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SUMMARY:UMass Amherst Engineering and Computing Career Day for High School
  Students
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261027
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DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker: Dr. Karin Rotem-Wildeman\, Keurig Dr. Pepper
LOCATION:
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SUMMARY:Digital Accessibility in STEM Courses
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261027T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261027T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Anna LaChanceEquations\, alt text on complex da
 ta visualizations\, hand-written notes\; digital accessibility is challeng
 ing for STEM faculty! To support our faculty in meeting Web Content Access
 ibility Guidelines (WCAG)\, the Riccio College of Engineering's CEI Hub is
  collaborating with IDEAS to host a free lunch workshop on how to make you
 r course content digitally accessible. Instructors (including graduate stu
 dents) from Engineering\, CNS\, CICS\, and other STEM departments are welc
 ome! Event Date: Tuesday\, October 27\, 2026Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm Locat
 ion: Skinner Hall 112Please RSVP by Friday\, October 16 to ensure we order
  enough food for the event. [https://forms.gle/j4yziubNSVudQryG9]This eve
 nt is supported by a UMass Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) Campus Cl
 imate Improvement Grant (CCIG). For questions\, contact the organizers\, 
 Anna Marie LaChance (Chemical Engineering\, alachance@umass.edu) or Erica 
 Foley (IDEAS\, ericafoley@umass.edu). For weekly tips on digital accessib
 ility\, sign up to the UMass STRIVES Newsletter at the IDEAS Accessibility
  Hub.
LOCATION:Skinner Hall\, Room 112
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SUMMARY:Tang Lecture - Karin Rotem - TBD
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261027T200000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261027T210000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Tang Lecture - Karin Rotem - TBD
LOCATION:Old Chapel
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense\, MD Anisur Rahman\, “ENGINEERING ROUGH COLLOIDS TO 
 CONTROL INTERFACIAL PINNING\, CAPILLARY INTERACTIONS\, AND MONOLAYER BEHAV
 IOR"
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261030T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261030T173000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Chair:  Peter BeltramoAbstractColloidal particles trapped at 
 fluid interfaces have numerous applications\, ranging from emulsion stabil
 ity to fabricating two-dimensional (2D) metamaterials. Their microstructur
 al organization dictates resultant material properties\, such as increased
  yield stress of kinetically arrested aggregates or the emergence of optic
 al metasurface effects from ordered assemblies. These microstructures may 
 be engineered by manipulating particle surface topography or shape anisotr
 opy to control how individual particles pin at the interface and subsequen
 t interparticle interactions. This thesis investigates how particle surfac
 e roughness affects the interfacial pinning and interactions of shape-isot
 ropic spheres and shape-anisotropic ellipsoids\, and examines how these ef
 fects govern collective monolayer behavior\, including interfacial assembl
 y and mechanics.  By rationally designing spherical and ellipsoidal polym
 er colloids with controlled roughness and topography (convex or concave)\,
  we demonstrate that the effect of roughness on interfacial pinning and de
 formation depends on particle shape. For spheres\, surface roughness enhan
 ces quadrupolar interfacial deformation and thereby capillary attraction\,
  as theoretically predicted. Surprisingly\, for ellipsoids\, roughness sup
 presses quadrupolar deformation and thus weakens capillary attraction betw
 een rough ellipsoids relative to their smooth analogues.  To interrogate 
 how these single-particle and pairwise behaviors influence multiparticle a
 ssembly\, we slowly compacted a monolayer of particles at an air-water int
 erface using a Langmuir trough and simultaneously measured the monolayer s
 urface pressure and optically imaged the resultant microstructures. With i
 ncreasing roughness\, surface pressure increases for spheres and decreases
  for ellipsoids\, consistent with our previously measured trends in capill
 ary interaction between particles. However\, optical microscopy reveals th
 at the specific topography\, in addition to shape and roughness\, dictates
  monolayer microstructure. Notably\, while convex and concave ellipsoids b
 oth show attenuated capillary attraction\, only concave rough ellipsoids f
 orm orientationally ordered monolayers at close packing\, as opposed to th
 e disordered multiparticle aggregates formed by smooth and convex ellipsoi
 ds. Surface topography therefore influences particle organization beyond s
 imply reducing capillarity.  Finally\, we experimentally determine the as
 pect ratio (AR)-area fraction assembly phase diagram of concave rough elli
 psoids. As area fraction increases\, monolayers undergo a disorder-order t
 ransition from isotropic to plastic crystal phases at low AR and an isotro
 pic to nematic transition at high AR\, agreeing qualitatively with theoret
 ical predictions for hard ellipses. These assemblies can be successfully t
 ransferred onto solid substrates via Langmuir-Blodgett deposition\, demons
 trating the potential of using rough ellipsoids to create 2D ordered aniso
 tropic patterns through interfacial templating. Ultimately\, this thesis c
 omprehensively establishes using rough particles to engineer fluid interfa
 ces by combining particle synthesis\, quantitative individual particle pin
 ning and interaction measurements\, and evaluation of monolayer mechanics 
 and assembly. These findings provide a route to complex\, ordered 2D aniso
 tropic microstructures through particle surface engineering and assembly a
 t fluid interfaces and lay the groundwork for creating scalable anisotropi
 c metasurfaces.
LOCATION:Guness Student Center inside Marcus Hall & via Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Election Day - no classes
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261104
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DESCRIPTION:Election Day - no classes
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SUMMARY:Last day to drop with W
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105
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DESCRIPTION:Last day to drop with W
LOCATION:
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SUMMARY:AICHE CBE reception\, Hilton Symphony III/IV\, Minneapolis
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261110T020000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261110T040000Z
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DESCRIPTION:AICHE CBE reception\, Hilton Symphony III/IV\, Minneapolis
LOCATION:Hilton Symphony III/IV\, Minneapolis
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SUMMARY:Registration begins for Spring 2027
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261110
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DESCRIPTION:Registration begins for Spring 2027
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SUMMARY:Veteran's Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261112
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DESCRIPTION:Veteran's Day
LOCATION:
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SUMMARY:AICHE national meetings - Minneapolis
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261113
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DESCRIPTION:AICHE national meetings - Minneapolis
LOCATION:
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SUMMARY:CBE Seminar: Gang Wu\, WashingtonUniversity\, “Single-Metal-Site
  Catalysts for Sustainable Hydrogen Energy: History\, Present\, and Future
 "
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261117T163000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261117T173000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engin
 eeringHost: Nianqiang Wunianqiangwu@umass.edu413-545-6892 Gang WuWashingt
 on University “Single-Metal-Site Catalystsfor Sustainable Hydrogen Ener
 gy: History\, Present\, and Future”Tuesday\, November 17\, 2026\, 11:30 
 a.m.201 LGRT\, UMass Amherst(Refreshments at 11:15 a.m.) Abstract:Fossilf
 uels have been used overwhelmingly across many industrial sectors in recen
 tdecades\, leading to significant CO2 and other pollutant emissions\,low e
 fficiency\, and unsustainability. Clean and efficient energy storage andco
 nversion via electrochemical reactionsassociated with hydrogen\, oxygen\, 
 and water have attracted substantialattention for energy and environmental
  sustainability. Among compelling energytechnologies\, proton exchange mem
 brane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are a promisingzero-emission power source for tr
 ansportation\, helping mitigate environmentalpollution and reduce fossil-f
 uel dependence. Meanwhile\, water electrolyzershave been clearly identifie
 d as the sustainable pathway to produce cheap greenhydrogen efficiently us
 ing renewable electricity. However\, current materials\,including catalyst
 s\, membranes\, and ionomers\, cannot meet the challengingtargets of high 
 efficiency\, low cost\, and long-term durability for hydrogenfuel cells an
 d water electrolyzers. Developing high-performance catalysts fromearth-abu
 ndant elements to replace current precious metals is crucial formaking the
 se hydrogen technologies viable for large-scale clean energyapplications. 
 This talk discusses recent advances\, achievements\, andperspectives on de
 veloping low-cost\, high-performance catalysts based on newlyemerging atom
 ically dispersed single-metal-site-rich metal-nitrogen-carbonmaterials for
  sustainable\, clean hydrogen technologies. Bio:Gang Wu is the Elvera and
  William R.Stuckenberg Endowed Professor at Washington University in St. L
 ouis. He is anECS Fellow and has substantial expertise in electrochemical 
 science andengineering. He completed all his degrees\, including Ph.D.\, a
 t the HarbinInstitute of Technology in 2004. After extensive postdoctoral 
 training atTsinghua University\, the University of South Carolina\, and Lo
 s Alamos NationalLaboratory (LANL)\, he became a staff scientist at LANL i
 n 2010. Then\, he joinedSUNY Buffalo as a tenure-track assistant professor
  in 2014 and was quicklypromoted to associate professor in 2018 and to ful
 l professor in 2020. After a decade of serviceat SUNY Buffalo\, he joined 
 Washington University in St. Louis in 2024. His currentresearch focuses on
  advanced electrocatalysis and catalysis for hydrogen andelectrochemical e
 nergy technologies\, such as polymer electrolyte fuel cells\, waterelectro
 lysis\, CO2 reduction\, electrosynthesis\, and carbon-freenitrogen electro
 chemistry. He is also interested in developing clean-energy-relatedheterog
 eneous catalysis\, including efficient ammonia synthesis and cracking\, to
 address the grand challenges of hydrogen storage and transportation. Dr. W
 u isa leading scientist in the exploration of single-metal-site catalysts 
 forsustainable electrocatalysis\, as evidenced by more than 400 papers inp
 restigious journals and approximately 70\,000 citations\, with an H-index 
 of 142(Google Scholar ). Dr. Wu has been recognizedby Clarivate Analytics 
 as a Highly Cited Researcher since 2018. He serves as anAssociate Editor f
 or a few journals\, including the Journal of theElectrochemical Society (J
 ES)\, the Electrochemical Society’s flagshipjournal\, and Applied Cataly
 sis B: Environment and Energy. 
LOCATION:LGRT 201
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SUMMARY:11:30 Faculty Meeting
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261120
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DESCRIPTION:\nHere's the zoom link:\n\nTopic: CBE Faculty Meetings\nTime
 : This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://
 umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/97994627767\n\nMeeting ID: 979 9462 7767\nPasscode
 : 01003
LOCATION:153 Goessmann
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SUMMARY:CBE Graduate Program Virtual Information Session
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261120T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261120T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:CBE Graduate Program Virtual Information Session
LOCATION:Virtual
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