| Date
|
Speaker
|
Title
of Presentation
|
Spring 2005
|
| February
25, 2005 |
Dr.
Batric Pesic
University of Idaho
Materials Science and Engineering
|
Biocorrosion
of Stainless Steels in Anaerobic Conditions |
| March
25, 2005 |
Dr.
Kun-Hong Lee
Pohang University of Science and Technology
Chemical Engineering
|
Microwave
Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes |
| April
15, 2005 |
Dr.
Carl C. Nesbitt
Michigan Technological University
Chemical Engineering
|
Novel
Activated Carbon Material: Development, Manufacture and Applications |
|
| Fall
2004
|
| September
10, 2004 |
Mr.
Douglas K. Ellsworth
Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Reno, Nevada
|
Lithium
Ion Batteries Based on Nanostructured Electrodes |
| September
24, 2004 |
Dr.
L. Glen McMillion
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
General
Corrosion of Alloy 22: High Accuracy Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
(EIS) Data and Determination of Model Parameters |
| October
1, 2004 |
Dr.
Digby D. Macdonald
Pennsylvania State University
Center for Electrochemical Science and Technology
|
Fundamental
Aspects of Passivity and Passivity Breakdown |
| October
22, 2004 |
Dr.
Kwang Kim
University of Nevada, Reno
Mechanical Engineering
|
Ionic-Polymer
Metal Composites |
| December
3, 2004 |
Mr.
Harpreet Singh
Ms. Jessica Corral
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Reverse
Micelle Synthesis and Consolidation of Zirconia Nanopowders;
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanophosphors |
| December
9, 2004 |
Dr.
Joseph Farmer
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
High-Performance Corrosion Resistant Materials
|
High-Performance
Corrosion Resistant Materials for Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel |
|
| Summer
2004
|
| July
30, 2004 |
Dr.
Joanne Horn
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Yucca Mountain Project
|
Microbiological
Effects on Nuclear Waste Packaging Materials |
|
| Spring
2004
|
| January
21, 2004 |
Dr.
Meyya Meyyappan
NASA Ames Research Center
Center for Nanotechnology
|
An
Overview of Recent Developments in Nanotechnology |
| January
30, 2004 |
Dr.
Sebastián Díaz de la Torre
Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C. (CIMAV)
Departamento de Cerámicos
|
Microstructure
and Interphases of Strengthened Al2O3-ZrO2(Y)
Composites |
| February
13, 2004 |
Dr.
Alan Cassell
NASA Ames Research Center
ELORET Corporation
|
Optimizing
the Bottom-Up Growth of Carbon Nanostructures for Advanced Nanoelectronics
Applications |
| February
27, 2004 |
Dr.
Benjamin King
University of Nevada, Reno
Chemistry
|
Designed
Synthesis of Benzenoid Materials: Graphitic Strips, Helicenes, and
Nanotubes |
| March
12, 2004 |
Dr.
Jorge A. Ascencio Gutiérrez
Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo
|
Structural
Analysis of Metallic and Semiconductor Nanostructures |
| March
26, 2004 |
Dr.
Armando Salinas Rodriguez
Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados - Unidad Saltillo
Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica
|
Effect
of Si and Cooling Rate on Solidification of Al-Zn-Si Coating Alloys |
| April
9, 2004 |
Dr.
Randall German
The Pennsylvania State University
Center for Innovative Sintered Products
|
Distortion
and Densification Control During Sintering |
| April
23, 2004 |
Dr.
Ignacio Luis Garzón Sosa
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Instituto de Física
|
Chirality,
Defects and Disorder in Gold Nanoclusters |
|
| Fall
2003
|
| August
27, 2003 |
Dr.
Shin-ichi Komazaki
Muroran Institute of Technology
Material Science and Engineering
|
Potential
Dependance of Susceptibility of High Strength Low Alloy Steel to
Hydrogen Embrittlement |
| September
12, 2003 |
Dr.
Olivia A. Graeve
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Synthesis
and Characterization of Y2O3:Tm,Yb
Blue Nanophosphors |
| October
10, 2003 |
Dr.
K. Selva Raja
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Corrosion
Studies on a Ni-Cr-Mo-W Base Alloy - Hastelloy C22 |
| October
24, 2003 |
Dr.
G. César Díaz Trujillo
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería
|
Use
of Industrial Inorganic Waste in Glass-Ceramic Materials |
| November
21, 2003 |
Dr.
Jeffrey LaCombe
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
NevadaSat |
| December
5, 2003 |
Dr.
Namita Deo
Cognis Corporation
Cincinnati, Ohio
|
Interaction
of Surfactants with Lipid Vesicles/Proteins and Biomembranes |
|
| Spring
2003
|
| January
24, 2003 |
Mr.
Javier E. Garay
University of California, Davis
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
|
Electric
Current Enhanced Reactivity of Metallic Systems |
| February
7, 2003 |
Dr.
Ross W. Smith
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Sorption
of Heavy Metals and Oils into Dead Plant Biomass |
| February
21, 2003 |
Mr.
Piyush Kar
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Keratin
Protein Nanofiber for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions |
| March
7, 2003 |
Dr.
James H. Adair
Pennsylvania State University
Materials Science and Engineering
|
Some
Observations on Protection Dispersion of Nanometer Size Powders
in Liquids |
| March
14, 2003 |
Mr.
Gunjan Mishra
Mr. Devendra Gorhe
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Solidification
under Microgravity;
Intergranular and Pitting Susceptibility of Aged Alloy 22 |
| April
4, 2003 |
Dr.
Richard M. Laine
University of Michigan
Materials Science and Engineering
|
Mixed-Metal
Oxide Nanopowders: Production and Processing |
| April
21, 2003 |
Dr.
Alexander H. King
Purdue University
Materials Engineering
|
Triple
Junctions - A Tutorial |
| May
2, 2003 |
Dr.
Enrique J. Lavernia
University of California, Davis
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
|
Microstructural
and Deformation Mechanisms in Nanostructured Metals |
|
| Fall
2002
|
| August
30, 2002 |
Dr.
Olivia A. Graeve
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Synthesis
Techniques for Advanced Nanocrystalline Ceramics |
| September
13, 2002 |
Dr.
Frank Song
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Computer
Modeling of Corrosion Processes |
| September
27, 2002 |
Dr.
Guna Selvaduray
San Jose State University
Chemical and Materials Engineering
|
Utilization
of Pb-Free Solders in Microelectronics |
| November
1, 2002 |
Dr.
James F. Shackelford
University of California, Davis
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
|
Materials
Characterization of Particulate Air Pollution: From Ground Zero
to the Foundry of the Future |
| November
8, 2002 |
Dr.
Tiangan Lian
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
|
Comprehensive
Understanding of Degradation Modes in Nuclear Waste Containment
at Yucca Mountain |
| November
22, 2002 |
Dr.
Gustavo Hirata
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada
|
Combustion
Synthesis of New Phosphors and their Optoelectronic Applications |
| December
6, 2002 |
Dr.
Umberto A. Tamburini
Università di Pavia
Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica
|
Influence
of Mechanical Activation on Combustion Synthesis of Silicides |
|
| Spring
2002
|
| January
25, 2002 |
Dr.
J. Sam Armijo
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Stress
Corrosion of Nuclear Materials |
| April
9, 2002 |
Dr.
H. Daniel Young
Naval Research Laboratory
|
Laser
Direct-Writing of Electronic and Biological Materials |
| April
12, 2002 |
Dr.
Balakrishnan G. Nair
Ceramatec Inc.
|
Advanced
Microfabrication Technologies |
| April
23, 2002 |
Dr.
Olivia A. Graeve
San Jose State University
Chemical and Materials Engineering
|
The
Effect of an Electric Field on the Particle Growth of Combustion
Synthesized Ceramics |
| April
24, 2002 |
Dr.
Shantanu A. Namjoshi
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Shock
Synthesis of Materials: From Nanocrystallites to Armor |
| April
30, 2002 |
Dr.
Prabhakar Bandaru
University of California, Los Angeles
Electrical Engineering
|
Spintronics:
Investigating Magnetic Effects in Semiconductor Materials |
| May
1, 2002 |
Mr.
Christopher M. Smith
Elmhurst Research Inc. / Benet Laboratories
|
Advanced
Field Artillery Systems: The XM297 Cannon |
| May
6, 2002 |
Dr.
David Cann
Iowa State University
Materials Science and Engineering
|
Electroceramics
for Dielectric, Semiconducting and Optical Applications |
|
| Fall
2001
|
| September
7, 2001 |
Dr.
Shantanu A. Namjoshi
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
|
Failure
in Aircraft Turbine Engine Blades |
| September
17, 2001 |
Dr.
Gary Sandrock
Sandia National Laboratories
|
Metal
Hydrides as Hydrogen Storage Media for Fuel Cell Applications |
| September
21, 2001 |
Dr.
Jesse Adams
University of Nevada, Reno
Mechanical Engineering
|
Nanotechnology
and the Scanning Probe Microscope |
| October
5, 2001 |
Ms.
Aleta Hagman, Mr. Travis Manning, and Mr. John Ziegler
University of Nevada, Reno
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
|
Process
Design Experience: The Thermodynamics of Beer |
| October
12, 2001 |
Dr.
Bahram Farahmand
Boeing Corp.
|
The
Application of Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics for Aerospace |
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