List of Presenters for the 25^th ChEGSA Symposium

Bioengineering

Michael J. Bartkovsky
A First Generation MEMS based Biosensor
Advised by Steinar Hauan and Todd Przybycien

Susan M. Daly
Adsorption of Polyethylene Glycol Modified Protein at the Solid-Liquid Interface
Advised by Robert D. Tilton and Todd M. Przybycien

Soumitra Ghosh
Determination of optimal flux scenarios in metabolic networks for strain design
Advised by Michael M. Domach and Ignacio E. Grossmann

Marvi Matos
Electric Field Driven Internal Pumping Strategies to Improve Response Dynamics of Gel-Based Biosensors
Advised by Lee White and Robert Tilton

Duc Nguyen
Impedance Sensor Array Studies of Fibroblasts and Malignant Colon Cells.
Advised by Michael M. Domach

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Dr. John M. Prausnitz
Molecular Thermodynamics for Some Applications in Biotechnology
Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

James P. Vernille
Surfactant-Based DNA Purifications for Genomic Processing and Biotechnology
Advised by James W. Schneider

Complex Fluids Engineering

Jeffrey Fagan
The Motion of a Single Colloid near an Electrode in an Alternating Electric Field
Advised by Dennis C. Prieve and Paul J. Sides

Michael Gerber
Characterization of Polymerized Rod-like Surfactant Micelles
Advised by Lynn Walker

Keith D. Humfeld
Analysis of Pseudo Partial and Partial Wetting of Various Substrates by Lead
Advised by Stephen Garoff

Junhyung Kim
Electrokinetic Manipulation of Colloids in Apolar Liquids
Advised by John Anderson and Stephen Garoff

Jess Nauman
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I (IGF-I) Mass Transport through Model Tissue Scaffold Fibrin
Advised by John L. Anderson, Phil G. Campbell, and Frederick Lanni

Ijeoma M. Nnebe
Dynamic AFM Probing of Compliant Surfaces
Advised by James W. Schneider

Gitanjali Seevaratnam
Spreading of Model non-Newtonian Fluids
Advised by Lynn M. Walker and Stephen Garoff

Hao Zhou
Patterning of Cell Arrays by AC Electric fields
Advised by Robert Tilton and Lee White

Envirochemical Engineering

Timothy M. Gaydos
Ultrafine atmospheric particle formation in the eastern United States
Advised by Spyros N. Pandis

Albert A. Presto
Smog chemistry in the presence of NOx: Pressure dependence of the OH yield in the ozonolysis of TME
Advised by Neil M. Donahue

Satoshi Takahama
Modeling the Equilibrium Partitioning of Nitrate with High-time Resolution Measurements
Advised by Spyros N. Pandis and Cliff I. Davidson

Jieyuan Zhang
Photochemical Formation of Organic Nitrate
Advised by Neil M. Donahue

Process Systems Engineering

Ashish Agarwal
Modeling for Optimization of Hybrid Dynamic Systems
Advised by Ignacio E. Grossmann

Dimitrios I. Gerogiorgis
Multiscale Modeling for Simulation of a Novel Carbothermic Aluminium Reactor
Advised by B. Erik Ydstie

Warren R. Hoffmaster
Synthesis of Multi-Feed Reactive Distillation Columns Using Feasible Regions
Advised by Steinar Hauan

Ling Jiang
Simulation and optimal design of multiple-bed pressure swing adsorption systems
Advised by Lorenz T. Biegler

Shivakumar Kameswaran
Optimization of DAE systems with application to the Core-flooding problem
Advised by Lorenz T. Biegler

Carl Laird
Contaminant Source Determination in Drinking Water Networks
Advised by Lorenz T. Biegler

Christos T. Maravelias
A General Hybrid MIP/CP Algorithm for Batch Scheduling Problems
Advised by Ignacio E. Grossmann

Arvind U. Raghunathan
Mathematical Programs with Complementarity Constraints (MPCCs) in Process Engineering
Advised by Lorenz T. Biegler

Nicolas W. Sawaya
A Cutting Plane Method for Solving Generalized Disjunctive Programming Problems
Advised by Ignacio E. Grossman

John D. Siirola
Agent-based Strategies for Multi-objective Optimization
Advised by Steinar Hauan and Arthur W. Westerberg

Cong Xu
Modeling and Optimization of the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
Advised by Myung S. Jhon and Lorenz T. Biegler

Solid State Materials

Sartaj Ghai
Nanoscale Heat Transfer Modeling in Solids using Lattice Boltzmann Method
Advised by Myung S. Jhon

Qian Guo
Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Confined Lubricant Nanofilms
Advised by Myung S. Jhon

Preeti Kamakoti
First Principles Investigation of Hydrogen Transport through CuPd membranes
Advised by David S. Sholl

Donggun Kim
Activation of the SiC surface for vapor phase lubrication by chemical vapor deposition of Fe
Advised by Andrew J. Gellman

David A. Newsome
Mass Transfer Resistances in Zeolite Membranes
Advised by David S. Sholl

Dougyong Sung
Ethyl iodide decomposition on Cu(111) and Cu(221)
Advised by Andrew J. Gellman