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2023-2024
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2022-2023
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Fall 2022
2021-2022
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
Spring 2021 and earlier
| January 29, 2021 |
Guy Genin, Professor |
| February 5, 2021 |
Bryce Sadtler, Assistant Professor Nanoscale Imaging of Catalytic Activity in Semiconductor Nanostructure Using Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy |
| February 12, 2021 |
Axel Kleidon, Professor Understanding the Earth from a thermodynamic systems perspective |
| February 19, 2021 |
Steven Cossley, Associate Professor Fuels and Chemicals from Renewable and Waste Feedstocks: Identifying Catalyst Active Sites in Complicated Environments |
| February 26, 2021 | Patricia Holden, Professor Bren School of Environmental Science & Management University of California, Santa Barbara Director, Natural Reserve System Environmental Quality Research in Times of Great Change |
| March 5, 2021 |
Damena Agonafer, Assistant Professor Exploring the Fundamental Limits of Evaporative Cooling |
| March 12, 2021 |
Mark Brynildsen, AssociateProfessor Addressing antibiotic resistance by understanding how antibiotics fail and searching for alternative treatments |
| March 19, 2021 |
Mark Mimee, Assistant Professor Synthetic Biology Approaches to Understand and Engineer the Gut Microbiota |
| March 26, 2021 |
Peiying Hong, Associate Professor Understanding and mitigating emerging microbe-associated threats in our wastewater |
| April 2, 2021 |
Daniel Amador-Noguez, Associate Professor In vivo thermodynamic analysis of metabolic networks |
| April 9, 2021 |
Sunny Jiang, Professor and Chair Viruses in wastewater: from SARS-CoV2 surveillance to pathogen removal credits for watewater reuse |
| April 16, 2021 |
Yiguang Ju, the Robert Porter Patterson Professor, and Director of Sustainability Energy Engineering design of high nickel cathode materials for high energy capacity and high thermal stability EV applications |
| April 23, 2021 |
Katherine Peter, Research Chemist & National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow Evaluating Stormwater Impacts on Chemical Habitat Quality in Urban Watersheds |
| April 30, 2021 |
Pratim Biswas, Dean of Engineering The Wonder World of Aerosol Science and Technology |
2020
| May 1, 2020 | Dr. Peng Bai
Peng Bai, Assistant Professor
Effective speaking is in general very important for our daily life and professional advancement. Presenting complicated scientific ideas in an effective manner in letter-style papers and conference presentations is even more challenging. In this Zoom seminar, Dr. Bai will hold a discussion on how to implement the basic principles and share his unique experience.
[Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Apr 24, 2020 | Habif Health & Wellness Center Dr. Kristin Miserocchi, PhD, Staff Psychologist Dr. Miserocchi & Jordan Worthington will present on Stress and Anxiety
[Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Apr 17, 2020 | CASE Research Group CASE Panel Discussion How are aerosol researchers helping tackle the COVID-19 pandemic ? A Panel Discussion of CASE Faculty
[Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Apr 10, 2020 | Paul Boulos Fireside Chat with Dr. Paul Boulos, Serial Entrepreneur and EECE Advisory Board Member What does it take to become an entrepreneur ?
[Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Apr 3, 2020 | EECE PhD Program in the Days of COVID-19 Moderated by Dr. Vijay Ramani [Host: Dr. Ramani] |
| Mar 27, 2020 | Dr. Pratim Biswas What does (can) a PhD student do after graduation? Panelists: Dishant Khatri (Industry) [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan Professor [Host: Dr. Ramani] |
| Feb 28, 2020 | Dr. Nancy Xu Professor [Host: Dr. Tang] |
| Feb 21, 2020 | Dr. Zhongyue Yang Postdoctoral Researcher [Host: Dr. Tang] |
| Feb 14, 2020 | Dr. Joshua Vermaas Computational Scientist [Host: Dr. Tang] |
| Feb 10, 2020 | Dr. Akbari Amir Postdoctoral Associate University of California, San Diego [Host: Dr. Tang] |
| Feb 7, 2020 | Dr. Peng Xu Assistant Professor [Host: Dr. Tang] |
| Feb 3, 2020 | Dr. Sutapa Barua Assistant Professor
[Host: Dr. Tang] |
| Jan 31, 2020 | Dr. Yi Wang Assistant Professor [Host: Dr. Tang] |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Dr. Burak Okumus Scientist [Host: Dr. Tang] |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Bob Heider Adjunct Professor [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
2019
| Dec 6, 2019 | Dr. Nicholas Thornburg NREL Much ado about (almost) nothing: understanding mesoscale reaction-diffusion phenomena governing lignin extraction from hardwood biomass for next-generation biorefining
[Host: Dr. Foston] |
| Nov 22, 2019 | Arden Pope, PhD Mary Lou Fulton Professor Air Pollution and Health: Top Ten Scientific and Public Policy Controversies
[Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Dr. Sinan Keten Associate Professor Hierarchical Design of Nanoparticle Assemblies Inspired from Biomechanical Functions [Host: Dr. Zhang] |
| Nov 8, 2019 | Center for Aerosol Science and Engineering (CASE) Distinguished Lecture Dr. Tony Wexler Air Pollution Toxicology: My Struggle for Realistic Exposures [Host: Dr. Wang] |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Dr. Ting Lu Associate Professor Bottom-up Assembly of Microbial Communities: Modeling, Analysis and Engineering [Host: Dr. Foston] |
| Oct 28, 2019 | MONDAY, October 28th, 1:30pm Dr. Amin Salehi-Kohjin Current and Future Energy Conversion and Storage Systems: Challenges and Opportunities
[Host: Dr. Foston] |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Whitaker Hall, Room 100 Dr. Raymond Shaw, Professor How turbulence influences cloud optical properties and precipitation: Laboratory studies of turbulent moist Rayleigh-Benard convection [Host: Dr. Wang] |
| Oct 21, 2019 | MONDAY, Oct. 21st, 11:30AM - RODIN Auditorium Diane McKnight, Professor Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind: Acid Mine Drainage and Climate Change in the Rocky Mountains
[Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Dr. Wei Liao Professor Food Energy-Water Nexus Solutions towards Global Sustainability
[Host: Dr. Tang] |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Dr. Bryan Michael Wong Professor Energy-Transfer Mechanisms in Complex Chemical Systems: A Real-Time Dynamics Perspective [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Dr. Ming Xu Associate Professor Computational Approaches to Address Data Gaps in Life Cycle Assessment [Host: Dr. Jun] |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Dr. Rajan Chakrabarty Assistant Professor [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Sep 20, 2019 | Dr. Leanne Gilbertson Assistant Professor Designing Nanomaterials, Sustainably [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Dr. Elijah Thimsen Assistant Professor [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Protocols and Lab Safety Training Megan Flake, McKelvey Engineering Laboratory Safety & Protocol Manager [Host: Dr. Foston] |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Dr. Rohan Mishra Assistant Professor Designing stable perovskites for energy applications one atom at a time [Host: Dr. Marcus Foston] |
| Aug 23, 2019 | EECE New PhD Orientation - Friday, August 23, 2019 |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Dr. Marcus Foston Associate Professor
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| Aug 22, 2019 | EECE New PhD Orientation - Thursday, August 22, 2019 |
| Aug 21, 2019 | EECE New PhD Orientation - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 |
| Aug 20, 2019 | EECE New PhD Orientation - Tuesday, August 20, 2019 |
| Aug 19, 2019 | EECE New PhD Orientation - Monday, August 19, 2019 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Dr. Rebecca Fushimi Rebecca Fushimi, Research Scientist [Host: Dr. Gleaves] |
| Apr 23, 2019 | Dr. Christopher Voigt Professor [Host: Dr. Moon] |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Dr. Chunsheng Wang Robert Franklin and Frances Riggs Wright Distinguished Chair Professor Safe Electrolytes for Li-ion Batteries
[Host: Dr. Peng Bai] |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Dr. John Seinfeld Louis E. Nohl Professor of Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering
>> View all Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Seminars
[Host: Pratim Biswas] |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Dr. Radisav Vidic Professor and Chair [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Dr. Linda Broadbelt Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor The Confluence of Kinetic Modeling and Data Science [Host: Dr. Foston] |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Dr. Alan Stone Professor [Host: Dr. Jun] |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Dr. Mark J. Rood PhD [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Dr. Neel Joshi Associate Professor [Host: Dr. Zhang] |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Dr. Cresten Mansfeldt Postdoctoral Researcher [Host: Dr. Jun] |
| Feb 11, 2019 | Dr. Kyle Moor Postdoctoral Fellow [Host: Dr. Jun] |
| Feb 8, 2019 | Dr. Xinhua Liang Associate Professor [Host: Dr. Foston] |
| Feb 4, 2019 | John Trimmer PhD Candidate Resource Recovery from Sanitation to Amplify Development: Navigating Global & Local Possibilities [Host: Dr. Jun] |
| Feb 1, 2019 | Dr. Jason He Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering [Host: Dr. Jun] |
| Jan 28, 2019 | Dr. William Rhoads Postdoctoral Fellow [Host: Dr. Jun] |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Dr. Danmeng Shuai Assistant Professor [Host: Dr. Jun] |
| Jan 18, 2019 | Dr. Baikun Li PhD [Host: Dr. Jun] |
2018
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| January 19 | Jordan Kern, Research Assistant Professor Institute for the Environment University of North Carolina Addressing Complex, Emergent Risks in 21st Century Natural-Engineering Systems [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| January 26 | Will Heinson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Non-Equilibrium Particle Dynamics in Environmental Systems [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
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Monday |
Amir Farimani, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Chemistry Stanford University Deep Learning Transport Phenomena and Material Discovery [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| February 2 | Randall Martin, Professor Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Director Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Research Associate Advances in Satellite Remote Sensing, Modeling, and Ground-based Measurements to Understand Atmospheric Aerosols Worldwide [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| MONDAY February 5 11:30 a.m. Rodin Auditorium Green Hall |
Qing Shao, Postdoctoral Research Scholar Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering North Carolina State University Molecular Understanding and Design of Materials for Biological Applications [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
February 9 |
Laura Fierce, Assistant Atmospheric Scientist Environmental & Climate Sciences Department Brookhaven National Laboratory Particle-based methods for advancing the representation of atmospheric aerosol [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| February 16 | Fangqiong Ling, Postdoctoral Research Fellow ALM Lab Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bacterial communities as biosensors in water infrastructure [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
February 23 |
Hang Deng, Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| March 2 |
Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Associate Professor |
| March 9 | Lynn Hildemann, Professor Stanford University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Personal Exposure to Indoor Air Pollutants - Are you to blame, or is it the building's fault? [Host: Dr. Chakrabarty] |
| March 16 | Lingchong You, Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University Quantifying and Controlling Bacterial Community Dynamics [Host: Dr. Zhang] |
| March 23 | Erik Rosenfeldt, Director Hazen & Sawyer, Inc. Impacts of Anthropogenic EDCs and the Role of Reuse and Conservation on the Quality of the Potomac River [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| March 30 | George Richards, Senior Fellow Energy Conversion Engineering, DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory Electrifying Issues: present and future technology [Host: Dr. Axelbaum] |
| April 6 | Mark J. Kushner, Professor Director, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science & Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science University of Michigan Controlling Plasma-surface Interactions for Liquid, Biological and Environmental Systems [Host: Dr. Thimsen] |
| April 13 |
Dionisios Vlachos, Chair & Professor |
| April 20 - 3:00pm Ryckman Lecture and Reception |
Michael R. Hoffmann, Professor Division of Engineering & Applied Science California Institute of Technology Electrochemical Oxygen & Chlorine Production: Enhancing Electrocatalytic Activity Using Atomic Layer Deposition [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| April 27 |
ChE 478A, Process & Product Design |
| May 4 |
Sudhir Brahmbhatt, President |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Mitch Burger Health & Safety Professional |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Mark Mba-Wright Associate Professor [Host: Dr. Foston] |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Paula T. Hammond, PhD David H. Koch Chair, Professor of Engineering Functionalizable Polypeptides and Polymeric siRNA Smart Delivery [Host: Pratim Biswas] |
| Sep 26, 2018 | EECE Career Day 2018 [Host: Rebecca Spear] |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Treavor Boyer, PhD School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment [Host: Dr. Dudukovic] |
| Oct 5, 2018 | Marcus Foston Assistant Professor Unlocking the Secrets of Biomass Utilization
[Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Stephen Jaffe Distinguished Scientific Advisor
[Host: Dr. Dudukovic] |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Ian Wheeldon Associate Professor Exploiting native high flux metabolic pathways for chemical biosynthesis
[Host: Dr. Tang] |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Kimberly Gray Professor [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| Nov 2, 2018 | David B. Graves Professor Mechanisms of Plasma Biology [Host: Dr. Thimsen] |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Christopher Richard So Materials Research Scientist Sticking like Barnacles: Unraveling and Mimicking a Natural Adhesive [Host: Dr. Zhang] |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Monica Shokeen Assistant Professor Multiscale Imaging of Multiple Myeloma Pathogenesis [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Ray Arvidson, PhD James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor Exploring Mars and searching for signs of early life
[Host: Rajan Chakrabarty] |
| Dec 7, 2018 | Michael Gordon, PhD Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Location: Whitaker Auditorium, Whitaker Hall , Room 100
[Host: Dr. Thimsen] |
2017
| January 20 | Faculty Candidate Seminar |
| January 27 | Ramesh Raliya, Research Scientist Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Nanoscale chemical engineering for sustainable agriculture and environment [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| February 3 | Faculty Candidate Seminar |
| February 10 |
Faculty Candidate Seminar |
| February 17 | Faculty Candidate Seminar |
| February 24 | Faculty Candidate Seminar |
| March 3 | Iryna Zenyuk, Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Tufts University Transport Processes in Energy Conversion and Storage Devices: X-ray computed Tomography Study [Host: Dr. Ramani] |
| March 10 | John Thompson, Director Fossil Transition Project, Clean Air Task Force Challenges and Pathways to Large-Scale CCS Deployment [Host: Dr. Axelbaum] |
| March 17 |
Nga Lee (Sally) Ng, Assistant Professor |
| March 24 | Becca Gilberg, Alternative Transportation Coordinator Washington University Alternative Commuting Options During East End Construction and Beyond |
| March 31 | Steve Schwartz, Senior Scientist Environmental and Climate Sciences Department Brookhaven National Laboratory Can Global Temperature Rise be Limited to 2 Degrees? The Cold Turkey Experiment [Host: Dr. Chakrabarty] |
| April 7 | James Dumesic, Professor Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals [Host: Dr. Foston] |
| April 14 | Robert Brown, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Iowa State University Thermal Deconstruction of Lignocellulosic Biomass [Host: Dr. Foston] |
| April 21 Earth Day |
AEESP Distinguished Lecturer Meny Elimelech, Professor Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Yale University High-Performance Membranes for Energy-Efficient Desalination and Wastewater Reuse [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| April 28 |
EECE402, ChE Capstone |
| May 5 | Helen Nguyen, Associate Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Univeristy of Illinois at urbana-Champaign Drinking Water Biofilm: Structure, Mechanical Properties, and Pathogen Release [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| August 25 | Open House / Undergraduate Orientation |
| September 1 |
Graduate Student Orientation Department Welcome Luncheon (Noon) |
| September 8 | EH&S Laboratory Safety Training Lamont Jones, Health & Safety Professional • All EECE PhD, MS students & faculty |
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September 15 |
Jost Wendt, Professor Department of Chemical Engineering University of Utah Ash aerosol partitioning and ash deposition mechanisms during coal and biomass combustion [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| September 19 Tuesday Whitaker Auditorium |
CAREER FAIR • Opportunity to connect with local and national employers - Information Session, 12:00pm, Whitaker 100 - Employer Meetings, 12:30pm, Brauer Atrium Professional attire is recommended. Register here. |
| September 22 | Tae Seok Moon, Assistant Professor Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Systems and synthetic biology: constructing programmable cells [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| September 29 | Renato Feres, Professor Department of Mathematics Washington University in St. Louis Mathematical Problems of Diffusion-Reaction Systems [Host: Dr. Yablonsky] |
| October 6 | Jose-Luis Jimenez, Professor Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Colorado Constraining Organic Aerosol Sources and Properties from the Lab to the Global Atmosphere [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
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Dacheng Ren, Professor |
| October 14 - 17 | Fall Break |
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October 20 |
Hector Garcia-Martin, Director Quantitative Metabolic Modeling Joint BioEnergy Institute Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Mathematical modeling of -omics data for biofuel production through synthetic biology [Host: Dr. Tang] |
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October 27 |
Rudy Husar, Retired Professor |
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November 3 |
Dr. C.Y. Wu, Professor Environmental Engineering Sciences University of Florida A Super-Efficient Sampler for Viable Virus Aerosols using Water-based Condensation Particle Growth [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| November 10 | Dr. Daniel Cziczo, Associate Professor Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department Massachusetts Institute of Technology Better Understanding Climate and Atmospheric Chemistry by Understanding the Formation of Mixed Phase Clouds [Host: Dr. Chakrabarty] |
| November 17 |
Brent H. Shanks, Professor |
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November 27 |
Jian Wang, Scientist |
| December 1 |
Tiina Reponen, Professor |
2016
| Jan. 8 |
Zachary Ulissi, Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Chemical Engineering
Stanford University
Designing Nanoscale Interfacial Selectivity in Carbon nanotube Based Sensors and Reactive Catalyst Surfaces
Host: Dan Giammar
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| Jan. 22 | Joan Brennecke, Professor Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Notre Dame Designing Ionic Liquids for CO2 Capture Host: Pratim Biswas |
| Jan. 29 | Chris Boyce, Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Princeton University Tomographic Imaging and Computational Modeling of Fluid-Particle Flow Systems Host: Dan Giammar |
| Monday Feb. 1 |
Shrayesh Patel, Postdoctoral Fellow Materials Research Laboratory University of California, Santa Barbara Connecting Charge Transport with Structural Order in Semiconducting Polymers for Transistor and Thermoelectric Applications Host: Dan Giammar |
| Feb. 5 |
Zheng Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow |
| MONDAY Feb. 8 |
Vijay Ramani, Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Advanced Materials and Diagnostics for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Host: Dan Giammar |
| Feb.12 |
Kimberly Parker, Graduate Research Fellow |
| Feb. 19 |
Kelsey Hatzell, Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Feb. 26 |
Xing Xie, Postdoctoral Fellow |
| March 4 | Yi Jiang, Graduate Research Fellow Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Crumpled Graphen Oxide: Aerosol Synthesis and Environmental Applications Host: Pratim Biswas |
| March 11 | Peter Smirniotis, Professor Department of Biomedical, Chemical & Environmental Engineering University of Cincinnati Modified Ferrites as Catalysts for High Temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction in Membrane Reactors Host: Pratim Biswas |
| March 18 | Spring Break |
| March 25 | Gregg Beckham National Bioenergy Center National Renewable Energy Laboratory Breaking down plant cell walls: A few short stories in improving biofuels production processes Host: Marcus Foston |
| April 1 |
Dr. Ian Bourg, Assistant Professor |
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April 8 |
Mike Jewett, Assistant Professor Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Northwestern University Repurposing the translation apparatus for synthetic biology Host: Fuzhong Zhang |
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Jonathan Galazka Space Biosciences Division NASA Ames Research Center Host: Fuzhong Zhang |
| April 22 | Joshua Yuan, Associate Professor Systems Biology and Bioenergy Texas A&M University Host: Marcus Foston |
| April 29 |
ChE 478A, Process & Product Design |
| August 26 | Open House / Undergraduate Orientation |
| September 2 Noon Brauer Lobby / 2nd floor |
Graduate Student Orientation • EECE Faculty Introductions Department Welcome Luncheon • All EECE Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Staff and Faculty |
| September 9 | EH&S Safety Training • All EECE PhD, MS students & faculty |
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September 16 |
Fuzhong Zhang, Professor |
| WEDNESDAY September 21 |
EECE Career Fair |
| September 30 | Mohan Sankaran, Professor Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Case Western Reserve University Bottom-up, Plasma-based Approaches to nanomaterials Synthesis [Host: Dr. Thimsen] |
| October 7 |
Vilas Pol, Professor |
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October 15 |
IITB - Washington University Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
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October 21 |
George Huber, Professor |
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October 28 |
Norman Scott, Professor Emeritus Department of Environmental Engineering Cornell University The Impetus, Progress and Trends for Nanotechnologies in Agriculture, Food and Environmental Systems [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
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November 4 |
Michelle Bell, Professor |
| November 11 |
Nicholas Thornburg, PhD Candidate |
| November 18 3:00pm Ryckman Lecture Reception to Follow |
Chaitan Khosla, Professor |
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November 25 |
Thanksgiving Break |
| December 2 |
Dr. Bosoon Park, PhD |
| December 9 |
EECE Holiday Potluck Luncheon |
2015
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Gregory Wilson, Mindlin Lecturer National Center for Photovoltaics, Director The Next 10 Years of Solar Energy Research |
| February 27 |
Petros Koutrakis, Professor |
| March 6 | Suresh Tiwari, Professor Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Assessment of carbonaceous aerosol over northern India and its impact on regional climate Host: Dr. Chakrabarty |
| March 13 | Spring Break |
| March 20 | Jiaxing Huang, Associate Professor Northwestern University Pencils, Paper and Movie Discs: Curious Minds and Material Discoveries Host: Dr. Biswas |
| March 27 | Jennifer Reed, Associate Professor University of Wisconsin, Madison Engineering Microbial Metabolism: A Systems Approach Host: Dr. Tang |
| April 3 |
Chris Sorensen, Professor |
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April 10 |
Brian Ellis, Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Michigan Alteration of Caprock Fracture Geometries During Flow of CO2-acidified Brine Host: Dr. Giammar |
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Michael McGuire, PhD, PE, Owner Michael McGuire, Inc. The Chlorine Revolution: The Importance of Chlorination, 1908 (Typhoid Fever) to 2014 (Naegleria fowleri) Host: Dr. Giammar |
| April 24 3:00pm Whitaker Hall Auditorium |
Michael Fogler, Associate Professor Department of Physics University of California, San Diego Hopping transport in disordered nanowires, ribbons, and films Host: Dr. Thimsen |
| May 1 Whittaker 100, Auditorium |
Jack Colford, Professor School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley Approaches to impact evaluations of engineering interventions designed to improve health Host: Dr. Biswas |
| August 21 | Open House / Undergraduate Orientation |
| August 28 | Graduate Student Orientation • EECE Faculty Introductions |
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Department Welcome and Reception • All EECE Undergraduate & Graduate Students, Staff & Faculty |
| September 4 | EH&S Safety Training • All EECE PhD, MS students & faculty |
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Nicole Riemer, Associate Professor |
| September 17 Thursday, Noon Whitaker Auditorium |
CAREER FAIR • Opportunity to connect with local and national employers - Information Session, 12:00pm, Whitaker 100 - Employer Meetings, 12:30pm, Brauer Atrium Professional attire is recommended. To register, stop by Brauer Hall, room 1015. |
September 18 |
Mamadou Diallo, Professor KAIST, Korea Visiting Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech Nanoporous Membranes with insitu Synthesized Polymeric Particles: Preparation, Characterization and Applications to Water Purification and Resource Recovery [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| September 25 | Brent Williams, Assistant Professor Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from Aerosol Joe? The life and death of vagabond particles as told by Aerosol Forensics specialist, Dr. Brent Williams [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| October 2 | Lorenzo Mangolini, Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science University of California, Riverside Non-thermal plasma synthesis of nanopowders [Host: Dr. Thimsen] |
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October 9 |
David Harris, Research Director |
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October 16 |
John Fortner, Assistant Professor |
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Jay Banner, Director, Kappe Lecturer Environmental Science Institute University of Texas at Austin Past, Present, and Future Climate Change Impacts on Water in a Semi-Arid Region: Science and Policy [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| October 30 | Shirish Shimpi, Director Cummins, Inc. Challenges of Diesel Engine Emissions Measurement and Testing over the Years [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
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Brian P. Chaplin, Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois, Chicago Development, Synthesis, and Application of Novel Reactive Electrochemical Membranes for Water Treatment Applications [Host: Dr. Jun] |
| November 13 | Emre Toker, Managing Director Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship Washington University in St. Louis The Science of Entrepreneurship [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
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November 20 |
Chung K. Law, Professor |
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November 27 |
Thanksgiving Break |
| December 4 | Dr. Y.S. Mayya, Professor Department of Chemical Engineering IIT Bombay Number survival fraction of ultrafine particles emitted from strong sources [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| December 4 |
EECE Holiday Potluck Luncheon |
2014
| Jan. 10 |
Kelley Barsanti, Assistant Professor |
| Jan. 17 |
Mark Swihart, Professor |
| Jan. 24 |
Richard Moore, Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Jan. 31 |
Adam Boies, Assistant Professor |
| MONDAY Feb. 10 11:30 a.m. |
Ying Li, Assistant Professor |
| Feb. 14 |
Jill Craven, Postdoctoral Scholar |
| MONDAY Feb. 17 11:30 a.m. |
Carlos Larriba-Andaluz, Postdoctoral Associate |
| Feb. 21 |
Mark A. Barteau, Director |
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MONDAY |
Elijah Thimsen, Research Associate |
| Feb. 28 |
George Biskos, Assistant Professor |
| March 7 |
Rajan Chakrabarty, Assistant Research Professor |
| March 14 | Spring Break |
| March 21 January Hall Room 110 |
Stephan Kraemer, Professor |
| March 28 |
Nick Nissing, Adjunct Instructor |
| April 4 |
Vivek Shah, PhD Student Research Award Winner |
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April 11 |
L. S. Fan, Professor |
| April 18 |
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| April 25 |
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| Aug. 21 |
Master of Engineering (MEng) student information session |
| Aug. 22 |
Department Open House / Undergraduate Orientation |
| Aug. 25 |
Graduate Student Orientation |
| Aug. 29 |
EH&S Safety Training |
| Sept. 5 |
Li Li, Professor |
| Sept. 9 |
Department Welcome and Reception |
| Sept. 12 |
Charles Stanier, Associate Professor |
| Sept. 17 |
CAREER FAIR Professional attire is recommended. Registration required. To register, stop by Brauer Hall, room 1015. |
| Sept. 19 |
Cynthia Lo, Assistant Professor |
| Sept. 26 |
Yinjie Tang, Assistant Professor |
| Oct. 3 |
Helen Hsu-Kim, Associate Professor |
| Oct. 10 |
Jason C. Hicks, Assistant Professor |
| Oct. 19 |
McDonnell Academy Global Challenges Symposium (MAGEEP Workshops). |
| Oct. 24 |
Jeffrey W. Bullard, PhD |
| Nov. 7 |
Greg Lowry, Professor |
| Nov. 14 |
Sean Garner, Corning Science and Technology Center |
| Nov. 21 |
Gregory Yablonsky, Professor |
| Nov. 28 |
Thanksgiving Break |
| Dec. 5 |
Alan West, Professor |
2013
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| January 25 |
David H. West, Corporate Fellow |
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February 1 |
Sagar Mitra, Professor |
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| February 8 |
Christopher J. Hogan, Assistant Professor |
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February 15 |
Jason Baxter, Assistant Professor |
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| March 4 Monday 2:00pm - 6:00pm |
Technion University - Washington University |
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March 22 |
Yandi Hu, Graduate Student |
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March 29 |
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April 5 |
Mitch Anstey, Senior Member, Technical Staff |
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April 12 |
Paul A. Kohl, Thomas L. Gossage Chair & Regents' Professor |
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April 19 1:30PM Ryckman Lecture and Earthday |
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen, Fred and Clair Sauer Professor and Chair |
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| August 30 | Graduate Student Orientation • EECE Faculty Introductions |
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| September 6 | EH&S Safety Training • All EECE PhD, MS students, & Faculty |
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| Tuesday Sept 10 |
Department Welcome and Reception • All EECE Undergraduate & Graduate Students, Staff & Faculty |
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| September 13 |
Ramon Gonzalez, Associate Professor |
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| September 20 |
Geoff Bothun, Associate Professor |
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| Saturday September 21 9:00am |
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| September 27 |
Amy Pruden, Associate Professor |
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| October 11 |
Hal Alper, Assistant Professor |
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| October 18 | Fall Break | |
| October 25 |
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| November 1 |
Carsten Sievers, Assistant Professor |
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| November 8 |
Marc Edwards, Professor |
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| November 15 |
John Dueber, Assistant Professor |
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| November 22 1:00pm |
Mariesa Crow, Professor |
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| November 29 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| December 6 |
Probing Fast High Temperature Transformation in Nanoparticles for Energy Applications |
2012
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| MONDAY January 9 4pm Whitaker 100 |
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| January 13 Whitaker 100 |
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| WEDNESDAY January 18 4pm Wilson Hall, 214 |
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| THURSDAY February 2 11am |
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February 3 |
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TUESDAY |
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| February 10 |
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February 24 |
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March 2 |
Dr. Susanne Hering |
March 9 RYCKMAN LECTURE |
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March 16 |
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March 23 |
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April 6 |
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April 13 |
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April 20 Earthday |
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2011
| January 21 | Deborah Singer Howard, Interim Director of Sustainability Washington University in St. Louis Green Lab Initiative [Host: Dr. P. Biswas] |
| January 28 | Dr. Megan L. Robertson, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston "Microstructured Polymers: Fundamental Studies and Applications in Renewable Materials" [Host: Dr. J. Turner] |
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February 4 |
Dr. Christopher Snow, Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology "Bespoke Computational Models for Macromolecular Structure Prediction and Design" [Host: Dr. Y. Tang & Dr. R. Pappu] |
| February 11 | Dr. Ajikumar Parayil, Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "A balancing act: How optimizing long metabolic pathways unlocks biopharmaceuticals, biochemicals and biofuels production" Hosts: Dr. Y. Tang & Dr. R. Pappu] |
| February 18 | Dr. Sergey Grinshpun, Professor, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati Recent Advances in Aerosol Research at the University of Cincinnati [Host: Dr. P. Biswas] |
| February 25 | Dr. Bryan Boudouris, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley Designing Semiconducting Block Copolymers for Advanced Energy Applications [Host: Dr. V. Subramanian] |
| March 4 | Dr. Don L. Sparks, Professor & Chair, University of Delaware Time-Resolved Metal(loid) Reactivity at Biogeochemical Interfaces [Host: Dr. Young-Shin Jun] |
| March 11 |
Dr. Anna Leavey, Postdoctoral Fellow, Drexel University |
| March 18 | Spring Break |
| March 25 | Dr. Vijay Ramani, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Multi-functional Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion [Host: Dr. Venkat Subramanian] |
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Ryckman Lecture |
Dr. Linda Abriola, Dean, Tufts University Subsurface Transport of Nanomaterials: Environmental Threat or Opportunity? [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| April 8 | Dr. Jan Lerou, Principal, Jan Lerou Consulting, LLC Alternative Feedstocks in Chemical Manufacturing -- An Engineering Perspective [Host: Dr. Milorad Dudukovic] |
| April 15 | Dr. Patrick Mills, Professor & Chair, Department of Chemical and Natural Gas Engineering Texas A&M Creating New Microstructured Polymer Materials Using Novel Multiphase Flow Processes [Host: Dr. Milorad Dudukovic] |
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Earthday Seminar |
Dr. Kent D. Syverud, Professor and Dean Washington University School of Law Lessons of the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill Trust |
| April 29 |
Charles Carpenter - ChE 478A, Process & Product Design Class Presentations |
| August 26 | Graduate Student Orientation • EECE Faculty Introductions |
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Department Welcome and Reception • All EECE Undergraduate & Graduate Students, Staff & Faculty |
| September 2 | Dr. Prasad Modak, World Bank, India Consultant Executive President, EMC, India Common Environmental Infrastructure – Technology Challenges, Research Needs, Institutional and Business Models [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| September 9 AEESP Lecture |
Dr. Dick Luthy, AEESP Distinguished Lecturer Stanford University Re-Inventing Urban Water Infrastructure [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| September 16 | Will Fischer, Sustainability Coordinator Washington University Green Labs Kickoff [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| September 23 | Dr. Trung Van Nguyen, Professor, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering University of Kansas Water Management in Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cell by Materials Engineering and Design [Host: Dr. Subramanian] |
| September 30 |
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| October 7 AAEE Kappe Lecturer |
Dr. James Patterson, Patterson Environmental Consultants, Inc. |
| October 14 |
Dr. Connie Senior, Senior Scientist |
| WEDNESDAY October 26 9:00am Brauer Hall Room 12 |
Dr. William Nazaroff, Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of California, Berkeley Semivolatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Environments |
| October 28 |
Dr. Sharon Walker, Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering |
| November 4 |
Dr. Jaehong Kim, Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| November 11 |
Dr. Steve Bryant, Professor |
| November 18 | Dr. Qingyun Sun, Associate Director US-China Energy Center, West Virginia University "U.S. - China Clean Coal Collaboration at West Virginia University" |
| November 25 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
| December 2 | Venkat Ramadesigan, PhD Student, EECE, Winner of the Graduate Student Research Award Washington University Modeling Capacity Fade of Lithium-Ion Batteries - Challenges in Identifying and Quantifying Possible Mechanisms [Host: Dr. Subramanian] and Xueyang Feng, PhD Student, EECE, Winner of the Graduate Student Research Award |
2010
| January 22 | Mr. Manish Kumar; University of Illinois, Champaign "Bioinspired Membranes for Energy and Environmental Applications" [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| Monday January 25 Lopata Hall, 101 |
Dr. Hyung-Sool Lee; Arizona State University "Biological Hydrogen Production from Biomass Using Microbial Electrolysis Cell: Fundamentals and Possible Applications" [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| January 29 | Dr. Kevin Finneran; University of Illinois "Biological and Abiotic Reactions with Iron and Extracellular Electron Shuttles that Promote Hexahydro- 1.3.5-triazine (RDX) Degradation" [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| Monday February 1 Lopata Hall, 101 |
Dr. Mary Laura Lind; University of California, Los Angeles "Nanocomposite Materials for Environmental Applications" [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| February 5 | Dr. He Dong Jang, Principal Researcher, KIGAM "Synthesis of Silica Nanoparticles by Flame Aerosol Process" [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| February 12 | Dr. John D. Fortner; Rice University "Environmental Implications and Applications of Engineered Nanomaterials: Fullerene and Magnetite Case Studies" [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
| Monday February 15 Lopata Hall, 101 |
Dr. Safak Yilmaz; University of Wisconsin "Development of Thermodynamic Models for the Optimization of Modern Hybridization Techniques Used in Microbial Ecological Analyses" [Host: Dr. Giammar] |
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| February 26 | Mr. Donifan Barahona, Georgia Institute of Technology "Unraveling Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions" [Host: Dr. D. Chen] |
| March 5 | Dr. Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University "Electrochemical Fabrication of Iron-Group nanostructured Alloys for Energy Applications" [Host: Dr. Subramanian] |
| March 12 | Spring Break |
| March 19 | Dr. Peter DeCarlo, Postdoctoral Researcher, Paul Scherrer Institute "Field and laboratory investigations of the sources and processing of organic aerosol" [Host: Dr. Chen] |
| March 26 | Dr. Brent J. Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota "The Role of Atmospheric Organic Matter in Biogeochemical Cycles" [Host: Dr. Chen] |
| April 2 | Dr. Satashi Takahama, University of California, San Diego "Chemical heterogeneties in carbonaceous atmospheric particles observed by spectromicroscopy and their implications for water uptake" [Host: Dr. D. Chen] |
| Tuesday April 13 Ryckman Lecture |
Dr. Kirk R. Smith, Professor of Global Environmental Health Chair, Environmental Health Sciences University of California, Berkeley "Global health, climate, and ecosystem impacts from incomplete combustion in cookstoves: Recent revelations" |
| April 16 |
Charles Carpenter - ChE 478A, Process & Product Design Class Presentations |
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April 23 |
Dr. Paul Bishop, NSF Environmental Engineering Director "The Water-Energy Nexus and NSF Research" [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| MONDAY April 26 Lopata Hall, room 101 |
Dr. Berthold Breman, Research Manager, Sasol Technology Netherlands |
| May 7 |
Dr. Daniel Jacob, Harvard University |
| September 7 Tuesday, 11am |
EECE Graduate Student Welcome and Orientation |
| September 10 | Dr. Huimin Zhao, Professor, Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Microbial Synthesis of Drugs and Fuels via Synthetic Biology [Host: Dr. Tang] |
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September 17 |
Dr. Venkat Subramanian, Associate Professor |
| October 1 - 5 |
Symposium 2010 |
| October 8 | Dr. Faye McNeill, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering Columbia University "Atmospheric Aerosols: Chemistry, Clouds, and Climate" [Host: Dr. Biswas] |
| October 15 | Fall Break - No Classes |
| October 22 | Dr. Lorenz Biegler, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University "Optimal Synthesis of Pressure Swing Adsorption Processes for CO2 Capture" [Host: Dr. Subramanian] |
| October 29 | Dr. Shelley Minteer, Department of Chemistry St. Louis University "Mitochondrial Bioelectrocatalysis" [Host: Dr. Subramanian] |
| November 5 | Dr. Chen Zhu, Dept. of Geological Sciences & School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University "Kinetics of CO2-water-rock reactions in geological carbon sequestration" [Host: Dr. Jun] |
| November 12 |
Dr. William R. Knocke, PhD, PE |
| November 19 | Dr. Yi Tang, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles "Production of a Blockbuster Drug Using Biocatalysts" [Host: Dr. Y. Tang] |
| November 26 | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| December 10 |
Dr. Suljo Linic, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan |
| December 17 |
Final Exams |
2009
Lauren Greenlee, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas
"Inland Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis Desalination: Concentrate Treatment to Precipitate Salts and Reduce Waste Volume"
Host: Dr. Giammar
Shalom Goldberg, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania
"Exploring and Engineering Bacterial Signaling"
Host: Dr. Giammar
David Nielsen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Improving Butanol Fermentations through Metabolic and Bioprocess Engineering Perspectives"
Host: Dr. Giammar
Mary Jo Kirisits, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental, University of Texas at Austin
"Perchlorate-Reducing Gene Targets for Biological Treatment Applications"
Host: Dr. Giammar
Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
"Occurrence and Behavior of Prions in the Environment"
Host: Dr. Giammar
Sally Benson, Ex. Dir., Global Climate & Energy Project, Energy Resources & Engineering Department, Stanford University
"Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide in Deep Geological Formations: Prospects and Priorities in 2009"
Host: Dr. Jun
Aaron Packman, Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
"Interplay of pore structure, colloid deposition, and pore fluid flow"
Host: Dr. Giammar
Michael S. Wong, Associate Professor, Rice University
"Engineering Palladium-coated Gold Nanoparticles for the Catalytic Cleansing of Water"
Host: Dr. Sureshkumar
Greg Carmichael, University of Iowa
"Atmospheric Brown Clouds and Their Impact on Air Quality and Climate Change"
Host: Dr. Dudukovic
Harvey Checkoway, Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
"The Health Hazards and Possible Benefits of Environmental Endotoxin Exposure"
Host: Dr. R. Chen
Tony Fane, AEESP Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
"The Energy Challenge for Membrane Technology in the Water Industry"
Host: Dr. Giammar
David Kriebel, Professor, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
"Cancer Prevention through a Precautionary Approach to Environmental Chemicals"
Host: Dr. Ruth Chen
Ka-Yiu San, Professor, Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, Rice University
"Manipulation of Reducing Equivalents Through Metabolic Engineering"
Host: Dr. Tang
Lisa Brosseau, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota
"Do Surgical Masks Provide Respiratory Protection?"
Host: Ruth Chen
Gregory Stephanopolous, Professor, MIT
"Metabolic Engineering: Enabling Technology for the Production of Fuels and Chemicals"
Host: Dr. Dudukovic
Process Analysis and Design Presentations (ChE 478A) [Host: Dr. Carpenter]
Cox Distinguished Lecture: "An Open Platform for Robotics Research"
Dr. Steve Cousins, President and CEO of Willow Garage
Kyoung-Shin Choi, Purdue Univeristy
"Electrochemical Synthesis of Inorganic Electrodes with Controlled Micro- and Nano-Structures for Use in Clean Energy Production"
Host: Dr. Sureshkumar
EARTHDAY Dr. Saber Hussain, Sr. Scientist, Air Force Research Lab
"Toxicity Evaluation of Nanomaterials: Importance of Material Characterization"
Host: Dr. Biswas
James Carothers, University of California - Berkeley
"Designing Synthetic Riboregulators to Program Gene Expression in Engineered Metabolic Pathways"
Host: Dr. Biswas
Geoffrey Evans, University of Newcastle
"Peak Resources: When Will They Occur?"
Host: Dr. Dudukovic
Yang Zhang, Professor, North Carolina State University
"Multiscale Atmospheric Modeling: from Urban Air Pollution to Global Climate"
Host: Dr. Sureshkumar
Shuguang Deng, Faculty Recruit, New Mexico State University
"Hydrogen Storage in Porous Media”
Fall 2009
Prashant Kamat
"Solar Cells by Design. Harvesting Light Energy with Nanostructure Assemblies"
Victor McCrary, National Organization of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineering National President will present: "Overview of Technologies at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory"
Lynden Archer, of Cornell University
"Nanoscale Organic Hybrid Materials (NOHMs)"
Symposium on Nanotechnology for Public Health, Energy & Environment
Keynote Speaker: George Whitesides, Harvard University
Kenneth F. Reardon, of Colorado State University
"Microalgal Biofuels - Big Potential, Big Challenges"
Hosted by: Professor Tang
Mark Benjamin, AEESP Lecturer
"Micro-granular adsorptive membrane filtration: A whole new world of treatment technologies?"
Hosted by: Professor Giammar
Alberto Striolo, of the University of Oklahoma
"How Does the Atomic Water Structure at Solid-Liquid Interfaces Determine Macroscopic Properties?"
Hosted by: Professor Lo
Menachem Elimelech, Professor, Yale University
"Aggregation and Bacterial Cytotoxicity of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials in Aquatic Environments"
Hosted by: Professor Jun
Mid-America Environmental Engineering Conference
Participation by 6 regional Universities
Keynote Lecture: R. Surampalli, USEPA
Kappe Lecturer: "Nanotechnology and the Environment"
The Cox Lecture I-Cares Distinguished Speaker Series
Jay Keasling, University of California Berkeley & LBNL
"Synthetic Biology for Synthetic Chemistry: From Bugs to Drugs and Fuels"
Symposium on America's Energy Future (Chaired by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton)
Michael Wong, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
"The nanoparticle Approach to Cleaner Water and Cleaner Energy"
Peter Adams, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
"Where do cloud condensation nuclei come from?
Ryan Gill
"Genome Engineering for Sustainable Biofuels"
Hai Wang
"Towards Predictive Combustion Chemistry - Uncertainty Quantification and Minimization in Complex Chemical Models"
Costas D. Maranas
"Using Computations to Reconstruct, Analyze and Redesign Metabolism"
2008
Spring
Nathan Ravi
"Biomimetic Design of Ophthalmic Prosthesis"
Eric Williams
"Systems Assessment and Engineering of Energy Supply & Demand"
Tianfeng Lu
"Integrating Realistic Chemistry in Large-Scale Simulations: Applications in the Efficient Utilization of Biomass & Fossil Fuels"
Yangchuan Xing
"Carbon Nanotubes as PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Support"
Ramki Kalyanaraman
"Novel Nanomaterials from Fast Laser-Induced Self-Organization: Applications to Solar Energy Harvesting & Magnetism"
Shahla Keyvan
"Energy Efficiency for Natural Gas Consumption in U.S. Industries"
Jayajit Das
"Membrane Proximal Signaling in T lymphocytes: An interplay between co-operative processes and stochastic fluctuations"
Patrick Underhill
"Dynamics of DNA & Swimming Microorganisms: Theory & Coarse-Grained Simulations"
Amy R. Sapkota
"Animal Agriculture & Antimicrobial Resistance: Do Organic Practices Make a Difference?"
Dave Allen
"The Energy Institute at the University of Texas"
Arthi Jayaraman
"A Theoretical Study of Polymer Tethered Nanoparticles: Their Assembly in Melts & Role as Novel Fillers in Polymer Nanocomposites"
Roger Lewis
Saint Louis University
School of Public Health
Michael Lefenfeld
"Entrepreneurial Ventures: From Classroom to Board Room"
John Gleaves
"Do Biocatalytic Reactors Dream of Heterogeneous Processes?"
Earthday Seminar
Lilia Abron
"Earth Day: Originated in the U.S., Lost in the U.S., Can It Be Rediscovered?"
Fall
Achariya Suriyawong
"Oxy-Coal Combustion: Submicrometer Particle Formation, Mercury Speciation, & their Capture"
Kai-Uwe Ulrich
"Molecular Structure and Stability of Uranium Immobilizing Compounds"
RYCKMAN LECTURE
David A. Dzombak
"Mississippi River Water Quality & the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, Opportunities"
Nate Lewis
"Where in the World Will Our Energy Come From?"
Jizhong Zhou
"Systems Microbiology: From Genomes to Ecosystems"
Michelle Scherer
"Still Oxides Run Deep: Results from an Fe Isotope Tracer Experiment"
Maosheng Yao
"Recent Efforts in Bioaerosol Sampling, Detection, Quantification as Well as Microbial Inactiviation"
Michael Solomon
"Colloids as Building Bocks: Anisotropy & its Effect on Particle Assembly"
Joyce Penner
Washington University School of Law
Ralph Cicerone
Member, Nobel Prize Winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Craig Grimes
"Rectifying p-n Junction Nanostructures for Direct Conversion of Solar Energy to Electricity or Chemical Fuels"
M. Muthukumar
"PACKAGING BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES AND DELIVERY"
Jeff Phillips
"CO2 Capture & Storage for Coal Power Plants: Status & R&D Needs"
2007
Spring
Linda Weavers
"Sonochemical Degradation of Perfluorooctanyl Sulfonate (PFOS)"
Surita Bhatia
"Using Stereochemistry to Control Structure & Rheology: Teaching Old Biomaterials New Tricks"
Mansoo Choi
"Surface Patterning of Nanoparticles & Their Controlled Synthesis in Gas Phase "
Chris Sorensen
"Fire, Fractals & Physics"
Julia W. P. Hsu
"Nanostructured Materials for Solar Energy Harvesting"
Graham A. Colditz
"Your Cancer Risk: Integrating Epidemiology, Behavior Change & Risk Communication"
Mario Castro
"Addressing Asthma Care in the Community"
John Turner
"The Sustainable Hydrogen Economy"
Glenn Waychunas
"Structure & Chemistry of the Mineral-Water Interface: a Molecular View"
Nitin Baliga
"A Predictive Systems Level Model of Responses Eicited by an Organism in an Extreme Environment"
David Sedlak
"Steroid Hormones & Endocrine Disruption in Agricultural Watersheds"
Ching-Hua Huang
"Effect of Metal Species on the Transformation of Tetracycline Antibiotics"
Rohit Pappu
"Polymer Physics Principles of Protein Aggregation"
Craig Adams
"Navigating Clear Waters: Providing Sustainable Drinking Water & Sanitation Across the Globe"
Joan Rose
"Where are we going? Where have we come from? Assessing Sewage Impacts in a Coastal Environment."
Timothy S. Gardner
"Genome-Scale Mapping of Transcription & Metabolic Networks in Shewanella: Applications to Bioenergy"
Younan Xia
"Putting Nanostructures to Work for Biomedical Research"
Mark Styczynski
"Motif Discovery and Metabolomic Approaches to Problems in Biological Systems"
Michael Dodd
"Transformation of Wastewater-Borne Antibacterial Agents During Chlorination and Ozonation Processes: Kinetics, Reactions Pathways & Toxicological Consequences of Structural Modifications"
David Cwiertny
"Iron-Based Bimetallic Reductants for Treatment of Halogenated Organic Solvents"
Adel Sarofim
Ryckman Lecture
"Is There a Role for Coal in a Carbon Constrained World?
Dr. Ganesh Sriram
"Integrative Flux Analysis of Eukaryotic Metabolism: Quantifying Carbon Traffic by Isotope Labeling and Mathematical Metabolic Network Modeling"
Kimberly Henthorn
"Particle Entrainment at Different Length Scales"
Michael Strano
"The Chemistry of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Applications to Biomolecule Detection, Nanotube Separation, and Electronic Networks"
John Groopman
"The Environmental Diseases of the 22nd Century Have Already Been Initiated: Can We Affect the Burden of Disease?"
Ravi Kane
"The Design of Nanoscale Therapeutics and Nanostructured Materials"
Anurag Mehra
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Timothy S. Gardner
"Mapping of Transcription & Metabolic Networks in Shewanella: Application to Bioelectricity Generation"
Young-Shin Jun
"From Molecular Scale to the Environment: Physicochemical Controlling Processes at Environmental Water-Mineral Interfaces"
Jenny Jay
"Biogeochemistry of Mercury & Arsenic in Anoxic Environments: Implications for Mercury Methylation in Biofilms, &Mobilization of Arsenic in Groundwater in Bangladesh"
Ye Wu
"Trends in Anthropogenic Mercury Emissions in China from 1995 to 2003"
Fall
Dong Qin
"Soft Lithography: Rapid Prototyping of Patterns and Structures at Micro-& Nano-scales"
Lars Angenent
"Mixed Culture Processing to Convert Wastewater into Bioenergy"
Daniel Giammar
"Interfacial Reactions Affecting Contaminant Fate and Transport: Reactions of Uranium at the Solid-Water Interface"
Punit Jain
"Sustainable Design: Its Significance and Impact within the Environment"
Kausik Sarkar
"Microbubble Contrast Agents for Ultrasound Imaging & Drug Delivery"
Peter Borden
"Scaling Photovoltaics"
Dr. Erbschole
"Powering Today's Air Force"
Franqing Frank Chen
"Profiling Interaction Between Biological Systems and Nanomaterials"
Rudy Husar
"A Sustainable Systems Approach for Linking Energy & the Environment"
John Groopman
"From Bench to Community: Translating Mechanistic Science to Public Health Prevention"
Dan Steinmeyer
"Global Warming and Earth's Energy Balance"
Richard Flagan
"Multidimensional Nucleation from Vapor Mixtures & Polymer Solutions"
Y. Tang
"13C-Based Metabolic Flux Analysis of Environmental Microorganisms"
Jay D. Schieber
"What a Rubber Band Tells Us: Multiscale Modeling of Macromolecular Dynamics in Concentrated Environments"
2006
Spring
Mark Wiesner
"Applications and Implications of Nanomaterials: Challenges for Environmental Engineers"
Bill Retzlaff
"G.R.E.E.N. - Green Roof Environmental Evaluation Network"
Soubir Basak
"Synthesis of Magnetic Nanomaterials: Applications in Nanomedicine"
Jeanne Van Briesen
"Statistical and Molecular Microbiological Research to Elucidate Complex Systems involving Polychlorinated Biphenyls"
Dan Luo
"Nucleic Acid Engineering: Using DNA as a Generic Instead of a Genetic Material"
Dan Zitomer
"Temperature-Phased Anaerobic Digestion"
Biplab Mukherjee
"Dispersion of Crude Oil in Saline Water"
Charles Werth
"A Pore-Scale Study of Biomass Growth Effects on Transverse Mixing Limited Reactions in Groundwater During Bioremediation"
Jingkun Jiang
"Nanoparticle Synthesis & Charging Studies"
Ye Zhuang
"Mercury and PM Issues Related to Coal Combustion Systems"
T. Prabhakar Clement
"Development & Application of Reactive Transport Models - Present Status & Future Challenges"
Dionysios (Dion) D. Dionysiou
"Advanced Oxidation Technologies & Nanotechnologies for Water Purification"
Shankar Chellam
"Bacterial Fouling of Microfiltration Membranes"
L. Thibodeaux
"Katrina/Rita Disaster-Environmental Chemistry Impacts Plus the Proximate & Historical Causes"
Peter Raven
Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
J. Fishman
"Synthesis of Satellite Data into an Integrated Global Observing Strategy for Air Quality"
Jaehun Chun
"Molecular Scale Behavior in Aerosols & Colloids"
Hae-Kwon Jeong
"Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Applications"
Fall
Ashok Misra
"Higher Technical Education in India & Global Transformation"
Brian Wrenn
"Laboratory Safety"
David Morse
"Dynamics of Semi-Flexible Polymers/Bio-Polymers"
Andrey V. Filippov
"Aerosol Technologies in Corning"
Nancy Ho
"Development of Recombinant Saccharomyces Yeast for Cost-Effective Cellulosic Ethanol Production"
Doug Cameron
"Fuels and Chemicals from Renewable Resources: Opportunities & Challenges"
Daniel B. Oerther
"Ecological Considerations in Bioreactor Design: Genomics, Modeling, & Theory"
Sean Raffuse
"Smoke from Wildfires – Modeling, Satellite Data, & Geospatial Analyses"
Timm Strathmann
"Developing Targeted Treatment Strategies for Wastewater-Derived Micropollutants"
Yong Joo
"Nanostructured Nanofibers: From Metal Oxide Inclusion to Confined Self-Assembly"
Beizhan Yan
"Over One Hundred Years of Energy Usage & Contamination History Reflected in Urban Waters: From the Buggy Era to the Bus Era"
Mark Macklin
"A Geomorphological Approach to the Management of Rivers Contaminated by Metal Mining"
Maria Ghirardi
"Biological Hydrogen Production: Catalysts & Processes"
2005
Spring
John Veranth
"Research on Particulate Air Pollution at Utah"
Craig Adams
"Fate, Effects & Transport of Veterinary Antibiotics at Livestock Operations"
Sotiris Pratsinis
"Synthesis of Functional Nanoparticles in Flame Aerosol Reactors"
R.M. Clark
"Water Supply Systems Security: Development of a Research Agenda"
Kuk Cho
"Sintering Studies of Nanostructured Oxides"
Zhen Chen
"Recent Advances in Multiscale Modeling of Thin Film Growth & Delamination"
Zhiwen Yuan and Daniel Giammar
"Evaluation of Chemical Indicators of Point & Non-Point Sources of Phosphorus to Surface Waters"
Weiling Li
"Differential Mobility Analyzer Application & Development"
Eric Kettelson
"Capture & Inactivation of Viral Nanoparticles in Soft X-ray Enhanced Corona System"
R. Lee Penn
"Chemical Reactivity of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles"
Gennadiy Statyukha
"Application of Experimental Statistical Models in Process & Product Design"
Chad Roy
"The Threat of Aerosolized Agents: Infectious Disease Aerobiology" "
A. Zimmer
"Engineered & Incidental Nanoparticles: Developing Safe Work Practices"
2004
Spring
Zhiwen Yuan
"Thermodynamic Yield Prediction and Stoichiometry for Organic Chelating Agents Degraded via Oxygenase Pathways"
H.G. Schwartz
"Environmental Engineering & Politics - Strange Bedfellows"
J. Liu
"Nanoscience Research In Catalysis: Challenges & Opportunities"
Herbert Needleman
"Effects of Early Childhood Lead Exposure"
"Bridging the Gap Between Research & Policy: Childhood Lead Poisoning as a Case Study"
Stacey Hawkey
"What Every Engineer Should Know About Pollution Prevention"
Glenn Morrison
"Indoor Air Pollution: Transport, Chemistry and Personal Exposure"
S. K. Friedlander
"Aerosol Science Engineering: The Enabling Discipline"
J. Samet
"Aerosols & Health Effects"
J. H. Seinfeld
"Aerosols & Global Climate"
Denice Shaw
"Status & Trends of Environmental Monitoring"
J. Helble
"Fine Particle Formation & Its Implications for Human Health"
John Novak
"Cations & Activated Sludge, Implications for Flocculation & Digestion"
Ken Kemner
"X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy & Microprobe Investigations of Mineral-microbe Interfaces & Biogeochemical Processes"
S. Frankel
"Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Flows: Applications from Soot to Noise"
M. M. Crow, President, Arizona State University
D. H. Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M. B. McElroy, Harvard University
F. M. Orr, Jr., Stanford University
Moderator: Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
"Educational Practices & The Environment"
R.P. Singh
"Growing Population and Its Impact on the Environment of Ganga Basin"
Fall
Zhengkai Li
"Effects of Microbial Iron-Reduction On Anaerobic Biodegradation of Vegetable Oil in Freshwater Sediments"
Gary Logsdon
KAPPE LECTURE (jointly sponsored with Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville)
"Avoiding Waterborne Disease Outbreaks by Understanding Prior Outbreaks"
Neil Deardorff
"Aerosol Climatology at Reserve, Kansas: A Rural Midwestern Site"
Ayano Niwa
"Fine Particle Emissions from Laser Printers: A Mechanistic Evaluation"
Megan Yu
"Particulate Mater Ion Concentrations at the St. Louis – Midwest Supersite: Particle-Into-Liquid Samplers (PILS) Measurements"
Y. Otani
"Electrostatic Separation of VOC by Ionization"
Bruce Rittman
"The Hydrogen-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor for Reducing Oxidized Contaminants"
Mark Barnett
"Adsorption, Transport, & Bioavailability of Metals and Radionuclides in the Subsurface"
Souhail Al-Abed
"Electrochemical Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Water & Sediments"
Richard McClurg
"Progress in Nucleation Rate Estimation"
Charles O'Melia
2nd Annual Ryckman lecture
"Aquasols: On the Role of Secondary Minima"
Bala Ramaswami
"Using Bacteriophages to Elucidate the Sources of Phosphorus Pollution for Table Rock Lake"
Joseph Berry
"Moving from Maps to Mapped Data, Spatial Analysis & Beyond: Getting Your Arms Around Geospatial Technology"
Prakash Kumar
"Synthesis, Transport, & Aggregation of Particles in a Magnetic Field"
Marina Smallwood
"Mercury Capture in Coal Combustion Systems Using In-Situ Generated Sorbents"
Kenneth Chilton
"Economists & Environmental Engineers: Strange Bedfellows or Natural Allies"
2003
Liyun Xie
"Examination of Exopolysaccharides in Heavy Metal-Laden Wastewater Biofilm."
James Smith
"Concerns with the Beneficial Reuse in Agriculture of Residuals from Municipal Wastewater Treatment & Animal Feeding Operations"
Bruce Rittman
"Adaptation of Anaerobic Microbial Communities to Chlorinated Aromatics"
Rui Chen
"The Effect of Flame Structure on Soot Formation in Diffusion Flames"
Ben Kumfer
"Application of Flame Design Theory to Carbon Nanotube Synthesis and Particulate Emissions from Turbulent Flames"
Roy Haught
"Overview and Future Directions of Drinking Water Research at NRMRL, USEPA"
C.Y. Wu
"Control of Heavy Metal Emissions & Leaching from the Incineration of CCA Treated Wood"
Dr. Philip Singer
"Formation & Control of Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water"
Bill Arnold
"Photochemical Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment."
David Pui
"Experimental and Numerical Tools for Investigating Nanoparticles"
Rhoda Jeremiah
"A Kinetic Study of the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide in Oil- Contaminated Shoreline Sediments: Theoretical and Experimental Approach"
Prakash Kumar
"Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles & Transport Characteristics in Magnetic Fields"
R.E. Pinckert
"Environmental Research at Boeing - Preparing for the Future"
Tarek I. M. Sabry
"Review on the Existing Wastewater Treatment Plants in Egypt"
Daniel Giammar
"Carbon Storage and Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers: Rates and Products of Relevant Geochemical Reactions"
B.J. Browning
"Preserve the St. Francis River Project"
Cecil Lue Hing
"Challenging Environmental Regulations: Some DOs & DON’Ts: a Summary of Case Studies"
Weiling Li
"Improvement & Application of Nano-Differential Mobility Analyzer"
Albert D. Venosa
"Bioremediation of Crude Oil in Wetlands"
Carol Browner
Principal of the Albright Group
Jane Lubchenco
"Science and The Environment"
Nic Neumann
"Air Pollutant Control Technologies for Smelters"
S.P. Sukhatme
"Alternate Energy Sources: The Indian Context"
Brian Wrenn
"Laboratory Safety Procedures"
Baolin Deng
"Chromium (VI) Reduction by Hydrogen Sulfide: Kinetics, Mechanism, & Application to Site Remediation"
Perry McCarty
Inaugural Ryckman Lecture
"Precautionary Approach for Toxic Chemicals in the Environment - Experiences and Concepts in the Making"
Pramod Kulkarni
"Transport and Deposition of Particles in Electrical Fields: Role of Morphology on Deposition Kinetics"
K.S. Kim
"Plasma Reactors to Produce Monodisperse Nanoparticles and Prepare Uniform Thin Film Coatings"
2002
Kuk Cho
"A Study of the Synthesis of Composite Photocatalytic-magnetic Particles"
Randy L. Vander Wal
"Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes & Carbon Nanofibers"
Yanhui Yang
"Studies of Ammonia Adsorption onto Fly Ash from Coal-fired Power Plants"
Sahle-Demessie
"Alternative Solvents & Catalysts for Cleaner Synthesis of Chemicals"
Zhen Sun
"Numerical Simulation of Multi-Component Aerosols in Flame Synthesis"
Bryan Long
"The Ozark Isoprene Experiment: A Study of Biogenic Isoprene Emissions from the Ozark Forests of Missouri"
William H. Wisbrock
"Conversion of Landfill & Digester Gas to Methanol & Liquid CO2 "
C.P. Les Grady
"What is This Thing Called Sludge?"
Meng Dawn Cheng
"Near Real-Time Measurement of Elemental Composition of Aerosol Particles"
Heta Raval
"Biodegradable Polymers"
Ben Kumfer
"Flame Synthesis of Nonoxide Nanoparticles in Microgravity"
Jay Turner
"The St. Louis - Midwest Supersite: A Characterization of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter"
Zhengkai Li
"Anaerobic Biodegradation of Lipids in Freshwater Sediment Environment"
Young Whan Kim
"Wastewater & Sludge Treatment in Busan Metropolitan City of Korea"
Robert Downer
"Investigation of Mixing Energy on the Sedimentation of Floating Vegetable Oil"
David Gustafson
"Global Water Quality Initiatives at Monsanto"
Rafael McDonald
"Morphology Determination of Ambient Aerosols"
Shaibal Mukerjee
"Recent Applications of Source Apportionment Methods & Related Needs"
Brian Wrenn
"Laboratory Safety Procedures"
Qian Qiu Zhao
"Nanotechnology in the Chemical Industry: Trends & Opportunities"
Mike Treacy
"Transmission Electron Microscopy to Determine Young's Modulus of Carbon Nanotubes"
C.J. Tsai
"Sampling & Analysis of Ambient Aerosols"
A. M. Salhotra
"The Application of Risk Assessment for Environmental Decision Making"
D. Shah
"The Use of Zeolites as Adsorbents in Environmental Clean Up Operations"
Gerald Wilemski
"Nanodroplet Aerosol Formation in Rapid Vapor Expansions"
YiYun Bo
"Air Pollutant Emissions from Stationary Sources & Their Control"
Pramod Kulkarni
"Studies in Capture & Deposition of Ultrafine Charged Particles"
2001
Daniel Giammar
"Rates of Reactions Relevant to Uranium Mobility"
George R. Schillinger
"Operations of a Waste Water Treatment Pilot Plant for Demonstrating the Feasibility of Reducing PAC"
Roger Randolph
"An Overview of Missouri's Air Pollution Control Program"
Richard Pinckert
"Overview of Environmental Research Activities at Boeing"
Slong Yang
"Cluster Analysis for the Correlation Between Air Mass Trajectories & PM2.5 Mass Concentration in St. Louis"
Rui Chen
"The Effect of Flame Structure on Extinction & Soot-Particle Inception in Diffusion flames"
Bradley P. Smith
"New DOD Environmental Technologies & Research Opportunities"
Chul Han Kim
"Preliminary Studies on Use of Embedded Coronas for Activating Titanium Dioxide"
Robert Downer
"Anaerobic Bioremediation of Vegetable Oil Spills in Freshwater Systems"
Elmer L. Boehm
"Environmental Engineering from the Perspective of the Corporate World"
Prakash Kumar
"Magnetic Fields for Trapping Particles in Combustor Exhausts"
L. A. Abron
"Sustainable Energy Technologies & Greenhouse Gas Emissions"
Joel Burken
"Uptake & Fate of VOCs in Phytoremediation Systems"
Naoki Kagi
"Modeling of Emission Mechanisms of VOCs from Building Materials"
Weijang Sun
"Filtration Characteristics Under Liquid-coated Particle Loading"
Mr. Inagki
"Analysis of Vapor Absorption by Liquid Additives in Cigarette Filters"
Laurel Morgan
"Dam Overtopping: Perspectives in Dam Safety Engineering"
Glen T. Daigger
"Modeling Biological Processes: Evolving Applications"
Peter Franzen
"The EnvironMentors Project in St. Louis"
Pramod Kulkarni
"Enhancement of ESP Capture Efficiencies With Soft X-Ray Irradiation"
Megan Yu
"Fundamental of Particle Into Liquid Sampler"
Vernon L. Snoeyink
"Adsorption of Trace Organic Compounds from Drinking Water Supplies"
Prakash Kumar
"Transport Characteristics of Particles in Magnetic Fields"
Dr. O. Levenspiel
"Making Friends with Chemical Reactors"
Demian Wincelle
"Clay-Oil Interactions for the Anaerobic Bioremediation of Vegetable Oil Spills"
2000
Garima Bhatia
"Wood Pyrolysis Studies"
Pramod Kulkarni
"Electrical Fields for Capture of Waterborne Particles"
Brian Wrenn
"Nutrient Effects on Oil Biodegradation in Continuous-Flow Beach Microcosms"
Zhengkai Li
"Anaerobic Bioremediation of Vegetable Oil Spills"
Pratim Biswas
"The Wonder World of Aerosols: from Nanoparticles to Astronomical Stars & Planets"
Neil Deardorff
"Pyrolysis of Wood Chips"
Yasumasa Takao
"A Particulate-System Technology for Material-Property Improvement For Thick Film (Gas Sensors) & Particle-Filled Epoxy-Resin Composites (LSI devices)"
Zhen Sun
"Microcontamination in Rotating Disk CVD Reactors"