Symposium schedule[DOC]

2009 GRS Keynote Speaker: Jeff Siirola

Location and Time: Virginia Tech Inn @ April 22, 2009 11:15 AM

Jeff Siirola is a Technology Fellow in the Eastman Research Division of Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport Tennessee where he has been for 37 years. He received a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Utah in 1967 and a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970. His areas of interest include chemical process synthesis, computer-aided conceptual process engineering, engineering design theory and methodology, chemical process development and technology assessment, resource conservation and recovery, sustainable development and growth, and chemical engineering education.

Siirola is a member of the Board of Directors of ABET. He is also a trustee and past president of CACHE (Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering Education), and a member of the American Chemical Society, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and the American Society for Engineering Education. He has served on numerous National Science Foundation and National Research Council panels, and on the advisory boards of several journals and chemical engineering departments.

Siirola is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and was the 2005 President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Dr.Siirola will address "Sustainability in the Chemical and Energy Industries"

"There is much interest in environmental protection, greener chemistry, and the general notion of sustainability within both the chemical processing and energy industries. In this presentation, sustainability will be examined in the context of long term raw material and energy availability, energy intensity, global warming threats, and the desire for strong economic growth. P opulation and economic trends, material and energy resource and availability data, and elementary systems engineering principles are applied to help elucidate sustainability issues related to global economic growth, raw material choices for the chemical and energy industries, the satisfaction of expected energy needs, and greenhouse gas impacts. Simple concepts from chemical structure and carbon oxidation state, stoichiometry, and thermodynamics are useful for understanding and screening among raw material and energy alternatives at present and going forward. Such analyses can provide guidance for evolving and optimizing overall global chemical and energy industries and suggest that a sustainable future path may be feasible, although in the near term carbon capture and sequestration innovation will be essential."

Current Schedule - April 22, 2009

Assembly Hall, Holtzman Alumni Center

Times Activities
8:00-8:15Refreshments and registration
8:15-8:25Opening Remarks
John Y. Walz, Department of Chemical Engineering
Process Simulation
Session Chair: Will Miles
8:25-8:50Ai-Fu Chang
Rigorous Model of a Commercial Hydrodesulfurization
8:50-9:15Kiran Pashikanti
Integrated Model for an Industrial CCR Catalytic Reforming Process
Polymers
Session Chair: Christopher McGrady
9:15-9:40Christopher McGrady
Linking Molecular Structure to Flow Behavior Using Constitutive Relationships in Polyethylene Melts
9:40-9:50 Break
9:50-10:15Sangil Han
Diffusivity and Solubility Measurements of Organic Molecules in Supported Liquid Crystal Membranes
10:15-10:40William Miles
The Design of Polymer-Magnetite Systems for Biological Systems
10:40-11:05Jose Herrera-Alonso
Gas Barrier of In-situ Polymerized Poly(n-butyl methacrylate)in the Presence of Chemically Modified Clay Surface
11:05-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jeff Siirola
Sustainability in the Chemical and Energy Industries
12:15-1:15 Lunch at Latham Ballroom C
Biomaterials
Session Chair:Chris Bashur
1:15-1:40Lindsay Sharp
The Effect of Pulsatile Flow on Expression of Osteoblastic Genes by Bone Marrow Stromal Cells
1:40-2:05Yeonhee Kim
Design of 3-D Hepatic Architectures via Layer-by-Layer Polyelectrolyte Deposition
2:05-2:30Chris Bashur
Effect of Uniaxial Cyclic Stretch on Ligament Progenitor Cells Seeded on Electrospum Fibrous Meshes
2:30-2:40 Break
Catalysis and Surface Science
Session Chair:John Brooks
2:40-3:05Yujung Dong
Surface Characterization and Oxygen Adsorption on a-Cr2O3
3:05-3:30Haiyan Zhao
Study on Bimetallic Phosphides-novel Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts
3:30-3:55John Brooks
Reaction of Ethyl, Ethylidene, and Ethylidyne Surface Intermediates Over the Stoichiometric a-Cr2O3 Surface
4:05-5:35 Poster Session at Latham Ballroom C
5:35-5:45 Concluding remarks
7:00Dinner at Latham Ballroom C