Nano Solutions to Our Impending Energy Crisis

17 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ali Shakouri

In this talk we review some of the advances in nanoscale energy conversion devices and discuss about the challenges and opportunities to provide a clean energy infrastructure. Couple of examples from solar and thermoelectric materials, devices and systems will be given and the scale of the …

The Production Process for Online Presentation Content on nanoHUB.org

04 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Joseph M. Cychosz

This presentation will provide an overview of the techniques that NCN uses today to place lecture content on nanoHUB.org. A brief history of how we got from our first days of online content to the current methods we employ will also be presented. The NCN currently uses a variety of commercial and …

MSE 597GM Lecture 21: Transport in Rechargeable Batteries I

17 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): R. Edwin García

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[Illinois] The Value of an International Research Experience and How it Can Change Your Approach to Research

14 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Heather Huntsman, Samantha Knoll

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Atomic Force Microscope Investigations of Lubrication Layers

26 Nov 2012 | Notes | Contributor(s): Brian Demczyk

This presentation discusses the characterization of hard disk lubrication layers by phase contrast atomic force microscopy.

Model Validation Document for "A Meta-Analysis of Carbon Nanotube Pulmonary Toxicity Studies – How Physical Dimensions and Impurities Affect the Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes"

19 Nov 2012 | Publications | Contributor(s): Jeremy M Gernand, Elizabeth Casman

This document contains model learning statistics, and structure of the models utilized in the paper “A meta-analysis of carbon nanotube pulmonary toxicity studies – How physical dimensions and impurities affect the toxicity of carbon nanotubes.” This information is meant to supplement and …

Negative Refraction, Wave-particle Dualism and “Minkowski-Abraham controversy”

19 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Victor G. Veselago

Professor Veselago was the first to identify that the relationships between energy and linear momentum are significantly different for electromagnetic radiation and material particles. The process of transfer of radiation from the emitter to the receiver will be discussed. It is shown that the mass …

[Illinois]: CSE Seminar Series: Advances in First-principles Computational Materials Science

20 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Elif Ertekin

The capability to rationally design new materials with tailored properties and functionality on a computer remains a grand challenge whose success would have tremendous impact on several globally-relevant issues. Guided materials design in the form of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering …

MSE 597GM Lecture 22: Transport in Rechargeable Batteries II

28 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): R. Edwin García

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MSE 597GM Lecture 23: Transport in Rechargeable Batteries III

04 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): R. Edwin García

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MSE 597GM Project Feedback

28 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): R. Edwin García

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ECE 606 Lecture 21: MOS Electrostatics

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

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ECE 606 Lecture 22: MOScap Frequence Response/MOSFET I-V Characteristics

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

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ECE 606 Lecture 23: MOSFET I-V Characteristics/MOSFET Non-Idealities

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

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ECE 606 Lecture 24: MOSFET Non-Idealities

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

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[Illinois]: Bioengineering Seminar Series: Advances in the Science of Medical Imaging System Design

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael Insana

In this talk, Professor Insana provides a history and overview of the medical imaging system industry, including concepts in imaging system design. He also shares his own research as well has some of his own history on how his career trajectory shaped his professional interests.

[Illinois]: Bioengineering Seminar Series: The Role of Cell Geometry and Adhesion Ligand Presentation in Guiding Stem Cell Differentiation

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Kristopher A. Kilian

"Substrates that are designed to mimic the extracellular matrix are useful tools for studying cellular processes. Recently, we showed how micropatterning single mesenchymal stem cells can be used to reveal geometric cues that guide lineage specification. Shapes that promote a contractile …

[Illinois]: CABPN Workshop

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir, Matthew V. Schulmerich, Jianjun Cheng, Brian T. Cunningham, William Helferich, Manas Ranjan Gartia, Jozef L. Kokini, Lila Vodkin

Center for Agricultural, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Workshop

[Illinois]: Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series: Plasticity in the Pancreas: New Diabetes Therapies?

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Christopher Wright

Video available June 2013 "The Wright laboratory research focuses on early embryonic development and organogenesis. Numerous papers from hi group have been published in the fields of TGF-beta/BMP-like intercellular signaling in early embryos and of pancreas formation and maintenance with …

[Illinois]: MechSE Bio Interest Group Seminar Series: Spatially-Patterned Collagen Scaffolds for Orthopedic Tissue Engineering and Regulating Stem Cell Fate

26 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steven Caliari

"Regeneration of multi-tissue structures like the tendon-bone junction (TBJ) requires dynamic new biomaterial technologies. The TBJ contains gradations of protein and mineral content that serve to minimize stresses at the interface between the stiff bone and softer tendon to prevent failure. …