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Polymer Physics
Seminar Series
Polymer Physics seminar in Materials
Science & Engineering Department at The Pennsylvania State
University is a unique and stimulating event that provides opportunities
for sharing frontiers in polymer science and engineering with our
graduate students and faculty members.
To Graduate Students:
Research seminars are intended to train us to face audiences which ask
very incisive and difficult questions. This will help us develop the
skill of thinking on our feet. Realize that this is still a friendly
audience, which can provide critical inputs. The talk should not exceed
an hour, including questions, and should definitely be at least 30
minutes long (bare, without questions). It is the speaker's duty
to learn how to alter the presentation according to the number and
nature of questions posed by the audience. The audience must also
participate: the audience members must learn to ask intelligent and
probing questions on scientific issues discussed by the speaker. The
motive is to expose the speaker's weaknesses and help him / her identify
areas that need strengthening.
Terms of Engagement
1. Everyone
(faculty, post-docs and grad students) who is in town on the day of a
seminar must attend.
2.
Seminars are held in 301 Steidle on Tuesdays, starting at
10:00 A.M. to 11:00
A.M., unless otherwise noted.
3.
Contact
Wenjuan Liu with your seminar title
and abstract the Friday before you are scheduled to speak.
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Seminar Schedule for Fall 2008
Seminar Schedule for Summer 2008
Seminar Schedule for Spring 2008
Seminar Schedule for Fall 2007
Seminar Schedule for Summer 2007
Seminar Schedule for Spring 2007
Seminar Schedule for Fall 2006
Seminar Schedule for Summer 2006
Seminar Schedule for Spring 2006
Seminar Schedule for Fall 2005
Seminar Schedule for Summer 2005
Seminar Schedule for Spring 2005
Seminar Schedule for Fall 2004
Seminar Schedule for Summer 2008
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Speaker |
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May 13
2:00PM |
Professor Miriam Rafailovich, Garcia Center, Director, Dept.
of Materials Science & Engineering, State University of New York
at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Title:
Biology and physics at the interface: The effect of substrate
mechanics on cell function |
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June 24 |
Dr. Jingling Yan, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn
State University
Advisor:
Professor Michael Hickner
Title:
Isomeric Polyimides |
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June 29 ~ July 4 |
2008 Polymer Physics Gordon Research Conferences, Salve Regina
University, Newport, RI |
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July 08 |
Professor Darrell Velegol, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Penn State University |
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July 15 |
Professor Scott T. Milner, Joyce Chair Professor, Department
of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University |
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July 22 |
Professor Janna Maranas, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Penn State University |
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July 29 |
Harshad P. Patil,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor Ronald C. Hedden |
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August 3 ~ 8 |
The XVth International Congress on Rheology, Monterey,
California |
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August 12 |
Romesh J. Patel, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State
University
Advisor:
Professor Michael Hickner |
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August 19 |
U Hyeok Choi, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State
University
Advisor:
Professor Ralph H. Colby |
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August 26 |
Dr. Daniel M. Fragiadakis,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor James P. Runt |
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Seminar Schedule for Spring 2008
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Date |
Speaker |
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January 22 |
Professor Ralph H. Colby, Materials Science and Engineering,
Penn State University
Title:
Designing Ion-Containing Polymers for Facile Ion Transport |
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January 29 |
Professor S. Richard Turner, Director Macromolecules and
Interfaces Institute, Americas Editor Chemistry and Synthesis
POLYMER, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
VA 24060
Title:
Alternating Copolymerization of Substituted Stilbenes as Route to
New Precisely Functionalized Polymers |
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February 3~8 |
Gordon
Research Conferences - 2008 Program (Colloidal,
Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions), Ventura, CA
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February 12 |
Professor Louis Madsen, Department of Chemistry,
Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Title:
Diffusion, Dynamics, and Order in Ionomers Probed Using NMR |
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February 19 |
Wenjuan Liu, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State
University
Advisor:
Professor Ralph H. Colby
Title:
Ion Solvation Energetics |
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February 26 |
Professor Paul Trulove, Department of Chemistry, United States
Naval Academy, Annapolis MD 21402
Title:
Ionic Liquids, Not Your Ordinary Solvents: A Look at Their
Properties and Their Applications in Polymer Processing |
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March 4 |
Shih-Wa Wang, Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor Ralph H. Colby
Title:
Polyurethane Ionomer Synthesis for Single-ion Conductor
Application |
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March 10~14 |
APS March Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana |
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March 18 |
Gregory S. Larsen,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor Coray M. Colina
Title:
Gas Adsorption in Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity |
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March 25 |
Kui Xu,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor Qing Wang
Title:
Self-Assembly Approaches to Proton Conductive Polymer Membranes |
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April 1 |
Professor Michael Rubinstein, John P. Barker Distinguished
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290
Title:
A Simplified View on the Airway Surface Layer of a Lung |
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April 6~10 |
Spring 2008 ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans,
Louisiana |
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April 15 |
Dr. Michael Hibbs, Senior Member of the Technical Staff,
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
Title:
Design and Synthesis of Novel Anion-exchange Membranes for Energy
Applications |
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April 22 |
Professor Robert K. Prud'homme; Department of Chemical
Engineering; Princeton University; Princeton, NJ 08544
Title:
Nanoparticle Formation by Flash NanoPrecipitation using Block
Copolymer Directed Self-Assembly |
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April 29 |
Professor Andrey Dobrynin, Institute of Materials Science, &
Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT,
06269-3136
Title:
Computer Simulations of Polyelectrolytes at Surface and Interfaces |
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Seminar Schedule for Fall 2007
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Date |
Speaker |
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August 28 |
Andrew J. Duncan, Macromolecular Science and Engineering,
Virginia Tech
Advisor:
Professor Donald J. Leo, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Advisor:
Professor Timothy E. Long,
Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech
Title:
Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Branched Polysulfones for
Ionic Polymer Transducers |
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September 11 |
Dr. Alan I. Nakatani, Rohm and Haas Company, Spring House, PA
Title:
Applications of Ultra Small Angle Neutron Scattering (USANS) to
the Coatings Industry |
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September 13 |
Professor Stefan Zauscher, Department of Mechanical
Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University
Title:
Soft-Surface Tribology: From Friction on Stimulus-Responsive
Hydrogels to Boundary-Lubrication of Articular Cartilage |
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September 18 |
Professor John Asbury, Department of Chemistry, Penn State
University
Title:
Watching Electrons Move in Real Time:
Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy of a Polymer Blend Photovoltaic
Material |
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September 25 |
Dr. Jinguo Zhang,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor Evangelos Manias
Title:
Heat Sealabilty of PE Nanocomposite Film |
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October 02 |
Professor Michael Hickner, Materials Science and Engineering,
Penn State University
Title:
Cation and Anion Transport in Functionalized Polymers |
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October 7~11 |
The Society of Theology 79th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City,
Utah |
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October 16 |
Dr. Bryan Pivovar, Fuel Cell Team Leader, MPA-11: Sensors and
Electrochemical Devices, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Title:
Developing and Using Novel Polymer Electrolytes in Fuel Cells |
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October 23 |
Dr. Yan-Jie Wang, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn
State University
Advisor:
Professor
Ralph H. Colby
Title:
Nafion/Glass Proton Conducting Composite Membranes for Direct
Methanol Fuel Cells |
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October 30 |
Dr. John K. Brennan, Weapons and Materials Research
Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Title:
Multiscale Modeling of Polymer Systems: Defense-Related
Applications |
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November 06 |
Professor Patrick T. Mather, Biomedical and Chemical
Engineering , Syracuse University
Title:
POSS-Based Polymeric Nanocomposites |
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November 13 |
Erin Boland,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor Janna Maranas
Title:
Comparison of Experiment and United Atom Simulation Results with
Respect
to Polymer Dynamics |
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November 20 |
Happy Thanksgiving! |
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November 26~30 |
2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA |
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December 04 |
Dr. Perumal Ramasamy,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor
James Runt
Title:
Interactions of proteins in gels, solutions and on surfaces |
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December 11 |
Dr. Taeyi Choi, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State
University
Advisor:
Professor James P. Runt
Title:
Ultra-lightweight Nanorelief Networks: Photopatterned Microframes |
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December 18 |
Prof. Yossef A Elabd,
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel
University, Philadelphia, PA
Title:
Transport Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells |
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Seminar Schedule for Summer 2007
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Speaker |
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May 08 |
Dr. Junhwan Jeon, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Vanderbilt University
Advisor:
Professor Peter T.
Cummings
Title:
Molecular Modeling and Simulation of Polymeric and Biological
Systems |
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May 15 |
Charles G. Hogshead,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor Evangelos Manias
Title:
Mixed Monolayers and Polymer Brush Gradients |
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May 22 |
Theresa Foley,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor Evangelos Manias
Title:
Water Soluble Temperature Responsive Polymers |
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May 29 |
Professor Jan Vermant, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Department of Chemical
Engineering, Princeton University
Title:
Alignment and orientation effects of particle suspended in
viscoelastic liquids |
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June 05 |
Dr. Rebeca Hernandez,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor James P. Runt
Title:
Phase Organization of Model Biomedical Polyurethanes |
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June 12 |
Jason W. Claude,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor Qing Wang
Title:
Electric Breakdown in Vinylidene Fluoride Based Polymers |
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June 19 |
Dr. Daniel M. Fragiadakis,
Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Advisor:
Professor James P. Runt
Title:
Mobile ion concentration and ion mobility in polyurethane ionomers |
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July 03 |
Bret Neese, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State
University
Advisor:
Professor Qing Wang,
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Advisor:
Professor Qiming Zhang
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, PSU
Title:
Electromechanical Responses in PVDF based Polymers |
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July 10 |
Professor Richard P. Wool
Department of Chemical
Engineering, University of Delaware
Center for Composite Materials
Colburn Laboratory
Title:
Unraveling Polymer Entanglement and Dynamic Theories of Polymer
Rheology |
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July 17 |
Susan Fullerton, Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn
State University
Advisor:
Professor Janna
Maranas
Title:
Influence of humidity and crystallization time on the conductivity
of nanoparticle-filled solid polymer electrolytes |
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July 24 |
Burcu Unal, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State
University
Advisor:
Professor Ronald C.
Hedden
Title:
Colonization of Highly Swelling Hydrogels by Rhizobia |
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August 07 |
Dr. He Huang, College of Materials Science and Engineering,
Hubei University, China
Title:
On the 'Sequential Order' Rules in Generalized Two dimensional
Correlation Spectroscopy |
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August 14 |
Hyeran Noh, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State
University
Advisor:
Professor Erwin A. Vogler
Title:
Volumetric Interpretation of Protein Adsorption: Partition
Coefficients, Interphase Volumes, and Free Energies of Adsorption |
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August 21 |
Dr. Georgios Polyzos, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn
State University
Advisor:
Professor Evangelos Manias
Title:
Cation exchange capacity and water effects on the mobility of
alkyl-ammonium surfactants being nanoconfined in montmorillonite
platelets. A dielectric relaxation spectroscopy study |
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August 24 |
Professor Peter M. Budd, School of Chemistry, The University
of Manchester
2:30 P.M. ~ 3:30 P.M., 301
Steidle Building
Title:
Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs) |
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Seminar Schedule for Spring 2007
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Speaker |
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January 16 |
Dr. David Hu,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Science,
New York University
Advisor:
Professor Michael Shelley
Title:
Two studies in biolocomotion: walking on water and slithering on
land |
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January 23 |
Professor Luis E Norena-Franco,
Metropolitan Autonomous University
Title:
MCM-41 Mesoporous Materials: Structure and Applications |
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January 26 |
Professor Martin Lisal, Department of Physics, J. E. Purkinje
University, Czech Republic
Title:
Alignment of Lamellar Diblock Copolymer Phases under Shear:
Insight from Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations |
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January 30 |
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