{"id":1582,"date":"2019-04-01T15:12:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T22:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/acesche\/?page_id=1582"},"modified":"2020-09-21T13:20:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T20:20:46","slug":"2019-graduate-student-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/acesche\/archives\/1582","title":{"rendered":"2019 Graduate Student Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Please join me in congratulating the winners of the Oral and Poster presentations for the 12th Annual Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Symposium!<\/p>\n

Oral Presentation<\/strong>: Caitlyn Wolf – Molecular Conformation and Dynamics of Conjugated Polymers using Neutron Scattering
Poster Presentation<\/strong>: Duyen Tran – All-Polymer Solar Cells from Fluorinated Donor Polymer Enabled Highly Versatile Blends with Vertical Phase Stratification and High Performance Thick-Film Active Layer<\/p>\n

We’d love to thank our attendees for coming to this great event. We would like to again, thank all our external representatives, sponsors, judges, staff, and volunteers. This event would not have been possible without any of you. <\/p>\n

About the Event <\/strong><\/h2>\n

ACES is committed to providing its students with opportunities for professional development and outreach beyond those typically available during graduate study. Of these, the Graduate Student Symposium (GSS) has been conceptualized with the goal to bridge the gap between industry and academia. For industry representatives this event provides an overview of the exciting research at UW ChemE,  and an opportunity to interact with future research leaders and help improve the quality of graduate education. Now in its twelfth year<\/strong>, our GSS has evolved to become a lively forum for enlightening discussions and knowledge exchange among our students, industry and leaders from the community at large. <\/p>\n

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Date and location<\/h3>\n

Date: September 19th, 2019
Location: Nanoengineering and Sciences 181
Address: 3946 W Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105<\/p>\n

Check-in and registration will start at 12:30pm and the Opening Remarks will be at 1:00pm, so please plan accordingly.<\/p>\n

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Parking kiosks can be found at the west entrance on W Steven’s Way NE, east entrance on Pend Orielle Road NE, and north entrance on Memorial Way NE<\/p>\n

Schedule<\/h3>\n
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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Steve Leith<\/h3>\n
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Steve Leith is Director of Engineering and Technology at MicroConnex, a high-density electrical interconnect solution provider serving the medical, semiconductor test and industrial market sectors. At MicroConnex, Mr. Leith is responsible for delivery of micro-fabrication capability and capacity and management of the technology road-map for market expansion into existing and adjacent application opportunities. Prior to MicroConnex, Steve held a number of engineering management and business development positions in microelectronic and MEMS device design and fabrication, product development and specialty chemical production in both the public and private sectors including positions with Sandia National Laboratory, Hewlett-Packard Company, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Modumetal Inc. Mr. Leith\u2019s technical interests and experience lie primarily in development of materials and processes used in fabrication of nano- and micro-scale architectures for semiconductor, display, solar, medical and micro-fluidic devices built on silicon, glass, flexible polymeric and metal alloy substrate platforms. Mr. Leith is author or co-author on 16 peer reviewed technical publications, co-inventor on 11 issued patents and was a contributing member on a team honored with an R&D 100 Award in 2014. <\/p>\n

Steve holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado. Steve\u2019s talk will focus on the skills developed and opportunity space available to students graduating with an advanced degree in chemical engineering. In addition to the more traditional career paths taken by many graduates, Leith will highlight the ways in which he believes the Chem E degree uniquely prepares students for a wide range of rewarding opportunities that may not be obvious during the marathon run to graduation. <\/p>\n

Cross-Disciplinary Panel<\/h2>\n
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