Session: Contributions from all fields to Materials Physics: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Engineering (Science, Technology, and Diversity for a Healthy World)

Friday, October 12, 2012: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM

615 (WSCC)

Chair:

Luz J Martinez-Miranda, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park

Description: Materials Physics is enriched by contributions from all fields. The speakers in this session will present the different multidisciplinary approaches used to study materials and to improve their characteristics and/or use them for different applications.

Sponsored by: National Society of Hispanic Physicists

10:15 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:20 AM

Using Computational Chemical Physics to Interpret Genomic Information
Mary Jo Ondrechen, PhD , Professor , Northeastern University

10:40 AM

Hybrid nanocomposites: using the strengths of organic and inorganic materials to make better materials
Luz J Martinez-Miranda, PhD , Associate Professor , University of Maryland, College Park

11:00 AM

Combining Engineering and Physics knowledge to understand nanomaterials and how these can be optimized
Idalia Ramos-Colon, MS , Associate Professor , University of Puerto Rico at Humacao

11:20 AM

Transparent Conductive Oxides: Oxymoron or Interesting Physics?
Marjorie Olmstead, PhD , Professor , University of Washington

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