Ph.D. students and M.S. students and are required to attend all seminars. All seminars for the Spring 2022 semester will be held from 12:00 – 1:00 pm via Webex unless otherwise noted. Please note the change from the previous semester. Please contact the department for the Webex link.
Spring 2022
Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
02/24/2022
at 11:00am |
Dr. Jacinta Conrad
Frank M. Tiller Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
|
University of Houston |
Nanoparticle Transport in Complex Media |
03/24/2022 | Alanna Gado
Graduate Student, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
University of Connecticut |
Distribution of Relaxation Times as an Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Analysis Tool for Proton Exchange Membrane Systems |
03/24/2022 | Xin Qian
Graduate Student, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
University of Connecticut |
Customized thin film composite membranes using additive manufacturing |
04.07.2022 | Dr. Carl Laird
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
Carnegie Mellon University |
Accelerating Impact on Large-Scale Challenges Through Integrated Optimization, High-Performance Computing, and Machine Learning |
04.14.2022 | Dr. Sarah Wilson
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering |
University of Kentucky |
Understanding barriers to mental health related help-seeking in undergraduate engineers |
04.28.2022 | Dr. Akua Asa-Awuku
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
University of Maryland |
Aerosols and Droplets: Fundamental Particles in our Evolving World |
Fall 2021
Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
---|---|---|---|
10/21/2021 | Dr. Christos T. Maravelias
Anderson Family Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment |
Princeton University | Systems Engineering for Renewable Energy: Novel Approaches for New Problems |
10/28/2021 | Dr. Qingshan Wei
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
North Carolina State University | Point-of-Care and AgBio Diagnostics by Connected Smartphone Sensors |
11/04/2021 | Dr. Anthony Butterfield
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
University of Utah | Cheat Codes for Off-Road Professing |
12/09/2021
at 9:30AM |
Dr. Sindia Rivera-Jimenez
Instructional Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Education |
University of Florida | Towards Collaborative and Inclusive Learning Environments in Chemical Engineering Education |
Spring 2021
Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
02/04/2021 | Dr. Martha Grover
Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
|
Georgia Institute of Technology |
Depsipeptides: a possible pathway to the origin of peptides |
02/16/2021 at 9AM | Dr. Mohammad (Mim) Rahimi
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Electrochemical processes for climate change mitigation |
02/17/2021 at 9AM | Dr. Eric Osei-Agyemang
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics |
Lehigh University |
Predictive Thermal Engineering of Next-Generation Energy Materials |
02/18/2021 at 9AM | Dr. Zhu (Clark) Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
University of Toronto |
Establishing Structure-Activity Correlations in Oxygen Electrocatalysis |
02/22/2021 at 9AM | Dr. Dorsa Parviz
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Carbon Fixing Materials: Mathematical Analysis, Mechanistic Insights, and Material Design |
02/23/2021 at 9AM | Dr. Manish Shetty
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science |
University of Minnesota |
Deciphering Catalysis at the Nanoscale – Engineering Metal Oxides for Sustainable Chemical Conversion |
02/24/2021 at 9AM | David Bernal
Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering Department |
Carnegie Mellon University |
Modern Computational Approaches to Nonlinear Discrete Optimization and their Application to Process Systems Engineering |
02/25/2021 | Dr. Hongfei Lin
Associate Professor, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering |
Washington State University |
Design of sequential catalytic solvolysis process for selectively deconstructing waste plastics |
03/01/2021 at 9AM | Dr. Burcu Beykal
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M Energy Institute |
Texas A&M University |
Data Analytics Inspired Process Systems Engineering: Applications to Reactor Design Problems & Supply Chain Management |
03/02/2021 at 9AM | Dr. Ana Alba-Rubio
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
University of Toledo |
Catalysts Can Be Good at Multitasking: Two Practical Examples |
03/03/2021 at 9AM | Dr. Lucas Ellis
Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
Catalyst design strategies to enhance turn-over frequency, selectivity, and create novel reaction pathways for waste plastic upcycling |
03/04/2021 | Dr. Mario Eden
Department Chair and Joe T. and Billie Carole McMillan Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
Auburn University |
Computer Aided Methods/Tools for Multi-Scale Chemical Process and Product Design |
03/18/2021 | Dr. Young Jo Kim
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
University of New Hampshire |
Biologically-derived Materials for Powering Edible Electronics Devices |
03/25/2021 | Dr. Mary Lind
Associate Professor & Chemical Engineering Graduate Program Chair, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy |
Arizona State University |
Advanced Membrane Materials for Pervaporation Separations |
04/22/2021 | Dr. Jorge Almodovar
Assistant Professor, Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering |
University of Arkansas |
Cell behavior enhancement by collagen/heparin layered coatings |
05/06/2021 | Carmen Lamancusa & Haomin Liu
Graduate Students, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department |
University of Connecticut |
A Global Scale Source Apportionment Scheme for Particulate Matter using the GEOS-Chem Global Atmospheric Chemistry Model & Dual Amplification Enabled Counting Based ELISA |
05/12/2021
at 9:30AM |
Dr. Gregory Thiel
Fellow, Advanced Research Projects Agency |
U.S. Department of Energy |
Leaning desalination: Reducing its energy and environmental impacts |
Spring 2020
Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
02/27/2020 | Dr. J. Zach Hilt
Gill Eminent Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
|
University of Kentucky |
Magnetic Nanocomposites and Responsive Polymers as Advanced Materials for Biomedical and Environmental Applications |
03/03/2020 | Dr. Chengcheng Fang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of NanoEngineering |
University of California San Diego |
Quantitative Characterization Enabled Materials Design for High-Performance Energy Storage Room: Rowe 320 |
03/05/2020 | Dr. Matthew J. Lazzara
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
University of Virginia |
Quantitative Studies of Cell Signaling to Engineer Combination Therapy for Cancer |
03/10/2020 | Dr. Ioannis Katsounaros
Team Leader, Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Research Center Juelich |
Renewable fuels and chemicals by electrocatalysis Room: Konover Auditorium |
03/12/2020 | Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Environmental Engineering |
Arizona State University |
Shining a light on sustainable water purification and the importance of knowledge mobilization Room: Werth Tower 113 |
03/26/2020 | Dr. Tao Gao
Postdoc Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Electrochemical systems for the next-generation energy storage and beyond Room: Werth Tower 113 |
03/31/2020 | Dr. Wey Yang Teoh
Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering |
University of New South Wales |
Photocatalytic solar hydrogen generation: From the splitting of water to that of wastewater Room: Rowe 320 |
04/02/2020 | Dr. Drew R. Gentner
Assistant Professor, Departments of Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Forestry & Environmental Studies |
Yale University |
CANCELLED |
04/16/2020 | Dr. Mario Richard Eden
Department Chair & Joe T. and Billie Carole McMillan Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
Auburn University |
CANCELLED |
04/23/2020 | Dr. Timothy J. White
Gallogly Professor of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering |
University of Colorado |
CANCELLED |
Fall 2019
Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
09/05/2019 | Dr. Lorenz Biegler
Covestro University Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering
|
Carnegie Mellon University |
Integrated Dynamic Optimization for Process Engineering |
09/12/2019 | Dr. Margot Vigeant
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
Bucknell University |
G. Michael Howard Memorial Lecture
“But they did so well on the test!” What’s it take to make thermo and heat transfer stick |
10/10/2019 | Dr. Brian Grady
Douglas and Hilda Bourne Chair of Chemical Engineering,
Director of the School of
Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering
|
University of Oklahoma |
Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites: Effect of Nanotubes on Polymer Physics |
10/31/2019 | Dr. Richard Gross
Professor and Constellation Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biology |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
The expanding role of enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of polymers, surfactants and peptides |
11/21/2019 | Dr. Geoffrey M. Geise
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
University of Virginia |
Structure/property relationships in polymer membranes for water purification and energy applications |
Spring 2019
Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
01/31/2019 | Dr. Cynthia Collins
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Engineering microbial communities for form and function |
02/07/2019 | Dr. Scott Banta
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
Columbia University |
Engineering the Calcium-Dependent Beta Roll Peptide for Biotechnology Applications |
03/07/2019 | Dr. Robert Hurt
Professor, School of Engineering |
Brown University |
The Sixth Element – Chemical Engineering Approaches to Nanocarbon Assembly and Safe Design |
03/29/2019 | Dr. Tim Bunning
Chief Scientist, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate |
Air Force Research Lab |
Materials Science and Engineering at the Air Force Research Laboratory |
04/18/2019 | Dr. C. Daniel Frisbie
Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science |
University of Minnesota |
New Materials & Printing Processes for Flexible Electronics |
04/25/2019 | Dr. Thomas Adams
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
McMaster University |
Finding the signal in the noise: Determining North America’s best path forward for sustainable energy |
Fall 2018
Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
9/13/2018 | Dr. Mark Marten
Professor & Chair, Department of Chemical, Biochemical, & Environmental Engineering |
University of Maryland Baltimore County |
Evolution of a Biochemical Engineer |
10/1/2018 | Dr. Lucas Landherr
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
Northeastern University |
G. Michael Howard Memorial Lecture Drawn to STEM: The Integration of Visualization Into Education Through Comics and Animation to Improve Learning |
10/25/2018 | Dr. David Sholl
John F. Brock III School Chair |
Georgia Tech |
Expanding the Chemical Palette for Reliable Adsorption-based Separations |
11/15/2018 | Dr. David Allen
Gertz Regents Professor |
University of Texas, Austin |
Increased Oil and Natural Gas Production, Methane Emissions, and Climate |
11/29/2018 | Dr. Christina Payne
Program Director for Molecular Separations, |
NSF |
Understanding Protein-Carbohydrate Recognition Phenomena Using Computationally-Driven Approaches |
Spring 2018
Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
2/15/2018 | Dr. John Swierk
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry & Energy Sciences Institute |
Yale University |
Designing Dye-Sensitized and Electrocatalytic Systems for Water Oxidation |
2/22/2018 | Dr. Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
MIT |
Understanding and Designing Interfaces and Defects in Perovskite Solar Cells |
3/27/2018 | Dr. Liang Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular |
University of Pennsylvania |
Computational Design of Core-shell Nanostructured Materials for Catalysis |
3/29/2018 | Dr. James Lee Helen C. Kurtz Chair of the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Ohio State University |
Nanofluidic Technologies For Cancer Treatment And Regenerative Medicine |
4/12/2018 | Dr. Paul Bohn Arthur J. Schmitt Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
University of Notre Dame |
Biofunctional Nanostructures for Characterization and Control of Single Electron Transfer Reactions |
4/19/2018 | Dr. Guangzhao Mao Professor & Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science |
Wayne State University |
Engineering Gold Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery and Toxicity Studies |
Fall 2017
Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
9/07/2017 | Dr. Abhaya Date
Distinguished Regents’ Professor & Department Chair Chemical & Biological Engineering |
University of New Mexico | Designing Catalysts for Meeting the DOE 150C Challenge for Exhaust Emissions |
9/21/2017 | Dr. Raul Lobo Claire D. LeClaire Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering & Director of the Center for Catalytic Science & Technology |
University of Delaware | Biomass and Light-Alkane Valorization via Zeolite Catalysis |
9/25/2017 | Dr. Pinlian Han Entrepreneur Chair Professor, Department of Mechanics & Aerospace Engineering |
Southern University of Science & Technology, China | Additive Design Opportunity for and Challenge from Aero Engine |
9/28/2017 | Dr. V. Faye McNeill Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering |
Columbia University |
Aqueous Chemistry in Atmospheric Aerosols: Impact on Air Quality |
10/19/2017 | Dr. Plamen Atanassov Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering and Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Director of Center for Micro-Engineered Materials |
University of New Mexico |
Templated Materials as Electrocatalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells |
11/16/2017 | Dr. Selen Cremaschi
B. Redd Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering |
Auburn University |
On Tactical and Strategic Decision Making for Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Energy Industries Under Uncertainty |
Spring 2017
Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
1/26/2017 | Dr. Jaehong Kim
Professor and Dept. Chair of Chemical and Environmental Engineering |
Yale University | Two Approaches to Achieve Visible Light Upconversion for Environmental Application |
2/23/2017 | Dr. Tao Xu Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Northern Illinois University | Cold Thoughts on Perovskite Fever |
3/23/2017 | Dr. Maciek Antoniewicz Centennial Junior Endowed Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
University of Delaware | Towards a Holistic Understanding of Cellular Metabolism |
3/30/2017 | Dr. Nosang Myung Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives |
University of California at Riverside |
High Density Chemical Sensor Arrays |
4/20/2017 | Dr. Michael Solomon Professor of Chemical Engineering |
University of Michigan | Rheological Control of Colloidal Particulate Gels |