Nathan Galinsky Effect of Support on Metal Oxide Design for Chemical Looping Conversion of Methane
8:40 AM
Craig Needham Building Reaction Mechanisms using Computational Chemistry
9:00 AM
Arya Shafiefarhood Core-Shell Redox Catalysts for Partial Oxidation of Methane
9:20 AM
Marty Dufficy Guar gum binders for nanoparticulate silicon battery electrodes
9:40 AM
Mark Schulte Biocomposites: a novel method for gas to liquid biomanufacturing
Coffee Break 10:00 – 10:20 AM
Oral Presentations 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
Materials
10:20 AM
Junjie Zhao When Metal-organic Frameworks meet Atomic Layer Deposition
10:40 AM
StevenBenner A Tunable Coarse-Grained Model of Chitosan for Predicting Solution Behavior
11:00 AM
David Rutkowski Computational Investigation of Multipolar Colloidal Particles
11:20 AM
James Daubert Corrosion Protection of Copper Using Atomic Layer Deposition Thin Films
11:40 AM
Rohan Patil Surface Grafted Polymer Assemblies: Understanding the Molecular Weight and Grafting Density Effects using ‘Degrafting’ as a Strategy
Lunch 12:00 – 1:30 pm
12:35 PM
Peter Fedkiw
Announcement of the 2016 Vivian T. Stannett Graduate Award
12:40 PM
Richard Spontak
Announcement of Fall 2015 Praxair Exceptional Teaching Assistant Award
12:45 PM
Dr. John Weidner, Keynote Speaker Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina A Career in Academia: The Best Job Ever!
Oral Presentations 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Biotechnology
1:30 PM
Carlos Cruz-Teran Design of Multi-Specific Proteins with Affinity for Surface Functionalization
1:50 PM
Anisur Rahman Quantitative analysis of Akt/mTOR signaling network
2:10 PM
Sophia Carrell Shuttling enhances robustness of the DV pattern in Drosophila embryos
2:30 PM
Andrew Loder Extreme thermophile metabolic engineering platforms: Production of bio-based chemicals at elevated temperatures
2:50 PM
Ahmed Gomaa Delivery of genome-targeting CRISPR-Cas systems for the sequence-specific killing of bacteria
3:10 PM
Garret Wheaton Extreme thermoacidophiles as biocatalysts for heavy metal recovery: A delicate balance between biooxidation and resistance
Poster Session with Refreshments 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Symposium Mixer 5:00 – 6:00 PM
List of Poster Presentations
Biotechnology
David Chang Investigation of surfactant-mediated shear protection of mammalian cells for increased bioreactor efficiency
Jonathan Conway Role of Extracellular Glycoside Hydrolases from Caldicellulosiruptor Species in Biomass Degradation
Thomas Jacobsen Predictable and Tunable Control of Gene Expression in Multicellular Organisms
Ashton Lavoie Truly Continuous Purification of Biotherapeutics
Ryan Leenay An in vivo, positive screen reveals functional PAM diversity for CRISPR-Cas systems
Michelle Luo RNA length affects form and function of the Type I CRISPR-Cas surveillance complex
Brittany Mertens Characterization and control of Norovirus interactions and their impact on virus stability and infectivity
Jamie Nosbisch Multiscale Modeling of Wound Healing
Jason Miles Tuning Surface Assembly of Elastin-Like Polypeptides
Michael O’Connell Investigating the Formation of the Dorsal Gradient using Raster Image Correlation Spectroscopy
Shah Md Toufiqur Rahman Optogenetic dissection of protein kinase networks
Jeffrey Zurawski Chemotactic Systems and Extracellular Enzymes Differentiate Capacity for Plant Biomass Utilization in Caldicellulosiruptor
Kinetics
Yunfei Gao Alkali-doped perovskites for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane under a cyclic redox scheme
Vasudev Haribal Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane under a cyclic redox scheme-Process analysis and comparison
Dennis Lee UiO-66-NH2 Assembly on ALD Oxide Surfaces Using β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB)
Amit Mishra Perovskite Structured Redox Catalysts for Chemical Looping Reforming of Methane
Mariah Ritz Ab initio Analysis of Limiting Reactions during selective ALD processes
Eric Stevens Thermal ALD of Sn Metal Using SnCl4 and a Silyl Dihydropyrazine Reducing Agent
Sara Taylor Pyrolysis kinetics via molecular-beam mass spectrometry: reactor development and data analysis.
Seif Yusuf Manganese Oxide Catalysts for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane via Chemical Looping
Materials
Prajesh Adhikari Self-Supporting Nanodiamond Gels: Elucidating Colloidal Interactions Through Rheology
Daniel Armstrong Reprogrammable Shape Memory Using an Electrostatic Polymer Actuator
Mackenzie Geiger Introducing Novel Functionalities in Composites using Fumed Silica
Koohee Han Directed Assembly and Manipulation of Reconfigurable Structures from Asymmetric Metallo-Dielectric Microcubes
Sabina Islam Revisiting the colloidal fundamentals of water-dispersible polymers: Characterization of their nanoscale interactions and correlation to the macroscale phase equilibria
Ishan Joshipura Reversible Actuation of Liquid Metals through Microchannels to Enable Soft & Reconfigurable Electronics
Joseph Lavoie Tailored Surface Modification of Nonwovens using Fluorochemical Melt Additives
Chengxiang Liu Molecular Modeling of Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystallization
Jennifer Ovental Production of Zirconium Hydroxide Coatings on Polymer Substrates by Atomic Layer Deposition for Chemical Warfare Agent Degradation
Dishit Parekh 3D Printing of Room Temperature Liquid Metals for Fabrication of Soft and Flexible Embedded Electronics
Sangchul Roh Three dimensional printing by capillary bridging – from sandcastles to silicone rubber
Tim Shay Osmotic Platform for Passive and Non-Invasive Sweat Sampling for Biochemical Sensing
Mohammad Tuhin Shape-memory Bicomponent Fibers: Investigating the Polymer/Polymer Interface and Adding Sensory Functionality
Christopher Walker A Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Model for Poly(vinyl butyral) Adhesion to Silica Surfaces