Session: Meet the Faculty Candidate Poster Session (2012 Annual Meeting)

3a

Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Sensing Platforms
Evan K. Wujcik, University of Akron

3ab

Harnessing Degron-Based Substrates As Tools for the Development and Evaluation of Novel Chemotherapeutics Targeting the Ubiquitin Proteasome System
Adam Melvin, Univeristy of North Carolina

3ac

Modeling Complex Structures in Nucleic Acids
Margaret C. Linak, University of Minnesota

3ad

Whole Organ Engineering
Basak Uygun, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Shriners Hospital for Children

3ae

Hygro-Responsive Membranes for Effective Oil-Water Separation
Arun K. Kota, University of Michigan

3af

Combining Computation and Experiment to Uncover Environment Friendly Solutions to Energy Problems
Ki Chul Kim, Northwestern University

3ag

Dynamics and Patterning of Complex Fluids with Energy and Environmental Applications
Cari S. Dutcher, University of California at Davis

3ah

Density-Functional Theories for Solvent-Free Nanoparticle-Organic Hybrid Materials
Hsiu-Yu Yu, Cornell University

3ai

Advancing Student Engagement in Early Engineering Education
Victoria Goodrich, University of Notre Dame

3ak

Hard Tetrahedra: Entropy, Geometrical Anisotropy and Structural Complexity
Amir Haji-Akbari, Princeton University

3al

Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass Into Fuels and Chemicals
Jean Marcel R. Gallo, University of Wisconsin-Madison

3am

Image-Based Fluid Dynamics for Biomedicine and Beyond
Roman S. Voronov, University of Pennsylvania

3an

Design of Functional, Patternable Vapor-Deposited Polymer Thin Films
Christy D. Petruczok, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Karen K. Gleason, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3ao

Scalable and Energy Efficient Advanced Separation Devices Through Tunable Materials Chemistry
Ryan P. Lively, Algenol Biofuels

3ap

Ionic Liquid Pretreatment Technology: Effects of Pretreatment Conditions On Biomass Structure, Composition, and Enzymatic Digestibility
Christopher J. Barr, University of Toledo

3aq

Catalytic Conversion and Kinetics Study of Biomass to Biofuels and Chemicals
Nafiseh Rajabbeigi, University of Minnesota; Michael Tsapatsis, University of Minnesota

3ar

Current Developments in Wastewater Treatment Facility-Based Biorefinery Concept Producing Biofuel Feedstock Biocrude
Andro Mondala, Mississippi State University

3Ťas

Electrostatics in Non-Polar Systems: Transitions From Unstable Colloids to Molecular Dissolution Via Polymeric Functionalization
Sara M. Hashmi, Yale University

3at

Multi-Scale Approaches in Systems with Nanoscale Phenomena and Novel Materials
Pil Seung Chung, Carnegie Mellon University

3au

Generation of High-Value Products From Biomass – the Bioseparation Route
Abhijit Tarafder, The University of Tennessee

3av

In Silico Design of Nanoporous Materials for Energy Storage and Environmental Remediation Applications
Jeremy C. Palmer, Princeton University

3aw

Multiscale Simulations of Soft Materials and Complex Fluids
Li Xi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3ax

Nanoscale Understanding On the Structure and Dynamics of Biomembranes and Biomacromolecules
Mohan B. Boggara, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

3ay

Solution Phase Self-Assembly of Soft Materials
Manickam Adhimoolam Arunagirinathan, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences

3az

Designing of Novel Porous Materials for Functional Applications
Dipendu Saha, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

3b

Confined Syntheses for Hierarchical Catalysts and Membrane Fabrication for Separation: Key Components for Biorefinery Processes
Won Cheol Yoo, University of Minnesota

3ba

Macromolecular Drug Delivery for Cancer Therapy
Sutapa Barua, University of California, Santa Barbara

3bb

Engineering in the Microvasculature: The Mechanical Microenvironment's Control of Systemic Metabolism
Joseph M. Rutkowski, UT Southwestern Medical Center

3bc

Green Chemistry: Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for CO2 Separation and Energy Storage
Sangil Han, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3bd

Simulation of Materials for Alternative Energy Applications
Karl D. Hammond, University of Massachusetts

3be

First-Principles Multiscale Modeling of Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications
Giannis Mpourmpakis, University of Delaware

3bf

Nanomedicines That Overcome Extra- and Intracellular Barriers
Anthony J. Kim, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

3bg

Membranes for Hydrogen Separation and Adsorbents for Sulfur Removal: Application to IGCC Plants
Bahman Elyassi, University of Minnesota

3bh

Understanding Nature's Catalysts: The Theoretical Description of Metallocluster Containing Enzymes
Sandeep Sharma, Princeton University

3bi

Atomistic-Level Investigation of Efficient Energy Conversion and Storage
Dong-Hee Lim, Stanford University

3bj

Optical Nanoscopy Will Enable the Creation of New Materials
Chaitanya K. Ullal, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

3bk

Biomolecular Recognition of Receptor Proteins and Their Roles in Tumor Cell Adhesion in the Vasculature
Luthur Siu-Lun Cheung, Johns Hopkins University

3bl

Design of Advanced Catalytic Systems Through Computational Methods
Diego A. Gomez Gualdron, Texas A&M University

3bm

In Vivo in Vitro and in Situ Biosensor Applications
Kevin J. Cash, Northeastern University; Heather A. Clark, Northeastern University

3bn

Application of Systems Biology Tools to Investigate Anti-Angiogenic Cancer Therapies
Stacey D. Finley, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

3bo

Design and Engineering of Novel Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Camille Petit, Columbia University; Teresa Bandosz, The City University of New York; Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, Columbia University

3bp

Large Amplitude Oscillatory Flow, a Microstructural Perspective
James W. Swan, University of Delaware

3bq

Microrheological Characterization Techniques for Biological Applications and Soft Material Design
Kelly M. Schultz, University of Colorado at Boulder, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Eric M. Furst, University of Delaware; Kristi S. Anseth, University of Colorado, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

3br

Characterization of Fractal-Like Aerosols During Sintering
Max Eggersdorfer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)

3bs

Targeting Molecular Simulation Tools Toward Bioengineering Applications
Galen Collier, Columbia University

3bt

Systems Biology of Cancer Signaling and Metabolism
Nicholas A. Graham, University of California, Los Angeles

3bu

Influence of Microwave Band Irradiation On Catalytic Reforming Systems
Steven E. Edmund, University of Michigan; Johannes W. Schwank, University of Michigan

3bv

Design of Catalytic Materials with Targeted Electronic Properties
Hongliang Xin, University of Michigan; Suljo Linic, University of Michigan

3bw

Bio-Inspired Design of Adaptive, Dynamic, and Multi-Functional Materials and Architectures
Philseok Kim, Harvard University

3bx

Lipid Phase Changes As a Mechanism of Microbial Pathogenesis
Angela C. Brown, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine

3bz

Biomedical Applications of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Toward Design of Novel Optical Sensors
Bin Mu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

3c

Sustainable Nanocomposites towards Electrochemical Energy Storage and Environmental Remediation
Jiahua Zhu, Lamar University

3ca

Theory and Modeling of Artificial Molecular Machines in Biological Systems
Korosh Torabi, Northwestern University

3cb

Next Generation Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
Bret D. Ulery, University of Connecticut Health Center

3cc

Photovoltaics and Catalysis for Photoelectrochemical Applications
Daniel V. Esposito, National Institute of Standards and Technology

3cd

Well Defined Nanomaterials Through Tunable and Smart Solvents
Steven R. Saunders, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher B. Roberts, Auburn University; Charles L. Liotta, Georgia Institute of Technology; Charles A. Eckert, Georgia Institute of Technology

3ce

Understanding Catalysis Through Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Catalytic Materials
Michael M. Nigra, University of California Berkeley

3cf

Electrochemistry of Oxygen with Protons and Lithium and Their Role in Fuel Cells and Lithium-Air Batteries
Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, Stanford University

3cg

Synthetic and Spectroscopic Methods to Facilitate Design of Highly Selective Catalytic Sites
Nicholas Brunelli, Georgia Institute of Technology

3ch

Simultaneous Electronic and Ionic Conducting Block Copolymers for Lithium Battery Applications
Shrayesh N. Patel, University of California, Berkeley

3ci

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Dynamics in Simple and Complex Media
Nikta Fakhri, University of Göttingen

3ck

Next-Generation Smart Polymeric Biomaterials
Murat Guvendiren, University of Pennsylvania

3cl

The Era of Self-Administration of Biopharmaceuticals
Jeong Woo Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology

3cm

Polymer Interfaces and Gradients At Work: Biomaterials and Energy Materials
Julie Albert, North Carolina State University

3cn

Advanced Molecular Separations for Energy and Environmental Sciences
Tae-Hyun Bae, University of California

3co

Molecular Modeling of Complex Chemical and Biological Processes for Human Health, Materials and Energy Applications
Diwakar Shukla, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3cp

The Design of Particulate Delivery Forms Via Single Drop Granule Formation Mechanisms
Heather N. Emady, Purdue University

3cq

Stochastic Modeling and Control of Neural and Small Length Scale Dynamical Systems
Gautam Kumar, Lehigh University

3cr

Simplifying the Complex Chemistry of Energy Conversion
Claude Franklin Goldsmith, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

3cs

Design and Quantitative Characterization of Spatially-Patterned Collagen Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine Applications
Steven R. Caliari, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3ct

Enabling Technologies for High-Throughput Whole Tissue Analysis At Single-Cellular Resolution: From Model Organisms to Human Organs
Kwanghun Chung, Stanford University

3cu

The Thermodynamics and Chemistry of Atmospheric Organic Compounds
Scott A. Epstein, University of California, Irvine

3cv

Rational Selection of Ionic Liquids for the Catalytic Conversion of Renewable Feedstock
Sameer Parvathikar, University of Michigan; Andrew R. Tadd, University of Michigan; Johannes W. Schwank, University of Michigan

3cw

Modeling and Experiments of Nonspecific Interactions
Andrew D. White, University of Washington; Shaoyi Jiang, University of Washington

3cx

Advanced Photon Management for Solar Energy Conversion and Photocatalysis
Kevin M. McPeak, ETH- Zurich

3cy

Biomolecular Simulation Approaches for Proteins and Nucleic Acids with Novel Therapeutic and Biomedical Applications
Harish Vashisth, University of Michigan

3cz

Design of Solid Acid Catalysts for Aqueous Phase Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Liquid Fuels and Fuel Precursors
Ronen Weingarten, University of Massachusetts Amherst

3d

Nanotechnology for Biofuels
Leidy Peńa, Kansas State University; Keith L. Hohn, Kansa State University; Donghai Wang, Kansas State University

3da

Understanding the Relationship Between Nanostructure and Ion Transport in Membranes for Energy Applications
Megan L. Hoarfrost, University of California, Berkeley

3db

Finding the Rules That Determine Microbial Community Function
James Boedicker, Caltech

3dc

Materials for 4D Biology: Spatial and Temporal Control of the Stem Cell Niche
Mark W. Tibbitt, University of Colorado; Kristi S. Anseth, University of Colorado, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

3dd

Controlling Reaction-Diffusion-Convection for Intelligent and Functional Chemical Systems
Siowling Soh, Harvard University

3de

Understanding and Exploiting Protein Functional Dynamics to Combat Drug Resistance
Gregory Bowman, University of California, Berkeley

3df

Multiscale Methods for Complex Systems
Brooks D. Rabideau, RWTH Aachen University

3dg

Structure/Property Relationships in Polymer Membranes for Water Purification and Power Generation
Geoffrey M. Geise, The University of Texas at Austin

3dh

Towards the Rational Design of Materials; Effect of Ionizable Head Group Architecture On the Delivery Efficiency of Lipid-Based siRNA Nanoparticles
Christopher Alabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3di

Design and Characterization of Micro-Porous Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for in Vitro and in Vivo Non-Viral DNA Delivery
Talar Tokatlian, University of California, Los Angeles; Tatiana Segura, University of California, Los Angeles

3dj

Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems: Research At the Interface of Chemical Engineering and Biology
Jennifer Anne Pascal, University of New Mexico

3dk

Integrating Process Systems Engineering with Microfluidic Device Development, Optimization and Control for Biomedical Applications
Mranal Jain, Louisiana State University

3dl

New Organic Semiconductors for Electronics, Optoelectronics, and Biomaterials
Eilaf Ahmed, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3dm

High-Throughput Synthesis of Polymeric Nanoparticles Using 3D Flow Focusing in Parallel Microchannels
Jong-Min Lim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Pedro M. Valencia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Minsoung Rhee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Omid C. Farokhzad, Brigham and Women’s Hospital - Harvard Medical School; Rohit Karnik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3dn

Design Rules for Engineering Interfaces of Energy Materials
Kedarnath Kolluri, Los Alamos National Lab

3do

Size Defined Catalysis: Tuning the Catalytic Properties by Selectively Designing Atomically-Precise Catalysts
Sarthak Gaur, Louisiana State University

3dp

Engineering Polymeric Materials for Barriers, Hollow Fiber Membranes, and Hybrid Sorbents: A Path to a More Sustainable Future
Jong Suk Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology

3dq

Algorithmic Exploration of “Building-Block” Chemistry
Christopher E. Wilmer, Northwestern University

3dr

Molecular Simulations for Understanding Morphology At Interfaces
Naga Rajesh Tummala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Chad Risko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jean-Luc Brédas, Georgia Institute of Technology

3ds

Smart Biomaterials
J. Dumas, Georgia Institute of Technology

3dt

Biofluids and Nanofluids Under Flow: Applications in Biomedical Engineering, Nanotechnology and Energy Harvesting
Amit Kumar, University of Wisconsin-Madison

3du

New Predictive and Efficient Computational Tools for Studying Catalysis: From Transition Metal Surface Chemistry to Enzyme Engineering
Heather J. Kulik, Stanford University

3dv

Engineering Colloidal Particles and Their Interface - Fundamentals and Applications
Hitesh G. Bagaria, The University of Texas

3dw

Understanding Charge Transport At Interfaces in Tough Solid Electrolytes to Enable Lithium Metal Batteries
Wyatt Tenhaeff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

3dx

Designer Surfaces for the Study and Treatment of Human Injury and Disease
Anita Shukla, Rice University

3dy

Advanced Polymeric and Bionanocomposite Solutions for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery Applications
Adam K. Ekenseair, Rice University

3dz

Unravelling Structure-Activity Relationships of Heterogeneous Catalysts
Ron C. Runnebaum, University of California, Berkeley

3e

Regenerative Medicine: From Tissue Engineering to Organ Engineering
Yeonhee Kim, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

3ea

Interdisciplinary Approach to the Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Inhalable Therapeutics
Timothy Brenza, Iowa State University

3eb

Engineering Functionality Into Layer by Layer Assembled Nanocomposites
Christine M. Andres, University of Michigan; Nicholas A. Kotov, University of Michigan

3ec

Solar Grade Silicon Production in a Fluidized Bed Reactor
Juan Du, Carnegie Mellon University

3ed

Mechanics of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials
Vijay Sethuraman, Brown University

3ee

Modeling and Simulation of Interphase DNA and the Programmable Self-Assembly of DNA-Coated Nanoparticles
Jonathan D. Halverson, Brookhaven National Laboratory

3ef

Poly(ionic liquid) Block Copolymers for CO2 Capture
Brian Adzima, Carnegie Mellon University

3eg

Functional Materials: Molecules, Polymers, Particles, and Fibers
Sangyeul Hwang, University of Michigan

3eh

Molecular Engineering Chemical Imaging Probes for Super Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
Younghoon Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3ei

Single Molecule Studies of Heterogeneous Catalysts
Xiaojiao Sun, Kansas State University; Keith L. Hohn, Kansas State University; Daniel A. Higgins, Kansas State University

3ej

Assessment of Fouling in Native and Surface-Modified Water Filtration Membranes
Daniel J. Miller, University of Texas at Austin; Donald R. Paul, University of Texas at Austin; Benny D. Freeman, University of Texas at Austin

3ek

Nano-Electochemical Systems for Energy Conversion
Carlos Hangarter, NIST

3el

Multifunctional Protein-Based Materials for the Synthesis and Organization of Nanomaterials
Alia P. Schoen, Stanford University

3em

High Performance Conducting Polymer Based Nanomaterials for Energy Storage Devices
Nasim Hyder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3en

Advancing Genome Scale Models
Patrick F. Suthers, The Pennsylvania State University

3eo

Separation of Macromolecules by Photonic Crystal Defects Chromatography (PCDC)
Nicolas Alvarez, Carnegie Mellon University

3ep

Tunable Drug-Encapsulated Ultrasound Contrast Agents
Yoonjee Park, Boston University; Tuan Pham, Boston University; Carl Beigie, Boston University; Robin Cleveland, University of Oxford; Jon O. Nagy, NanoValent Pharmaceuticals; Joyce Y. Wong, Boston University

3eq

Acid Functionalized Magnetite Nanoparticles for Carbohydrate Hydrolysis
Myles A. Ikenberry, Kansas State University

3f

Feedback Controlled Colloidal Self-Assembly
Jaime J. Juárez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3g

Tuning the Molecular Packing of Organic Semiconductors for High Performance Using Metastable Crystallization
Gaurav Giri, Stanford University; Zhenan Bao, Stanford University

3i

Multiphase Flow Phenomena in Chemical and Biological Systems
Travis W. Walker, Stanford University

3j

Dynamic Response of Associating Polymers: From Blood Clotting to Kinetically-Driven Assembly
Charles Sing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3k

Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable Energy Production: From Fundamentals to Applications
Bingjun Xu, Caltech

3l

Nanoconfined Organic Molecules and Polymers: Fundamentals and Device Applications
Dun-Yen Kang, Georgia Institute of Technology

3m

Biopreservation: From Single Cells to Organs
O. Berk Usta, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

3n

Structure and Dynamics of Block Copolymer Based Soft Materials
Sangwoo Lee, University of Minnesota

3o

Nanocatalysis From First Principles: From Reaction Mechanisms to New Materials
Jeffrey A. Herron, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Manos Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin - Madison

3p

New Biocatalysts for the Production of Renewable Chemicals: Bioinformatics and Molecular Simulation Studies On Fatty Acid Synthesis Enzymes
David C. Cantu, Iowa State University

3q

Building Hierarchical Catalysts with Ultra-Small Units
Xueyi Zhang, University of Minnesota; Michael Tsapatsis, University of Minnesota

3r

Directing Molecular Assembly At Interfaces for Pharmaceutical, Electronic and Energy Applications
Ying Diao, Stanford University; Allan S. Myerson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; T. Alan Hatton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bernhardt L. Trout, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stefan Mannsfeld, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Zhenan Bao, Stanford University

3s

Characterization of Novel Inhalable Dry Powder Particles Containing Paclitaxel and the Development of Three-Dimensional Multicellular Spheroids for the Treatment and Study of Lung Cancer
Samantha A. Meenach, University of Kentucky

3t

Application and Mechanism Understanding of Nano-Structured Catalyst in Biofuel Production
Cun Wen, University of South Carolina

3u

Advanced Electro-Catalysts for Energy and Biomass Refinery
Zhiyong Zhang, Michigan Technological University

3v

Biochar Characterization As Part of the Biomass Thermochemical Processing Platform
Catherine E. Brewer, Iowa State University

3w

Chemical Product Design Using Chemometric Technique in Property Cluster Space
Subin Hada, Auburn University; Mario Richard Eden, Auburn University

3y

Multifunctional Nanoparticles Based Cancer Nanomedicine
Yun Wu, The Ohio State University

3z

Engineering 3D Microenvironments for Neural Tissue Engineering: Directing Survival, Differentiation, and Neurite Growth
Kyle J. Lampe, Stanford University