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Active Matter workshop on Feb 20, 2013

December 12, 2012 By

Ever wondered what do bacterial colonies, algae, the cytoskeleton of a cell and self-diffusive colloids have in common? They are all examples of active materials! What are active materials? What makes them special?

The Brandeis Materials Research Science and Engineering Center will host a hands-on workshop on Active Matter on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. The workshop involves experiments, simulations and theory, together with an overview of active materials research at the Brandeis MRSEC. It will be held in Shapiro Science Center from 9:00 am – 7:30 pm. Prof. Azadeh Samadani is hosting the workshop. The application deadline is Jan. 10, 2013 – apply here.

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New England Complex Fluids Workshop at Brandeis Sept 21

September 14, 2012 By

The 52nd New England Complex Fluids Workshop will be held on September 21, 2012. hosted by the Brandeis MRSEC. The workshop will feature a panel of researchers from industry exploring the academic / industrial relationship. Additionally, we will have one session of invited academic speakers, plus  two contributed “sound bite” sessions. Please consider submitting your work for an oral presentation.

In addition to taking questions from the floor, the panel will address questions such as  what kind of training and education do industrial labs seek in job applicants? What (scientific) knowledge should applicants possess? experience? skills? creativity? business knowledge? What should the universities do to better prepare students for a career in industry? What opinion do the industrial scientists and managers have on the research being done at universities? And how does research done in industry compare to that done in universities?  How common are collaborations between industry and academic researchers? What makes a successful collaboration? When does industry use academic consultants?

Registration (free) required: http://complexfluids.org/ (deadline: 8am, September 19, 2012)

SCHEDULE

 Registration & Coffee: 9:00 – 9:30 AM Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236.1 Talk: 9:30 PM – 10:10 AM  (30 mins + 10 disc)
Shapiro Campus Center Theater

Michael Aizenberg, Wyss Institute, Harvard
     Responsive Gel-Based Dynamic Materials

Sound Bites: 10:15 AM – 11 AM
Shapiro Campus Center Theater
            Five minute updates of current research

Coffee: 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Shapiro Center, Room 236

Panel: 11:30 – 1:00 PM 
Shapiro Center, Room 236
Industry / Academic relations
Rick Jacubinas (BASF), Darren Link (Raindance), Ian Morrison (Harvard)
Chris Harrison (Schlumberger), Patrick Spicer (Procter & Gamble)

Lunch: 1:00 – 2:00 PM
 Shapiro Center, Room 236

1 Talk: 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM  (30 mins + 10 disc)
Shapiro Campus Center Theater
Shekhar Garde, Chem & Bio Eng, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Hydration Phenomena at the Interface of Physics and Biology


Sound Bites: 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Shapiro Campus Center Theater
            Five minute updates of current research

Coffee: 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Shapiro Center, Room 236

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Complex Fluids Workshop on Sep 23

September 22, 2011 By

On Friday, Sep 23 2011, Brandeis will play host to the 48th New England Complex Fluids Meeting, run by the New England Complex Fluids Workgroup, of which the Brandeis Complex Fluids group is a charter participant. These quarterly meetings foster collaboration among researchers from industry and academia in the New England area studying Soft Condensed Matter, offer the opportunity to exchange ideas, and help introduce students and post-docs to the local academic and industrial research community.

The workshop, to be held in the Shapiro Campus Center, will have four talks by invited speakers, each about 30 minutes long with ample time for questions. In addition, everyone who attends is encouraged to give a five minute update (soundbite) of their current work.

Schedule

9:30 AM – Krystyn Van Vliet (Materials Science and Engineering, MIT), Chemomechanics of responsive gels
10:15 AM – Jeremy England (Physics, MIT), Shape Shifting: the statistical physics of protein conformational change

Soundbites: 11:30 – 12:30 PM Five minute updates of current research

1:30 PM – Francis Starr (Physics, Wesleyan), DNA-linked Nanoparticle Assemblies
2:15 PM – Jennifer Ross (Physics, UMass Amherst), Controlling Microtubules Through Severing

More Soundbites: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

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