Physics Colloquium, January 12, 2010
Extreme Materials Engineering: From Jet-Engine Turbines to Graphene Devices Nitin P. Padture

Department of Materials Science & Engineering Center for Emergent Materials (NSF MRSEC) Department of Physics, OSU

At the confluence of engineering and science, the field of materials engineering provides exciting opportunities for interdisciplinary applied research. In this talk I will present quintessential examples of materials engineering research from my group. These examples are from a broad range of topics, and they include: (i) tailored ceramic coatings protecting jet-engine turbines from extreme environments, (ii) engineered nanowires with extreme properties, (iii) novel nanocomposites of ceramics and carbon nanotubes with extreme combination of properties, and (iv) high-throughput fabrication of devices of the extreme two-dimensional material that is graphene. Although these examples are diverse, a common thread runs through them ‒ rational tailoring of materials for desired properties and performance ‒ which is arguably the essence of materials engineering research.

Dr. Padture's Web Site

4:00 p.m., Physics Research Building (PRB), Room 1080

Reception at 3:45 p.m., Atrium, PRB