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November 2021

Towards a New Understanding of the Retro-Aldol Reaction for Oxidative Conversion of Lignin to Aromatic Aldehydes and Acids

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 8, 2021
Lignin is the most abundant natural biopolymer after cellulose and accounts for 30% of non-fossil carbon on earth. The retro-aldol reaction is one of...

AIChE Announces New Officers, Board for 2022

Christine S. Grant, 2022 AIChE President
November 8, 2021
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) announced today that Christine S. Grant, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the inaugural Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement in the College of Engineering at North Carolina...

Treatment Challenges and Strategies for High-Tech Industrial Wastewaters by Yallaly and Zaugg

Thursday, November 11, 2021,
7:00pm to 8:00pm
EST
Treatment Challenges and Strategies for High-Tech Industrial Wastewaters by Yallaly and Zaugg AIChE VLS and Tappan Zee AIChE local chapter are teaming up to present this interesting talk. Let us know if you want to highlight a talk on our website. Use the QR code on the attached flier to register!...Read more

Optimal Control of Dose Delivery in Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 7, 2021
Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets (APPJs) have been shown to be uniquely promising for treatment of pressure- and heat-sensitive (bio)materials. This...

Reprocessable Polyhydroxyurethane Networks Reinforced with Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 7, 2021
Thermosets have many advantages over thermoplastics including improved heat stability, solvent resistance, and enhanced physical properties. However...

Melting Kinetics, Ultra-Drawability and Microstructure of Nascent Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Powder

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 7, 2021
For the production of high-performance polyethylene fibers and tapes by ultra-drawing, using solid-state processing of disentangled nascent ultra-...

Can Soft Signals Turn Oncogenic? a Soft-Matter and Multiscale Modeling Approach to Engineering Cancer Cells and Inform Therapies (Invited Speaker)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 7, 2021
The talk will focus on building predictive models in cell biology and bioengineering using equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and...

High Fidelity Protein Interaction Prediction with Applications in Novel Biomaterials

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 7, 2021
Research Interests Recent advances in protein modeling ( specifically, AlphaFold2 from Google, DeepMind) have made it possible to predict protein...

Cost and Energy Efficient Cyclic Separation of 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural from an Aqueous Solution

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 7, 2021
The efficient separation of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) – a platform chemical in biomass valorization – from...

Digital Twin of Renewable Energy-Linked Power-to-Gas (P2G) Systems: Model Building and Continuous Update for Hydrogen Producing Electrolysis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 7, 2021
Solar energy and wind energy, which are widely used renewable energies, are highly volatile and intermittent, and long-term large-capacity...

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