Botsaris Memorial Symposium

8:30 Coffee in Burden Lounge

9:00 Morning Session – Nelson Auditorium

Prof. Kyongbum Lee, Department Chair, and Prof. Linda Abriola, Dean, School of Engineering – Introductory Remarks

9:15 Marina Tsianou, G’95, Assoc. Prof., Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo
Gregory Botsaris: the man, the educator

9:30 Michael F. Doherty, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California - Santa Barbara
Crystal Growth: A Lecture in Honor of Gregory Botsaris

10:15 Ronald W. Rousseau, Professor and C. J. "Pete" Silas Endowed Chair, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Crystallization: An Answer for Diverse Separation Challenges

11:00 Costas G.Vayenas, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras
Rules of chemical and electrochemical promotion and their application for the conversion of CO2 to hydrocarbons

12:05 Lunch – Breed Memorial Hall, 51 Winthrop Street

1:30 Afternoon Session – Nelson Auditorium

1:30 Y.-A. Liu, G’70, Alumni Distinguished Professor and Frank C. Vilbrandt Endowed Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Virginia Technical Institute
CO2 capture modeling, energy savings and heat pump integration

2:15 Dionysios D. Dionysiou, G’95,Professor, Dept of Biomedical, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati
Transformation of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water Using Advanced Oxidation Nanotechnologies – Towards the Development of Nanocatalysts with Tailor-Designed Architecture

3:00 Coffee Break

3:15 Michael Stoukides, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Progress in the Electrochemical Synthesis of Ammonia

4:00 Lawrence Weiner, E’89,Senior Director Strategic Innovation, Operations Technology & Innovation, Biogen
The Future of Bioprocess Manufacturing

4:45 Adjourn