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Monday, June 16, 2014 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar - “Carbon Utilization and Storage: Applications to Energy and Environment” by Sohrab Zendehboudi, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

ABSTRACT:  Consumption of fossil fuels along with accelerated deforestation is leading to a significant increase in concentration of greenhouse gases (e.g., CO2) in the atmosphere. Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) is considered a promising alternative to lower the amount of CO2 emissions. This talk will briefly discuss technical and environmental aspects of three particular cases in the context of CO2 utilization (or/and conversion) and storage processes.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar CANCELLED - “Microfluidics for Energy Industry” by Dr. Hossein Fadaei, Research Associate, Energy and Fluidics Lab, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Toronto

ABSTRACT:  This presentation describes my recent work  in developing small scale fluid devices, microfluidics, for energy applications and CO2 sequestration. Microfluidics has emerged over the last two decades with applications in biomedical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and life sciences research.

Friday, July 11, 2014 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar - “Solar Thermal Reforming of Natural Gas: Thermochemistry, System Design and Catalysis”, by David Simakov, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA

ABSTRACT:  Converting sunlight into chemical energy via solar thermal reforming of natural gas is an attractive route to increase the energy content of methane, consequently reducing both natural gas consumption and greenhouse gases emission. The upgraded ²solar² fuel can be used for direct power generation in gas turbines or as a feedstock for chemical industry.

Friday, July 18, 2014 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar - "From Macro to Micro and Back: Towards First-Principles Based Chemical Reaction Engineering" by Farnaz Sotoodeh, Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universitaet Muenchen

ABSTRACT:  Diminishing resources are creating a global paradigm change towards more efficient, sustainable and cleaner use of energy. The conversion of chemical energy in heterogeneous catalysis is at the centre of this rapidly growing field of energy science. Since our understanding of the elementary processes constituting the reaction steps is still in its infancy, macro-scale concepts are likely to be challenged by emerging insights on the atomic scale.

Thursday, July 24, 2014 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar - “Design of Pharmaceutical and Protein Crystallizers: Using Multiphase Flow and Controlled Dynamic Operations” by Mo Jiang, PhD, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

ABSTRACT: Crystallization is important for pharmaceuticals, amino acids, and proteins. The first part of this seminar will discuss the crystallization of small-molecule organic chemicals such as pharmaceuticals and amino acids. The crystal size distribution (CSD) can affect the efficacy of drug products (such as the amount of drug reaching the lungs from a nasal spray) as well as the efficiency of downstream processes such as filtration and milling.