Dr. Melik Demirel, Associate Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, is organizing a summer school on nanoscale science and biological interfaces. The School is aimed at graduate students and junior researchers working in the field of surface science that have interest in simulation, characterization, experimental approaches of biomolecule-surface interactions.

DATES: June 19 - July 1, 2010
LOCATION: University of California, Santa Barbara

For more information, please visit this website.

Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, and his work with butterfly wings was highlighted in the January 2010 issue of Materials Today magazine. Dr. Lakhtakia’s groundbreaking research opens the door for future research into smaller electronic circuitry and other photonic capabilities such as better solar energy concentrators.

Dr. Patrick Lenahan, Distinguished Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, will travel to Santa Fe, New Mexico on January 8 to present two talks at the Physics and Chemistry Semiconductor Interface Conference.

The annual PCSI conference is devoted to achieving a fundamental understanding of the physical, chemical, biological, structural, optical, magnetic and electrical properties of surfaces and interfaces. These studies include characterization of growth processes, interfacial phenomena, transport and the structure and influence of defects. To learn more about the conference, please visit their web site.

In December 2009, Dr. Dinesh Agrawal, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Director of Microwave Processing and Engineering Center gave an invited lecture as a Guest Professor at Wuhan University of Technology in Wuhan China. The topic of the lecture was “Microwave Processing of Materials: Latest Developments.”