Seminar Schedule: Spring 2009

12 Professor Jason HaughDepartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University"Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Signaling Pathways in Cells”

26 Professor Markus DesernoDepartment of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University“Coarse-Grained Simulation Studies of Mesoscopic Membrane Phenomena”

2 Professor Edward J. MaginnDepartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame“Using Molecular Simulations to Design New Ionic Liquids for Use in Energy and PropulsionApplications”

9 Professor Perla BalbuenaArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University“Challenges in the Design of Active and Durable Fuel Cell Catalysts”

16 Professor Robert E. CohenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology“Designing Robust Omniphobic Surfaces”

23 Professor Robert Madix2008 D.O. Shah Annual Lecture in Surface ScienceSchool of Engineering & Applied Science, Harvard University“Model Catalytic Studies of Partial Oxidation Reactions on Coinage Metals”

January

February

2 Professor Nicholas KotovDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan"Self-Assembled Systems of Nanoparticles: New Optical Properties and FundamentalAnalogies with Proteins"

16 Professor Sankar NairSchool of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology"Single-Walled Metal Oxide Nanotubes: Growth Mechanisms and Energetics"

March

All seminars are held at 4:00pm in Room 1002 New Physics Bldg. (NPB).Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in the hallway outside the CHE Main Office

Seminar Schedule: Spring 2009

23 Professor Jochen LauterbachDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware"Catalyst Discovery and Optimization using High-Throughput Methodologies"

30 Professor Robert S. ParkerDepartment of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh"A Model-Based Approach to Engineering Medical Interventions"

March

6 Professor L.S. FanDepartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University"Chemical Looping Gasification and CO2 Separation"

13 Professor Michael PaulaitisDepartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University"Role of Fluctuations in T-Cell Receptor Molecular Recognition-Simulations andExperiments"

20 Professor Mark OrazemDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida"Applications of Models for Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy"

April

All seminars are held at 4:00pm in Room 1002 New Physics Bldg. (NPB).Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in the hallway outside the CHE Main Office