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Seminar Archive
2007 Program
2006 Program
2005 Program
2004 Program
2003 Program
2002 Program
2001 Program
2000 Program
1999 Program
1998 Program
Poster Session Archive
2008 Seminar Program
2007 Program
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Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
Fri. Nov. 16, 2007
Fri. Nov. 2, 2007
Fri. Oct. 26, 2007
Mon. Oct. 15, 2007 and
Tues. Oct. 16, 2007
Fri. Sept. 28, 2007
Tue. Sept. 18, 2007
9 am – 3 pm
MI Social Room, 3rd floor
Fri. Sept. 14, 2007
Wed. August 15, 2007
3:30 pm, DH A310
Refreshments at 3:15 pm
Fri. May 4, 2007
Fri. April 20, 2007
MSE Seminar
11:00 am, DH 1212
Fri. March 30, 2007
Fri. March 16, 2007
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Confinement
and flow of defects in layered liquids
Shahab
Shojaei Zadeh, PhD
Student
Mechanical Engineering
CMU
Electrolyte
Dependent Colloidal Motion in AC Electric Fields Below 1 kHz
James Hoggard, PhD Student
Chemical Engineering
CMU
Pickering Emulsions
Prof. Bob
Tilton
Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering
CMU
Plasticity
Without the Dislocations
Prof. Craig
Maloney
Civil and Environmental Engineering
CMU
ChEGSA Symposium
http://chegsa.cheme.cmu.edu/
Biomimetic Membranes for Biomedical Research
Prof. Mathias Lösche
Physics
CMU
Minisymposium: Synthesis, dispersion,
modification and characterization of nanomaterials
Various Speakers
Carnegie Mellon University
Crack
Cocaine or What I Don’t Know About Compressional
Rheology
Prof. Lee White
Chemical Engineering
CMU
Combining
Self-Assembling Cyclic Peptides with Soft Polymers for the Design of
Shape-Defined Soft Nanostructures
Dr. Markus A. Biesalski
Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK)
University of Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany)
Fabrication
and Applications of Polymer Micro/Nano-Fibers for
Adhesives and Tissue Scaffolds
Prof. Metin Sitti
Mechanical Engineering
CMU
Blind
and Deaf: Having Fun with Periodic Polymers
Prof. Edwin
Thomas
Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Controlling
Tipstreaming for Sustained Formation of Nanoscale Droplet Reactors
Prof. Shelley
L. Anna
Mechanical Engineering
CMU
Segregation
of DNA and Transiently Attached Micelles in Free-Solution Electrophoresis
Prof. James W.
Schneider
Chemical Engineering
CMU
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Fri.
February 23, 2007
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Novel
Dispersion and Self-Assembly of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Prof. Mohammad
F. Islam
ChE and MSE
CMU
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Fri.
February 16, 2007
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Polarization
of Electrodes by Doped Nonpolar Media
Prof. Dennis C.
Prieve
Chemical Engineering
CMU
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Thurs. January 25,
2007
10:45 am, DH
1112
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Quantitative
Analysis of Interfacial Processes
Dr. Neville
Freeman
President
Fairfield Scientific, Inc.
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2006
Program
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Thurs. March 23, 2006
ChE Dept. Seminar
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Elasto-Capillary Thinning ad the Break-up of
Complex Fluids
Prof. Gareth
McKinley
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MIT
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Weds. April 26, 2006
3:30pm
DH 1102
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The
Reversibility of Floc Breakage
Prof. John Gregory
Department of Civil and Env. Engineering
University College London
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Fri. June 16, 2006
10:45pm
DH 1212
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Molecularly
thin films of long-chain alkanes at solid/vapor
interfaces - Transport mechanisms, wetting dynamics and structure formation
Prof. Hans Reigler
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Potsdam, Germany
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2006 Ethyl Z. Casassa
Lecture
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Tues. Sept. 19, 2006
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Marring,
Merging, and Manipulating Lipid Membranes
Prof. T. Kyle Vanderlick
Department of Chemical Engineering
Princeton University
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Mon. Nov. 13, 2006
4:30pm
WH 7500
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Surface
tension shorts: from aphids to zippers
Prof. L. Mahadevan
Harvard University
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2005
Program
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Tues. April 19, 2005
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Wormlike
Micelles as Templates for Polymerization: >From Nano-sausages
to Nano-rods
Prof. Lynn
Walker
Department of Chemical Engineering
CMU
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Tues. April 26, 2005
ChE Dept Seminar
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Self-Assembly
and Directed Assembly of Amphiphilic Block
Copolymers for Formulation of Nanostructured
Fluids and Synthesis of Nanomaterials
Prof. Paschalis
Alexandridis
Department of Chemical Engineering
University at Buffalo - State Univ. of NY
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Thurs. April 28, 2005
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TUMBLE:
A software package for the simulation of soft tissue in 2D
Prof. Gary
Miller
Department of Computer Science
CMU
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2005 Seiner
Lecture
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Weds. May 4, 2005
DH 2302
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Polymer
Induced Gelation of Dispersed "soft" Colloidal Dispersions
Dr. Matthew Lynch
Proctor & Gamble
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Mon. July 18, 2005
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Stability
of fluid interfaces under stress. Or, "How close to a liquid surface
can you place an object without it getting wet?"
Prof. Stan Miclavcic
Linkoping University
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Fri. Sept 2, 2005
DH 1102
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The
Wetter the Matter the Better
Prof. Martien Cohen-Stuart
Dept. of Physical and Colloid Chemistry
Wageningen
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Thur. Oct. 13, 2005
ChE Dept Seminar
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Field-Based
Colloidal Manipulation for Microtechnology
Prof. Dave Marr
Department of Chemical Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
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Tues. Nov. 8, 2005
ChE Dept Seminar
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Self-Assembly
of Multicompartment Micelles from ABC Star
Copolymers
Prof. Tim Lodge
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Minnesota
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Thurs. Nov. 10, 2005
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A Look
at Particulate flows in Tribology, Nanomanufacturing, and on Mars
Prof. Fred
Higgs
Department of Mechanical Engineering
CMU
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Tues. Nov. 22, 2005
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Controlling
Particle Shape and Distributions - Opportunities for Self-Organization
Prof. Michael Bockstaller
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
CMU
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Weds. Dec. 7, 2005
1:30pm
DH 1102
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Non-DLVO
behaviour at oil-water interfaces: specific ion
effect
Tammy Chau
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering
University of Melbourne - Australia
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2004
Program
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Tuesday
Nov. 30, 2004
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Never Underestimate the Value of a Good
Theory
Prof.
Paul Sides
Chemical Engineering (CMU)
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Thursday
Oct. 28, 2004
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A Study of the Near-Surface Behavior of
Colloids and Biological Cells in AC
Hao Zhou
Chemical Engineering (CMU)
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Tuesday
Oct. 12, 2004
ChE Dept Seminar
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Lab in
a Drop: Exploiting Two Phase Flows and Highly Curved Interfaces for
Microfluidic Technology
Prof. Shelley
Anna
Mechanical Engineering (CMU)
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Friday
Sept. 24, 2004
1:00pm, DH 1102
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Liquid
Films and Emulsions Stabilised by Simple Nonionic
Surfactants
Dr. Richard Buscall
ICI Chemicals, UK
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Friday
Aug. 13, 2004
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Interfacial
association between polyelectrolytes and
surfactants
Prof. Per Claesson
Department of Chemistry/Surface Chemistry
Royal Institute of Technology and Institute for Surface Chemistry
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Interfacial
association between mucins and surfactants
Dr. Andra
Dedinaite
Department of Chemistry/Surface Chemistry
Royal Institute of Technology and Institute for Surface Chemistry
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Monday
June 28, 2004
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Fluctuation
Theorem and Optical Traps
Prof. Edie Sevick
Australian National University
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Thursday
April 29, 2004
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Deposition
of Fluids Using Ink-Jet Technology
Dr. Dean
Hornsby
Matthews International
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Thursday
April 15, 2004
ChE Dept Seminar
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Colloidal
Microrheology
and Micromechanics
Prof. Eric Furst
University of Delaware
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Tuesday April 6,
2004
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DNA
Binding to Peptide Amphiphiles in Surfactant
Microstructures
Bruno Marques
Chemical Engineering (CMU)
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Tuesday
March 30, 2004
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Beta-Crystalline
Polypropylene and Oriented Film Applications
Dr. Seyhun
Kim
Sunoco Chemicals
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Thursday
March 25, 2004
ChE Dept Seminar
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On the
Rheology of Solids with Nonuniform Size and/or Density
Prof. Christine Hrenya
University of Colorado
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Tuesday
March 16, 2004
ChE Dept Seminar
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Multicomponent Space-Charge Ion Uptake and
Transport Models for Nafion Membranes
Prof. Peter Pintauro
Case Western University
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2003
Program
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Thursday Feb. 6, 2003
ChE Dept Seminar
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Protein
Crystals on Lipids:
Ordering in Nature
Prof. Alice Gast
2003 Distinguished Research Lecture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Weds Feb. 12, 2003
10:30 am DH 2100
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Static
and Dynamic Aspects of Molecular Weight Effects in Self-Assembled Polymer
Membranes
Harry Bermudez
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
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Mon Feb. 24, 2003
10:30 am DH 1102
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Application
of Water Soluble Polymers to Oil Recovery
Dr. Ian Robb
Halliburton Technology Center
Duncan OK
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Tues. April 1, 2003
ChE Dept Seminar
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Making
Exotic Colloidal Crystals for Optical
Applications
Prof. David
Pine
Department of Chemical and Material Engineering
University of California - Santa Barbara
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Tues. April 8, 2003
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The
Effects of Brownian Motion on the Oscillation of Particles due to an AC
Electric Field
Jeff Fagan
Department of Chemical Engineering
CMU
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Thurs. May 1, 2003
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Chemical
Mechanical Planarization
Dr. Yuri Solementov
Texas Instruments
Austin TX
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2003 Seiner
Lecture
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Thurs. May 15, 2003
3:00pm
MCS Auditorium
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Ions
and Charged Particles in Nonpolar Media
Dr. Ian
Morrison
Cabot Laboratories
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Fri.
May 16, 2003
10:30am
DH 1102
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Scale-up of a Novel Product: Nanogels
Dr. Ian
Morrison
Cabot Laboratories
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2002
Program
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Thursday
Jan. 17,2002
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"Force
Measurements between Liquid-Liquid Interfaces"
Ray Dagastine
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Monday
Jan. 28, 2002
9:30 am DH
1102
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"Overview
of the DuPont Particle Science & Technology Group"
Dr. John Green
Central Research & Development
DuPont
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Tuesday March 19, 2002
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"Colloid Science in the Automotive Coatings
Industry"
Dr. Edward Pagac
PPG Industries
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Tuesday July 16, 2002
10:45am DH
1212
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"The Influence of Surface Forces on Thin Film Drainage Between
a Fluid Drop and a Flat Solid"
Dr. Roger G. Horn
Ian Wark Research Institute
University of South Australia
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Thursday Sept. 12, 2002
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"Studying Surfaces of Model Pressure Sensitive
Adhesives with Scanning Probe Microscopy"
Prof. Mark Foster
Department of Polymer Science
University of Akron
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Monday Sept. 23, 2002
4:30pm WH 7500
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Pitt-CMU FRONTIERS
OF CONDENSED MATTER SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM: "Nonlinear
Optical Probing of Molecular Chirality"
Prof. Ron Shen
Department of Physics
University of California Berkeley
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Thursday Oct. 3, 2002
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"Tuning Interfacial Properties through Polymer and
Surfactant Coadsorption"
K. Derek Berglund
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Wednesday Oct. 23, 2002
4:30pm DH A317
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"Complex Interactions in Microfluidic Systems"
Prof. Haim Bau
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
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2001
Program
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Tuesday Jan. 9, 2001
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The Interpretation of Forces Involving Deformable Surfaces
Sarah Nespolo
Department of Chemical Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics
University of Melbourne
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Tuesday Feb. 6, 2001
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Measurement of Electrophoretic
Forces on Spheres Very Near Electrode Surfaces
Ed Atman
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Tuesday Feb. 27, 2001
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Monolayer Structure of Nonionic Surfactants at the
Solid-Vapor Interface
Barry Luokkala
Department of Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
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Tuesday March 13, 2001
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The Optics of the Thin Dielectric Films: Waveguides, Ellipsometers, and Reflectometers
Dr. Elizabeth
Mann
Department of Physics
Kent State University
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Thursday April 5, 2001
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TBA
Dr. Thomas Tepe
Rohm & Haas
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Thursday April 12, 2001
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TBA
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Tuesday April 17, 2001
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New Directions in Atomic Force Microscopy of Polymers
Prof. Tomasz Kowalewski
Department of Chemistry
Carnegie Mellon University
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Tuesday May 1, 2001
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Jet Break-Up in Viscoelastic Solutions using Forced
Disturbances
Yenny
Christanti
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Tuesday Sept. 25, 2001
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Novel Fixed-Bed Catalytic Treatment Reactor for Groundwater
Remediation
Prof. Greg
Lowry
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Thursday Oct. 4, 2001
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Microwave Enhanced Processing: Emulsions and Suspensions,
Plus Other Interesting Applications
Dr. Margaret Nasta
& Dr. David Purta
Microwave Processing Center
Carnegie Mellon Research Institute
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Monday Oct. 15, 2001*
4:30pm WH7500
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The Dynamics and Mechanics of Leukocyte
Adhesion: From Single Molecular Properties to the Behavior of Ensembles of Cells
Prof. Dan Hammer
Biomedical Engineering Department
University of Pennsylvania
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Friday Oct. 26, 2001
9:30am DH1102
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First Step to Using Non-Spherical
Particles as Rheology Modifiers: Characterizing their Hydrodynamic
Properties by Rheo-Optical Methods
Prof. Jan Vermant
Department of Chemical Engineering
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Thursday Nov. 1, 2001
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Study of Adsorption of Trisiloxane
Surfactants on Air-Water and Hydrophobic Solid-Water Interface: An Attempt
to Explain the 'Super-Spreading' Behavior
Dr. Nitin Kumar
Departments of Physics & Chemical
Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Thursday Nov. 29, 2001
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Effects of container walls on the velocity
fluctuations of sedimenting spheres
Dr. Tony Ladd
University of Florida
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Tuesday Dec. 18, 2001
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When Does Like Like Like? - Counterion-Mediated Attraction between
Like-Charge Particles
Dr. Norio Ise
Kyoto University
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2000
Program
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Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000
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Polymer Blend Morphology in Complex Flows
Brian Priore
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000
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Tuning the interfacial and bulk self-assembly of cationic
surfactants via counterions and non-binding polyelectrolytes
Stephanie Butler-Velegol
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Thursday, March 2, 2000
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Solid/Liquid Separation: State of the Art and Challenges for
the Future
Dr. Karsten Keller
DuPont Company
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Monday,
March 6, 2000
9:00 a.m., DH 1102
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Formation of Supported Phospholipid
Bilayers (SPBs) and
growth of protein two-dimensional crystals on SPBs
investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy
Dr. Ilya Reviakine
Biophysical Chemistry
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
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Tuesday, March 14, 2000
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Polymerization of Rodlike Micelles
Dr. Steven Kline
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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Thermocapillary Flow and
Aggregation of Bubbles on a Solid Wall
Hiroki Kasumi
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Thursday, April 6, 2000
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Antifoam Mechanism; Impact of Surfactant and Surface Shear
Viscosity on the Performance of Polydimethylsiloxane
Based Antifoams
Dr. Steve Christiano
Dow Corning Corporation
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Monday, April 17, 2000
4:30pm WEH 7500
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Crystals, Glasses and
Gels: Real Space Imaging of Soft Solids
Prof. David Weitz
Harvard University
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Thursday, April 20, 2000
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