On December 10th, 2010 the Chemical Engineering Graduate Program will be celebrating his second Graduate Research Symposium at the ChEg Amphiteather (IQ-004) from 8:00 am to 4:10 pm. The activity will feature 15-minute presentations by doctoral and masters graduate students followed by 5-minute Q&A sessions.
Undergraduate students and the UPRM community in general are invited to participate and learn about the innovative and competitive research currently performed in the interdisciplinary areas that encompass modern chemical engineering research and are represented in our department. This semester’s presentations include: nanomaterial synthesis, characterization, and applications; renewable energy, and remediation, amongst others.
The agenda for the activity is included below:
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Schedule |
Speaker |
Presentation |
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8:10 – 8:30 AM |
Florián Algarin, Vivian M. | Surfactant Effect on the Rheology and Gelation of a Model Insoluble Drug in Aqueous HPMC Solutions
(PhD Advisor: Aldo Acevedo) |
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8:30 – 8:50 AM |
Quiñones Fontalvo, Leonel | Synthesis and Characterization of Templated Pt Nanowires using Zeolites
(PhD Advisor: María Martinez-Iñesta) |
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8:50 – 9:10 AM |
Santiago Quiñones, Darlene | Rheological Characterization of a Ferrofluid Consisting of Permanently Magnetized Nanoparticles
(PhD Advisor: Carlos Rinaldi) |
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9:10 – 9:30 AM |
Cameron Soto, Ana R. | Rheology of Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers Loaded with Carboxylated MWCNTs
(PhD Advisor: Aldo Acevedo) |
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9:30 – 9:50 AM |
Reyes Luyanda, Damián | Bifunctional Materials for the Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose into Soluble Renewable Feedstocks
(PhD Advisor: Nelson Cardona) |
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9:50 – 10:10 AM |
Break |
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10:10 – 10:30 AM |
Aviles Barreto, Sonia L. | Effect of Sulfonation Level and Counter Ion Substitution on the Morphology of Poly(styrene-isobutylene-styrene) Membranes (PhD Advisor: David Suleiman) |
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10:30 – 10:50 AM |
Primera Pedroso, José | Titanium Silicate Porous Materials for Carbon Dioxide Adsorption: Synthesis Using a Structure Directing Agent, Detemplation and Inclusion of Alkaline Earth Metal Cations (PhD Advisor: Arturo Hernández) |
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10:50 – 11:10 AM |
Galloza Lorenzo, Darlene | Study of Supported Ruthenium Catalysts for the Conversion of Cellulose to Sugar Alcohols
(PhD Advisor: Nelson Cardona) |
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11:10 – 11:30 AM |
García Ricard, Omar | Textural Properties, Differential Scanning Calorimetry and 13C Solid-State NMR of a Temperature Sensitive Porous Coordination Polymer
(PhD Advisor: Arturo Hernández) |
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11:30 – 11:50 AM |
Miranda Mendoza, Félix G | Effect of Rod-like Particle Concentration on the Rheology and Structure of Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer Nanocomposites
(MS Advisor: Aldo Acevedo) |
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11:50 – 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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1:30 – 1:50 PM |
Movil Cabrera, Omar | Polymer Electrolyte Thin Films for Applications in ?-Sensors and ?-Fuel Cells
(PhD Advisor: Agnes Padovani) |
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1:50 – 2:10 PM |
Polo Corrales, Liliana | Magnetic Nanoparticles Coated with Thermo-Responsive Polymeric Shells for Drug Delivery
(PhD Advisor: Carlos Rinaldi) |
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2:10 – 2:30 PM |
Vidal Urquiza, Glenn | Guided Motion of Self-Propelled Magnetic Colloidal Particles by Brownian Dynamics Simulations
(PhD Advisor: Ubaldo Cordova) |
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2:30 – 2:50 PM |
Ayala Rivera, Vanessa | Effect of Magnetite Nanoparticle Composition on the Nanoparticles’ Colloidal Stability and Cellular Uptake
(PhD Advisor: Carlos Rinaldi) |
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2:50 – 3:10 PM |
Break |
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3:10 – 3:30 PM |
Sierra Bermúdez, Sergio | AC Susceptibility Measurements of CoFe2O4Nanoparticles in Polymer Melts
(MS Advisor: Carlos Rinaldi) |
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3:30 – 3:50 PM |
Cao, Shuo | Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Bifunctional Hydrophobic Ru/SBA-15
(MS Advisor: Nelson Cardona) |
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3:50 – 4:10 PM |
Méndez Colberg, Héctor | Hydrogen Sensors from Template Synthesized Palladium Nanowires
(PhD Advisor: María Martinez-Iñesta) |
Inquiries may be directed to the seminar course coordinator Dr. Aldo Acevedo ataldo.acevedo@upr.edu.