Colloquium Calendar 2024-2025

Fridays: 11:00 - 12:00 PM

• Spring 2025

  April 4th, 2025	Dr. Richard Wilson Title: New Purification and Process Monitoring Tools for Monoclonal Antibodies:  A Biomanufacturing Industry Comparable in Size to ExxonMobil cee-richard-wilson-4.4.25.pdf (1.35 MB)
  April 11th, 2025	Dr. Adam Woolley Title: Integrated 3D Printed Microfluidic Systems for Bioanalysis cee-adam-woolley.pdf (1.93 MB)
  April 18th, 2025	Dr. James Schauer Title: Global Engagement on Air Pollution for Science Diplomacy cee-james-j.-schaeur-4.18.2025.pdf (1.28 MB)
  April 25th, 2025	Elizabeth DeFrance Title:  Brake-Wear and Tire-Wear Emission Measurements and Characterization for Light Duty Vehicles During Chassis Dynamometer and On-Road Testing elizabeth-defrance.pdf (808.03 KB)
  May 2nd, 2025	Dr. Daniel Woldring Title: Machine Learning Comes to the Rescue for Protein Engineering Tasks daniel-woldring.pdf (1.48 MB)
  May 9th, 2025	Dr. Matt Gebbie  Title: Exploring how Ionic Correlations Influence Ion Transport and Electron Transfer in Electrochemical Systems matt-gebbie.pdf (937.13 KB)
  May 16th, 2025	Chauchyun Chen Title: Industrial Challenges with Electrolyte Thermodynamics chau-chyun-chen.pdf (846.65 KB)
  May 23rd, 2025	Dr. Siyang Zheng Title: Micro/Nano Engineering-Enabled Lung-Alveoli-on-a-Chip for Studies on Lung Health siyang-zheng.pdf (834.42 KB)

• Winter 2025

  January 10th, 2025	Dr. Gregory Tobin, Biological Mimetics, Inc.  Host:  Ke Du Title: Biotechnology: Research and Business
  January 17th, 2025	TBA Host: CEE Department Title: TBA
  January 24th, 2025	TBA Host: CEE Department Title: TBA
  January 31st , 2025	TBA Host: CEE Department Title: TBA
  February 7th , 2025	TBA Host: CEE Department Title: TBA
  February 14th , 2025 : 2 Events	Distinguished Speaker: Dr. Carol Hall, North Carolina State University  Host: Dr. Jianzhong Wu Title: Computational Design of Peptides as Detectors, Sensors, and Drugs
  February 21st , 2025	Dr. Pallav Kosuri, Salk Institute  Host: Jianzhong Wu Title: TBA
  February 28th , 2025	Dr. Mark Blenner, UOD  Host: Ian Wheeldon Title: TBA
  March 7th , 2025	Dr. Nick Nair,  Tufts University  Host: Ian Wheeldon Title: TBA
  March 14th , 2025	Dr. Sonia Kreidenweis , CSU Host: Markus Petters Title: TBA

   

• Fall 2024

  September 27th, 2024	Townhall Meeting
  October 4th, 2024	Kathy Cocker, UCR (MANDATORY Attendance)  Host: CEE Title: Understanding The Hazard Identification and Assessment Process
  October 11th, 2024	Dr. Adam Smith, USC Host: Yujie Men Title: Antibiotic Resistance in the Engineered Water Cycle: Wastewater Surveillance, Emerging Biotechnologies, and Potable Water Reuse
  October 18th, 2024	PhD Student: Kailong Ye Host: Fudong Liu Title: TBA
  October 25th, 2024	Dr. Eric Burkholder, AUBURN Host: Jiamin Zhang Title: Systems thinking in the practice and scholarship of Chemical Engineering Education
  November 1st, 2024	Dr. Yong Wang, PNNL Host: Fudong Liu Title: Dynamics of Supported Metal Catalysts
  November 8th, 2024	Dr. Joachim Dzubiella, UNI Freiburg Host: Jianzhong Wu Title: TBA
  November 15th, 2024	Dr. Jeff Wang, Johns Hopkins Host: Ke Du Title: TBA
  November 22nd, 2024	Dr. Mahfuza Ali, 3M Host: Touhid Bin Anwar Title: TBA
  December 6th, 2024	Dr. Teresa Head-Gordon, UC Berkeley Host: Bryan Wong Title: TBA

• Spring 2024

  April 5th, 2024	Dr. Harold Monbouquette, UCLA (Host: CEE)
  April 19th, 2024	Dr. Shailendra Singh, Merck (Host: Dr. Mulchandani & Dr. Wheeldon)
  April 26th, 2024	Dr. Cleston Lange, 3M (Host: Dr. Wong)
  May 10th, 2024	Dr. Nathan Crook, North Caroline State University (Host: Dr. Men)
  May 17th, 2024	Dr. Christopher Higgins, Colorado School of Mines
  May 24th, 2024	Dr. Robert Jinkerson, UCR

• Winter 2024

  January 12	Zhen-Gang Wang, Cal Tech (Host : Jianzhong Wu)
  January 19	Bo Wang, Vanderbilt University (Host : CEE)
  January 26	Adam Caparco, UCSD (Host : CEE)
  February 2	Heidi Klumpe, Boston University  (Host : CEE)
  February 9	Bo Wang, Cornell University (Host : CEE)
  February 16	Lawerance Stern, University of South Florida  (Host : CEE)
  February 23	Kong Wong, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (Host : CEE)
  March 15	Andrew Flores (Host : CEE)

• Fall 2023

  October 6	Kathy Cocker, UCR (Host : CEE)
  October 13	John Xiong, Haley&Aldrich (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  October 20	Lynn Katz, UT Austin (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  October 27	Anna Krylov, USC (Host : Bryan Wong)
  November 3	Bianxiao Cui, Stanford (Host : Ke Du)
  November 17	CARB, Info (Host : Georgios Karavalakis)
  December 1	Juan G. Santiago, Stanford  (Host : Ke Du)
  December 8	Graduate Student Town Hall (Host : Ian Wheeldon and David Cocker)

• Spring 2023

  April 7	Lawrence Stern, USF (Host : Ian Wheeldon)
  April 14	Sergi Garcia Segura, ASU (Host : Ashok Mulchandani)
  April 28	Xue Gao, Rice University (Host : Ke Du)
  May 12	SangWoo Seo, SEO LAB (Host : Center for Industrial Biotechnology, Ian Wheeldon)
  May 26	Lei Guo, University of Arkansas  (Host : Jinyong Liu)

• Fall 2022

  Sep 30	Kathy Cocker, Lab Safety
  Oct 07	Larry Wackett, University of Minnesota (Host : Yujie Men)
  Oct 14	Samanvaya Srivastava, UCLA (Host : Juchen Guo)
  Oct 21	Alexander V. Neimark, Rutgers University (Host : Younjin Min)
  Oct 28	Kathy Cocker, UCR
  Nov 04	Benjamin Schwartz, UCLA (Host : Bryan Wong)
  Nov 18	Noel Fong, Nucelis (Host : Yanran Li)
  Dec 02	Kerri-lee Chintersingh, New Jersey Institute of Technology (Host : Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz)

• Spring 2022

  April 01 (In-person)	Carsten Ullrich, University of Missouri (Host : Bryan Wong)
  April 08 (Remote)	William Tarpeh, Stanford University (Host : Leslie Abdul-Aziz)
  April 15 (In-person)	Wilfred Chen, U of Delaware (Host : Ian Wheeldon)
  April 22 (In-person)	Oishi Sanyal, West Virginia University (Host : Leslie Abdul-Aziz)
  April 29 (In-person)	Christopher Olivares, UCI (Host : Yujie Men)
  May 06 (In-person)	Chenzhong Li, Tulane University (Host :  Ashok Mulchandani)
  May 13 (Remote)	Yongju Choi, Seoul National University (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  May 20 (Remote)	Jinxia Liu, McGill University (Host : Yujie Men)
  May 27 (In-person)	Matthew DeLisa, Cornell University (Host : Yanran Li)
  June 03 (Remote)	Yang Yang, Clarkson University (Host : Jinyong Liu)

• Winter 2022

  Jan 07	Paige Novak, University of Minnesota (Host : Yujie Men)
  Jan 14	Ying-Hsuan Lin, UCR (Host : David Cocker)
  Jan 21	Jeremy Feaster, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Host : Leslie Abdul-Aziz)
  Feb 04	Stephan Irle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Host : Bryan Wong)
  Feb 25	Li Li, U of Nevada Reno (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  March 04	Tamar Kohn, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Host : Yun Shen)
  March 11	Sunny Jiang, UC Irvine (Host : Yun Shen)

• Fall 2021

  Oct 01	Kathy Cocker, Lab Safety
  Oct 08	Elvis Genbo Xu, University of Southern Denmark (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  Oct 15	Na Wei, U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  Oct 22	Juchen Guo, UCR CEE
  Oct 29	Alejandro Gallegos and Musen Zhou, UCR PhD students (Jianzhong Wu)
  Nov 05	Pankaj Ghildiyal, UCR/UMD PhD student (Michael Zachariah)
  Nov 12	Yaochun Yu, UCR/UIUC PhD student (Yujie Men)
  Dec 03	Eranda Nikolla, Wayne State University (Host : Leslie Abdul-Aziz)

• Spring 2021

  April 02	Shelly Miller, University of Colorado (Host : Cesunica Ivey)
  April 09	Mattheos Koffas, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Host : Yanran Li)
  April 16	Tiong Gim Aw, Tulane University (Host : Yun Shen)
  April 23	Fangqiong Ling, Washington University at St Louis (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  May 07	Bruce Rittmann, Arizona State University (Host :  Yujie Men)
  May 14	Jason Ren, Princeton University (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  May 21	Charles T Campbell, University of Washington (Host : Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz)
  May 28	Arlene Fiore, Columbia University (Host : Cesunica Ivey)
  June 04	José L. Avalos, Princeton University (Host : Ian Wheeldon)

• Winter 2021

  Jan 08	Gregg Beckham, National Renewable Energy Lab (Host : Charles Wyman)
  Jan 15	Kevin Wenger, Mascoma Corporation (Host : Charles Wyman)
  Jan 22	Shihong Lin, Vanderbilt University (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  Jan 29	Josh Moser & Jaye Goldstein, Petri (Host : Yanran Li)
  Feb 05	John-Paul Jones, Jet Propulsion Lab (Host : Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz)
  Feb 12	Leslie Abdul-Aziz, UCR CEE
  Feb 19	Jinyong Liu, UCR CEE
  Feb 26	Fudong Liu, University of Central Florida (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  March 05	Alexandria Boehm, Stanford University (Host :  Yun Shen)
  March 12	Ya Huei (Cathy) Chin, University of Toronto (Host : Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz)

• Fall 2020

  Oct 23	Plamen Atanassov, UC Irvine (Host : Ashok Mulchandani)
  Oct 30	Han Li, UC Irvine (Host : Ian Wheeldon)
  Nov 06	Peter Cummings, Vanderbilt University (Host : Jianzhong Wu)
  Nov 13	Thomas Foust, National Renewable Energy Lab (Host : Charles Wyman)
  Nov 20	Ira Taffer, Drexel University (Host : Bryan Wong)
  Dec 04	Lutgarde Raskin, University of Michigan (Host : Yujie Men)
  Dec 11	Shaama Sharada, U Southern California (Host : Kandis Leslie Abdul- Aziz)

• Spring 2020

  The CEE department has cancelled all seminars with external visitors for Spring due to COVID-19. Instead, we will have internal speakers (CEE faculty).   

  April 03	David Cocker , Ian Wheeldon
  April 10	David Cocker
  April 17	Harvey Blanch
  April 24	Bryan Wong
  May 01	Kelley Barsanti
  May 08	Michael Zachariah
  May 15	Haizhou Liu
  May 22	Ashok Mulchandani
  May 29	Ian Wheeldon
  June 05	Juchen Guo

• Winter 2020

   

  Jan 10	Yinjie Tang  WUSTL (Host : Yanran Li)
  Jan 17	Carlos Carrero Marquez Auburn University (Host : Kandis Leslie Abdul- Aziz)
  Jan 24	Gavin Williams  NC State University (Host : Yanran Li)
  Jan 31	Tse Nga (Tina) Ng  UCSD (Host : Bryan Wong)
  Feb 07	Scott Banta Columbia University (Host : Ian Wheeldon)
  Feb 14	<Distinguished Seminar> Karen K. Gleason MIT (Host : Jianzhong Wu)
  Feb 21	Huolin Xin UCI (Host : Juchen Guo)
  Feb 28	Jonathan Reid University of Bristol (Host : Kelly Barsanti)
  March 06	Steven R. Saunders Washington State University (Host : Kandis Leslie Abdul- Aziz)
  March 13	No Seminar

   

• Fall 2019

  Oct 04	Ian Wheeldon, CEE Graduate Affairs
  Oct 11	John Barton UCR (Host : Jianzhong Wu)
  Oct 18	Alexey Akimov University at Buffalo (Host : Bryan Wong)
  Oct 25	Chong Liu UCLA (Host : Ruoxue Yan)
  Nov 01	Charles Cai UCR (Host : Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz)
  Nov 08	Donald Sirbuly UCSD (Host : Ruoxue Yan)
  Nov 15	Shaily Mahendra  UCLA (Host : Yujie Men)
  Nov 22	Yadong Yin UCR (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  Dec 06	William Phillip University of Notre Dame (Host : Nosang Myung)

• Spring 2019

  April 05	John Volckens  Colorado State University  (Host : Kelley Barsanti)
  April 12	Rosibel Ochoa UCR Associate Vice Chancellor Technology Partnerships  (Host : Haizhou Liu)
  April 19	Daven K. Henze University of Colorado Boulder (Host : Cesunica Ivey)
  April 26	Zhiqiang An University of Texas (Host : Xin Ge)
  May 03	Carlos G. Morales-Guio UCLA (Host : Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz)
  May 10	Jennifer Scheafer University of Notre Dame (Host : Juchen Guo)
  May 17	Bryan D. McCloskey UC Berkeley  (Host : Juchen Guo)
  May 24	Gregory V. Korshin University of Washington (Host : Haizhou Liu)
  May 31	George Huber UW Madison (Host : Charles Wyman)
  June 07	Casey O'Brien University of Notre Dame (Host : Nosang Myung)

• Winter 2019

  January 11	Mitch Boretz, BCOE
  January 18	Lelia Hawkins,  Harvey Mudd College   (Host : Don Collins)
  January 25	<Distinguished seminar> Joan Rose, Michigan State University (Host : Ashok Mulchandani)
  February 01	Eunsuk Kim, Brown University (Host : Jinyong Liu)
  February 08	Jennifer Ayla Jay, UCLA (Host : Haizhou Liu)
  February 15	Alex Guenther, UCI (Host : Don Collins)

• Spring 2018

  April 6	Edward Maginn, University of Notre Dame (Host: Jianzhong Wu)
  April 13	Navin Varadarajan, University of Houston (Host: Xin Ge)
  April 20	Pablo Debenedetti, Princeton University (Host: Jianzhong Wu)
  April 27	Urs von Gunten, ETH Zurich (Host: Haizhou Liu)
  May 4	Mahdi Abu-Omar, UC Santa Babara (Host: Jinyong Liu)
  May 11	Zhilei Chen, Texas A &M University (Host: Xin Ge)
  May 18	Shubham Vyas, Colorado School of Mines (Host: Jinyong Liu)
  May 25	Xiaolin Li, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory    (Host: Juchen Guo)
  Jun 1	TBA
  Jun 8	Shunsuke Nakao, Clarkson University (Host: David Cocker)

• Fall 2018

  Sep 28	Kathy Cocker, Lab Safety
  October 05	Ian Wheeldon, CEE Graduate Affairs
  October 12	Feng Jiao, University of Delaware  (Host : Juchen Guo)
  October 19	Philippe Sautet, UCLA (Host : Bryan Wong)
  October 26	Scott Bradford, USDA (Host : Haizhou Liu)
  November 09	Jeff Lievense, Genomatica (Host : Harvey Blanch)
  November 16	John McManus, SEDD (Host : Ashok Mulchandani)
  November 30	Jerome M. Fox, University of Colorado Boulder (Host : Ian Wheeldon)
  December 07	Kenton Whitmire, Rice University (Host : Bryan Wong)

• Winter 2018

  January 10 (Wednesday)	Jaehong Kim, Yale University (Host: Haizhou Liu)
  January 19	Eunsu Peak, Clarkson University  (Host: Nosang Myung)
  January 26	Anthony Huang, UC Riverside (Host: Ian Wheeldon)
  February 2	Allison Steiner, University of Michigan (Host: David Cocker)
  February 9	Bryan Goldsmith, University of Michigan (Ashok Mulchandani)
  February 16	Hal Alper, University of Texas at Austin (Host: Yanran Li)
  February 23	Alan West, Columbia University (Host: Jianzhong Wu)
  March 2	Zheng Chen, UC San Diego (Host: Nosang Myung)
  March 9	Brian Pflger, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Host: Ian Wheeldon)
  March 16	TBA