| 1 | Creating S&T Professional and Institutional Change through Subversion, Revolution, and Meteorology Dr. Debra Rolison Surface Chemistry Branch, Naval Research Laboratory Washington, DC May 2, 2008 |
| 2 | From Research to Market: How to Build a High Tech Start-Up Dr. Ferechteh Hosseini Teherani Eshbach Scholar-Northwestern University and Nanovation SARL Orsay, FRANCE November 26, 2007 |
| 3 | Luttinger Liquids and the Exotic World of One-Dimensional Conductors Dr. Matthew Grayson Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Northwestern University, Evanston, IL November 1, 2007 |
| 4 | ZnO: Recent Developments and Emerging Applications Dr. Ferechteh Hosseini Teherani Nanovation SARL and Eshbach Scholar-Northwestern University Orsay, FRANCE October 23, 2007 |
| 5 | Epitaxial lead-chalcogenides on Si for mid-IR detectors and emitters including cavities Dr. Hans Zogg Thin Film Physics Group ETH Zurich, SWITZERLAND October 18, 2007 |
| 6 | Corner Overgrowth, Shadow Overgrowth, and Cleaved-Edge Overgrowth: Novel MBE Techniques for Embedded Heterostructures Dr. Matthew Grayson Northwestern University, EECS Department Evanston, IL May 25, 2007 |
| 7 | Beyond CMOS: New Paradigms for Materials Functionality Dr. Jean-Pierre Leburton Beckman Institute and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL USA March 9, 2007 |
| 8 | Learning from Nature: Sensing the Absolute Minimum Light Intensity Dr. Hooman Mohseni EECS Department, Northwestern University Evanston, IL USA March 9, 2007 |
| 9 | III-nitride optical sensors for UV-A/visible and high-energy detection Dr. Jose Luis Pau Vizcaino Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Madrid, SPAIN October 16, 2006 |
| 10 | Flip Chip Integration of a Large Format Array of MOEMS Devices for Space Infrared Astronomy Dr. Christine Allen NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, USA September 26, 2006 |
| 11 | The Use of Carbon Nanotubes and Si Semiconductor Nanowires for Electronic Devices Dr. Didier Pribat LPICM/Ecole Polytechnique, FRANCE September 22, 2006 |
| 12 | Mathematical and Perceptual Models for Image Analysis: The Need for Understanding Human Perception Dr. Thrasos Pappas Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA August 31, 2006 |
| 13 | The Optobionics Retinal Implant Mr. Vincent Chow Vega Technology and Systems, Inc. Hanover Park, IL, USA August 31, 2006 |
| 14 | Functionalized carbon nanotubes: Purification, characterization, and device applications Dr. Mark C. Hersam Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA August 31, 2006 |
| 15 | AlInGaN Heterostructures for Deep UV LEDs and Microwave Transistors Dr. Asif Khan Department of Electrical Engineering University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA May 4, 2006 |
| 16 | Engineering Education and the Changing Role of Research Universities in the 21st Century Dr. Venkatesh (Venky) Narayanamurti Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University Cambridge, MA, USA March 16, 2006 |
| 17 | Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery Dr. Bernard R. Bendok, MD Neuroendovascular Program, Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA January 6, 2006 |
| 18 | Resonant Infrared Desorption Application to Chemical Detection Dr. Christopher A. Kendziora Naval Research Laboratory Washington, DC, USA June 6, 2005 |
| 19 | Making Molecular Wires: Mechanisms of Charge and Spin Transport in Organic Materials Dr. Michael R. Wasielewski Department of Chemistry and Institute for Nanotechnology Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA June 3, 2005 |
| 20 | Advances in the Development of Opto-electronic Devices based on ZnO Dr. Ferechteh Hosseini Teherani Nanovation Orsay, FRANCE April 4, 2005 |
| 21 | MOCVD Growth of InP-based Optoelectronic Devices Dr. Erick Michel Lucent Technologies/Agere Systems Reading, PA, USA March 1, 2005 |
| 22 | Infrared (λ 2 μm) Semiconductor Lasers Dr. Joachim Wagner Fraunhofer-Institut fur Angewandte Festkerperphysik (IAF) Freiburg, GERMANY January 31, 2005 |
| 23 | QWIPs and InAs/GaSb Superlattices for Thermal Imaging Dr. Martin Walther Fraunhofer Institute Freiburg, GERMANY October 4, 2004 |
| 24 | Nanoscience and Nanoelectronics at the Air Force Research Laboratory Dr. Gail J. Brown U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA July 30, 2004 |
| 25 | Detecting Atmospheric Trace Gases with Tunable Diode Laser Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy Dr. Daniel B. Oh Southwest Sciences, Inc. Santa Fe, NM, USA July 26, 2004 |
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