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Chemical Engineering

ChE in Action
Patrick Doyle
Wed Jan 8, Thu Jan 9, Fri Jan 10, 09am-12:00pm, 66-0042

Signup by: 03-Jan-2003
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

Have you ever wondered what a degree in Chemical Engineering prepares you to do? Would you like to build your own microfluidics device to make nano-partaicles or separate cells? In this course we will provide a fun hands-on introduction to Chemical Engineering through the design, fabrication and testing of microfluidic and bioMEM devices. In addition to discussing the physical phenomena important for designing these devices, we will provide a brief overview of the research in the ChE department at MIT, the ChE undergraduate curriculum and the diverse range of careers our graduates pursue.
Contact: Patrick Doyle, 66-456, x3-4534, pdoyle@mit.edu

Chemical Engineering Car Competition
David Yin, Professor Jefferson W. Tester
Fri Jan 31, 01-03:00pm, Lobby 13

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 10-Jan-2003
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

This year will be the First Annual Chemical Engineering Car Competition. The object of this competition is for a team to design and build a chemically driven car that will carry a prescribed load a specified distance. The catch is that the load and distance are not given till the day of the competition. Teams must have some members that are chemical engineering majors but multi-disciplinary teams are encouraged! Teams will have from the time they are formed until the competition date to construct their car. The members of the winning team will each receive $50 and an additional special prize!
Contact: David Yin, 66-350, x3-4562, dyin@mit.edu

Nanostructured Catalysts Design and Organic Synthesis
Professor Jackie Y. Ying
Mon, Wed, Jan 6, 8, 13, 15, 22, 27, 29, 06:30-08:30pm, 8-404

Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

This subject describes the tailoring of materials with crystallite size, particle size and/or pore size in the nanometer regime. A variety of chemical approaches have been developed to synthesize these nanostructured materials with a great deal of compositional flexibility and surface functionality. These novel materials are designed as catalysts, membranes, sensors, gas absorbents, advanced ceramics, biomaterials and drug delivery systems with unique size dependent properties and ultrahigh surface reactivity. Through the self-assembly of molecular and supramolecular building blocks, hierarchical structures with nanoscaled features can also be processed. These bulk systems are of great interest for molecular electronic and biomedical applications. NOTE: Participating students may register for 10.522 (3-0-6), which continues through spring 2003 (until 3/31).
Contact: Professor Jackie Y. Ying, 66-542, 253-2899, jyying@mit.edu


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