The John E. Dorn Memorial Lecture is held each year.

 

 

The Dow Lecture is held through the generous support of The Dow Chemical Company.

 

 

The John E. Hilliard Symposium is our annual capstone event held in May, at which time we highlight the original research of our senior graduate students. This Symposium is intended to encourage communication between our Department and representatives of the companies and agencies that support this work.

 

 

The Jerome B. Cohen Distinguished Lecture Series is held each year.

 

 

The following lectures will be held in L211, Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston Campus except where indicated. Lecture at 4:00 p.m., coffee and cookies at 3:45 p.m.

 

 

 

January 17, 2012
Mark Asta
University of California-Berkeley

"Highly Monodisperse Core-Shell Nanoparticles Created by Solid-State Reactions in Alloys"

Host: Chris Wolverton

 

January 24, 2012
Samuel Graham
George Institute of Technology

“Using ALD and PECVD Thin Films For The Encapsulation Of Organic Electronics”

 

January 31, 2012
Linda F. Nazar
University of Waterloo

“Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond: New Vistas in Energy Storage”

Host: TBA

 

February 7, 2012
Ali Javey
University of California-Berkeley

“Smart and Programmable Materials: from artificial electronic skin to reconfigurable materials”

Host: Mark Hersam

 

Dorn Lecture

February 14, 2012
Pulickel Ajayan
Rice University

“Nano-engineered materials: opportunities and challenges”

 

Dow Lecture

February 21, 2012
Anil Virkar
University of Utah

“Transport-Induced Instability in Electrochemical Devices: Fuel Cells, Batteries, Electrolyzers”

Host: Scott Barnett

 

 

March 6, 2012
Carol Handwerker
Purdue University

CANCELLED

Host: Peter Voorhees