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Spring 2008 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker
January 10th Lanthanum Exchanged Zeolites as Refining Catalyists		Carsten Sievers Georgia Instutive of Technology
January 17th Functionally-Equivalent Tissue Modules to Study Human Tissue Physiology and Pathophysiology		Heather Fahlenkamp Oklahoma State University
January 24th “Untangling The Origins Of Complex Phase Behavior In Amorphous Macromolecules: Dynamics And Thermodynamics In Polyolefin Blends”		Jeffrey L. White Oklahoma State University
January 31stt Phase Equilibria of Hydroforocarbons in Ionic Liquids		Mark B. Shiflett Dupont Central Research and Development
February 7th Liquefied Natural Gas Technology and Progress		Chen-Hwa Chiu Chevron
February 21th Hydrophobicity: Theoretical and Computational Perspectives		Pablo Debenedetti Princeton University
March 12th Alkane Activation and Conversion on Solid Oxide Catalysts		Friederike Jentoft Fritz-Haber Institut Der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
March 13th Proteins Behaving badly: Protein Misfolding and Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Disease		Regina Murphy University of Wisconsin - Madison
March 27 Polyolefin Nanocomposites: Structure and Properties"		Donald R. Paul University of Texas Austin
April 3 Polymer Nanocomposites: Learning to Design the Interface		Linda Schadler Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
April 10th Understanding and designing at the nanoscale: the crucial role of theory and simulation in nanoscale and nanotechnology		Peter Cummings Vanderbilt University
April 15th Pickering Emulsions - A Paradigm Shift		Lenore Dai Texas Tech University
April 24tht Molecular Modeling of the Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Ionic Liquids		Edward Maginn University of Notre Dame
May 1st Molecular Thermodynamics of Solid-Fluid and Solid-Equilibrium		Peter Monson University of Massachusstes Amherst

Fall 2007 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker

August 23rd Microscale Flow and Transport Problems arising in Surfactant Rheology, Printing Processes, and Polymer Electrophoresis		Satish Kumar University of Minnesota
September 6th Block Copolymer Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries.		Nitash Balsara UC Berkeley
September 13th Polymer Blends with Interfacial Modifiers: StructureControl and Rheology.		Sachin Velankar University of Pittsburgh
September 27th Role of Catalytic Agents on In-Situ Combustion Front Propagation		Yucel Akkutlu OU
October 4th Engineering Strategies To Overcome Therapeutic Resistance In Solid Tumors		Neil Forbes University of Massachusstes
October 11th A Novel Technique for Detecting DNA. Applications for Pathogen Detection and Novel Microarrays.		Krishnan Chittur University of Alabama in Huntsville
October 18th Microfluidic Tools for the Synthesis and Assembly of Structured Materials.		Axel Guenther University of Toronto
October 25th Materials for Cellular Targeting Pertinent to Neotissue Formation and Function		Rena Bizios UT at San Antonio
November 15th “Fluid-Matrix Interactions Relevatant To Energy and Environmental Systems: Fluids, Interfaces & REACTIONS”		David Cole ORNL
November 29th The Challenge of Integrating Devices into the Nervous System.		Patrick Tresco University of Utah
December 6 Integrating Biomaterial and Bioreactor Strategies in Tissue Engineering		Aaron Goldstein Virginia Tech

Spring 2007 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker

September 7th On-chip Droplet and Particle Manipulation By Electric Fields: Application in Microbioassays and Microfluidic Devices		Orlin Velev NCSU
September 14th The Chemistry of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Applications to Biomolecule Detection, Nanotube Separation, and Electronic Networks		Michael Strano Urbana Champaign
September 21st Multiscale Modeling of Structure and Phase Behavior in Soft Condensed Matter		Roland Faller UC Davis
September 28th The Evolution of Anionic Surfactant Technology		Jeff Scheibel
October 12th Atomic Force Microscopy Integrated with Optical Imaging: Advancing Live		Andreea Trache Texas A&M
October 26th The Emerging Field of Multiscale Simulation in the Chemical, Materials and Biological Sciences		Dionisios Vlachos Delaware
November 2nd Engineering Smart Hydrogels for Biomaterials Applications		Anthony Lowman Drexel University
November 30th Medical Micro and Nano-Technology: Case Studies in Transdermal Drug Delivery		Mark Prausnitz GeorgiaTech
December 7th Combining molecular simulation and chemical process simulation with the step potential equlibria and discontinous molecular dynamics (speamd) model.		Richard Elliott Akron

Fall 2006 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker

January 18th - Will reschedule due to weather Predicting polymer properties in polyethylene resins from detailed polymer microstructure obtained by size exclusion chromatography and on-line Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (SEC-FTIR)		Paul J. DesLauriers Chevron Phillips
January 25th Will Provide New Solutions for Airlines, Passangers		Jim Griffing Boeing Corporation
January 30th - Predicting polymer properties in polyethylene resins from detailed polymer microstructure obtained by size exclusion chromatography and on-line Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (SEC-FTIR)		Paul J. DesLauriers Cheveron Phillips
February 1st Hierarchical Modeling of Nanoporous Metal-Organic Materials for Catalysis and Energy Storage		Randall Snurr Northwestern
February 8th Large-scale Dynamic Optimization in Chemical Engineering		Lorenz T. Biegler Carnegie Mellon
February 15th Processes and Applications for Electrospun Fibers		Gregory Rutledge MIT
February 22nd Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering: A Comgined Experimental and Modeling Approach.		Timothy Wick University of Alabama_ Birmingham
February 27nd Global energy market: commercial drivers, offshore exploration technologies production technologies and applications		Mr. Ken Backus OKC Valve and Fitting Co. Swagelok
March 8th Counterion Effects on Molecular Mobility in Perfluorosulfonate lonomer Membranes		Robert Moore University of Southern Mississippi
March 15th Tailoring the Wettability of PLA and PHA Films Using Surface-Confined Photografting		Doug Hirt Clemson University
April 5th Three Frontiers in the Thermodynamics of Protein Solutions		John Prausnitz UC Berkeley Harry Fair Lecturer
April 19th Using Atomically-Detailed Models to Accelerate Materials Discovery for Hydorgen Purification and Storage		David Sholl Carnegie Mellon
April 26th From Surface Renewal to Surface Divergence: The Evolution of Models for "Turbulent Transport Processes"		Sanjoy Banerjee University of California
May 3rd Angiogenesis on Demand: A Tool for Regenerative Medicine		David Mooney Harvard Harry Fair Lecturer
May 17th Supramolecular Nanoassemblies from Cyclodextrins: Effects of Temperature, Salts and Dissolved Gases on Formation of Pseudopolyrotaxanes		Lo Nostro Pierandrea University of Florence

Spring 2006 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker

January 19 Networking Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks		Mohammed Atiquzzaman University of Oklahoma
January 26 Computational Tools for Nanostructure Modeling		John Mintmire Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma
February 2 The Flow, Aging and Memory of Soft Particle Pastes		Roger T. Bonnecaze University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas
February 9 DNA Dynamics in a Microchannel: Confinement and Boundary Effects in Flowing Polymer Solutions		Michael D. Graham University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin
February 23 Harry G. Fair Memorial Lecture Discovery of Novel Therapeutic Antibodies Enzymes		George Georgiou
March 2 Colloids with Directional Interactions: New Building Blocks for Self Assembly		David J. Pine New York University New York, New York

Fall 2005 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker

September 8 Intelligent system Via Web Applications for Manufacturing Optimization		Frank Zhu UOP Chicago, Illinois
September 15 pH Responsive Polymer Films and Membrane Films		G. Kane Jennings Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee
September 22 Laboratory Safety		Trent Brown University of Oklahoma
September 29 Product and Process Design for Structured Chemical Products		Michael Hill M Hill & Associates New Jersey
October 13 Fire Safety Training		Gary Marquis University of Oklahoma
October 20 Modeling for Micro-Chip Manufacturing, Pathogen Killing and Hydrocarbon Well Drilling: Common Themes & Case Studies		Michael Nikolaou University of Houston Houston, Texas
November 17 Tissue Engineering of the Human Vocal Fold		Roger Chan University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
December 1 Multiscale Modeling of Complex Reacting Systems		Richard D. Braatz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Spring 2005 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker

January 20** Doing a Literature Search in Engineering		Karen Antell Engineering Library University of Oklahoma
January 27** Calcification of Implantable Biomaterials, Mechanisms and Solutions: An Industrial Researchers Perspective		Richard E. Phillips Cardiac Surgery North America The Sorin Group
February 3** AFM Characterization of the Stability and Structure of Cell Culture Model Matrices		Adam T. Capitano Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston
February 10** Synthesis and Functionalization of Compound Semiconductor Nanocrystals		T. J. Mountziaris Department of Chemical Engineering University of Buffalo (SUNY)
February 17 Self Assembly of Surfactants in Aqueous Solution: From Theory Toward Multi-Scale Simulations		Henry Bock Department of Chemical Engineering North Carolina State University
February 24 Rheology and Microstructure of Dense Colloidal Gels		Subramanian Ramakrishnan Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
March 3 A Game Theoretic Approach to Multi-Objective Process Designs		Warren D. Seider Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Pennsylvania
March 7 Synthesis of Inorganic Porous Materials by Using Recyclable Structure-Directing Agents		Hyunjoo Lee Department of Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology
March 10 Simulations: The Molecular Tool for Interpreting Experimental Results		Alberto Striolo Department of Chemical Engineering Oklahoma University
April 7 Production of H2 and Alkanes by Aqueous-Phase Reforming of Biomass-Derived Oxygenated Hydrocarbons over Supported Metal Catalysts		James A. Dumesic Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin – Madison
April 25 A Universal Mixing Rule for Cubic Equations of State Applicable to Symmetric and Asymmetric Systems		Epaminondas C. Voutsas School of Chemical Engineering National Technical University of Athens
April 28 Energy Markets and the Future of Refining		Dennis O'Brien Institute for Energy Economics and Policy University of Oklahoma

Fall 2004 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker
August 26 Welcome and Orientation for CBME Graduate Students		CBME Graduate Student Organization
August 27 Injectable Biomemetic Scaffolds for Regeneration of Skeletal Tissues		Esmaiel Jabbari University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina
September 16 Continuous, Macroscopic Fibers from Liquid Crystalline Mesophases of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes in Superacids		Matteo Pasquali Rice University Houston, Texas
September 23 Clean Fuels R&D at ConocoPhillips		Byron Johnson ConocoPhillips Bartlesville, Oklahoma
October 21 Synthesis of Nanomaterials in Dusty Plasmas		Themis Matsoukas Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania
October 28 Modeling and Numerical Simulation of the Flow-Induced Deformation of Red Blood Cells		Constantine Pozrikidis University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California
November 4 Surfactant/Polymer Interactions with Solids: Nanostructure of Adsorbed Layers and its Role in Wettability, Dispersion, Flotation, Deposition and Solubilization		Ponisseril Somasundaran Columbia University New York, New York
December 2 New Vistas in Dispersion Science and Engineering		Darsh Wasan Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Illinois
December 9 Effect of Chain Scission on Polymer Turbulent Drag Reduction		Michael J. Solomon University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan

Spring 2004 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker
January 15 The Near-Term Energy Challenge and Surfactant Methods		Kishmore Mohanty Department of Chemical Engineering University of Houston
January 22 Self-organizing Polymer Membranes for Ultra- and Nanofiltration		Anne Mayes Department of Material Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
February 12 Entropic Measures of Mixing Tailored for Various Applications		Ica Manas-Zloczower Department of Macromolecular Science Case Western Reserve University
February 19 Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Membrane Electrode Assembly, Electrode and Electrocatalyst Fundamental Technological Aspects		Carlos Cavalca DuPont
February 26 Tissue Engineering Solutions for Reconstructive Surgery**		Charles Patrick University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
March 11 Protein Adsoption at Fluid/Fluid Interfaces: Birth and Death		Clayton Radke Department of Chemical Engineering University of California-Berkeley
March 25 Base Oil Production and Manufacturing		MIchel Daage ExxonMobil
April 8 Harry Fair Lecture Rheology and Fluid Mechanics of Polymer Solutions Undergoing Rapid Elongational Deformations		Robert C. Armstrong Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April 22 Engineering Approaches for Circumventing the Blood-Brain Barrier		Eric V. Shusta Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering University of Wisconsin

Fall 2003 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker
September 11 AFM Studies of the Admicellar Polymerization Process		John O'Haver Department of Chemical Engineering University of Mississippi
September 18 Comparison of the Neocartilage Formed on Two Scaffold Materials		Anu Subramanian Department of Chemical Engineering University of Nebraska
September 25 Structure, Scattering, and Synthesis in Surfactant Solutions*		Eric W. Kaler Dean, College of Engineering University of Delaware
October 9 Influence of Polymer Structures on their Effectiveness in Drag Reduction		Thomas Hanratty Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Illinois
October 16 Designing Degradable Gels from Multifunctional Monomers and their Application in Tissue Engineering		Kristi Anseth Department of Chemical Engineering University of Colorado
October 23 Biological and Colloidal Pattern Formation in Electric Fields with Potential Application to Microfluidic Biotechnologies		Robert D. Tilton Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
October 30 Blending of Polymers with Chaotic Mixing		Sadhan C. Jana Department of Polymer Engineering University of Akron
December 4 Directed Assembly of 3-D Periodic Structures Using Colloidal Inks		Jim Smay Department of Chemical Engineering Oklahoma State University

Spring 2003 Seminars

Date & Title	Abstract	Speaker
January 16 Models For Studying Human Breast Cancer Metastasis		Dr. Janet E. Price Associate Professor Department of Cancer Biology University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
January 30 Polymer Nanocomposites		Professor Ramanan Krishnamoorti Department of Chemical Engineering University of Houston
February 6 Structure Development in Blown Film Processing		Dr. R. K. (Raj) Krishnaswamy Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
February 13 Biomaterials and Cell Engineering Approaches for Nerve Repair		Professor Christine Schmidt Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas-Austin
February 20 The Application of Water Soluble Polymers in Oil Recovery		Dr. Ian Robb Halliburton Energy Services
February 27 Transport Models for Turbulent Reacting Flows: Development and Experimental Validation		Professor Rodney Fox Department of Chemical Engineering Iowa State University
March 6 Filler Phase Distribution in Isobutylene-based Elastomer Compounds		Dr. Walter H. Waddell ExxonMobil Corporation
April 17 Intelligent Biomaterials for Protein Delivery, Molecular Imprinting and Recognition		Dr. Nicholas Peppas ExxonMobil Corporation

Fall 2002 Seminars

Date & Title	Bulletin	Speaker
September 19 Reductive, Solid-state Ion Exchange (RSSIE) of Zeolites: Discovery, Characterization and Applications		Professor Geoffrey L. Price Department of Chemical Engineering Tulsa University
September 26 Controlled Crystallization in Block Copolymers		Professor Rick Register Department of Chemical Engineering Princeton University
October 18 Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Fluid Particles		Professor John McLaughlin Department of Chemical Engineering Clarkson University
October 22 Regulation of Inflamatory Cell Recruitment by Adhesion Receptor Bond Mechanics: Design Principles For Targeted Vascular Therapeutics		Professor Michael Lawrence Department of Bioengineering The University of Virginia
October 25 Manipulation and Testing of Nanostructures		Professor Rodney S.Ruoff Department of Mechanical Engineering Northwestern University
October 31 **The World of Micelles, Microemulsions and Monolayers		Professor Dinesh Shah Department of Chemical Engineering University of Florida

Spring 2002 Seminars

Date & Title	Bulletin	Speaker
January 24 Long-term Management of Plant Infrastructure Under Uncertainty		Professor Andreas Linninger Department of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago
January 31 Design Aspects of a Rapid PCR Thermocycler		Professor Hendrik Viljoen Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Nebraska
February 11 PCR-Based random Mutagenesis: Product Development and Applications in Protein Engineering		Dr. Gregory D. Davis Clontech Laboratories Palo Alto, California
February 14 Implantable Hearing Devices and Ear Biomechanics for Sound Transmission		Professor Rong Gan Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering The University of Oklahoma
February 21 TBA (Tissue Engineering)		Dr. Vassilios Sikavitsas Department of Chemical Engineering Rice University
February 28 Adults Stem Cell from Fat and Their Clinical Applications		Dr.Yuan-Di Halvorsen Vice President for Research Artecel Sciences, Inc. Durham, North Carolina
March 14 The Effect of Nano-meter Confinement on the Glass Transition: Macroscopic Constraints and Intrinsic Size Effects		Professor Gregory McKenna Department of Chemical Engineering Texas Tech University
March 28 Rates of solubilization of oils and of mass transport in emulsions		Professor Clarence Miller **Department of Chemical Engineering Rice University
April 22 Make a Better Catalyst Using Plasmas		Professor Chang-jun Liu Tianjin University-ABB Plasma Greenhouse Gas Chemistry Laboratory Tianjin University
April 25 Harry Fair Lecture: Early Stages of Pitting Corrosion, or The Beginning of The End		Professor Richard Alkire Department of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
May 9 Production, Purification and Applications of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes at NASA/Johnson Space Center		Dr. Sivaram Arepalli G. B. Tech NASA - Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas