2019
November 2019: 2019 Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference
Prof. Takamura and I-Ting Chiu will deliver oral presentations at the Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference in Las Vegas, NV. I-Ting will deliver a talk entitled “Topotactic Transformations in Cobaltite Thin Films” on Tuesday, Nov. 5th at 9:54am while Prof. Takamura will deliver an invited talk entitled “Engineering Magnetic Interactions in Complex Oxide Heterostructures” on Friday, Nov. 8th at 8:30am. More information on the conference can be found here.
October 2019: Advanced Light Source Users’ Meeting
I-Ting Chiu will deliver an invited talk at a workshop entitled “Magnetic Order and Topology in Functional Materials at the the ALS Users’ Meeting. More information about the ALS Users’ Meeting can be found here.
September 2019: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource Users’ Meeting
Prof. Takamura will present a talk as part of the workshop on Materials Science X-Ray Diffraction Opportunities organized as part of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) Users’ Meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24th. More information on the SSRL Users’ Meeting can be found here.
September 2019: Seminar at University of Connecticut
Prof. Takamura will deliver a seminar for the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut on Friday, Sept. 13th, 2019. The talk is entitled “Engineering Spin Textures in Nanostructured Complex Oxides.”
July 2019: Engineering Frontier Research Center Principal Investigators’ Meeting
Prof. Takamura and I-Ting Chiu traveled to Washington, DC to participate in the Engineering Frontier Research Center Principal Investigators’ Meeting on behalf of the Quantum-Materials for Energy Efficient Quantum-Materials. While in Washington, DC, they also had a bit of time to be tourists.
June 2019: Graduation Ceremony
Prof. Takamura and Alex Kane dressed up in their robes for the 2019 UC Davis Graduation Ceremony. Congratulations to Alex!
June 2019: Alex Kane’s Exit Seminar
Alex Kane presented his exit seminar on his Ph.D. dissertation entitled “Tuning Electronic Interface Reconstruction and Magnetic Reversal in Perovskite Oxide Exchange Spring Heterostructures” on Monday, June 17th, 2019. His abstract can be found here. The group showed their support by wearing SF Giants gear/colors.
May 2019:
Congratulations to Mingzhen Feng for passing her Ph.D. preliminary exam!
April 2019: Pedrozzi Scholarship Awarded!
Congratulations to Dayne Sasaki for being awarded a Pedrozzi Scholarship! The foundation provides college and vocational scholarships and resources to Livermore students.
April 2019: UC Davis Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference
Peifen Lyu will present an oral presentation entitled “Characterization of Antiferromagnetic Domain Patterns in Perovskite Oxide Microstructures” at the 2019 UC Davis Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference on Saturday, April 27th. More information on the conference can be found here. 
April 2019: Santa Clara ASM/SAMPE Scholarship Recipient
The UC Davis Materials Science and Engineering Department congratulates undergraduate Peifen Lyu, who has been named a Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the American Society for Materials (ASM) and the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process (SAMPE) scholarship recipient. Peifen is one of two recipients of this year’s honor, which provides $2,000 each to selected applicants concentrating in materials science and technology and related engineering disciplines from Northern California colleges and universities. The Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the American Society for Materials and the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering jointly award scholarships on an annual basis.
March 2019: APS March Meeting in Boston
I-Ting Chiu and Prof. Takamura presented oral talks at the 2019 APS March Meeting in Boston. I-Ting’s talk was entitled “Phase transitions and magnetic domain coexistence in Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3 thin films” and Prof. Takamura’s talk was entitled “Local Control of Magneto-crystalline Anisotropy of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Thin Films through Ion Implantation”.
January 2019: Welcome to Mingzhen and Dayne
Mingzhen Feng and Dayne Sasaki join the TRG! Welcome!
January 2019: 2019 Joint MMM – Intermag Conference
Prof. Takamura will present an invited talk entitled “Engineering Spins in Nanostructured Complex Oxides” at the 2019 Joint MMM – Intermag Conference to be held in Washington, DC from January 14-18th, 2019. The conference website can be found here.