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ALEXIS R.ABRAMSON
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

 

Invited Seminars and Other Presentations


“Nanotechnology: A Panel Discussion,” Invited Speaker , Case Western Reserve University , Case Alumni Association, June 2006.

“The nanoEngineering Lab at Case: Energy Transport in Nanomaterials,” Invited Speaker, Case Western Reserve University Department of Materials Science, April 2006.

“Novel Approaches for Designing High Performance Thermoelectric Materials,” Invited Speaker , Georgia Tech University , January 2006.

“Nanotechnology for the Future,” Invited Speaker , Zonta International of Cleveland , Cleveland , OH , January 2006.

“Nanotechnology – the Next Big Thing,” Invited Speaker , Cheshire Cheese Club, Cleveland , OH , December 2005.

“Nanoscale Measurements of Coupled Mechanical, Electrical and Thermal Properties using a Novel Characterization Tool,” presented at IMECE, November 2005.

“Thermal and Electrical Properties of Novel Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites – Designing High Performance Thermoelectric Materials,” presented at IMECE, November 2005.

“Novel Thermoelectric Materials for Improved Performance: Nanocomposites and Bio-Inspired Hydrogels,” Invited Speaker, NSF workshop on Emerging Opportunities of Nanoscience to Energy Conversion and Storage, November 2005.

“Nanotechnology – the Next Big Thing,” Invited Speaker, Michelson Morley Awards Dinner, Case Western Reserve University , October, 2005.

“Nano 101,” Invited Lecturer, NanoApp Summit, Cleveland , OH , October, 2005.

“Thermoelectrics in Nature: Electrochemical and Thermal Measurements of Extracellular Shark Gel,” C. A. Snoeyink and A. R. Abramson, presented at IMECE, November, 2004.

“The Nanopedia: A Web Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology,” A. R. Abramson and D. A. Smith, presented at IMECE, November, 2004.

“How Small is a Nanometer?” Invited Speaker, HealthSpace Cleveland, October, 2004.

“The Societal and Economic Impact of Nanotechnology,” Invited Speaker , CAMP, September 2004.

“Thermal Energy Transport in Micro/Nanostructures,” Invited Speaker , University of San Francisco , September 2004.

“What is Nanotechnology?” Invited Speaker and Chair, Research ShowCASE Nanotechnology Panel, Case Western Reserve University , April 2004.

“Thermal Energy Transport in Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites,” presented at Integrated Nanosystems, Pasadena , CA , September 2004.

“Energy Transport in Nanocomposites, Nanostructures and Biological Materials,” presented at Northeast Ohio Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Symposium, Case Western Reserve University , February 2004.

“Thermal Transport in Nanocomposites and Biomimetic Materials,” Invited Panelist, National Science Foundation, July 2003.

“Nanoscale Arrays in Energy Conversion Devices,” presented at Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, March 2003.

“Thermal Energy Transport in Micro/Nanostructures,” Invited Speaker , Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Case Western Reserve University , February 2003.

“Energy Transport in Micro/Nanostructures,” Invited Speaker , NASA Glenn Research Center , February 2003.

“Nanoscale Arrays in Energy Conversion Devices,” presented at International Heat Transfer Conference , Grenoble , France , August, 2002.

“Nanowire Composite Thermoelectric Devices,” presented at IMECE , November 2002.

“The Effects of Defects and Acoustic Impedance Mismatch on Heat Conduction in SiGe-based Superlattices,” presented at IMECE, November 2002.

“Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Transport,” Invited Speaker , Symposium honoring Chang-Lin Tien, May 2002.

“Thermal Conductivity of Si/SiGe Superlattices,” presented at IMECE, November 2001.

“Interfacial Thermal Resistance in Superlattice Structures,” presented at Heat Transfer and Transport Phenomena in Microsystems, United Engineering Foundation, Winter 2000.

“MEMS as Temperature Sensors during High Temperature Processing,” presented at Materials Research Society, Spring 1998.

“Partial Transparency Effects of Silicon during Rapid Thermal Processing,” presented at Materials Research Society, Spring 1998.