Seminars, Seminar Series: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland

The Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar Series

Join us for the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar Series, which brings experts from around the country to campus to discuss their recent findings. Everyone is welcome!

Seminars are held Tuesdays at 11 a.m.—12:15 p.m., in Room 2110, Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building, unless otherwise noted.

Questions? Want to meet the speaker? Please contact Professor Chunsheng Wang (cswang@umd.edu).

You can find all of these seminars, as well as others of potential interest, on our events calendar.

Previous semesters: Fall 2007 | Spring 2008

Fall 2008

Titles and abstracts will be added as they are received.
Last updated 10/6/08.

Date	Speaker	Host
September 2	Overview and Introduction (Chunsheng Wang)—No Guest	C. Wang
September 9	Natural Gas Clathrate Hydrates E. Dendy Sloan Weaver Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering Center for Hydrate Research Colorado School of Mines Abstract »	Klauda
September 16 Special Location: 1403 Mathematics Building	Enrich Your Research Efforts via UM Library Resources Robert Kackley, Jim Miller and Nevenka Zdravkovska Reference Librarians, EPSL University of Maryland Abstract »	C. Wang
September 23	Thin Film Processing Challenges in Solar Energy and Nanomanufacturing Applications Raymond Adomaitis Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Maryland Abstract »	C. Wang
September 30	Systems Engineering Challenges and Opportunities in Metabolic Networks Costas D. Maranas Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering The Pennsylvania State University Abstract »	Sriram
October 7	Research presentations to 1st year graduate students ChBE Faculty	Ehrman
October 14	Manipulating and Balancing Reducing Equivalents Through Metabolic Engineering Ka-Yiu San E. D. Butcher Professor, Department of Bioengineering Rice University Abstract »	Sriram
October 21	Transport Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells Y. A. Elabd Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Drexel University Abstract »	Ehrman
October 28	Tailoring Polysaccharide Nanostructures for Biomedical Materials Matt Kipper Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Associate Director, School of Biomedical Engineering Colorado State University Abstract »	Sriram
November 4	Programs and Initiatives in Engineering at the National Science Foundation Maria K. Burka Acting Division Director and Program Director, Process and Reaction Engineering Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems, NSF Abstract »	C. Wang
November 11	The Four Regimes of Fluorescence Behavior in Nile Blue A Modified Layered Silicate Polymer Nanocomposites Dr. Paul H. Maupin Program Manager, Catalysis Program Chemical Transformations Team Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Office of Basic Energy Sciences Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy Abstract »	C. Wang
November 18	AIChE Annual Meeting—No Seminar
November 25	RAE Prep Session—No Guest	Ehrman
December 2	TBA Jeffrey W. Long Research Chemist Naval Research Laboratory (Abstract forthcoming.)	C. Wang
December 9	TBA

Questions? Want to meet the speaker? Please contact Professor Chunsheng Wang (cswang@umd.edu).