2009 Seminars

Date & Time Title Speaker Category Location
Monday, January 19, 2009 - 11:00am Control and Application of Surface Dynamics at the Single-Molecule Scale Ludwig Bartels, University of California, Riverside Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 11:00am The Evolution of Ionic Liquids - From Solvents and Separations to Advanced Materials and Pharmaceuticals: Examples from the Ionic Liquid Cookbook Robin D. Rogers, Director of QUILL, The Queens University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland and The Center for Green Manufacturing and Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Aud
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 1:30pm Quantum phase transitions in low dimensional superconductors Dganit Meidan, Weizmann Institute Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics 385E
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 1:30pm Exotic states in trapped ultracold atomic Fermi gases in one dimension: Luttinger liquids and FFLO-like states Paata Kakashvili, Rice Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics, 385E
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 4:45pm Spin Structure of the Nucleon and QCD Zein-Eddine Meziani, Temple Physics and Astronomy (PHYS) Physics Lecture Hall
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 11:00am Chemistry and Biology of Guanine Oxidation in DNA Cynthia Burrows, University of Utah Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Auditorium
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 1:30pm Oxide Nanoelectronics On Demand Jeremy Levy, Univ. of Pittsburgh Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics E385
Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 12:00pm Hard Superconductivity in Soft Quantum Films Hanno Weitering, University of Tennessee Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 4:00pm The Philosophical Implications of Game-Theoretic Probability, Rutgers Distinguished Faculty Talk Series Glenn Shafer, Rutgers Accounting & Information Studies Miscellaneous (Other) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 12:10pm All-alkoxide route to perovskite films and powders Gunnar Westin, Angstrom Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 1:30pm I. Glasses with long range forces; II. Nano-structured solar cells Gergely Zimanyi, UC Davis Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics, E385
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 3:00pm Novel Materials for Drug Delivery & Tissue Engineering Robert Langer, MIT Biomedical Engineering (BME) BME 102, Auditorium
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 10:20am The Role of Water in Conservation of Art George Scherer, Princeton University Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Monday, February 9, 2009 - 9:00am Hydrogen Learning Center panel discussing: “The Obama Administration: A New Hydrogen Policy?" Dr. JoAnn Milliken, DOE Hydrogen Program Manager Miscellaneous (Other) Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Special Events Forum
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 11:00am TBD Gary Molander, University of Pennsylvania Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Auditorium
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 12:10pm Rationally Designing and Assembling Multifunctional Nanomaterials: From Synthesis to Applications in Catalysis, Sensing, Medicine, and Energy Tewodros Asefa, Syracuse University Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 1:30pm What is the Pseudogap? Mike Norman, ANL Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics, E385
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 10:20am Complex Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage: Insights from Atomistic Modeling J. Karl Johnson, University of Pittsburgh Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thursday, February 12, 2009 (All day) C Nanotubes and Solar cells Som Mitra, NJIT Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) ASM-NJ Meeting in Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 12:00pm Electronic Energy Level Alignment in Dye Sensitized Oxide Surfaces Sylvie Rangan, Rutgers Physics and Astronomy Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 11:00am How frozen metabolic accidents constrain the core evolution of life Paul Falkowski, Rutgers Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Auditorium
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 12:10pm Chacterization of Field Emission Properties of CVD Diamond Hisato Yamaguchi, Rutgers MSE Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 1:30pm Electrons in Flatlands: Surprises Never Stop Mansour Shayegan, Princeton University Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics E385
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 10:20am Photocatalysis: From TiO2 Nanostructures to Surface Molecular Complexes Gonghu Li, Yale University Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 12:00pm Why and how do we chemically dope organic semiconductors? Antoine Kahn, Princeton University Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 11:00am Inorganic Nanocrystal Synthesis: from Molecular to Supramolecular Chemistry Y. Charles Cao, University of Florida Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Auditorium
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:10pm Atomic Scale Imaging of Grain Boundaries in Metallic and Non-metallic Systems S Rao Karavadi, Rutgers IAMDN Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 1:30pm Paired Electron Pockets in the Hole-Doped Cuprates (tentative) Victor Galitsky, University of Maryland Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics, E385
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 10:20am Facile Production of Composite Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery, Targeting and Imaging Marian E. Gindy, Merck Research Laboratories Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 4:30pm Capture of CO2 from Ambient Air: A Specific Approach Klaus Lackner, Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University. Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) Chem. 260 (Wright-Rieman Labs (WL)
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 1:30pm Bioartificial Materials for Enhanced Tissue Repair Andrés Garçia, Georgia Inst. of Tech. Biomedical Engineering (BME) BME-102
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 4:00pm The Perils of Progress: Artists Respond to Advances in Science and Technology of the 1930s-1940s Joan Marter, Rutgers Art History Rutgers Distinguished Faculty Talk Series Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 8:30am Twenty-Third Annual Symposium of the Laboratory for Surface Modification Louis Brus Department of Chemistry, Columbia University; Richard Haight IBM T.J. Watson Research Laboratory Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 11:00am Harness the power of self-assembly: Design, Characterization and Applications Yan Geng, University of Georgia Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Aud
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 12:10pm Spherical Nanoindentation: Analysis and Application to Characterize a Novel Deformation Behavior in Materials Sandip Basu, Rutgers MSE Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 1:30pm Nanoscale magnetic sensing with an individual electronic spin in diamond Amir Yakobi, Harvard Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics, E385
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 10:20am Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Properties of Silica Supported Platinum and Rhodium Nanoparticles with Size and Shape Control John Kuhn, University of California, Berkeley Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 11:00am The Relevance of New Data Structure Approaches for Dense Linear Algebra in the New Multi-Core/Many Core Environment Dr. Fred G. Gustavson, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) CoRE Building Auditorium
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 5:00pm CANCELLED: Innovation. The 5 Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies (CIVET) Biomedical Engineering Building, Room 102
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 1:00pm Distinguished Contributions to Applied and Basic Nuclear Physics: The Legacy of the Rutgers-Bell Tandem In honor of Dr. Douglas P. Boyd and Dr. Leonard C. Feldman - 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Rutgers University Graduate School-New Brunswick Miscellaneous (Other) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 1:30pm Quantum Oscillations in the Specific Heat of Ultraclean YBCO in 45T magnetic fields Greg Boebinger, Director, National High Magnetic Field Lab, FSU, University of Florida and Los Alamos National Lab Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics, Room 385E
Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 2:00pm Levitation, Superconductivity and the World's largest Magnets Greg Boebinger, Director, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State U., University of Florida and Los Alamos National Laboratory Physics and Astronomy (PHYS) Physics Lecture Hall
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 12:10pm The "Virtual Laboratory": Investigation and design of chemical processes from first-principles Mark E. Tuckerman, Dept. of Chemistry, NY University and Couiant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 1:30pm Vortex Loops and the Superfluid Phase Transition Gary Williams, UCLA Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics, E385
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 2:00pm Nano Issues in Drugs, Food and Cosmetics sponsored by The New Jersey Technology Council Qingrong Huang , Associate Professor, Rutgers University, Department of Food Science Miscellaneous (Other) NJTC, The Commercialization Center, 675 US Highway One, North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 4:45pm Diamond Materials by Chemical Vapor Deposition James Butler, Naval Research Lab Physics and Astronomy (PHYS) Physics Lecture Hall
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 12:00pm Second and third row transition metal phthalocyanine based organic photovoltaics Gary Kushto, Optical Sciences Division, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Monday, March 16, 2009 (All day) Spring Break Miscellaneous (Other)
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 1:30pm In Vivo Optical Imaging and Microscopy of Living Tissues Elizabeth Hillman, Columbia U. Biomedical Engineering (BME) BME 102
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 12:10pm Characterization of Electronic Functionality in Nanoscale Structures Philip E. Batson, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 1:30pm Phenomenology of 1D Quantum Liquids Beyond Low Energy Limit Adilet Imambekov, Yale Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics, E385
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 5:00pm Transport Processes in Nanofluidic Membranes for Water Desalination Applications Shaurya Prakash, Rutgers Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Civil and Enviromental Engineering (CEE) SEC-204 (Science and Engineering Resource Center)
Friday, March 27, 2009 - 1:30pm Malcolm C. McLaren Distinguished Lecture Symposium: Mesoscale Computer Simulations: from Exploding Ceramics to Tumor Ablation 1:35 PM-R. Edwin Garcia, Purdue U.; 2:15 PM-Javier Concepcion, U. of No. Carolina; 2:55 PM-Assimina Peliegri, Rutgers U.; 4:00 PM-Edwin Fuller, NIST Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Monday, March 30, 2009 - 10:30am Compound Semiconductor Nanotubes and Nanowires for Nanophotonic and Nanoelectronic Applications Xiuling Li, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute for Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology (IAMDN) CCR 201
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 12:10pm New insights into fatigue cracking, strain localization, and real battery electrochemistry from in situ high energy x-ray diffraction Mark Croft, Rutgers Physics and Astronomy Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 1:30pm Ultrasensitive Nanobolometers - Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors and Individual SW Carbon Nanotubes D. Prober, Yale Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics, E385
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 10:20am Modeling of Controlled Drug Release Systems in Medical Device Applications Changsoo Kim, Food and Drug Administration Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 3:30pm DNA-Carbon Nanotube Interaction: Fundamentals and Applications Ming Zheng, DuPont Central Research and Development, Wilmington, Delaware Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Engineering Building, Room D120
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 5:00pm Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur Greg Erman Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies (CIVET) Biomedical Engineering
Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 10:00am Rationally Designing and Assembling Multifunctional Nanomaterials: From Synthesis to Applications in Catalysis, Sensing, Medicine, and Energy Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) Chem. 260
Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 12:00pm Nanotechnology approaches for identifying multiple cues regulating stem/cancer cell fate KiBum Lee, Rutgers Chemistry Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Monday, April 6, 2009 - 4:00pm Putting the Brakes on Alzheimer's Disease Karl Herrup, Rutgers Cell Biology and Neuroscience Rutgers Distinguished Faculty Talk Series Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 11:00am Hydrogen Bonds in Chemistry: From Single-Centered Hydrogen-Bonded Enhanced Acidity (SHEA) Acids to Mass Spectrometry Studies on Zwitterions Steven Kass, University of Minnesota Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Aud
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 12:10pm Mechanical Properties of Layered Dental Restorations Isabel Lloyd, University of Maryland Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 1:30pm Novel electronic states in sodium cobaltates NaxCoO2 – Role of strong correlation, geometrical frustration, and Na dopant order Ziqiang Wang, Boston College Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics, E385
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 11:00am Experimental Indications of Tunneling in Organic and Organometallic Reactions - Telling Experimentalists Where to Look and what to Look For" Wes Borden, University of North Texas Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Auditorium
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 12:10pm Amber Uncovered: Understanding Nature's Ancient Plastic Paul Nascimbene, American Museum of Natural History Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 12:00pm Nonlinear optical studies of structure and dynamics at aqueous interfaces Eric Borguet, Temple University Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 1:30pm Quantum coherence in a Josephson junction array circuit: the Fluxonium Vladimir Manucharyan, Yale University Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin E385
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 10:30am Epitaxial Growth of Silicene: Graphene-like Silicon Guy Le Lay, CINaM-CNRS, Campus de Luminy, and Université de Provence, Marseille, France Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) CCR 201
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 1:30pm Periodic table for topological insulators and superconductors. Alexei Kitaev, Cal Tech Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics E385
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 10:20am Electrowetting and Self-Assembled Electro-Variable Optical Devices A. A. Kornyshev, Imperial College, London Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 11:00am NSF Funding in the Obama Era: A Personal View Haym Hirsh, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University Miscellaneous (Other) CoRE Auditorium
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 11:00am Abiological Self-Assembly: Predesigned Metallacycles and Metallacages via Coordination Peter Stang, University of Utah Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Aud
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 12:10pm 'Interface-controlled Ionic and Electronic Conduction in Thin Film Nanostructured Oxides Shriram Ramanathan, Harvard University Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 1:30pm Some thoughts on the stripes and suchlike near quantum critical points (tentative) Andrew Millis, Columbia Univ. Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics E385
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 1:30pm Semiconductors, Oxides and Quantum Computation Jeremy Levy, University of Pittsburgh Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Serin E385
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 12:00pm Energy Harvesting and Storage with Thermogalvanic Cells Nick Hudak & Glenn G. Amatucci, ESRG, Rutgers Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 10:00am "Rutgers Day" Miscellaneous (Other) Rutgers New Brunswick and Piscataway Campuses
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 11:00am New Nanostructured Solids with Unprecedented Properties David C. Johnson, University of Oregon Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Aud.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 12:10pm Export Controls: Are They Important? Do we Need to Worry About Them? James A. Harrington, Rutgers Department of Materials Science and Engineering Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 1:30pm Insights in High-Tc Superconductivity form the Study of Cuprate Heterostructures Ivan Bozovic, Brookhaven National Lab Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics E385
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 8:30pm Hybrid Semiconductors: Designed Nanostructured Materials for Optoelectronic Devices Jing Li, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, Rutgers Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) Physics Lecture Hall
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 9:00am 2009 Molecular Biophysics Minisymposium Lewis Kay Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) Life Sciences Building
Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 12:00pm Conductance of Single Molecules Circuits Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Monday, May 4, 2009 - 4:00pm Greening of Ceramic Manufacturing Richard Riman, Rutgers Materials Science and Engineering Rutgers Distinguished Faculty Talk Series Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - 11:00am Deltahedral Zintl Clusters: Synthesis, Structure, Oligomerization, and Functionalization Slavi Sevov, University of Notre Dame Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WL-Aud
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - 12:10pm Design of Hybrid Power Systems Kimberly Ann Cook-Chennault, Rutgers Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 8:30am Fourth Annual Rutgers Energy Symposium Jae Edmonds, PNNL, Steve Long, Energy Biosciences Institute, Ronald Prinn, MIT, Sunil Somalwar, Rutgers Physics and Astronomy, Stewart Prager, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Miscellaneous (Other) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Friday, May 8, 2009 - 3:00pm Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering Study on Bilayer LaSr2Mn2O7 Jun-Sik Lee, Brookhaven National Lab Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin E385
Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 1:00pm POLYMERS FOR SENSORY AND ENERGY-RELATED APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM Uwe Bunz, Georgia Institute of Technology, Kelly Chichak, GE Global Research, Huixin He, Rutgers Newark, Douglas Kiserow, ARO, Kalle Levon, Polytechnic Inst. of NYU, Andy Tsou, Exxon Mobil Chemical Company Miscellaneous (Other) Rutgers Newark, Paul Robeson Campus Center, Bergen Room
Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 12:00pm First-principles and Experimental Studies on Ferroelectrics and Relaxors Ronald Cohen, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 11:00am Rare earth Oxy-pnictides : A New Family of Superconductors Ashok K Ganguli, Dept. of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) Room 202A
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 (All day) Spring 2009 Ceramic and Composite Materials Center Meeting Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 8:00am Physical Electronics Conference Miscellaneous (Other) Rutgers University, College Avenue Campus, Van Dyck Hall
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 1:30pm Dissipative mysteries -- experiments on glasses at low temperatures Jeevak Parpia, Cornell Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 12:00pm Novel type of nanoscale modification of organic semiconductors: self-assembled monolayers at organic surfaces Vitaly Podzorov, Rutgers Physics Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 11:00am Heterogeneous Assays for the Detection of DNA and Proteins by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Laura Fabris, Rutgers MSE Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) W/R Auditorium
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 1:30pm Non-Projective measurement of solid-state qubits:collapse and uncollapse Alexander Korotkov, University of California, Riverside Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 1:30pm Superconducting Quantum Interference Proximity Transistor Francesco Giazotto, (NEST CNR-INFM) NEST CNR-INFM and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 12:10pm Metal Nanoparticles for Biodetection Laura Fabris, Rutgers University, Materials Science & Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials, Devices and Nanotechnology Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 1:30pm Strange metal from holography John McGreevy, MIT Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 10:20am Granular Equilibrium: Shaken, Not Stirred Mark D. Shattuck, City College of New York Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) CoRE Building, 1st Floor Auditorium
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 3:30pm 3D X-Ray Flow Visualization of Fluidized Beds Theodore Heindel, Iowa State University Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Eng. B120
Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 12:00pm Up Against the Wall: Liquid Lithium for the Chamber Technology Challenge in Fusion Robert Kaita, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 11:00am Understanding the Kinetics and Thermodynamics of RNA Folding Arthur Pardi, University of Colorado-Boulder Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) WR Auditorium
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 12:10pm Ab-initio molecular dynamics: a quantum-mechanical approach for the simulation of materials Roberto Car, Princeton University Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 1:30pm Dynamical measurements of superconducting fluctuations in underdoped cuprates and amorphous superconductors: Classical to quantum N. Peter Armitage, Johns Hopkins Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 9:15am 4th ANNUAL MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM Rutgers MSE Faculty Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 1:30pm Magnetoresistance of topological insulator Bi2Se3(informal) J. Checkelsky, Princeton Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 3:30pm Funding Opportunities at the NSF and a Perspective on Cooperative Control Research Suhada Jayasuriya, NSF Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Eng. B120
Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 1:30pm Phononic heat conduction in disordered crystals A. Dhar, Raman Institute Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 5:00pm Starting & Building a High-Tech Business; What They Don't Teach You in School Dev Ittycheria, President, Enterprise Service Mgmt. Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies (CIVET) BME, Room 102
Monday, October 5, 2009 - 11:00am The Solar Biofuels Consortium: Towards high efficiency microalgal biofuel systems Ben Hankamer, The University of Queensland, Australia Miscellaneous (Other) Alampi Room, IMCS, 71 Dudley Road, Cook Campus
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 11:00am Development of Biofunctional Interfaces for Templated Protein Crystallization & Membrane Protein-based Sensing David Thompson, Purdue University Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) W/R Auditorium
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 12:10pm Pressure Induced Phase Transformations Edwin R. Fuller, NIST Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 1:30pm Noise and decoherence in SQUIDs and Phase qubits Frederick Wellstood, University of Maryland Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Thursday, October 8, 2009 (All day) Comparison of analytical methods and NRG at the strong coupling limit of quantum impurity problems: in and out of equilibrium Fred Zawadowski Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 12:00pm Multinuclear Solid State NMR Studies of Materials Related to Energy Conversion and Storage Steve Greenbaum, CUNY, Hunter College Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Monday, October 12, 2009 - 9:30am Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Yupeng Wang, Institute Director, IOP Physics and Astronomy (PHYS) Serin 385
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 11:00am New insights into the mechanism of retroviral genome packaging and virus assembly Michael F. Summers, HHMI at UMBC Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) W/R Auditorium
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 12:10pm Biofabrication for Tissue Science and Engineering Wei Sun, Drexel University Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 1:30pm Energent Lorentz Symmetry with Vanishing Velocity in a Critical Two-Subband Quantum Wire Mattias Sitte, Univ. of Cologne Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics E385
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 2:00pm Production of Useful Fuels and Electricity from Biomass and Waste Resources Kunio Yoshikawa, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology Miscellaneous (Other) Alampi Room, Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 4:45pm Macroscopic Quantum Effects in Superconducting Circuits Misha Gershenson, Rutgers Physics Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Physics Lecture Hall
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 10:00am Nanostructured Materials for Energy Applications Prof. Dimitris Niarchos, Director and President, NCSR “Demokritos” Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201, McLaren Center for Ceramic Research Bldg.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 12:00pm Non-Born-Oppenheimer dynamics at metal surfaces: inelatic scattering of NO on Au(111) Neil Shenvi, Yale University Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 11:00am Single-molecule protein dynamics Haw Yang, Princeton University Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) W/R Auditorium
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 12:10pm Molecular Approach to Photovoltaics Cherie Kagan, University of Pennsylvania Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 1:30pm Strongly correlated complex-oxide interfaces: From growth to orbital physics Jak Tchakhalian, Arkansas Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 2:30pm Could a Sour Natural Gas Process Convert Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) into harmless compounds? Raymond Stenger and James Wasas Miscellaneous (Other) Philip Alampi Auditorium, Cook Campus
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 3:30pm Ultrafast Energy Transfer in Energy Conversion Materials Xianlan Xu, Purdue University Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Engineering B120
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 12:00pm Carbon Nanotubes in Liquid Suspension with Electric Fields and Shear Flow Jerry W. Shan, Rutgers MAE Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 1:30pm Population switching and charge sensing in quantum dots: A case for quantum phase transitions Moshe Goldstein, (Bar-Ilan) Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics 385
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 11:00am Synthesis and crystal chemistry of new rare-earth metal germanides Silven Bobev, Univ. of Delaware Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) W/R Auditorium
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 1:30pm Are electromagnons the Goldstone bosons of multiferroics? Dennis Drew, University of Maryland Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 12:00pm Nanostructures - Single Channel Elements, Anisotropic Thin Films and Distributed Structures Haim Grebel, NJIT Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Friday, October 30, 2009 (All day) Magnetic phase diagram of a spin-chain system Ca2+xY2-x Cu5O10- : oxygen hole-doping effects Keeseong Park, Stony Brook University/ Brookhaven National Laboratory Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics 385
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 8:00pm Inauguration Seminar-RFID Research Center Francois Berthiaume, Biomedical Engineering Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies (CIVET) Biomedical Engineering Building, Room 116
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 2:00pm Rutgers New Faculty Talks Daniel Battey, Susan Dougherty, Ebelia Hernandez, Juan Mejia-Ramos, Jennifer Warren, Brandon Alderman Rutgers Distinguished Faculty Talk Series Fiber Optics Auditorium, Busch Campus
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 3:30pm Video Mosaic Collaborative for Improving the Learning and Teaching of Mathematics Carolyn Maher, Professor II of Mathematics Education and the Director of the Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning at the Graduate School of Education, Rutgers Rutgers Distinguished Faculty Talk Series Fiber Optics Auditorium, Busch Campus
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 11:00am Molecular Catalysts for Green, Sustainable (and Commercially-Viable!) Technologies Lawrence Sita, Univ. of Maryland Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) W/R Auditorium
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 12:10pm Decomposition and ordering in the Fe-Ga bcc alloys: atomic phase field modeling and diffuse scattering study Julien Boisse, Rutgers Materials Science and Engineering Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 1:30pm Looking at Vortices with NMR Bill Halperin , Northwestern University Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin 385
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 10:20am Lipid Membrane Heterogeneities Controlled by pH: Basic Studies and Potential Applications in Liposome Based Immunochemotherapy Stavroula Sofou, Polytechnic Institute of NYU Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) CoRE Building, 1st Floor Auditorium
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 5:00pm Innovation, The 5 Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want Curt Carlson, President and CEO, SRI International Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies (CIVET) BME Room 102
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 11:00am The Impact of Academic and Government Partnerships on Biofuel R&D Innovation at Novozymes Kurt Creamer, Connectivity Manager for Novozymes North America Miscellaneous (Other) Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road, Cook Campus
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 11:00am Photochemistry and Reactive Intermediates Anna Gudmundsdottir, Univ. of Cincinnati Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) W/R Auditorium
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 12:10pm Nondestructive 3-D Imaging and Analysis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells at sub-50 nm Resolution Wilson K. S. Chiu, University of Connecticut Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 1:30pm Interconnection between superfluid and mechanical properties of dislocations in solid He-4 Anatoly Kuklov, CSI, CUNY Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics E385
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 11:00am Making LED Lighting a Part of Green Living M. Nisa Khan, Ph.D., President, LED Lighting Technologies Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) CoRE Lecture Hall, 1st Floor
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 11:30am 2009 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award Symposium-At the Intersection of Organic Chemistry, Material Science, and Nanotechnology Hugh Karraker Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) Busch Campus Center
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 1:30pm Bioartificial Materials for Enhanced Tissue Repair Andres Garcia, Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering (BME) BME Auditorium, Busch Campus
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 11:00am H Transfer from Transition-Metal Hydrides. Applications to Radical Polymerizations and Cyclizations Jack Norton, Columbia University Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) W/R Auditorium
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 12:10pm Bioceramic Structure-Reactivity Towards T-Lymphocytes and Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Nita Sahai, University of Wisconsin Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 12:15pm Mechanisms of Atomic Scale Diffusion: Alkali Metals and Hydrogen on Copper Surfaces Andrew Jardine, Cavendish Laboratories Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 1:30pm Quantum spin liquid state on a decorated honeycomb lattice Misha Feigelman, Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics 385
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 10:20am Crystallization and Other Adventures on the Protein Phase Diagram Abraham Lenhoff, Univ. of Delaware Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Friday, November 20, 2009 - 3:30pm Catalytic functionalization of low reactive carbon-hydrogen bonds Pedro J. Pérez, Universidad de Huelva Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) W/R Auditorium
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 12:10pm MSE Seminar Cancelled Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 12:10pm Synthesis of Multi-Metallic Nano-Oxide Ceramics Via Liquid-Feed Flame Spray Pyrolysis Jose Azurdia, Rutgers Materials Science and Engineering Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 10:20am An Integrated Approach for Analyzing Stem Cell Differentiation and Lineage Commitment Ipsita Banerjee, Univ. of Pittsburgh Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 1:30pm "Quantum Circuits and Qubits" (tentative) Michel Devoret, Harvard University Physics - Condensed Matter (PHYS-CM) Serin Physics 385E
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 5:00pm Patent Litigation: Pitfalls and Prevention Joseph O'Malley, Global Head, Intellectual Property, Paul Hastings Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies (CIVET) BME 102
Friday, December 4, 2009 - 3:30pm TBA Viresh Rawal, Univ. of Chicago Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) Chem. 260
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 2:00pm Rutgers New Faculty Talk Series David J. Hill, Debashish Bhattacharya, Asa Rennermalm, Gerald Dismukes, Rachel Schwom, Laura Fabris, Tewodros Asefa Rutgers New Faculty Talk Series Fiber Optics Auditorium
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 3:30pm “Who To Thank For The Air We Breathe?” Paul G. Falkowski, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers Distinguished Faculty Talk Series Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 12:10pm Using Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Science Alexander Ignatov, Rutgers Materials Science and Engineering / Physics Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) CCR 201
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 12:00pm Surface-Functionalized Metal Nanoparticles Laura Fabris, Rutgers MSE Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM) Chem. 260
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 11:00am Growing Duckweed to Recover Nutrients from Wastewater and for Biofuel Production Jay J. Cheng Rutgers Energy Institute Alampi Room, Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS), 71 Dudley Road, Cook Campus