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Materials Science Student Seminars
Fall 2009

The Materials Science Student Seminars are held every Wednesday, 4:00 PM, HH 202. Materials Science Grad students are expected to participate and attend these seminars as part of their graduate experience. Snacks and drinks are provided in the classroom prior to the seminar.
Sep 2

Organizational Meeting

Dr. David Olson, Lead Scientist, Materials Science Program, will give an informal overview of the seminar presentation process.
Sep 9
Heather Whitehead and Patricia Andersen, CSM Library
What can the library do for you? A web demo of technical web search engines.
Sep 16
Frank Robertson, Academic Computing and Networking "Don't let a computer ruin your day!" Using MME Computing Resources
Sep 23

Tim Jochum, ML PhD Candidate
Josh White, ML PhD Candidate
Prakash Periasamy, ML PhD Candidate

"Raman Spectroscopy: Theory, our Instruments' Capabilities, and Case Studies"
Sep 30
Ari Feldman, ML PhD Candidate Characterizing Epitaxial Thin Film Silicon for Photovoltaics
Oct 7
Jason Fish, ML PhD Candidate
Investigation of Donor-doped Strontium Titanate Materials as Potential Cathodes for Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOECs)
Oct 14
Nolan Hannigan, ML PhD Candidate
Surface Modification of Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials
Oct 21
Joshua Persky, ML MS Candidate
Rheological Characterization of Aqueous Binders for Thin Wall Extrusion
Oct 28
Rahul Bhola, ML PhD Candidate
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Nov 4
Richard Gangloff, Ferman W. Perry Professor of Engineering, Department of Materials, University of Virginia
Hydrogen-environment Assisted Cracking in Modern Ultra-high Strength Steel
Nov 11
Michael Ratzloff, ML MS (PH) Candidate
Using Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy to Characterize Hydrogenase Enzymes
Nov 18
Mark A. Poggi, Ph.D., Q-Sense

Quantifying Changes at Material Interfaces Using Dissipative Quartz Microbalance (QCM-D)

Nov 25
Day before Thanksgiving - no seminar