Amgen Seminar Series in Chemical Engineering are held in Cherry Auditorium, Kirk Hall from 12:45 – 1:45 p.m. unless otherwise noted.  All seminars are free and open to the public.

 

September 19 – Biocompatibility or Toxicology?  Oxidative Stress as a Focal Point of Nanomaterial Design
Speaker – Dr. Thomas Dziubla, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Kentucky

September 26 – Inherently Safer Design – It Starts With You
Speaker – Nicole Loontjens, Process Safety Manager, Americas Styrenics LLC

October 3 – Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Membranes with Unusual Gas Separation Properties
Speaker – Dr. Sanat Kumar, Chemical Engineering Department, Columbia University

October 17  – Chemical Process Safety in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum
Speaker – Dr. Stephen J. Kmiotek, Chemical Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

October 24 – Graphene and Copper Coatings for Phase Change Heat Transfer
Speaker – Dr. Anju Gupta, Departments of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Toledo

October 31 –
Speaker – Dr. Dugan Hayes, Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island

November 7 – Batteries:  Why Do We Need Them, and What Are We Doing About It?
Speaker – Dr. Arijit Bose, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island

November 21 –
Speakers – Moein Safaee (PhD Candidate) and Faramarz Joodaki (PhD Candidate)

December 5 –
Speaker – Dr. Bernard Munge, Department of Chemistry, Salva Regina University