Cockrell School of Engineering Lectureship
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Seminar Abstract:
Since the dawn of man, discovery or invention of new materials has provided an ever increasing capability to engineer useful new things. As long as we keep inventing new materials, we will get more internet bandwidth and ubiquity, live longer, and make better use of scarce global resources such as water and fossil fuels. This talk will provide a historical perspective on these statements, and give examples of how this will play out in the future by looking at some new materials that are aiming to change the world.