2008 Annual Meeting: Centennial Special Events & Networking Opportunities
Includes both ticketed and not ticketed events. Space may be limited for various events. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note vegetarian options will be available for the dinner events. Certain events may be cancelled without prior notice; events will only be held if ticket sales indicate sufficient interest. Please register in advance for the ticketed events and check on site to confirm final times and locations.
If you are unable to register in advance, please check on site for events which may still be open for registration.
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Student Welcome Ceremony |
10:00am- 10:30am |
National Student Design Competition |
1:00pm-2:30pm |
National Student Paper Contest |
1:00pm-4:00pm |
Centennial Bash for Students - details coming |
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Short Courses -- Registration Required- Follow links to Descriptions & Reg. |
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8:00am-5:00pm |
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9:00am-1:00pm |
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9:00am-5:00pm |
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9:00am-5:30pm |
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10:00am-12:00pm |
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9:00am-5:30pm |
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10:00am-12:00pm |
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1:00pm-5:00pm |
Education Workshop: Polishing Your Problem Solving Skills |
8:30am-11:00am |
Education Workshop: Career Planning for Prospective Faculty |
8:30am-11:00am |
Education Division - Meet the Faculty Candidate Poster Session |
1:00pm-3:00pm |
Special Centennial Chem-E Car Competition |
1:00pm – 4:00pm |
Centennial Convocation |
4:00pm-5:30pm |
Annual Meeting & Centennial Celebration Opening Reception |
6:00pm-7:30pm |
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AIChE Annual Business Meeting |
7:00am-8:00am |
How to Take Inventory of Your Assets – Free Tutorial by Grogan Advisory Services on allocation, diversification and how to efficiently design an investment portfolio |
8:00am-9:00am |
Minority Action Committee (MAC) Scholarships Forum - A Panel Discussion outlines 240 scholarships awarded to African-American, Hispanic and Native American students |
8:30am-10:15am |
Bionanotechnology Plenary - Invited Bionano Speakers – Leading Scientists / Engineers |
8:30am-11:00am |
Fusion Energy – Plenary - Invited Fusion Speakers – Leading Scientists / Engineers |
8:30am-11:00am |
Interfacial Phenomena Plenary - Invited Interfacial Phenomena Distinguished Speakers |
8:30am-11:00am |
Fluid Mechanics Honorary for Bud Homsy I - Invited Talks |
8:30am-11:00am |
Catalysis & Reaction Engineering Memorial for Rutherford Aris I – Invited Speakers |
8:30am-11:00am |
Plasma Science and Thin Film Honorary for Herbert H. Sawin I |
8:30am-11:00am |
New Faculty Forum |
8:30am-11:00am |
Separations Plenary I - Invited Separations Speakers – Leading Scientists / Engineers |
8:30am-11:00am |
Educational Software Demonstrations - |
9:00am-11:00am |
2008 AIChE Career Fair- Free to Members/$75 Non-Members
Members: Free Exhibit Hall A, (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
10:00am-4:00pm |
Black Eminent Chemical Engineers Centennial Panel |
10:30am-12:30pm |
Danckwerts Lecture – This years recipient Wolfgang Marquardt, Head of the Chair of Process System Engineering AVT, Aachener Verfahrenstechnik will present a lecture titled “Incremental Identification of Reaction and Transport Models” |
11:15am-12:15pm |
Free Forum on Engineering Education |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Fluid Mechanics Honorary for Bud Homsy II - Invited Talks . |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Honorary for the Wilhelm Award Recipient I The Wilhelm Award, Sponsored by ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company, recognizes significant new contributions in the area of chemical reaction engineering. Distinguished invited speakers will present in honor of the recipient. |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Separations Plenary II - Invited Separations Speakers – Leading Scientists / Engineers |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Bioseparations Plenary I - Invited Distinguished Bioseparations Speakers |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Process Systems Engineering Honorary for George Stephanopoulos I |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Thermodynamics / Transport Properties Honorary for John O'Connell I |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Air Pollution Research and Education Honorary Symposium for Len Peters I |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Plasma Science and Thin Film Honorary for Herbert H. Sawin II |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Membrane Separations Honorary for Kamalesh Sirkar I |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Student Poster Sessions:
Exhibit Hall A (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Future Energy Keynote Speakers: Fuels from Renewable Resources Colorado Center for Biorefining & Biofuels C2B2 Networking Reception to follow * For session attendees only |
3:00pm-5:00pm |
Fluid Mechanics Honorary for Bud Homsy III - Invited Talks . |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Honorary for the Wilhelm Award Recipient I The Wilhelm Award, Sponsored by ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company, recognizes significant new contributions in the area of chemical reaction engineering. Distinguished invited speakers will present in honor of the recipient. Room 102-A (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Separations Plenary III - Invited Separations Speakers – Leading Scientists / Engineers |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Process Systems Engineering Honorary for George Stephanopoulos II |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Membrane Separations Honorary for Kamalesh Sirkar II |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Air Pollution Research and Education Honorary Symposium for Len Peters I |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Plasma Science and Thin Film Honorary for Herbert H. Sawin III |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Chinese American Chemical Society Dinner - $30 |
5:30pm-8:30pm |
Separations Division Annual Awards Dinner- $55 -Awards and Plaques are presented: 2008 Clarence G. Gerhold Award, sponsored by UOP, LLC recognizing an individual's outstanding contribution in research, development, or in the application of chemical separations technology.
Graduate Student Awards: Recipients:
Graduate Student Awards: Honorable Mention
Franklin 13 (Marriott) |
7:00pm-10:00pm |
Poster Sessions:
Exhibit Hall A (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
6:00pm-8:30pm |
Centennial Fundraising Gala (Black Tie Dinner)- hosted by Raj Gupta, CEO, Rohm & Haas
Grand Ballroom of Park Hyatt at Bellevue (site of 50th anniversary meeting) |
6:30pm-9:00pm |
River to River Tour T1- $39 |
9:00am-12:00pm |
Hagley Museum/DuPont Experimental Station Tour T3- $32 View the DuPont’s historical family compound and then an optional side tour to see the current location where inventions such as Kevlar were discovered |
1:00pm-5:00pm |
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Fellows Breakfast $23 - moved to the Devil’s Alley, 1907 Chestnut St, which is approximately seven (7) blocks from the hotel. There will be shuttle service from the 12th Street entrance of the Marriott starting at 6:45 AM and leaving every 15 minutes. Questions should be addressed to customer service at 1.800.242.4363 |
7:00am-9:30am |
IRA Secrets, Allocation Strategies, Retire Early, Leave a Legacy – Free Tutorial by Grogan Advisory Services - In-service distributions, Net unrealized appreciation, Stretch IRA’s Salon J (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
8:00am-9:00am |
| 78th Meeting of the Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (PERF) - Hosted by ExxonMobil
The Tuesday techncial sessions of the PERF meeting are open to AIChE Annual Meeting attendees. See technical sessions. The PERF meeting itself requires a separate registration Salon A (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
8:00am-5:30pm |
Distillation Honors I - Invited speakers, subjects related to accomplishments of the Honoree Franklin 4 (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
8:30am-11:00am |
Adsorption and Ion Exchange Plenary I Salon I (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
8:30am-11:00am |
Solids Flow, Handling and Processing Honorary for George Klinzing Congress C Room (Loews Philadelphia Hotel) |
8:30am-11:00am |
Pharmaceutical Quality by Design - Invited Talks and Round Table Discussion Room 109-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
8:30am-12:00pm |
Short Course – “Biorefining: Feedstocks and Conversion Technologies” - $279 student/$499 non-student – Receive 8PDH – Registration Required |
8:30am-5:00pm |
Short Course – “Professional Engineering (PE) License Examination Review Course Chemical Engineering”- $599 – Receive 8PDH – Registration Required |
8:30am-5:00pm |
James Oldshue Lecture– Invited Speaker in Honor of Dr. James Oldshue Introduction of Carlos Cabrera by Session Chair, Tom R. Marrero This year’s address is “Mixing in Chemical Engineering” by Carlos Cabrera, President and Chief Executive Officer, UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company Followed by transition of IACChE officers and introduction of Montreal Conference 2009 Room 204-C (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
8:30am-10:00am |
Women’s Initiative Committee Special Program “Effective Negotiating Skills to Use Everyday” Invited Speakers: Kathy White, VP and Cofounder Polymer Technology Group. |
8:30am-11:00am |
Women’s Initiative Committee Networking Luncheon - $10 Room 309-310 (Marriott) |
11:00am-12:30pm |
Women’s Initiative Committee Special Presentation “The Chemistry of Leadership – A Woman’s Leadership Development Program” by Sandra Shullman, PhD, Executive Coach, Executive Development Group- Basic concepts and tools for participants to further develop their leadership skills: Learn about various concepts of leadership, explore what is known about gender and its role in leadership situations, reflect on their challenges. Do some self-assessment and planning to identify/develop areas for skill enhancement. Franklin 6 (Marriott) |
1:00pm- 3:00pm |
Nuclear Engineering Division R. E. Wilson Award Onsite Luncheon - $10 The R.E. Wilson Award is sponsored by Fluor Foundation. Dr. Ralph A. Leonard, is the winner of the Robert E. Wilson Award for 2008. Ralph has a long history of introducing chemical engineering innovations to the nuclear field. He has also had a long-time association with the Nuclear Engineering Division. Room 410 (Marriott) |
11:15am-12:15pm |
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Planning Meeting & Luncheon - $15 Independence Ballroom I (Marriott) |
11:15am-12:15pm |
Professional Progress Award Lecture the recipient, Jay Keasling, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. Lecture is titled “Synthetic Biology in Pursuit of Low-Cost, Effective, Anti-Malarial Drugs” Salon G/H (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
11:15am-12:15pm |
Distillation Honors II - Invited speakers, subjects relate to accomplishments of the Honoree Franklin 4 (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Catalysis & Reaction Engineering Memorial for Rutherford Aris II – Invited Speakers Room 111-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
NSF Workshop I NSF programs, formal presentations by NSF staff with Q & A session. Franklin 9 (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Adsorption and Ion Exchange Plenary II Salon I (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Bioseparations Plenary II - Invited Distinguished Bioseparations Speakers Salon J (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Fuels and Petrochemicals Centennial Programming - One Hundred Years of Advancement. Distinguished speakers address key developments in Fuels&Petrochemicals over the past 100 years with emphasis on the history of as well as opportunities and challenges for the future in energy, technology, operations / support services. Sponsored Breaks and Receptions are included as indicated: Keynote Addresses and Speakers:
3:00 PM - Intermission- coffee/cookie break - Sponsored by F&PD
5:20 PM - Networking Cocktail Reception - Sponsored by Praxair, Inc. Salon E (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
12:30pm-7:30pm |
Free Fuel Cell Tutorial - An Introduction for the Chemical Engineer by Donald J. Chmielewski - at least senior level in ChE education recommended Room 113-C (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Interfacial Phenomenon Honorary for Clarence Miller – Invited Speakers Room 103-C (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Catalysis & Reaction Engineering Memorial for Rutherford Aris III – Invited Speakers Room 111-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
NSF Workshop II – Guidance for new faculty in preparing NSF proposals by NSF staff Franklin 9 (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Particle Technology Forum Awards Lectures - Presentation are made by recipients of
Other PTF Award Recipients recognized but not presenting are:
Room 204-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Process Development Plenary (In Honor of Kamlesh Bhatia) Commonwealth D (Loews Philadelphia Hotel) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Thermodynamics/ Transport Properties Honorary for John O'Connell II Invited Talks Commonwealth C (Loews Philadelphia Hotel) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Sustainability Plenary - Invited Distinguished Sustainability Speakers The Terrace Room (Loews Philadelphia Hotel) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Workshop: How to Teach Capstone Design - Looking to the Future Washington C Room (Loews Philadelphia Hotel) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
“Sustainability Actions an Individual Can Take” – Free Short Course- Receive 1.5 PDH – Registration Required |
3:30pm-5:00pm |
Honors Ceremony –Free-AIChE officers/volunteers honored for contributions in 2008 Salon G/H (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
5:00pm-6:30pm |
James E. Bailey Award Lecture Sponsored by SBE, Society of Biological Engineering The Society for Biological Engineering’s Bailey award, endowed by Cytos Biotechnology, recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of biological engineering. The Bailey Award Lecturer/Recipient being recognized for his work in the field of biomedical engineering is James R. Swartz, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering Stanford University will present a lecture titled “Look Mom, NO CELLS! - Providing New Freedom for Engineering Efficient Biological Systems”. Professor Swartz is also a founder of Fundamental Applied Biology, Inc., a new company dedicated to developing commercial cell-free technologies. His research seeks to reproduce and direct complex metabolism in a cell-free environment. Salon E/F (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
6:30pm-7:30pm |
Management Division Dinner Program TBD- $45 Maggiano’s 12th and Filbert Sts. |
6:30pm-9:00pm |
Catalysis & Reaction Engineering (CRE) Division Dinner - $70 2008 CRE Division Practice Awardee is recognized. - Dr. Jan J. Lerou, Manager of Experimental Operations and the Catalysis R&D at Velocys, Inc. and previously Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of NovoDynamics, Inc., a start-up company based in Ann Arbor, MI, Brasserie Perrier, 1619 Walnut Street, |
6:30pm- 10:00pm |
Process Development Dinner - $65 Professor James B. Rawlings of the University Wisconsin-Madison, recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Process Development Research Award, will be recognized. Research and Student Awards of the Process Development Davison will be given out at the dinner along with recognition of officers and supporters of the division, Sponsored by Zeton Inc. – Please note there is a dress code for this Dinner: For men: Jacket and collared shirt are required, Jacket and tie preferred. For women: Professional Attire (Dresses, blouses and skirts, pants suit or tailored Pants with a jacket) The Union League of Philadelphia (Meade Room); 140 S. Broad St. |
6:30pm-9:30pm |
Computing & Systems Technology (CAST) Banquet - $70 7:00pm- Cash Bar 7:30pm- Dinner Panorama Wine Cellar inside the Penn’s View Hotel; Front & Market Sts. |
7:00pm |
Education Group Dinner - $50 Trattoria Prima Donna; 1506 Spruce St. |
6:45pm-8:30pm |
SBE Hospitality Suite (SBE Members Only) |
9:00pm-11:00pm |
Gee’s Bend at the Arden Theater T5-$20 Through segregation, family turmoil and the Civil Rights Movement, the women of Gee's Bend, Alabama turn to quilting. This play is their personal story interwoven with gospel music. |
10:00am-12:30pm |
Tour the Thermal Oxidizer Pilot Plant |
9:00am-12:15pm |
Historic Philadelphia Tour T6- $45 A revolutionary costumed guide will lead the tour of the most historic square mile in the country |
1:00pm-5:00pm |
University of Pennsylvania Tour T9- $20 Tour of the Center for Cancer Pharmacology |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
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Engineering Your Investments, How to Make Your Investments Work Efficiently – Free Tutorial by Grogan Advisory Services - How to manage mutual funds, electronically traded funds, tax free bonds, guaranteed lifetime income annuities and stocks. |
8:00am-9:00am |
2007 Lawrence K Cecil Award Lecture |
8:30am-11:00am |
Department Heads Forum - for Education / Faculty Chairs and Department Heads Salon E (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
8:30am-11:00am |
IT in Chemical Engineering Plenary - Invited Information Technology Invited Speakers |
8:30am-11:00am |
Free Forum on Engineering Education I |
8:30am-11:00am |
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (CRE) Division Industrial Practice Award Honor Session - The CRE Industrial Practice Award Winner Jan Lerou, presents CRE Industrial Practice Award Lecture titled “Chemical Reaction Engineering: Quo Vadis? Other Invited Speakers follow the Award Lecture with related presentations. |
8:30am-11:00am |
Thermodynamics / Transport Properties Honorary for John O'Connell III - Invited Talks |
8:30am-11:00am |
Materials Engineering and Sciences Division (MESD) Plenary – The Charles M. A. Stine Award, Sponsored by E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company. The recipient presents a lecture, followed by several invited lectures related to the recipient's field of interest and to areas of interest to MESD. Sharon C. Glotzer delivers the first lecture titled “Design and Assembly of Anisotropic Particles: The Shapes of Things to Come (With a Little Help from Computer Simulation)” Room 201-A (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
8:30am-11:00am |
Emerging Areas in Polymers Plenary – Distinguished Invited Speakers |
8:30am-11:00am |
Sustainable Biorefineries Plenary - Distinguished Visionary Invited Speakers |
8:30am-11:00am |
Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum Symposium Honoring H. Ted Davis I - Distinguished Invited Speakers |
8:30am-11:00am |
“Intellectual Property, Including Patents”– $25 – Receive 2.5 PDH – Registration Required |
8:30am-11:00am |
| 78th Meeting of the Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (PERF) - Hosted by ExxonMobil
The Wednesday techncial sessions of the PERF meeting are open to AIChE Annual Meeting attendees. See technical sessions. The PERF meeting itself requires a separate registration Salon A (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
8:30am-4:00pm |
60th AIChE Institute Lecture –The awardee, Mark E. Davis, Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, presents his Lecture titled The Rise and Realization of “Molecular” Chemical Engineering |
11:15am-12:15pm |
Sustainable Engineering Forum & Green Engineering in the Pharmaceutical Industry Luncheon - $15 Room 309-310 (Marriott) Speaker Karen Klimas, the Vice President of Global Safety and the Environment, Merck, & Co Inc, will present “The Road to a Sustainable Future for the Industry” |
11:15am-12:15pm |
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Honorary for Doraiswami Ramkrishna I |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
Annual Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society (AES) Poster Session |
3:00pm-5:30pm |
Green Engineering and Sustainability In the Pharmaceutical Industry Poster Session |
3:00pm-5:30pm |
CAPE-OPEN Interoperability Workshop - software developers test CAPE-OPEN compliance of their tools and users of process simulation tools witness interoperability through CAPE-OPEN interfaces. |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Plenary – Invited Speakers – The division plenary lecturer, Jeffrey A. Hubbell, EPFL, IGBB, Bat. AA-B 039, Lausanne, Switzerland is welcomed and honored prior to the lecture. |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Honorary for Doraiswami Ramkrishna II |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum Symposium Honoring H. Ted Davis II - Distinguished Invited Speakers |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division Forum - All division members are invited to this open meeting. Division direction and changes to programming are discussed. |
5:30pm-7:30pm |
Separations Interactive Networking Poster Session |
5:30pm-8:00pm |
Poster Sessions:
Exhibit Hall A (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
6:00pm-8:30pm |
OPEN Forum for Korean and American Chemical Engineers (KIChE) - Future directions and proposed changes to programming discussed |
6:00pm-8:30pm |
American Electrophoresis/Bioinformatics Dinner - $50 |
7:30pm-10:00pm |
Particle Technology Forum (PTF) Dinner - $85 |
6:30pm |
CAPE – OPEN Dinner - $50 |
7:30pm-10:00pm |
Environmental Division Dinner - $55 |
6:30pm-9:00pm |
North American Mixing Forum (NAMF) Award Dinner - $70 The Award, Sponsored by Procter & Gamble Company, is presented. |
6:30pm-9:00pm |
Centennial Celebratory Dessert Reception- Sponsored by AIChE's Wilmington, Delaware Valley and New York Sections - Free National Constitution Center - Transportation will be provided from the Marriott Downtown beginning at 6:45pm |
7:00pm-10:00pm |
Longwood Gardens Tour T7_$49 |
9:00am-1:00pm |
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1:00pm-5:00pm |
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The Chemical Engineering Summer School: A Retrospective - Deran Hanesian, NJIT, Presents The History of the CHED Summer School from Inception (in 1931) to Present. Summer School Directors (one from each decade, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000) present Room 201-C (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
8:30am-11:00am |
Industrial Innovation Award & Lecture Dr. Fred J. Palensky, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Research and Development at 3M, will accept the award on behalf of 3M Salon G/H (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown) |
11:15am-12:15pm |
Case Studies in Product-Centered Process Development Washington A Room (Loews Philadelphia Hotel) |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
A Century of Separations - Invited Speakers present an overview of separations science and education from the past and looking forward, followed by a 30 minutes panel discussion. Room 109-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
12:30pm-3:00pm |
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Room 110-A (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Overview of An International Assessment of Research and Development in Simulation-Based Engineering and Science - panelists from the study (profiled at http://www.wtec.org/sbes ) will report on the findings from the study, and outline plans for future workshops and possible funding initiatives related to SBE&S. |
3:15pm-5:45pm |
Poster Sessions:
Exhibit Hall A (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
6:00pm-8:30pm |
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Biomass Processing beyond Ethanol |
10:45am-1:15pm |
Catalytic Conversion of Renewable Resources to Synthesis Gases and Pyrolysis Oils |
10:45am-1:15pm |
The Fifth Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge - The Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge (described at http://fluidproperties.org ) is aimed at driving improvements in the practice of molecular simulation, formalizing methods for the evaluation and validation of simulation results with experimental data, and ensuring relevance of simulation activities to industrial needs. This session will include presentations by contestants who have entered the fifth challenge and the announcement of the champions. Room 102-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center) |
10:45am-1:15pm |