Departmental Seminars, 2008-2009
Departmental Seminars, 2007-2008
Departmental Seminars, 2006-2007
Departmental Seminars, 2005-2006
Departmental Seminars, 2004-2005
Departmental Seminars, Spring 2003
Chemical
Engineering Seminar Series
2008-2009
Fall semester
September 24, 2008
Dr. David Albin, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
"Process-related Degradation in Polycrystalline, Thin-Film
CdTe
Solar Cells"
October 15, 2008
Dr. Ronald Jones, National Institute of Standards and Technology
"3-D structure of templated nanostructures self-assembled
using thermal gradients"
October 29, 2008
Professor David Schiraldi, Case Western Reserve University
"Clay Aerogel/Polymer Composite Materials"
November 12, 2008
Professor Chris Macosko, University of Minnesota
"Polymer Protected Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery"
December 3, 2008
Alexander Shestopalov, Duke University
"Catalytic microcontact printing on functionalized self-assembled
monolayers"
Spring Semester
January 28th, 2009
Ms. Chelsea Monty, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
February 25, 2009
Professor Karen K. Gleason, M.I.T.
“Designing Functional and Responsive Organic Surfaces
by Chemical Vapor Deposition”
April 8, 2009
Professor Sanat K. Kamar, Columbia University
April 22, 2009
Professor Benjamin L. Miller, University of Rochester
May 20, 2009
Distinguished Su Lectureship Series
Professor Tobin Marks, Northwestern University
Chemical
Engineering Seminar Series
2007-2008
September 19, 2007
"Novel Formulations
for the Noninvasive Delivery of Systemically Acting Drugs to and
through the Lungs"
Professor Sandro da
Rocha, Wayne State University
September 26
"Chemical and Biomedical
Applications of Droplet ("Digital") Microfluidics"
Professor
Robin L. Garrell, University of California- Los Angeles
October 17
"Block Copolymers
as a New Design Platform for High-Performance Electroactive Polymers"
Professor
Richard Spontak, North Carolina State University
Monday November 12, 101 Goergen Hall, 12:00pm-12:50pm
Professor Pierre Carlès
Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Université Pierre et Marie Curie/CNS
Paris, France
November 28
"Effect of Conformational and Configurational Control on Charge Mobility in Naphthalene Diimide-Based Organic Thin-Film Transistors"
Dr. Deepak Shukla,
Kodak
Rochester, NY
December 12
"Solution-Processable
Organic Conductors and Semiconductors: Viable Materials for Thin-Film
Electronics"
Professor
Lynn Loo, Princeton University
February 6
"Breaking the Chemical and Engineering Barriers to Lignocellulosic Biofuels"
Professor George W. Huber, University of Massachussetts- Amherst
February 20
“Designing Hierarchical Porous Structures, Shaped Nanoparticles and Electrode Materials”
Professor Andreas Stein, University of Minnesota
March 19
Professor Vladimir Bulovic, M.I.T.
April 2
"From Directed Self-Assembly to Self-Corralling: Harnessing Materials on the Nanoscale"
Professor Thomas Russell, University of Massachussetts- Amherst
April 16
"Paint solvent and other lies"
Professor Marc Donohue, Johns Hopkins University
April 23
“Direct Oxidation Liquid Feed Methanol Fuel Cells and the Methanol Economy™”
Professor G.K. Surya Prakash, University of Southern California
April 30 Su Lectureship
Professor Joseph DeSimone, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill &
North Carolina State University
Chemical
Engineering Seminar Series
2006-2007
September 20, 2006
"Recent developments
on SOFC for use with hydrocarbon fuels"
Professor
Raymond J. Gorte, University of Pennsylvania, PA
October 18
"Phase Behavior of
Small and Large Molecules: Characterization of Molecular Interactions"
Professor
Charles F. Zukoski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champlain,
IL
November 1
"Synthesis,
Functionalization, and Clinical Diagnostic Applications of II-VI
Semiconductor Nanocrystals"
Professor
T.J. Mountziaris, University of Massachusetts-Amherst,
MA
November 29
"Extrafluorescent Electroluminescence in Organic Light
Emitting Devices"
Professor
Marc Baldo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
December 6
"Photovoltaic Technologies for
Solar Energy Conversion – Challenges and Opportunities"
Professor
Ching Tang, University of Rochester
December 13
"A Molecular
Approach to the Reductive Side of Water Splitting: Making Hydrogen
Using Platinum Complexes"
Professor Richard Eisenberg, University of Rochester
February 7
"Nanoscale
Lithography Using Block Copolymers"
Professor
Paul F. Nealey, University of Wisconsin, Madison
February 28
"What is the
Role of the Inventor in Preparing and Prosecuting Patent Applications"
Raymond L. Owens, Patent Legal Staff, Eastman Kodak Company
March 22
Distinguished Su Lectureship Series
Professor
Michael Graetzel, Ph.D. Dr.h.c.mult.
Director, Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces (LPI), Institute
of Chemical Science and Engineering, Faculty of Basic Science,
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
April 4 (CANCELED)
"From Directed
Self-Assembly to Self-Corralling: Harnessing Materials on the
Nanoscale"
Professor
Thomas P. Russell, University of Massachusetts-Amherst,
MA
April 25
"Tunable-focus
liquid and liquid crystal lenses"
Professor
Shin-Tson Wu, University of Central Florida
May 2
Professor
Satish Kandlikar, Rochester Institute of Technology
Chemical
Engineering Seminar Series
2005-2006
September 14, 2005
"Conjugated Polyelectrolytes: Self-Assembly, Amplified Quenching
and Application to Biosensors"
Professor Kirk S. Schanze, University of Florida, FL
September 28
"Spectroscopic Studies of Polymer Blends: Facts and Artefacts"
Professor Paul Painter, Penn State University, PA
October 12
"The Nanoscience of Macroscale Systems: Materials Fabrication
for Power, Sensing, and IT"
Professor Ralph Nuzzo, University of Illinois, IL
November 16
"A (Random) Walk on a Scale-Free Nets"
Professor Daniel Ben-Avraham, Clarkson University, NY
December 7
"New Soft Materials with Designed Functionality -
Liquid Crystalline Elastomers and Hybrid Hydrogels"
Professor Patrick T. Mather, Case Western Reserve University,
OH
February 8
"Dripping, Jetting, Drops and Wetting: The Magic
of Microfluidics"
Professor David Weitz, Harvard University
February 22
"Influences of Tailored Intermolecular Interactions
on the Formation of Macromolecular Fibers, Surfaces, and Elastomers"
Professor Timothy Long, Virginia Tech, VA
March 8
CANCELLED
March 29
"Modeling of Thin Flims Flows"
Dr. Steven J. Weinstein, Eastman Kodak Company, NY
April 19
"Interfacial Transients at a Moving Liquid Meniscus"
Professor Thomas B Jones, Univesity of Rochester, NY
April 26
Distinguished Su Lectureship Series
"Complex Fluids as Templates for New Materials"
Professor Eric W. Kaler, University of Delaware, DE
Chemical Engineering Seminar Series
2004-2005
September 15, 2004
"Molecular Structure versus Phase Behavior of Materials in Carbon Dioxide: The Quest to Design a More Sustainable CO2-Phile "
Professor Eric J. Beckman, Bayer Professor and Chairman, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh
September 29, 2004
"Using Ionic Liquids for Gas Separations"
Professor Joan F. Brennecke, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Notre Dame
October 6, 2004
"Polymer - Inorganic Hybrids: Merging Polymer Science and Solid State Materials"
Professor Ulrich Wiesner, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University
October 20, 2004
"Ionomer Morphologies - Moving Toward A Thorough Understanding"
Professor Karen I. Winey, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
November 3, 2004
"Copper Planarization by Electropolishing"
Professor Ian Ivar Suni, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clarkson University
November 17, 2004
"Semiconducting and Piezoelectric Nanobelts, Nanosprings and Nanorings"
Professor Zhong Lin Wang, Director, Center For Nanostructure Characterization & Fabrication (CNCF), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
January 19, 2005
"Mammalian Cell Processing Using Acoustic Technology for Cell Retention in Bioreactors and for Viral Transfection Applications"
Professor James Piret, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biotechnology, University of British Colombia, Canada
February 9, 2005
"Research and Production of Membrane- Electrode-Assembly (MEA) For High Performance Polyelectrolyte Fuel Cell (PEM-FC)"
Professor Israel Cabasso, Director of the Polymer Research Institute, State University of New York-esf (Environment Science and Forestry) at Syracuse
February 23, 2005
"Polymers and Particles at Interfaces by Directed Assembly"
Professor Todd S. Emrick, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
March 30, 2005
"Polymer Selective Flake Nanocomposites"
Professor Michael Tsapatsis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Minnesota
April 13, 2005
"Nanofluids and Nanocomposites"
Professor Emmanuel P. Giannelis, Director, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University
