Córdova-Figueroa and experimental collaborator’s paper appears in Nature Chemistry

Congratulations to Prof. Ubaldo M Córdova-Figueroa and his colleagues from Pennsylvania State University and the Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics in Russia for their contributions in the area of self-powered micropumps in the prestigious Nature Chemistry. Samudra Sengupta, Debabrata Patra, Isamar Ortiz-Rivera, Arjun Agrawal, Sergey Shklyaev, Krishna K. Dey, Ubaldo Córdova-Figueroa, Thomas E. Mallouk & Ayusman…

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NSF Awards CREST Center Phase II Grant to UPRM

English Version: On March 17th, 2014 the Research & Development Center (RDC) unit of the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez (UPRM) received notification of a grant award from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to support Phase II of the UPRM CREST: Nanotechnology Center for Biomedical, Environmental and Sustainability Applications. The grant award was made…

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ChE Seminar Series: “Nanomaterials Processing: Taking Advantage of the Improved Quality of the Building Blocks for Novel Nanotechnologies” Dr. Oscar Perales (UPRM)

  Dr. Oscar Perales, from the Department of Engineering Science & Materials-UPRM will be offering a lecture titled “Nanomaterials Processing: Taking Advantage of the Improved Quality of the Building Blocks for Novel Nanotechnologies”   Date: March 27, 2014 Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Place: INQU 004 – Amphitheater   Abstract: Two issues of great importance for future nanotechnologies will be…

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P&G Doctoral Recruiting FIRST Conference 2014

FIRST stands for Focusing on Industrial Recruitment of Scientific Talent.  For the last 23 years, the conference has exposed, recruited, and employed top PhD talent from the African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American communities. The conference provides participants with a clear picture of the career opportunities, expectations, and challenges that exist in industrial research.   Participants will travel…

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Concept Papers for NASA ISS Post-Graduate Innovation Awards

Soliciting Concept Papers for ISS Post-Graduate Innovation Awards in Space Life and Physical Science Research (NRA NNJ14ZBG001N) Concept Paper Due: July 10th, 2014 This solicitation is targeted at Graduate Ph.D. students and Post-Doctoral Fellows who have never participated in any variations of space flight research and have no experience in designing ISS spaceflight scientific investigations. Student…

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ChE Seminar Series: “Fermentation: From Discovery to Commercialization” Dr. Tiffany D. Rau

Dr. Tiffany D. Rau, technical/scientific lead for fermentation and isolation for Research and Development and Manufacturing activities at Eli Lilly in Puerto Rico will be offering a lecture titled “Fermentation: From Discovery to Commercialization”   Date: March 20, 2014 Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Place: Department of Physics – Eugene Francis Room   Abstract: The path from discovery to…

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Internship Job at MedImmune

Internship Job at MedImmune   Job Opening: 6 Month Internship – Computational Fluid Dynamics in Formulation Sciences Dept., MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD Project Description: We seek a highly-motivated and talented intern for a six month internship to apply Computational Fluid Dynamics to model the fluid mechanics underlying biologic drug filling using time-pressure pumps and piston…

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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…

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