September 2011

Monday, September 27, 2011

Title: "Energy Efficient and Green Fire-Rated Composites"
Speaker: Mathew Aro, Scientist, UMD-NRRI Market Oriented Wood Technology
Time / Place: 12:00 PM; 177 Engineering Building
Host: Dr. Emmanuel Enemuoh, associate professor, SCSE, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, 726-7686, eenemuoh@d.umn.edu

Title: "When it Takes Three to Tango: Ternary Design Paradigms for Sensors and Inhibitors"
Speaker: Indraneel Ghosh, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Arizona
Time/Place: 12:15-1:15 PM; 302 Heller Hall (ITV) / 3-100 Mayo (Twin Cities)
Host: Rick Wagner (wagne003@umn.edu), Chemical Biology Initiative

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Title: "Engineered Proteins for Molecular PET Imaging"
Speaker: Benjamin Hackel, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
Time/Place: 12:00 PM, 263 SMed (ITV)
Host: Cancer Center

Title: "Changes in water flows and natural systems from potential dam development and operations in the Mekong basin"
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Teasley, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Time/Place: 12:00 PM; LLO, RLB 200
Host: Water Resources Science

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

No Seminar Scheduled

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Title: "Breaking Driver's License Codes"
Speaker: Joe Gallian, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Time / Place: 3:00 – 4:00 PM; 150 Chem
Host: SCSE Department of Mathematics & Statistics, 726-8747

Title: "CNS Changes Precede Hypertension Development: Emotional Dampening, Pain Sensitivity, and Stress"
Speaker: James A. McCubbin, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina.
Time/Place: 3:00 - 4:00 PM; 130 SMed
Host: Duluth Medical Research Institute; Medical School Duluth

Title: "Social Pharmacy"
Speaker: Paul Ranelli, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota
Time/Place: 3:30-5:00 PM; 160 Life Science/7-193/195 Weaver-Densford Hall
Host: Social and Administrative Pharmacy.

Title: "Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits: Perspectives from sea-floor, ophiolite, and environmental studies"
Speaker: Dr. Randy Koski, emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
Time / Place: 3:30 PM; 175 Life Science
Host: Dr. Ron Morton, SCSE, Geological Sciences, 726-7218, rmorton@d.umn.edu

Friday, September 30, 2011

Title: "The ABC's of World Electricity Generation"
Speaker: Samuel J. Beard, SCSE Academy of Science & Engineering Inductee
Time / Place: 3:00 PM; 175 Life Science
Host: Robert Carlson (x7231, rcarlson@d.umn.edu) Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMD

Title: "An Ecologist's Journey through Time"
Speaker: Dan Engstrom, SCSE Academy Inductee, Director, St. Croix Watershed Research Station
Time/Place: 3:15 – 4:15 PM; 185 LSci.
Host: Timothy Craig (x8123, tcraig@d.umn.edu), Department of Biology, UMD