Breakthrough in Research and Education Workshop (BREW)

Please join us for the 4th annual Wisconsin MRSEC-sponsored Breakthrough in Research and Education Workshop (BREW) on Friday, November 6, 2015. This MRSEC event aims to explore the latest advances in materials research and translate those research themes into new educational activities and new opportunities for collaboration between MRSEC interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs).

The meeting will be held in Tong Auditorium in the Engineering Centers Building starting at 1:00 pm, followed by dinner and networking at Union South.

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Agenda

1:00 – 1:05           Welcome

1:05 – 1:25           Ultrastable Glasses: New Materials and New Insights - Paul Voyles

1:25 – 1:30           Discussion

1:30 – 1:50           Fluid-Nanomembrane Interfaces - Martin Zanni

1:50 – 1:55           Discussion

1:55 – 2:05           Break

2:05 – 2:25           New Oxide Materials and Novel Heterostructures - Paul Evans

2:25 – 2:30           Discussion

2:30 – 2:50           Synthetic Soft Matter Created and Inspired by Communal Behaviors of Bacteria - Dave Lynn

2:50 – 2:55           Discussion

2:55 – 3:15           Electronics and Optoelectronics of Integrated 2D Nanosystems - Max Lagally

3:15 – 3:20           Discussion

3:20 – 5:45           Education workshop - Tong Auditorium

5:45 – 7:30           Dinner and Keynote Talk – Union South

 

Keynote Speaker: Professor Tim Osswald

"From Natural Rubber to Synthetic Rubber - The Road from the Amazon to Auschwitz"