The 2024 AIChE® Annual Meeting, taking place in San Diego from October 27-31, 2024, unites academic and industry researchers at all career stages to explore topics at the forefront of chemical engineering. The event draws more than 5,000 attendees. Here's the run-down of Texas ChE participation:
LECTURES
Professor Hal Alper - Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering
Engineering Biology to Develop “a Taste for Waste”
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
11:15AM-12:15PM, Ballroom 20CD (Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center)
Dr. Alper was recognized with the nationally acclaimed chemical engineering award at the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida “for pioneering contributions in the fields of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, and for profoundly impacting the field of industrial biotechnology.” He and his team create new molecules and manipulate cells to remediate waste. Read more here.
ABSTRACTS, SESSIONS + INVITED TALKS
Associate Professor Adrianne Rosales - assuming the role of Chair of the Materials Engineering & Sciences Division (MESD) at this year’s meeting.
Materials Engineering and Sciences in AIChE
Saturday, October 26, 2024
2:15-3:00PM
Room 30 DE (SDCC)
Professor Nicholas A. Peppas - Keynote Speaker
Reexamining Challenges & Opportunities in Drug Delivery
8th Bioengineering and Translational Medicine Conference
Sunday, October 27, 2024
8:40-9:10AM
Hilton San Diego Bayfront (co-located with the AIChE Annual Meeting)
Assistant Professor Wennie Wang and Xin Qi, Dartmouth College
Characterization, theory, and data science for electronic and photonic materials (271)
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
8:00-10:30AM
Aqua Salon E (3, Hilton Bayfront)
Assistant Professor of Instruction Carlos Landaverde-Alvarado
A Revamped Experiment to Demonstrate Fundamental Heat Transfer Concepts and Expose Chemical Engineering Students to the Fundamental Principles of Process Control (253b)
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
8:18-8:36AM
Aqua 310 (AB) (3, Hilton Bayfront)
Postdoctoral Fellow Aaliyah Dookhith, Research Engineering / Scientist Associate IV Zidan Zhang, Professor Venkat Ganesan and Assistant Professor Gabriel Sanoja Lopez
Impact of Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerizations on the Gelation, Architecture, and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Networks: Insights from Mechanochemistry (274h)
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
9:45-10:00AM
Aqua Salon D (3, Hilton Bayfront)
Assistant Professor of Instruction Carlos Landaverde-Alvarado and Jeanpaul Lugo Carrasco
Polymer Processing to Reduce and Recycle Unconventional Plastic Waste Streams in a College Campus (385ah)
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
3:30-5:00PM
Exhibit Hall GH (Ground Level, SDCC)
Assistant Professor Joaquin Resasco, Ezra Clark, The Pennsylvania State University and Meenesh R Singh, University of Illinois Chicago
In Honor of Alex Bell's Retirement (Invited Talks) (392)
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
3:30-6:00PM
Room 29A (Upper Level, SDCC)
Associate Professor Adrianne Rosales, Rafael Verduzco, Rice University and Bryan Beckingham, Auburn University
Division Plenary: Materials Engineering & Sciences Division (Invited Talks) (482)
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
8:00-10:30AM
Aqua Salon C (3, Hilton Bayfront)
Professor Hal Alper
Moving Beyond the Test-Tube: Considerations for Next-Generation Bioproduction (66e)
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
9:12-9:30AM
Room 30B (Upper Level, SDCC)
Department Chair and Professor Delia Miliron
Electrochromic Transition Metal Oxide Nanocrystals (603f)
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
4:57-5:24PM
Aqua Salon AB (3, Hilton Bayfront)
UNDERGRAD, GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS + POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Postdoctoral Fellow Woo Je Chang (1), Zarko Sakotic (2), Alexander Ware (2), Allison Green (2), Benjamin Roman (2), Kihoon Kim (1), Professor Thomas Truskett (1), Daniel Wasserman (3) and Chair and Professor Delia Milliron (1)
Wavelength Tunable Infrared Perfect Absorption in Plasmonic Nanocrystal Monolayers (143f)
Monday, October 28, 2024
2:10-2:30 PM
Cobalt 501AB (5, Hilton Bayfront)
(1) McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, (2) The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, (3) Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Professor Yuriy Roman, MIT, Graduate student Aldaly Pineda Hernandez
LatinX Voices in ChE (620)
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
12:00-3:00PM
Sapphire Ballroom BCFG (Level 4, Hilton Bayfront)
Graduate Research Assistant Fabiola Chapa Villarreal (1,2), Undergrad Madi Schraad (1,2), Nikita Villegas (1,3), Undergrad Sophia Castaneda (1,2) and Professor Nicholas A. Peppas (1,2,3,4)
Self-Assembled Polymeric Oral Delivery Platform for Therapeutic Proteins (338b)
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
12:50-1:10PM
Sapphire Ballroom P (4, Hilton Bayfront)
(1) Institute for Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, and Regenerative Medicine, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, (2) McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, (3) Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, (4) Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Graduate student and presenting author *Shashwati da Cunha, Professor and author Joaquin Resasco
Insights from the Systems Scale to Design Practical CO2 Electrolyzers (307e)
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
1:42-2:00 PM
Room 28A (Upper Level, SDCC)
*Recipient of the CRE Travel Award, presented by AIChE’s Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division "in recognition of exceptional individuals who have made significant advancements in our field."
Graduate Research Assistant Pranav Thacker, Postdoctoral Fellow Louise Canada and Professor Joan Brennecke
Exploring Cation Effects on Transport Properties and Reaction Thermodynamics with CO2 in Aprotic N-Heterocyclic Anion-Based Ionic Liquids (537e)
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
1:30-1:45PM
Room 26B (Upper Level, SDCC)
Postdoctoral Fellow Gina Partipilo (1), Emily Bowman (2), Professor Hal Alper (1) and Professor Benjamin Keitz (1)
Advances in Biosensing: High-Throughput Characterization of Extracellular Electron Transfer (EET) (718d)
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
4:46-5:04PM
Room 30B (Upper Level, SDCC)
(1) McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, (2) Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
EVENTS
Graduate Student Recruitment Fair
Sunday, October 27, 2024
9:00 AM-4:00PM
Booth 126, (SDCC)
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting Reception
Tuesday, October 29
7:30-9:30PM
Sapphire Balroom M (4, Hilton Bayfront)
Stop by our Texas-sized reception. Visit with faculty, colleagues, students, and alumni to network, enjoy cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, swag giveaways and raffle prizes. RSVP not required, but appreciated.
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