Materials Science Graduate Program Fall 2024 Seminar Series

All seminars take place on Wednesdays at 3:20 pm, unless otherwise noted. 

Link to Previous MSGP Seminars Series 

Aug 28 

Dr. Phil Bos
Kent State University
Materials Science Graduate Program
Title: An Analytical Derivation of the Angular Dependent Efficiency of a Pancharatnam Phase Device using a Beam Propagation Method

In-person 
AMLCI 101
3:20 PM

Sept 11

Dr. Thorsten-Lars Schmidt
Kent State University
Materials Science Graduate Program
Title:  Building with DNA: Nanostructures and Molecular Mechanics

In-person 
AMLCI 101
3:20 PM

Sept 25

Dr. Hamed Shahsavan 
University of Waterloo
Department of Chemical Engineering
Title:  From Anisotropic Molecules and Particles to Small-scale Robots: An Account of Liquid Crystals

Online
3:20 PM

Oct 16

Dr. Pedro Coutino-Soto
Alpha Micron, Inc
Title:  Advanced Guest-Host Liquid Crystal Devices, from Hollywood to Augmented Reality

In-person 
AMLCI 101
3:20 PM

Oct 23

Dr. Sergij Shiyanovskii
Kent State University
Materials Science Graduate Program
Title: Optics of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals, Unique Natural Members of the Photonic Crystal's Family

In-person 
AMLCI 101
3:20 PM

Nov 6

Dr. Timothy White
University of Colorado
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Title:  The Contribution of "Liquid Crystallinity" to the Thermomechanical Response of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

In-person 
AMLCI 101
3:20 PM

Nov 13

Xiaoguang (William) Wang
Ohio State University
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 
Title:  Applications of Liquid Crystals Beyond Display Technology

In-person 
AMLCI 101
3:20 PM

Dec 12

Kyung Min Lee
Air Force Research Laboratory
Department of Chemistry
Title:  Recent Work in Dynamic Response of Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

In-person 
AMLCI 101
3:20 PM