Colloquium Calendar 2007-2008

Fall Quarter 2007

9/28/07
Pedro Alvarez
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rice University, Houston
Ethanol in Fuel: Microscopic and Macroscopic Implications for Groundwater Pollution
 
10/5/07
Eric Stuve
Chemical Engineering
University of Washington
Direct Oxidation of Hydrocarbon Fuels in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
 
10/12/07
Anthony Wexler
Civil & Environmental Engineering
UC Davis
Ion Mobility Analysis of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants
 
10/19/07
Theodore Tsotsis
Chemical Engineering and Material Science
USC
Microporous Membranes For Conventional and Reactive Gas Separations
 
10/26/07
Mike Aitken
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Identifying Microorganisms that Degrade Specific Organic Pollutants in Complex Systems
 
11/2/07
Vasilios Manousiouthakis
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
UCLA
Process Flowsheeting: From Ad-Hoc Analysis through Simulation To Globally Optimal Synthesis through IDEAS Optimization
 
11/9/07
AIChE Week
 
11/16/07
Anantha Krishnan
Director of Research and Development Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Micro and Nano-Technology in Support of National Security
 
11/23/07
Thanksgiving Holiday
 
11/30/07
Stanley Grant
Chemical Engineering
UC Irvine
Integrating molecular biology, physical oceanography and remote sensing technology to illuminate the sources and transport pathways of urban coastal pollution
 
12/7/07
Andrew Zydney
Chemical Engineering
Penn State
Membrane Separations: New Opportunities in Bioprocessing
 

Winter Quarter 2008

1/11/08 (Distinguished)
Jerald Schnoor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Iowa
The WATERS Network: Transforming Environmental Engineering and Hydrologic Science Research through an Integrated Environmental Observing Network
 
1/18/08 (Distinguished)
Frederick Lange
Materials
UC Santa Barbara
Chemical Solution Routes to Epitaxial Thin Films
 
1/25/08
JoAnn Silverstein
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Colorado
Biostimulation for Source Control of Acid Mine Drainage: pore to field-scale experiments and modeling
 
2/1/08
Peter Adriaens
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Michigan
Materials, Devices and Networks for Environmental Sensing: A Technical and Entrepreneurial Perspective
 
2/8/08
Norman Wagner
Chemical Engineering
University of Delaware
 
2/15/08
Nitash Balsara
Chemical Engineering
UC Berkeley
Ionic Conductivity in Block Copolymer Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries and Fuel Cells
 

Spring Quarter 2008

4/4/08
Ed Kolodziej
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Nevada
Steroid Hormone Occurrence, Fate, and Transport in Northern California’s Watersheds
 
4/11/08
Edward Bouwer
Geography and Environmental Eng
Johns Hopkins
Chromium chemistry and toxicity in Baltimore Harbor sediments
 
4/18/08
Arturo Keller
Bren School/Mechanical and Envr Eng
UC Santa Barbara
Fate and Transport of Nanoparticles in the Environment
 
4/25/08 (Distinguished)
Raj Mutharasan
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Drexel
Femtogram Biosensor- Design and Performance
 
5/2/08
Walter Chapman
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rice University
Phase Behavior and Interfacial Properties of Complex Fluids - Insights into a Successful Molecular Model
 
5/9/08 (Distinguished)
Rakesh Agrawal
Chemical Engineering
Purdue
Environmentally Friendly Energy Solutions
 
5/16/08 (Distinguished)
Frank Bates
Chemical Engineering and Material Science
Univ of Minnesota
Block Copolymers: Designer Materials at Commodity Prices
 
5/23/08
Memorial Weekend (Holiday 5/26)
 
5/30/08 (Distinguished)
Michael V. Pishko
Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University
Encapsulation of Drug Nanoparticles in Self-Assembled Macromolecular Nanoshells