August 2, 2018

9:00 AM - 4:15 PM

Discover Engineering 2018

Discover Engineering is designed for alumni and 8th – 10th-grade kids who want to thoroughly explore various engineering disciplines.

Thursday, August 2

7:30 am – 8:45 am: Check-in, cont. breakfast more »

June 28, 2018

9:00 AM - 2:45 PM

Van Vlack Lab

eXplore Engineering 2018

eXtraordinary Metals Workshop

Have you ever seen an ordinary item do something totally unexpected?  In the world of materials, we are always finding new ways to make substances with surprising properties.  In this more »

June 22, 2018

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

1180 Duderstadt Center

“Morphological Design of Nanoscale Polymer Systems”

Jill K. Wenderott

Polymer thin films are utilized in a variety of applications including membranes, coatings, organic thin film transistors, light emitting diodes, and organic photovoltaics. As seen in countless examples from gas more »

June 21, 2018

2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

2166 H.H. Dow

"Growth of and Compositional Inhomogeneities in III-IV Bi Alloys"

Christopher Ryan Tait

Solubility dynamics in materials science drives discovery and novel material development. Bi has garnered interest in III-V semiconductors because of its impact in the electronic properties including large bandgap reduction more »

June 18, 2018

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

1018 H.H. Dow

"Models of electrode and electrolyte behavior at the Continuum Scale"

Alexander Chadwick

Metal electrodes are increasingly common in our daily lives, both for helpful applications such as emerging beyond-lithium-ion energy storage technologies as well as in deleterious processes such as the corrosion more »

May 25, 2018

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Pierpont - East Room

Professor John Halloran's Retirement Celebration

Join us at a special luncheon to celebrate John Halloran's 27 years of service to the MSE Department! Please RVSP by May 13 to krisfres@umich.edu

May 16, 2018

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

1670 Beyster

Van Vlack Professorship Lecture/Ceremony

honoring Katsuyo Thornton

Reception immediately following in Tishman Hall