NASCENT hosts guests to speak on a variety of topics. Speakers may beuniversity faculty members working in areas related to NASCENT’s mission and vision, entrepreneurs, innovators from member companies, or speakers with expertise in intellectual property.
Video recordings of these presentations, as well as soft copies of the presentation files, are made available below. If you are with an outside company and are interested in gaining access to these outside speaker presentations, please contact us here.
Please check back for videos from our latest guest presentors!
NASCENT GUEST SPEAKER PRESENTATION FILES
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NASCENT GUEST SPEAKER PRESENTATION VIDEOS
(most recent first)
"Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) projects", April 30, 2021
Dr. Tyrone Porter, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
"LAM Research Corporation-Virtual Fabrication Platform", April 23, 2021
Dr. Ye Feng, Technical Director, LAM Research
"Tracking Epitranscriptomics Modifications to Understand Early Health Effects of Oxidative-Prone Air", April 16, 2021
Dr. Lydia Contreras, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
"Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Thin Film Superconductors and Semiconductors", April 9, 2021
Dr. Venkat Selvamanickam, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, University of Houston
"Nano-to-Macro Fabrication of Superconducting Circuits for Quantum Information Technology", April 2, 2021
Dr. Shyam Shankar, Assistant Professor, ECE, University of Texas at Austin
"Light to Illuminate the Way", March 26, 2021
Dr. Zachariah A. Page, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
"The History of Fiber Optics Revolutionizing the World of Communications", March 12, 2021
Dr. Mark Melliar-Smith, former CEO Canon Nanotechnologies, consultant to Canon Inc.
"Technology Innovation - Is this project worth pursuing", February 12, 2021
Dr. Nishi Viswanathan, Director, Texas Health Catalyst, Dell Medical School, UT Austin
"The Texas Innovation Center", January 29, 2021
Dr. Van N. Truskett, Executive Director, Texas Innovation Center, UT Austin
"How to Leverage Networking to Enhance Your Job Search", October 16, 2020
Olga Koutseridi, M.A., Senior Graduate Student Coordinator, Global Mobility, Texas Career Engagement, University of Texas at Austin
"2D Materials for Ultrathin Optoelectronics", April 10, 2020
Jamie Warner, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Texas Materials Institute, University of Texas at Austin
You can download the brochure for the event here.
"Sensor Technologies and Devices", April 03, 2020
Tanya Hutter, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
You can download the brochure for the event here.
"Intellectual Property Basics and Insights", November 15, 2019
Greg Webb, Parner at Haynes and Boone, Richardson TX
You can download the brochure for the event here. Introduction provided by Dr. Larry Dunn.
"The History of Fiber Optics Revolutionizing the World of Communications", November 5, 2019
Dr. Mark Melliar-Smith, Senior Advisor to Canon Inc., Austin TX
You can download the brochure for the event here
"Computing for the Endless Frontier" October 11, 2019
Dr. Dan Stanzione, Executive Director, Associate Vice President for Research, Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), University of Texas at Austin
You can download the brochure for the event here
"The Southwest I-Corps Node" May 10, 2019
Aprille Busch, Assistant Director, Southwest I-Corps Node, University of Texas at Austin
You can download the brochure for the event here
"Materials for High Resolution Imaging Applications" April 4, 2019
Dr. Grant Willson, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
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"Digital Manufacturing of Nanomaterials" October 5, 2018
Dr. Yuebing Zheng, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
You can download the brochure for the event here
"Smart Sensors & Collaborative Internet of Things - IOT in Motion for a Smart, Secure, Connected World" September 21, 2018
Dr. Kwok Wu, Head of Embedded System & Software, NXP Semiconductor
(apologies, no video available, a data connection interruption corrupted the recording)
You can download the brochure for the event here
"Ultrasonic Nanocoining: Taking Nanopatterning from Academia into Industry" April 6, 2018.
Dr. Stephen Furst, CEO, and Dr. Nichole Miller, Senior Scientist, at Smart Material Solutions
You can download the brochure for the event here
"Development and R2R Scale up of a Hybrid Printed CMOS Silicon TFT Process" December 8, 2017.
Dr. Arvind Kamath, Vice President, Technology Development at Thin Film Electronics, Inc.
You can download the brochure for the event here
"Printed Electronics: Materials, Processes and Applications" October 27, 2017.
Dr. Rudresh Ghosh, Academic Liaison/Applications Engineer, Novacentrix
You can download the brochure for the event here
“NSF I-Corps: Training and Grant Opportunities to Commercialize Your Research” September 1, 2017.
Aprille Busch, Program Manager, University of Texas at Austin, Southwest I-Corps
You can download the brochure for the event here
“Devices, Nanofunctions, and Unconventional Applications of 2D Materials” May 26, 2017.
Dr. Eric Pop, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
You can download the brochure for the event here
“Is VLSI Scaling Dead?” May 12, 2017.
Dr. Greg Yeric, Fellow, ARM Research
You can download the brochure for the event here
“The Next Digital Revolution – Digital Atomic Scale Manufacturing” April 21, 2017.
Dr. John Randall, President, Zyvex Labs
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“Tech Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Your Research” and “NSF I-Corps Start-up Company Training” March 03, 2017.
respectively presented by
Dr Robert Villwock , Strategic Researcher Liaison, Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Texas at Austin
Ben Eynon, Assistant Director, Strategic Programs, NASCENT Center, University of Texas at Austin
“Where Are We Headed With Battery Technologies?” January 27, 2017.
Professor Arumugam Manthiram, Texas Materials Institute, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
You can download the brochure for the event here
“Virtual Reality in Austin: New Generation of Gaming & Beyond” December 7, 2016.
Patrick Curry, Serial entrepreneur, game developer and recent director of Unity Austin
You can download the brochure for the event here.
“Thermal Transport in Li-ion Cells: Materials, Processes and Metrology” November 11, 2016.
Dr. Ankur Jain, University of Texas at Arlington
You can download the brochure for the event here.
The video presentation below is a re-recording from 11/28/2016.
“TEL: Company Overview and Modeling | Optimization of Silicon Nitride Etching in Phosphoric Acid” October 14, 2016.
Dr. Jacques Faguet and Dr. Derek Bassett, Tokyo Electron Limited
You can download the brochure for the event here.
“Reinvigorating Industrial Basic Research: Northrop Grumman NEXT” September 30, 2016.
Dr. Jesse Tice and Dr. Vince Gambin, Northrop Grumman
You can download the brochure for the event here.
“High-rate Nano and Microscale Printing of Electronics and Sensors” April 8, 2016.
Prof. Ahmed Busnaina, W. L. Smith Professor and Director, Northeastern University NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing
You can download the brochure for the event here.
“Modeling and Control of Advanced Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Systems” March 25, 2016.
Prof. Prabhakar Pagilla, TEES Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
You can download the brochure for the event here.
“Heterogeneous Integration and Manufacturing at Small Scales” February 26, 2016.
Prof. Placid Ferreira, Tungchao Julia Lu Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
You can download the brochure for the event here.
“2-Dimensional Materials for Next Generation Electronics” February 10, 2016.
Dr. Rudresh Ghosh, Microelectronics and Engineering Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
You can download the brochure for the event here.
“DNA-based Nanomechanical Devices” November 20, 2015.
Prof. Carlos Castro, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University
You can download the brochure for the event here.
“Intellectual Property Strategies for Startups.” November 13, 2015.
Greg Webb, Partner at Haynes at Boone, LLP.
You can download the brochure for the event here.
“Enabling Layout and Process Optimization with Fast, Full-Field Simulation of Droplet-Dispensed UV Nanoimprint Lithography.” November 6, 2015.
Prof. Hayden Taylor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, and Simprint Nanotechnologies.
You can download the brochure for the event here.