COINAR 2014

El Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico (CIAPR) estará celebrando, como todos los años, su Congreso de Ingeniería y Agrimensura (COINAR).  Este año, COINAR 2014 se llevará a cabo los días 31 de marzo, 1 y 2 de abril de 6:00pm a 10:00pm en el Teatro de nuestra Institución.  El enfoque del Congreso…

2014 AIChE SRC Graduate Poster Competition

Submit your Abstract! When: Saturday, March 22, 2014 from 9am to 12pm Where: Condado Plaza by Hilton San Juan, P.R.   Don’t miss the opportunity to boost your networking skills, meet graduate school representatives and more!   Contact us at: src-2014@aiche-iiqpr.org or visit our website: http://src.aiche-iiqpr.com   Deadline Date Extended: Send your abstract by March 7, 2014 to alexa.gonzalez@upr.edu

ChE Seminar Series: “Mechanical Genomics: Genome-Wide Identification of Bacterial Cell Wall Stiffness” Dr. Douglas B. Weibel (UW-Madison)

Dr. Douglas B. Weibel, from the Departments of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering of the University of Wisconsin -­Madison will be offering a lecture titled “Mechanical Genomics: Genome-Wide Identification of Bacterial Cell Wall Stiffness”.   Date: March 6, 2014 Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Place: Abbott Room Chemistry Building   Abstract: The peptidoglycan (PG) consists of a single, cross-linked layer of…

ChE Seminar Series: “Shared Instrument Facilities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison” Dr. Jon McCarthy

Dr. Jon McCarthy, from the College of Engineering of the University of Wisconsin-­Madison will be offering a lecture titled “Shared Instrument Facilities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison”.   Date: February 27, 2014 Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Place: Department of Nursing – Amphitheater   Abstract: The College of Engineering at UW-Madison currently supports three major shared instrument facilities: the Materials Science…

Next Seminar: “Engineering of Biopolymeric Nano Materials: from Fundamental Studies to Healthcare Applications” – Dr. Jorge Almodóvar (UPRM)

Dr. Jorge Almodóvar, from the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez will be offering a lecture titled “Engineering of Biopolymeric Nano Materials: from Fundamental Studies to Healthcare Applications”.   Date: February 20, 2014 Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Place: INQU 004 – Amphitheater   Abstract: The field of biomaterials emerged from the need of physicians for…

NYU-MRSEC Summer REU 2014

The Materials Research and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at NYU is offering a 10 week REU program from May 27th to August 5th 2014. We encourage rising sophomore and juniors to apply.  To learn more about NYU MRSEC program please visit http://mrsec.as.nyu.edu and for the REU program please visit http://mrsec.as.nyu.edu/object/mrsec.outreach.reuprogram. Thank you, Wesley Francillon, PhD Department of Chemistry Program Administrator…