Department of Polymer Science

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SEMINARS FALL 2007 - SPRING 2008

 

SEMINAR LOCATION

 Goodyear Polymer Center, Goodyear Auditorium, 229

170 University Avenue, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909

 

Lectures are Free and Open to the Public

   

    

 

 (Updated January 28, 2008

September 20

11:00 AM

Polymer Science Lecture Series:   Dr. Christopher Robertson

Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology

Jamming Phenomena, Thermorheological Complexity, and Other Viscoelastic Signatures of Particle-Reinforced Polymers

 

October 11 

11:00 AM

Polymer Science Lecture Series:  Dr. Vivek Prabhu

NIST- Polymers Division

Measurement Advances for Identifying Chemically Amplified Photoresist Materials Limits

 

October 31

11:00 AM

Polymer Science Lecture Series:  Dr. Gary Grest

Sandia National Laboratories

Molecular Simulations of Lubrication and Aging in Self-Assembled Monolayers

 

November 15

11:00 AM

Polymer Science Lecture Series:  Dr. Sanat Kumar

Columbia University, Department of Chemical Engineering

Dynamic Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites: Insights from Experiments and Theory

 

December 3

11:00 AM

Special Lecture Dr. Zhen-Gang Wang

California  Institute of Technology

Nucleation in Polymeric and Complex Fluids

Hosted by The College of Polymer Science & Polymer Engineering

 

January 17 11:00 AM

Polymer Science Lecture Series: Mark Banaszak Holl & James R. Baker, Jr.

University of Michigan

Quantitative Studies of Multivalent Polymers Designed for Targeted Drug Delivery

 

January 31

11:00 AM

Polymer Science Lecture Series:  Dr. David Weitz

Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Rheology of Active Biopolymer Networks

 

February 14

11:00 AM

Polymer Science Lecture Series:  Dr. Jeffrey Schloss

NIH-National Human Genome Research Institute

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research for Biology and Medicine

 

April 10

11:00 AM

Polymer Science Lecture Series:  Dr. Eric Sirota

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering

Transient Metastable Mesophases and Crystallization

 

April 17 & 18 2:00 PM

G. Stafford Whitby Lectures:  Dr. Julia A. Kornfield

California Institute of Technology

Lecture I:  New Eastomers for Optimal Vision: Light-Adjustable Intra-Ocular Lenses

Lecture II Making Them Faster and Better:  Flow-Induced Crystallization of Polymers

Sponsored by By Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology

 

April 21 & 22 2:00 PM

Ralph Milkovich Memorial Lectures:  Dr. Mitsuo Sawamoto

Kyoto University, Japan

Lecture I:  TBA

Lecture II: TBA

 

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This schedule is subject to change; please call the number below before attending a lecture.  For further information on the above seminars, please contact The Department of Polymer Science at 330-972-7542 or E-Mail lseib@uakron.edu


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