The Fifth Annual Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Symposium
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Mary Gates Hall, Room 389
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The Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Symposium will be held on September 20th. This event provides an excellent opportunity for graduate students to share their work to representatives from industry. For industry representatives this event is a chance to learn about the exciting research being done at the UW, meet future research leaders, and help improve the quality of graduate education in the chemical engineering department. Dr. Montgomery Alger, Chief Technology Officer of Air Products and Chemicals will give a keynote address at the event.
Symposium Schedule
| 8:30 am | Light Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Welcome Address from Professor Lilo D. Pozzo |
| 9:15 am | Research Talks from Graduate Students |
| 11:00 am | Keynote Address from Dr. Montgomery Alger |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Research Talks from Graduate Students |
| 3:30 pm | Poster Session/Mixer |
List of Presenters
| Presenter Name | Advisor | Abstract Title |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Chen | Hong Shen | Effects of particle size on toll-like receptor 9-mediated cytokine profiles |
| Brandon Coyle | François Baneyx | Preferential Binding of Peptides with Differential Affinity for sp2-hybridized and sp3-hybridized Alloforms of Carbon |
| Taeshik Earmme | Samson Jenekhe | High Performance Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (PhOLEDs) Enabled by Orthogonal Solution-Processed Electron-Transport Layer |
| J. Alaina Floyd | Buddy Ratner | Localized Brain Tumor Therapy, Temporally-Staged with Drug Encapsulated Polymeric Microspheres |
| Matt Gacek | John Berg | Acid-Base Charging of Mineral Oxides in Apolar Media |
| Robert McCarthy | Hugh Hillhouse | The Electrical Characterization of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and Cu2ZnZn(S,Se)4 Photovoltaic Devices Deposited by Nanocrystal Inks |
| Greg Newbloom | Lilo D. Pozzo | In Situ Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Property Development During the Self-Assembly of Conjugated Polymer Organogels |
| Guoqiang Ren | Samson Jenekhe | Photoinduced Hole Transfer Becomes Suppressed with Diminished Driving Force in Polymer-Fullerene Solar Cells While Electron Transfer Remains Active |
| Trent Silbaugh | Charlie Campbell | Experimental determination of the enthalpy of formation of monodentate and bidentate formate on Pt(111) |
| Andrew White | Shaoyi Jiang | Resisting Nonspecific Interactions in Biology through Experiments, Modeling, and Simulations |