MSE Fall 2017 Seminar Schedule
Fall 2017 Schedule
3:00–5:00p.m. McBryde Hall 113
Refreshments at 3:00 p.m. Presentations start at 3:30 p.m.
September 1 Professor Chadwin D. Young, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas
Electrical Characterization and Reliability of Electron Device Instability
September 8 Min Gao, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
September 8 Jacob Monzel, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Synthesis and Evaluation of High Temperature Phthalonitrile Polymers
September 15 Professor James Nunn, BEAM, Virginia Tech
Science and Engineering Applied to the Clinical Sciences
September 22 Professor Catherine Amelink and Professor Jack Lesko, Engineering Dean's Office, Virginia Tech
How to Get the Mentoring You Want: A Guide for Graduate Students
September 22 Erik Cothren, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
September 29 Professor Feng Lin, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech
Materials Electrochemistry in Rechargeable Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Grid Energy Storage
October 6 Professor Milo Kral, Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
October 13 No Seminar (Fall Break)
October 20 Alexis Trent, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Cell-Substrate Interactions on Keratin Biomimetic Coatings for Percutaneous Prosthetic Applications
October 27 Joshua Stuckner, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Quantifying Microscopy Data with Computer Vision
October 27 Jerry Contreras, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Fabrication of Ultrasound Sensitive Polymer-Glass Composites
November 3 Keith Hendren, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
November 3 Ryan Taylor, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
November 10 Kelly Stinson-Bagby, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Conductive Thin Film Coatings Constructed with Ag Nanoparticles Anchored to Cellulose Nanocrystals
November 10 Erin Connelly, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
A Combined Approach to Reducing Sensitization in 304 Stainless Steel
November 17 Han-Byul Kang, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
November 17 Eric Carlson, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Morphology Control in Homo-epitaxial Growth of GaN Vertical p-n Diodes
November 24 No Seminar (Thanksgiving Break)
December 1 Professor Yoan Simon, School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Miss.
December 8 Yaxuan Zhang, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Concentration-Dependent Defect Production and Diffusion in Fe-Cr Alloys
December 8 Hanna Heyl, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Superconductive Properties of YBCO and its Application in Superconducting Glass Fibers
For additional seminar information, contact Prof. Levon Asryan, (540) 231-7033, asryan@vt.edu