Materials Science and Engineering Seminars
3:30 p.m. -  4:30pm

Fall 2023

August 24 Dr. Michael Moats, MSE Department Chair and Professor (*Attendance Required by All)  
August 31  Dr. W. Fahrenholtz Curators Professor of Ceramic Engineering, Materials Reseach Center   
September 7 Dr. Matt Draper, Principal for Alloy Development and Processing Technology,Material Certification, Supplier Qualification, and Technology Transition for the US Navy   
September 14 Dr. Lana Alagha, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator Mining and Explosives Engr.  
September 19 Marc Levier  SME 2023 President   
September 28 Nucor  
October 5

Fall Break no Seminar

 
October 12 Dr. Daryoush Allaei, CEO of QRDC   
October 19 Grad Student Presentation  
October 26 Dan Wilson SINTX Technologies, Inc. Commercialization of Materials  
November 2 Grad Student Presentation   
November 9 Dr. Craig Przybyla,  Principal Materials Engineer, Composite Performance Research Team Leader (AFRL/RXNC)   
November 16 Grad Student Presentation   
November 23 Thanksgiving  
     
November 30 1:00 - 3:00 Senior Design Poster presentation  
November 30

Dr. Albert Patterson, AP / Manuf. and Mech. Engr Tech, Charlotte and Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow

Texas A&M "Manufacturability-driven design of structured thermoplastic materials"
 
December 7 Grad Student Presentation   
 

Materials Science and Engineering

3:30 p.m. -  4:30pm

Spring 2024

 
 
January 18 Dr. Michael Moats, MSE Department Chair and Professor (*Attendance Required by All)  
January 25    
February 1    
February 8 Dr. Daoru Han, Associate professor of Aerospace Engineering (S&T)  
February 15

Dr. Shelley Minteer, Director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability.

Rational Design of Polymers for Sustainability Applications.

 
February 22 Research Speed Interviews  
February 29 CAT  
March 7 “Ancient Concretes (Dr. Monday Okoronkwo)”   
March 13 Llyod Nelson, Pyro One 12PM   
March 14 Spring Recess (St. Pat's)  
March 21 Professor Dennis Smith Mississippi State University  
March 28 Spring Break  
April 4 AIST John F. Elliott Lecturer Antoine Allanore is a Professor of
Metallurgy in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering and the recipient of the Heather N. Lechtman
Chair.
 
April 11 Richard Osei, PhD  Steel Dynamics  
April 18 Brittany Robertson, Nuclear Chemist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)  
April 25 Senior Design Presentation (will start at 2:30pm)  
May 2 Grad Student Presentation. Yeshwanth Reddy Mekala.
 
May 9  Finals week