September 11

""Self-assembly and interfacial engineering of micro-nanoscale devices"
David Gracias
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

September 18

"Instabilities of polymers at interfaces: Creasing of hydrogel surfaces and spontaneous generation of amphiphilic assemblies"
Ryan Hayward
Polymer Science & Engineering, UMass Amherst

September 25

"Computational Materials Design for Self-Assembly of Next-Generation Nanoparticles and Colloids"
Sharon Glotzer
Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan

October 2

"Disentangling the Stability and Function of Natively Unfolded Proteins"
Henry Ashbaugh
Chemical Engineering, Tulane University

October 9

"Physicochemical Mechanics in Asymmetric Nanomembranes"
James Ferri
Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College

October 16

"The Virtual Lung Project:
Measuring and Modeling Mucus Propulsion and Flow"
Richard Superfine
Physics and Astronomy, University of
North Carolina

October 23

"Computer-based Design of Protein-Protein Interactions"
Brian Kuhlman
Biochemisty and Biophysics, University of North Carolina

October 30

Shoshana Wodak
Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University

November 6

"Motion of Droplets on Surfaces Induced by Noise and a Bias"
Manoj Chaudhury
Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University

November 13

Song Li
Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley