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SUMMARY:Chemical Engineering Graduate School Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Join faculty staff and current students to learn more about graduate school options in Chemical Engineering \nMonday\, November 9 \n9:00 AM EST \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sYCnSrZWQq6L1mrkdLnWsg
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/chemical-engineering-graduate-school-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Chemical Engineering: Careers & Jobs Discussion with the Industrial Advisory Board Members
DESCRIPTION:This is an opportunity to virtually meet with ChemE Alumni currently working in or retired from industry jobs. \nTopics for Discussion: \n\nSuggestions for job searches in the current pandemic environment\nTraditional Career Paths in Chemical Engineering\nGraduate School\nNon-Traditional Career Paths\nAssessment of Current Industrial Job Opportunities\nConsiderations for Career/ Job Decisions\nSocial and Other Topics\n\nPlease email Alyssa Ramsey at a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link to the event.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/chemical-engineering-careers-jobs-discussion-with-the-industrial-advisory-board-members/
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SUMMARY:Founder's Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:Founder’s Roundtable inspires faculty entrepreneurship in conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week at Northeastern. \nThe event features professors Thomas Webster\, Rupal Patel\, and Sidi Bencherif who will discuss the motivation behind their ventures\, the challenges they face bringing tech to industry\, and the incentives powering their success. James Sherley\, Founder and Director of Asymmetrex\, will moderate the roundtable. \nEvent Details \n\nTuesday\, November 17 \, 2020\nMicrosoft Teams\n12:00 – 1:00 EST\n\nLinks \n\nFounder’s Roundtable LinkedIn Post\nFounder’s Roundtable event page
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/founders-roundtable/
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series Presents: Matthew J. Eckelman
DESCRIPTION:Title: TBA \nMatthew J. Eckelman\, Ph.D.\nAssociate Professor\, Civil and Environmental Engineering\nAffiliated Faculty\,  Chemical Engineering\nAffiliated Faculty\,  Marine and Environmental Sciences\nAffiliated Faculty\,  School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-presents-matthew-j-eckelman/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201209T120000
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar: Near-term and Long-term Perspectives of Battery Technologies
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nArumugam Manthiram | Professor\nWalker Department of Mechanical Engineering\nMcKetta Department of Chemical Engineering\nMaterials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute \nNear-term and Long-term Perspectives of Battery Technologies \nAbstract: A widespread adoption of battery technologies for electric vehicles and grid electricity storage of renewable energies requires optimization of cost\, cycle life\, safety\, energy density\, power density\, and environmental impact\, all of which are directly linked to severe materials challenges. After providing a brief account of the current status\, this presentation will focus on the development of advanced materials and new battery chemistries for near-term and long-term battery technologies. Particularly\, lithium-based batteries based on cobalt-free layered oxide and sulfur cathodes will be presented. The challenges of bulk and surface instability and chemical crossover during charge-discharge cycling\, dynamics and stabilization of lithium plating and striping\, advanced characterization methodologies to develop an in-depth understanding\, and approaches to overcome the challenges will be presented. \nBio: Arumugam Manthiram is currently the Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering and Director of the Texas Materials Institute and the Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). He received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1981. After working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and at UT-Austin with 2019 Chemistry Nobel Laureate Professor John Goodenough\, he became a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT-Austin in 1991. Dr. Manthiram’s research is focused on rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. He has authored more than 820 journal articles with 70\,000 citations and an h-index of 132. \nDr. Manthiram is a Fellow of six professional societies: Materials Research Society\, Electrochemical Society\, American Ceramic Society\, Royal Society of Chemistry\, American Association for the Advancement of Science\, and World Academy of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering. He is an elected member of the World Academy of Ceramics. He received the university-wide (one per year) Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award in 2012\, Battery Division Research Award from the Electrochemical Society in 2014\, Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2015\, Billy and Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Centennial Engineering Research Award in 2016\, Honorary Mechanical Engineer of the ME Academy of Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019\, Henry B. Linford Award for Distinguished Teaching from the Electrochemical Society in 2020\, and the International Battery Association Research Award in 2020. He is a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher each year during 2017 – 2020. He delivered the 2019 Chemistry Nobel Prize Lecture in Stockholm on behalf of Professor John Goodenough.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-near-term-and-long-term-perspectives-of-battery-technologies/
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SUMMARY:Dialogue of Civilizations Fair
DESCRIPTION:The Dialogue of Civilizations (DOC) Fair is an opportunity for students to learn more about Northeastern’s signature faculty-led summer programs! Faculty member will be available via Zoom for questions and conversation. Representatives from Student Financial Services\, the Honors Office\, and GEO will also be available for any questions you may have. These are the opportunities for College of Engineering students: \n\nDiscovering Turkish Cultural Values and Engineering Economy Principles (Istanbul\, Turkey) – Mohammad Dehghani\nInternational Applications of Fluid Mechanics (Panama City\, Panama) – Carlos Hidrovo Chavez\nProcess Safety and Chemical Engineering in Spain (Tarragona\, Spain) – Ron Willey\nSustainable Urban Transportation (Delft\, Netherlands) – Peter Furth\nSustainable Waste Management: Resource Recovery & Environmental Protection (Cagliari\, Italy) – Annalisa Onnis-Hayden\nTechnical Innovation and Product Prototyping (San Jose\, California) – Bala Maheswaran\nTimber/Masonry Technology\, Design and Architectural Practices in Northern Italy (Trieste\, Italy) – Luca Caracoglia\nVirtual – Sustainable Energy in 21st Century Brazil (Sao Paulo\, Brazil) – Courtney Pfluger
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/dialogue-of-civilizations-fair/2021-01-20/
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SUMMARY:CILS Film Screening: Picture A Scientist
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Chemical Imaging of Living Systems (CILS) is hosting a virtual screening of Picture A Scientist. This award-winning documentary draws attention to the challenges facing women and minority scientists. \nRegister for the screening through the following link: https://forms.gle/SNQjrFQQt5zYduMk7 \nThe showing will be the start of monthly learning events hosted by CILS where new imaging modalities or microscopic techniques that are available through CILS will be highlighted and explained. View the CILS facilities. \nStay tuned for a panel discussion hosted by the Department of Chemistry about the film.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/cils-film-screening-picture-a-scientist/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T120000
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar: Organic Aqueous Flow Batteries for Massive Electrical Energy
DESCRIPTION:Michael J. Aziz\nGene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials and Energy Technologies\, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences\nHarvard University \nOrganic Aqueous Flow Batteries for Massive Electrical Energy \nAbstract \nThe ability to store large amounts of electrical energy is of increasing importance with the growing fraction of electricity generation from intermittent renewable sources such as wind and solar. \nFlow batteries show promise because the designer can independently scale the power (electrode area) and energy (arbitrarily large storage volume) components of the system by maintaining all electro-active species in fluids. The wide-scale utilization of flow batteries is limited by the abundance and cost of these materials. \nWe have developed an approach to electricity storage in flow batteries using the aqueous redox chemistry of small\, potentially inexpensive organic and organometallic molecules. This new approach may enable massive electrical energy storage at a greatly reduced cost. \nBiography \nMichael J. Aziz has been a member of the faculty at what is now the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences since he joined in 1986 and is now Gene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials and Energy Technologies. His recent research interests include novel materials and processes for energy technology and greenhouse gas mitigation. He is co-inventor of the organic aqueous flow battery and directs multi-investigator research programs on stationary electrical energy storage and porous electrodes. He is a Fellow of the APS\, the MRS\, and the AAAS and is the co-recipient of the 2019 Energy Frontiers Prize from Eni. \nIf you would like access to the virtual seminar\, please contact a.ramsey@northeastern.edu
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-organic-aqueous-flow-batteries-for-massive-electrical-energy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T120000
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar: 3D Printing End-Functionalized Polymer Conjugates to Fabricate Spatially Organized Biomaterials
DESCRIPTION:Lesley W. Chow\, Ph.D.\nDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering\nDepartment of Bioengineering\nLehigh University \n3D Printing End-Functionalized Polymer Conjugates to Fabricate Spatially Organized Biomaterials \nAbstract: Biodegradable polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering can be functionalized with specific chemistries to direct desired cellular behavior and matrix formation. These scaffolds are typically modified post-fabrication\, which can lead to undesirable changes in scaffold properties. In addition\, most functionalization strategies result in homogeneously distributed chemistries that fail to mimic the anisotropic biochemical organization found in native tissues. To address these challenges\, we developed a versatile platform where end-functionalized polymer conjugates are 3D printed into well-defined patterns. The end groups (i.e.\, peptides\, bioorthogonal chemistries) on the conjugate become displayed on the surface during fabrication to generate functionalized scaffolds in a single step without affecting scaffold architecture. This strategy also enables us to control the spatial organization of multiple chemistries within a continuous construct. This seminar will describe our platform and discuss how we are using this modular approach to fabricate scaffolds to direct osteochondral tissue regeneration. \nBiography: Dr. Lesley Chow is a Frank Hook Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Bioengineering at Lehigh University. She was recently appointed to the Harold Chambers Junior Professorship in 2019 and received the NSF CAREER Award in 2020. She joined Lehigh following her postdoctoral training at Imperial College London in the Departments of Materials and Bioengineering. She received her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida and her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University. \nPlease contact Alyssa Ramsey a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link information.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-3d-printing-end-functionalized-polymer-conjugates-to-fabricate-spatially-organized-biomaterials/
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SUMMARY:Engineers Week: A Multi-Scale Approach to Plant Specialized Metabolic Engineering
DESCRIPTION:The Chemical Engineering department is hosting Susan Roberts as a speaker for this year’s Engineers Week events. \n\nLocation: This event is virtual\, free\, and open to the public. \nRegister to join \n\nSusan RobertsWorcester Polytechnic Institute \nA Multi-Scale Approach to Plant Specialized Metabolic Engineering \nProfessor Roberts’ research is focused on cellular engineering and design of bioprocesses using plant-based systems. Plants produce sophisticated small molecules that play key roles in defense against predators and environmental elements. These natural products are synthesized through specialized metabolic pathways\, that have both shared and unique components when compared amongst plant systems. These specialized metabolites are useful in a variety of societal applications including as nutraceuticals\, flavorings\, colorings and pharmaceuticals. The supply of these compounds is often hindered due to low yields in nature and the inability to chemically synthesize at scale. She uses plant cell culture technology as both a system of study and a scalable production system due to the ability to engineer cells and the environment to optimize accumulation of products of interest. During this event she will present the story of understanding and optimizing paclitaxel production in Taxus plant cell suspension culture using a multi-pronged cellular engineering approach (intracellular\, intercellular and extracellular scales). She will focus on recent approaches and results in considering global specialized metabolism\, specialized metabolite transport and epigenetic mechanisms. Her group uses a combination of traditional bioprocess engineering techniques (e.g.\, bioreactor design\, cell culture\, cell encapsulation)\, modern molecular biology and analytical chemistry techniques (e.g.\, gene transfer\, transcriptomics analyses\, UPLC) and mathematical modeling (e.g.\, genome scale modeling\, metabolic flux analyses). Her research has been funded largely through the NSF\, NIH and industrial collaborations. \nDr. Susan Roberts is Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She received her BS degree in Chemical Engineering from WPI in 1992\, PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1998\, served on the faculty at UMass Amherst Chemical Engineering for 17 years and joined WPI as Professor and Head in 2015. Dr. Roberts’ research interests are in biomanufacturing\, cellular engineering and cell culture\, with a primary focus on plant-based systems for synthesis of natural products. She has received a number of awards for her research and education work including the NSF ADVANCE Program\, NIIMBL Workforce Development Award\, UMass President’s Science and Technology Fund Award\, NSF IGERT Award\, NSF CAREER Award\, and UMass Amherst College of Engineering Junior Faculty\, Teaching and Advising awards. Her research is supported by the NSF\, NIH and industry. She is passionate about faculty development\, training interdisciplinary engineers\, innovating graduate education and advocating for advancement of women and underrepresented groups in STEM fields. She is a proud mom to three children\, Justin (17)\, Benjamin (14)\, and Emmelyn (10)\, and puppy Molly. \nDownload Flyer (pdf)
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/engineers-week-a-multi-scale-approach-to-plant-specialized-metabolic-engineering/
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series Presents: Julianne L. Holloway
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents:   \nJulianne L. Holloway\, Ph.D\nAssistant Professor in Chemical Engineering\nSchool for Engineering of Matter\, Transport and Energy\nArizona State University \nAbstract:  \nAdvances in materials science\, biomolecule delivery\, and cell biology has enabled significant innovations within the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine over the past few decades. Nonetheless\, minimal translation of tissue engineering-based therapeutics to the clinic has occurred. \nA significant challenge within tissue engineering is the difficulty in regenerating complex tissues with a heterogeneous structure and multiple cell types. To address this challenge\, my research group is developing innovative polymeric biomaterials that can mimic the complex microenvironment of musculoskeletal tissues. \nSpecifically\, I will discuss our recent efforts in the following areas: 1) using magnetic fields to spatially control electrospun fiber alignment in order to create materials with gradients in fiber alignment that mimic the structure of musculoskeletal interfacial tissues; 2) using reversible DNA handles to temporally control peptide presentation to improve our understanding of cell- material interactions; and 3) combining these techniques for independent spatial control over chemical and structural signals towards simultaneous regeneration of multiple tissue types. \nBio:  \nJulianne Holloway is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU) and an associate faculty member within the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics. \nPrior to ASU\, Julianne completed her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Drexel University and her postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania. \nJulianne’s research group integrates biomaterial design with innovative manufacturing to control and direct stem cell behavior for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. \nJulianne is also committed to service\, including recent election to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Board of Directors\, serving on the Editorial Board of Regenerative Biomaterials\, and as a past Associate Scientific Advisor for Science Translational Medicine. Her contributions have been recognized through several awards\, including: AIChE’s 35 Under 35 Award\, AIChE’s John C. Chen Leadership Award\, Mayo Clinic-ASU Alliance Faculty Summer Fellow\, National Institutes of Health NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship\, and others. \nPlease email Alyssa Ramsey at a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-presents-julianne-l-holloway/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T120000
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Colloidal Crystals and Entropic Bondin
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents:  \nSharon C. Glotzer\,  PhD\, NAS\, NAE \nAnthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering\nJohn Werner Cahn Distinguished University Professor of Engineering\nStuart W. Churchill Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering \n  \nColloidal Crystals and Entropic Bonding \nBio: Sharon C. Glotzer is the John W. Cahn Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and the Stuart W. Churchill Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, and also holds faculty appointments in Physics\, Applied Physics\, and Macromolecular Science and Engineering. Since July 2017 she is the Anthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Her current research on computational assembly science and engineering aims toward predictive materials design of colloidal and soft matter. Using computation\, geometrical concepts\, and statistical mechanics\, her research group seeks to understand complex behavior emerging from simple rules and forces\, and use that knowledge to design new materials. Glotzer’s group also develops and disseminates powerful open-source software including the particle simulation toolkit\, HOOMD-blue\, which allows for fast molecular simulation of materials on graphics processors\, the signac framework for data and workflow management\, and several analysis and visualization tools. \nGlotzer received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from UCLA and her PhD in Physics from Boston University.  She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences\, the National Academy of Engineering\, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society\, the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers\, the American Physical Society\, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Glotzer is the recipient of numerous awards and honors\, including the 2019 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics from the American Physical Society\, the 2018 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum and the 2016 Alpha Chi Sigma Awards both from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers\, and the 2017 Materials Communications Lecture Award and 2014 MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society. Glotzer is a leading advocate for simulation-based materials research\, including nanotechnology and high performance computing\, serving on boards and advisory committees of the National Science Foundation\, the U.S. Department of Energy\, and the National Academies. She is currently a member of the National Academies Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology. \nAbstract: Entropy is typically associated with disorder; yet\, the counterintuitive notion that particles with no interactions other than excluded volume might self-assemble from a fluid phase into an ordered crystal has been known since the mid-20th century. First predicted for rods\, and then spheres\, the thermodynamic ordering of hard shapes by nothing more than crowding is now well established. In recent years\, surprising discoveries of entropically ordered colloidal crystals of extraordinary structural complexity have been predicted by computer simulation and observed in the laboratory. Colloidal quasicrystals\, clathrate structures\, and structures with large and complex unit cells typically associated with metal alloys\, can all self-assemble from disordered phases of identical particles due solely to entropy maximization. In this talk\, we show how entropy alone can produce order and complexity beyond that previously imagined\, both in colloidal crystal structure as well as in the kinetic pathways connecting fluid and crystal phases\, and we show how methods used by the quantum community to predict atomic crystal structures can be used to predict entropic colloidal crystals. \nPlease email Alyssa Ramsey at a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-colloidal-crystals-and-entropic-bondin/
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SUMMARY:Active colloidal fluids: a new paradigm in self-assembly
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents:\n \nPetia M. Vlahovska\, PhD\nProfessor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (by courtesy)\nMechanical Engineering\, Northwestern University \nTitle: Active colloidal fluids: a new paradigm in self-assembly \nAbstract:  \nFlocks of birds and schools of fish are familiar examples of emergent collective behavior\, where interactions between self-propelled (active) individuals lead to coherent motion on a scale much larger than the isolated unit. Similar phenomena have been observed with active micro-particles such as bacteria and motile colloids.  Recently\, the Quincke instability (spontaneous spinning of a dielectric particle in an applied uniform DC field) has attracted great interest as a means of propelling colloids\, by simply letting the particles roll on a surface.   In this talk\, I will present our experiments showing how Quincke rollers\, previously studied mainly as active Brownian particles\, can be designed to perform Run-and-Tumble-like locomotion mimicking bacteria such as E. coli. Populations of the Quincke random walkers self-organize and exhibit behaviors reminiscent of bacterial suspensions such as dynamic clusters and mesoscale turbulent-like flows. When enclosed in a drop\, the Quincke rollers drive strong shape fluctuations and drop motility resembling amoeba crawling. I will also discuss some novel collective dynamics of Quincke rotors levitating in a bulk fluid: unlike the rollers\, the “hovers” form crystals\, chains and other dynamical assemblies. \nBio: \nPetia M. Vlahovska received a PhD in chemical engineering from Yale (2003) and MS in chemistry from Sofia University\, Bulgaria (1994). She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Membrane Biophysics Lab at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and spent ten years on the faculty at Dartmouth College and Brown University\, before joining the faculty at Northwestern University in 2017. Her research is in fluid dynamics\, membrane biophysics\, and soft matter. Dr. Vlahovska is the recipient of David Crighton Fellowship (2005)\, NSF Career Award (2009) and a Humboldt Fellowship (2016). In 2019\, she was elected fellow of the American Physical Society. \nPlease email Alyssa Ramsey at a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/active-colloidal-fluids-a-new-paradigm-in-self-assembly/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210322T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210322T110000
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SUMMARY:Chemical Engineering Graduate Program Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Please join faculty\, staff\, and current students to learn more about graduate programs in the Chemical Engineering Department on March 22 at 10:00 AM EST. \nRegistration may be found at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dhul9DvaSamlRIyBYkJtoQ \nA recording will be available for those who are unable to attend.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/chemical-engineering-graduate-program-webinar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210331T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210331T130000
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Engineering Approaches to Understand Functional Connectivity in Neocortex
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents:  \nDr. John A. White\, Ph.D \nProfessor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering\, Boston University \nEngineering Approaches to Understand Functional Connectivity in Neocortex \nAbstract\nThe mammalian neocortex is a crowning achievement of evolution. It is astronomically complex\, with around 100 billion computational elements\, each of which is staggeringly intricate by itself\, and on the order of 1016 synaptic connections. In this talk\, I plan to examine three questions related to the neocortex. First\, what are the consequences of component miniaturization for neural computation? Second\, how can we model neural computation on such a scale in a way that makes tractable predictions? Third\, what does distributed neural computation “look like?” The bulk of the talk will focus on testing strong predictions from the relatively simple stabilized supralinear network (SSN) model of how neocortical networks behave in resting wakefulness\, and how that behavior changes when the network is activated by sensory input or intentional movement. Our data are collected from mouse somatosensory cortex\, mainly under whole-cell patch clamp\, but also using genetically encoded calcium indicators. Our results are mainly compatible with the SSN model. \nBiography\nJohn A. White is Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He has joint appointments in the Program in Neuroscience and the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. He is PI and Program Director for BU BME’s long-standing NIGMS training grant in Quantitative Biology and Physiology. Prof. White received his BS in BME from Louisiana Tech University (1984)\, and his PhD in BME from Johns Hopkins University (1990). \nProfessor White’s research group uses engineering and computational approaches to study computation in single neurons and astrocytes\, as well as network interactions. He is a co-developer of RTXI\, the most widely used programming environment for virtual-reality-inspired experiments in neurophysiology\, and is known for describing the biophysical bases of neuronal oscillations and the factors that limit signal-to-noise in neurons and neuronal networks. His group has collaborated to develop new mouse lines\, and new scanning approaches\, for fluorescence imaging in neurons and astrocytes. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications\, has given over 150 invited lectures\, and has raised over $50M in external funding. White is a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society\, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering\, and the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering. In 2019\, White was elected President of the Biomedical Engineering Society. \nPlease email Alyssa Ramsey at a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-engineering-approaches-to-understand-functional-connectivity-in-neocortex/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210407T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210407T130000
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Engineered Autonomous Control of Metabolic Pathways
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nKristala L. J. Prather\, Ph.D.\nArthur D. Little Professor\, Department Executive Officer\, Department of Chemical Engineering\, MIT \nEngineered Autonomous Control of Metabolic Pathways \nAbstract\nMicrobial systems offer the opportunity to produce a wide variety of chemical compounds in a sustainable fashion. Economical production\, however\, requires processes that operate with high titer\, productivity\, and yield. One challenge towards maximizing yields is the need to use substrate for biomass\, resulting in a competing pathway that cannot merely be eliminated. Productivities may also be significantly influenced by the timing of expression of genes in the production pathway. Dynamic metabolic engineering has emerged as a means to address these and other impediments in strain performance. Ideally\, the triggers for dynamic control would be autonomous\, that is\, independent of any external intervention by the operator. We have developed such autonomous devices based on pathway-independent quorum-sensing circuits and have demonstrated their utility across several distinct metabolic pathways and with varying levels of complexity. In this talk\, I will describe our approach for development of these Metabolite Valves and results to date from their implementation. \nBiography\nKristala L.J. Prather is the Arthur D. Little Professor in and Executive Officer of the Department of Chemical\nEngineering at MIT. She received an S.B. degree from MIT in 1994 and Ph.D. from the University of California\, Berkeley (1999)\, and worked 4 years in BioProcess Research and Development at the Merck Research Labs prior to joining MIT. Her research interests are centered on the design and assembly of recombinant microorganisms for the production of small molecules\, with additional efforts in novel bioprocess design approaches. A particular focus is the elucidation of design principles for the production of unnatural organic compounds with engineered control of metabolic flux within the framework of the burgeoning field of synthetic biology. Prather is the recipient of an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2005)\, a Technology Review “TR35” Young Innovator Award (2007)\, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2010)\, the Biochemical Engineering Journal Young Investigator Award (2011)\, and the Charles Thom Award of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (2017). Additional honors include selection as the Van Ness Lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2012)\, as a Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (2014-2015)\, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS; 2018)\, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE; 2020). \nPlease email Alyssa Ramsey at a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-engineered-autonomous-control-of-metabolic-pathways/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T061828
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Tools for Analyzing and Repairing Biological Systems
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nDr. Edward S. Boyden\, Ph. D.\nY. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at MIT\nHoward Hughes Medical Institute\, McGovern Institute\nProfessor\, Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences\, Media Arts and Sciences\, and Biological Engineering\, MIT \nTools for Analyzing and Repairing Biological Systems \nAbstract \nUnderstanding and repairing complex biological systems\, such as the brain\, requires technologies for systematically observing and controlling these systems.  We are discovering new molecular principles that enable such technologies.  For example\, we discovered that one can physically magnify biological specimens by synthesizing dense networks of swellable polymer throughout them\, and then chemically processing the specimens to isotropically swell them.  This method\, which we call expansion microscopy\, enables ordinary microscopes to do nanoimaging – important for mapping the brain across scales.  Expansion of biomolecules away from each other also decrowds them\, enabling previously invisible nanostructures to be labeled and seen.  As a second example\, we discovered that microbial opsins\, genetically expressed in neurons\, could enable their electrical activities to be precisely controlled in response to light.  These molecules\, now called optogenetic tools\, enable causal assessment of how neurons contribute to behaviors and pathological states\, and are yielding insights into new treatment strategies for brain diseases.  Finally\, we are developing\, using new strategies such as robotic directed evolution\, fluorescent reporters that enable the precision measurement of signals such as voltage and calcium.  By fusing such reporters to self-assembling peptides\, they can be stably clustered within cells at random points\, distant enough to be resolved by a microscope\, but close enough to spatially sample the relevant biology. Such clusters\, which we call signaling reporter islands (SiRIs)\, permit many fluorescent reporters to be used within a single cell\, to simultaneously reveal relationships between different signals.  We share all these tools freely\, and aim to integrate the use of these tools so as to enable comprehensive understandings of neural circuits. \nBiography: \nEd Boyden is Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at MIT\, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the MIT McGovern Institute\, and professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences\, Media Arts and Sciences\, and Biological Engineering at MIT. He leads the Synthetic Neurobiology Group\, which develops tools for analyzing and repairing complex biological systems such as the brain\, and applies them systematically to reveal ground truth principles of biological function as well as to repair these systems. He co-directs the MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering\, which aims to develop new tools to accelerate neuroscience progress\, and is a faculty member of the MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences\, Computational & Systems Biology Initiative\, and Koch Institute. \nAmongst other recognitions\, he has received the Wilhelm Exner Medal (2020)\, the Croonian Medal (2019)\, the Lennart Nilsson Award (2019)\, the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (2019)\, the Rumford Prize (2019)\, the Canada Gairdner International Award (2018)\, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2016)\, the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015)\, the Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences (2015)\, the Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award (2013)\, the Grete Lundbeck Brain Prize (2013)\, the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (2013)\, the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award (three times\, 2012\, 2013\, and 2017)\, and the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize (2011). He was also named to the World Economic Forum Young Scientist list (2013) and the Technology Review World’s “Top 35 Innovators under Age 35” list (2006)\, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)\, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017)\, the National Academy of Inventors (2017)\, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2018). His group has hosted hundreds of visitors to learn how to use new biotechnologies\, and he also regularly teaches at summer courses and workshops in neuroscience\, and delivers lectures to the broader public (e.g.\, TED (2011)\, TED Summit (2016)\, World Economic Forum (2012\, 2013\, 2016)). \nEd received his Ph.D. in neurosciences from Stanford University as a Hertz Fellow\, working in the labs of Jennifer Raymond and Richard Tsien\, where he discovered that the molecular mechanisms used to store a memory are determined by the content to be learned. In parallel to his PhD\, as an independent side project\, he co-invented optogenetic control of neurons\, which is now used throughout neuroscience. Previously\, he studied chemistry at the Texas Academy of Math and Science at the University of North Texas\, starting college at age 14\, where he worked in Paul Braterman’s group on origins of life chemistry. He went on to earn three degrees in electrical engineering and computer science\, and physics\, from MIT\, graduating at age 19\, while working on quantum computing in Neil Gershenfeld’s group. Long-term\, he hopes that understanding how the brain generates the mind will help provide a deeper understanding of the human condition\, and perhaps help humanity achieve a more enlightened state. \nPlease email Alyssa Ramsey at a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-tools-for-analyzing-and-repairing-biological-systems/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T130000
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SUMMARY:Che Seminar Series: Creating Inclusive Spaces in the Curriculum to Improve the Classroom Climate
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: Dr. Matthew Lee \nMatthew Lee\, PhD \nTeaching Professor of Human Services \nNortheastern University \nCreating Inclusive Spaces in the Curriculum to Improve the Classroom Climate \nAbstract: In this Distinguished Lecture\, Professor Matthew Lee\, PhD\, from the Human Services Program at Northeastern\, will discuss his life\, career\, and lifelong commitment to equity and diversity for college students. Drawing on his years of experience engaged in intergroup dialogue\, research\, teaching study abroad\, and anti-racist training\, Dr. Lee will describe some lessons for attendees to consider in developing a more inclusive curriculum and climate. Question & answer period to take place during the session. \nBio: Dr. Matthew Lee received his PhD in Clinical and Community Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has taught courses in counseling theory and practice\, cross-cultural psychology\, ethnic identity and conflict (in Romania\, Germany\, Poland\, and Croatia)\, intro to psychology\, lifespan development\, developmental psychology\, race and empowerment\, Asian American identity\, psychology and literature\, and senior capstone. \nHis research examines campus climate and advocacy for diversity/inclusion in the classroom\, and Asian American mental health as it relates to experiences of microaggressions that may be associated with phenotype or socialization.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-creating-inclusive-spaces-in-the-curriculum-to-improve-the-classroom-climate/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T061828
CREATED:20210420T180408Z
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Biomaterials to unlock the regenerative capacity of tissues
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presets: Dr. Tatiana Segura \nTatiana Segura\, PhD \nProfessor of Biomedical Engineering\, Duke University \nBiomaterials to unlock the regenerative capacity of tissues \nAbstract: Injectable materials that can conform to the shape of a desired space are used in a variety of fields including medicine. The ability to fill a tissue defect with an injectable material can be used for example to deliver drugs\, augment tissue volume\, or promote repair of an injury. This talk will explore the development of injectable materials that are based on assembled particle building blocks\, for tissue repair. We find that using microparticle building blocks to build the scaffold generates a porous network by the space left behind between adjacent building blocks. Due to the injectability of this microporous material we have explored its wide applicability to tissue repair applications ranging from skin to brain wounds. In this talk\, I will describe how MAP scaffolds can modulate the wound healing immune response and lead to regenerative wound healing. \nBiography: Professor Tatiana Segura received her BS degree in Bioengineering from the University of California Berkeley and her doctorate in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University. Her graduate work in designing and understanding non-viral gene delivery from hydrogel scaffolds was supervised by Prof. Lonnie Shea. She pursued post-doctoral training at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology\, Lausanne under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell\, where her focus was self-assembled polymer systems for gene and drug delivery. Professor Segura’s Laboratory studies the use of materials for minimally invasive in situ tissue repair. On this topic\, she has published 113 peered reviewed publications to date. She has been recognized with the Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy\, the American Heart Association National Scientist Development Grant\, and the CAREER award from National Science Foundation. She was Elected to the College of Fellows at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE) in 2017. She spent the first 11 years of her career at UCLA department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and has recently relocated to Duke University\, where she holds appointments in Biomedical Engineering\, Neurology and Dermatology.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-biomaterials-to-unlock-the-regenerative-capacity-of-tissues/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T130000
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SUMMARY:COE CommLab/Khoury College Writing Retreat
DESCRIPTION:College of Engineering PhD students are invited to join us for a writing retreat July 20 – 22.  The aim of this retreat is to create sustained writing time for researchers to work in a calm\, supportive environment on a longer project.  Studies have shown that an academic writing retreat supports productivity and progress while also encouraging helpful guidance from peers. \nOur virtual retreat is organized around alternating periods of quiet work on individual projects with collective sessions on topics related to research writing. Each of the three days begins with a welcome message and group gathering. On the last day\, we’ll wrap up the retreat with a virtual lunch to share concluding thoughts. \nRegister here for this event by June 24.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/coe-commlab-khoury-college-writing-retreat/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T061828
CREATED:20210921T173948Z
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Materials Innovation in Nanotechnologies
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nDr. Paulette Clancy\, Ph.D\nHead of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University \nMaterials Innovation in Nanotechnologies \nAbstract\nThere are many problems at the forefront of materials chemistry whose solution is stymied by its inherent complexity. Such problems are characterized by a rich landscape of parameters and processing variables that is combinatorially too large for either an experimental or a computational approach to solve through an exhaustive search. In such cases\, the usual approach is an Edisonian trial-and-error approach\, which inevitably leaves areas of parameter space unexplored. The problems that we have explored are also characterized by a scarcity of data\, since the data are expensive to acquire\, both experimentally and computationally. This makes it an ideal candidate to solve using a Bayesian optimization (BayesOpt) approach.\nWe have used a Bayesian approach to study several problems in self-assembly processes involving materials chemistry. This talk will discuss two mature test cases in which we used BayesOpt extensively to study (1) how to optimize the choice of solvent and halides to produce high quality thin films of lead-based hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites and (2) identify stable and metastable polymorphs of an organic semiconducting material. I will end with some ideas of where the BayesOpt field can expand its use in the chemical sciences and share some “lessons learned” in implementing BayesOpt and machine learning\, which may be helpful to others who decide to start adding machine learning to their research repertoire. \nBiography\nPaulette Clancy is a Professor and the inaugural Head of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. She is also the Samuel and Diane Bodman Professor Emerita of Chemical Engineering at Cornell. She is the Associate Director of the Hopkins Center for Integrated Structure-Materials Modeling and Simulation. She was the inaugural Director of the Cornell Institute for Computational Science and Engineering for almost 10 years and is reprising a similar role at Hopkins\, chairing our petascale research computing resources\, ARCH.\nHer research group is recognized as one of the country’s leading computational groups in atomic- scale modeling of materials and algorithm development. Her current thrust is to develop machine learning algorithms to accelerate the search for optimal materials processing protocols. Her group has always been focused on electronic materials\, but it also includes more esoteric projects include xenobiology (Life on Titan) and a screening of therapeutic oligomers to maximize antibacterial ability. She has won numerous awards for mentoring\, service learning and civic engagement\, and promoting those from under- represented groups.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-materials-innovation-in-nanotechnologies/
LOCATION:108 SN
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T061828
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Learning about Biological Interactions\, Recognition\, and Targeted Delivery Through Surface Forces
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nDr. Tonya Kuhl \nProfessor and Chair\, Department of Chemical Engineering\, UC Davis \nLearning about biological interactions\, recognition\, and targeted delivery through surface forces \nAbstract: \nThe promoters of cell adhesion are ligands\, which are often attached to semi-flexible tethers that bind to surface receptors on adjacent cells. Drug delivery systems\, such as Stealth Liposomes\, have also attempted to use biological specificity to target therapeutic payloads. Using a combination of Monte Carlo simulations\, diffusion reaction theory\, and direct experiments (surface force measurements)\, we have quantified how polymer tethers alter the interaction and binding/capture based on biospecificity (ligand-receptor binding). Experimental and theoretical results as a function of molecular weight and bi-modal distributions will be discussed to enable rational design. \nBiography: \nTonya Kuhl\, is Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering\, the co-Director of the UC Davis Coffee Center (and co-instructor and developer of ECH 1 “The Design of Coffee”)\, and a faculty member of the Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering Graduate Groups. Her Bachelors was from the University of Arizona and Ph.D. from UCSB\, both in chemical engineering. Her research interests are in the general area of colloidal science\, self-assembly\, and complex fluids.  In particular\, the Kuhl group studies a wide range of systems from surfactants\, lipids and proteins to polymer coatings\, nanoparticles and confined fluids. The common theme is that “interfaces are where stuff happens”.  Her group studies interfaces by directly measuring the normal interactions (attractive and repulsive) between surfaces and their lateral friction using specialized high resolution force spectroscopy. Complementary x-ray and neutron scattering measurements are used to measure the exact film structure on a molecular level\, enabling a fundamental understanding of how surface film structure and experimental conditions yield the measured properties.  Rather than more empirical\, “guess and test”\, approaches for improvement in properties or functionality – the Kuhl group uses direct measurements and theory to enable predictive modeling and rational design.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-learning-about-biological-interactions-recognition-and-targeted-delivery-through-surface-forces/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211006T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211006T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T061828
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SUMMARY:Showcase of Opportunities for Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor (SOURCE)
DESCRIPTION:Calling all Huskies! Learn more about what cutting-edge research and creative endeavor look like at Northeastern. This is your chance to talk one-on-one with faculty from across the colleges about their research – and how you can get involved in projects during your time at Northeastern. Not everyone will have open positions right now but you’ll get a chance to see the range of work that’s happening and begin to make connections that you can build for the rest of your time at Northeastern. \nBefore you attend\, here’s some advice to consider. \n\nTake a look and see who’ll be there. We have an online database of attendees. Go through it and learn more about the project areas and visit the researcher/creative practitioner web pages. This will help prepare you for a conversation and help you ask any questions you might have.\nGet ready for a conversation from your end. Think about goals you have \, as well as your current interests and skills and those that you want to develop. How does what you have read about the various projects align with what you know about yourself and your interests? Take a minute to practice a simple declarative sentence\, “My name is ____________. I study ____________. I think that this part of your work ____________ is interesting because of this intellectual reason/moral imperative/grand impact ____________.  I’d love to learn more about it because of this previous experience ____________ and these skills ____________ and my long-term interest in ____________.  How I can get involved?” You might not know how to fill in all of the blanks right now (that’s why you’re in school) but see how close you can get.  When you know who you are\, what you value\, and how you can contribute — and get some practice saying it out loud– being confident becomes easier.\nRemember\, not every faculty member will have open positions now — but a good impression lasts a long time. You can’t go wrong with being polite and courteous.   Address faculty members as Professor until told otherwise (better to err on the side of formality).\nKeep in mind your time! If you want to be involved in research or creative practice\, a good thing to keep in mind is that faculty members will commit a lot of time to training and mentoring their undergraduates. They’re investing time\, energy\, and expertise in their mentees and want to know that you will make time for the projects\, show up consistently\, and ideally be with them for longer than a semester if possible. The learning curve of most projects is steep and it takes some time to get to the meatiest parts of the work. Be honest with yourself about the commitment you can make\, be frank with your faculty mentors\, and stick to your word. Communication and honesty in relationships\, including the mentoring relationship\, is key.\n\nSOURCE is a collaboration between Bouvé College of Health Sciences; College of Arts\, Media and Design; College of Engineering; College of Science; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; D’Amore-McKim School of Business; and Khoury College of Computer Science. It is coordinated by Undergraduate Research and Fellowships on behalf of the Office of the Chancellor.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/showcase-of-opportunities-for-undergraduate-research-and-creative-endeavor/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T061828
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Chemo-mechanics and solid-state batteries
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nDr. Kelsey Hatzell\, Ph.D \nAssistant Professor in the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment \nAssistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \nPrinceton University \nChemo-mechanic and solid-state batteries \nAbstract: Transportation accounts for 23% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions and electrification is a pathway toward ameliorating these growing challenges.  All solid-state batteries could potentially address the safety and driving range requirements necessary for widespread adoption of electric vehicles. However\, the power densities of all-solid-state batteries are limited because of ineffective ion transport at solid|solid interfaces. New insight into the governing physics that occur at intrinsic and extrinsic interfaces are critical for developing engineering strategies for the next generation of energy-dense batteries. However\, buried solid|solid interfaces are notoriously difficult to observe with traditional bench-top and lab-scale experiments. In this talk\, I discuss opportunities for tracking phenomena and mechanisms in all solid-state batteries in-situ using advanced synchrotron techniques. Synchrotron techniques that combine reciprocal and real space techniques are capable of tracking multi-scale structural phenomena from the nano- to meso-scale. This talk will discuss the role microstructure plays on transport and interfacial properties that govern adhesion. Quantification of salient descriptors of structure in solid-state batteries is critical for understanding the mechanochemical nature of all solid-state batteries. \nBiography: Dr. Hatzell is an assistant professor at Princeton university in the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment and department of Mechanical and aerospace engineering. Hatzell’s group primarily work on energy storage and is particularly interested at using non-equilibrium x-ray techniques to probe batteries during operando experimentation. \nDr. Hatzell earned her Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering at Drexel University\, her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University\, and her B.S./B.A. in Engineering/Economics from Swarthmore College. Hatzell’s research group works on understanding phenomena at solid|liquid and solid|solid interfaces and works broadly i9n energy storage and conversion. Hatzell is the recipient of several awards including the ORAU Powe Junior Faculty Award (2017)\, NSF CAREER Award (2019)\, ECS Toyota Young Investigator Award (2019)\, finalist for the BASF/Volkswagen Science in Electrochemistry Award (2019)\, the Ralph “Buck” Robinson award from MRS (2019)\, Sloan Fellowship in Chemistry (2020)\, and POLiS Award of Excellence for Female Researchers (2021). \nPlease contact a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the seminar link. \n  \n 
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-chemo-mechanics-and-solid-state-batteries/
LOCATION:108 SN
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211020T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211020T130000
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Towards Sustainable Energy and Materials: Carbon Capture\, Utilization and Storage
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nDr. A.-H. Alissa Park\, Ph.D \nLenfest Earth Institute Professor of Climate Change\nDepartment of Earth and Environmental Engineering & Department of Chemical Engineering\nDirector of the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy\,\nColumbia University \nTowards Sustainable Energy and Materials: Carbon Capture\, Utilization and Storage  \nAbstract: \nIn order to meet the ever-increasing global energy demands while stabilizing the atmospheric CO2 level\, the development of carbon capture\, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies is one of the critical needs. In particular\, there has been significant efforts to develop CO2 capture solvents and some (e.g.\, amine-based aqueous solvents) have shown very promising results. Unfortunately\, the energy requirement for the current aqueous solvent systems is still considered to be too high. Thus\, efforts have been focused on the development of second and third-generation CO2 capture solvents which are often water-free. Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Materials (NOHMs) are a new class of organic-inorganic hybrids that consist of a hard nanoparticle core functionalized with a molecular organic corona that possesses a high degree of chemical and physical tunability. It has recently been discovered that NOHMs have interesting electrolyte properties which may allow the CO2 capture to be pulled by the in-situ CO2 conversion reactions. The development of these unique nanoscale hybrid materials will not only advance CO2 capture materials design but also introduce unique research opportunities in various energy and environmental fields. This seminar will discuss the challenges and opportunities of different CO2 capture and conversion pathways including Negative Emission Technologies (e.g.\, Direct Air Capture) that can allow the development of circular carbon and hydrogen economy using renewable energy. \nBio: \nAh-Hyung (Alissa) Park is the Lenfest Earth Institute Professor of Climate Change in the Departments of Earth and Environmental Engineering & Chemical Engineering at Columbia University. She is also the Director of the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy. Her research focuses on sustainable energy and materials conversion pathways with emphasis on integrated Carbon Capture\, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) technologies addressing climate change. Park group is also working on Direct Air Capture of CO2 and Negative Emission Technologies including BioEnergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) and sustainable construction materials with low carbon intensity. Park received a number of professional awards and honors including the U.S. C3E Research Award (2018)\, PSRI Lectureship Award in Fluidization at AIChE (2018)\, ACS Energy and Fuels Division – Emerging Researcher Award (2018)\, ACS WCC Rising Star Award (2017)\, and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2009). Park also led a number of global and national discussions on CCUS including the Mission Innovation Workshop on Carbon Capture\, Utilization and Storage in 2017 and the National Petroleum Council CCUS Report in 2019. She is an elected Fellow of AIChE\, AAAS\, ACS\, and RSC. \n  \nPlease contact a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the remote seminar link.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-towards-sustainable-energy-and-materials-carbon-capture-utilization-and-storage/
LOCATION:108 SN
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T130000
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Engineering directed Transport and Collective Dynamics of Charged Colloids under Electric Fields
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nDr. Carlos A. Silvera Batista \nDepartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering \nVanderbilt University \nEngineering directed Transport and Collective Dynamics of Charged Colloids under Electric Fields \nAbstract: \nGradients in electrical potential (electric fields)\, along with gradients in concentration of ionic species\, are a principal way to control the motion of colloids. The surface and body forces that electric fields exert on anisotropic colloids have opened new applications in self-propulsion\, transport of cargo\, dynamic assembly\, and directed assembly. This talk focuses on the long-range transport of charged colloids\, as well as on the dynamic assembly of anisotropic and active colloids. In the first part\, we present a study of the dynamics of charged colloids under direct currents and gradients of chemical species (electrodiffusiophoresis). In our approach\, we developed a method to simultaneously visualize the progression of concentration polarization and the ensuing dynamics of charged colloids near electrodes. With the aid of confocal microscopy\, we show that the passage of current through water induce the focusing and aggregation of charged colloids away from both electrodes. Preliminary experiments show that this phenomenon can potentially be useful to perform focusing\, trapping and separation operations in lab-on-a-chip devices. In the second part\, we discuss strategies to tailor the propulsion and collective dynamics of Janus particles (JPs) under electric fields. We engineer the relaxation time of JPs by controlling the properties of the medium and the particles. The insights from this study provide helpful quantitative information for the design of colloidal machines with targeted propulsion\, interparticle interactions and collective dynamics. In addition\, our results provide the experimental basis for the design of non-equilibrium strategies for materials fabrication. \nBio: \nDr. Carlos A. Silvera Batista initiated undergraduate studies in chemical engineering at the Universidad de San Buenaventura (Cartagena\, Colombia) and subsequently obtained a bachelor’s degree from the City College of New York (CCNY). Dr. Silvera began his research trajectory as an LSAMP scholar under the guidance of Prof. Ilona Kretzschmar (CCNY). After earning a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Florida\, Dr. Silvera held postdoctoral positions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and at the University of Michigan\, where he received the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship. Currently\, as an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University\, his research interest is on the electrokinetics and directed assembly of colloidal systems.  His research work has resulted in over 20 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact scientific journals\, such as JACS\, ACS Nano\, Langmuir and Science. \n 
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-engineering-directed-transport-and-collective-dynamics-of-charged-colloids-under-electric-fields/
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SUMMARY:LEADERs Event: AI Challenges in the Deployment of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will help attendees learn about integrating AI in auto industry. While AI has been able to achieve remarkable success over the last 10 years\, can it really be trusted?  What does trustworthy AI look like in the context of connected vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)?  To create an ADAS for all\, it’s paramount that the AI systems in the vehicle be trusted and work for everyone.  This is especially important given the nature of ADAS as a safety-critical\, cyber-physical\, and people-centric system of systems.  In this talk\, the presenter will outline a number of challenges in building AI systems which could potentially be deployed in future ADAS. \nSpeaker Dr. Jacob Bond leads trustworthy AI research at General Motors R&D.  In addition to his work on ensuring AI systems in the vehicle can be trusted\, his research looks at how to keep AI systems private and how to ensure cloud and vehicle systems can establish secure communications.  After receiving a Ph.D. in computational mathematics and cryptography from Purdue University\, he joined General Motors’ Product Cybersecurity organization\, focusing on applications of public-key cryptography.  Jacob then began investigating the security of AI systems\, moving to GM R&D and expanding his work to encompass the trustworthiness of AI systems.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/leaders-event-ai-challenges-in-the-deployment-of-advanced-driver-assistance-systems/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211102T100000
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SUMMARY:Chemical Engineering Programs Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Please join faculty and graduate admissions staff at a webinar discussing the Chemical Engineering departmental program offerings and experiential learning opportunities in the Graduate School of Engineering.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/chemical-engineering-programs-webinar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211103T120000
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Detection\, Prediction\, and Visualization of Monolayer Phase Separation on Metallic Nanoparticles
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nDr. David L. Green \nMaterials Science\, Chemical Engineering\, and Mechanical Engineering Departments \nUniversity of Virginia \nAbstract: The goal is to gain fundamental insights into the factors that dictate the synthesis of monolayer-protected nanoparticles and translate them into rational design strategies for novel functional soft materials. He is interested in monolayer self-assembly\, polymer grafting\, and nanoparticle dispersion. He studies how to exert control over the interface of nanoparticles\, which dictates their degree of compatibility with and assembly in soft materials\, provides reactive sites for attachment of molecules\, such as drug payloads\, and tunes detectable properties\, such as the surface plasmon to a wavelength of interest. David Green is particularly interested in the development of nanoparticles coated with monolayers from mixtures of organic molecules that may also self-assemble into advantageous patterns. As pattern formation in self-assembled monolayers is inextricably linked to their intermolecular interactions\, a key research challenge is the integration of experimental and theoretical techniques to enable de novo design of patterned nanoparticles. \nBio: David Green is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He and his team collaborate with chemists\, physicists\, pharmacists\, and oncologists to develop design principles for monolayer-protected nanoparticles.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-detection-prediction-and-visualization-of-monolayer-phase-separation-on-metallic-nanoparticles/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T120000
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series: Designing Optically Active Semiconductor Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nDr. Allison Dennis \nAssistant Professor\, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering \nBoston University \nAbstract: \nAlthough the unique optoelectronic properties of semiconductor nanoparticle quantum dots (QDs) enable a variety of commercial products including display technology\, solid state lighting\, and photovoltaics\, different design criteria need to be considered to use these nanoparticles in biomedical devices. Here\, I will discuss how we tailor the composition and optical properties of QDs for a variety of biosensing and bioimaging applications. For example\, I’ll describe how we use bright red and green emitting QDs in a rapid\, instrument-free assay to detect small molecules such as antibiotics in complex water samples and use near infrared and shortwave infrared emitters to improve the clarity and resolution of in vivo imaging in mice. Finally\, I’ll describe how biodegradable and biocompatible plasmonic semiconductor nanoparticles could be used to overcome barriers to clinical translation for photoaccoustic imaging and photothermal therapy applications. Notably\, the efforts to remove heavy metals from the nanoparticles compositions also reduces the environmental impact of QDs developed for energy applications. By carefully considering material properties and engineering design choices\, we develop semiconductor nanoparticles for a wide variety of applications. \nBio: \nAllison Dennis is an assistant professor in Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University. After graduating with a B.S. in Bioengineering and B.A. in German from Rice University\, Prof. Dennis pursued nanobiotechnology research with Prof. Achim Göpferich in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Regensburg in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar. This research direction was continued during her Ph.D. work with Prof. Gang Bao at the Georgia Institute of Technology and post-doctoral research with Dr. Jennifer Hollingsworth at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Los Alamos National Laboratory. At Boston University\, the Dennis Lab engages the fundamental material properties of heterostructured semiconductor nanoparticles to optimize them for sensing\, imaging\, fundamental photophysical investigations\, and energy applications. The Dennis Lab appreciates past and current support from intramural and extramural sources including the NIH\, NSF\, and the BU Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-designing-optically-active-semiconductor-nanoparticles-for-biomedical-applications/
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