May 4, 2026
Thesis Defense
Formation, Destruction, and Adsorption of N-nitrosamines in Water Treatment Systems
Barathkumar Baskaran (Plata & Bazant Labs)
1:00 p.m., 48-308 and zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense
May 4, 2026
Student Seminar
State Estimation for Particle Size Monitoring in LNP Manufacturing
Swathi Ganesh
3:00 p.m., 66-110 - ChemE Only Event
May 4, 2026
Student Seminar
A Koopman–Polynomial Chaos Framework for Stochastic Model Predictive Control
Stathis Iliakis
3:30 p.m., 66-110 - ChemE Only Event
May 5, 2026
Thesis Defense
Targeted Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Delivery to Antigen Presenting Cells and Ovarian Cancer
Victoria Gomerdinger (Hammond Lab)
1:00 p.m., 76 - Luria Auditorium and zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense
May 6, 2026
ChemE Pride Picnic
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Walker Lawn(Jointly sponsored by Alumnus Eric Reiner '83, the ChemE Community Committee & the ChemE Adademic Office)
May 6, 2026
Thesis Defense
Modeling Approaches and Decarbonization Pathways in Multi-Sector Integrated Energy Systems
Jun Wen Law (Armstrong Lab)
11:00 a.m., E25-117 and zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense
May 7, 2026
Thesis Defense
Design and Development of Electrospun Nanofiber Filter Media for Filtering Facepiece Respirators
Nathan Ewell (Rutledge Lab)
3:00 p.m., 4-370 and zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense
May 8, 2026
Seminar Series
Dynamic Infrared Optical Materials Made from Metal Oxide Nanocrystals
Delia Milliron, Anthony C. Lembke Chair of Chemical Engineering; James and Judith Street Professor of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan
3:00 p.m., 66-110
May 11, 2026
ChemE Awards Day
Celebrate your colleagues, students, and friends as they are recognized for their contributions to our department!
3:00 p.m., 66-201 - ChemE Only EventDessert reception to follow in 66-201
May 11, 2026
Thesis Defense
Molecular Simulations of Crystallizable Polymers Under Flow
Chinmay Gangal (Rutledge Lab)
12:00 p.m., E25-117 and zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense