Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering sets Research Review

10:30 a.m., Jan. 26, 2015--The University of Delaware Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will hold its Winter Research Review, featuring the work of graduate students, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Clayton Hall.

The review program includes research presentations by fourth-year graduate students and research posters by third-year graduate students.

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Nearly 30 fourth-year graduate students will present talks on a wide range of topics including methane conversion, biomass processing, solar cells, fuel cells, solid waste gasification and disease pathology.

The daylong event will open with breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the Clayton Hall lobby.

Abraham M. Lenhoff, Allan P. Colburn Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and department chair, will provide welcoming remarks at 9 a.m. in Room 101B.

The welcome will be followed by a series of sessions.

Feng Jiao, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, will be the featured speaker during a luncheon at 12:10 p.m. in Room 101A.

For additional information, see the Winter Research Review website.