Urgent Opportunity for Undergraduate Student Summer Internships! NIST SURF Program

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program, supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the participating colleges/universities are accepting applications from students majoring in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).  This year, the program will require the institution to submit one proposal on behalf of the students interested in applying,…

Undergraduate Summer Research Program

Are your students looking for summer research opportunities? Please post, forward, or tell your students about the 2015 Nebraska Summer Research Program housed on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.   The program offers students an excellent opportunity to hone research skills and to experience life as a graduate student. Students will enhance their academic resume, work…

Programa Graduado – Google Hangout Live – 16 de enero de 2015, 12:00 pm (AST)

Esperamos orientarte sobre las excelentes oportunidades que existen dentro de nuestro programa graduado y aceptes el reto del solicitar y ser parte de nuestra gran comunidad de investigadores e investigadoras. Durante la presentación, hablaremos sobre los temas de investigación, éxito de nuestros estudiantes graduados y profesores, vida académica y social en Puerto Rico, proceso de…

Chemical Engineering Graduate Research Symposium Fall 2014

The Department of Chemical Engineering celebrated its biannual Graduate Research Symposium last November 26, 2014 with an attendance of 52 participants including graduate students, undergraduate students, post-doctoral associates, and faculty. The symposium is an opportunity where the graduate students present their work either by platform presentation or poster. The activity began with a keynote talk…

ChE Seminar Series: “The detection of pro-inflammatory genes in human stool samples-implications for cancer and other inflammatory disease (Speaker: Dr. Abel Baerga UPR School of Medicine)”

Chemical Engineering Seminar Series Title: The detection of pro-inflammatory genes in human stool samples-implications for cancer and other inflammatory disease Speaker: Dr. Abel Baerga UPR – School of Medicine When: October 16, 2014 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Where: INQU Amphitheatre   Abstract. The intestinal environment of mammals is populated by a diverse and complex community…

ChE Seminar Series: La Propiedad Intelectual – Como Proteger Tu Idea (Speaker: Josiah Hernández – UPRM)

Chemical Engineering Seminar Series Title: La Propiedad Intelectual – Como Proteger Tu Idea Speaker: Sr. Josiah Hernández (UPRM) When and Where: 2 de octubre de 2014 a las 10:30am en el Anfiteatro de INQU Abstract: En la presentación hablaré sobre los eslabones que existen en la cadena de comercialización de ideas. Cubriré conceptos relacionados con…

Wi(PR)2EM Seminar: Hydrogen-Transfer Catalysis in Biomass Conversion: From Isomerizations to Hydrogenations

Wisconsin – Puerto Rico Partnership for Research and Education in Materials Seminar Series Hydrogen-Transfer Catalysis in Biomass Conversion:  From Isomerizations to Hydrogenations Ive Hermans, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering http://hermans.chem.wisc.edu/ Thursday, August 28, 2014 10:30AM Nursing Amphitheater Abstract: Catalytic hydrogen-transfer reactions are an indispensable type of transformations in…