Hard Materials Seminars

Upcoming Seminars

Apr 20, 2024 - Apr 27, 2024

Hard Materials Seminar - Advanced experimental methods studying interface failure mechanisms at different length scales

Hard Materials Seminar - "Advanced experimental methods studying interface failure mechanisms at different length scales"

Dr. Alice Lassnig, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

Hard Materials Seminar - Mapping structure and strain in metals and alloys using 4D-STEM

Hard Materials Seminar - "Mapping structure and strain in metals and alloys using 4D-STEM"

Dr. Christoph Gammer, Erich Schmid Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences

100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street

Past Seminars

January 18, 2018

“Understanding sulfur stoichiometry in iron pyrite (FeS2) using X-ray diffraction techniques,” by Rebecca McAuliffe (Shoemaker)

"Predicting the optical properties of highly doped transparent conducting oxides," by Josh Leveillee (Schleife)


January 25, 2018

Jingwen Yu - TBD

“Template directed directionally solidified metal eutectics for optical applications,” by Julia Kohanek (Braun)


February 8, 2018

Directional Solidification of Confined Metal-Dielectric Eutectic Systems for Optical Applications,” by Kaitlin Tyler (Braun)

“Accessing Cu403 and related compounds using solvo-thermal approach,” by Zhelong Jiang (Shoemaker)


February 15, 2018

“Understanding sulfur stoichiometry in iron pyrite (FeS2) using X-ray diffraction techniques,” by Rebecca McAuliffe (Shoemaker)

"Predicting the optical properties of highly doped transparent conducting oxides," by Josh Leveillee (Schleife)


February 15, 2018

“Phase evolution of driven immiscible alloys,” by Nirab Pant (Bellon)

“Understanding the relationship between micro and macro-scale properties in slag-fly binders,” by Kaushik Sankar (Kriven)


February 22, 2018

“Electronic response of the graphene to ion irradiation from first principles,” by Alina Kononov (Schleife)

“Neural network prediction of Tc for conventional and unconventional superconductors,” by Ethan Shapera (Schleife)