Monday, April 1, 2002Volume 2, Issue 6
Director's Message
Materials Day
April 15, 2002, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Nittany Lion Inn - Ballroom
Here is your opportunity to take a few hours to catch-up on what your colleagues and their students are doing in materials, to describe your work to industrial visitors, and to get an update on the big picture of Materials at Penn State.... and a first-class buffet lunch is included. Many of you have expressed an interest in such a campus-wide get together, so I hope you will take advantage of this once-a-year event. It is for you!
Please R.S.V.P. to Validate to view address - Send Email via form or 865-1656.
Regards,
Carlo Pantano
MRI Faculty Spotlight
As the world population continues to grow and the space afforded to each human being continues to shrink, water quality will be one of the most significant issues we face. Generally, we think of water pollution as originating from industrial byproducts or accidents such as chemical spills, however, nature plays a major role in water pollution. Water carries and transmits many bacteria, and how those bacteria move through water sources is just one of the research foci of Jim Kubicki, Assistant Professor of Geosciences.
For the full story go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/articles/JimKubicki/
Summer Short Courses at Penn State
- Vacuum Science and Technology, June 3-5
- Rietveld Refinement, June 18-19
Space is limited. For curriculum and registration information go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/facilities/mcl/
Materials Seminars
Tuesday, April 02, 2002Time: 3:30 PMTuesday, April 02, 2002
Location: 339 Davey Lab
Title: Atomic Force Microscopy of Protein Elasticity and Membrane Structures
Speaker: Albert Jin, National Institutes of Health
Time: 4:00 PMThursday, April 04, 2002
Location: 22 Deike Bldg
Title: Combinatorial Polymer Science: What's New Since Edison?
Speaker: Eric Amis - NIST
Time: 12:15 PMThursday, April 04, 2002
Location: S5 Osmond
Title: Investigating the Structure, Physics, and Chemistry of Single Polymer Chains, One at a Time
Speaker: Paul Barbara, University of Texas, Austin
Time: 4:00 PMSaturday, April 06, 2002
Location: 117 Osmond Lab
Title: Superconductivity in Magnesium-Carbon-Nickel3 (MgCNi3), A Non-Oxide Perovskite
Speaker: Robert Cava, Princeton University
Time: 8:30 AMTuesday, April 09, 2002
Location: HUB-Alumni Hall
Title: Penn State Eberly College of Science Open-House Day
Time: 10:00 AMTuesday, April 09, 2002
Location: 140 Fenske Laboratory
Title: Engineering the Chemistry of Vapor Deposition
Speaker: Karen K. Gleason, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: 22 Deike Bldg
Title: Teaching General Chemistry via a Materials-centered Curriculum: Reinvigorating Engineering Education
Speaker: Don Sadoway - MIT
For a complete list of upcoming materials related seminars go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/seminars.asp
New Funding Opportunities
New and Innovative Ideas for Advanced Technology Opportunities U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (Concept papers due 15th of every month).
