Contact Information

Professor Robert Tilton
Director, Center for Complex Fluids Engineering
tilton@andrew.cmu.edu

Dr. Annette Jacobson
Director, Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces (CPS) Educational Program
jacobson@andrew.cmu.edu

Shannon Young
CPS and CFE Administrative Assistant
(412) 268-2243
E-mail:slyoung@andrew.cmu.edu

EVENTS

EVENTS

Named Lectures - Lab Opening

Named Lectures

Two different named lecture series are orgnaized through CCFE.

Casassa Lecture Series: This semi-annual event commemorates the contributions of Ethel Z. Casassa to the field of colloid science and the CPS program.  Ethel was the first director of the CPS program and a faculty member in chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. 

• 2008 Casassa Lecture: On October 23, 2008, Prof. Kathleen Stebe (University of Pennsylvania), “Directed Self Assembly through Surface Forces.”
• 2006 Casassa Lecture: On September 19, 2006, Prof. Kyle Vanderlick (Princeton University),“Marring, Merging, and Manipulating Lipid Membranes.”

Seiner Lecture Series: This semi-annual event commemorates the contributions of Jerome Seiner to the CPS program. Through his position at PPG Industries, Jerry contributed to the initiation and the growth of the CPS Program at CMU. The technical lecture is followed by a luncheon for the CMU Complex Fluids community and members of Jerry's family.

• 2008 Seiner Lecture: On February 28, 2008, Dr. Scott Milner (Penn State University, formerly of ExxonMobil Corporate research),"Finding the basic physics problems in industrial engineering."
• 2005 Seiner Lecture: On May 4, 2005, Dr. Matthew Lynch (Proctor & Gamble),"Polymer Induced Gelation of Dispersed 'soft' Colloidal Dispersions"
• 2003 Seiner Lecture: On May 15, 2003, Dr. Ian Morrison (Cabot Laboratories), "Ions and Charged Particles in Nonpolar Media"
• 2001 Seiner Lecture: Inaugural lecture on May 15, 2001, Dr. Ken Niederst (PPG), "Oxygen Barrier Coatings"

Lab Dedication

On May 15, 2001 the CPS program celebrated the dedication of a new laboratory. Funds donated by the PPG Industries Foundation allowed for the renovation of one of the CPS laboratories. The PPG Industries Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces Laboratory officially joined the facilities of the Center for Complex Fluids Engineering after almost a year of construction. The laboratory features updated fume hoods, wet chemistry facilities and HVAC. Laboratory benches were designed to be modular so that the laboratory can be used for the CPS lab courses and larger outreach programs.