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• May

  25

  2022 Stephen H. Davis Lecture

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  3:00 PM Hive, 2-350, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center

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  The 2022 lecture will honor the accomplishments of Stephen H. Davis, Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, who passed away at age 82 on November 12, 2021. Professor Davis's contributions to fluid mechanics and materials science are well known, and the event will celebrate his life and research.

  The keynote lecture will be delivered by Grae Worster, professor of fluid dynamics at the University of Cambridge. Northwestern Engineering professors Michael J. Miksis and Peter W. Voorhees will also deliver remarks.

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  Grae Worster

  Professor of Fluid Dynamics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

  Worster's lecture, "The Dynamics of Super-absorbent Hydrogels," will outline how he and his colleagues developed a new mathematical approach to model super-absorbent hydrogels, allowing for strongly nonlinear swelling while remaining linear in deviatoric strains, in effect treating hydrogels as instantaneously incompressible and linear elastic materials. Worster will describe this model and illustrate its features by solving simple examples of swelling spheres and transpiration through cylinders, and by analyzing different instabilities that can arise during swelling and drying. Worster will also introduce a hypothesis for a potential role of hydrogels in pumping water up very tall trees.

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  TIME Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  LOCATION Hive, 2-350, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center    map it

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  CONTACT Northwestern Engineering Events    northwestern-engineering-events@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Feb

  19

  ChBE Seminar Series - Yi Tang, Guest Seminar – February 19th @9:45am in Tech L361

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

  9:45 AM L361, Technological Institute

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  Dear ChBE Department and affiliates,

  Please join us Thursday, February 19th at 9:45am in Tech L361 for a guest seminar by Yi Tang.

  Yi Tang will present a seminar titled, "Discovery and Engineering of Biosynthetic Pathways".

  Bagels and coffee will be provided at 9:30am, and the seminar will start at 9:45am. 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, February 19, 2026 at 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

  LOCATION L361, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Jennifer Young    jennifer.young@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

• Feb

  26

  ChBE Seminar Series - Michelle Calabrese, Guest Seminar – February 26th @9:45am in Tech L361

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

  9:30 AM L361, Technological Institute

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  Dear ChBE Department and affiliates,

  Please join us Thursday, February 26th at 9:45am in Tech L361 for a guest seminar by Michelle Calabrese.

  Michelle Calabrese will present a seminar titled, "TBD".

  Bagels and coffee will be provided at 9:30am, and the seminar will start at 9:45am. 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, February 26, 2026 at 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

  LOCATION L361, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Jennifer Young    jennifer.young@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

• Mar

  5

  ChBE Seminar Series - Nitash Balsara, Guest Seminar – March 5th @9:45am in Tech L361

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

  9:30 AM L361, Technological Institute

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  Dear ChBE Department and affiliates,

  Please join us Thursday, March 5th at 9:45am in Tech L361 for a guest seminar by Nitash Balsara.

  Nitash Balsara will present a seminar titled, "Movement of Polymer Molecules under Electric Fields and Relevance to Rechargeable Batteries".

  Bagels and coffee will be provided at 9:30am, and the seminar will start at 9:45am. 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, March 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

  LOCATION L361, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Jennifer Young    jennifer.young@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

• Mar

  12

  ChBE Seminar Series - Daniel de Castro Assumpcao and Elizabeth Johnson, Student Seminars – March 12th @9:45am in Tech L361

  McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)

  9:30 AM L361, Technological Institute

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  Dear ChBE Department and affiliates,

  Please join us Thursday, March 12th at 9:45am in Tech L361 for student seminars by Daniel de Castro Assumpcao and Elizabeth Johnson.

  Daniel de Castro Assumpcao will present a seminar titled, "Reaching the Liver, and the Liver only: A Targeted Nanodelivery Strategy".

  Elizabeth Johnson will present a seminar titled, "Microcompartment signal sequences work cooperatively to mediate enzymatic core formation and encapsulated pathway function".

  Bagels and coffee will be provided at 9:30am, and the seminar will start at 9:45am. 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, March 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

  LOCATION L361, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Jennifer Young    jennifer.young@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE)