University of Massachusetts Amherst

Polymer Science and Engineering

Seminars--Every Friday at 3:30 PM in Conte A110-111

DATE DESCRIPTION HOST

Jan. 30

Dr. Kathryn J. Wahl
Naval Research Laboratories
Underwater Adhesion: How do barnacles stick

to surfaces?

Al Crosby

Feb. 6

Professor Karen Gleason
MIT
Designing Functional and Responsive Organic

Surfaces by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Ken Carter

Feb. 13

Professor Ashutosh Chilkoti
Duke University
Nanostructures of Macromolecules to Direct

Biological Function

Bermudez & Crosby

Feb. 20

Professor Josef Jancar
Brno University of Technology
The Role of Chain-Nanoparticle Interactions in

Synthetic and Bio-Based Nanocomposites

Alan Lesser

Feb. 27

Professor Erik Luijten
Northwestern University
Self-Assembly and Phase Behavior Driven

by Electrostatics: From Colloids to Polyelectrolytes

Muthukumar & Grason

Mar. 6

Prospective Student Poster Session

 

Mar. 13

Professor Julia Babensee

Georgia Tech

Biomaterial-Based Control of Immune Responses

to Combination Products

Tew & Santore

Mar. 20

APS Meeting

 

Mar. 27

ACS Meeting

 

Apr. 3

Professor Venkat Ganesan

University of Texas

Equilibrium and Dynamics in Polymer

Nanoparticle Mixture

Muthukumar & Grason

Apr. 10

Professor Steve Granick

University of Illinois

Fun and Profit with Soft Materials:

Polymers, Phospholipids, Nanoparticles

Ryan Hayward

Apr. 17

Professor Jeff Pyun
University of Arizona

Magnetic Assembly and Colloidal Polymerization

of Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles: Novel Materials

for Information Storage and Energy

Todd Emrick

Apr. 24

Professor Thomas Epps

University of Delaware

Block Copolymers: A Route to Ion-Conducting

Nano-Materials

Ken Carter

May 1

Professor Yongmei Wang

University of Memphis

What do we know about the

Critical Adsorption Point of Polymers?

Tom McCarthy

May 8

Professor Nicola Tirelli

University of Manchester

Chemistry and Biological Applications of Polysulfides

Bermudez

Back to Top

http://www.pse.umass.edu