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Tenure Talk: About Chalcogenide Compound Semiconductors, and Life, but Mostly Chalcogenide Compound Semiconductors

Speaker Rafael JaramilloThomas Lord Career Development ProfessorAssociate Professor of Materials Science and EngineeringMIT DMSE Abstract I will present short stories that attempt to explain my commitment…

Wulff Lecture: Oh come on hydrogen, be nice!

Speaker C. Cem TasanPOSCO Professor of Materials Science and EngineeringDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract Materials science and engineering are built on…

MSE Seminar Series: Ultraclean 2D Materials for Ferroelectricity, Superconductivity, and Topological Phenomena

Speaker Daniel A. RhodesAssistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract Electrostatic control over states that interact with superconductivity and understanding how these states…

MSE Seminar Series: Scaling Up Computational Materials Discovery via Deep Learning

Speaker Ekin Dogus CubukResearch ScientistGoogle DeepMind Abstract Deep learning models are often evaluated on validation sets sampled from the same distribution as their…

MSE Seminar Series: A Tale of Two Processes: Additive Manufacturing and Thermomechanical Processing of Metallic Alloys

Speaker Amy J. Clarke Distinguished Scientist, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFaculty Joint Appointment, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines Abstract Understanding structure-processing-property-performance relationships…

MSE Seminar Series: New Insights on Polycrystals from Multimodal 3D TriBeam Tomography

Speaker Tresa Pollock Alcoa Distinguished Professor of MaterialsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara Abstract From the earliest days of materials science, Cyril Stanley Smith recognized the importance of…

MSE Seminar Series: Coaxing the Recalcitrant: The Test Case of Grain Boundary Complexions

Speaker Martin HarmerAlcoa Foundation Professor Emeritus of Material Science and Engineering and Senior Research Scientist, Lehigh UniversityDirector of the Lehigh Nano/Human Interfaces Presidential Research Initiative Abstract…

IAP Special Lecture: In Pursuit of the Perfect Blade

Speaker Bob Kramer, Master Bladesmith Abstract Renowned bladesmith Bob Kramer shares his journey in pursuit of crafting the perfect knife, encouraging others to “follow the breadcrumbs…

Wulff Lecture: Materials Innovations to the Rescue: Delivering ‘Green’ Hydrogen using Electrochemical Cells Built on Superprotonic Conductors

Speaker Sossina M. Haile, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University Abstract Over the past decade, global CO2 emissions have continued to…

MSE Seminar Series: Defect-Informed Design and Discovery of Solid-State Ionics for Energy Applications

Speaker Nicola Perry, Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Abstract Point defect-mediated properties in ionic solids – chemical expansivity, catalytic activity, and ionic conductivity – govern…