Thermoelectrics
Thermoelectrics
In this segment of Material Marvels, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez describes how simple devices like cell phones can be powered by... Read more
10 Feb 2012
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3mins
Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials
In this segment of Material Marvels, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez demonstrates how materials behave strangely when they are nanos... Read more
10 Feb 2012
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3mins
Graphene
Graphene
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Yale, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez, discusses how a laye... Read more
14 Dec 2011
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4mins
Quasicrystals
Quasicrystals
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to quasicrystals. But what are they? Dr. Ainissa Ramirez guides us into the strange wo... Read more
27 Oct 2011
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2mins
Solar Cells
Solar Cells
In this short video, Yale engineer, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez, shows how sandwiches of silicon (in solar cells) can create ene... Read more
27 Oct 2011
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3mins
Shape Memory Alloys
Shape Memory Alloys
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Yale, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez (@blkgrlphd), talks a... Read more
27 Sep 2011
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3mins
Space Shuttle Ceramics
Space Shuttle Ceramics
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Yale, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez, demonstrates the hea... Read more
27 Sep 2011
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2mins