2014
Fall | Spring | Summer
FALL 2014
Student Seminar Series: “Ab initio study of doping effects on LiMnO2 and Li2MnO3 cathode materials for Li-ion batteries” by Fantai Kong (Dr. Cho’s Group)
Friday, December 5, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Student Seminar Series: “Study of Carrier Dynamics in Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) Devices by Frequency-Domain Techniques” by Liang Xu (Dr. Hsu’s Group)
Friday, November 14, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
SERS Substrates and Tags for Biological Imaging and Sensing – Presented by Dr. Laura Fabris from Rutgers University as part of the Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium Series
Friday, November 7, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Student Seminar Series: “Research Commercialization” by Dr. Brent Duncan (Assistant Director of Venture Development and Senior Lecturer, UT Dallas)
Friday, October 31, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Solution-Processed Inorganic Semiconductors: Opportunities for Energy and Electronics Technologies – MSE Colloquium presented by David Mitzi, Duke University
Friday, October 24, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Student Seminar Series: “Silicon nanopillar-quantum dot hybrid structures for enhanced absorption of solar energy” by Natis Shafiq (Dr. Yves Chabal’s Group)
Friday, October 17, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Electrical Characterization and Reliability of Device Instability – MSE Colloquium presented by Dr. Chadwin Young, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UT Dallas
Friday, October 10, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
The AVS Dallas Metroplex Chapter presents: Preparing for a Career in the Semiconductor Industry? Presented by Dr. Brian Goodlin of Texas Instruments
Thursday, October 9, 2014
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Dual lens electron holography for junction and strain mapping of semiconductor devices – MSE Colloquium presented by Dr. Y.Y. Wang, IBM, Hopewell Junction, NY
Friday, October 3, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
2D and High-Mobility Materials for Low-Power Electronics and Energy Storage – by Dr. Christopher Hinkle
Friday, September 26, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Student Seminar Series: “Improvements in Efficiency for Solid State Neutron Detectors” by Lindsey Smith (Dr. Bruce Gnade’s and Dr. Manuel Quevedo’s Group)
Friday, September 12, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Using Surface Chemistry to Direct the Morphology and Deposition of Thin Films and Nanoobjects presented by Dr. Amy V. Walker
Friday, September 5, 2014
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Seminar: Radiation qualification of electronics components for the ATLAS experiment at CERN presented by Dr. Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Friday, August 29, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
SPRING 2014
Student Seminar Series: “Revisiting quantum mechanics: an extension from the typical rectangular-barrier tunneling problem to emerging nano-transistors” by Jingtian Fang (Dr. Fischetti’s Group)
Friday, April 25, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Self-assembly and Interface Structure Evolution in Perovskite Oxide Epitaxial Thin Films – Efstathios Stathis I. Meletis, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Friday, April 18, 2014
10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m.
New Developments for Materials Science Electron Microscopy: Aberration Corrected and Monochromated STEM/EELS – Prof. Ray W. Carpenter, Arizona State University
Friday, April 4, 2014
10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Light Material Interactions for High Efficiency Solar Energy Conversion – Harry A. Atwater, California Institute of Technology
Friday, March 28, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Student Seminar Series: “Influence of ZnO sol-gel electron transport layer processing on BHJ active layer morphology and OPV performance” by Diego Barrera (Dr. Hsu’s Group)
Friday, March 21, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Organising atoms: from molecular manipulation to size-selected nanoparticles – Prof. Richard E. Palmer, Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, University of Birmingham, U.K.
Friday, March 14, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Student Seminar Series: “Interface characterization of high k dielectric on AlGaN/GaN” by Xiaoye Qin (Dr. Wallace’s Group)
Friday, February 28, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Cool Device Strategies for Beyond CMOS Nanoelectronics – Prof. Suman Datta, Pennsylvania State University
Friday, February 21, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
The Dallas Metroplex AVS Student Chapter Presents: A Career in Nanoscience (So Far) by Prof. Paul Weiss
Thursday, February 6, 2014
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Student Seminar Series: “Solid Electrolytes for Li-ion Battery Applications: A Computational Prospective” by Santosh KC (Dr. Cho’s Group)
Friday, January 31, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Platforms for Neural Recording and Interrogation – Dr. Polina Anikeeva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Friday, January 24, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Student Seminar Series: “Polycrystalline thin-film semiconductor materials for charged particle and neutron detectors” by John Murphy (Dr. Gnade’s Group)
Friday, January 17, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Dielectric waveguides: cheap plastics interconnects for ultrahigh speed communication – Juan Herbsommer, PhD – Kilby Labs
Friday, January 10, 2014
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
SUMMER 2014
The Dallas Metroplex AVS Student Chapter Presents: Natural Radiation Environments and their Effect on Semiconductor Devices by Dr. Robert Baumann
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
The AVS Dallas Metroplex Student Chapter presents Technical Marketing by Saad Alnabulsi from Physical Electronics
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
