Lectures on Tap -"Superconductivity: The "Holy Grail" of Materials Science"

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🧠 Lecture: Superconductivity: The "Holy Grail" of Materials Science

🎤 Speaker: Professor Matt Gochan

Have you ever wondered why your phone gets hot while charging, or why long extension cords are so thick? All of these everyday annoyances share a common culprit: electrical resistance. Resistance turns valuable electrical energy into wasted heat, creating one of the biggest energy challenges of our time.

Superconductors offer a radical alternative: materials where electricity can flow with zero resistance and no energy loss. In this engaging talk, Professor Matt Gochan will guide us from the basics of electricity to the strange and fascinating world of superconductivity. You’ll hear how scientists cool materials to near absolute zero, what “Cooper pairs” are, and why the quest for a room-temperature superconductor is considered a holy grail of modern physics and technology.

Matt Gochan received his PhD in condensed matter physics from Boston College in 2020 and is currently an assistant professor of physics at the Massachusetts College of Ph*rm*cy and Health Sciences.

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Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.