Seminars, Seminar Series: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland

The Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar Series

Join us for the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar Series, which brings experts from around the country to campus to discuss their recent findings. Everyone is welcome! Most seminars are Tuesdays at 11 a.m., 2110 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building; special seminars are noted in the schedule below.

You can find all of these seminars, as well as others of potential interest, on our events calendar.

Titles and abstracts will be added as they are received.

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Spring 2008

Date	Speaker	Host
January 29	Overview and Introduction (no guest)
February 5	Energy for Sustainability Program and Surface Ionic Activity of Proton Conducting Membranes Trung Van Nguyen Energy for Sustainability Program Director Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET), Directorate for Engineering National Science Foundation Abstract »	C. Wang
February 12	Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: at the Intersection of Transport, Nanostructure, Mechanics, and Biology Adam Hsieh Fischell Department of Bioengineering University of Maryland Abstract »	N. Wang
February 18 (MONDAY)	Special Seminar: In Pursuit of the Ideal Fuel Cell Membrane: How Close are We? Peter N. Pintauro Case Western University Abstract »	Ehrman
February 19	Selective Oxidation Reactions Catalyzed by Supported Gold Nanoparticles Robert J. Davis Department of Chemical Engineering University of Virginia Abstract »	Schork
February 25 (MONDAY)	Special Seminar: Top-down and Bottom-Up Molecular Design Anastassia Alexandrova Department of Chemistry Yale University Abstract »	Ehrman
February 26	Role of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) in Accelerating Gas Hydrate Formation Jae W. Lee Department of Chemical Engineering Grove School of Engineering City College of New York CUNY Abstract »	Choi
March 4	Domain in the Membrane: Lipid Domains in Bilayers and Monolayer Microbubble Shells Marjorie Longo Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Caifornia—Davis Abstract »	Klauda
March 11	Science and Technology of Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots Moungi Bawendi MIT, NAS member Abstract »	N. Wang
March 25	Stable and Robust Control and Optimization of Chemical Processes Erik Ydstie Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Abstract »	Adomaitis
April 1	Vaccination Using Microneedles Mark Prausnitz Georgia Tech Abstract »	N. Wang
April 8	Rechargeable Lithium Batteries: Progress and Challenges Nancy J. Dudney Material Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Abstract »	C. Wang
April 15	Polymer Reaction Engineering in Molecular and Nano Scales Kyu Yong Choi Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Maryland Abstract »	N. Wang
April 22	Triblock Copolymer Micelle-Based DNA/siRNA Delivery You-Yeon Won Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Abstract »	Choi
April 29	Development of New Chemical Engineering Applications in Pyroprocessing Technology Supathorn (Supy) Phongikaroon Department of Chemical Engineering Nuclear Engineering Program University of Idaho Abstract »	Calabrese
May 6	Engineering Nanomaterial Platforms: Toward Highly Sensitive and Specific Biomedical Detection Jong-In Hahm Penn State University Abstract »	Choi
May 13	The May 13 seminar has been cancelled. We regret any inconvenience. Information will be posted if a new seminar is scheduled.

To meet the speaker please contact the host or Professor Nam Sun Wang at (301) 405-1910 or nsw@umd.edu.

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