Welcome!
On behalf of the Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering at the FAMU‐FSU College
of Engineering, I wish to extend to you our sincerest welcome to the Annual Departmental
Research Day. This showcase provides our graduate students, undergraduates and
postdoctoral fellows with the opportunity to display and discuss their research over the last
year in an informal setting with fellow students and faculty. We are proud of the work
performed by our students and trainees, and this event gives them the opportunity to defend
their research and inform the local community about their progress and the advancements
generated within the department. These kinds of exchanges are critical to the education and
maturation of our students but also educate the faculty and local scientific community about
the resources and techniques under development in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering.
This year, we are very happy to have a keynote address provided by Dr. Carol K. Hall, Camille
Dreyfus Distinguished University Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at
North Carolina State University. A fellow of the NAE, AIChE and APS, Dr. Hall's research is
driven by a fascination with molecules of interesting architectures and energetics, and by a
desire to understand how these molecular features combine to yield complex mesoscopic or
macroscopic features. Her primary tools in this effort are statistical thermodynamics and
computer simulation. She will be discussing her modeling of the self assembly of soft materials,
with a focus on proteins whose aggregation is implicated in Alzheimer's and other
neurodegenerative diseases.
We look forward to a fascinating discussion with Dr. Hall and fruitful day of conversations and
networking among students, fellows and faculty.
With Regards,
Samuel C. Grant, PhD
CBE Graduate Coordinator
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