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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Chemical Engineering Capstone Design Symposium

Capstone Design

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 3:00-5:00 pm

Location E6 - 1st and 3rd floor atriums

Project Poster Fair & Meet the Professor Night

Come and see the design project work completed by our graduating class.  Meet other students and professors.  Get ideas for your design projects or graduate work.

Applicants, Alumni and Members of the Public are welcome to attend

Friday, March 13, 2015 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar - “Biomaterials Topography for Stem Cell Regulation and Tissue Engineering Applications”, Evelyn KF Yim, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanobiology Institute Singapore, Department of Surgery, National University of Singapore

ABSTRACT:  Stem cells respond to both physical and biochemical changes in their stem cell niche. An ideal scaffold for tissue engineering application should mimic the microenvironment for natural tissue development and present the appropriate biochemical and topographical cues in a spatially controlled manner. Studies have shown that physical forces from the substrate topography play a role in stem cell proliferation, migration and cell fate determination.

Friday, March 6, 2015 11:30 am - 11:30 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Seminar - “Enabling RNA as a Biomedical Therapeutic Through Customized Nanotechnology Platforms" by Dr. Omar Khan, Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA

ABSTRACT:  The exogenous delivery of RNA into tissues has shown great potential for the treatment of destructive diseases by therapeutically controlling the expression of genes within those tissues.  A key need for the broad application of RNA for therapeutic biomedical engineering applications is the development of safe and effective delivery systems capable of targeting specific cells within the body.

Thursday, April 9, 2015 3:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar - “Some Unique Monte Carlo Molecular Simulation Algorithms and Their Applications" by William R. Smith, Faculty of Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, and Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph

ABSTRACT:  The development of molecular simulation algorithms for predicting the thermodynamic properties of classical fluids and their mixtures began over 50 years ago. An ultimate goal is to predict system properties at both the macroscopic and molecular levels with the minimal need for experimental data. Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Monte Carlo (MC) are the two main approaches, both based on specifying an underlying mathematical model for the molecular interactions (force fields).