CBE Seminar Series
The South Dakota Mines Chemical and Biological Engineering speaker series includes leading experts on a wide range of topics.
Presentations
Spring 2020
- Jan. 21, 2020 - Kris Dahl, Mechanical Changes of the Cell Nucleus in Disease and Aging
- Jan. 28, 2020 - Jeffrey Reimer, NMR and the Grand Challenges of Metal-Organic Frameworks
- Feb. 4, 2020 - Roman Shchepin, Parahydrogen-Based Hyperpolarization (HP)
- Feb. 25, 2020 - Diego Gomez-Gauldron, Computer-accelerated discovery of advance porous crystals: Are we there yet?
- Mar. 31, 2020 - Heather J. Kulik, Accelerating the computational discovery of
catalyst design rules and exceptions with machine learning
Fall 2019
- Sept. 3, 2019 - Haluk Beyenal, Electrochemically Active Biofilms
- Sept. 10, 2019 - Ram Gupta, Clean Energy for a Growing and Prospering World
- Sept. 17, 2019 - Paul J. Dauenhauer, At the Frontier of Mobile Renewable Energy from Dynamic Catalyst Surface Resonance
- Sept. 24, 2019 - Seongkyu Yoon, Biomanufacturing Sciences – Challenges and Opportunities
- Oct. 1, 2019 - Govind Chilkoor, Phenotypical Responses of Sulfate Reducing Biofilms Grown on Metal Surfaces Modified with 2D Coatings
- Oct. 8, 2019 - Keith Johnston, Soft Matter Stabilization at Challenging Conditions for Drug Delivery and Energy Applications
- Oct. 11, 2019 - Malliga Perumal, Cyanobacterial Bioprocessing for Agricultural and Industrial Applications
- Oct. 15, 2019 - Baron Peters, Single Atom Catalysts on Amorphous Supports: A Wild Frontier for ab initio Calculation
- Oct. 22, 2019 - Dave Bushong, The Impact of Bioproducts & Biotechnology
- Oct. 29, 2019 - Ilias Belharouak, Battery Storage Systems for Mobility and Electrification
- Nov. 5, 2019 - Robert Pantazes, The Development of Computational Methods for the Design and Identification of Therapeutic Proteins
- Nov. 19, 2019 - Roy Sayan, Flexible Antennas, 3D Printed Radio Frequency Circuits, and Real-Time In-situ Wireless Monitoring
Spring 2019
- Jan. 17, 2019 - Matt Ellis, Economic Model Predictive Control: Tracing a Path from Theory to Industrial Productization
- Jan. 22, 2019 - Maria Carreon, Nitrogen Fixation: Unveiling the plasma-based route
- Jan. 24, 2019 - Zack Fishman, Transition Metal Oxide Nanosheets: Synthesis, Tuning, and Catalysis
- Jan. 29, 2019 - Lynn Secondo, Toxicological Inhalation Effects of Metal-Based Nanoparticle Aerosols as Studied by a Portable In Vitro Exposure Cassette
- Jan. 31, 2019 - Jamie Harris, Catalysis Beyond the Active Site
- Feb. 5, 2019 - Congzhou Wang, Harnessing Surface Force and Surface Plasmon for Nanobioanalytics
- Feb. 12, 2019 - Prasoon Diwakar, From Sample to Signal: Laser Produced Plasma as an Analytical Source
- Feb. 19, 2019 - Etienne Gnimpieba, From the Single Cell Of Origin Prediction (SCOOP) to the Biofilm Data and Information Discovery System (Biofilm-DIDS)
- March 12, 2019 - Jia Wang, Exopolysaccharides from a Thermophilic Bacterium Geobacillus sp. WSUCF1
- March 21, 2019 - Scott Reisenauer, B9Creations – Inception to Global 3D Printing Solutions
- March 26, 2019 - Darren Haar, Business Ventures – Do You Have an Entrepreneurial Passion?
- April 2, 2019 - Charlie Chen, History of Contact Lenses and Contact Lens Materials
- April 9, 2019 - George Bonheyo, Losing Gracefully: Developing Anti-biofouling Strategies for Environments Where Nature Always Wins
- April 16, 2019 - Venkat Ganesan, In Pursuit of Mechanically Strong, Conducting Polymer Electrolytes
Fall 2018
- Aug. 28, 2018 -
Clint Chapman, Ph.D. candidate, The Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Energetic Cocrystals
- Sept. 4, 2018 -
NK Rathinam, Biofilm Engineering Approaches for Improving the Performance of Bioelectrochemical Systems
- Sept. 11, 2018 -
Dr. Jaret Heise, Building on Rich Legacies in Both Mining and Transformational Physics Research
- Sept. 18, 2018 -
Konstantinos P. Giapis, Mining Outer Space for Small Molecules
- Sept. 25, 2018 - Stanley Sandler, A New Thermodynamic Prediction Method and its Application to Chemical Weapons
- Oct. 9, 2018 - Kenneth Cox, Special Insights From the Development of Associating Fluid Models and the Limit of Infinite Dilution
- Oct. 16, 2018 - Mohit Bibra, Thermophiles for Biofuel Production
- Oct. 23, 2018 - Matthew Fields, Biogeochemical Constraints on Methanogenesis in a Subsurface, Recalcitrant Carbon Environment
- Oct. 30, 2018 - Shankarachary Ragi, Control, Decision, and Optimization Methods for Unmanned Systems and Swarm Dynamics
- Nov. 27, 2018 - Govind Chilkoor, Nano-meter Coatings Based on 2D Materials for Microbial Corrosion Application
Spring 2018
- Jan. 16, 2018 - Dr.
Charles Baukal, Minimizing NOx from Process Burners
- Jan. 23, 2018 - Dr. Gordan J. Freeman, Dr. Michael Sadelain,
- Feb. 6, 2018 -
Yichun Ding, Development of Flexible and Wearable Electronics for Human Health Monitoring
- Feb. 20, 2018 -
Dr. Markus Busch, High-pressure Polymerization Technology-a Supercritical Fluid Process On World Scale
- Feb. 27, 2018 -
Dr. Eric S.G. Shaqfeh, Suspended Particles in Complex Fluids: From Fracking Fluids to Swimming Worms
- March 20, 2018 -
Dr. Alan West, Analysis and Characterization of Transport in Electrochemical Energy Storage
- March 27, 208 -
Dr. David Sholl, Expanding the chemical palette for reliable adsorption-based separations
- April 3, 2018 -
Dr. Matthew Tirrell, Polyelectrolytes in multivalent ionic media: New physics and new materials
- April 10, 2018 -
Dr. Jordan Peccia, A Systems-based Approach Toward Improving Fatty Acid Production in Photosynthetic Microorganisms
- April 24, 2018 -
Dr. Walter Chapman, A Molecular Model for Upstream Engineering Applications: Phase Behavior, Interfacial Properties and Micro-structure
Fall 2017
- Sept. 12, 2018 -
Kevin Mairose, Gas Phase Hydrocarbon Adsorption for Spent Vapor Recovery
- Sept. 19, 2018 -
Dr. Magesh T. Rajan, Laser-plasma induced synthesis of high purity nanomaterials in liquids with enhanced physical, chemical, thermal and transport properties; and Cold plasma technologies for surface treatment, microbial and chemical deactivation, and biomedical
applications
- Oct. 3, 2018 -
Dr. Vikas Berry, Chemically and Structurally Manipulating Graphene for Electronic Applications
- Oct. 17, 2018 -
Dr. Keisha Walters, Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Stimuli Responsive Nanocomposites
- Nov. 7, 2018 -
Dr. Colin Wolden, Green Manufacturing of Alkali Sulfide Nanostructures for Next Generation Batteries
- Nov. 14, 2018 -
Dr. Lance Wheeler, Enabling Next-Generation Photovoltaics with Switchable Perovskites and Quantum Dot Surface Chemistry
- Nov. 28, 2018 -
Dr. Ross P. Carlson, In-Silico and In-Vitro Analysis of Resource Allocation in Biofilm Consortia
Spring 2017
- Jan. 17, 2017 - (Webinar)
Karen Swider-Lyons, Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Small Unmanned Air Vehicles, US Naval Research Laboratory
- Jan. 24, 2017 -
Professor Clayton J. Radke, “Evaporative Tear-Film Instability: The Origin of Dry Eye”, University of California
- Feb. 14, 2017 -
Alan G. Marshall, Petroleomics: Chemistry of the Underworld, Florida State University
- Feb. 21, 2017 -
Sachin Kumar, Biorefining of Lignocellulosic biomass for Biofuels and Value-added Products, South Dakota Mines
- Feb. 28, 2017 -
Peda V. Medagam and Jack Yang, Recent Development in Phase Converter Technologies and VFDs, Phase Technologies, LLC
- March 14, 2017 -
V. Faye McNeill, Aqueous Organic Chemistry in Atmospheric Aerosols: Impacts on Air Quality and Climate, Columbia University
- March 21, 2017 -
Dr. Bhaskar Purushottam, MD, Coronary Artery Disease: The Real Trigger?, Interventional Cardiologist and Vascular Specialist, Rapid City Regional Hospital
- March 28, 2017 -
Martin Kocanda, Ph.D., The Physics of Nanolayer Metal Deposition as a Visualization Method to Resolve Latent Fingerprints, Rapid City Police Department
- April 4, 2017 -
Linda J. Broadbelt, Reaction Pathway Discovery and Analysis: Bringing Biological and Chemical Catalysis Together, Northwestern University Evanston, IL
- April 11, 2017 -
Arup K. Chakraborty, How to hit HIV where it hurts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- April 18, 2017 -
Daniel J. Soeder, The Development of Tight Oil and Shale Gas in the U.S., South Dakota Mines
- April 25, 2017 -
David A. Tirrell, Reinterpreting the Genetic Code: How to Do It and Why You Might Want to, California Institute of Technology
Fall 2016
- Sept. 6. 2016 - (Webinar)
Bryan Pivovar, Ph.D., H2@SCALE: Deeply Decarbonizing our Energy System, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Sept. 27, 2016 -
Jeevan Meruga, Ph.D., Complete Print-Read-Decode Prototype of Upconverting Inks for Security Printing, South Dakota Mines
- Oct. 11, 2016 -
Dr. Tyler Westover, Feedstock Considerations for Thermochemical Biofuels Production Including a Case Study of Fast Pyrolysis and Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation, Idaho National Laboratory
- Oct.18, 2016 -
Professor Vemuri Balakotaiah, Catalytic Reaction Engineering of Exhaust After-treatment systems, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
- Oct. 25, 2016 -
Professor Yong Lak Joo, Scalable Manufacturing Processes Equipped with Dispersion Control of Nanofillers for Energy Storage Applications, Cornell University
- Nov. 1, 2016 -
Dr. Robert M. Baldwin, Biomass, Biofuels, and Bio-based Products: Current Status and a View to the Future, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Nov. 8, 2016 -
Professor A. Daniel Hill, Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity in Shale Formations – the Rock Matters, Texas A&M University
- Nov. 29, 2016 -
Max Lambert, MS Student, Design of a 185 kilo tons per year low density polyethylene plant, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
- Dec. 12, 2016 -
David B. Levin1, Michael Deyholos2, Shawna DuCharme3, Next Generation Biocomposite Materials: How the Science of Genomics Can Revolutionise the Automotive Sector, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada1, University of British Columbia, Canada2, Composites Innovation Centre (CIC), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Dec. 12, 2016 -
Shawna DuCharme, Frank Wheeler, Mercedes Alcock, Lin-P’ing Choo-Smith, FibreCITY Initiative at the Composites Innovation Centre: An Overview and Links to the Biomaterials Industry, Composites Innovation Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Spring 2016
- Feb. 23, 2016 - Stacey Bent, Ph.D., Sustainable Energy and Nanomaterials, Stanford University
- March 1, 2016 - Vinod Amar and Ian Walters, Water Production, South Dakota Mines
- March 15, 2016 - Tim Tesslink, Solar Photovoltaics, GenPro Energy Solutions
- March 22, 2016 - Doug Elliot, Ph.D., Biofuels and Bioenergy, Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory
- April 8, 2016 - Bruce Koel, Ph.D., Catalysis and Materials, Princeton University*
- April 12, 2016 - Travis Walker, Ph.D., Complex Fluids and Soft Materials, Oregon State University
- April 19, 2016 - Kara Spiller, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University
- April 26, 2016 - Meyya Meyyappan, Ph.D., Sensors, NASA