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• May

  29

  MSE Colloquium Series: Prof. Marina Leite - University of Maryland

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  4:00 PM L361, Technological Institute

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  Talk Title: Designing and probing novel materials for energy

  Abstract: My research group is engaged in fundamental and applied research in novel materials for energy harvesting and storage, nanophotonics, and optoelectronics. The performance of most photovoltaic devices is still limited by their nanoscale behavior. To reveal how the electrical and optical responses vary at relevant length scales, we acquire nanoscale resolved “photographs” and “movies” of the performance of inhomogeneous materials for photovoltaics, by means of novel nanospectroscopic methods. Our measurements provide a tomography of charge carrier generation, recombination, and collection within materials ranging from well-established thin films to emerging perovskites. In particular, we probe the correlation between perovskites’ stability and the chemical changes that occur when the material is exposed to humidity, oxygen, temperature, light, and bias. In the realm of energy storage, the further development of rechargeable, safe batteries requires the understanding of why and how the material is changing upon charging/discharging. We elucidate the dynamics of lithiation/delithiation in all-solid-state batteries through in situ electron microscopy methods to ultimately identify and control undesired chemical reactions that lead to capacity fade. Concerning optical materials, we overcome the constraint imposed by the pre-defined dielectric functions of metals by alloying, where we have recently developed a library of their optical properties. Our approach enables new materials with on demand optical response for applications ranging from electrocatalysis to superabsorbers and color displays.

  Bio: Marina Leite is an Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, and the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics at UMD. She has been an invited participant of the National Academy of Engineering 2017 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, the awardee of the 2016 APS Ovshinsky Sustainable Energy Fellowship from the American Physical Society (APS), and of the 2014 Maryland Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award. Before joining UMD in 2013, Leite worked for two years at NIST developing nanoscale metrology for functional materials and was a post-doctoral scholar at Caltech (in H. Atwater’s group). She received her PhD in physics from Campinas State University in Brazil and the Synchrotron Light Source Laboratory. Collectively, her group members received 66 awards/honors in the last 4.5 years, including seven NSF-GRF, three honorable mentions, and awards from MRS, IEEE, OSA, ACS, etc. Her research is funded by NSF-DMR, NSF-ECCS, APS, the Army Research Lab, and ARO.

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  TIME Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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• Apr

  22

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, April 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Apr

  25

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Apr

  29

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, April 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  2

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  6

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, May 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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• May

  8

  Extending Care: A Conversation about Conservation and Futurity

  Block Museum of Art

  6:00 PM Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh

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  The Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts is a collaboration between the Art Institute of Chicago and materials science-related departments at Northwestern University to pursue objects-based and objects-inspired scientific research. Materials research benefits ongoing work in conservation, archaeology, art history, and curatorial scholarship.

  Learn how the Center uses materials research to care for art objects in sustainable, innovative ways with Maria Kokkori, Northwestern Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Senior Scientist in the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts. She will be in conversation with Corey Byrnes, Northwestern Associate Professor of Chinese Culture and co-founder/co-director of the Environmental Humanities Workshop in Kaplan Humanities Center.

  This event is presented by the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science in conjunction with exhibition Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology.

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  TIME Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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• May

  9

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  13

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, May 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  16

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  20

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, May 20, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  23

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  27

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, May 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  30

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Jun

  10

  Northwestern Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  9:00 AM Welsh-Ryan Arena

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  McCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony

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  TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

  LOCATION Welsh-Ryan Arena   

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  CONTACT Amy Pokrass    amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Jun

  10

  Northwestern Engineering Undergraduate Convocation

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  2:00 PM Welsh-Ryan Arena

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  McCormick School of Engineering Undergraduate Convocation

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  TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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  CONTACT Amy Pokrass    amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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