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2nd Annual
UW Department of Chemical Engineering

Graduate Student Symposium

Monday, Oct. 12

Schedule of Events

Time	Description
9 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.	Refreshments (HUB 209A)
9:20 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.	Introduction (HUB 209A)
9:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.	Presentation Session One (HUB 209A)
9:30 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.	Pei-Tzu Wu “Diblock Conjugated Copolymers: Synthesis, Morphology, Thin Film Transistors, and Photovoltaic Cells”
9:50 a.m. to 10:10 a.m.	Katie Weigandt “Structure of High Density Fibrin Networks Probed with Neutron Scattering and Rheology”
10:10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	Brent Nannenga "Influence of Trigger Factor and Signal Recognition Particle on Inner Membrane and Secretory Protein Production”
10:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.	Louisa Carr “Utilizing Hydrolysis and Mixed-Amine Ratio to Create an Enabling Technology for Effective Gene Delivery”
11:10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.	Presentation Session Two (HUB 209A)
11:10 a.m.to 11:30 a.m.	Saran Poovarodom “Charging of Colloidal Particles in Apolar Liquids”
11:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.	Dan Knorr “Molecular Mobility in Self-Assembled Dendritic Chromophore Glasses”
11:50 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.	Sirnegeda Techane “Surface Characterization and Simulation of Self- Assembled Monolayer Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles"
12:10 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.	Felix Sunjoo Kim “High-Performance Organic Electronic Devices based on Solution-Processable Copolymer Semiconductors”
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.	Lunch Break
2 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.	Presentation Session Three (HUB 209A)
2 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.	Joe Baio “Measuring the Orientation of Surface-Immobilized Protein G B1 using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and Sum Frequency Generation”
2:20 p.m to 2:40 p.m.	Bingbing Sun “Enabling customization of non-viral gene delivery systems for individual cell types by surface-induced mineralization”
2:40 p.m. to 3 p.m.	Joe Fairweather “Characterizing the Capillary Properties of PEMFC Gas Diffusion”
3 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.	Hai Nguyen “Mechanisms of cell death induced by gold nanoshell-based photothermal therapy “
3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.	Coffee Break
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.	Seminar: "Electrophoretic Traps for Protein- Protein Interactions" (PAB A114) Dr. Cornelius F. Ivory Professor, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.	Poster Session and Reception (Benson Lobby)

For more information, e-mail Kathleen Weigandt at weigandk@u.washington.edu.