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• May

  4

  Chemical and Biological Engineering Weekly Seminar Series

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering

  9:00 AM M193 (LR5) Technological Institute

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  Speaker: Rachel Watson, Notestein Lab
  Title: Ethylene Carbonylation Over MoS2 and PdS
  Abstract
  Carbonylation is an important class of reactions in the synthesis of many fine chemicals, although relatively few catalysts exist for the conversion of C2 species into the corresponding C3 carboxylic acids and esters. Of these systems, metal sulfide catalysts may be promising, especially for promoter-free carbonylation. Metal sulfides have many uses in hydrotreating and homologation reactions but have been studied minimally for carbonylation. In this work, we discuss a promoter-free ethylene carbonylation route to propionates over transition metal sulfide catalysts in water.
  Ethylene carbonylation in water over sulfide catalysts is very clean, in most cases giving only propionic acid and its anhydride, ethanol, and propanaldehyde. In general, noble metal sulfides are very active towards propanaldehyde, while the MoS2 catalysts are relatively selective to propionic acid. MoS2, and PdS have been investigated. In addition to reporting basic catalyst performance metrics, reactivity will be correlated with specific surface area, catalyst reducibility, and other properties. This work presents a fresh approach to the long standing and heavily studied C2 carbonylation challenge.

  Speaker: Ying Yu, Broadbelt Lab
  Title: Mechanistic study of regioselective ring-opening reactions of mono-substituted epoxides using Lewis acid catalysts
  
  Abstract
  Polyether polyols are important intermediates in the polyurethane industry and are typically made by reacting mono-substituted epoxides with polyalcoholic initiators in the presence of a catalyst.1 While conventional catalysts such as potassium hydroxide and double metal cyanide catalysts result in less reactive polyols terminated with secondary hydroxyl groups, Lewis acid catalysts, aryl boranes, has been found to achieve high regioselectivity towards the desired primary alcohol functionality.2 In addition, recent experiments revealed significant water effects on retarding the ring-opening rate and additive effects in enhancing the regioselectivity towards primary alcohol products. However, the detailed catalytic mechanism is not fully understood. In addition, the catalytically active species is still unclear based on existing experimental methods that are unable to monitor the in situ speciation of this complex reaction system.

  In this study, a novel catalytic mechanism was proposed for a model system using tris (pentafluorophenyl) borane (FAB) as catalyst and was validated by an ab initio study together with comprehensive microkinetic modeling. Density functional theory (DFT) was used to investigate two classes of possible reactions: competitive binding reactions of ligands to the catalyst, and the catalytic ring-opening reactions. We identified several possible catalyst forms that contribute to ring-opening reactions with different regioselectivities. The microkinetic model validated the proposed mechanism against experimental results and was used to generate accurate predictions under other reaction conditions. Analysis of speciation and net reaction rates elucidated the effects of water concentration on reactivity through a catalyst deactivation mechanism, and the effects of additives on regioselectivity as co-catalysts. Ultimately, this study facilitates greater understanding of catalyzed regioselective ring-opening reactions and provides a basis for the design of new catalytic systems to modulate ring-opening kinetics and the overall regioselectivity.

  References:
  (1) Chinn, H. K., A.; Loechner, U. SRI Consulting 2006.

  (2) (a) Satake, M. US6531566B1, 2003. (b) Chakraborty, D.; Rodriguez, A.; Chen, E. Y. X. Macromolecules 2003, 36, 5470-5481. (c) Chandrasekhar, S.; Reddy, C. R.; Nagendra Babu, B.; Chandrashekar, G. Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 3801-3803. (d) Raghuraman, A.; Babb, D.; Miller, M.; Paradkar, M.; Smith, B.; Nguyen, A. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 6790-6798.
  
  Speaker: Jennifer Greene, Broadbelt and Tyo Labs
  Title: Optimizing Ensemble Modeling Framework to Generate Kinetic Models of Metabolism
  
  Abstract
  Developing reliable, predictive kinetic models of metabolism is a difficult yet necessary priority toward understanding and deliberately altering cellular behavior. However, many of the in vivo kinetic parameters and rate laws governing individual enzymes are unknown. Ensemble Modeling (EM) was developed to circumnavigate this challenge and effectively sample the large kinetic parameter solution space using consistent experimental datasets. Unfortunately, EM, in its current form, requires long solve times to complete and often leads to unstable kinetic model predictions. Furthermore, these limitations scale prohibitively with increasing model size. As larger metabolic models are developed with increasing genetic information and experimental validation, the demand to incorporate supplemental kinetic information increases. Therefore in this work, we have begun to tackle the challenges of EM by introducing additional steps to the existing method framework specifically through reducing computation time and optimizing parameter sampling. We first reduce the structural complexity of the network by removing dependent species, and second we sample locally stable parameter sets to reflect realistic biological states of cells. Lastly, we presort the screening data to eliminate the most incorrect predictions in the earliest screening stages, saving further calculations in later stages. Our complementary improvements to the current EM framework are easily incorporated into concurrent EM efforts and broaden the application opportunities and accessibility of kinetic modeling across the field.

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  TIME Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

  LOCATION M193 (LR5) Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Elizabeth A Rentfro    elizabeth.rentfro@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering

• Apr

  25

  ChBE Seminar Series: From, "Will this be on the exam?" to "I enjoyed learning": Motivating Chemical Engineering Education Contexts - Allison Godwin, Cornell University

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

  9:30 AM LR4, Technological Institute

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  The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department is pleased to present a seminar by Allison Godwin from Cornell University as part of our ChBE Seminar Series.

  From, “Will this be on the exam?” to “I enjoyed learning”: Motivating Chemical Engineering Education Contexts

  ABSTRACT: Motivation is an essential ingredient in student learning and development. Often, traditional education methods orient students to focus on performance outcomes rather than mastery of course material. This orientation can result in students who care only about the points in a course toward their final grade (because it moves them forward in the curriculum) over developing themselves as engineers by acquiring new knowledge, skills, and abilities. These students often interpret struggle as a signal that they do not belong or that engineering is not “for them.” Mastery orientations can support learning from failure and engagement with engineering content. The challenge is often how we design to support motivation in engineering courses.

  This talk will describe my research trajectory from fundamental research on student identity development and motivation in engineering education to my current efforts in studying effective pedagogies and practices in chemical engineering. The talk will outline why motivation is an important and fundamental concept in designing educational environments. Three examples of curricular redesign will be discussed. First, structural changes to a sophomore materials and energy balances course. Second, an ecological belonging intervention that reshapes student’s growth mindsets. Finally, a complete course redesign of an introduction to chemical and biomolecular engineering course around the context of food and incorporating mastery-based grading. The collective results of this trajectory will provide examples of how motivation shapes students’ engineering trajectories and provide actionable practices to support student development better.

  Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is the Dr. G. Stephen Irwin ’67, ’68 Professor in Engineering Education Research in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a 2016 National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning to understand engineering students’ identity development. She has won several awards for her research including the 2021 Journal of Civil Engineering Education Best Technical Paper, the 2021 Chemical Engineering Education William H. Corcoran Award, the 2022 American Educational Research Association Education in the Professions (Division I) 2021-2022 Outstanding Research Publication Award, and the 2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Research.

  Bagels and coffee will be provided at 9:30am, and the seminar will start at 9:40am. Please plan to arrive on time to grab a bagel and mingle!

  *Please note that there will be no Zoom option for seminars this year.

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  TIME Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

  LOCATION LR4, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Olivia Wise    olivia.wise@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

• May

  2

  ChBE Seminar Series: "Interfacial colloidal interactions, dynamics, and assembly: from biomembranes to ordered 2D materials" - Peter Beltramo, University of Massachusetts

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

  9:30 AM LR4, Technological Institute

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  The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department is pleased to present a seminar by Peter Beltramo from the University of Massachusetts as part of our ChBE Seminar Series.

  Dr. Peter Beltramo will present a seminar titled "Interfacial colloidal interactions, dynamics, and assembly: from biomembranes to ordered 2D materials.”

  ABSTRACT: Soft matter interfaces are ubiquitous across diverse technologies ranging from pharmaceuticals to chemical formulations. The presence of surfactant molecules or colloidal particles at fluid interfaces gives the interface distinct properties in response to flow, deformation, and external fields that must be measured, understood, and manipulated for desired functionalities. This talk will focus on colloidal interactions in two such systems: crowded artificial biological membranes and anisotropic particles at air-water interfaces. In the first part of the talk, we discuss the effects of increasing concentration of model membrane inclusions in an artificial cell membrane on inclusion diffusivity and the apparent viscosity of the membrane. In the second part of the talk, we highlight our recent discovery that particle surface porosity severely attenuates the capillary attraction between colloidal ellipsoids at fluid interfaces, enabling the development of ordered anisotropic 2D monolayers. By monitoring the dynamics of two particles approaching one another, we find that porous particles exhibit a strikingly shorter-range capillary interaction potential. Interferometry measurements of the fluid deformation surrounding a single particle quantitatively confirm the decrease in capillary interaction energy and point to roughness-induced changes to interfacial pinning as the mechanism for reduced attraction. Lastly, we show how this reduction in interparticle capillary attraction and alteration in interfacial pinning manifests in the overall 2D interfacial assembly of such particles, informing an approach for the development of anisotropically ordered 2D materials.

  Peter Beltramo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at UMass Amherst. He earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 2014, where he studied the electrokinetics and self-assembly of colloidal suspensions. Before starting at UMass Amherst in 2018, he completed a postdoc in Soft Materials at ETH Zurich. At UMass, his lab studies interfacial soft matter in contexts ranging from membrane biophysics and biomimetic materials to particle stabilized emulsions and ordered 2D materials. His recent recognitions include the NSF CAREER Award, ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, and a Lilly Teaching Fellowship at UMass Amherst.

  Bagels and coffee will be provided at 9:30am, and the seminar will start at 9:40am. Please plan to arrive on time to grab a bagel and mingle!

  *Please note that there will be no Zoom option for seminars this year.

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  TIME Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

  LOCATION LR4, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Olivia Wise    olivia.wise@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

• May

  8

  Extending Care: A Conversation about Conservation and Futurity

  Block Museum of Art

  6:00 PM Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh

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  The Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts is a collaboration between the Art Institute of Chicago and materials science-related departments at Northwestern University to pursue objects-based and objects-inspired scientific research. Materials research benefits ongoing work in conservation, archaeology, art history, and curatorial scholarship.

  Learn how the Center uses materials research to care for art objects in sustainable, innovative ways with Maria Kokkori, Senior Scientist in the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts. She will be in conversation with Corey Byrnes, Northwestern Associate Professor of Chinese Culture and co-founder/co-director of the Environmental Humanities Workshop in Kaplan Humanities Center.

  This event is presented by the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science in conjunction with exhibition Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology.

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  TIME Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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• May

  9

  ChBE Seminar Series: Influence of visible photons on catalytic reactions at metal nanoparticle surfaces - Phillip Christopher, University of California, Santa Barbara

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

  9:30 AM LR4, Technological Institute

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  The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department is pleased to present a seminar by Phillip Christopher from University of California, Santa Barbara as part of our ChBE Seminar Series.

  Dr. Christopher will present a seminar titled "Influence of visible photons on catalytic reactions at metal nanoparticle surfaces."

  ABSTRACT: Supported metal catalysts, consisting of transition metal nanoparticles on high surface area, insulating oxide supports, are ubiquitously used in the manufacturing of chemicals and fuels, as well as pollution abetment. Efforts primarily focus on improving catalytic performance (higher rates and/or selectivity at lower temperature and pressure) by tuning the composition of the catalytic materials. Alternatively, we (and others) have observed that visible photon illumination of metal nanoparticle and single atom catalysts (Pt, Cu, Ag, Rh etc.) on insulating oxide supports (Al2O3, SiO2) can induce significant changes to catalytic reaction selectivity, rate, and apparent kinetic parameters. Mechanistic studies suggest that photons influence catalytic processes by transiently redistributing charge within adsorbate-metal bonds, thereby changing elementary step energetics, akin to photolysis of organometallic complexes.

  However, there is essentially no understanding of bond specificity for the influence of visible photons on elementary step kinetics on metal nanoparticle surfaces. Further, predictive models of elementary step kinetics that include reaction temperature, pressure, and photon excitation characteristics (time dependent flux and wavelength) are missing.

  In this talk I will broadly discuss experimental observations that suggest visible photon fluxes act as distinct energy sources for control catalysis on metal nanoparticle surfaces. Then, I will highlight recent efforts in our group aimed at addressing these topics of bond specificity and predictive kinetic models of photon driven chemical reactions on metal nanoparticle surfaces through analysis of the chemistry of CO and methanol on Pt and Pd nanoparticle surfaces.

  Phillip Christopher earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2006 and his M.S and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from University of Michigan in 2011 working with Prof. Suljo Linic. From 2011-2017 he was an Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside. In 2017 he moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara where he is a Professor and Vice Chair for Undergraduate Affairs in the Chemical Engineering Department and the Mellichamp Chair in Sustainable Manufacturing. He serves as a Senior Editor for ACS Energy Letters. His research interests are in sustainable chemical conversion, heterogeneous catalysis by supported metals, dynamic behavior of catalysts, and photocatalysis by metal nanostructures. He has been given various awards including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), AIChE CRE Division Young Investigator Award, and Ipatieff Prize from the ACS.

  Bagels and coffee will be provided at 9:30am, and the seminar will start at 9:40am. Please plan to arrive on time to grab a bagel and mingle!

  *Please note that there will be no Zoom option for seminars this year.

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  TIME Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

  LOCATION LR4, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Olivia Wise    olivia.wise@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

• May

  16

  35th Annual Hugh M. Hulburt Memorial Lecture: "Adsorption Thermodynamics for Process Simulation" - Chau-Chyun Chen, Texas Tech University

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

  9:30 AM LR4 (M113), Technological Institute

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  The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department is pleased to present the 35th Annual Hugh M. Hulburt Lecture with Chau-Chyun Chen from Texas Tech University as part of our Spring 2024 ChBE Seminar Series.

  Dr. Chau-Chyun Chen will present a lecture titled "Adsorption Thermodynamics for Process Simulation."

  ABSTRACT: Adsorptive separation offers an energy efficient and sustainable alternative to conventional thermal separation. Recent development of tailored adsorbents for selective separation of molecules has heightened interest in adsorption applications such as air separation, trace elements and heavy metals removal, CO2 capture, direct air capture, hydrocarbons processing, aqueous organic chemicals separation, among others. However, the lack of rigorous adsorption thermodynamic models for multicomponent adsorption equilibria has hampered industrial applications of adsorption technology for decades, and practitioners remain heavily relying on expensive and time-consuming trial-and-error pilot studies to develop adsorption units. Successful process simulation and development of all separation processes, adsorption included, must be built on rigorous thermodynamic models that accurately correlate and predict thermodynamic properties and phase behaviors for concerned chemical mixtures. This presentation highlights the limits and deficiencies of commonly practiced adsorption thermodynamic models such as extended Langmuir, dual-process Langmuir, and adsorbed solution theory for mixed-gas adsorption equilibria. It further presents a thermodynamically rigorous generalization of the classical Langmuir isotherm by substituting concentrations with activities, incorporating an activity coefficient model for the adsorbed phase that explicitly counts for both adsorbent-adsorbate interactions and adsorbate-adsorbate interactions, extending for multicomponent competitive adsorption, and further extending for multicomponent multilayer adsorption. Requiring a minimum set of physically meaningful model parameters, the generalized Langmuir isotherm for multicomponent monolayer adsorption and the generalized Brunauer-Emmett-Teller isotherm for multicomponent multilayer adsorption successfully address various adsorption thermodynamic modeling challenges including adsorbent surface heterogeneity, isosteric heats of adsorption, adsorption azeotrope formation, and multilayer formulation. For the first time since the advent of Langmuir isotherm, a rigorous and comprehensive adsorption thermodynamic model for multicomponent adsorption equilibria has been formulated to support process simulation of adsorptive separation.

  Dr. Chau-Chyun Chen is a Horn Distinguished professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Jack Maddox Distinguished Chair in Sustainable Energy at the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, Texas Tech University. A co-founder of Aspen Technology, Inc., he is the inventor of the industry-leading process simulation software for electrolyte solutions, polymerization processes, small molecule drug solubility, CO2 capture with chemical absorption, and molecular characterization for petroleum assays. His current research focuses on molecular thermodynamics and process simulation for adsorptive and membrane-based separations, high salinity produced waters, energetic materials, and CO2 capture. He holds over 160 peer-reviewed scientific publications and book chapters, and 20 US and international patents.

  Dr. Chen received BS degree in chemistry from National Taiwan University and MS and ScD degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers and American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering.

  About Hugh M. Hulburt
  A talented administrator and teacher, Hugh M. Hulburt (1917–1987) dedicated his professional career to practicing chemistry and promoting the chemical engineering profession. After receiving his PhD in 1942, he worked in various industry positions, becoming director of research and development at the Chemical Construction Corporation and later director of chemical engineering and of physical research at American Cyanamid Company.

  After joining Northwestern in 1964, Hulburt served as chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering from 1965 to 1971, associate dean of the Graduate School from 1975 to 1980, and associate dean of the Technological Institute from 1980 to 1983. He chaired the committee to establish the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and fostered closer ties between industry and the University and between science and engineering.
  Hulburt was editor of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development from its inception in 1962 until 1986, during which time it became a highly respected journal. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data and on the National Science Foundation’s Advisory Panel for Engineering Chemistry and Energetics. He was a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and was its Institute Lecturer in 1962.

  The Hugh M. Hulburt Memorial Lecture brings to campus leaders in chemical engineering research and management to lecture and interact with students and faculty, and it fosters collaboration between industry & academia in the education of future chemical engineers.
  
  

  A department luncheon will follow the lecture at 12:00pm on the Tech East Patio/courtyard.

  *Please note that there will be no Zoom option for seminars this year.

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  TIME Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

  LOCATION LR4 (M113), Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Jennifer Young    jennifer.young@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

• May

  23

  ChBE Seminar Series: ARDEI Annual Lecture - "Restructuring the STEM Pipeline: Dismantling Stereotypes and Microaggressions in STEM to Build Networks of Belonging and Support" - Christine Reyna, DePaul University

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

  9:30 AM LR4, Technological Institute

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  The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department is pleased to present the annual ARDEI Lecture with speaker Christine Reyna from DePaul University.

  Dr. Christine Reyna will present a seminar titled "Restructuring the STEM Pipeline: Dismantling Stereotypes and Microaggressions in STEM to Build Networks of Belonging and Support."

  ABSTRACT: STEM training is the best pathway for career success in the U.S.A.. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024), the fastest growing and most lucrative careers are all in STEM. However, Black and Latine Americans are disproportionately excluded from many of these opportunities and remain underrepresented in STEM fields. This disparity starts in grade school when natural curiosity about science fades in the face of barriers to learning and belonging. This presentation will examine how science beliefs, coupled with racial and gender stereotypes and microaggressions in STEM settings, can communicate subtle messages about attributions and belonging for students of color. These messages can widen the gap between personal and science identity to make thriving in STEM environments challenging and even hostile for students of color. Finally, structural supports, policies, and best practices will be presented to enable educators to create inclusive STEM experiences and environments focused on empowerment, belonging, and retention.

  Christine Reyna received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from UCLA. She is currently a Professor of Psychology at DePaul University in Chicago where she has a joint faculty appointment in both the Psychological Science and Community Psychology PhD Programs. She is the founder of the Social and Intergroup Perceptions (SIP) Lab, a group of diverse scholars interested in the psychology of identity, status, prejudice, intergroup conflict, and oppression. Her research examines how individuals and groups leverage group identity, stereotypes, values, and moral framing to legitimize discrimination, systems of oppression, and ideological extremism. As a Latina scholar, she is also committed to including the voices and experiences of marginalized populations in her research and theorizing, and takes a multicultural, multidisciplinary approach to her research. In her private life, she loves adventure sports, wandering the wilderness, Halloween, and Harry Potter. She is married with two children and never passes up an opportunity to indulge her own inner child.

  Bagels and coffee will be provided at 9:30am, and the seminar will start at 9:40am. Please plan to arrive on time to grab a bagel and mingle!

  *Please note that there will be no Zoom option for seminars this year.

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  TIME Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

  LOCATION LR4, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Olivia Wise    olivia.wise@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

• May

  30

  ChBE Seminar Series: Ruihan Li and Kunhuan Liu, Student Seminars

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

  9:30 AM LR4, Technological Institute

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  The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department is pleased to present student seminars by Ruihan Li and Kunhuan Liu as part of our ChBE Seminar Series.

  More details to come.

  Bagels and coffee will be provided at 9:30am, and the seminar will start at 9:40am. Please plan to arrive on time to grab a bagel and mingle!

  *Please note that there will be no Zoom option for seminars this year.

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  TIME Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

  LOCATION LR4, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Olivia Wise    olivia.wise@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

• Jun

  10

  Northwestern Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  9:00 AM Welsh-Ryan Arena

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  McCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony

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  TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

  LOCATION Welsh-Ryan Arena   

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  CONTACT Amy Pokrass    amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

• Jun

  10

  Northwestern Engineering Undergraduate Convocation

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  2:00 PM Welsh-Ryan Arena

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  McCormick School of Engineering Undergraduate Convocation

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  TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  LOCATION Welsh-Ryan Arena   

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  CONTACT Amy Pokrass    amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

• Aug

  14

  Undergraduate Quantum Summer School

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  All Day Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center

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  Innovation in Quantum Pedagogy, Application, and its Relation to Culture (IQ-PARC), funded by the Department of Defense — National Defense Education Program, is extending an invitation to underrepresented students nationwide (including military-connected students) to participate in a summer school focused on quantum technologies, to be held at Northwestern University. Join us for presentations by faculty and industry partners introducing quantum technologies, cutting-edge research areas, and related job opportunities particularly in the areas of national security.

  This effort aims to foster an inclusive environment that encourages participation from all corners of the academic community. Successful applicants will receive up to $1,000 USD to cover travel and lodging expenses in Evanston, IL.

  Priority application deadline: May 15, 2024.

  Decisions will be sent by June 15, 2024.

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  TIME Wednesday, August 14, 2024

  LOCATION Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center    map it

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  CONTACT Dongyang Li    lidongyang@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science