MizzouForward Keynote

Understanding Functional Materials for Sustainable Energy Conversion with Advanced Energy and Healthcare Application

May 8th | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm  

Ketcham Auditorium – W1005 Lafferre Hall

Join us for " Understanding Functional Materials for Sustainable Energy Conversion with Advanced Energy and Healthcare Application" a keynote presentation by Dr. M. Jasim Uddin, College of Engineering – Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, MizzouForward faculty candidate.  Dr. Uddin will present on his research for approximately 40-minutes with a 20-minute question and answer session to follow.

Dr. M. Jasim Uddin (h-index ~30) obtained his BS in Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science and PhD degree in Materials Science and Tech from University of Turin, Italy. He is currently working as an Assoc. Professor of Materials Science and co-Director of Materials Science and Engineering program at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He serves as a Distinguished Professor of Materials Science, Department of IME at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, FL. He is a fellow (awarded: Cohort 4) of Texas Academic Leadership Academy, Houston. His research focuses on chemical processing and or functionalization of organic-inorganic hybrid materials, oxide/mixed-oxide based nanomaterials, carbon nanofibers, polymer nanofibers for application in energy conversion, energy storage, structural health monitoring, biomedical sensors, self-powered sensors, etc. He published more than 70 papers, 100 conference presentations, 25 invited talks, 5 patents, and 6 book/book chapters. He received more than 25 national/international awards for his research and education.  He graduated more than 20 graduate and 40 undergraduate students from his research group. Currently, he has 15 undergraduates, 8 graduate and 2 postdoctoral research assistants with his research group.  He was awarded more than $20M of external grant as a PI/co-PI. He is serving as associate editors/guest editors to several journal in materials science.

Dr. Uddin’s presentation explains the interaction of nanomaterials with (a) photon, (b) small molecules (fuels, e.g., H2, etc.,) (c) vibration, (c) microbes, and (d) impact/stress for synthesis of innovative devices and materials toward application in energy conversion, energy storage, health monitoring, and biomedical sensors. His seminar talk describes the (1) the presence of different polarity allows electron states on one surface to compensate with those on the contacting surface decreasing their density and density gradients, thus determining how those electron gradients and delocalizations are correlated to the surface properties of the nanofibers (NF) composite; 2) understanding the influence of surface roughness and mesoporosity imparted intrinsically to NF composite and its effect on the electrostatic phenomena; (3) the effects of further surface activation with NF synthesis step and poling mechanism (post process) in changing of triboelectrification on the NF surfaces; and (4) understanding the interactions in between the non-compensated electronic polarization and mesostructure of the developed NF-filament.

You can access Dr. Uddin’s CV via OneDrive here:

  Uddin Resume_ 2023.pdf (University log in required to access)

After the keynote, please provide candidate feedback with our brief survey.