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2013

  • "Emerging Nanotechnology for Biomedicine and Quality of Life: Will 75 Become the New 35?" North Shore Senior Center Annual Meeting, Northfield, IL, January 2013.

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2010

  • "Corollary to Archimedes¡¯ Levers: Nano-and Microscale Levers for Seeing and Sensing the Invisible," ICONSTAT 2010, Mumbai, India, February 2010.
  • "Emerging Microscopy and Spectroscopy: A Window to the Nanoworld," ICONSTAT 2010, Mumbai, India, February 2010.
  • "Magnetic Nanostructures (MNS) in Biomedicine: Role of Size, Shape and Composition," POLY Symposium "Engineering the Biology-Materials Interface", ACS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2010.

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2009

  • "Science, Technology, Education and Policy (STEP)", Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor's Summit, Gujarat, India, January 2009
  • "Nanotechnology a Decade Later: Prospective and Prospects", Nanotech Conference: Sanken International Symposium, January 2009
  • "Teaching ''Old'' dogs ''New'' Tricks: Synthesis and Nanopatterning of Multifunctional Oxides," JNCASR (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research), Bangalore, India, April 2009
  • "Nanotechnology: Hip, Hope or Hype?" Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting V, Evanston, IL, May 2009
  • "Teaching Old Materials New Tricks: Nanopatterning and Localized Properties of Multifunctional Oxides," CNM Nanoscience Colloquium, Argonne National Laboratory, June 2009
  • "Synthesis, Patterning and Properties of Nanostructured Oxides," INDO-US Joint Conference on Advanced Materials, Banglore, India, September 2009
  • "Development of a Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH) System as a Nano-Metrology Toolset for Buried Defects and Sub-Surface Pattern Recognition," Metrology Webinar, Semiconductor Research Corporation, September 2009
  • "Towards Targeted In-Vivo Theranostics with Magnetic Nanostructures," 11th International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2009
  • "Corollary to Archimedes' Levers: Nano- and Microscale Levers for Seeing and Sensing the Invisible," Center for Nanoscale Materials User Meeting, Materials & Fabrication for Nanoelectromechanical System (NEMS) Focus Session, Argonne National Laboratory, Aurora, IL, October 2009
  • "Nanopatterning of Multfunctional Oxides: Teaching Old Materials New Tricks," DFG-NSF Conference, New York, New York, October 2009
  • "Nanotechnology and Business: Hype, Hope or Hip?" Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione and the NanoBusiness Alliance (NBA) Nanotechnology Seminar, Chicago, IL, December 2009

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2008

  • "Nanopatterning of Ceramics" (Also Symposium Chair) - American Ceramics Society, Daytona Beach, FL January 2008
  • "Nanotechnology in Petrochemicals", Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai, India, February 2008
  • "Emerging Bio-Chem Sensor Platform", Baxter Corporation, Round Lake, IL , April 2008
  • "Seeing the Invisible: Nanoscale Ultrasound Holography", DOD meeting Washington DC, April 2008
  • "Teaching ''Old'' Materials ''New'' Tricks: Site- and Shape-Specific Nanopatterning of Multifunctional Oxides", NSTI 2008, Boston, MA, June 2008
  • "Emerging Microscopy Techniques for Catalyst Characterization" CCSS Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL, August 2008
  • "Nanotechnology in Petrochemical Industries: Hip, Hype or Horrible?!" Indian Petrochem, Mumbai, India, November 2008

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2007

  • "Interdisciplinary Nanomechanics: From Acoustic Imaging to Microcantilever-based BioChemSensing" PittCon 2007 Waters Symposium, Chicago, IL, February 2007
  • "Nanotechnology and Business: Hip, Hype or Horrible", Reliance Industries, Mumbai, India, February 2007
  • "Disruptive Technology Opportunities in Nanotechnology", Reliance Industries, Mumbai, India, February 2007
  • "Emerging Nanostructures and Devices for Nano-Bio-Medicine", Children¡¯s Memorial Research Center Academic Day, Chicago, IL April 2007
  • Overview of the NUANCE Center, Centerpiece Live, Evanston, IL May 2007
  • "Development of Scanning Near Field Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH) System as a Nano-Metrology Toolset for Buried Defects and Sub-Surface Pattern Recognition"SRC Nanolithography Review, Madison, WI May 2007
  • "Teaching Old Materials New Tricks: Site ¨CShape- Specific Patterning of Functional Nanostructures", University of Albany MSE Colloquium Series, Albany, NY, May 2007
  • "Emerging Nanostructures and Devices for Imaging and Therapeutics", Pfizer meeting, Evanston, IL June 2007
  • "Some Assembly Required: Patterning, Lithography and Functional Identity of Nanostructures". McBain Memorial Lecture, NCL, Pune, India, July 2007
  • "Variable Pressure Soft Electron Beam Lithography (VP-e BL)" Microscopy and Microanalysis 2007 Fort Lauderdale , FL August 2007
  • "Some Assembly Required: Self-, Directed- and Hierarchical Patterning and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures", South Africa, University of Zululand, August 2007
  • "Appropriate Microscopy at Appropriate Resolution (AMAR)", University of California, Berkeley September 2007
  • Nanotechnology: Hip, Hype or Horrible?! Illinois Engineering Council Key note speaker- Chicago, IL October 2007
  • October 29: IEEE Sensor Council Symposium (Chaired by Larry Nakahara, NCI): Emerging Nanostructures and Devices for Biomedicine, Atlanta, GA
  • November 7-8, 2007 DSRC -DARPA workshop "Seeing the Invisible: Holography and Interference Scanning Probe Microscopy in the Nonlinear Regime", Arlington, VA
  • Seeing and Sensing the Invisible: Emerging Nanostructures and Devices for Biochemical Imaging, Diagnostics and Therapeutics November 19-20, 2007 University of Washington Seattle,
  • Teaching "Old" Materials "New" Tricks: Patterning, Microscopy and Functional Identity of Nanostructures
  • "Some Assembly Required: Nanopatterning of Multifunctional Materials", December Nano 2007 Bangalore, India

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2006

  • "Nanopatterning of Functional Inorganics" IED Detection Symposium, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, January 2006
  • "Nondestructrive Subsurface Analysis with SPM", University of Pennsylvania Nanoprobe Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2006
  • "Top Down Meets Bottom Up: Emerging Paradigms in Bio-Chem Nanosensors", IIT Colloquium Series, Chicago, IL, February 2006
  • "Emerging Microscopy Techniques: Answers Looking for Appropriate Questions", State Microscopical Society of Illinois Meeting, Chicago, IL, February 2006
  • "Interdisciplinary Nanomechanics: From Acoustic Imaging to Microcantilever-based Bio-Chem Sensing", UIUC Electrical Engineering Colloquium Series, Urbana, IL, February 2006
  • "Teaching Old Materials New Tricks: Nanopatterning of Functional Inorganics", Iowa State University Colloquium Series, Ames, IA, March 2006
  • "Teaching Old Materials New Tricks: Nanopatterning of Functional Inorganics", UT Austin Nano Colloquium Series, Austin, TX, March 2006
  • "Nanostructured Devices", Honeywell visit, Minneapolis, MN, March 2006
  • "Nanomechanics Based Devices for Imaging and Sensing", NSF-Korea Workshop, Seoul, Korea, April 2006
  • "Emerging Nanostructures and Devices for Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics",ENH GE meeting, Evanston, IL, June 2006
  • "Development of Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH) System as a Nano-Metrology Toolset for Buried Defects and Sub-Surface Pattern Recognition", SRC Nanolithography Review, Madison WI, June 2006
  • "Status and Future of NUANCE Center", DuPont Corp., Wilmington, DE, June 2006
  • "Electron Microscopy & Spectroscopy", ASME Nano Bootcamp, Minneapolis, MN, July 2006
  • "Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy", NSF Short Course, Evanston, IL, August 2006
  • "Magnetic Nanostructures for Biomedicine", Nano 2006 Meeting, Bangalore, India, August 2006
  • "Nanopatterning of Inorganics", Nano 2006 Meeting, Bangalore, India, August 2006
  • "Nanomechanics in Microelectronics: From Ultrasound Holographic Imaging to MOSFET-Embedded Microcantilevers", Intel Visit, Ronler Acres, OR, September 2006
  • "Getting More out of the Scanning Probe: From Acoustic Holographic Imaging to Bio-Chem Sensing", Frontiers of Microscopy Workshop, West LaFayette, IN, October 2006
  • "Emerging Bio-Nano-Structures and Devices for Imaging, Diagnostics and Therapeutics", 1st International Symposium of Nano Bio Molecular Assembly , Yonsei University, Seoul Korea, October 2006
  • "MOSFET-Embedded Microcantilevers", IEEE Sensors 2006 conference, Daegu, Korea October 2006
  • "Emerging Nanostructures and Devices for Imaging, Diagnostics and Therapeutics", TDD Bioimaging Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, November 2006
  • "Seeing the Invisible: Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH) for Non-Destructive Nanoscale Imaging of Buried and Embedded Structures", FENA Workshop, San Francisco, CA, December 2006

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2005

"Integrating Emerging Bio Nano Structures on Engineering Platform: Bottom Up Meets Top Down"Nanotechnology Workshop Organizer, Bombay, India, January 2005

  • "Novel Electronic Transduction Scheme for Biomolecular Binding Events", APS Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2005
  • "High Resolution Near Field Acoustic Holography (NFAH) of Embedded Nanostructures", ASME Nanotechnology Institute, Knoxville, TN, May 2005
  • "Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy: Window to the Nanoworld", Mornings at McCormick-Northwestern University, Evanston, IL May 2005
  • "Advanced Microscopy", ASME Nanobootcamp, Washington, DC, July 2005
  • "Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH) for Non-Destructive Nanoscale Imaging of Sub-surface and buried features", Seeing at the Nanoscale III, Veeco Inc, Washington, DC, August 2005
  • "Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH) for Non-Destructive Nanoscale Imaging of Sub-surface and buried features",Visit with collaborators at University of Oxford, Oxford, Great Britain, August 2005
  • "Bio-Chem Nanosensors" , University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2005
  • "Integrated Electronic Detection Approach to Biological Warfare Agents using Cantilever Arrays as Hybrid/Parallel Biomechanical Systems", Materials Science and Technology Conference 2005, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2005
  • "Some Assembly Required: Building Nanostructures From the Bottom Up Across Length Scales" NanoCommerce/NanoForum, Chicago, IL, October 2005
  • "Nanotechnology Programs at Northwestern: Partner in Leadership", Hitachi Corp, San Francisco, CA, October 2005
  • "SNFUH Approach for Nano-Metrology", SRC-NIST Workshop, Washington, DC, December 2005

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2004

  • "Nanopatterning of Oxide Sensor Elements", NIST, Washington, DC, January 2004
  • "Teaching Old Materials New Tricks: Site-and Shape Specific Nanopatterning", DPN Workshop, Florida, January 2004
  • "New Paradigms in Bio-Chem Sensing via Nanostructured Materials", Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, February 2004
  • "Teaching Old Materials New Tricks: Site-and Shape Specific Nanopatterning on Inorganics", MSE Dept Colloquium Series Seminar at University of Pennsylvania, February 2004
  • "Bio-Chem Nanosensors", University Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 2004
  • "Novel Bio-Nano Sensors", University Colloquium Series Seminar at Virgina Commonwealth University, March 2004
  • "Probing the Invisible: Near Field Acoustic Holography & Towards Novel Paradigms in Nano-bio sensors" AcerS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 2004
  • "Site Specific Nanopatterning of Inorganics", Materials Research Society, Spring 2004 Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2004
  • "Towards Novel Paradigms in Nano-Bio Sensors", Americas Materials Conference: Chile, US, and Brazil at Santiago, Chile, April 2004
  • "N3 : Nanotechnology and Nanoscience at Northwestern", Nano-Bio Outreach Workshop, Palo Alto, CA, May 2004
  • "Site-specific Nanopatterning of Inorganics: Nanodots and Microcantilevers", Dept Colloquium, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, May 2004
  • "Emerging bio-chem nanosensors" IMTECH,NCL Pune, and IIT Bombay, India, July 2004
  • "Nanoscale Science, Technology and Educational Initiatives at Northwestern", US-India Nano Workshop, Bangalore, India, August, 2004
  • "NUANCE Center", US-India Nano Workshop, Bangalore, India, August, 2004
  • "To Find a Needle in a Haystack: In-situ Manipulation and Measurements of Nanostructures", CNMS-ORNL, Knoxville, TN, September 2004
  • "Nanotechnology Beyond the Hype: Towards High Technology Job Creation and Illinois Leadership", State of Illinois Trade Office Meeting, Chicago, IL September 2004
  • "Nanopatterning and Microscopy of Nanostructures", Nanotech Seminar at 3M, Minneapolis, MN, October 2004
  • "Novel Electronic Transduction Scheme for Biomolecular Binding Events", DARPA/Simbiosys PI Meeting, Vail, CO, October 2004
  • "Integrating Emerging Bio Nano Structures on Engineering Platform: Bottom UP Meets Top Down", Purdue University, West LaFayette, IN, November 2004
  • "Probing the Invisible: NFAH", Fall MRS Meeting, Boston MA, November 2004
  • "Probing the Invisible: Near Field Acoustic Holography", DARPA meeting, NSF-NIH Workshop, Washington, DC, November 2004
  • "Tuning GB Barrier via Thermal Treatment", Boston, MA, November 2004
  • "Integrating Emerging Bio Nano Structures on Engineering Platform: Bottom Up Meets Top Down", National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, December 2004

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2003

  • "Nanosensors for BCW Agents", Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, January 2003
  • "Functional Nanopatterns for Ferroelectrics", Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, March 2003
  • "Inorganic nanotstructures for Bio-Chem Sensors", Annual AcerS Mtg, Nashville, TN, May 2003
  • "Development of Central User Facilities and Multiuser Coordination", Faculty Academic Network Workshop, Palo Alto, CA, June 2003
  • "Nanotechnology at Northwestern University" Post PASI visit, Univ. Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2003
  • "Towards Electronic Nano-nose", Post PASI visit, Univ. Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2003
  • "Introduction to NUANCE Center", Veeco Inc., information session, Santa Barbara, CA, July 2003
  • "Nanopatterning of Functional Inorganics", MRSEC Seminar, Santa Barbara, CA, July 2003
  • "Scanning Acoustic Holography", Veeco Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, July 2003
  • "Holography and Interference Microscopy", Annual Microscopy Mtg, San Antonio, TX, July 2003
  • "Site Specific Nanopatterning", Annual Microscopy Mtg, San Antonio, TX, July 2003
  • "Dip Pen Nanopatterning (DPN) of Inorganics", AFOSR-MURI Review, Dayton, OH, September 2003
  • "Nanopatterning", Integrated Nanosystems Meeting, Palo Alto, CA, September 2003
  • " Near Field Holography", SEMATECH, Analytical Manager Meeting, Austin, TX, September 2003
  • "Nanopatterning of Inorganics", Brazilian Materials Society Bi-Annual Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, October 2003
  • "Emerging Issues in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology", IIT Bombay, India, December 2003
  • "Advanced Electron Microscopy of Interfaces and Defects", IIT Bombay, India, December 2003
  • "Site-and Shape Specific Nanopatterning of Ferroelectrics", Annual Materials Research Meeting, Boston, December 2003
  • "Probing Ferroelectric Domain Dynamics", Annual Materials Research Meeting, Boston, December 2003
  • "Material Science and Integration of a New Hybrid TiAl- Layer", Annual Materials Research Meeting, Boston, December 2003
  • "Miniaturized Electronic Nano-Nose", Annual Materials Research Meeting, Boston, December 2003

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2002

  • "In-Situ Microscopy and Nanomanipulation", Delft Univ., The Netherlands, February 2002
  • "Role of Electron Microscopy in Nanotechnology", JEOL, Japan, February, 2002
  • "Bio-Nano Patterning: Towards Single-Molecule Sensing", NIH, MD, February, 2002
  • "Electron Holography of Active Structures", Univ. Bologna, Italy, March 2002
  • "Interfaces "R" Us", ETH Zurich Materials Program, Switzerland, March 2002
  • "Optically Active Nanopatterning", ETH-Zurich, Chemistry, Switzerland,March 2002
  • "Electron Microscopy of Nanostructures", MPI Stuttgart, Germany, March 2002
  • "Advanced Microscopy Facilities: Being Passionate about a Thankless Job", Univ. Barcelona, Spain, March 2002
  • "Towards Predictive Structure-Property" Relationship for Functional Interfaces", ACerS Ann Mtg., St. Louis, MO, April 2002
  • "Characterization of Nanostructured Materials", Lehigh Short Courses, Bethlehem, PA, June 2002
  • "Teaching Old Ceramics New Tricks: Site-Specific Nanopatterning of Functional Inorganics", Gordon Research Conference, Meriden, NH, August 2002
  • "Nanotitration of Active Grain Boundaries", Electroceramics VIII conference, Rome, Italy, August 2002
  • "Electron Holography in Materials Science", Intl. Conf. On Electron Microscopy, Durban, South Africa, Aug-Sept. 2002
  • "Better Transparency and Conductivity through ALCHEMI", Intl. Conf. On Electron Microscopy, Durban, South Africa, Aug-Sept. 2002
  • "Site- and Shape-Specific Nanopatterning of Ceramics", Colloquium, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 2002.
  • "Nanopatterning of Addressable Functional Inorganic Nanostructures", PASI, Joint Argentina-NSF workshop on Ferroelectrics, Rosario, Argentina, September 2002.
  • 3-D Nanomanipulation in TEM for Nanostructures, ASME Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2002
  • Nanopatterning of Functional Inorganics, IBM Watson, Yorktown Heights, NY, November 2002
  • Nanostructures for Functional Duties, International Conference on Inorganic Materials, IIT Bombay, INDIA, December 2002
  • Site-and Target specific Drug Delivery Approaches, International Conference on Inorganic Materials, IIT Bombay, INDIA, December 2002
  • Nanopatterning, Annual MRS Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2002

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2001

  • "Advanced Electron Microscopy in Materials Research at Northwestern University", Nissei Sangyo America, Mountain View, CA, January 2001.
  • "Patterning Magnetic Nanostructures", DPN Workshop, Key West, FL, February, 2001.
  • "Synthesis, Characterization and Patterning of Soft and Hybrid Nanostructures", NIH, Bioengineering Seminar, February 2001.
  • "Electron Holography of Active Structures", University of Oslo Workshop on Advanced EM, Oslo, Norway, March 2001.
  • "Hierarchical Length-Scale Influence on Interfacial Phenomena", MSE Seminar, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, May 2001.
  • "Probing the Invisible: Electron Holography of Electrically Active Interfaces", First European Workshop on Electron Holography, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2001.
  • "In-situ Electron Holography of Active Nanostructures", Workshop on In-Situ EM, National Center for EM, Berkeley, CA, June 2001.
  • When Electrons Meet Light: Advanced EM of Optical Active Oxides", NU-CNRS Workshop, Evanston, IL, June 2001.
  • "Focused Ion Beam: More than just a fancy IBT", Microscopy and Microanalysis¡¯ 2001, Long Beach, CA, August 2001.
  • "When Electrons Meet Light: ALCHEMI of Optical Active Oxides", Microscopy and Microanalysis¡¯ 2001, Long Beach, CA, August 2001.
  • "Towards Predictive Structure-Property Relationship for Electrically Active Interfaces, RPI, Materials Science Colloquium, Troy, NY, September 2001
  • "Synthesis, Patterning and Microscopy of Nanostructures", U. Conn, MSE Dept
    Colloquium, October 2001.
  • "Development and Management of Shared User Facilities", MRSEC Director¡¯s Meeting, Brown Univ., November, 2001.
  • "Microscopy for Nanotechnology and Vice Versa", IIT Bombay, India, December, 2001

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2000

  • "How Low Can One Get?: Low Voltage Imaging and Spectroscopy with FEG SEM", MAS NY Chapter, MAS Tour Speaker Event, Fishkill, NY, February 2000.
  • " Low Voltage Imaging, Diffraction and Spectroscopy", General Electric,, Central R & D, Schenectady, NY, March 2000.
  • "Dynamics of Charged Interfaces in Dielectric and Ferroelectric Thin Films", International Conference of the International Society for Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF-00), Aachen, Germany, March 2000.
  • "Probing the Invisible: Electron Microscopy of Nanostructures", Physics and Nanotechnology Initiative Colloquia, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, March 2000.
  • " Towards Structure-Property Relationship for Electroceramic Interfaces", MSE Colloquium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, March 2000.
  • "Graphite Encapsulated Magnetic (GEM) Nanocrystal: Carriers for Site-Specific Drug Delivery?!", Invited Presentation, Annual Retreat of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Evanston, IL, March 2000.
  • "Teaching Old Nanostructures New Tricks", MSE Colloquium, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, October 2000.
  • "Dynamics of Electrically Active Interfaces", MSE Seminar, KAIST, S. Korea, October 2000.
  • "Electron Holography and Spectroscopy of Interfaces", Keynote Address, Annual Meeting of the Korean Ceramic Society, Chunchun, S. Korea, October 2000.

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1999

  • "Engineering First: Integrating Basic Sciences and Mathematics in Engineering Curricula", IIT Bombay, India, March 1999.
  • "Advanced Electron Microscopy of Nanostructures", Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bombay, India, March 1999.
  • "In-Situ Dynamic Studies of Electrically Active Interfaces", MRS Spring Mtg., San Francisco, CA, April 1999.
  • "Electron Holography of Active Interfaces", Annual Mtg. of the Amer. Ceram. Soc., Indianapolis, IN, April 1999.
  • "Probing the Invisible: Electron Spectroscopy and Holography of Electrically Charged Interfaces", MSE Colloquium, Georgia Tech., Atlanta, GA, May 1999.
  • "Electron Holography of Active Junctions", IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, July 1999.
  • "Probing Electrically Active Interfaces", Bell Labs., Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ, July 1999.
  • "Dynamics of Grain Boundary Space-Charge Potential in Electroceramics", Microscopy and Microanalysis 99, Portland, OR, August 1999.
  • "Analytical Electron Microscopy of Composite Interfaces", Microscopy and Microanalysis 99, Portland, OR, August 1999.
  • "Hierarchy of Length-Scales in Crack Propagation and Fracture", NIST/CRC Invitee Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, September 1999.
  • "Electron Holography of Active Structures", SEMATECH, Austin, TX, October 1999.
  • "Dynamics of Charged Interfaces Via Electron Holography", Motorola, Austin, TX, October 1999.
  • "Electron Holography of Charged Interfaces", Applied Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, CA, November 1999.
  • "Dynamics of Electrically Active Interfaces", Ann. MRS Fall Mtg., Boston, MA, Nov/Dec 1999.

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1998

  • "Analytical Electron Microscopy in Materials Science", Naka Works, Hitachi Corp., Ibaraki, Japan, January 1998.
  • "Electron Probe Instrumentation Center (EPIC)", Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi Corp., Japan, January 1998.
  • "Statics and Dynamics of Interfaces in Electroceramics", US-Japan Workshop on Electrically Charged Interfaces, MIT, Cambridge, MA, March 1998.
  • "In-Situ TEM Studies of Domain Switching Dynamics in Ferroelectric Thin Films", Int. Symp. On Ferroic Domains and Mesoscopic Structures (ISFD-5), PennState Univ., University Park, PA, April 1998.
  • Dynamic TEM of Interfaces and Defects", Ann. Mtg. Ohio Chapter of the AVS, Cleveland, OH, June 1998.
  • "Spectroscopy of Oxide Superconductors", CNRS Workshop on Emerging Issues in HTS, Caen, France, July 1998.
  • "Statics and Dynamics of "Charged" Interfaces in Electroceramics", Microscopy and Microanalysis 98, Atlanta, GA, July 1998
  • "Anisotropy of Electron Structure and Transport Properties of Oxide Superconductors", Microscopy and Microanalysis 98, Atlanta, GA, July 1998
  • "Seeing Invisible: Electron Spectroscopy and Holography of Electrically Active Interfaces", Gordon Research Conference, Solid State Studies in Ceramics, Meriden, NH, August 1998.
  • "Transmission Electron Microscopy, Spectroscopy and Holography of Nanostructured Materials", Intl. Conf. on Electron Microscopy (ICEM-98), Cancun, Mexico, September 1998.
  • "Probing the Invisible at Electrically Active Interfaces", MSE Colloquium, CalTech., Pasadena, CA, October 1998.
  • "Electron Microscopy of Nanostructured Materials", Plenary Lecture, Bi-annual Mtg. of the Brazilian Society for Electron Microscopy, Brazil, October 1998.
  • "Analytical Electron Microscopy of Interfaces", Keynote Lecture, Bi-annual Mtg. of the Brazilian Society for Electron Microscopy, Brazil, October 1998.

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1997

  • "AEM of Interfaces", Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, January 1997.
  • "Crack Propagation in DSEs: Experimental and Simulations", NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, January 1997.
  • "Electrically Active Interfaces in Ceramics", Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, February 1997.
  • "Interfaces in DSEs of Oxides", Wright-Patterson Air Force Laboratories, Dayton, OH, March 1997.
  • "Introduction to Scanning Microscopy", Invited Tutorial, Ann. Mtg. of Scanning Microscopy, Chicago, IL, May 1997.
  • "Valence Band EELS", Ann. Mtg. of Scanning Microscopy, Chicago, IL, May 1997.
  • "Electron Spectroscopy and Holography of Interfaces", Microscopy Society of America, Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, August 1997.
  • "EBSD in a cold FEG SEM", Microscopy Society of America, Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, August 1997.
  • "Statics and Dynamics of Electroceramics", MSE Colloquium, Univ. Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, September 1997.
  • "Hierarchy of Length-Scale Influence in Crack Propagation in Oxide Composites", ASM/TMS Special Symposium in memory of Prof. David A. Smith, Indianapolis, IN, September 1997.
  • "Interfaces in Electroceramics", MSE Colloquium, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, September 1997.
  • "In-Situ Electron Microscopy", Ann. Mtg. of MRS, Boston, MA, November, 1997.
  • "Dynamics of Electrically Active Interfaces", Ann. Mtg. of MRS, Boston, MA, November 1997.
  • "Seeing the Invisible: Electron Holography of Charged Interfaces", Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K., December 1997.
  • "Analytical Electron Microscopy in Materials Science", Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, December 1997.

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1996

  • "Length-Scales and Structure-Property Relationships For Internal Interfaces in Oxides", High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML), ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, February 1996.
  • "Advanced Electron Microscopy of Interfaces and Interfacial Phenomena in Oxides", Univ. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, April 1996.
  • "Electron Spectroscopy and Holography of Oxide Interfaces", Frontiers of Electron Microscopy in Materials Science, Oak Brook, IL, June 1996.
  • "Sensitivity and Resolution in EBSD/OIM with a cFEG SEM", Frontiers of Electron Microscopy in Materials Science, Oak Brook, IL, June 1996.
  • "EBSD/OIM with cFEG SEM: Yes it is possible!", Microscopy Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, August, 1996

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1995

  • "Electroceramic Interfaces", IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, NY, February 1995.
  • "Direct Determination of Structure-Property Relationship for Functional Electroceramic Interfaces", Argonne National Laboratory Seminar Series, Argonne, IL, March 1995
  • "High Spatial Resolution Spectroscopy of Internal Interfaces", Max Planck Institute Invitee Workshop, Ringberg Castle, Germany, April 1995.
  • "Microanalysis at High Spatial Resolution Across Internal Interfaces", Ann. Mtg. of Microscopy Society of America, Cincinnati, August 1995.
  • "Direct Determination of Spatially Varying Potential and Charge Across Electroceramic Interfaces", Gordon Research Conference on Solid State Studies in Ceramics, NH, August 1995.

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1994

  • "Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Ionic Interfaces", Invitee Workshop on Ionic Interfaces, Max-Planck Institute, Ringberg Castle, Germany, March 1994.
  • "Dielectric Function and Electronic Structure of Oxide Superconductors", Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) Bombay, India, March 1994.
  • "Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Buckytubes", Ann. Electrochemical Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 1994.
  • "Transmission EELS in Materials Science", EELSI-94 Invitee Conference, Leukerbad, Switzerland, July 1994.
  • "Electron Spectroscopy and Interferometry of Electronic Ceramics", Microscopy Society of America, New Orleans, LA, July 1994
  • "Electron Interferometry and Holography of Real Materials", First Intl. Conference on Electron Holography, Knoxville, TN, August 1994
  • "Analytical Electron Microscopy in Ceramics Science", Materials Science & Engineering Seminar Series, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign, October 1994.
  • "Electron Spectroscopy and Holography of Electroceramic Interfaces", Ann. Fall Mtg. of MRS Boston, MA, November 1994.
  • "Towards Structure-Property Relationship for Electroceramic Interfaces", NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, December 1994.
  • "Interphase Interfaces in Structural Eutectics", General Electric, Corporate R & D, Schenectady, NY, December 1994.

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1993

  • "Atomic Structure of Interphase Interfaces in Oxides", Materials Science and Engineering Fall Seminar, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 1993.
  • "Bicrystallography and Plan-View CBED", MSA (EMSA) 93, Cincinnati, OH, August 1993.
  • "Electron Spectroscopy of Internal Interfaces in Ceramics: A Status Update and Forecast", MSA (EMSA) 93, Cincinnati, OH, August 1993.
  • "Electron Holography of Internal Interfaces in Electroceramics: Fact or Fiction ?", MSA (EMSA) 93, Cincinnati, OH, August 1993
  • "Artifacts in AEM of Interfaces: From Specimen Preparation to Data Analysis", Great Lakes EM Society Association (GLEMA), Indianapolis, October 1993.
  • "Analytical Electron Microscopy in Catalysis Research", Amoco R & D, Naperville, IL, July 1993

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1992

  • "High Spatial and Energy Resolution EELS with the HF-2000 ARAEM", First ORNL/UT Workshop on Coherent Beam Electron Microscopy, Knoxville, TN, June 1992.
  • "Atomic Resolution Analytical Electron Microscopy and Electron Holography: Implications for Materials Science", Laboratoire de Chimie des Solides, Universite de Paris-Sud, Orsay, FRANCE, July 1992.
  • "High Spatial and Energy Resolution Analytical Electron Microscopy", First Intl. Symposium on Quantitative Electron Microscopy, National Center for Electron Microscopy, LBL, CA., August 1992.
  • "Space-Group Determination by CBED: G-M Lines, Crosses and HOLZ Interactions", Ann. Mtg. of EMSA, Boston, MA, August 1992.
  • "Determination of Electronic Structure of Oxides by EELS", Workshop on Grain Boundaries in High Tc Superconductors, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, August 30- Sept.1, 1992.
  • "Role of ARAEM in Interface Analysis of High Technology Materials", Wright-Patterson Air Force Lab., Dayton, OH, October, 1992.
  • "Electrons' Eyeview of Bucky-Balls, Tubes, Toroids and Whatever Comes Next", ASM/TMS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Nov. 1992.
  • "A Journey into the Nanoworld of Buckytubes and Friends", Ann. MRS Mtg., Nov./Dec. 1992.

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1991

  • "Progress in Analytical Electron Microscopy of Materials", Argonne National Laboratory, March 1991.
  • "High Resolution and Analytical TEM Studies of Relaxation of Interfaces in Directionally Solidified Eutectics", Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, July 1991.
  • "Electron Microscopy Research at Northwestern University", Ann. Mtg. of Mid-West Society of Electron Microscopists, Chicago, IL, May 1991.
  • "Transmission EELS of Hole Formation and Charge Transfer in Oxide Superconductors", Symp. on Bulk Properties and Critical Currents in Oxide Superconductors, Argonne National Laboratory, March, 1991.
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