2018-19 Seminars

Jason E. Bara, Ph.D.

4/15/19
Jason E. Bara
Associate Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Alabama
Gas Separation Membranes and Functional Materials Derived from Ionic Liquids and High-Performance Polymers


Lesley W. Chow, Ph.D.

4/9/19
Lesley W. Chow
Assistant Professor in Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Lehigh University
3D Printing Functional Building Blocks to Construct Spatially Organized Biomaterials


Kathleen J. Stebe, Ph.D.

4/8/19
D.O. Shah Annual Lecture in Surface Science
Kathleen J. Stebe
Deputy Dean for Research and Innovation and the Goodwin Professor in the School Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania
Curvature and the Directed Motion of Colloids


Erin Lavik, Ph.D.

4/1/19
Erin Lavik
Professor
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Engineering Nanoparticles to Stop Internal Bleeding


Carol K. Hall, Ph.D.

3/25/19
Carol K. Hall
Camille Dreyfus Distinguished University Professor
North Carolina State University
Spontaneous Formation of Oligomers and Fibrils in Large Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Alzheimer’s Peptides


Howard A. Stone, Ph.D.

3/18/19
Endowed Distinguished Lecture in Fluid Mechanics
Howard A. Stone
Donald R. Dixon ’69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professor
Princeton University
Seeking Intersections Between Disciplines: “Boundaries” in Multiphase Flows


Matthew E. Helgeson, Ph.D.

3/11/19
Matthew E. Helgeson
Associate Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara
Engineering Multi-phase Nanodroplets for Nanoparticle templating and Biotechnology


Kathryn A. Whitehead, Ph.D.

2/25/19
Kathryn A. Whitehead
Assistant Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Lipid-like Materials for RNA Delivery: A How-to Guide for Hacking Gene Expression


Jason Hicks, Ph.D.

1/28/19
Jason Hicks
Associate Professor
University of Notre Dame
Plasma-assisted Catalysis: Exploring the Effects of Plasma Environments on Catalyst Performance


Darío J. Stacchiola, Ph.D.

12/3/18
Dario Stacchiola
Associate Chemist
Brookhaven National Lab
Nanomaterials in Operando Conditions


Prof. Burak Ülgüt

11/28/18
Prof. Burak Ülgüt
Chemistry Department
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Impedance and Noise Analyses of Rechargeable and Non-rechargeable Batteries


Elizabeth A. Lipke, Ph.D.

11/26/18
Elizabeth Lipke
Associate Professor
Auburn University
Rapid Production of Engineered Tissue Microspheres for Regenerative Medicine and Disease Modeling Applications


Arul Jayaraman, Ph.D.

11/19/18
Arul Jayaraman
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
Microbial Tryptophan Metabolites and Gut Health


Ryan C. Hayward, Ph.D.

11/5/18
Ryan Hayward
Professor
UMASS/Amherst
Tuning Domain Connectivity in Multi-Component Polymer-Based Materials


Cole A. DeForest, Ph.D.

10/22/18
Cole DeForest
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
User-Programmable Hydrogel Biomaterials to Probe and Direct 4D Stem Cell Fate


Rachel B. Getman, Ph.D.

10/15/18
Rachel Getman
Associate Professor
Clemson University
Molecular-Level Insights into How Liquid Water Influences Catalysis at Water/Metal Interfaces Revealed by Molecular Simulations


Daniel T. Hallinan Jr., Ph.D.

10/1/18
Daniel Hallinan
Assistant Professor
FSU/FAMU
Transient Processes in Nanostructured Soft Materials


Kelly M. Schultz, Ph.D.

09/24/18
Kelly Schultz
Assistant Professor
Lehigh University
Characterizing the Evolution of Gel Scaffolds Using Passive Microrheology


Sarah Mena, Ph.D.

09/17/18
Sarah Mena
Ph.D. Alumna and Postdoctoral Fellow
The Secret Life of Particles: Understanding Multiphase Flows in Pipes and Blood Vessels


Idalis Villanueva, Ph.D.

09/10/18
Idalis Villanueva
Assistant Professor
Utah State University
Past Traditional Metrics of Engineering Education – The Next Frontier