Chemical Engineering Seminars
Thursday, 3:30 - 4:45 p.m., Shah Hall 303
For more information, please contact Seminar Coordinator Donming Xie.
| Date | Speaker | Organization | Title |
| 9/4/25 | Introduction | ||
| 9/11/25 | Rick Pierro | E Tech Group | My 40-year journey from chemical engineering to management to successful biotech entrepreneurship |
| 9/18/25 | Ben Woolston | Northeastern University | Engineered microbes for sustainable chemical production and human health |
| 9/25/25 | Al Spinell | Rentricity, Inc. | Learnings, Takeaways and Advice from a 55-year Career |
| 10/2/25 | Thomas Reimonn (doctoral student) | UMass Lowell Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology Program | Thesis research: Probing the 3D Genome across 89 Human Tissue Samples |
| 10/9/25 | Peter Pawlicki | UMass Lowell Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering in Industry and Keys to Success |
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| 10/23/25 | Jiansong Qin (doctoral student) | UMass Lowell Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology Program | Thesis research: Biosynthesis of Omega-3 EPA |
| 10/30/25 | Dustin Wertheimer | Appleby Strategy Group | Economics of current and new nuclear energy |
| 10/31/25 | Timur Dogu | Middle East Technical Institute | Microwave and Multifunctional Reactor Applications for Hydrogen Production |
| 11/6/25 | Yajun Yan | University of Georgia | Metabolic Engineering Strategies towards Enhancing Synthetic Capability of Microbial Systems |
| 11/13/25 | Yongdan Wang (doctoral student) | UMass Lowell Chemical Engineering | Thesis research: A systematic approach to optimize rAAV production: from omics insights to cell line engineering and media optimization |
| 11/20/25 | Zhao Wang (doctoral student) | UMass Lowell Chemical Engineering | Thesis research: Multi Scale Modeling for Bioprocess Digital Twins |
| 11/27/25 | Thanksgiving Holiday: No seminar | ||
| 12/4/25 | Murat Guvendiren | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Engineering Heterogeneity within 3D Bioprinted Scaffolds: Toward Complex Tissue Interfaces |
| 12/11/25 | Sara Isbill and Andrew Conant | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) | Nuclear fuel cycle R&D work being done in the Uranium Science & Technology Center |