Our 2024 archive is available on our Youtube Channel.
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¡MIRA! Archive 2023
Allostery and Protein Evolution Through Protein Conformational Dynamics
Professor Banu Ozkan (March 9, 2023)
Utilizing Education and Industry Partnerships to Promote Technological Education in Community College Micro Nano Technology Programs
Professor Jared Ashcroft (March 23, 2023)
XPS Spectroscopy at UTEP
Professor Jorge Lopez (April 6, 2023)
Plasmonic Nanoparticle Platform for Spatiotemporal Controlled Delivery of Biomolecules into Cells
Dr. Dean Morales (April 13, 2023)
Defect and Strain Engineering: Advanced Characterization at the Nanoscale
Dr. Michael T. Pettes (April 20, 2023)
Modulating the Surface, Properties, and Shape of Artificial Bilayer Membranes
Professor Walter (Wally) Paxton (April 27, 2023)
Engineering Next Generation Chip-Based Atomic Clocks
Dr. Megan Ivory (May 3, 2023)
¡MIRA! Archive 2021
The Materials Science of Sustainable Cement
Professor Claire White (November 4, 2021)
Scalable, High-Speed, 3D Imaging of Molecular Biology in Action
Dr. Douglas Shepherd (October 28, 2021)
Understanding the Thermophysical Properties of Charged Fluids Using Molecular Simulations: A Journey from Molten Salts to Ionic Liquids and Back Again
Dr. Edward Maginn (October 21, 2021)
Designing Optimal Microscopy Experiments to Harvest Single-Cell Fluctuation Information
Dr. Brian Munsky (October 14, 2021)
Large Area Solid-State Radiation Detectors
Professor Manuel Quevedo Lopez (October 7, 2021)
Use of Optical Instrumentation for Quantitative Analysis of Cellular Biological Processes
Dr. Mariana Potcoava (September 30, 2021)
Cryomineralogy, Like Mineralogy Only Cooler
Dr. Helen Maynard-Casely (September 23, 2021)
New Imaging Techniques to Explore Energy and Charge Carrier Transport in Nanoparticles and Nanoclusters
Dr. Alan Van Orden, Colorado State University(March 25, 2021)
Chemical and Enzymatic Strategies for Complex Molecule Synthesis
Dr. Kyle Biegasiewicz, Arizona State University (March 18, 2021)
Understanding and Addressing the Impostor Syndrome in the Field of STEM
Dr. GiShawn Mance, Howard University (March 11, 2021)
Hot Carrier Solar Cells and Non-Equilibrium Phonons
Dr. David Ferry, Arizona State University (March 4, 2021)
All-Epitaxial Mid-IR Plasmonic Optoelectronics
Dr. Dan Wasserman, University of Texas Austin (February 25, 2021)
Interfacing Biomarkers and Materials Science: Applications for Detection and Therapeutics
Dr. Loreen Stromberg, Los Alamos National Laboratory (February 11, 2021)
Mapping the Human Brain with High Spatiotemporal Resolution
Dr. Shadi Dayeh, University of California, San Diego (February 4, 2021)
2020 Archives
Luminescent Nanoparticles of Metal Oxides (May 14, 2020)
2019 Archives
Integrated Nanophotonics: The Transition to High-Volume Manufacturing and Implications for Workforce Education (Oct 17, 2019)
Capturing Movies of Molecules Using Ultrafast X-rays (March 29, 2019)
Neural Interfaces: Nanoscience, and Materials Technology (Jan 31, 2019)
2018 Archives
Protein Engineered Nano Materials (Mar 23, 2018)
2017 Archives
Advances in Transmission Electron Microscopy (Apr 21, 2017)
2016 Archives
Self-Powered Wearable Devices for Monitoring Personal Health (June 13, 2016)
