ABE Departmental Seminars
ABE I4 Seminar Series
Interactive, Intriguing, Inspiring, and Interesting
The Department presents weekly seminars during the academic year. The seminars are intended to be Interactive, Intriguing, Inspiring, and Interesting (I4). A variety of topics are presented by speakers from the Department, the Colleges of Engineering and ACES, other units across campus, and experts invited from across the nation and the world. Topics include not only technical subjects, but also current economic and social issues that are of interest to Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
The seminars are held on Friday’s during the lunch hour in Room 204 Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building (AESB). Pizza is served at 11:45 am with the program beginning at noon.
The I4 Seminar schedule for the Spring 2012 semester is……
| DATE | SPEAKER | AFFILIATION | TITLE OF PRESENTATION |
| 1/20/2012 | Juergen Polle | Professor of Biology at Brooklyn College - City University of New York | "Microalgae biofuels: Strain selection and metabolism" |
| 1/27/2012 | Dr. Gequn Su and Dr. Xingyu Liang | Tianjin University, China | "Energy Efficient Technologies of Internal Combustion Engines (ICE)" |
| 2/03/2012 | Dr. Irfan S. Ahmad | University of Illinois | "Societal Implications of Nanotechnology in Addressing Grand Global Challenges" |
| 2/10/2012 | Dr. K.C. Ting | Department Head and Professor, ABE, UIUC | "Concurrent Science, Engineering and Technology (ConSEnT) Empowered Biomass Production and Provision" |
| 2/17/2012 | Dr. Huan Wang & Dr. Ryan Larsen | Carle Foundation Hospital and UIUC | "Selective Cerebral Hypothermia: Past, Present, & Future & Measurement of brain temperature using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy" |
| 2/24/2012 | Dr. Taher Saif | Professor, Dept of Mechanical Science & Engineering, UIUC | "Emergence of synchrony in living materials through force interaction" |
| 3/02/2012 | Dr. Ryan Larsen | Research Scientist at Biomedical Imaging Center, Beckman Institute, UIUC | "New Directions and Opportunities in MRI at the Biomedical Imaging Center" |
| 3/09/2012 | EXPLORE ACES NO SEMINAR | ||
| 3/16/2012 | Dr. May Berenbaum | Professor and Head, Department of Entomology, UIUC | "Honey Bee Detoxification: From Flowers to Fluvalinate" |
| 3/23/2012 | SPRING BREAK NO I4 SEMINAR | ||
| 3/30/2012 | Dr. Kishore Rajagopalan | Associate Director for Applied Research, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center | "Whither Socially Oriented Enterprises" |
| 4/06/2012 | Dr. Rashid Bashir | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Bioengineering, UIUC | "Microfluidics and Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine" |
| 4/13/2012 | Dr. Ximing Cai | Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC | "Does the World have Enough Land to Produce Biofuel as Demanded?" |
| 4/20/2012 | Mr. Howard R. Gerwin | Manager, Advanced Systems Engineering, John Deere Technology and Innovation Center | "Tier 4 Emissions Challenges and John Deere’s Approach to Meeting Them" |
| 4/27/2012 | Mr. Stephen W. Blakely | Chief Technology Officer and a Principal in Neurovision Medical Products, Co-owner of Rea Technologies | "Egyptian Pulley" |
