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• May

  26

  MSE Colloquium (DOW LECTURE): Craig Hawker

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  4:00 PM L361 Technological Institute

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  The Department of Materials Science and Engineering welcomes you to its 2015 DOW Lecture

  Craig Hawker
  University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
  Location: Tech L361, 4:00pm

  Abstract: The self-assembly and directed functionalization of polymeric materials is a promising platform for the “bottom-up– fabrication of nanostructured systems. In designing such nanostructures, the molecular characteristics and functional groups of the chemical building blocks dictate the assembly process and are therefore critical in the formation of various structures. This feature will be illustrated with examples ranging from new strategies for the fabrication of nanostructured particles to novel hydrogels and surface coating inspired by marine organisms.

  Biography:
  Professor Craig J. Hawker, FRS is Clarke Professor and holds the Alan and Ruth Heeger Chair of Interdisciplinary Science at UCSB where he directs the California Nanosystems Institute and the Materials Research Laboratory. He came to UCSB in 2004 after eleven years as a Research Staff Member at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA. Prior to this he attended the University of Queensland, Australia in 1981 and received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry. After graduating, Craig went to the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom to study the biosynthesis of Vitamin B12 under Prof. Sir A. R. Battersby. Upon finishing his doctorate, Craig ventured to the United States to do his post-doctoral work with Professor J.M.J. Frechet at Cornell University.
  Professor Hawker's research activities focus on synthetic polymer chemistry and nanotechnology, integrating fundamental studies with the development of nanostructured materials for advanced properties and functions in microelectronics and biotechnology. This work has led to over 400 peer-reviewed papers and 50 patents with a number of materials being commercialized. He has helped establish a range of start-up companies - Relypsa, Intermolecular, Olaplex, Tricida – serving as both Founder and Scientific Advisor. For his pioneering studies, Professor Hawker's recent honors include the 2013 American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry, the 2012 Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry and an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society in 2011. Professor Hawker has been honored with election to the Royal Society (2010) as well as being named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

  The 2015 Dow Lecture is generously supported by the Dow Chemical Company.

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  TIME Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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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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• 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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• 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, 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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• 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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