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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!

Seminars are held Tuesdays at 11 a.m.—12:15 p.m., in Room 2110, Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building, unless otherwise noted.

There will be student presentations on dates with no guest speaker.

Questions? Want to meet the speaker? Please contact Professor F. Joseph Schork (fjschork@umd.edu).

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

Previous semesters: Fall 2007 | Spring 2008 | Fall 2008 | Spring 2009

Fall 2009

Titles and abstracts will be added as they are received.
Last updated 10/20/09.

Date

Speaker

Host

September 1

Overview and Introduction—No Speaker

Schork

September 8

No Seminar

September 15

Particle Migration and Self-Organization in Simple and Chaotic Flows
James F. Gilchrist
Department of Chemical Engineering
Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Lehigh University
Abstract »

Calabrese

September 22

Quantitative Analysis and Modelling of Plant Central Metabolism and Storage Compound Synthesis
Jorg Schwender
Department of Biology
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Abstract »

Sriram

September 29

Faculty Research Presentations

Ehrman

October 6 Lithium Ion Batteries: Materials Processing and Mechanical Degradation
Claus Daniel
Research Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Electrochemical Energy Storage Team Member, Vehicle Technologies Program (VTP), DOE-EERE, Washington, D.C.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Tennesse
Abstract »
C. Wang

October 13

Miniaturizing Combustion-Based Heat Engines: Challenges and Opportunities
Christopher Cadou
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Maryland
Abstract »

Ehrman

October 20

Nanoparticles, Nanoporous Films and Nanonecks: Adventures in Particle Science and Technology
Sheryl Ehrman
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland
Abstract »

Schork

October 23
SPECIAL JOINT SEMINAR

 

Our previously-scheduled second special seminar by Dr. Cor Peters has been canceled.

Overview of Joint Research: Chemistry and Biochemistry/Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Please note the day, time and location:
Friday, October 23, 2009, 3:00—4:30 p.m.
Room 0112 (Marker Seminar Room)
Chemistry Building (#091)

Ultraselective Carbon Nanochemistry
Yu Huang Wang

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland

Chaos is Cheap: Aerosol Routes to Materials Synthesis
Sheryl Ehrman

Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland

Schork
October 27

UMD Honor Council Presentation

Ehrman

November 3 Neutron Imaging and the Study of Electrochemical Energy Sources
Daniel Hussey
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
Abstract »
C. Wang
November 10 AIChE Annual Meeting: No Seminar  
November 17 Moving Sterols and Signals Between Organelles at Membrane Contact Sites
William Prinz
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Abstract »
Klauda

November 20
SPECIAL JOINT SEMINAR

Overview of Joint Research: Chemistry and Biochemistry/
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Please note the day, time and location:
Friday, November 20, 2009, 3:00—4:30 p.m.
Room 0112 (Marker Seminar Room)
Chemistry Building (#091)

New Bacterial Conversation Stoppers—Powerful Tools for Disease Control and Material Synthesis
Herman Sintim

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland

The "Easy" Approach to Self-Assembly: Teaching New Tricks to Old Molecules and Nanoparticles
Srinivasa Raghavan

Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland

Schork

November 24

SPECIAL LOCATION

Please note location:
Room 1403, Math Building

Profitable, Critical Research Via Our Own UM Library Resources
Robert Kackley and Jim Miller
University of Maryland Libraries
Abstract »

Schork
December 1 Poplar Nitrogen Cycling and Storage: Advancing Sustainable Biomass Production
Gary Coleman
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
University of Maryland
Abstract »
Sriram
December 8 TBA TBA

December 10

SPECIAL DAY AND LOCATION

Please note the day, time and location:
Thusday, December 10, 2009, 11:00 a.m.—12:15 p.m.
Room 2113A (ChBE Conference Room)
Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building

RAE Prep Session (No Guest)
Sheryl Ehrman
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, ChBE
University of Maryland

Schork

Questions? Want to meet the speaker? Please contact Professor F. Joseph Schork (fjschork@umd.edu).

 

   
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