Fall 2008 Seminars

All seminars are held in 140 Fenske Laboratory from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays.

Note: The R. M. Barrer Lecturer on Microporous Materials is at a different location and time.

• Download the Fall 2008 semester schedule.pdf - Updated 8/6/08

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Bruce E. Dale
• Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Michigan State University
• "Cellulosic Ethanol: Thinking Clearly about Related Energy, Food and Environmental Issues"
• http://www.chems.msu.edu/php/faculty.php?user=bdale

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

David W. Wood
• Assistant Professor
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Princeton University
• "New Technologies from Engineered Self-Modifying Proteins"
• http://www.princeton.edu/che/people/faculty/wood/

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Radhakrishna Sureshkumar
• Professor
• Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
• Washington University in St. Louis
• "Self-organization in Ultrathin Metal Films: Robust Routes to Optical/Solar Nanomaterials"
• http://eec.wustl.edu/About/People.asp?PersonID=2060&Org=EEC

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Richard D. Noble
(The R. M. Barrer Lecturer on Microporous Materials)
• Alfred T. & Betty E. Look Professor
• Chemical and Biological Engineering
• University of Colorado at Boulder
• "Gas Separations Using Ionic Liquids and Ionic Liquid Polymers"
• http://www.colorado.edu/che/research/faculty/noble/index.html
• 102 Thomas Building, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
• 5:15 - 6:00 p.m. Reception, Willaman Gateway Bridge

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

James F. Gilchrist
• P. C. Rossin Assistant Professor
• Chemical Engineering
• Lehigh University
• "Particle Migration and Self-Organization in Simple and Chaotic Flows"
• http://www.che.lehigh.edu/blog/2007/01/james_f_gilchrist.html

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

James C. Liao
• Chancellor's Professor
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
• "Next Generation Biofuels"
• http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~liaoj/people.htm

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