Tomás Díaz De La Rubia's March 20th, 2008 presentation: “Energy, Climate and Materials Science: Grand Challenges for the 21st Century” will be aired on KWSU TV (Channel 10) fall 2008.
2007-2008 Series
Each semester the school sponsors a symposia speaker series inviting both on campus and outside speakers to present current research activities to the faculty and students in the school and university. The symposia are open to all and are announced each week to the campus. The graduate student seminar class attends the series and many students also make presentations to the school as part of the series. The school also invites distinguished alumni to make presentations as part of the symposia series.
Refresments are normally available a half hour before the seminar in Sloan 243.
Fall 2007
- August 30 , 2007 ; Dr. Sergey Medyanik; MME WSU
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Multi-scale and Multi-physics Modeling for Nano and Micro Mechanics
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- September 6, 2007 ; Dr. Vamsi Krishna Balla; MME, WSU
- HOST: Dr. Bandyopadhyay
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Laser Processing of Load Bearing Metal Implants
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- September 13, 2007 ; Dr. Su Ha; ChEBE WSU
- HOST: Dr. Dutta
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Catalysis for Alternative Energy: From Supported Transition-Metals to Nanobiocatalysis
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- September 20, 2007 ; Dr. David Thiessen; Physics, WSU
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: The Stability and Dynamics of Capillary Surfaces in Microgravity or at Microscale
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- September 27, 2007 ; Dr. Ron Armstrong; Los Alamos National Lab
- HOST: Dr. Antolovich
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Limiting Material Strengths: Shock-Induced Plasticity vs Isentropic Compression Experiments; and Nanopolycrystal Strain Rate Sensitivities
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- October 4, 2007 ; Dr. Reiyu Chein; National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
- HOST: Dr. Dutta
- LOCATION: Sloan 9
- TITLE: Electrokinetic Energy Conversion in Micro/Nanoscale Dimensions
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- October 11, 2007 ; Dr. John Balk; University of Kentucky
- HOST: Dr. Bahr
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Nanoporous Noble Metals: Strength Measurements and In Situ Observations
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- October 18, 2007 ; Dr. Laura King; HP, OR
- HOST: Dr. Zbib
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: HP's Ink Drops to Photons - Technologies Behind Ink Jet and Future Computing
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- October 24, 2007 ; Dr. Prabhakar Singh; PNNL
- HOST: Dr. Ahn
- TIME: 1:10 PM
- LOCATION: Sloan 245
- TITLE: Advanced Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Power Generation Systems - Technology Status and Research, Development & Engineering Needs
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- October 25, 2007 ; Dr. James Holbery; PNNL
- HOST: Dr. Zhong
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Energy: An Opportunity for Advanced Material Development
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- November 1, 2007 ; Dr. Xin Sun; PNNL, Richland, WA
- HOST: Dr. Ding
- LOCATION: Sloan 9
- TITLE: Modeling Glass Strength under Static and Dynamic Loadings using Continuum Damage Mechanics and Fracture Mechanics Approach
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- November 8, 2007 ; Dr. Molly Stock; Univ of Idaho
- HOST: Dr. Dutta
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Values, Ethics, and Professionalism
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- The Values Americans Live By by Robert Kohls
- November 15, 2007 ; Dr. Judy Schneider; Mississippi State University
- HOSTS: Dr. Zbib & Dr. Bahr
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Deconvoluting the Friction Stir Weld Process for Optimizing Welds
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- November 29, 2007 ; Dr. James J Riley; Univ of Washington
- HOST: Dr. Stock
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Pathways to Turbulence in Strongly-Stratified Flows
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- January 17, 2008 ; Dr. Kelvin Lynn; MME, WSU
- HOST: Dr. Zbib
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Crystal Growth and Characterization of Cd(1-X)Zn(X)Te Radiation Detectors
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- January 24, 2008 ; Dr. Daniel Choi; Material Science, University of Idaho
- HOST: Dr. Ahn
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Nanoengineered Materials and Devices: Innovation and Beyond
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- January 31, 2008 ; CANCELLED; Weather
- Dr. Hunmo Kim; Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
- HOST: Dr. Ahn
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- February 7, 2008 ; Dr. Katie Zhong; MME, WSU
- HOST: Dr. Ahn
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Preparation and Properties of a Nano-Epoxy as Composite Matrix for Space Radiation Shielding
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- February 14, 2008 ; Russell G. Maguire; Boeing
- HOST: Dr. Zhong
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Multifunctional Materials and Systems for Next-Generation Commercial Aircraft Applications
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- February 21, 2008 ; Dr. Weichang Xue; MME, WSU
- HOST: Dr. Ahn
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Surface Modification of Bone Replacement Biomaterials and Drug/Protein Delivery
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- February 28, 2008 ; Dr. Gabriel Potirniche; ME, University of Idaho
- HOST: Dr. Medyanik
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Computational Studies of Plasticity and Damage with Application to Fatigue and Fracture of Metals
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- March 6, 2008 ; Dr. Joongmyeon Bae; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST, Korea
- HOST: Dr. Anh
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Diesel Reforming for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Metal-Supported SOFC Development
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- March 20, 2008 ; Dr. Tomas Diaz de la Rubia; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL
- HOST: Dr. Zbib
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Materials, Energy and Climate: Requirements and Strategies for Sustainability in the 21st Century
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- March 27, 2008 ; Roberto Lu; Boeing
- HOST: Dr. Uma Jayaram
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Simulation Modeling of a Large Scale Production System
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- April 3, 2008 ; Dr. Jayathi Murthy; Purdue University
- HOST: Dr. Crowe and Dr. Dutta
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Modeling and Simulation of Sub-Micron Thermal Transport
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- April 7, 2008; Dr. Alexandre Chorin; CANCELLED
- HOST: Dr. Medyanik
- LOCATION: TBA
- TITLE: Averaging and Renormalization for the KdV-Burgers Equation
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- April 10, 2008 ; Dr. Kevin Lyons; National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST
- HOST: Dr. Uma Jayaram
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Metrology at the Nanoscale: What Are The Grand Challenges?
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- April 17, 2008 ; Dr. Stephen Solovitz; WSU Vancouver
- HOST: Dr. Dutta
- LOCATION: Sloan 5
- TITLE: Computational Study of Integral Grooved Microchannel Enhancements
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract
- April 24, 2008 ; Elaine Thomas; AmeriCast Technologies
- HOST: Dr. Bahr
- LOCATION: ETRL 101
- TITLE: Hot Time in a Steel Foundry
- FLYER: pdf format with brief biography of the speaker and abstract