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Microfluidics topic of Colburn Memorial Lecture 5:49 p.m., April 28, 2006--“Dynamics of Complex Fluids in Microfluidic Devices,” by guest speaker Patrick Doyle, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be the topic of UD's annual Allan Colburn Memorial Lecture, set for 10 a.m., Friday, May 12, in 102-103 Colburn Laboratory. Microfluidics has become an important enabling technology for rapidly analyzing and separating biomolecules, synthesizing new materials and performing fundamental studies on single molecules or colloids. Doyle, who is the Charles and Hilda Roddey Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT, received his doctoral degree from Stanford University in 1997. His research interests include biophysics, microfluidics separations, microrheology, polymer physics and transport phenomena. He has received several awards and grants for his research, including a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, a 3-M Innovation Fund Award, a Polypops Innovation Award and a Fondation de la Recherche Medical Postdoctoral Grant. The lecture is free and open to the public, and a reception for Doyle will be held at 4 p.m., later the same day, in the second-floor lobby of Colburn Laboratory. Dr. Colburn was a nationally prominent chemical engineer who was chairman of UD's Department of Chemical Engineering. He also served as acting-president of the University in 1950 and provost from 1950 until his death in 1955. The Annual Allan Colburn Lectureship recognizes young faculty or engineers who best exemplify Colburn's scholarly abilities on pragmatic and theoretical problems, as well as his interest in all humanity. For more information about the lecture, call (302) 831-4500. |
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