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SPEAKERS SCHEDULE

January 2005
as of January 28, 2005

Wed., Jan. 12 
1:00 pm 
Mason 107 
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"The Casimir Effect and the Negative vacuum Radiation Pressure"
Dr. Joseph Imry
Weizmann Institute
Rehovot, Israel
Host: Prof.
Daniel Prober
Wed., Jan. 12 
2:30 pm 
Mason 107 
Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar: "Processing, Composition, and Microstructure of Sputtered NiTiX Films" 
Prof. David Grummon
Michigan State University
 

Refreshments 
Host: Prof. Ainissa Ramirez 
Thurs., Jan. 13  
1:00 pm  
Sloane 
Physics Lab 52  
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Spin-Hall Effect in Two-dimensional Spin-orbit Coupled Systems: Experiment and Theory" 
Prof. Jairo Sinova
Texas A&M University
Host: Prof. Steven Girvin
Fri., Jan. 14 
11:00 am 
Becton 
Faculty Lounge 
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Quantification of Airborne Biological Contaminants Associated with Land Applied Biosolids"
Prof. Jordan Peccia
Department of Civil & Environmental EngineeringArizona State University
Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech
Mon., Jan. 17 
4:00 pm 
Mason 107
 
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Electronic Characterization of Semiconductor Nanowires"
Ryan Munden
Physics Department
Yale

Refreshments at 3:30 pm
Adviser: Prof. Mark Reed

Wed., Jan. 19 
11:00 am 
Anlyan Center  Room N-203 
(corner of Cedar and Congress Streets)

Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Therapeutic Radiology:
"The Interface Between Hypoxia and Tumor Angiogenesis"
Dr. Mark Dewhirst, DVM
Department of Radiation Oncology
Duke University
Hosts: Prof. Mark Saltzman and Dr. Sara Rockwell
Wed., Jan. 19 
1:00 pm 
Mason 107 
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Coherent Optical Manipulation of Quantum Dot Spins: A Path into Quantum Computing"
Prof. Duncan G. Steel
University of Michigan
Host: Prof.
Robert Schoelkopf
Wed., Jan. 19 
2:30 pm 
Mason 107 
Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar: 
"Droplet Formation and Manipulation in Microfluidic Devices"
Dr. Darren Link 
Raindance Technologies
Guilford, CT

Refreshments 
Host: Prof. Juan de la Mora
Wed., Jan. 19 
4:00 pm 
Mason 211 
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar: "Multiscale Approach to Multi-Component Wetting"
Dr.  Anne Grillet
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
Host: Prof. Michael Loewenberg
Thurs., Jan. 20  
1:00 pm  
Sloane  
Physics Lab 52  
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Dot for Dummies"
Prof. R. Shankar
Physics and Applied Physics
Yale 
Host: Prof. Steven Girvin
Fri., Jan. 21 
11:00 am 
Mason 107 
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar: 
"The Biodegradation of Toxic Explosives by Poplar Trees: Analysis of Gene Expression"
Prof. Benoit van Aken
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Iowa
Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech
Fri., Jan. 21  
noon  
Mason 107  
Biomaterials Seminar Series: 
"Biominerals
Dr. Catherine Skinner 
Geology and Geophysics

A light lunch will be provided
Host: Prof. Paul Van Tassel
Wed., Jan. 26 
11:00 am 
Becton 
Faculty Lounge 
Biomedical Engineering Seminar:
"A Bottom-up Assembly Approach towards Integrated Nanosystems"
Dr. Yu Huang
Material Science & Engineering Department
MIT
Host: Prof. Mark Saltzman
Wed., Jan. 26 
1:00 pm 
Mason 107 
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Thermal Transport in Metallic Nanostructures"
Prof. Venkat Chandrasekhar
Northwestern University
Host: Prof.
Daniel Prober
Wed., Jan. 26 
2:30 pm 
Mason 107 
Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Tailoring Surfaces to Optimize Friction from Nanometers to Millimeters"
Prof. Robert W. Carpick 
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Refreshments 
Host: Prof. Udo Schwarz
Mon., Jan. 31 
4:00 pm 
Hope 216 
Medical School 
   
Special Biomedical Engineering Seminar:
"Measurements and Models of the Apoptotic Signaling Network Shared by TNF, EGF, and Insulin"
Kevin Janes, Cand. Ph.D.
Biological Engineering Division
MIT
Host: Prof. Mark Saltzman

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