Materials Science Graduate Program Fall 2022 Seminar Series

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

Previous Seminars - Spring 2022, Fall 2021

Aug 31	Dr. Biswarup Ash Weizmann Institute of Science The Department of Physics of Complex Systems Title: Spatial Structure of Topological Defect Lines in 3D Nematic Liquid Crystals In-person in AMLCI 00101
Sept 7	Dr. Buddhapriya Chakrabarti The University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy Title: Does Soft Matter, Matter? Predictive Design of Formulated Products
Sept 21	Yonit Maroudas-Sacks The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Department of Physics Title: Topological Defects in the Nematic Order of Actin Fibres as Organization Centres of Hydra Regeneration Link to Seminar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81945062019? Passcode: MSGP
Oct 19	Dr. Devesh Mistry University of Leeds Department of Physics and Astronomy Title: Hierarchies of Anisotropy and Mechanics of Liquid Crystal Elastomers Link to Live Seminar: https://tinyurl.com/mrxymw89 Passcode: MSGP
Oct 26	Dr. Francesco Simoni Polytechnic University of Marche Faculty of Engineering Title: Revival of Nonlinear Optics in Liquid Crystals with Heliconical Cholesterics In-person in AMLCI 00101 Link to Live Seminar: https://tinyurl.com/2dpdtxf3 Passcode: MSGP
Nov 2	Jesse Frantz National Research Lab Optical Science Division Title: Analogue 2D Beam Steering with Liquid Crystal Clad Waveguides in the Midwave Infrared In-person in AMLCI 00101 Link to Live Seminar: https://tinyurl.com/567y7jjp Passcode: MSGP
Nov 9	Erick Castellón Univ of Costa Rica Department of Chemistry Title: New Model for the Anisotropy of Polarizability and Thermal Expansion of Nematic Liquid Crystals and for the Prediction of Their Average Refractive Index In-person in AMLCI 00101 Link to Live Seminar: https://tinyurl.com/5cj3ysuv Passcode: MSGP