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Explore past topics from weekly MSE seminars held each spring and fall semester.

2026

DateSpeaker/InstitutionTalk Title
Jan. 23Andrew Martin, NC State MSEInauditus Materials Processing Through Surface Asymmetries
Jan. 30Miaofang Chi, Duke UniversityAdvancing Cryogenic Electron Microscopy: From Energy Interfaces to Quantum Matter
Feb. 13Harry Wang, Duke UniversityAI-Enabled Atomic Layer Engineering and Its Applications
Feb. 20Oana Jurchescu, Wake Forest UniversityTranslating Fundamental Device Physics into Personalized Healthcare
Feb. 27Bharat Jalan, University of MinnesotaAltermagnetism in RuO?: From Conflicting Experiments to Emerging Consensus
Mar. 13Yuntian Zhu, City University of Hong KongHeterostructured Materials: New Science Enables Superior Properties
Mar. 27Davis Lecture: Yury Gogotsi, Drexel UniversityBuilding Blocks for Technology of the Future: MXenes and Beyond
Apr. 10Xi Wang, University of DelawareAdaptive Nanophotonics by Novel Materials
Apr. 17Michael Dickey, NC State CBEShaping a Soft Future
Apr. 24Kevin Huang, University of South CarolinaRechargeable Aqueous Zn-Ion Batteries: Materials and Mechanism

2025

DateSpeaker/InstitutionTalk Title
Jan. 17 Kelvin Chang, Northrop Grumman Synoptics Bulk Crystal Growth Development of New Materials
Jan. 31 Zi-Kui Liu, Pennsylvania State University Zentropy
Feb. 5 Harikrishnan KP, Cornell University Atomic-Scale Insights into Ferroic Materials with Electron Ptychography and 4D-STEM
Feb. 7 Mostafa Yourdkhani, Arizona State University Digital Manufacturing of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites
Feb. 14 Honyung Lee, ORNL Precision Synthesis and Strain Engineering of Oxide Quantum Heterostructures
Feb. 28 Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, University of Pennsylvania Tailoring Interface and Surface Chemistry Toward Stable and Efficient Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics
Feb. 28 Taylor Sparks, University of Utah The LLM Revolution in Materials Science: From Data Extraction to Crystal Design
Mar. 18 KyuJung Jun, MIT Machine-Learning-Assisted Atomistic Modeling and Design of Complex Ionic Conductors for Next-Generation Energy Storage
Mar. 21 14th Annual Davis Lecture: Moungi Bawendi, MIT Quantum Dots: A Synthesis Seeds a Journey of Nano-Explorations
Mar. 28 Malik Wagih, LLNL Materials Discovery and Design Through Defect Engineering
Apr. 4 Sunny Gupta, Rice University In Pursuit of Nature?s Hidden Rules for Functional Quantum and Energy Materials Design
Apr. 11 Dae Sung Chung, Pohang University of Science and Technology Organic Photodiodes: Beyond Visible Light
Apr. 23 Paul Besser, Entegris, Inc. Materials Innovations That Enable AI
Aug. 29 Excellence in MSE Graduate Research Advanced Biomimetic Materials Models: Merve Fedai; Strain-Induced Lead-Free Morphotropic Phase Boundary: Reza Ghanbari; Inorganic Materials for Phosphorus Capture and Recovery from Waters: Darrell Harry; Crystallographic Shear-Phase Transition Metal Oxides for Fast-Charging Batteries: Vincenzo Musico
Sept. 12 Stephen Furst, Smart Material Solutions Biomimicry and Beyond: How Nano-Scale Texturing Can Enhance a Material's Nature and Defy It
Sept. 19 Vijay Vasudevan, University of North Texas Novel Nickel-based Alloys for High Temperature Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Structural Applications
Sept. 26 Jinghua Guo, LBNL Probing Interfacial Phenomena in Energy Materials via In-Situ/Operando Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy
Oct. 3 Jianguo Mei, Purdue From Lab to the Market: A Journey With Organic Electronics
Oct. 24 Dong Yu, University of California, Davis Long and Fast Journey of Photogenerated Carriers in Topological Insulators
Oct. 31 3rd Annual Koch Lecture: Peter Liaw, University of Tennessee An Introduction to High-Entropy Alloys and Superior High-Temperature Strength in a Refractory HEA
Nov. 7 Jerry Floro, University of Virginia Eutectoid Disorder/Order Transformations in Co-Pt and Fe-Pd: Microstructures, Magnetism, and a New Old Phase
Nov. 14 Qian Chen, University of Illinois Electron Videography of Soft, Biological, and Energy Materials
Nov. 21 Jason Green, University of Massachusetts Assembling Dissipative Materials by Amplifying Fluctuations
Dec. 5 Megan Jackson, UNC-Chapel Hill Spatially Resolved Mechanistic Insights into Electrode-Electrolyte and Gas-Liquid Interfaces

2024

DateSpeaker/InstitutionTalk Title
Jan. 12 Tom Schroeder, NC State Polymers as Tunable Kinetic Barriers in Energy Transduction and Material Synthesis
Jan. 19 Zetian Mi, University of Michigan Ultrawide-Bandgap Ferroelectric Nitride Semiconductors: Epitaxy, Properties, and Emerging Device Applications
Jan. 26 Stacy Copp, UC Irvine DNA as an Architect for Atomically Precise Silver Nanoclusters
Feb. 9 Ellen Cerreta, LANL Materials for the Future at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Feb. 16 Honggyu Kim, University of Florida Unlocking Phase Complexity in Functional Materials Using 4D-STEM and Machine-Learning-Aided Digital Image Processing
Feb. 23 Jordan Hachtel, ORNL The Monochromated Smorgasbord: A Feast of New Applications for Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy at Ultrahigh Spatial and Spectral Resolution
Mar. 1 John Reynolds, Georgia Tech From Spin to Spray to Blade: Processing Pi-Conjugated Polymers for Solid-State and Redox-Active Applications
Mar. 8 Albert Liu, University of Michigan Colloidal Electronic Matter
Mar. 22 Venkat Gopalan, Penn State Probing Complex Oxides with Nonlinear Optics and Coherent X-Rays
Apr. 4 13th Annual Robert F. Davis Distinguished Lecture: Hiroshi Amano, Nagoya University Wide and Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors: A Journey to the Unknown World
Apr. 12 Seung Sae Hong, UC Davis Complex Oxide Membranes and Their Heterostructures
Apr. 19 Alon Gorodetsky, UC Irvine Dynamic Materials Inspired by Cephalopods
Apr. 30 Varun Harbola, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics Opening New Perspectives in Nanotechnology: Symmetry-Forbidden Interfaces, Vector Substrates, and Immaculate Nanocrystals
May 16 Yao Yang, Cornell University Operando Methods at Dynamic Energy Materials Interfaces
Jun. 18 Arumugam Manthiram, University of Texas What Is Ahead with Energy Storage?
Jun. 19 Paul Weiss, UCLA Nanotechnology Approaches to Biotechnology, Medicine, and Sustainability
Jun. 24 Masaya Yamamoto, Tohoku University Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine and Environmental Research
Jul. 8 Ruocun ?John? Wang, Drexel University 2D Ti?C?T? MXene for Energy Storage?Use in Passive and Active Components
Aug. 9 Anand Pathak, University of Hyderabad Interaction of Energetic Ion Beams with Solid-State Materials
Aug. 16 Parvathalu Kalakonda, Osmania University Biosynthesized Flexible Bimetallic Polymer Nanocomposites for Dip-Based Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Applications
Nov. 7 Jerry Floro, University of Virginia Eutectoid Disorder/Order Transformations in Co-Pt and Fe-Pd: Microstructures, Magnetism, and a New Old Phase
Aug. 30 Fall 2024 Excellence in NC State MSE Graduate Research Seminar Naveen Narasimhachar Joshi: Wafer-Scale Integration and Extraordinary Functional Properties of Q-Carbon Thin Films; Konnor Koons: Low-Loss, Far-Infrared Surface Phonon Polaritons in SrTiO? Membranes; Saeed Saeed: Understanding Complex Ion Insertion Mechanisms Using In Situ and Operando Tools to Advance Electrochemical Energy Technologies
Nov. 14 Qian Chen, University of Illinois Electron Videography of Soft, Biological, and Energy Materials
Sept. 6 Yong Wei, University of North Georgia Supercharging Materials Discovery and Beyond with Advanced Graph Machine Learning
Nov. 21 Jason Green, University of Massachusetts Assembling Dissipative Materials by Amplifying Fluctuations
Sept. 13 Megan Butala, University of Florida Atomic Structure Insights for Advancing Energy Storage and Electronic Materials
Dec. 5 Megan Jackson, UNC-Chapel Hill Spatially Resolved Mechanistic Insights into Electrode-Electrolyte and Gas-Liquid Interfaces
Sept. 20 Yongmin Liu, Northeastern University Accelerating the Design and Development of Engineered Photonic Materials Based on Deep Learning
Sept. 27 Johan Foster, University of British Columbia Engineering the Next Generation of Materials Using Bioproducts
Oct. 4 Andrew Ang, Swinburne University of Technology Unlocking the Potential of High-Entropy Alloys: Innovations in Surface Coating Technology at Swinburne
Oct. 4 Jason Azoulay, Georgia Tech Narrow Bandgap Conjugated Polymers with Strong Correlations and Open-Shell Electronic Structures: Toward New Phenomena and Emergent Technologies
Oct. 11 Peeyush Nandwana, ORNL Phase Transformations in Metal Additive Manufacturing
Oct. 18 Ivan Moreno-Hernandez, Duke University Understanding Activation and Degradation Pathways of Oxygen-Evolving Electrocatalysts Across Spatiotemporal Domains
Nov. 1 3rd Annual Carl and Carolyn Koch Lecture Series: Enrique Lavernia Strong and Ductile High-Entropy Alloys for Cryogenic to Elevated-Temperature Applications
Nov. 8 Lucas Caretta, Brown University Unconventional Polar Phenomena in Epitaxial Magnetic Heterostructures
Nov. 15 Nicholas Kotov, University of Michigan Understanding Complex Particle Systems Through Graph Theory
Nov. 22 John Heron, University of Michigan Entropy-Stabilized Oxides: Manipulating Local Structure and Charge for Macroscopic Properties

2023

Jan 13, 2023Sam Daigle, Laine Taussig and Akhlak-Ul Mahmood, NC State MSESam Daigle: Computational Studies of High Entropy Ceramics
Laine Taussig: Electrostatic Self-Assembly Induces Water-Stabilized PEDOT:PSS for High-Performance OECTs
Akhlak-Ul Mahmood: New Molecular Models and Methods for Simulations of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Jan 20, 2023Franky So, NC State MSEOrganic and Perovskite Photonics: From Spontaneous Light Emission, Lasing to Superfluorescence
Jan 27, 2023Fred Kish, NC State ECEHeterogeneous Integration and Engineering of Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices
Feb 3, 2023Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Drexel UniversityManeuvering the energy storage properties of nanostructured bilayered vanadium oxides through controlled synthesis
Feb 10, 2023Raymond Unocic, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryIn situ STEM approaches for Interpreting Atomic to Nanoscale Transformation Mechanisms and Kinetics in Functional Nanomaterials
Feb 14, 2023Nairiti Sinha, University of California, Santa BarbaraComputationally-informed peptides as modular building blocks for supramolecular self-assembly
Feb 17, 2023Dennis Kim, University of California, Los Angeles
Feb. 21, 2023Ziying Hu, Northwestern University
Feb 24, 2023Katherine Sytwu, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryLights, Camera, Action! Understanding and Controlling Nanoparticle Transformation Dynamics
Feb 27, 2023Jun Xu, University of North Carolina at CharlotteUnderstanding battery safety issues from a multiphysics perspective
Feb 28, 2023Martin Seifrid, University of TorontoEvolving Materials Design Toward the Lab of the Future
March 24, 2023Sergei Kalinin, University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleMachine Learning and Automated Experiment in Microscopy: From Learning Physics to Making Better Materials
March 28, 2023Scott Danielsen, Duke UniversityMucus, Gels, Coacervates, and other “Sticky” Associative Polymers
March 31, 2023Robert F. Davis Distinguished Lecture Series: Presents Dr. Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Rice UniversityUltra-Low-Voltage: Beyond CMOS Microelectronics
April 5, 2023Shannon Boettcher, University of OregonAkaline-Membrane Electrolysis: Catalyst Fundamentals to Performance, Durability, and Interface Design
April 7, 2023Shelley Claridge, Purdue UniversityPlenty of Room at the Top: From Molecular to Macroscale Patterning of Hard and Soft Materials
April 14, 2023Rajeev Mishra, University of North TexasDeformation Induced Transformation: Revisiting Burgers Triangle with Metastability Engineered Alloys
April 21, 2023Yayoi Takamura, University of California, DavisTopotactic Transformations in Complex Oxide Thin Films
June 13, 2023Kinga A. Unocic, Ph.D., Oak Ridge National LaboratoryInsight into Materials Degradation in Extreme Environments with in situ/operando Electron Microscopy
June 30, 2023Shan Jiang, Iowa State UniversityBreaking the Symmetry: from Nanoparticle Self-Assembly to In-Space Manufacturing
June 30, 2023Yuntian Zhu, City University of Hong KongHeterostructured Materials: A Fast-Developing New Materials Field
July 19, 2023Michael Bodunrin, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SAAffordable Bio-Implant Materials
July 24, 2023Tim Moore, University of MichiganExploiting Anisotropy for Materials Discovery and Design
Aug 1, 2023Laurent Bellaiche, University of ArkansasDesigning New Materials and Phenomena From Ab-Initio Approaches
Aug 25, 2023Andreas Fery, University of DresdenFrom Bioinspired Structure Formation to Particle-Based Metamaterials
Aug 30, 2023Uli Lemmer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GermanyOptoelectronic and Photonic Devices By Inkjet Printing
Sept 1, 2023Fall 2023 Excellence in NC State MSE Graduate Research. Seminar presented by Alana Pauls, Abdullah Al Shafe, and Jack Almeter. Wang Zhang Awards presented to Venkata Bhuvaneswari Vukkum and Michael SpencerAlana Pauls: “Interface Driven High Fidelity Lithography via Metastable Material States.”
Abdullah Al Shafe: “Rubber Toughened Organic Solar Cells: Miscibility-Morphology-Performance Relations.”
Jack Almeter: “Relaxed AlGaN Via Misfit Dislocation Engineering.”
Sept 8, 2023Jay Guo, University of MichiganStructural Colors: Principle, Design, and Realization
Sept 15, 2023Qing Gu, NC State ECE and PhysicsLuminescent Photonic Materials, Metamaterials and Devices
Sept 22, 2023Julia Dshemuchadse, Cornell UniversityUnderstanding the Self-Assembly of Complex Crystal Structures Through Minimalistic Simulations
Sept 29, 2023Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, University of UtahChirality/Iionic/Spin-Induced Electronic Transfer in Organometal Halide Semiconductors
Oct 11, 2023Paul Besser, EntegrisMaterials Innovations Driving Microprocessor Performance
Oct 13, 2023Junqiao Wu, UC BerkeleyWhat One Material Can Do
Oct 20, 2023Carl and Carolyn Koch Lecture Series: Alan Taub, University of MichiganElucidating the Formation Mechanisms and Resulting Microstructures of In Situ Al-TiC Nanocomposites
Oct 27, 2023Dongwon Shin, Oakridge National LaboratoryModern Supercomputing and Data Analytics for Accelerating the Design of Structural Materials
Nov 3, 2023David Kisailus, UC IrvineFrom Nature to Engineering: Biological Blueprints for Next Generation Advanced Materials
Nov 10, 2023Lane W. Martin, UC BerkeleyFerroic Complex Oxides for Next-Generation Applications and Devices
Nov 17, 2023Peter Sushko, Pacific Northwest National LabTowards Atomic Precision in Superconducting Qubits: Mechanisms of Ta Oxidation and Strategies for Oxidation Suppression
Dec 1, 2023Jiyun Kim, Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologyDigitizing Soft Machine

2022

January 14, 2022Farshid Ramezanipour, University of LouisvilleMaterial Design for Energy Conversion and Storage: Impact of Structure-Property Relationships
January 28, 2022Richard Spontak, NC State UniversityAn Integrated Materials Approach to Ultraselective Polymer Membranes for Carbon Capture: Breaking through the Upper Bound
February 11, 2022Martin Thuo, Iowa State UniversityInterfaces-Driven Frugal Engineering: From Heat-free Solders to Graphitic Macrotubes
February 18, 2022Xiaodan Gu, University of Southern MississippiHarnessing Polymer Physics To Achieve Predictable Design of Soft Electronic Materials For Wearable Applications
February 25, 2022Michael Ford, Lawrence Livermore National LabToward Physical Intelligence Using Functional Soft Matter
March 4, 2022Andy Nieto, Naval Postgraduate SchoolDesigning Materials for Extreme Environments: Functionally Graded Composites and Coatings using Nanomaterial Reinforcement
March 11, 2022Aleeza Farrukh, University of California, IrvineFrom Biomaterials to Bioelectronic Devices: Precise Control Over Cell Fate
March 25, 2022Jason Patrick, NC State CCEESustained Self-healing of Woven Fiber-Composite Laminates via In Situ Thermal Remending
April 15 , 2022Bharat Gwalani, PNNLDeformation-Induced Modification of Phase Transformation Pathways in Metallic Systems
April 22, 2022Pegah Bagheri, NC State MSE Ph.D. CandidatePoint Defect Management in Ultrawide Bandgap Materials
April 27, 2022Eric McLamore, Clemson UniversityData-Informed Decision Support: Point of Need Sensors for Testing Water
Aug 26, 2022Jennifer Andrew, University of FloridaMagnetoelectric Nanowires: Synthesis, Assembly, and Applications in Electronics and Biomedicine
Sept 2, 2022Kelsey Mirrielees, Michael Spencer and Shichen (Mason) Yin, NC State MSEKelsey Mirrielees: Predicting Oxide Reconstructions at AlN and GaN (0001) Surfaces
Michael Spencer: Electrochemical Proton Insertion Modulates the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Tungsten Oxides
Shichen (Mason) Yin: PbS QD for Short-wave Infrared Photodetectors
Sept 9, 2022Xiaoyue Ni, Duke UniversityHuman-Centered Materials Intelligence
Sept 16, 2022Sindee Simon, NC State CBEThe Glass Transition and Structural Recovery: Effects of Pressure and Nanoconfinement
Sept 23, 2022Scott McCormack, University of California, DavisIn-situ phase equilibria and thermal expansion up to 3000 C and beyond
Sept 30, 2022Christopher Rock, NC State ISEMetallurgical Considerations for Additive Manufacturing of Metals and Alloy Development for AM
Oct 7, 2022Veerle Keppens, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleCompositionally complex oxides: synthesis, characterization, challenges, and opportunities
Oct 14, 2022Bilge Yildiz, MITUnderstanding and tuning the surface chemistry of perovskite oxides to activate oxygen exchange and water splitting
Oct 21, 2022Ichiro Takeuchi, University of MarylandAutonomous combinatorial experimentation for streamlined materials discovery
Oct 28, 2022Jie Yin, NC State MAELeveraging Physical Intelligence for High-Performance Soft Robots
Nov 4, 2022Carl Koch, NC State MSEFirst Annual Koch Distinguished Lecture
Nov 11, 2022Beth Opila, University of VirginiaMaterials Design for Extreme Environment Applications using Rare Earth Silicates and Oxides
Dec 2, 2022James LeBeau, MITScanning transmission electron microscopy in materials science: past, present, and future

2021

January 22, 2021Early Career Lecture Series: Corey Oses, Duke UniversityHigh-Entropy Ceramics
January 29, 2021Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Lab.Discovery of two-dimensional superconductivity and nematic electronic states at KTaO3 (111) interfaces
February 5, 2021Javad Shabani, NYURealizing topological superconductivity in planar Josephson junctions
February 12, 2021Early Career Lecture Series: Kent Griffith, Northwestern UniversityUnderstanding Intrinsically Rapid Electrochemical Charge Storage in Complex Inorganic Oxides
February 19, 2021Harold Hwang, Stanford UniversitySoft chemistry approaches to superconductivity in infinite layer nickelates
February 26, 2021Early Career Lecture Series: Salva Rezaie, UCSBAtomic-scale Understanding of Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Materials
March 12, 2021James Rondinelli, NorthwesternDesigning Electronic Phase Transitions with Multiple Anions
March 19, 2021Ruijuan Xu, Stanford UniversityControlling ferroelectricity at the nanoscale: from oxide heterostructures to freestanding crystalline membranes
March 26, 2021Betul Akkopru Akgun, Penn State UniversityThe Role of Defect Chemistry in DC Resistance Degradation of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films
March 30, 2021Alp Sehirlioglu, Case Western Reserve UniversityGuiding the search for high-temperature ferroelectric perovskites
April 2, 2021Alexei Gruverman, University of Nebraska-LincolnNanoelectronic Phenomena in Low-Dimensional Ferroelectrics
April 9, 2021Kyle Webber, FAUStress-Modulated Electromechanical Properties of Lead-Free Ferroelectrics
April 16, 2021Early Career Lecture Series: Jill Wenderott, NorthwesternElucidating Synthesis Pathways to Molybdenum Oxynitrides for Use in Catalysis Applications
April 23, 2021Debdeep Jena, Cornell UniversityPolarization-induced doping in ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor quantum structures
August 27, 2021Arun Kumar Kota, NC State MAESuperomniphobic Surfaces: Design & Applications
September 10, 2021Richard Superfine, UNC-CHCombining Volumetric Morphodynamics and Force Measurements for Understanding Cell Mechanobiology in Space and Time
September 17, 2021Dali Sun, NC State Dept of PhysicsSpintronic Terahertz Emission from Two-Dimensional Hybrid Metal Halides
September 24, 2021Kris Darling, U.S. Army Research LaboratoryThermodynamic and Practical Aspects of Mechanical Alloying and the Mechanical Response of Stabilized Nano Crystalline CuTa Alloys
October 1, 2021Krishna Rajan, University of BuffaloAdvancing Materials Science Through the Lens of Information Science
October 8, 2021Andrea Hodge, University of Southern CaliforniaDesigning Microstructures via Nano Multilayers
October 15, 2021Ramón Collazo, NC State MSEGrowth and Point Defect Control of AlGaN for UV Laser Diodes
October 22, 2021Saniya LeBlanc, George Washington UniversityTackling Energy Sector Challenges by
Intersecting Materials, Manufacturing, and Systems
October 29, 2021Kenan Gundogdu, NC State PhysicsMacroscopic Quantum Phenomena at Room Temperature
November 5, 2021Amit Misra, University of MichiganInterface-Microstructure-Enabled Mechanical Behavior of Metallic Nanocomposites
November 12, 2021Russell Holmes, University of MinnesotaEngineering molecular orientation and polarization in organic semiconductor thin films – Impact on optoelectronic device design and performance
November 19, 2021Saad Khan, NC State Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringFunctional Soft Solids: A Foray into Gels, Aerogels and Nanofibrous Structures
December 10, 2021Olivier Delaire, Duke UniversityAtomic Dynamics in Energy and Functional Materials: Vibrations, Diffusion, and Phase Transitions