Session: NSF Mrsec: Increasing Diversity in Materials Science through Team Based Interdisciplinary Research (2015 SACNAS National Conference)

Friday, October 30, 2015: 3:15 PM-4:45 PM

National Harbor 7 (Gaylord National Resort And Convention Center)

Chair:

Christine Broadbridge, PhD, Education Director, CRISP (Yale.SCSU); Director of STEM Initiatives (SCSU), Southern CT State University/Yale University

Description: Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers (MRSECs) facilitate large multidisciplinary teams of university-based researchers undertaking cutting-edge materials research. This symposium will illustrate the value-added of interdisciplinary research for students and researchers, while highlighting opportunities for REU, MS and PhD study as well as postdoctoral and faculty appointments.

3:15 PM

Liquid Crystals for Detection of Chemical and Biological Compounds
Marco Bedolla Pantoja, MS , Graduate Student , University of Wisconsin Madison

3:35 PM

Nanopatterns Formation through Atomic Layer Deposition on Self-Assembled Oligomeric Block Copolymer Thin Films
Luis Oquendo, PhD , Post-doc , University of Minnesota

3:55 PM

Research in IRG3: Engineering Quantum Materials and Interactions at the University of Chicago MRSEC
Leonidas Ocola, PhD , Senior Investigator , Argonne National Laboratory; University of Chicago

4:15 PM

Studying Receptor Mediated Liposome Fusion Kinetics at Aqueous/Liquid Crystal Interfaces
Katherine Macri, MS , Graduate Student , University of Colorado Boulder

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