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
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
