Ph.D. Thesis Defense
January 30, 2024
12:00 p.m. ET
351 Roberts Engineering Hall
January 30, 2024
12:00 p.m. ET
351 Roberts Engineering Hall
Plasmonic Nanocomposite Near Field Transducer with Capacitive Coupling"
CANDIDATE: Tianxiang Du
COMMITTEE:
Professor David E. Laughlin (MSE, Advisor)
Professor Jian-Gang (Jimmy) Zhu (ECE, Advisor)
Professor Marc De Graef (MSE)
Professor Vincent Sokalski (MSE)
Professor James A. Bain (ECE)
January 23 2026
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
Retractions: On The Rise, But Not Enough, presented by Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch
CUC McConomy Auditorium
January 30 2026
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
Fountain of Youth: metals that resist fatigue and heal themselves, presented by Brad Boyce, Sandia National Laboratories
CUC McConomy Auditorium
February 4 2026
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM ET
Rivers Casino Event Center
February 6 2026
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
presented by Kaushik Bhattacharya, Caltech
CUC McConomy Auditorium
February 13 2026
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
Interfacial Fracture in Soft Polymer Networks: Revisiting Gent's Picture, presented by Gabriel Sanoja Lopez, University of Texas, Austin
CUC McConomy Auditorium
February 20 2026
10:00 AM ET
Materials Science and Engineering
High-Fidelity Atomistic Simulations of Chemistry-Microstructure Interactions in Metals, presented by Rodrigo Freitas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CUC McConomy Auditorium