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• Sep

  29

  MSE Colloquium: Fine Lecture – Harry Atwater

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  4:00 PM L211, Technological Institute

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  MSE Fall 2026 Colloquium Series

  Fine Lecture

  “Three Grand Challenges for Photonics and Energy”

  Prof. Harry Atwater, CalTech

  Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026 | 4PM | Tech L211

  A small reception to follow in the Willens Wing Atrium**

  Questions? Email Allison at allison.macknick@northwestern.edu

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  TIME Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  LOCATION L211, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Allison Macknick    allison.macknick@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

• Oct

  2

  National Manufacturing Day at Northwestern University

  Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation

  8:15 AM 2001 Sheridan Road

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  Manufacturing with Embodied AI

  Celebrating manufacturing-related R&D achievements and their business impacts on National Manufacturing Day!

  Leadership Remarks
  -Northwestern University President Mung Chiang
  -National Center for Manufacturing Sciences President and CEO Lisa Strama
  -Northwestern University Provost Erik Luijten

  Corporate Panel, Stan Rendon, 3M VP of R&D, Yu Cao, Applied Materials Chief AI Officer and Amey Deosthali, AMD Head of Robotics, Industrial & Healthcare (Physical AI)

  NU Faculty Panel, Prof. Jian Cao, Prof. Ed Colgate, Prof. Mark Hersam, Prof. John Rogers

  Founders/SME Panel, Jason Sebastian, Executive VP QuesTek Innovation, Demeng Che, co-Founder & CEO Converge Lab, Gino Domel, CEO HiDeNN-AI, Joe Mullenbach, co-founder Fluid Reality

  Ecosystems Panel, Tom Kurfess, CTO, NCMS & Executive Director of Mfg Institute at Georgia Tech, Berardino Baratta, CEO MxD, Allison Fisher, Chief of Staff mHUB

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  TIME Friday, October 2, 2026 at 8:15 AM - 5:00 PM

  LOCATION 2001 Sheridan Road    map it

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  CONTACT Maegen Gregory    maegen.gregory@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation

• Oct

  6

  MSE Colloquium: "From Dislocations to Luminescence: Heteroepitaxy of Dissimilar Semiconductors for Infrared Optoelectronics"

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  4:00 PM Technological Institute

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  MSE Fall 2026 Colloquium Series

  “From Dislocations to Luminescence: Heteroepitaxy of Dissimilar Semiconductors for Infrared Optoelectronics”

  Prof. Kunal Mukherjee, Stanford University

  Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026 | 4PM | Tech L211

  Questions? Email Allison at allison.macknick@northwestern.edu

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  TIME Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  LOCATION Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Allison Macknick    allison.macknick@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)