Seminar Abstract
Solution-processed electronic materials have been developed to enable manufacturing platforms complementary to conventional silicon technology. These electronic inks can be deposited and patterned by low-cost printing tools such as inkjet printers and gravure presses. Notably, the printing process is compatible with many substrates ranging from plastics to fibers, to potentially integrate electronics on … Read the rest »
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Plants have evolved highly sophisticated mechanisms of self-repair to regenerate proteins that become photo-damaged over time. In the absence of this self-repair cycle, plants demonstrate less than 5% of their photosynthetic yield, diminishing plant growth and lifetime. Key to this self-repair process is the reversible self-assembly of protein complexes, which is characterized by … Read the rest »
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Graphene is a single atomic layer of carbon with extraordinary properties including exceptionally high electronic carrier mobilities, thermal conductivity, and mechanical strength
. Researchers are rapidly developing graphene-based applications in high-speed electronics, chemical and biological sensing, optoelectronics, and energy storage and conversion to take advantage of these behaviors. In all these applications, the … Read the rest »
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As corn-based biofuels reach their practical limits, advanced algae-based biofuels are poised to supply the rapidly increasing demand for renewable fuels. Large energy costs in biorefineries using traditional separation techniques for dilute feedstocks are currently a hurdle, but also a major opportunity for innovation. Advanced materials and their manufacturing into low-cost, energy-efficient separation … Read the rest »
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Protein aggregation is a ubiquitous concern during biopharmaceutical product formulation and process development. The process of nonnative aggregation has also attracted long-standing interest in fundamental disease studies due to its potential role in a growing number of chronic ailments such as Huntington’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, and prion diseases. In both cases, there is … Read the rest »
Have you imagined integrating your body tissues and electronics to control household appliances with simply a blink of the eyes? Or to continuously collect data and monitor the health of your body using simply a smart phone? These novel concepts may have existed so far only in sci-fi movies or fictions, but to … Read the rest »
2012-2013 Pirkey Lectureship
(Reception to follow in CPE 2.802F, food provided by Dine by Design)
Seminar Abstract:
The next ten years will see unprecedented strides in regenerating musculoskeletal tissues. We are moving from an era of advanced prosthetics, to what I term regenerative engineering. In doing so, we have the capability to begin to … Read the rest »
Texas Distinguished Faculty Lectureship
(Reception to follow in CPE 2.802F)
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In this presentation we give an overview of recent applications in Process Systems Engineering of new discrete and continuous optimization techniques. We first provide a brief overview of logic-based optimization methods, emphasizing the theoretical relation of the continuous relaxations between mixed-integer programming … Read the rest »
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Nanoparticles, particularly carbon nanotubes and metal nanowires, provide new routes for engineering the electrical properties of polymers. This lecture will focus on two aspects of this expanding field, namely electrical conductivity and resistive switching. With regard to electrical conductivity, Winey’s group has demonstrated the importance of nanotube orientation both via simulation and by … Read the rest »
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Neuroinflammation, caused by activated microglia and astrocytes, plays a key role in the pathogenesis of cerebral palsy (CP), retinal degeneration, and other debilitating neurodegenerative disorders. Engineering and reprogramming the microglial response, to achieve targeted attenuation of neuroinflammation, can be a potent therapeutic strategy. However, drug delivery to the central nervous system is strongly … Read the rest »