1610 Engineering Hall

Simon RogersDepartment of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL Recovery Rheology Rheological studies of real-world behaviors use idealized protocols to elucidate the underlying constitutive relations and are typically based on measurements of the stress response to strains or strain rates or vice versa. Strains and rates can therefore be thought of as rheological “atoms”,...

Martha GroverChemical EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA Experimental Optimization of Polymer-Based Organic Electronics Data science approaches have yielded pathways toward “big data analytics” for the accelerated development of many...

Reception from 3:30-4pm in the Cheney Room Anil OroskarFounder and CTOOrochem Technologies, IncNaperville, IL My Chemical Engineering Journey ...Successes, failures and adventures of the past 50 years Chemical engineering career which spans a lifetime is like a book of short stories. Some stories are hilarious, some are profound, some are disappointing, and others are just...

Fikile BrushettChemical EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA Towards electrochemical carbon dioxide capture using soluble, redox-active carriers Deep, society-wide decarbonization is a grand challenge of the 21st century, requiring the development, manufacture, and deployment of transformative carbon-neutral and carbon-negative technologies on a global scale. Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture coupled with storage or utilization is projected to...

Nathaniel LyndMcKetta Department of Chemical EngineeringThe University of Texas-AustinAustin, TX Understanding Multicomponent Polymerization in the 21st Century Copolymerization is the incorporation of more than one type of repeat unit into a single polymer backbone. Many plastics used by society are copolymers, whose properties are determined by composition and sequence of different repeat units. We understand...

Ana Ines Torres RippaChemical EngineeringCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA Process Systems Engineering for Decarbonization of the Chemical Industry This talk will cover recent contributions from my research group to the production of green hydrogen and the decarbonization of oil refinery operations. The first part of the talk focuses on green hydrogen, a zero-carbon fuel for fuel...

David W. FlahertySchool of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA Charting New Waters: Catalytic Active Sites in Dynamic Environments Catalytic reactions on solid materials form the foundations of chemical manufacturing, yet many phenomena that impact catalysis within microporous zeolites and on metal nanoparticles challenge current understanding. As society transitions toward more sustainable methods...

Zahra FakhraaiDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Pennsylvania PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA Interface Evolution During Electrochemistry Photoelectrochemical reactions have emerged as a direct pathway to harvest solar energy for sustainable chemistry. However, understanding and controlling the complex microenvironments of solid electrodes or hybrid interfaces of two-dimensional materials is critical for ensuring their long-term functionality while optimizing a desired reaction....

Peidong YangDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of California - BerkeleyBerkeley, CA 30 years of semiconductor nanowire research: a personal journey Wires of different forms have been an integral part of our human...

Yingjie ZhangMaterials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL Liquid Structure at Electrochemical Interfaces The structure of solid-liquid interfaces is critical for a large range of systems, including electrochemical energy conversion and storage, corrosion control, water purification, biological signal transduction, and more. However, our understanding of these interfaces remains highly limited. Existing theory and experimental...