Please join us for the next IACS Seminar on Friday, April 6, 2012. Speaker: Kirk Bevan, Assistant Professor of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University Location: Maxwell-Dworkin G135, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Time: Informal lunch with speaker, 12:30pm. Talk, 1:00pm. Title: Electrons Moving Atoms in Nanoelectronics Abstract: It is well known that an electrical current will flow through a conductor upon application of a voltage source such as a battery. However, it is less well appreciated that electrical current flow in turn also drives the motion of atoms in a conductor. In the present day age of nanoscale technologies, this aptly named “electromigration” of atoms can dramatically influence performance and reliability. In this talk atomic-scale perspectives on this phenomena, suitable to a general computational science audience, will be presented as part of an effort to fully control correlated electron-atom motion through materials engineering at the atomic scale. Bio: Kirk H. Bevan received his doctorate in electrical engineering at Purdue University in 2008. From 2008 to early 2011 he was a joint postdoctoral fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and McGill University. Since 2011 he has been on the faculty of engineering at McGill University in Materials Engineering. His research is focused on enabling the crossover of novel physical phenomena into real-world engineering applications with an emphasis on electronic device materials design. For information about future events at IACS, see http://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/events _______________________________________________ Iacs-events mailing list Iacs-events(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.seas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iacs-events