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Materials Research Lectures

Wednesdays at 4:00 pm in 106 Spalding
Refreshments at 3:45 PM, Spalding 113
Contacts: Jeff Snyder and Rosie Sanchez

The lectures are part of a course designed to introduce advanced undergraduates and graduate students to modern research in Materials Science and related fields. Sponsors and regular attendees include faculty and students in the Materials Science Option, Applied Physics Option, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division and the Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials (NSF Center).

Announcements of upcoming lectures and reminders are sent via the mrl.caltech.edu mailing list. Click here to subscribe (our unsubscribe) to the mailing list.

Fall 2009-10

October 7, 2009
Kevin Moore, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Magnetic Stabilization of Metallic Crystals: How Quantum Mechanics Can Be Used to Engineer Magnetic Materials

October 14, 2009
Judy Kim, UCSD
Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules and Pigments Probed via Resonance Raman Spectroscopy

October 21, 2009
Katsuo Kurabayashi, University of Michigan
Controlling Biomolecular Motor Nanomechanical Movements for Micro Powering, Molecular Sorting, and Biosensing

November 11, 2009
Sheila Grant, University of Missouri
Acellular Porcine Tissue Crosslinked with Functionalized Nanomaterials: Novel Bionanocomposite Scaffolds for Soft Tissue Repair Applications

November 18, 2009
Eli Yablonovitch, University of California Berkeley
The Two Conflicting Narratives of Metal-Optics

December 15, 2009 (Tuesday)
Ali Shakouri, University of California Santa Cruz
Nanoscale Opto Thermo Electric Energy Conversion Devices

January 20, 2010
Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley

February 3, 2010
Samantha Daly, University of Michigan

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