Seminar Archive

•  Spring 2016

  Jan 19	Diego A. Gomez-Gualdron (Northwestern University)	Computationally Assisted Discovery of Metal-organic Frameworks for Storage, Separations and Catalysis
  Jan 26	Nicholas Burtch (Georgia Institute of Technology)	Developing Chemically Stable Metal-Organic Framework for Clean Energy Applications
  Feb 2		No Seminar
  Feb 9	Zheng Chen (Stanford University)	Materials Design for Better Energy Storage: From Nanostructures to Functional Polymers
  Feb 18, Thurs at 3pm	Maryam Peer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)	Polymer-derived Carbon-based Materials with Tailored Properties: Design and Application
  Feb 22		No Seminar
  Feb 29		No Seminar
  Mar 1		No Seminar
  Mar 5 - 13		Spring Break
  Mar 15		No Seminar
  Mar 22		No Seminar
  Mar 29	Tom Truskett (University of Texas, Austin)	Inverse Design of Interactions for Assembly
  Apr 5	Steve George (University of Colorado Boulder)	Atomic Layer Etching Using Thermal Reactions: ALD in Reverse
  Apr 11, Monday, Location: SC 4327	Jochen Zimmer (University of Virginia)	A Molecular Description of Cellulose Biosynthesis
  Apr 19	Cary Pint (Vanderbilt University)	Breaking Performance Barriers of Lithium-Ion Batteries by Exploring New Materials and Storage Processes

  Fall 2016

  Fall schedule to be posted

• Fall 2015

  Aug 31	Stephen Hopkins (VU-Safety)	Safety Seminar
  Sept 7		No seminar - Labor Day Holiday
  Sept 14	Darrell Irvine (MIT)	Engineering immunity with hitchhiking therapeutics
  Sept 21	Mike Wong (Rice)	Chemical Reaction Engineering Using Nanoparticle Catalysts
  Oct 5	Peng Jiang (University of Florida)	Smart Nanooptics Enabled by Novel Shape Memory Polymers
  Oct 19
  Oct 26	Heath Turner (University of Alabama)	Modeling the Role of Ionic Liquids in the Molecular Organization of Materials
  Nov 2	Kristi Anseth (University of Colorado)	Tis Lahiri Memorial Seminar Cellular Control in a Couple of Clicks
  Nov 16	Kevin Dorfman (University of Minnesota)	Physics of Genome Mapping in Nanochannels
  Dec 7	Amy Yousefi (Miami University)	Hierarchical 3D Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and Cell-based Gene Therapy

• Fall 2012

Sept 5		Labor Day
Sept 12	VUEHS	Safety Seminar
Sept 19	Stephen Paddison (U Tennessee)	"Multi-scale Structure/Function Modeling of Fuel Cell Electrolytes"
Sept 26	Richard Eitel (U Kentucky)	"Smart Ceramic Materials and Devices"
Oct 3
Oct 10	Deyu Li (Vanderbilt)	"Manipulation of Energy and Mass Transport at Micro/Nanoscale for Engineering Applications"
Oct 14 (Friday)	Mark Davis (Caltech)	John Hall Lecture; "Fighting Cancer with Nanoparticle Medicines" Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium
Oct 17		AlChE Meeting
Oct 24
Oct 31	Michael Levene (Yale)
Nov 7
Nov 14
Nov 21		Thanksgiving Break
Nov 28	John Walz (VPI)	"Tuning Colloidal Interactions using Nanoparticles"
Dec 5	Michael Betenbaugh (JHU)	"Lost in Post-translation: Glycoengineering Applications in Biotechnology"
Jan 9
Jan 16		Martin Luther King Day
Jan 23	Coray Colina (Penn State)	"In Silico: Expressway to Materials' Design"
Jan 30
Feb 6	Georges Belfort (RPI)	"Insight into the Kinetics of Oligomer Formation During Amyloidosis"
Feb 13
Feb 20	Krista Walton (Georgia Tech)	"Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials for Adsorption Applications"
Mar 5		Spring Break
Mar 12	Jim Dumesic (U Wisconsin)	"Strategies for Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Chemicals and Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels"
Mar 19	Jeff Errington (SUNY Buffalo)	"Using Molecular Simulation to Understand Wetting of Chemically and Geometrically Heterogeneous Surfaces"
Mar 26	Gregory N. Parsons (North Carolina State University	"Thin Film Atomic Layer Deposition: Surface Reactions and Applications in Solar Energy Conversion"
Apr 2
Apr 9	Chris Jones (Georgia Tech)	"Designing Adsorbent Materials for Capture of CO2 from Dilute Gases"
Apr 16	Tiffany Rau (Pall Corporation)	"From Industrial Biotech (Biofuels/chemicals) to Cell Therapies (Stem Cells): Delivering the next generation of products and processes using Design of Experiments (DoE), Quality by Design (QbD) and Scale-up/Scale Down Methods."
Apr 23

• Fall 2010

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  Aug 31	Kevin Warren (Vanderbilt EHS)	Safety and Handling Chemicals in the Chemical Engineering Laboratories
  Sept 7	Denis Wirtz (Johns Hopkins)	Engineering fundamentals of cancer cell motility
  Sept 14	Jeff Varner (Cornell)	Modeling and Analysis of Mammalian Signal Transduction Cascades using Ensembles of Uncertain Models
  Sept 28	Kate Stebe (U Penn)	Orientation and Assembly of Anisotropic Particles by Capillary Interactions
  Oct 12	James Schneider (CMU)	Rapid, Gel-Free DNA Electrophoresis using Surfactant Micelles: Applications in Sequencing and Genotyping
  Oct 19	Thomas Dziubla (U Kentucky)	Controlling Material Biocompatibility and Toxicity Through Cellular Oxidative Stress
  Nov 2	Arthi Jayaraman (U Colorado)	Molecular theory and simulation studies of soft matter: polymers, DNA and proteins
  Nov 9	No seminar	AIChE Meeting
  Nov 23	No seminar	Thanksgiving holiday

• Spring 2010

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  February 22nd	Jeff Brinker (U New Mexico, Sandia Nat'l Labs)	Biotic/abiotic Interfaces, Materials, and Architectures
  March 1st	Peter Monson (U Massachusetts, ChE)	Molecular Modeling of the Dynamics of Adsorption in Mesoporous Materials
  March 8th	Spring Break	No seminar
  March 15th	Connie Smith (Exxon Mobil)	Innovative Technology through the Oil and Gas Lifecycle
  March 29th  POSTPONED	Kate Stebe (U Penn)	Assembly of Anisotropic Particles at Interfaces
  April 12th	Klaus-Dieter Kreuer (Max-Planck-Institut fŸr Festkšrperforschung) Stuttgart, Germany	Exploring the limits of "wet" and "dry" proton conducting ionomers for PEM fuel cell applications
  April 26th	Frank Bates (U Minnesota)	Macromolecular Surfactants

• Fall 2009

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  September 2nd, 4.10 pm	Zhenan Bao (Stanford)	Organic Semiconductors for Flexible Electronics
  September 14th	Safety Seminar	Please note this seminar in mandatory for all ChE faculty, postdoctoral associates and graduate students
  September 21st	Rick Haselton (VU BME)	Virus detection using logic tags, molecular beacons and coffee stains
  October 5th	Dave Piston (VUMC)	Imaging the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion
  October 12th	Mario Eden (Auburn U, ChE)	Integrated Chemical Process and Product Design Using Property Clustering and Decomposition Techniques
  October 26th	Patrick Walton (Michigan State U, ChEMS)	Engineering Functional siRNA Therapeutics for RNA Interference
  November 9th	No seminar	AIChE Meeting
  November 16th	Levi Thompson (U. Michigan, ChE)	Beyond Fossil Fuels: Novel Materials for Hydrogen Production
  November 23th	Jayant Singh (IIT Kanpur)	Fluid Near Surfaces

• Spring 2009

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  January 19th	Muhammad H. Zaman (UT-Austin)	Tumor cell interactions with extra-cellular matrices:  An integrated chemical, mechanical and thermodynamic perspective
  January 26th	James Dickerson (Vanderbilt)
  March 23th	Virginia Davis (Auburn)	Macroscale Assembly of Fluid-Dispersed Nanocylinders
  March 30th	Henry S. Ashbaugh (Tulane)	Disentangling the Stability and Function of Natively Unfolded Proteins
  April 8th Note change of day	Michael C. Jewett (Harvard Medical School)	Engineering cell-free systems for biotechnology, medicine, and synthetic biology
  April 13th Note new time and location: 4:10 pm in Jacobs Believed in me Auditorium	Jeff Siirola (Eastman Chemical Company) Tis Lahiri Lecture	Sustainability and Carbon Management in the Chemical and Energy Industries

• Fall 2008

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  September 1st	Hang Lu (Georgia Tech)	Probing Worms' Brain and Behavior with Microfluidics	Abstract
  September 8th	Heath Turner (U Alabama)	Simulating Stimulating Interfaces: Applications in Adsorption and Catalysis	Abstract
  September 15th	Kevin Warren and Jennifer Hackett	Safety/Recycling Seminar (ChE Attendance Mandatory)
  September 29th	Eric Boder (UT-Knoxville)	Engineering Proteins for Molecular Sensing, Switching, and Actuating Components	Abstract
  October 6th	Simon Ng (Wayne State University)	Challenges of Alternative Fuels: The Story of Biodiesel	Abstract
  October 13th	Rakesh Agrawal (Purdue University)	Tis Lahiri Lecture	Abstract
  October 20th	Fall break	No seminar
  October 27th	Ramanan Krishnamoorti (University of Houston)	Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites	Abstract
  November 3rd	Merlin Bruening (Michigan State University)	Custom Membranes for Catalysis and Protein Purification	Abstract
  November 10th	William Wagner (U Pitt)	Design and Application of Biodegradable Elastomers for Soft Tissue Engineering	Abstract
  November 17th	Annual AIChE meeting	No seminar
  November 24th	Thanksgiving break	No seminar

• Spring 2008

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  February 4	Prof. Joseph DeSimone (UNC/NCSU)	Organic Delivery Vehicles for Probing and Treating Biological Systems: Adapting Fabrication Processes from the Electronics Industry for Use in Nano-Medicine	Abstract
  April 14 Note new date	Michael L. Simpson (ORNL, UT Knoxville)	The Role of Stochastic Fluctuations in Biological Decision Circuits	Abstract
  April 21 12 pm 134 Olin Hall	Denis Evans (Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University)	The Fluctuation & Dissipation Theorems, Theory & Experiment.	Abstract

• Fall 2007

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  September 10	Dr. Xiongce Zhao (ORNL)	Binding between DNA and C60/CNT from Molecular Dynamics	Abstract
  September 17	Prof. Walter Chapman (Rice)	Phase Behavior and Interfacial Properties of Complex Fluids Ð Insights into a Successful Molecular Model	Abstract
  September 24	Safety Seminar	Physical and Chemical Laboratory Safety presented by Kevin Warren, Vanderbilt Environmental Health and Safety	Abstract
  October 1	Thomas G. Thundat	Nanomechanical Systems for Molecular Recognition	Abstract
  October 8	ABET visit	No Seminar
  October 15	Prof. David Mooney (Harvard)	Quantifying the Cell-Material Interface Using FRET and Modeling	Abstract
  October 22	Fall break	No seminar
  October 29	Conan Young (BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc.	Growth Factor/Biomaterial Combination Medical Devices for Tissue Repair: A "Bench to Clinic" Industry Perspective	Abstract
  November 5	AIChE Meeting	No seminar
  November 12	Brian Willis (U. Delaware)	Engineering when Nanometers Count: Examples from Oxide Heteroepitaxy on Si(100) and Tunneling Devices for Molecular Electronics	Abstract
  November 19	Thanksgiving break	No seminar
  December 3	Larry Kazmerski (NREL) The John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series Seminar begins at 4:00p	Solar Photovoltaic Technology: At the Tipping Point Location: Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium	Abstract
  December 10	Jason Haugh (NCSU)	Kinetic and Spatial Analysis of Signal Transduction Networks	Abstract

• Spring 2007

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  January 15th	Prof. Joseph DeSimone (UNC/NCSU) Rescheduled for 09/03/2007	Organic Delivery Vehicles for Probing and Treating Biological Systems: Adapting Fabrication Processes from the Electronics Industry for Use in Nano-medicine	Abstract
  January 22nd	Prof. Richard Haglund (VU)	Research Ethics:  Lessons from the Case of Jan Hendrik Schšn	Abstract
  January 29th	Prof. Bill Miller (Northwestern)	Characterization and Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Differentiation in Culture	Abstract
  February 5th	Prof. Alexis Bell (UC Berkley)	Applications of Theoretical Methods to Understand Catalysis at its Most Fundamental Level	Abstract
  February 12th	Prof. Peter Ma (UMich)	Materials Science for Regeneration	Abstract
  February 28th	Prof. Sharon Glotzer (UMich)	Exploiting anisotropy for nanoscale assembly: The shapes of things to come	Abstract
  March 5th	Spring Break	No seminar
  March 12th	Prof. W. Robert Ashurst (Auburn)	Tribological Properties of Molecular and Nanoscale Layers	Abstract
  March 19th	Prof. Charlie Moore (UTK)	Monitoring, Analysis and Control of Batch Processes	Abstract
  March 26th	Prof. Andrew Hillier (Iowa State)	Gradient assembly of complex interfaces for sensing, high throughput analysis and microfabrication	Abstract
  March 28th	Prof. Katsumi Tochigi (Nihon)	Prediction of Thermophysical Properties for Pure Components and Mixtures Using Group Contribution Methods	Abstract
  April 2nd	Prof. Cor Peters (Delft)	From Phenomenological Thermodynamic Aspects of Ionic Liquids towards Novel Processes in Chemical Engineering	Abstract
  April 9th	Prof. David W. M. Marr (CSM)	Field-Based Colloidal Manipulation for Microtechnology	Abstract
  April 16th	Prof. Doug A. Lauffenburger (MIT) Tis Lahari Memorial Lecture	What Are Cells "Thinking"? (And How Might We Think About This?) An Engineering Approach to Understanding Signaling Networks Governing Cell Behavior	Abstract
  April 23rd	Prof. Paulette Clancy (Cornell)	Predicting the Growth Habit and Properties of Organic Semiconducting Thin Films	Abstract
  April 30th	Prof. Joachim Kohn (Rutgers)	Combinatorial approaches to biomaterials design accelerate the development of new medical implants	Abstract

• Fall 2006

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  September 4th	Dr. Pratul Agarwal (ORNL)	Multi-scale Modeling of Enzyme Catalysis: An Integrated View of Protein Structure, Dynamics and Function Abstract
  September 11th	Safety Seminar
  September 18th	Prof. Jens Meiler (VU)	Computational Protein Structure Prediction Abstract
  September 25th	Prof. Carol Hall (NCSU)	Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Protein Aggregation Abstract
  October 2nd	Prof. Venkat Subramanian (TN Tech)	Novel Symbolic and Semi-Analytical Solutions for Electrochemical Systems Abstract
  October 9th	No Seminar	No Seminar
  October 16th	October Break	No Seminar
  October 23rd	Prof. John R. Abelson (UIUC)	Adsorption / Reaction Chemistry in Microelectronics: Ultra-conformal Metallization at T < 300 ¡C Abstract
  October 30th	Prof. David Sholl (CMU)	Using atomically-detailed models to accelerate materials discovery for hydrogen purification and storage Abstract
  November 6th	Prof. John Shaw (U of Alberta)	Hydrocarbon Thermophysical Properties: an unexpected frontier Abstract
  November 13th	Annual AIChE Meeting	No seminar
  November 20th	Thanksgiving Break	No seminar
  November 27th	Prof. Monica H. Lamm (Iowa State)	Molecular dynamics simulations of amphiphilic dendrimers in solution Abstract
  December 4th	Undergraduate Research Presentations "Determining Thermodynamic Solubility Parameters for Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes" Shannon Capps "Fuel Cells: A Part of The Solution" Alexandria Markiewicz "Modeling Phase Equilibria of Dipolar Molecules and Binary Mixtures" Matt Earnest

• Spring 2006

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  January 23rd	Prof. Tom F. Edgar (UTexas)	A Batch Process Control Framework for Semiconductor Manufacturing Abstract
  January 30th	Prof. Pablo G. Debenedetti (Princeton)	Thermodynamics of Supercooled, Glassy and Confined Water Abstract
  February 6th	Prof. Antonios G. Mikos (Rice) Postponed until April 10th 2006	Bioreactors for Bone Tissue Engineering Abstract
  February 27th	Prof. Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos (Princeton)	Simulations of Phase Transitions and Micellization in Ionic Systems Abstract
  March 6th	Spring Break	No seminar
  March 13th	Prof. Ed J. Maginn (Notre Dame) Please note: Seminar will be held at 11 am in 135 Olin Hall, a reception will be held at 10.40 am in Olin 133	'Cool' Molten Salts: The Interesting (and Potentially Useful) Properties of Ionic Liquids Abstract
  March 20th	TBA
  March 27th	Prof. Randy Snurr (Northwestern)	Hierarchical Modeling of Nanoporous Metal-Organic Materials for Catalysis and Separations Abstract
  April 3rd	Prof. Robert D. Tilton (Carnegie Mellon)	Targeted Delivery in the Environment: Copolymer-Functionalized Nanoparticles for Source-Zone Remediation of Groundwater Contamination Abstract
  April 10th	Prof. Antonios G. Mikos (Rice)	Bioreactors for Bone Tissue Engineering Abstract
  April 17th	Tis Lahari Seminar Prof. Stanley Sandler (Delaware)	The Use of Computational Quantum Mechanics in Molecular Thermodynamics Abstract
  April 24th	Professor Yasuhiko Iwasaki (Tokyo, Japan)	Phosphorylcholine Polymers for Biomaterials Abstract

• Fall 2005

  Date	Speaker	Title	Abstract
  August 22nd	Prof. Phil Westmoreland (UMass)	Applying Molecular Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Abstract
  August 29th	Safety Seminar
  September 5th	Prof. Robert Balcarcel (VU)	From the Biopharmaceutical Production Plant Down to Intracellular Biochemical Reactions: The Evolution Towards Chemical and Biological Engineering Abstract
  September 12th	Prof. Eva Harth (VU)	The Design and Synthesis of Nanoscale Objects for Applications in Medicine and Materials Science Abstract
  September 19th	No seminar
  September 26th	Prof. David Keffer (UTK)	Development and Application of Generalized and Rigorous Hamiltonian-Based Molecular Dynamics Algorithms Abstract
  October 3rd	Prof. Aaron S. Goldstein (Virginia Tech)	Biomaterial and Bioreactor Strategies for Ex Vivo Bone Tissue Engineering Abstract
  October 10th	Dr. J. W. (Bill) Rogers (Idaho Natl. Lab)	The Next Generation Nuclear Plant: Building the First Prototype Generation IV Reactor Abstract
  October 17th	Prof. Annette Bunge (CSM)	Mathematically Modeling Skin to Predict Chemical Penetration Abstract
  October 24th	October Break	No seminar
  October 31th	AIChE	No seminar
  November 7th	Dr. Jack Wells (ORNL)	Searching for Nanowire Candidates among Synthetic Nucleic Acids. Abstract
  November 14th	Prof. Joan F. Brennecke (Notre Dame)	Ionic Liquids: Designer Solvents for Reactions and Separations Abstract
  November 21th	Thanksgiving Break	No seminar
  November 28th	Prof. Susan T. Sharfstein (RPI)	Using osmotic stress to increase productivity from mammalian cells; spinning straw into gold? Abstract