The ACME Materials Seminar Series will feature leaders in new and exciting research fields on a regular basis.  The seminars will be presented online and posted for maximized viewing.

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We are always looking for new and interesting materials research topics.  If you are interested in giving a talk in our Seminar Series, please contact us.

Fall 2023 Seminar Schedule

In preparation

Prior Schedules

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Fall 2022 Seminar Schedule

Talks are at 10am CT unless otherwise stated below.
Sept 27, 2022
Dr. Tiffany Santos, Western Digital Corporation (IEEE Distinguished Lecture Series)
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Spins, Bits, and Flips: Essentials for High-Density Magnetic Random-Access Memory”
Abstract linkOct 4, 2022
Jenny Coulter, Harvard University

“Phoebe: a High-Performance Framework for Solving Phonon and Electron Boltzmann Transport Equations”
Oct 11, 2022
Dr. Juan Chamorro, University of California, Santa Barbara
“TBA”

Oct 18, 2022 –
Dr. Vineeth Venugopal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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A Knowledge Graph for Material Science – Autonomous extraction, curation, and discovery of data from text”Oct 25, 2022
Dr. Inhee Lee, The Ohio State University
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Identifying Fundamental Spin Interactions in Chromium Trihalides via Ferromagnetic Resonance”Nov 1, 2022
Dr. Brenden Ortiz, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Materials Discovery for Next-Generation Quantum Materials; a Case Study via the AV3Sb5 (A: K, Rb, Cs) Kagome Superconductors”Nov 8, 2022
Dr. Annabelle Bohrdt, Harvard University
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One, two, many holes: from polaron to pairs and more in doped antiferromagnets”Nov 15, 2022
Souvik Biswas, California Institute of Technology
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Atomic Limits for Nanophotonics – the case for van der Waals Materials”Nov 22, 2022
Dr. Laura Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“TBA”Nov 29, 2022
Dr. Valeria Saggio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology”

TBA”

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Previous Talks and Recordings

You can find recordings of all our previous ACME Seminars on our YouTube Channel!  Click Here!May 3, 2022 – Prof. Shengyuan Yang,  Singapore University of Technology and DesignApril 26, 2022 – Prof. Chris Wolverton, Northwestern UniversityApril 19, 2022 – Prof. Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, Auburn UniversityApril 12, 2022 – Prof. Katherine Faber, California Institute of TechnologyMarch 29, 2022
Prof. David Larbalestier, Florida State University, National High Magnetic Field LaboratoryMarch 8, 2022
Prof. Rafael Jaramillo, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMarch 1, 2022
Dr. Na-Hyun Jo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

“Manipulating electronic structure of quantum materials”
February 22, 2022 –
Prof. Taylor Sparks, University of Utah
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Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning models”
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Prof. Todd Krauss, University of Rochester

“Polaritons Generated from Strong Coupling between CdSe Nanoplatelets and a Dielectric Optical Cavity”

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February 8, 2022
Prof. Benjamin Frandsen, Brigham Young University
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Understanding technologically relevant materials from a local structure perspective using pair distribution function techniques”
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February 1, 2022

Dr. Haoxiang Li, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
“Unconventional charge density wave in kagome superconductor AV3

Sb5

(A=K, Cs, Rb)”

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January 18, 2022
Prof. Matthew Pasek, University of South Florida

“The metamorphic effects of lightning on geomaterials and understanding the formation of fulgurites”
Announcement Flyer  November 30, 2021
Dr. Yafei Ren, University of Washington

“Variants of quantum Hall effect: 3D quantum Hall effect, orbital Chern insulator, and higher-order topological insulators”
Announcement FlyerNovember 16, 2021 – 10:00am CST 
Prof. Ni Ni, University of California, Los Angeles

“MnBi2Te4.nBi2Te3: A happy marriage of magnetism and topology”
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