Join us for a series of lectures featuring materials sciences expert Prof. Rigoberto Advincula of Case Western Reserve University! Our new series with Prof. Advincula aims to a beginner's friendly first foray into a new materials science field each month. By exploring the basics and fundamental science of each featured field, we hope to expand your appreciation for the research and engineering helping us craft the world of tomorrow by improving the one we live in today. Our next entry in this series is focused on paints and coatings. Paints have a history nearly as long as humanity's. Modern paints are typically made of pigment, resin, solvent, and additives and are applied to a substrate (like a wall) and convert to a solid film upon drying. Paint and the coatings that we apply to protect them are a major contributor to the US economy and projected to have a value of around $30 billion by 2019. Join us as Prof. Advincula surveys the field of paints and coatings research and development and gives us a tour on how we work with these materials today, characterize their properties, and usher in next-generation technologies via the latest techniques in chemical, electrical, materials, and mechanical engineering.