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Graduate Seminars

Seminars are held at 9:30 a.m. in Room 1175 Benedum Engineering Hall *unless otherwise indicated. Refreshments will be served 30 minutes before the seminars

spring 2008 Seminar Series

*January 3rd

Thursday

Dr. Ipsita Banerjee

Center for Engineering in Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

“Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine:  Application for the Treatment of Diabetes”

*January 10th

Thursday

Dr. Kyle J. M. Bishop

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Northwestern University

“Nanoscale Self-Assembly via Electrostatic Interactions”

*January 24th

Thursday

Dr. Arthi Jayaraman

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

“A Theoretical Study of Structure and Assembly of Dense Solutions and Melts of Polymer Tethered Nanoparticles”

*February 14th

Thursday

Professor Stoyan Smoukov

Visiting Asst. Professor

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

NC State University
"2D Electrostatic Assembly of Nanoparticles - Novel Mechanism and Applications"

*March 3rd

Monday
4:00 PM

Dr. Jason P. Hallett

Department of Chemistry

Imperial College London

“Solvent Engineering for Sustainable Processes”

March 7th

Friday

Dr. Mano Ram Maurya

Department of Bioengineering

University of California, San Diego

"Systems Biology of Macrophages: Signaling Pathways for Cytokine Production and Calcium Regulation"

*March 19th

Wednesday

4:00 PM

Professor Katsumi Kaneko

Department of Chemistry

Graduate School of Science

Chiba University

"Structure of Water and Hydrated Ions Confined in Carbon Nanospaces"

March 28th

Friday

 

Professor Juan P. Hinestroza

Assistant Professor, Fiber Science Program

Department of Textiles and Apparel

Cornell University

"Multifunctional Fibers via Manipulation of Nanoscale Phenomena"

April 18th

Friday

Professor David J. Norris
Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Minnesota

“How Does Convective Assembly Work?”

*May 22nd

Thursday

4:00 PM

Room 1221

Benedum

Bayer Distinguished Lectureship 2008

Dr. Douglas C. Cameron

Khosla Ventures
Menlo Park, CA

"Fuels and Chemicals from Renewable Resources: Evolution and Revolution"

May 23rd

Friday

Room 1221

Benedum

Bayer Distinguished Lectureship 2008

Dr. Douglas C. Cameron

Chief Scientific Officer
Khosla Ventures
Menlo Park, CA

"Metabolic Engineering for the Microbial Production of Chemicals"

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