| Spring 2008 |
Name |
Affiliation |
Abstract Title |
| Feb. 15, 2008 |
Dr. Hugh Hillhouse |
Purdue University |
The road to low-cost and High-Efficiency Solar Cells via Self-Assembled Nanomaterials |
| Apr. 11, 2008 |
Dr. Michael Strano (Colburn) |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
The Chemistry of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Applications to Biomolecule Detection, Nanotube Separation, and Electronic Networks |
Apr. 15, 2008
2-3 p.m. Wolf Hall Room 100
(Joint Lecture with Math) |
Dr. Robert Owens |
University of Montreal |
On the simulation of steady and oscillatory blood flow in a tube using a new non-homogeneous constitutive model |
| Apr. 18, 2008 |
Dr. Jeffrey Hubbell (Pigford) |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) |
Polymer and Biomolecule Design in Regenerative Medicine and Immunotherapeutics |
Apr. 23, 2008
4 - 5 p.m. in 101 Brown Lab
(Joint Lecture with Chemistry-Biochemistry)
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Dr. Catherine T. Hunt
Immediate Past President of ACS |
Rohm and Haas Company |
Sustainable Chemistries: Environmentally Friendly and Economically Viable |
| Apr. 25, 2008 |
Dr. Jong-In Hahm |
Pennsylvania State University |
Engineering Nanomaterials for Enhanced Biomedical Detection |
| May 2, 2008 |
Dr. Brian Baynes (Gerster) |
Codon Devices |
Programming the Genome |
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| Fall 2007 |
| September 7, 2007 |
Dr. Joe Powell |
Shell Global Solutions US Inc.
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Chemical Engineering Challenges for 2030:
Meeting the demand for energy and chemicals in a CO2-constrained world |
| September 14, 2007 |
Dr. Eric Shusta |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Engineering Strategies for Mimicking the
Blood-Brain Barrier In Vitro and Overcoming it In Vivo |
| September 28, 2007 |
Dr. John Pierce |
DuPont Bio-Based Technology |
Theory & Empiricism in Metabolic Engineering: A View from the Trenches |
| October 26, 2007 |
Dr. Jochen Lauterbach
|
University of Delaware |
“The Nobel Prize for Chemistry”
Awarded to Gerhard Ertl for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces |
November 12, 2007
9:30 a.m. |
Dr. Peter Flynn
(Gerster Lecturer)
|
University of Alberta |
Biomass Energy: Cost, Scale and Policy Issues |
November 16, 2007
1:30 p.m. |
Jessica Penetar
|
Peace Corps |
Water and sanitation program for engineers: Dominican Republic with the Peace Corps |
November 28, 2007
4 - 5 pm in 131 Sharp Lab
Reception follows in DuPont lobby |
Sangtae Kim
(Pigford Lecturer) |
Purdue University |
Pharmaceutical Informatics and the Pathway to Personalized Medicines in the Petascale Era |
| December 7, 2007 |
Dr. Thomas Truskett |
The University of Texas at Austin |
Clarifying some basic consequences
of confinement for fluids |
