September 21, 2018
The Materials under the Big Sky Symposium is held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Materials Science Ph.D. Program External Advisory Board. This year, the Symposium will take place on September 21. It includes a series of technical presentations by the EAB Chair, Dr. Millicent Firestone, and by faculty and students from Montana Tech, MSU, and UM. The afternoon will conclude with a poster session featuring the work of graduate students from the three universities.
1:00 Dr. Millicent Firestone, Los Alamos National Lab Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Additive Manufacturing of Multiscalar Polymers
1:45 Professor Dario Prieto, Montana Technological University
Enhancements to Bullet-proof Fabrics with Carbon Nanotubes
2:10 Philip Woodburn, Graduate Student from Montana State University
Characterizing and Fabricating Rare Earth Doped Optical Materials
2:30 Molly Brockway, Graduate Student from Montana Technological University
Surface Area Enhancement of Charge Transport Structures via Electrospinning
2:50 Break
3:00 Professor Ben Colman, University of Montana
An Ecologist’s Perspective on the Roles of Submicron Particles in Ecosystems
3:25 Nathan Huft, Graduate Student from Montana Technological University
PAW Print 3D Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing: Process Development and Material Characterization
3:45 Stephen Heywood, Graduate Student from Montana State University
Processing and Properties of Double Perovskite Nano-powders for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes
4:05 Professor Erik Grumstrup, Montana State University
Charge Carrier Transport in Disordered Materials
5:10 Poster Session, Copper Lounge, Student Union Building (SUB)