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CBE Special Seminar: Dr. Gao Liu

Engineering Building I - Room 2015 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

Abstract Functional binder for battery electrode: formation of hierarchically ordered structures in conductive polymers to enhance ion and electron transport in the electrode Electrode binder is a critical component for the successful engineering of modern lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. Electrode binder provides cohesion among the micron and nano size electrode particles, adhesion between particles and current…

CBE GSA Event: Leadership Development

Engineering Building I - Room 2018 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

CBE GSA will be hosting a Leadership Development Event on June 13 @ 2 PM in EB1-Room 2018. The guest speaker is Dr. Jackie Bruce, Associate Professor and CALS Interim Director of Student Success, as well as Co-Director of the Oaks Leadership Scholars Program. During this event, the following topics will be explored: How to grow…

Accelerate to Industry Career Fair

Hunt Library - Duke Energy Hall 1070 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

NC State Graduate Student and Postdoc Career Fair Don't miss your chance to connect with top employers and explore your career options at our upcoming Career Fair. Questions? Contact grad-career-readiness@ncsu.edu or check out go.ncsu.edu/A2i Employers attending (not limited to):

Special Seminar: Dr. Bill Odette (Advanced Materials)

Fitts Woolard Hall - Room 2321 915 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

Go Figure: Impactful Graphics for Impactful Publications This presentation will begin with a brief overview of the manuscript submission, peer-review, and publication process employed by Wiley's materials science journals. From there we will take a closer look at a key component of any scientific manuscript; the graphical representation of results in figures and tables. We…

CBE Centennial Seminar Series: Nick Clausi (ExxonMobil)

Engineering Building I - Room 1011 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

Creating Technology Solutions for the Energy Transition Biography Dominic "Nick" Clausi (B.S. ‘94) earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Texas-Austin in 1998 and joined ExxonMobil as a research engineer at the Baton Rouge Chemical Plant. During his career he has held marketing, supply chain, engineering, and manufacturing positions in the ExxonMobil’s…

CBE Centennial Seminar Series: Patrick Bastek (Novartis)

Engineering Building I - Room 1011 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

The Wild and Wonderful World of Viruses and Cell and Gene Therapy The biopharmaceutical space is vast and has unlimited potential for those willing to explore it. Both conscious choices and happenstance have shaped my career, ranging from traditional monoclonal antibodies to less explored and settled fields. Operating in these spaces presents tremendous challenges, risks,…

CBE Centennial Seminar Series: Arun Yethiraj (UW-Madison)

Engineering Building I - Room 1011 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

Machine Learning for Phase Diagrams of Complex Fluids Machine learning (ML) has become an important tool in computational chemistry.  This work describes the use of supervised and unsupervised ML methods to obtain the phase diagram of complex fluids from computer simulations.  A convolutional neural network approach, based on a grid interpolation of particle positions, successfully…

CBE Seminar: Susannah Scott (UCSB)

Engineering Building I- Room 1005 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

Valorization of polyolefins via tandem catalytic up cycling, from monomers to higher value molecules Abstract The use of polyolefins to make small molecules, not limited to monomers which can be repolymerized, is an intriguing approach to recycle carbon and thereby keep plastic out of the natural environment. While catalytic hydrogenolysis leads to lower value alkanes,…

CBE Centennial Seminar Series: Jorge Pikunic (VPI Power)

Engineering Building I - Room 1011 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

Biography Jorge Pikunic is the Chief Executive Officer of VPI, a leading power company in Europe, solving challenges in the energy transition. Previously, Jorge was Chief Executive at Xynteo, a purpose-driven advisory firm that helps the world’s largest organisations uncover planet-positive ways to grow. Before that, he held several leadership roles at Centrica, one of…

CBE Centennial Seminar Series: Charles Jones (Pfizer)

Engineering Building I - Room 1011 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

The Dawning Revolution - Emerging Trends in Healthcare and Pharma Biography Dr. Charles Jones serves as the Platform and Early Commercial Strategy Lead at Pfizer. In this role he is responsible for evaluating where and how can platform technologies generate value over existing modalities and how their introduction can lead to innovation and/or disruption. Since…

CBE Centennial Seminar Series: Quint Barefoot (Info-Gel)

Engineering Building I - Room 1011 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

Chemistry and Entrepreneurship: A Formula for Success Biography Quint Barefoot, a Greensboro, NC native, holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University (1985) and an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business (1996). Quint's career is marked by leading successful entrepreneurial ventures from inception to their integration into publicly traded companies.…

CBE Special Centennial Seminar: Hal Lawton (Tractor Supply)

Engineering Building I - Room 1007 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

Servant Leadership Biography Hal Lawton has served as President and CEO of Tractor Supply Company since January 2020 and is a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Tractor Supply is the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the U.S., with more than 2,200 stores and ranking 293 on the Fortune 500. Hal has led the…