Todd Hoare The Hoare Lab , Heather Sheardown Heather Sheardown , Boyang Zhang BZhangLab , and Charles de Lannoy de Lannoy Lab are all McMaster University McMaster ChemEng faculty giving talks at the BIMR/CCEM workshop on the Future of Soft Materials next Mon and Tues. Registration is free.

Congratulations to Todd Hoare The Hoare Lab on becoming a Tier 1 CRC! This is a well-deserved honour!

Jose Moran-Mirabal Moran-Mirabal Group does amazing work with nano materials, wrinkled surfaces, and single-molecule fluorescence @macchemdept McMaster University. He will speak at the Future Directions of Soft Materials workshop on Tuesday. Registration is free.

Honored to have this opportunity to follow Karen Winey’s footsteps as the next Penn MSE chair ⁦Penn Engineering⁩ ⁦@PennMatSci⁩ ⁦Vijay Kumar⁩ ⁦Center for Soft and Living Matter⁩ ⁦⁦Liang Feng @Penn MSE⁩ blog.seas.upenn.edu/karen-winey-le…

TODAY @ 9:45 EDT w opening remarks from Eng Assoc Dean Rsch (& former Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research (BIMR) Director) John Preston. Lots of exciting talks by McMaster Engineering faculty lined up over the next two days. Jointly hosted by Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research (BIMR) & @CCEMCanada Link in pic below to rsvp (free!)

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This week’s BIMR Seminar is presented by Prof. Gianluigi Botton exceptionally on Thursday April 14 at 2.30pm. Prof. Botton will explain where do we stand on Using Electrons and Photons for Materials Characterization. Details and Zoom link on our website: brockhouse.mcmaster.ca/events/

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This week’s Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research (BIMR) Seminar is presented by Prof. Yves Brechet! Join this seminar via ZOOM or in-person (ABB-165) this Friday May 13th at 2.30pm to hear about his work on #archecturedmaterials and "materials by design" strategy. (1/2)

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Today is the day! Join us online for the Future Directions of Advanced Materials Workshop. Registrations remain open during the event: brockhouse.mcmaster.ca/events/  @CCEMCanada Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research (BIMR)

This week it is safe to say I butchered someone’s name in a meeting, I apologized and learned to pronounce - the right step to show respect and inclusivity. It’s important to learn how to pronounce names - if not sure about mine, just ask! hbr.org/2020/01/if-you…