CHME 900: Seminar in Chemical Engineering Spring 2009

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Catalog Description
(1 cr per sem,max 6) Discussion of research projects and review of current literature in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

Lecture
The first class meeting was Friday, January 16, 3 p.m., in Othmer Hall room 205.  All other meeting times will be arranged.

Instructor
Dr. William Velander
Department Chair and Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office:207B Othmer Hall
Phone:402-472-3697
FAX:402-472-6989
Email:wvelander2@unl.edu
Office hours:By appointment

Prerequisites
None

Goal
This focus of this 1 credit hour course will be your attendance at six (6) scientific seminars hosted by UNL Departments throughout the fall semester. A list of links to various department seminar and colloquia websites was distributed the first class meeting of the semester. A summary of the selected seminars is below.

Grading
Homework 50%
Final Presentation 50%

Assignments

Seminar Abstracts:The class will work together to select six (6) seminars and/or colloquiums to attend during the fall semester 2008. After each seminar write an abstract and submit it via email to Professor Velander within 48 hours.

Your abstract should include a summary of the following:

• Over-arching theme
• Most important themes
• Positive and negative findings
• Contribution to literature
• Should contain 250 words

Final Presentation:Each student will give a 20 minute seminar to the class, followed by a 10 minute question and answer session.

Topic:the seminar should be based on two (2) scientific publications of one of the seminar speakers you attended during the semester.

You must prepare an abstract and distribute it to the class one (1) week in advance of your seminar date.

All seminars will be presented during the last two weeks of classes. The date(s) and time(s) will be mutually decided by the class.

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Elected seminars to attend for the Spring 2009 semester

Seminar #1
1/28/2009
Improving T cell Therapy for Malignancy
Lecturer: Dr. Cliona Rooney, Baylor College of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Luwen Zhang, School of Biological Sciences
Department: Biotechnology/Life Sciences
Location: E103 Beadle Center 4:00 p.m.

Seminar #2
2/4/2009
Microbially-Mediated Anaerobic Metal Redox Cycling
Dr. Karrie Weber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Biological Sciences
Department: Biotechnology/Life Sciences
Location: E103 Beadle Center 4:00 p.m.

Seminar #3
2/5/2009
Digging in the Stellar Graveyard: How Astronomers Measure the Age of the Universe
Dr. Terry Oswalt, Florida Institute of Technology
Hosted by: Dr. Kevin Lee
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Location: 211 Brace Lab 4:00 p.m.

Seminar #4
2/10/2009
Bridging the Gap: Globalization without Isolation
F.W. de Klerk
Department: E. N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts 7:00 p.m.
*Tickets are require. Tickets are free and can be ordered at http://enthompson.unl.edu/

Seminar #5
2/11/2009
Metagenomic analysis of the obese and lean human gut microbiome
Peter Turnbaugh, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
Hosted by: Dr. Daniel Peterson, Department of Food Science & Technology
Department: Biotechnology/Life Sciences
Location: E103 Beadle Center 4:00 p.m.

Seminar #6
2/20/2009
Ubiquitin-Dependent Negative Regulation of Tyrosine Kinase Receptors: Cell Biology and Translational Possibilities
Professor Hamid Band, UNMC-Eppley Cancer Center
Hosted by: Prof. David Berkowitz
Department: Chemistry
Location: 112 Hamilton Hall 3:30 p.m.

Seminar #7
2/25/2009
Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy: Instrumentation, Principles and Application to Translational Studies
Dr. George Casale, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Hosted by: Dr. Charles Kuszynski, UNMC, Department of Pathology and Microbiology
Department: Biotechnology/Life Sciences
Location: E103 Beadle Center 4:00 p.m.

Seminar #8
3/4/2009
Exosome-mediated mRNA Degradation
Dr. Ambro van Hoof, University of Texas-Houston Medical School
Hosted by: Dr. Audrey Atkin, School of Biological Sciences
Department: Biotechnology/Life Sciences
Location: E103 Beadle Center 4:00 p.m.

Seminar #9
3/11/2009
Hydrocarbon Microbiology
Dr. Roger C. Prince, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences Inc.
Hosted by: Dr. Ken Nickerson, School of Biological Sciences
Department: Biotechnology/Life Sciences
Location: E103 Beadle Center 4:00 p.m.

Seminar #10
3/11/2009
Historic Presence of Trees along Rivers in the Great Plains
Greg Ruark, Director, USDA National Agroforestry Center
Department: Center for Great Plains Studies
Location: Great Plains Art Museum 3:30 p.m.

Seminar #11
3/25/2009
Genetics of adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in the major hemoglobin of Andean ducks
Dr. Kevin McCraken, University of Alaska
Hosted by: Dr. Jay Storz, School of Biological Sciences
Department: Biotechnology/Life Sciences
Location: E103 Beadle Center 4:00 p.m.

Seminar #12
4/1/2009
Emerging Biotechnologies and their Potential for Control of Termites and other Social Insect Pests
Dr. Claudia Husseneder, Louisiana State University
Hosted by: Dr. Shripat Kamble, Department of Entomology
Department: Biotechnology/Life Sciences
Location: E103 Beadle Center 4:00 p.m.

Seminar #13
4/2/2009
Vibrations in Metal Nanostructures
Dr. Beatriz Roldan, University of Central Florida
Hosted by: Dr. Christian Binek
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Location: 211 Brace Lab 4:00 p.m.

Seminar #13
4/15/2009
Developing engineered baculovirus expression systems for humanized glycoprotein production
Dr. Donald Jarvis, University of Wyoming
Hosted by: Dr. Jim Van Etten, Department of Plant Pathology / Nebraska Center for Virology
Department: Biotechnology/Life Sciences
Location: E103 Beadle Center 4:00 p.m.