
Pradeep Sharma, MD
2019 Rice Medalist
For creative contributions to understanding electromechanical size-effects leading to flexoelectricity, and the fundamental basis of flexoelectricity in quantum mechanics; and to applications of flexoelectricity to engineered and biological systems for energy harvesting, sensing, and multifunctionality
RICE MEDAL KEYNOTE: Emergent magnetoelectricity in soft materials, wireless energy harvesting and detection of magnetic fields by animals
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
3:45 – 5:15 pm
Seigle Hall 301
Biographical Information
M.D. Anderson Chair Professor & Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
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