The Provost's Lecture Series continues on Friday, September 13, 9:30-11 a.m., with a presentation by Mas Subramanian, Milton Harris Professor of Materials at Oregon State University, entitled Inventing Color – Discovery of New Indium-containing Blue Pigment. The presentation will be held in the Student Center theater. Subramanian, who holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, is credited with discovering a
ew type of durable, environmentally benign blue pigment found to have unusual characteristics in reflecting heat, a 'cool blue' compound that could become important in new approaches to saving energy in buildings, according to Oregon State. He has published more than 300 scholarly articles and holds more than 60 patents. The lecture is free and open to students, faculty, staff and the general public.