MSE Seminar: “Additive Manufacturing of Compositionally Complex Alloys with Engineered Microstructures”
The increasing demand for structural metals has driven increasingly complex compositions, which bring critical challenges in processing of these materials. Additive manufacturing, also called 3D printing, is a disruptive technology […]
LRSM Special Lecture: “Pursuing a Scientific Career at a National Laboratory”
If you are finishing your PhD or your postdoctoral tenure you may be asking yourself, What’s next? Should I pursue an academic career, as my thesis adviser or postdoctoral supervisor […]
POSTPONED // MSE Seminar & Grace Hopper Lecture: “Materials for Quantum Technologies Through a Computational Lens”
Refreshments served at 10:15 AM In this talk, I will describe theoretical and computational strategies based on quantum mechanical calculations, aimed at predicting material properties suitable for the development of quantum […]
MEAM Seminar: “Materials and Manufacturing Solutions for Sustainable Energy”
In response to the grave and escalating threat of climate change, the US Department of Energy has announced a series of ambitious Energy Earth Shot Initiatives. These target an 80% […]
MSE Seminar: “Materials Growth and Discovery for Magnetic and Quantum Applications”
For functional materials that are in a nascent stage, such as the antiferromagnetic spintronics, quantum information storage, and new semiconducting compounds, it is not clear what will be the high-performance […]
MSE Seminar: “Bioinstructive Materials Regulate Inflammation in Cancer and Regeneration”
Fibrosis and remodeling of extracellular matrix are involved in many diseases, such as tumors, wound healing, and chronic inflammation. During fibrosis, tissues undergo changes in their viscoelastic properties, i.e., how […]
MSE Seminar: “Microstructural Design Principles for Achieving Stable Electrochemical Interfaces for Metal Anodes”
Lithium metal battery systems (LMBs) are being sought as an ultimate replacement to LIBs, potentially increasing the cell energy by over fifty percent due to the high capacity and low […]
MEAM Seminar: “Mechanics Design in Cellulose-Enabled High-Performance Materials toward a Sustainable Future”
The ever-growing world population demands material consumption and drives material discovery. The progress of modern society accompanies the advent of advanced materials to enable new performance and functionalities, as epitomized […]
Penn Engineering 2021-22 Heilmeier Award Lecture: Ritesh Agarwal
“Utilizing Quantum Geometry and Topology for Enabling Integrated Chiral Photonics” Classical and quantum computing devices need to ferry vast amounts of data, and optical interconnects provide a promising approach allowing […]
MSE Ph.D. Defense: “Understanding the Fracture Behavior of Polymer-infiltrated Nanoparticle Films” (Yiwei Qiang)
Abstract: Polymer-infiltrated nanoparticle films (PINFs) are a new class of polymer nanocomposites that overcome many of the challenges in manufacturing highly loaded nanocomposite films (PNCFs). PINFs have a wide range […]