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ACES: Association of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students

ACES: Association of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students

2011 speakers: Abstracts and testimonials

	Date	Speaker and Lecture Title
	July 11, 2011	Construction of Synthetic Circuits by Harnessing Orthogonal Genetic Parts Tae Seok Moon Postdoctoral Scholar UC San Francisco Advisor: Prof. Christopher Voigt “This seminar gave a unique experience that I could not find from conference talks”
	July 18, 2011	Click Polymerizations: Old and New Reactions for Material Synthesis Brian J. Adzima Graduate Student University of Colorado, Boulder Advisor: Prof. Christopher N. Bowman “The seminar impressed in me the need to present information for a much broader audience than typically encountered at meetings and conferences. “
	July 25, 2011	Unconventional Processes and Materials for Micro- and Nanoscale Optics and Electronics: Plasmonic Antennae, Rubber Solar Cells, and Electronic Skin Darren Lipomi Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University Advisor: Prof. Zhenan Bao “I could get my first, “job interview” out of the way with nothing to lose.”
	Aug. 1, 2011	Protein Structure at Interfaces: A Surface Analysis Approach Joe Baio Graduate Student University of Washington Advisor: Prof. David G. Castner “It forced me to create a 50 min “job” talk.”
	Aug. 8, 2011	Hydration at the Nanoscale: A New Perspective on the Role of Water in Biomolecular Interactions and Assembly Amish J. Patel Postdoctoral Scholar Rensselaer Polytechnic University Advisor: Prof. Shekhar Garde “Giving the seminar was a wonderful learning experience that has been immensely beneficial in helping me prepare an interview.”
	Aug. 15, 2011	Influence of Confinement and Interfacial Interactions on the Behavior of Membranes and Materials for Energy Technologies Brandon W. Rowe Postdoctoral Fellow National Institute of Standards and Technology Advisor: Prof. Christopher Soles “This opportunity was a great chance to develop presentation skills and develop relationships with graduate students and faculty at the University of Washington.”
	Aug. 22, 2011	H2-release kinetics from Pd(100): The influence of H in the Surface, Subsurface, and Bulk States William D. Michalak Graduate Student Carnegie Mellon University Advisors: Profs. Andrew Gellman and James Miller “The opportunity to interact with another department is valuable to learn about other research going on.”
	Aug. 29, 2011	Using Single-Molecule Resonance Energy Transfer to Connect Macromolecular Conformation with Dynamic Interfacial Behavior Mark Kastantin Postdoctoral Fellow University of Colorado, Boulder Advisor: Prof. Daniel K. Schwartz The DYSSS provided a “…venue to promote my research methods as useful & interesting for others”

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