Palestras Plenárias

Prof. Jim de Yoreo
President of the US Materials Research Society (MRS)
Interim Director, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Title: "Physical Insights into Nature's way of making materials"
(Segunda 26th, 8:30h)
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Prof. Gary L. Messing¹, Adam J. Stevenson² and Elizabeth R. Kupp^1
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering Pennylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
²École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP), Paris, France
Title: Rare Earth-Doped Oxide Ceramic Laser Gain Media – Processing, Properties and Challenges
(Quinta 29th, 08:30h)
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Prof. Paulo P. Freitas^1,2, F. Cardoso¹, V. Martins^3,1, J. Loureiro^1,2, R. Chaves^1,2, R. Macedo^1,2, S. Cardoso^1,2, R. Ferreira³, J. Germano^4,5, L. Sousa, M. Piedade^4,5, V. Chu¹, J. P. Conde^1,7, J. S. Cabral^6,7, L. Fonseca^6,7, ¹INESC-MN and IN, R. Alves Redol 9, 1000 Lisbon, Portugal, ²Physics department, IST, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1000 Lisbon, Portugal, ³INL, Av. Mestre Veiga, Braga, Portugal, ⁴INESC ID, R. Alves Redol 9, 1000 Lisbon, Portugal, ⁵DEEC, IST, Av.Rovisco Pais, 1000 Lisbon, Portugal, ⁶ IBB, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1000 Lisbon, Portugal, ⁷Bioengineering Department, IST, 1000 Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Spintronic Microsystems: from Lab On Chip to MEMS applications
(Segunda 26th, 18:00h)
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Prof. Terence G. Langdon
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1453, U.S.A.
Title: Recent advances in the processing and properties of ultrafine-grained metals using severe plastic deformation
(Quarta 28th, 8:30h)
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Prof. Bruce Dunn
Nippon Sheet Glass Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles CA, USA.
Title: The Design of Materials and Architectures for Capacitive Energy Storage
(Quarta 28th, 14:00h)

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Prof. Donald Bradley
Prof. of Experimental physics, Imperial College London
Title: The Influence of Film Morphology in High-Mobility organic films:Polymer Blend Organic Transistors and other devices
(Quarta 28th, 18:00h)
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Prof. Harry Tuller
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA
Title: Electroceramics – Strategic Materials in the Quest to Solve the Energy Crisis
(Segunda 26th, 14:00h)
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Prof. Edson Leite
Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos - SP, Brasil
Title: Better nanomaterials through chemistry: novel strategies for the synthesis of metal oxides nanocrystals.
(Quinta 29th, 11:00h)
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Dr. Marcus Freitag
Research Division of IBM T.J. Watson Center, New York, USA
Title: Graphene Optoelectronics
(Terça 27th, 8:30h)