Seminars

The MBSE Seminar Series occurs weekly during the fall semester only. In fall 2026, seminars will be on Mondays from 2-3 p.m.(refreshments served at 1:45 p.m.) in Social Science & Management Building (SSM), room 104 in person only. 

If you want to be included in the MBSE Seminar distribution list, please contact Beth Nowadnick.

MBSE Seminar Schedule Fall 2026

Aug. 31

"Technology development from concept to scale up"

Ali Emamjomeh, Lytx

 

Sept. 14

"Leveraging soft and liquid-like surfaces for drop wetting and microparticle adhesion"

Jonathan Pham, University of Cincinnati

 

Sept. 21

“Engineering Oxide Surfaces and Probing Thermally Activated Processes at the Nanoscale”

MinHwan Lee, UC Merced

 

Sept. 28

“Creating Novel Proactive Materials for Civil Engineering Applications: Current & Future Approaches”

Maria Garcia Lopez-Arias, UC Merced

 

Oct. 5 - Canceled

 

Oct. 12

MBSE Students

Metzli Montero: "Investigating the effects of cannabidiol and cannabidiol analog exposure on endothelial cell function"

Diego Jaramillo Pinto: "Collagen Molecular Identity Regulates the Spatial Rheology of Synovial Fluid" 

 

Oct. 19

“Direct Integration of 2D Materials for Next Generation Electronic Devices”

Zakaria Al Balushi, UC Berkeley

 

Oct. 26

“Custom Interfaces for Biomedical Applications Using Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition”

Morgan Hawker, Fresno State

 

Nov. 2

Quantum materials

Qi Song, UC Irvine

 

Nov. 9

Aleksandr Noy, LLNL

 

Nov. 16

Jason Fang, UC Merced

 

Nov. 23

Career journey

Hua Zeng, Micron Technology

 

Nov. 30

Future energy

Michael Stadermann LLNL

 

Dec. 7

Batteries

Ling Fei, University of Louisiana at Lafayette