MSE PhD Thesis Defense: “Rheology and Clogging Study of Filamentous Suspensions: Bridging Microscopic Dynamics and Macroscopic Behaviors”
Suspensions of filamentous materials, or filamentous suspensions, represent a unique class of complex fluids in which the interplay between particle anisotropy and filament interactions – both intra- and inter-filament associations –gives […]
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Configuration Matters: Unveiling Cis-Regulatory Arrangement as a Mechanism of Transcriptional Fine-Tuning” (Emilia Leyes Porello)
Abstract: The precise regulation of gene expression depends on coordinated enhancer-promoter (E-P) interactions, yet the principles governing how enhancer configuration influences transcription remain unclear. Classical models describe enhancers as modular […]
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Exploring Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Across Length Scales: From Atomistic Bias Potentials To Phase-Field Models” (Alexander M. Johnson)
Abstract: Liquid–liquid phase separation is a fundamental thermodynamic process that governs structure and function in biological systems, chemical separations, and multiphase materials. Within this broad field, computational studies play a […]
MSE Seminar: “From Nature to Engineering: Biological Blueprints for Next Generation Advanced Materials” David Kisailus – University of California – Irvine
Organisms have derived specific sets of traits in response to common selection pressures that serve as guideposts for optimal biological designs. A prime example is the evolution of toughened structures […]
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Mechanical Confinement as a Driver of Aneuploidy in Cancer” (Steven Phan)
Abstract: Cell confinement and mechanical stress are common in solid tumors, but any impact on genetic changes remains unclear. Using chromosome reporters (ChReporters) that reveal heritable losses of chromosomes in […]
MSE Undergraduate Open House
Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate Open House Are you a first-year Student? Undecided about your major? Curious about MSE? Join us for food and fun and explore how MSE can […]
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “DROPS-ON-STILTS MICROROBOTS FOR TRANSPORT AND DELIVERY OF HYDROPHOBIC CARGO” (Oluwafemi Ligan)
Abstract: Magnetically actuated microrobots composed of dynamic assemblies of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) offer versatile opportunities for biomedical applications. While such assemblies can reconfigure and perform diverse tasks under applied […]
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Gas Encapsulating Microcapsules (GEMs)” (CK Yeh)
Abstract: Microcapsules that can respond under hydrostatic pressure would open a new avenue of application in ultrasound- or impact-induced release of therapeutic agents. While microcapsules that are designed to release […]
CBE Seminar: “Imaging Genetics: Enhancer-mediated Dynamic Gene Control in Space and Time” (Bomyi Lim, University of Pennsylvania)
Abstract: Canonical models suggest that regulatory enhancers function independently of genomic distance, position, and orientation to activate the target gene. Indeed, a wide range of genomic distances and relative enhancer […]
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Engineering Multiphasic Processes to Enhance Droplet Microfluidics and Biofuel Conversion” (Owen Land)
Abstract: Multiphasic processes underpin nearly every aspect of modern life; from the food we eat and the clothes we wear to the medicines that sustain us and the energy systems […]