Aug
16
Welcome Week 2018
Host Office of Campus Life Description Welcome Week runs through Sunday, August 19 on the Mies Campus and encompasses a variety of events. Click here for the most up-to-date schedule. Thursday, August...
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Jun
23
Chemistry’s Jean-Luc Ayitou Hosts First STEAMing Dialogue Meeting
Host Illinois Tech Description If the sun disappeared, the Earth would go dark, temperatures would fall to -100 degrees, ocean surfaces would freeze, and the atmosphere would collapse. It would be...
May
12
Congratulations 2017–18 Illinois Tech Graduates – Watch the Commencement Ceremonies Live Stream
Host Illinois Tech Description Congratulations to the 2017–18 graduates. The Illinois Institute of Technology 2017–18 Commencement ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 10 a.m. on the...
Apr
18
Water Chemistry: Current Challenges and Opportunities
HostDepartment of Chemistry Description Water Chemistry is a subset of environmental chemistry that has been systematically lectured on for a few decades in colleges and universities with a very good...
Apr
11
Novel Thermoelectric Materials Based on Clathrates
HostDepartment of Chemistry Description The phenomenon of thermoelectricity is attributed to the interconversion of thermal and electrical forms of energy. We developed a new class of bulk...
Apr
4
Polymer/Noble Metal Nanocomposites: A Model System to Assess Exposure to Nanotechnology-Enabled Food Packaging Materials
HostDepartment of Chemistry Description Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs), in which nanofillers are added into a polymer matrix, can be engineered to show improved barrier properties and increased...
Mar
21
Identifying and Drugging Cryptic Pockets
HostDepartment of Chemistry and The Center for Interdisciplinary Scientific Computation (CISC) Description Cryptic allosteric sites could provide new opportunities for activating or inhibiting...
Mar
7
Examples of Academic and Industrial Research Using Microscopy to Address Interfacial and Colloidal Phenomena
HostDepartment of Chemistry Description In this colloquium, I will discuss four discrete research areas from my academic and industrial research. While in academia, I focused on the creation and...
Feb
28
Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Systems: Promises and Challenges
HostDepartment of Chemistry Description Electrochemistry is central to many applications such as water purification, membrane separation, sensors, energy storage and conversion systems. Among...
Feb
21
Characterization of Molecular Interactions between Abrasives and Additives Used in Chemical-Mechanical Planarization (CMP) via Spectroscopic and Computational Methods
HostDepartment of Chemistry Description ABSTRACT Understanding the adsorptive interactions occurring at wafer, pad, and abrasive surfaces is a generally accepted as a key requirement for controlling...