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Seminars and Talks

ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES IN THERMAL SPRAYING OF BIOCERAMICS

Prof. Michael K.A. Khor


School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nanyang University of Technology Singapore

Friday, 18th December 2009

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Science Lecture Theatre S2

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RECENT PROGRESS IN BIOPOLYMERS/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES

Dr. Eric Pollet


Laboratory of Engineering Polymers for High Technologies
University of Strasbourg
France

Monday, 23rd November 2009,

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Science Lecture Theatre S1

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TUNING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SINGLE GOLD NANOPARTICLES

Dr. Alison M. Funston


NanoScience Laboratory, Bio21 Institute and School of Chemistry
The University of Melbourne

Thursday 5th November 2009,

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Science Lecture Theatre S1

MICROSTRUCTURAL PROCESSES OF CYCLIC DEFORMATION AND FATIGUE OF ULTRAFINE-GRAINED METALS

Prof. H. Mughrabi


Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Erlangen-Nurnberg Germany

Thursday 15th October 2009,

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m
Science Lecture Theatre S11

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NANOPATTERNED GRAPHENE: A NEW PARADIGM FOR NANOELECTRONICS AND SPINTRONICS

Prof. Feng Liu


Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Wednesday 14th October 2009,


4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m
Science Lecture Theatre S2

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UNLOCKING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AT THE NANOSCALE IN SITU NANOMECHANICAL TESTING IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPES

Mr. Christian Gow


Coherent Scientific Pty. Ltd. Australia

Monday 5th October 2009,

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Science Lecture Theatre S10

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CONJUGATED POLYMER BLENDS FOR PHOTOVOLTAICS

Dr. Chris McNeill


EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
U.K.

Monday 28th September 2009,

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Science Lecture Theatre S1

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DIAMOND: THE ULTIMATE MATERIAL FOR NEARLY EVERYTHING

Dr. Mark Newton


Department of Physics, University of Warwick
U.K.

Monday 31st August 2009,

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Bruce West Seminar Room, Building 23

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GOLD NANORODS CHARACTERIZATION BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

Hadas Katz


Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University

Thursday 30th July 2009,

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Science Lecture Theatre S2

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COMPUTATIONAL THERMODYNAMICS AND REACTIVE DIFFUSION: APPLICATIONS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Prof. Rainer Schmid-Fetzer


Institute of Metallurgy, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany

26th June 2009,

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Science Lecture Theatre S2

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ENGINEERING OPTICAL FIBRES

Dr. Pam McNamara


Institute of Photonics and Optical Science, School of Physics, University of Sydney
Australian Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Sydney

Tuesday 28th April 2009,

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Science Lecture Theatre S4

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NANO AND MICRO INDENTATION WITH HYSITRON – OVERVIEW OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE ON THE TRIBOLAB

Mr. Greg Lance


Hysitron Inc

Tuesday
31st March 2009,

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Science Lecture Theatre S2

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OPTIONS FOR OUR ENERGY FUTURE

Dr. Digby D. Macdonald

Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Tuesday, 3rd March 2009,

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Science Lecture Theatre S2

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PHOTOCHEMICAL AND THERMALLY ADAPTABLE NETWORKS

Prof. Christopher N. Bowman


James and Catherine Patten Chair and Professor
Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Colorado
U.S.A.

Friday 6th February 2009

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Engineering Lecture Theatre E7

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Alloy and process development of Ti and TiAl-based alloys

Professor Mike Loretto

Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Materials
The University of Birmingham

Monday 8 December 2008

2.30pm

CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering
North Seminar Room, Clayton

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THE SYNTHESIS OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS IN IONIC LIQUIDS

Dr. Jenny Pringle


Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University

Tuesday 25th November 2008


4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Science Lecture Theatre S10

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DAMAGE MECHANICS APPROACH TO DUCTILE FRACTURE
AND LOW CYCLIC FATIGUE

Dr. Rimma Lapovok

Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University

Tuesday 28th October 2008

 

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Science Lecture Theatre

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DISPERSION OF CARBON NANOTUBES IN POLYMER MATRIX

A/Prof. Arup R. Bhattacharyya


Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India

Thursday 11th September 2008


3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Science Lecture Theatre S9

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RECENT ADVANCES ON STARCH-BASED NANO-BIOCOMPOSITES

Prof. Luc Avérous


Laboratory of Engineering Polymers for High Technologies
University Louis Pasteur
France

 

Monday 8th September 2008,

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Engineering Lecture Theatre E7

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IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY AGAIN AND TRY …. HARDER?/EASIER?

Dr. A.S. Abhiraman

Unilever, Hindustan Lever Research Centre, Bangalore
India

Friday 29th August 2008,

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Engineering Lecture Theatre E2

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CONDUCTING POLYMER – Pt FREE – AIR ELECTRODE FOR METAL AIR BATTERIES

 

Dr. Bjorn Winther-Jensen


Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University

Tuesday 26th August 2008,

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Science Lecture Theatre S10

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UNDERSTANDING DOMAIN ORIENTATION EFFECTS IN
POLYCRYSTALLINE PIEZOELECTRICS

Prof. Keith Bowman

School of Materials Engineering
Purdue University
U.S.A.

Monday 4th August 2008

4.00pm - 5.00pm Engineering Lecture Theatre E7

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DESIGN OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES USING TOPOLOGICAL
INTERLOCKING OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS

Prof. Yuri Estrin

Department of Materials Engineering
Monash University

Tuesday 29th July 2008

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PROBING THE EARLY STAGES OF ELEMENTAL PARTITIONING
DURING THE NUCLEATION AND GROWTH OF INTRA-GRANULAR
ALPHA IN BETA MATRIX OF TITANIUM ALLOYS

Dr. Raj Banerjee


Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of North Texas, USA

Wednesday 25th June 2008

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STABILITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HIGHCOORDINATED
GROUP IV METAL DIOXIDES

Dr. Varghese Swamy


ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals, Department of Materials Engineering
Monash University

Tuesday 24th June 2008

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ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY IN MATERIALS SCIENCE -
UNRAVELLING THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE AT THE
NANOSCALE

Dr. Matthew Weyland


Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University
Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy

Tuesday 27th May 2008

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POLYMER CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES

Dr. Loïc Le Pluart


Molecular and Thio-organic Chemistry Laboratory
Caen-Lower Normandy University
France

Friday 23rd May 2008

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STATE-OF-THE-ART IN BONE AND HEART TISSUE
ENGINEERING

Dr. Qizhi Chen


Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University

Thursday 5th June 2008

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MATERIALS ENGINEERING POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE

 

Monday 2nd June 2008

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TEXTURES AND PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN STEELS

Prof. Bevis Hutchinson


Corrosion and Metals Research Institute (KIMAB)
Stockholm, Sweden

Tuesday 8th April 2008

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MODELLING OF DEFORMATION FIELD, TEXTURE AND STRAIN
HARDENING IN ECAP USING A GENERAL FLOW LINE
FUNCTION

Prof. Laszlo Toth

Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Matériaux
CNRS UMR 7554, Université de Metz
France

Friday 14th December 2007

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