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We are still in the process of selecting presenters for the fall semester and seminars will be added to the schedule. *Unless otherwise specified, all events listed below will be held in the Highland Campus Accelerator in CR-1101 on the day listed. Refreshments will be provided. Please continue to visit this page for updates.
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Event Schedule:​
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Thursday, September 21st, 6:00-8:00PM; Program Q&A and Poster Session featuring 2023 CREATE Alumni
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Tuesday, November 14th, 6:00-8:00PM; Research Seminar with Professor Delia Milliron:
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Professor Milliron is the ​Bill L. Stanley Endowed Leadership Chair in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
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The Milliron Group focuses on chemical synthesis and assembly of nanostructured electronic and electrochemical materials, processing-structure-property relationships, energy and electronic devices.
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Professor Milliron's research group is composed of chemists, materials scientists, and engineers motivated by the challenges of next-generation electronic devices and energy technologies
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TBD; Research seminar with Professor Edward Yu:​
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Professor Yu is the Judson S. Swearingen Regents Chair in the Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Professor Yu is part of the Microelectronics Research Center (MRC) and the principal investigator (PI) for the Nanoscale Characterization and Devices Laboratory at UT Austin's Pickle Research Campus.
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Professor Yu has a focus on Electronics, Photonics and Quantum Systems (EPQS)
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Fall 2023 - CREATE Event Schedule
Arrival at HLC
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Parking for CREATE seminars is available in the visitor parking lot near the corner of Highland Mall Blvd and Jonathan Dr.
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Please use the East Entrance of Building 1000 and proceed down the Social Staircase. The Accelerator will be on the right.
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Please click the maps to expand them.
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For more info, please contact CREATE@cm.utexas.edu
Please click here to see our previous seminars

Thursday, March 9th from 6:00-7:30
Professor Huiliang (Evan) Wang | Assistant Professor | Biomedical Engineering
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"Ultrasound triggered liposome light source for noninvasive optogenetics"
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Optogenetics has revolutionized neuroscience understanding by allowing spatiotemporal control over cell-type specific neurons in neural circuits. However, visible light cannot be directly delivered to deep brain tissue, due to the severe dissipation and scattering of photons. As a result, invasive craniotomy is usually required to implant optical fibers in the brain for in vivo optogenetic stimulation, resulting in permanent damage and chronic gliosis in brain tissue. To achieve non-invasive optogenetics with high temporal resolution and excellent biocompatibility, we have developed focused ultrasound triggered nanoscopic light sources (Lipo@IR780/L012) for deep brain photon delivery. Synchronized and stable blue light emission was generated under FUS irradiation
due to the activation of chemiluminescent L012 via nearby
reactive oxygen species generated by IR780. In vitro tests
revealed that Lipo@IR780/L012 could be triggered by FUS
for light emission at different frequencies and hence
activate opsin-expressing spiking HEK cells under the FUS
irradiation. In vivo optogenetic stimulation further
demonstrated that motor cortex neurons could be
noninvasively and reversibly activated under the repetitive
FUS stimulation after i.v. injection of lipid nanoparticles to
achieve limb motions control.

Thursday, February 16th from 6:00-7:30
Professor Hang Ren | Assistant Professor | Department of Chemistry
"Revealing the heterogeneity in metal dissolution reaction via colocalized electrochemical and structural imaging"
Electrochemical metal dissolution reactions are fundamentally important in battery and corrosion processes. Their kinetics is highly dependent on surface structures and the presence of passive films. In this talk, I will present the study on the initiation of metal dissolution reactions on Ag and Ni, representing model systems for oxide-free and oxide-covered metals, respectively. The local dissolution kinetics is voltammetrically mapped via scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM). Co-localized characterization of crystal orientation reveals slower dissolution on {111} close-packed
planes. The local dissolution kinetics on grain boundaries
can also be directly measured, which shows a faster
dissolution rate on some but not all grain boundaries. The
dependence of passive film breakdown on the thickness of
the passive film is also revealed, which is obtained from
colocalized TOF-SIMS mapping. We demonstrate that
correlative electrochemical and structural imaging are
powerful tools for studying heterogeneity at complex
electrochemical interfaces.
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