Stanford
Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

The Inaugural William D. Nix Lecture Series

Event Details:

Monday, October 31, 2022
8:30am - 2:00pm PDT

Location

Stanford University
Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305
United States

Lecture and Parking Locations

Contact

650-723-2534

The Nix Lecture in Materials Science is named in honor of William D. Nix, NAS, NAE, professor emeritus of materials science, and one of the founders of our department in its current form.

The goal of the Nix Lecture is to bring together our community of students, faculty, alums, and other professionals passionate about the positive impact our discipline can have in addressing humanity’s most pressing challenges, such as the need for safe energy, a clean environment, and healthy life.

Our distinguished speaker will be Stanley Whittingham, a chemistry and materials science and engineering professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York, and 2019 Chemistry Nobel Laureate.

PROGRAM

Start Time

Session Title

Timing

Speaker

Titles and Affiliations

8:30 AM

Registration

 

 

 

8:30 - 9:15 AM

Continental Breakfast

 

 

 

9:15 AM

Welcome from MSE Department Chair

15 min

Prof. Alberto Salleo

Professor and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

9:30 AM

“Exciting Defects! Understanding Dislocations in Semiconductors for Integrated Photonics”

30 min

Prof. Kunal Mukherjee

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

10:00 AM

“Advancing Personalized Medicine Through Materials Science”

30 min

Prof. Sarah Heilshorn

Director, Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM), Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering and of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University

10:30 AM

Break

30 min

 

 

11:00 AM

Keynote Speaker Introduction

5 min

Sundar Pichai

MS ’95, CEO of Google and Alphabet

11:05 AM

Keynote Speaker

55 min

Prof. Stanley Whittingham

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and of Materials Science and Engineering, Binghamton University

12:00 PM

Professor Nix Introduction

Professor Nix Introduction

Dr. Walden C. “Wally” Rhines

MS ‘ 70, PhD ‘72, President and CEO of Cornami, Inc.

12:05 PM

Closing Remarks

"Thanks and reflections on my years in MSE"

10 min

Prof William D. Nix

Lee Otterson Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus, Stanford University

12:15 PM

Lunch & Poster Session

 

Various MSE groups

 

2:00 PM

Close of the event

 

 

 

Transportation and Parking Information

Public transportation or carpooling to the event is encouraged. Stanford's free Marguerite Shuttle is available Mondays through Fridays to traverse the campus.

Lecture and Parking Locations (Click to see map)

The Arrillage Alumni Center is located at 326 Galvez Street and is highlighted in yellow on the map.

The Galvez Parking Lot is the closest parking to the event and is located across the street for the Arrillaga Alumni Center and the Stanford Stadium.

ADA parking is available in the Galvez Parking Lot and in front of the Arrillaga Alumni Center.

Daily Parking Permit at the Galvez Parking Lot (Purchase here)

Galvez Parking Lot gate arms will open at 7:00 AM and close at 5:00 PM. The cost to park is $8.00 per car. To avoid a citation, please provide all vehicle information.

Disability-related accommodations

If you need disability-related accommodation or accessibility information, please contact the Diversity & Access Office at disability.access@stanford.edu. Requests should ideally be made by Monday, October 24.

Public health guidelines

Visitors are required to follow guidelines in place to ensure our collective health and safety.* Please review the guidelines on the Visitors Health Alerts webpage.

*If a visitor tests positive for COVID-19, within 10 days of being onsite, they must complete the General COVID-19 Case Reporting Form.

 

 

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