Drexel Materials Presents: Innovations in Materials

Established and up-and-coming leaders in the field of materials science and engineering from around the globe present on their latest research breakthroughs. This invited speaker series from Drexel Materials brings together experts from a variety of research backgrounds to address the latest topics of interest to the wider materials community.

Fall 2019

Dr. Rodney D. Priestley — Dr. Rodney D. Priestley
“Direct measurement of the local glass transition in diblock copolymers”
Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University

Dr. Oleg Gang — Dr. Oleg Gang
“Programmable Self-Assembly of Nanoscale Systems: Architectures, Processes, Functions”
Department of Chemical Engineering, and Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University

Dr. Christopher L. Soles — Dr. Christopher L. Soles
“Polymers for Impact Mitigation: New Measurements Provide Insights into an Old Problem”
Functional Polymers Group, Materials Science and Engineering Division, NIST

Dr. Jonathan Singer — Dr. Jonathan Singer
“Hybrid Micro/Nanomanufacturing of Functional Materials ”
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University

Dr. Yizhou Doung — Dr. Yizhou Doung
“Development of Nanomaterials for mRNA Therapeutics and Genome Editing ”
Ohio State University

Spring 2019

Dr. Marcus Weck — Dr. Marcus Weck
“Directed Self-Assembly an Crystallization of Polymeric Colloids”
Professor, Department of Chemistry, New York University

Dr. Davide Mattia — Dr. Davide Mattia
“Nanotube Membranes for Enhanced Liquid Separations”
Professor, Departments of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, UK

Dr. Thomas Epps — Dr. Thomas Epps
“Nanostructure-Forming Polymers for Sustainability and Human Health”
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware

Winter 2019

Dr. Paul McIntyre — Dr. Paul McIntyre
“Materials for Solar Fuels: Coupling Efficient Water Splitting Catalysts and High-Performance Photovoltaics by Atomic Layer Deposition”
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Dr. Eric Brown — Dr. Eric Brown
“Shock Compression and Strain Rate Effect in Semi-crystalline Polymers”
Division Leader, Explosive Science and Shock Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Dr. Deep Jariwala — Dr. Deep Jariwala
“Heterostructures for Nanoelectronics and Photovoltaics”
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and System Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Robert Devlin — Dr. Robert Devlin
“Optical Metasurfaces: From Fundamental Science to Application”
Chief Scientist, Metalenz, Inc.

Dr. Beth Nowadnick — Dr. Beth Nowadnick
“Structural Control of Hidden Phases in Layered Perovskite Oxides from First Principles”
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Dr. Stephanie Law — Dr. Stephanie Law
“Growth and Optical Properties of Complex Materials”
Clare Booth Luce Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware

Fall 2018

Dr. David G. Cahill — Dr. David G. Cahill
“Ultrafast Heat Transfer in Nanoscale Materials”
Willet Professor and Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. P. Shiv Halasyamani — Dr. P. Shiv Halasyamani
“New (Deep)-UV NLO Materials: From Synthesis to Applications”
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston

Dr. Joshua C. Agar — Dr. Joshua C. Agar
“Nanoscale Susceptibilities in Ferroelectric Thin Films: Insights from Multidimensional Spectroscopy and Machine Learning”
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University

Dr. Brian Litt — Dr. Brian Litt
“Engineering Devices for Epilepsy”
Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Ichiro Takeuchi — Dr. Ichiro Takeuchi
“Combinatorial Experimentation and Machine Learning for Materials Discovery”
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland

Dr. Amy Prieto — Dr. Amy Prieto
“Inexpensive, Efficient Approaches for Energy Production and Storage”
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University

Dr. Nader Engheta — Dr. Nader Engheta
“Extreme Materials”
H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Liang Wu — Dr. Liang Wu
“Giant Nonlinear Optical Responses in Polar Weyl Semimetals”
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania