May 1, 2026
Seminar Series
Lewis Lecture: Hope through Rigorous Science
Neil Kumar, PhD '07CEO & Founder, BridgeBio Pharma Inc.
3:00 p.m., 66-110
May 1, 2026
Thesis Defense
Development of Ionizable Lipids and mRNA-Encoded Adjuvants to Enhance the Potency of mRNA Vaccines and Immunotherapies
Kaelan Reed (Anderson Lab)
11:00 a.m., 66-110 and zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense
May 1, 2026
Thesis Defense
Analysis of Biochemical Stress Signaling in Plants Using Fluorescent Nanosensors
Thomas Porter (Strano Lab)
1:15 p.m., 32-155 and zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense
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
Experiments and Simulations of Colloidal Robotics for Biomedical Applications
Sungyun Yang (Strano Lab)
10:00 a.m., 66-360 and zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense