Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering Seminar Series

Seminar Series: Spring 2016

February 23, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Dr. Amit Naskar – Eastman Auditorium
Novel Materials for Sustainable Polymer Matrix Composites

March 11, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Dr. Qingliu Wu – Eastman Auditorium
Investigations on Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries with High Energy Density

March 29, 3:00PM - 4:00 PM - Dr. Entonio Estevez – Eastman Auditorium
Measurement and Correlation of Axial Dispersion Coefficient in a Bubble Column with a Non-Newtonian Liquid Phase

April 5, 3:00PM - 4:00 PM - Dr. Russell Rhinehart – Eastman Auditorium
Do We Really Want Excellence in Engineering Education?

April 19, 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM – Dr. Ashkan Haghshenas – Eastman Auditorium
A Feasibility Study of Reusing Flowback Fluids in Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments at Reservoir Conditions (Abstract)

April 21, 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM – Dr. Reza Rahimi – Eastman Auditorium
Drilling Fluid Solutions for Improving Wellbore Integrity in Shales  (Abstract)

April 26, 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM – Dr. Mohammad Soroush– Eastman Auditorium
Reservoir Modeling (Abstract)

April 28,  4:00 PM – 6:00 PM  – Dr. William B. Cobbs – Swalm 140
Step out of your Comfort Zone
If you want to grow academically, professionally, physically, spiritually, or in other aspects of your life, then develop an attitude and life style that causes you to step outside your comfort zone.

Seminar Series: Spring 2014

Tuesdays, 3:30-4:45pm, Eastman Auditorium

January 14 Charlie Wilder, Career Center

January 21, Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University

January 28, Todd French, Graduate School

February 4, Galyna Melnychuk, Study Abroad

February 11, ICE DAY! University closed

February 18, TBA

February 25, Mark Bricka, FE Exam

March 4, Jason Bara, University of Alabama

March 11, Spring Break

March 18, Jim Trimble, PDC Energy, Hunter Henry Lecturer

March 25, No seminar

April 1, Farshid Vahedifard, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MSU

April 8, Tracy Whitehead, Monsanto

April 15, Neeraj Rai, Chemical Engineering, MSU

April 22 no seminar

April 29 Mario Eden, Auburn University

Seminar Series: Fall 2013

Tuesdays, 3:30-4:45pm, Eastman Auditorium

August 20 Introduction and Expectations - Jason Keith

September 3 Hazardous Waste Disposal - Ben Sharpe

September 10 Discussion on Semester Goals - Jason Keith

September 17 Professional Society Membership - Jason Keith

September 24 Library - Li Zhang

October 8 - Laboratory Safety - Erin Kiess

October 15 - Xianchun Zhu

October 22 - Shanmuga Venkatesan / Kamal Lamichhane

October 29 - Marta AmirSadeghi / Anandi Varadarajan

November 12 - MD Shamim Howlader / Laibao Zhang

November 19 - Caterina Tran / Gideon Mabeny

November 26 - Darshi Dissanayake / Bo Portillo

December 3 - Navid Zanganeh / Meysam Nashemnejad

Seminar Series: Spring 2013

Tuesdays, 3:30-4:45pm, Eastman Auditorium

January  8 Introduction and Expectations - Jason Keith

January  15 Charlie Wilder, Career Planning

January  22 Galyna Melnychuk - study abroad

January 29 Mark Bricka, FE Exam

February 5 Keisha Walters, Grad school

February  12 Ryan Hartman, Alabama

February 19 Gerald Nelson, OETT

February  26 Scott Husson, Clemson

March 5 HENRY LECTURE - Tommy Joseph, International Paper

March  19 TBA

March  26 Angie Verdell, BCoE Diversity

April  2 Jin Wang, Auburn

April  9 Dan Petrolia, Ag Econ - MSU

April  16 Shelley Anna, Carnegie Mellon

April 23 Amod Ogale, Clemson (American Carbon Society's Graffin Lecture)

Seminar Series: Fall 2012

Tuesdays, 3:30-4:45pm, Eastman Auditorium

September 4 - Erin Kiess, Laboratory Safety

September 25 - Terry Coggins, Hazardous Waste Training

Seminar Series: Spring 2012

Tuesdays, 3:30-4:45pm, Eastman Auditorium

January 10 - Tim Olson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

January 17 - NO SEMINAR (College of Engineering Retreat)

January 24 - Galyna Melnychuk, Mississippi State University, Global E3 Program

January 31 - Chase Kasper, Mississippi State University, Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer

February 7 - Linda Coats, Noyce Scholarship Program

February 14 - Santanu Kundu, Mississippi State University, Department of Chemical Engineering

February 21 - Carsten Sievers, Georgia Institute of Technology

February 28 - Kenneth Thomas, M.D.

March 6 - Don Taylor, Dow Chemical *Hunter Henry Lectureship (Note special time: 11am at the Leo Seal M-Club Room located near  the south end of Davis Wade Stadium)

March 13 - NO SEMINAR (Spring Break)

March 20 - Mike Benton, Louisiana State University

March 27 - James Hilfiker, J.A. Woolam Co.

April 3 - NO SEMINAR (ASEE Sectional Conference)

April 10 - Peter Pintauro, Vanderbilt University

April 17 - TBA

April 24 - Leslie Henderson, Lazy Magnolia Brewery

Seminar Series: Fall 2011

Tuesdays, 3:30-4:45pm, Eastman Auditorium

August 23 – Meeting between graduate students and Chemical Engineering Director

August 30 – Terry Coggins, Office of Regulatory Compliance and Safety: "Hazardous Waste Disposal"

September 6 – Islam El-adaway, Civil and Environmental Engineering: "Financial Management of Natural Hazards"

September 13 – Brad Brazzeal, Mitchell Memorial Library: "Library Research for Chemical Engineering"

September 20 –No seminar

September 27 – Kishore Deshpande, Dow Chemical Company

October 4 – Sasan Nouranian, CAVS (AIChE Conference Practice): "Vapor-Grown Carbon Nanofiber/Vinyl Ester Nanocomposites: Designed Experimental Study of Mechanical Properties and Molecular Dynamics Simulations"

October 6 (Thursday) – Lonnie Ingram, University of Florida (2011 Biofuels Conference William Flowers Hand Keynote Lecture)

October 11 – Adebola Coker, Chemical Engineering; Emmanuel Revellame, Chemical Engineering (AIChE Conference Practce)

October 18 – No seminar (AIChE Meeting)

October 25 – No seminar (ABET preparation)

November 1 – No seminar (ABET visit)

November 8 – Sundar Krishnan, Mechanical Engineering

November 15 – No seminar

November 22 – No seminar (Thanksgiving)

November 29 – Chris Roberts, Auburn University

December 6 – No seminar (Final exams)