2011	Radhika Barua	Magnetic Signature of Symmetry Reduction in Epitaxial La0.67 Sr0.33 MnO3 Films
6/3/2011	Dr. Christopher Marrows	Current Driven Domain Wall Motion
6/1/2011	Dr. Richard West	Multiscale, Multiphysics Modeling of a Complex Chemical Engineering System

Spring 2011 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title
4/27/2011	Dr. Bilal M. El-Zahab	Nanotechnology and The Challenges of The New Decade: Energy, Health, and The Environment
4/20/2011	Dr. Sunho Choi	Engineering Nanostructured Materials for Clean Energy
4/19/2011	Professor Christian M. Wetzel	Solid-State Lighting – Energy Efficient Lighting with Group-III Nitride Semiconductors
4/11/2011	Dr. Hao Cheng	Regenerative Medicine: From Synthetic Polymeric Scaffolds to Engineered Stem Cells
4/6/2011	Dr. Mark J. Uline	Lipid Layers: From Fundamentals to Biosensor Applications
3/30/2011	Professor Rodney S. Ruoff	Graphene-based Materials, Energy, and Sustainability
3/17/2011	Professor Gregory N. Parsons	Thin Film Atomic Layer Deposition: Surface Reactions and Applications in Solar Energy Conversion
2/22/2011	Professor Rina Tannenbaum	Hierarchical Nanostructures and Their Potential Bio-Applications

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