Fall Seminar Series
Seminars are held in 1017 H.H. Dow on Tuesdays from 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served from 2:30-3:00 p.m. in 3158 H. H. Dow (Podbielniak Lounge) unless otherwise noted.
September 15, 2009
Lecture: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., 1017 H.H. Dow
Refreshments: 2:30-3:00 p.m., 3062 H.H. Dow
Jose Bravo
Chief Scientist
Shell Global Solutions Inc.
Topic: “Focus on Sustainable Fuels and Effects of Free Water in Distillation Columns
Abstract
September 17, 2009
Refreshments: 11:30 a.m., 3158 H.H. Dow
Lecture: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., 1017 H.H. Dow
Undergraduate-Graduate/Faculty Cancer Symposium
September 22, 2009
Lanny Schmidt
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Minnesota
Topic: "Catalytic Autothermal Reforming of Renewable Fuels at Millisecond Contact Times"
September 29, 2009
Matt Tirrell
Arnold and Barbara Silverman Professor and Chair Department of Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley
Topic: "Protein Analogous Micelles: Versatile, Modular Nanoparticles"
Abstract
October 6, 2009
Lecture: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., 1017 H.H. Dow
Refreshments: 2:30 p.m., 3062 H.H. Dow
Tabish Maqbool
ChE PhD Student
Topic: "Revisiting Asphaltene Precipitation from Crude Oils:
A Case of Neglected Kinetic Effects"
Hima Nandivada
ChE PhD Student
Topic: "Designing Synthetic Biointerfaces for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture"
Abstracts
October 13, 2009
Galen Fisher
Chemical Engineering
University of Michigan
Topic: "On-Board Hydrogen Generation for Vehicle Emissions Control: Spatially Resolved Species and Temperature Profiles along a Reformer Catalyst"
Abstract, Bio
October 20, 2009
Larry McIntire
The Wallace H. Coulter Chair and Professor
Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Techology and Emory University
Topic: Role of Mechanical Forces in Vascular Biology
Abstract, Bio
October 27, 2009
Lecture: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., 1017 H.H. Dow
Refreshments: 2:30 p.m., 3062 H.H. Dow
Julia M. Ross
Professor and Chair
Department of Chemical and Biochemica lEngineering
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Topic: Infection Development in the Cardiovascular System: Critical Roles for Bacterial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation
Abstract, Bio
November 3, 2009
Arup K. Chakraborty
Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
MIT
Topic: "Understanding Adaptive Immunity: A Crossroad of the Physical, Life, and Engineering Sciences"
Abstract, Bio
November 19, 2009
UM/MSU Joint Seminar
Thursday
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Lecture: 1670 CSE
4:00 p.m.
Gary Leal
Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Topic: "The Effect of Interface Slip on Drop Dynamics: Deformation, Breakup and Coalescence."
Seminar Program & Schedule of Events
November 24, 2009
Chetana Singh
ChE PhD Student
Topic: "Striped and patchy phase separation in
surfactant-coated surfaces"
Laura Shereda
ChE PhD Student
Topic: "Step Strain Induced Crystallization in Concentrated Colloidal Suspensions"
Abstracts
December 2, 2009
Walter J. Weber, Jr.
Distinguished Lecture
Wednesday
Eric Beckman
George M. Bevier Professor of Engineering
Co-Director, Mascaro Sustainability Initiative
Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Topic: TBD
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