Spring 2024 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series

Time: 11am-12pm, Thursdays, Central Time
Location: Hardaway Hall 252

Theme Date Speaker University/Institute
February 8, 2024 Michael Betenbaugh
Biomanufacturing: A Mix of Chemical Engineering, Metabolic Engineering, and Systems Biology
Johns Hopkins
February 15, 2024 Justin M. Notestein
Selective Oxidations over Nanostructured and Well-Defined Oxide Catalysts
Northwestern
February 22, 2024 Zhihua Jiang
Integrated Biorefinery – Shaping the Future of Pulp and Paper Industry
Auburn
February 29, 2024 Millicent O. Sullivan
Unlocking Intracellular Therapeutic Targets through Novel Nanostructured Biomaterials
Delaware
March 7, 2024 Thomas Dziubla
Designing Biomaterials to take advantage of cellular red/ox systems
Kentucky
March 21, 2024 Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
Ab initio-driven machine-learning models for aqueous systems and molten salts
Princeton
March 28, 2024 Nader Taheri Qazvini
Nader Taheri Qazvini Seminar
South Carolina
April 4, 2024 Sindee Simon
Nanoconfined Polymerizations
NC State
April 11, 2024 Susannah Scott
Valorization of polyolefins via catalytic upcycling, from monomers to higher value molecules
UC Santa Barbara
April 18, 2024 J. Carson Meredith
J. Carson Meredith Seminar
GA Tech
April 25, 2024 Linda J. Broadbelt
Developing Strategies for Polymer Redesign and Recycling Using Reaction Pathway Analysis
Northwestern

Fall 2023 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series

Time: 11am-12pm, Thursdays, Central Time
Location: Hardaway Hall 252

Theme Date Speaker University/Institute
August 31, 2023 Bala Subramaniam
Net Zero Transition: Potential Implications for Catalysis
Kansas
September 7, 2023 Xuejun Pan
Molten salt hydrate, a unique solvent for lignocellulose processing and conversion to chemicals and functionalized materials
Wisconsin
September 14, 2023 David Sholl
Separations and hybrid processes to accelerate decarbonization
ORNL
October 26, 2023 Madelyn Ball
Insights into active site structures for multifunctional heterogeneous catalysts
West Virginia
December 7, 2023 William Mustain
New Materials vs. Reaction Engineering in Electrochemical Systems: Understanding Performance and Durability in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
South Carolina
November 30, 2023 Jean-Philippe Tessonnier
Dr. Tessonnier’s talk topic is to be announced
Iowa State
November 16, 2023 Zhaohui (Julene) Tong
Dr. Tong’s talk topic is to be announced
Georgia Tech
November 2, 2023 Yomaira Pagán Torres
Dr. Torres’ talk topic is to be announced
UPR Mayaguez
October 19, 2023 Paulette Clancy
Dr. Clancy’s talk topic is to be announced
Johns Hopkins
October 12, 2023 Sharon Glotzer
Dr. Glotzer’s talk topic is to be announced
Michigan
October 5, 2023 Arthur J. Ragauskas
Dr. Ragauskas’ talk topic is to be announced
Tennessee
September 21, 2023 Sushil Adhikari
Dr. Adhikari’s talk topic is to be announced
Auburn
December 1, 2023 Cyrille Boyer
Design of Advanced Materials using Light (Friday, 10 AM to 11 AM in SERC 1059)
University of New South Wales

Spring 2023 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series

Time: 11am-12pm, Thursdays, Central Time
Location: Hardaway Hall 252

Theme Date Speaker University/Institute
January 12, 2023 Yuping Bao
Graduate Orientation
UA
January 19, 2023 Philippe Saute
Catalytic Active Sites Are Dynamic
UCLA
January 26, 2023 Jim Pfaendtner
Using Biomimetic Polymers to Understand and Control Sequence/Structure/Function Relationships and Achieve Rational Design of Biomineralization
U Washington
February 2, 2023 Lawrence Stern
Protein Engineering Approaches to Study Cell Signaling
USF
February 9, 2023 Marta Hatzell
Managing the Nitrogen Cycle with Photo and Electrochemistry
Georgia Tech
February 16, 2023 Mike Janik
Intermetallic Catalysts Enable Determination of Active Site Requirements
Penn State
March 2, 2023 Bill Schneider
The Catalytic Science of Making Up and Breaking Up Dinitrogen
Notre Dame
March 9, 2023 Randy Snurr
Metal-Organic Frameworks as Tunable Platforms for Gas Storage, Chemical Separations, and Catalysis
Northwestern
March 23, 2023 John Kitchin
Large Materials Models with Applications in Catalysis
Carnegie Mellon
March 30, 2023 Dion Vlachos
Catalytic Upcycling Technologies for Sustainability and Circular Economy
U Delaware
April 6, 2023 Vanda Glezakou
Global Optimization, Large-scale Molecular Simulations and Data Science for Separations and Catalysis
ORNL
April 13, 2023 Linda Broadbelt
Developing Strategies for Polymer Redesign and Recycling Using Reaction Pathway Analysis
Northwestern
April 20, 2023 Eray Aydil
Halide Perovskite Materials for Efficient Spectral Downconversion to Decrease the Cost of Electric Power from Silicon Solar Modules
NYU
April 27, 2023 Paul Kenis
Sustainable Manufacturing of Chemicals and Nanomaterials
UIUC
May 4, 2023 Laura Gagliardi
Modeling Metal-Organic Frameworks for Water Harvesting and Catalysis
U Chicago

Fall2022 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series

Theme Date Speaker University/Institute
August 18, 2022 Yuping Bao
Graduate Orientation
UA
August 25, 2022 Ana Alba-Rubio
Catalysts Can Be Good at Multitasking: Two Practical Examples
Clemson University
September 1, 2022 Brian Long
Make it or Break it: Addressing Critical Membrane-Based Challenges through Polymer Chemistry
U. Tenn. – Knoxville
September 8, 2022 Jeffrey Rimer
Breaking the Rules of Classical Crystallization: An Unconventional Guide to Crystal Engineering
University of Houston
September 15, 2022 J. Will Medlin
Functionalizing catalytic metal-metal oxide interfaces for upgrading of CO2 and biomass derivatives
U. Colorado, Boulder
September 22, 2022 Christopher Jones
Development and Deployment of Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs): Direct Air Capture (DAC) of CO2 as Humanity’s Moonshot for the 21st Century
Georgia Tech
September 29, 2022 Nathaniel Lynd
N/A
University of Texas
October 6, 2022 Daniel Shantz
Copper-Containing SSZ-13 and SSZ-39: A Tale of Two Zeolites
Tulane University
October 13, 2022 Tingting Wu
N/A
UA-Huntsville
October 20, 2022 Ruilan Guo
Hierarchically Functional Polymers with Engineered Microporosity for Gas Separation Membranes
Notre Dame
October 27, 2022 Michael Wong
N/A
Rice University
November 3, 2022 Artie Mckim
N/A
Gaylord Chemical Co.
November 10, 2022 Abhaya Datye
Single atom catalysis: from an academic curiosity to industrial applications
University of New Mexico
December 1, 2022 Randy Mrozek
Polymer Research at the US Army Research Laboratory
Army Research Lab

Spring 2022 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series

Time: 11am-12pm, Thursday, Central Time
Location: North Lawn Hall (NL) 1012

Theme Date Speaker University/Institute
January 13, 2022 Graduate Orientation UA
January 20, 2022 Pengfei Wang
Development of Photolabile Protecting Groups
UAB
January 27, 2022 Graduate Students
Xiaoyang Liu (Turner), Elizabeth Bury (Koh), Medha Kasula (Esfahani)
UA
February 3, 2022 No Seminar
February 10, 2022 Graduate Students
Creighton Baltier (Bara), Lauren McLoughlin (Wujcik), Joseph Danner (Weinman)
UA
February 17, 2022 Colleen Scott
Design Strategy for New Optoelectronic Organic/Polymeric Materials
Mississippi State University
February 24, 2022 Graduate Students
Monimum Munny (Koh), Annaliese Baietto (Peng), and Charles Hill (Ritchie)
UA
March 3, 2022 Graduate Students
Sydney Foster (Harris), Tristan Maxson (Szilvási), Shubham Pandey (Szilvási)
UA
March 10, 2022 Karthik Nayani
Phase Behavior of Water-based Liquid Crystals and their Applications in Biology
University of Arkansas
March 17, 2022 Spring Break
March 24, 2022 Randy Mrozek
Polymer Research at the US Army Research Laboratory
Army Research Laboratory
March 31, 2022 Brian K. Long
Make it or Break it: Addressing Critical Membrane-Based Challenges through Polymer Chemistry
The University of Tennessee
April 7, 2022 Xinyu Zhang
Functional Nanocomposites for Energy Applications
Auburn University
April 14, 2022 Zhiyong Wang
TBD
Troy University
April 21, 2022 Allan David
Engineering Nanomaterials to Improve Their Potential for Clinical Translation
Auburn University

Fall 2021 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series

Time: Thursdays, 11am – 12pm
Location: H.M. Comer 1026

Theme Date Title
19-Aug Graduate Program Review
poly sm logo 26-Aug Mary Kathryn Sewell-Loftin, UAB
Investigating the Mechanobiology of the Tumor Microenvironment
2-Sep Connie Roth, Emory University
Local versus Global Measures of Local Property Changes Near Interfaces in Multicomponent Polymer Materials
9-Sep Graduate Student Presentations
16-Sep Eugenia Kharlampieva, UAB
Responsive polymer assemblies for controlled delivery
23-Sep Brenda Helen Prager, University of Mississippi
Surface and Interfacial Studies on Thermal Barrier and Hydrophobic Coatings on Paper Substrates
30-Sep Elizabeth Barker, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Local Drug Delivery for Improving Drug Penetration in Pediatric Brain Tumors
7-Oct Monirosadat (Sanaz) Sadati, University of South Carolina
Liquid Crystals and the Color of Chirality
14-Oct 3MT and Graduate Student Presentations
21-Oct Virginia Davis, Auburn University
TBA
28-Oct No Seminar
4-Nov Randy Mrozek, Army Research Laboratory
Polymer Research and Development at DEVCOM’s Army Research Laboratory
11-Nov No Seminar
18-Nov Graduate Student Presentations
25-Nov No Seminar
2-Dec Graduate Student Presentations

 
poly sm logo Co-sponsored by Polymers and Soft Materials (Poly-SM) Center

Contact: Amanda Koh, askoh@eng.ua.edu, 205-348-8514

ChBE office: (205) 348-1740

Spring 2021 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series

Time: 11am-12pm
Location: Zoom (VirtualMeeting)

Theme No. Date Time Speaker University
1 Thursday, January 14, 2021 11:00 No Seminar
2 Thursday, January 21, 2021 11:00 Graduate Update The University of Alabama
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 3 Tuesday, January 28, 2021 11:00 Isabel C. Escobar University of Kentucky
4 Thursday, February 4, 2021 11:00 Ryan P. Lively Georgia Tech University
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 5 Thursday, February 11, 2021 11:00 Georges Belfort Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
6 Thursday, February 18, 2021 11:00 Ranil Wickramasinghe University of Arkansas
7 Thursday, February 25, 2021 11:00 No Seminar
8 Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:00 Kevin J. Cash Colorado School of Mines
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 9 Thursday, March 11, 2021 11:00 Caleb Funk DuPontWater Solutions, Edina, MN
10 Thursday, March 18, 2021 11:00 No Seminar
11 Thursday, March 25, 2021 11:00 Graduate Students
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 12 Thursday, April 1, 2021 11:00 Matthew D. Green Arizona State University
13 Thursday, April 8, 2021 11:00 Graduate Students
14 Thursday, April 15, 2021 11:00 Graduate Students
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 15 Thursday, April 22, 2021 11:00 Christine E. Duval Case Western Reserve University

Contact: Steven Weinman, stweinman@eng.ua.edu, 205-348-8516

ChBE office: (205) 348-1740

Fall 2020 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series

Time: 11am-12pm
Location: Zoom (VirtualMeeting)

Theme No. Date Time Speaker University
1 Thursday, September 3, 2020 11:00 Grad student orientation UA
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 2 Thursday, September 10, 2020 11:00 Zachary P Smith MIT
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 3 Tuesday, September 15, 2020 11:00 Jodie Lutkenhaus Texas A&M University
4 Thursday, September 17, 2020 11:00 No seminar
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 5 Thursday, September 24, 2020 11:00 Piran R Kidambi Vanderbilt University
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 6 Thursday, October 1, 2020 11:00 John Pellegrino University of Colorado-Boulder
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 7 Thursday, October 8, 2020 11:00 Andrea Achilli University of Arizona
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 8 Thursday, October 15, 2020 11:00 Andrew Zydney Pennsylvania State University
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 9 Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:00 Ayse Asatekin Tufts University
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 10 Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:00 Yoram Cohen UCLA
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 11 Thursday, November 5, 2020 11:00 Menachem Elimelech Yale
12 Thursday, November 12, 2020 11:00 Manish Kumar University of Texas at Austin
13 Thursday, November 19, 2020 11:00 2020 AIChE Annual Meeting November15-20, 2020 (No seminar)
14 Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:00 Thanksgiving -Classes Dismissed
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small 15 Thursday, December 3, 2020 11:00 am – Pavel Izak, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czech Academy of Sciences
12:00 pm – Karel Friess, University of Chemistry & Technology Prague
Polymers and Soft Materials logo small Co-sponsored by Polymers and Soft Materials (Poly-SM) Center

Contact: Milad Esfahani, mesfahani@eng.ua.edu, (205) 348-8836

ChBE office: (205) 348-1740