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• Oct

  27

  Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium: Nitash Balsara

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  4:00 PM L361 Technological Institute

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  The Department of Materials Science and Engineering welcomes you to its 2015 Fall Colloquium Series.

  Location: Tech L361, 4:00pm

  Nitash Balsara
  Professor and Faculty Scientist
  University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  Nanostructured Block Copolymers for Lithium Batteries and Biofuels Purification
  Nanostructured block copolymers enable the design of membranes with optimized transporting channels for a variety of applications. This presentation addresses the use of these membranes to transport lithium ions in polymeric lithium battery electrolytes, and to separate biofuels such as ethanol and butanol from dilute fermentation broths where they are produced. Previous studies of electrolytes showed an inverse correlation between ionic conductivity and shear modulus: increasing conductivity invariably resulted in a decrease in the shear modulus. Similarly, previous studies of alcohol-selective membranes showed an inverse correlation between alcohol separation factor (ratio of alcohol concentration in the exiting stream to that of the incoming stream) and total flux: increasing the separation factor invariably resulted in a decrease in total flux. Block copolymer membranes do not suffer from these inverse correlations. Practical implications of our discoveries for enabling safe rechargeable batteries and second generation biofuels will be discussed. A large fraction of energy and materials that we use today are derived from industries that consume non-renewable resources. The two projects described here may enable a gradual transition toward to a more sustainable approach.

  Biography
  Nitash P. Balsara is a chemical engineer with a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India in 1982, a master's degree from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York in 1984, and a PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York in 1988. From 1989-1991, he was a post-doctoral researcher, first at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, and then at Exxon Research and Engineering Company in Annandale, New Jersey. In 1992 he joined the faculty of Department of Chemical Engineering at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York. He was promoted to associate professor in 1996 and professor in 1998. In 2000 he accepted the job that he currently holds: a joint appointment as professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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  TIME Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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• Apr

  29

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, April 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  2

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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• May

  6

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, May 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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• 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

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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• May

  13

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, May 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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• May

  16

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  20

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, May 20, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  23

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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• May

  27

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Monday, May 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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• May

  30

  MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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  TIME Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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• 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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• 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

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  CONTACT Amy Pokrass    amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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