Lecture Series
Sponsored through generous gifts from members of
The Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Board of Advisors
Spring 2010
January 22, 2010
Nanopantography: A Technique for Massively Parallel Fabrication of Nanopatterns over Large Areas
Dr. Demetre J. Economou
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204
February 26, 2010
Dr. Liangfang Zhang
NanoEngineering Department
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA 92093
March 12, 2010
Dr. Alexander Couzis
Department of Chemical Engineering
The City College of CUNY
New York, NY 10031
March 26, 2010
Dr. Jan Genzer
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
April 16, 2010
Dr. Brian Korgel
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712
Fall 2009
August 28, 2009
Non-equilibrium, rate, time and history-dependent colloidal interactions
Dr. Jacob Israelachvili
Department of Chemical Engineering, and Materials Department
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
September 18, 2009
Colloidal separations by sedimentation
Dr. Darrell Velegol
Department of Chemical Engineering
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
September 25, 2009
Protein and Water Dynamics: Theoretical and Experimental Investigations
Dr. Teresa Head-Gordon
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of California Berkeley
October 9, 2009
Microparticle Arrays for the High Throughput Screening of the Binding Interactions of Biomolecules
Dr. Charles Maldarelli
Chemical Engineering Department
The City College of New York
New York, NY 10031
October 23, 2009
Advancing the Field of Self-Assembly Using “Old” Molecules and Nanoparticles
Dr. Srinivasa Raghavan
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
October 30, 2009
Engineering for Self-Assembly: The Shape(s) of Things to Come
Dr. Sharon Glotzer
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
December 4, 2009
Computer simulation of liquid crystals and ionic liquids
Dr. Francisco R. Hung
Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Spring 2009
January 30, 2009
Crystallization and Other Adventures on the Protein Phase Diagram
Dr. Abraham (Bramie) Lenhoff
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
February 6, 2009
Photosystem I Films for Biomimetic Solar Energy Conversion
Dr. Kane Jennings
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
March 13, 2009
Using molecular simulation to understand wetting at rough surfaces
Dr. Jeffrey Errington
Chemical & Biological Engineering
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
April 3, 2009
Surfactant-Laden Interfaces in Microfluidic Devices
Dr. Shelley Anna
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Scaife Hall, 3255000 Forbes Avenue
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Fall 2008
September 12, 2008
Preparation, Properties, and Application of "Janus" and "Patchy" Particles
Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar
Chemical Engineering Department
City College of New York
New York, NY 10031
September 19, 2008
Colloidal Interactions, Dynamics, and Assembly on Energy Landscapes
Dr. Michael Bevan
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
September 26, 2008
Dr. Nicholas L. Abbott
Chemical & Biological Engineering
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI 53706
October 17, 2008
Molecular Engineering of Stem Cell and Gene Therapeutics
Dr. David Schaffer
Chemical Engineering, Bioengineeering, &
The Wills Neuroscience Institute
University of California at Berkeley
October 24, 2008
Using Colloidal Suspensions to Investigate Atomic Scale Phenomena
Dr. Itai Cohen
Department of Physics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
November 7, 2008
Accelerated Molecular Dynamics of Catalysis Kinetics and Assembly at Surfaces
Dr. Kristen Fichthorn
Department of Chemical Engineering
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Spring 2008
January 25, 2008
Dr. Michael S. Strano
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
February 29, 2008
What do cell rheology experiments really measure?
Dr. John Crocker
University of Pennsylvania
School of Engineering & Applied Science
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391
March 7, 2008
New Insights into Nanostructured Block Copolymers: Networks, Membranes, Nanocomposites and Gels
Richard J. Spontak
Departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and
Materials Science & Engineering
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
Fall 2007
September 21, 2007
Polyelectrolyte adsorption kinetics under an applied electric potential
Dr. Paul Van Tassel
Department of Chemical Engineering
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520
September 28, 2007
Membrane Separations: New Opportunities in Bioprocessing
Dr. Andrew L. Zydney
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
October 5 , 2007
Biomimetic Materials for Biomedical Applications
Dr. James E. Henry
Department of Chemical Engineering
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
October 19, 2007
Spontaneous Ordering of Particles at surfaces and interfaces
Dr. Kathleen Stebe
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
October 26, 2007
Dr. Pedro E. Arce
Department of Chemical Engineering
Tennessee Tech University
Cookeville, TN 38505
November 16, 2007
Dr. Norman J. Wagner
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716
November 30, 2007
Naturally chiral surfaces: A tour of the stereographic projection
Dr. Andrew J. Gellman
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Spring 2007
January 19, 2007
Energy Landscapes and Dynamics in Materials and Proteins Under Stress
Dr. Daniel Lacks
Department of Chemical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
January 26, 2007
Hydrogen Storage in Lithium Nitride
Dr. Yun Hang Hu
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
February 2, 2007
Dr. Robert K. Prud'homme
Department of Chemical Engineering
Princeton University
March 2, 2007
Dr. Ganesh Sriram
Human Genetics/Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
UCLA
March 9, 2007
Engineering Shape of Polymeric Drug Delivery Particles
Dr. Julie Champion
Department of Chemical Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
March 16, 2007
Dr. Orlin Velev
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
March 30, 2007
Design and Synthesis of Functional Biomaterials
Dr. David Putnam
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Cornell University
April 20, 2007
Clarifying some basic consequences of confinement for fluids
Dr. Thomas Truskett
Department of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
April 27, 2007
Metal and semiconductor nanoparticle deposition and separation using
CO2-expanded liquids and supercritical CO2 processing
Dr. Christopher B. Roberts
Department Chair & Uthlaut Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Auburn University
Fall 2006
September 15, 2006
Engineering Shape of Polymeric Micro and Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
Dr. Samir Mitragotri
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
September 22, 2006
Order And Mobility In Organic Semiconductor Thin Films
Dr. Paulette Clancy, William C. Hooey Director and Professor
School of Chemical Engineering
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: pc@cheme.cornell.edu
October 6, 2006
DNA Sequencing and Genotyping by Free-solution Conjugate Electrophoresis (FSCE) in Microchannels
Dr. Annelise E. Barron
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
October 13, 2006
Dr. Steve Cramer
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
November 3, 2006
The Global Energy Challenge: Implications for Chemical Engineering Research and Education
Dr. Bob Armstrong
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
December 8, 2006
Templating Nanoparticles using Thermo-Reversible Block Copolymer Crystals
Dr. Lynn Walker
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Spring 2006
February 17, 2006
Minimal Models for Modeling Protein Crystallization
Dr. Sanat Kumar
Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
February 21, 2006
Nanostructured Materials for Use as Implantable Drug Delivery Systems
Dr. Tessy Lopez Goerne
Department of Chemistry
Autonomous University of Mexico
March 10, 2006
Expansion Flows of Concentrated Suspensions Measured by NMRI
Dr. Nina Shapley
Department of Chemical Engineering
Columbia University
New York, NY
March 17, 2006
Water in Protein Interiors and Protein-ligand Interfaces
Dr. Steven Rick
Department of Chemistry
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
March 24, 2006
Synthesis, Functionalization, and Biological Applications of II-VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Dr. T.J. (Lakis) Mountziaris, Professor and Head
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
April 14, 2006
Dr. Mike Wong
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rice University
Houston, TX
April 21, 2006
Dr. Wesley Burghardt, Professor and Chair
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
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