Colloquium

Fall 2009

Unless otherwise indicated, all seminars:

• are located in Room 774, Jacobs Academic Building;
• open with refreshments at 10:30 a.m.;
• and begin at 10:45 a.m.

Friday, September 25

You Can Do It: How to Successfully Transition from College to Industry
Alrick Warner
Proctor and Gamble

Thursday, October 1*

A Room with a View: Perspectives from Earth on the Cosmos
Sandra Faber
University of California, Lick Observatory
*Thursday, Dibner Auditorium
Refreshments @ 4:15pm, Seminar begins at 4:30pm

Friday, October 2

Creation of “inter-functional” protein domain assemblies: stabilization of a protein and creation of a conformation-specific peptide sensor using domain fusion
Jin R. Kim
Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Friday, October 16

Electronic and Optical Processes in Organic Solar Cells
Erik Fernandez
University of Virginia

Friday, October 23

Electronic and Optical Processes in Organic Solar Cells
Jean-Loc Breads
Georgia Institute of Technology

Friday, October 30

From Embryonic Stem Cells to Spinal Motor Neurons: Modeling Neural Development in a Petri Dish
Hynek Wichterle
Columbia University Medical School

Friday, November 6

From Heterogeneous Polymer Networks to Self-Repairing Materials
Marek Urban
The University of Southern Mississippi

Friday, December 4

Smart Coatings for Corrosion Inhibition: From the Laboratory to Demonstration on Military Hardware
Peter Zarras
Navy China Lake Facilities

Friday, December 11

Surface Chemistry of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Molecular Sensing
Huixin He
Rutgers University