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SUMMARY:How green hydrogen is made
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nMarc T.M. Koper \nLeiden Institute of Chemistry \nLeiden University\, Leiden\, The Netherlands \nAbstract:  \nThe electrocatalytic production of hydrogen through water splitting is a necessary approach for storing (excess) renewable electricity as chemical energy in fuels\, and for making green hydrogen as a building block for the chemical industry. Here\, I will discuss recent advances and challenges in the mechanistic understanding of electrochemical H2 formation. Specifically\, I will show that H2O activation is influenced by an intricate interplay between surface structure (both on the nano- and on the mesoscale)\, electrolyte effects (pH\, ion effects) and mass transport conditions. This complex interplay is currently still far from being completely understood. \nBio: \nMarc Koper is Professor of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis at Leiden University\, The Netherlands. He received his PhD degree (1994) from Utrecht University (The Netherlands) with a thesis on nonlinear dynamics and oscillations in electrochemistry. He was an EU Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ulm (Germany) and a Fellow of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) at Eindhoven University of Technology\, before moving to Leiden University in 2005. His research in Leiden focuses on fundamental aspects of electrocatalysis\, theoretical and computational electrochemistry\, and electrochemical surface science\, in relation to renewable energy and chemistry. He has received various national and international awards\, among which the Spinoza Prize of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (2021)\, Allen J. Bard Award for Electrochemical Science of The Electrochemical Society (2020)\, the Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry Award (2019)\, and the Faraday Medal (2017) from the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is currently President of the International Society of Electrochemistry.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/how-green-hydrogen-is-made/
LOCATION:236 Richards\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T120000
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SUMMARY:Leveraging the Natural Cellular and Biomolecular Interactions in Blood for the Design of Targeted\, Anti-Inflammatory Particle Therapeutics
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents:  \nDr. Omolola (Lola) Eniola-Adefeso \nAssociate Dean for Graduate and Professional Education in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor \nAbstract:  \nVascular-targeted particle therapeutics offer the possibility of increased drug effectiveness while minimizing side effects often associated with systemic drug administration. Factors that influence the likelihood of targeted particle therapeutics to reach the vascular wall are the ability to identify: 1) a disease-specific target\, 2) the appropriate drug carrier type and geometry for efficient interaction with the vascular wall\, and 3) a drug-carrier combination that allows for the desired release of the targeted therapeutics. Our work focuses on probing the role of particle geometry\, material chemistry\, and blood rheology/dynamics on the ability of vascular-targeted drug carriers to interact with the blood vessel wall – an important consideration that will control the effectiveness of drug targeting regardless of the targeted disease or delivered therapeutically. This presentation will highlight the carrier-blood cell interactions that affect drug carrier binding to the vascular wall and alter critical neutrophil functions in disease. The talk will present the material design parameters for optimal drug carriers’ design for active and passive use in treating acute lung injury and other inflammatory diseases. \nBio: \nDr. Omolola (Lola) Eniola-Adefeso is the University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering and the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Education in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.  She received a doctoral degree (2004) in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. She was a postdoctoral associate in the Pediatrics/Leukocyte Biology at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Eniola-Adefeso joined the faculty of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan in 2006\, where she runs the Cell Adhesion and Drug Delivery Laboratory.   Since she arrived at Michigan\, Dr. Eniola-Adefeso has received several honors and awards\, including the NSF CAREER Award\, American Heart Association Innovator Award\, and most recently\, the BMES MIDCAREER Award. She is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and the Biomedical Engineering Society and serves as Deputy Editor for Science Advances. Her research is currently funded by multiple grants from the NIH NHLBI\, American Heart Association\, and the National Science Foundation. \n 
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/leveraging-the-natural-cellular-and-biomolecular-interactions-in-blood-for-the-design-of-targeted-anti-inflammatory-particle-therapeutics/
LOCATION:236 Richards\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T120000
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SUMMARY:Engineered cellular models to explore human disease heterogeneity
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents:  \nAlison McGuigan\, PhD \nProfessor\, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry\, University of Toronto \nAbstract: \nEx vivo culture models provide powerful tools to interrogate the role of tumour heterogeneity in human cancers. Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) are emerging as powerful models to capture the genetic heterogeneity of human tumors. However\, extrinsic factors present in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of a tumour\, such as the presence of stromal cells and gradients of small molecules such as oxygen\, also affect cancer phenotype and response to therapy. This talk will describe tissue-engineered platforms we have developed 1) to enable controlled assembly and disassembly of organoid structures to study the impact of both genetic and microenvironmental heterogeneity on tumor cell behavior and 2) to explore tumour microenvironment remodelling\, heterogeneity in response to therapy\, and potential to re-grow after therapy. \nBio: \nDr. Alison McGuigan is a Professor in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry and the Institute for Biomedical Engineering at University of Toronto. She obtained her undergraduate degree from University of Oxford\, her PhD from University of Toronto working\, and completed Post Doctoral Fellowships at Harvard University and Stanford School of Medicine. Dr. McGuigan research group is focused on the engineering of tissue models to explore mechanisms of disease and regeneration. Dr. McGuigan has established strategies to generate multi-component tissue systems with specified organization. Furthermore\, she has pioneered the design of tissue platforms for smart data acquisition\, with a focus on stratifying heterogeneous bulk data by cell population\, by spatial location\, or by time. In recognition of Dr. McGuigan’s work she has received numerous awards including the 2013 TERMIS-AM Young Investigator Award\, and the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Hatch Innovation Award. In 2018 was elected to the Royal Society of Canada-College of New Scholars\, Artists and Scientists and in 2022 she was elected a Fellow of TERM by the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society. She serves on the executive leadership team of CFREF Medicine by Design program and on the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) incubation and outreach committee.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/engineered-cellular-models-to-explore-human-disease-heterogeneity/
LOCATION:236 Richards\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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SUMMARY:Modular and Composite Approaches to Engineering Challenging Tissues with Polysaccharide Materials
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nHoward W.T. Matthew\, PhD \nProfessor\, Chemical Engineering\, Wayne State University \nAbstract: \nPolysaccharides have long been recognized as polymeric materials with an array of properties that have made them indispensable for applications ranging from adhesives to property-enhancing nanomaterials.  As a result\, they have found wide acceptance as food and drug additives.  Over the past thirty years\, a growing body of work has served to raise their profile as effectors and modulators of receptor-based phenomena including immune recognition as well as cell-matrix\, cell-pathogen\, and cell-growth factor interactions.  However\, these materials remained underutilized as components of implantable systems.  Within the last decade\, the explosion of research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine has increased demand for biologically active materials\, and polysaccharides are receiving greater attention for their ability to facilitate tissue assembly and organization in vitro and in vivo.  While many polysaccharides possess potentially useful biological activities\, their mode of application has mainly been in bulk hydrogel form.  The Matthew group has been working with polyelectrolyte ionic complexes formed between oppositely charged polysaccharides.  These ionic complex membranes can be rendered as hollow microcapsules of controllable size.  This presentation will describe our ongoing studies focused on deploying these capsules as a versatile tool for generating tissue organoids and as a platform for assembling vascularized tissues with a range of physical and biological properties. \nBio: \nHoward Matthew is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit\, Michigan.  He received a B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering (1984) from the University of the West Indies\, Trinidad.  After two years in the food processing industry\, he joined Wayne State University for graduate studies\, receiving an M.S. degree in 1988 and a Ph.D. in 1992.  He conducted two years of postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital.  He then joined the WSU faculty as an Assistant Professor in 1994.  He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Early Faculty CAREER Award (1996)\, and was elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE\, 2012).  His research spans the fields of biomaterials and tissue engineering\, focusing on the use of polysaccharide materials in tissue design and assembly.  His work has two broad themes: modulating the mechanics and biological activity of polysaccharide materials; and developing methods to apply these materials in cell and tissue-based therapies.  Target applications include: heart valves for pediatric applications\, designing transplantable liver tissue\, and regeneration of musculoskeletal structures after surgical or traumatic loss.  To date\, Prof. Matthew has been research supervisor for over 40 graduate students 55 undergraduates and 43 high school students. \n 
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/modular-and-composite-approaches-to-engineering-challenging-tissues-with-polysaccharide-materials/
LOCATION:236 Richards\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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SUMMARY:Figuring it out: Student Engagement towards Conceptual Understanding and Disciplinary Practice
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: Milo Korestky\nMcDonnell Family Bridge Professor\nCo-Director\, Institute for Learning on Research and Instruction (IRLI)\nDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering\nDepartment of Education\nTufts University \nAbstract: \nThere has been considerable emphasis recently in transitioning chemical engineering classroom instruction from transmission-based lectures to active learning. Active learning has been defined broadly as “anything that you have your students do in class that gets them to actively engage with the material you’re trying to teach.”  This talk focuses on student engagement – that is\, how students take up the challenging and complex work that we ask them to do as they form into professional engineers. I explore fundamental questions about student engagement in the active learning classroom: Engagement in what? Are there different kinds of engagement? I contrast two forms of engagement. The first looks at engagement for conceptual understanding using the Concept Warehouse\, a tool developed around concept-based active learning. The second addresses engagement in disciplinary practices. When engaged in disciplinary practices\, students use the concepts and discourses of engineering to “get somewhere” on an engineering task (develop a product\, gain a better understanding). Neither way is inherently more correct or better\, rather they are representations of learning that might provide useful ways to think about design choices within a certain context. \nBiography: \nMilo Koretsky is the McDonnell Family Bridge Professor and co-Director of the Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction (IRLI) at Tufts University. He holds a joint appointment in Chemical and Biological Engineering and in Education. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley\, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related to engineering education. His group works on integrating technology into effective educational practices that promote the use of higher-level cognitive and social skills in engineering problem-solving and in promoting change towards motivating faculty to use evidence-based instructional practices. A particular focus is on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex\, authentic problems and projects they face in professional practice. Dr. Koretsky has received recognition through university and international awards and is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education and a Fellow of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/figuring-it-out-student-engagement-towards-conceptual-understanding-and-disciplinary-practice/
LOCATION:236 Richards\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T120000
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SUMMARY:Catalytic treatment of water contaminated with halogenated hydrocarbons
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nUmit Ozkan\, Chair & University Distinguished Professor \nDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\, Ohio State University \nAbstract:  \nGroundwater contamination by halogenated compounds such as trichloroethylene (TCE) is an environmental concern due to their high level of toxicity and their potential impact on drinking water. Hydrogenation of chlorinated compounds offers an efficient and cost-effective way of decontaminating groundwater since it eliminates the chlorinated compounds by catalytically converting them to hydrocarbons and hydrogen chloride. Although promising conversions have been obtained with the palladium-based state-the-art catalysts\, slow kinetics at low temperatures and low concentrations as well as deactivation due to reduced sulfur and chlorine species (SO42-\, HS–\, Cl–) are still recurring problems. To overcome these issues\, we are using a newly-developed material\, a swellable organically modified silica (SOMS) as a catalyst scaffold. SOMS is a very hydrophobic material\, but it has a very high affinity for organics.  These characteristics allow the organic contaminants to concentrate inside the pores\, near the active sites\, hence helping the kinetics. Hydrophobicity serves as a deterrent to deactivation by keeping the water-dissolved poisons away from the active sites.  Activity measurements performed in liquid and gas phases as well as catalyst characterization results will be presented. \nBiography: \nUmit S. Ozkan is a Distinguished University Professor and a College of Engineering Distinguished Professor at The Ohio State University.  She received her Ph.D from Iowa State University in 1984 and joined the faculty of The Ohio State University in 1985. Between 2000 and 2005\, she also served as the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering. She held Visiting Scientist and Visiting Professor positions at the French IRCE-LYON and  Université Claude Bernard\, respectively.   Currently\, she is the Chair of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department. \nHer current research interests are focused on heterogeneous catalysis and electro-catalysis. Professor Ozkan has held and continues to hold many leadership positions in several professional organizations\, including ACS\, AIChE\, and North American Catalysis Society.   She is on the Editorial Boards of Catalysis Today\, Journal of Molecular Catalysis\, Catalysis Letters\, Topics in Catalysis\, The Royal Society of Chemistry Catalysis Book Series\, Applied Catalysis B\, ACS Applied Energy Materials\, Catalysis Reviews in Science and Engineering\, ACS Catalysis\, Journal of Catalysis\, and Nature Sustainability.   Dr. Ozkan is a Professional Engineer registered in Ohio.  She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAS)\, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)\, and American Chemical Society (ACS). \nProfessor Ozkan is the recipient of many honors and awards among which are ACS Henry H. Storch Award (2017)\, ACS Energy and Fuels Distinguished Researcher Award (2012)\, John van Geuns Lectureship Award at the Van’t Hoff Institute at the University of Amsterdam (2010)\, Iowa State University\, Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering (2010)\, AIChE Mentorship Excellence Award (2009)\, Fulbright Senior Scholar Award (2007)\, the Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award (2002. In 2013\, she was honored by a special volume of Topics in Catalysis. The volume included contributions from 35 different research groups from 12 different countries. In 2019\, she was again honored\, this time by a special volume of Catalysis Today. \nIn her research group\, Dr. Ozkan has advised and mentored over 100 graduate students\, post-doctoral researchers and honors students.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/catalytic-treatment-of-water-contaminated-with-halogenated-hydrocarbons/
LOCATION:236 Richards\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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SUMMARY:Deep Learning Guided Electrified Interfacial Chemical Processes
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nDr. Fanglin Che\, Assistant Professor \nDepartment of Chemical Engineering\, University of Massachusetts Lowell \nAbstract:  \nThe usability and costly storage issues of renewable electricity from solar or wind energy become major challenges on a global scale due to the daily and seasonal variability of sunlight or wind and the geographic inequality of energy needs. A promising solution to address the above challenges lies in electrified modular chemical processes\, which provide a sustainable approach to store the solar and wind electrical energy chemically. Theoretically determining and quantifying the roles of electrified interfacial structure and field-dipole interactions on controlling the activity and selectivity of chemical processes and then integrating these roles to establish deep collaborations between machine learning and electrified interfacial chemical processes is crucial for rationally designing these electrified modular systems for energy storage and sustainable chemical production. This talk will focus on two examples\, one is organic-inorganic interface and its impact on electrocatalysis of carbon dioxide and the other one is field-dipole interaction effects on sustainable ammonia synthesis. \nBiography: \nDr. Fanglin Che joined in Chemical Engineering department at UMass Lowell as an Assistant Professor in September\, 2019. Dr. Che earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Washington State University in December\, 2016\, under the advisement of Prof. Jean-Sabin McEwen. From 2017 to 2018\, she worked on electrocatalysis with Prof. Edward Sargent at University of Toronto as a Postdoctoral Researcher. From 2018 to 2019\, she worked on microwave heating as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Delaware in Prof. Dionisios G. Vlachos’s laboratory. The overarching goal of Dr. Che’s research at UMass Lowell is to advance the knowledge of electrified interfacial phenomena via building data-driven multi-scale and multi-physics computational models. A special focus is placed on electric field-induced chemistry\, electrocatalysis\, plasma catalysis\, and microwave catalysis. Her group is currently funded by NSF\, Navy\, and Army.
URL:https://che.northeastern.edu/event/deep-learning-guided-electrified-interfacial-chemical-processes/
LOCATION:236 Richards\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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