All Events

Tuesday, Apr. 14—Reconfigurable meta-optics with chalcogenide alloys by Mikhail Shalaginov, Postdoctoral Associate, Materials Science & Engineering

Thursday, Apr. 16—Nanoscale insights into the mechanisms of cellular growth and proliferation by Kacper Rogala, Postdoctoral Associate, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Join virtually via Zoom.

The Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar Series, organized by the Research Laboratory of Electronics and the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, will host Professor Volker J Sorger, George Washington University for a virtual talk on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM.

Tuesday, April 7—Magnetism in the ultrathin limit by Dahlia Klein, PhD candidate, Physics

Thursday, April 9—Dance-inspired investigation of human movement by Praneeth Namburi, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

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Weekly online research presentations by MIT students in nanoscience, nanotechnology, and other advanced research fields. Each 45-minute seminar will consist of a 20-30 minute research talk followed by Q&A. The first two talks will be:

March 31—Manufacturing large-area perovskite thin films: The good, the bad, and the ugly by Richard Swartwout, PhD candidate, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

April 2—On-chip BioPhotonic particle and gas sensors: Ensuring a safe environment indoors and outdoors by Robin Singh, PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering

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MIT Startup Exchange presents its April Startup Workshop, centered around sustainable materials innovation. Today, there is a large and growing societal interest for greater sustainability in the material systems that provide for a modern life style. This workshop will present perspectives from industry leaders, academics, and corporate investors, while showcasing several MIT-connected startups in this field.

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Due to COVID-19, this event has been postponed.

Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series
Phase Transformations of Nanoscale Systems Using In Situ TEM

Judy Cha, Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Yale University
Thursday, March 19, 2020
4:00pm; Building 6, Room 104

This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled.

MIT.nano is delighted to have Pablo Jarillo-Herrero present for the March MIT.nano Seminar Series. Jarillo-Herrero is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT and recent recipient of the 2020 Wolf Prize in Physics. He will present a new platform to investigate strongly correlated physics, based on graphene moiré superlattices.

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MTL Seminar Series
Semiconductor Laser Fabrication and the Development of Lasers for Space

March 11, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Speaker: Adam Erlich (Sheaumann)
Location: Grier Room (34-401)

Luke Hunter, regional product manager for North and South America for TESCAN’s Micro-CT product lines, will give a talk exploring the challenges and innovations in image quality and spatial resolution, highlighting a number of applications across materials science, life science, and geoscience applications.

Monday, March 9
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room 3-270

Join us for a tool talk and workshop with Bruker to learn about the use of HRXRD for detailed structural analysis of epitaxial structures.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
10am–12pm Demonstration & HRXRD background
1pm–4pm Software workshop
12-0168, MIT.nano