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.

 

 

 

 

 

October 16, 2009
Morris Fine Lecture
Tech Auditorium
Subra Suresh
Dean of the School of Engineering
Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering
MIT

“Materials Science at the Intersections of Nanotechnology, Life Sciences and Human Health”

Host: Peter Voorhees

 

October 20, 2009
Ana Claudia Arias
Area Manager
Printed Electronic Devices
Palo Alto Research Center

“Flexible Printed Sensor Tape based on Solution Processed Materials”

Host: Tobin Marks

 

November 3, 2009
Jianmin Qu
Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Northwestern University

"Interfacial Excess Energy, Excess Stress and Excess Strain in Elastic Solids"

November 10, 2009
Robert S. Averback
Interim Head, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

“Mesoscopic Self-organization in Metal Alloys
Subjected to Severe Plastic Deforamtion
and Particle Irradiation”

November 17, 2009
Jan Schroers
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Yale University

“Bulk Metallic Glasses Form Like Plastics”

Host: David Dunand

November 24, 2009
Robert Haddon
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of California-Riverside

“Advances in the Chemistry and Application of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene”

Host: Mark Hersam