Fall 2009 Seminar Series
Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held in the Molecular Science and Engineering Building ("M" Building) in G011 (Cherry Logan Emerson Lecture Theater) at 4:00 p.m.
Refreshments are served at 3:30 p.m. in the Emerson-Lewis Reception Salon.
(Click on a date to view the seminar abstract.)
DATE
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PRESENTATION DETAILS |
August 19 |
Ronald Rousseau
Chair, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Welcome
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August 26 |
Dr. Sheryl Ehrman
Associate Professor and Keystone Professor
Associate Chair and Graduate Program Director
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland–College Park
Chaos is Cheap: Aerosol Routes to Materials Synthesis
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September 2 |
Dr. Mike Himmel
Team Leader
U.S. Department of Energy Biomass Program
National Energy Renewable Laboratory
(NREL)
Biomass Recalcitrance: The Road to 2012
|
September 9 |
Dr. David Suleiman Rosado
Director and Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
Functionalized Nanostructured Tri-Block Copolymer
Ionomers for Separations and Fuel Cell Applications
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September 16 |
Dr. Ryan Toomey
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of South Florida
Surface-Confined, Intelligent Hydrogels
|
September 23 |
NO SEMINAR
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September 30 |
Dr. Jefferson W. Tester
David Croll Chair, Sustainable Energy Systems
Associate Director, Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Cornell University
Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) – Can They Become a Major Supplier of Primary Energy in the US? |
October 7 |
NO SEMINAR
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October 14 |
Fourth Year Colloquium
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October 21 |
Dr. S. Michael Kilbey II
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Joint Faculty in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Self-assembly and Dynamics of Architecturally Complex Block Copolymers
|
October 28 |
Dr. E. (Manolis) S. Tzanakakis
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo
Expansion and Directed Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell in Scalable Stirred-suspension Bioreactors
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November 4 |
Dr. Donald P. Visco, Jr.
Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
Department of Chemical Engineering
Tennessee Tech University
Computer-Aided Molecular Design: Approaches and Applications
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November 11 |
NO SEMINAR–AIChE Annual Meeting–Nashville
|
November 18 |
Brian A. Korgel
Temple Professor #1 & Matthew Van Winkle Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Semiconductor Nanowires and Nanocrystals for Transistor and Photovoltaic Applications
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November 25 |
NO SEMINAR–Thanksgiving Week |
December 2 |
Dr. David V. Schaffer
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California-Berkeley |
