Seminars begin at 1:00pm in Cherry Auditorium (in the Kirk Engineering Center) unless otherwise noted. Refreshments will be provided by the J. Estrin Endowment Fund.

Date	Speaker	Topic
September 4	Barbara Ray, Safety and Risk Management, Univ. of Rhode Island	Prudent Practices in the Lab and Hazardous Waste Refresher Training (new training on Sept 12 in Crawford 207)
September 11	Prof. Kim Hamad-Schifferli, Depts. of Biological and Mechanical Eng., MIT	Interfacing NanoParticles with Biological Systems
September 18	Prof. Jae Lee, Dept. of Chemical Eng., City College of CCNY	Gas Hydrate Formation Kinetics in the Presence of Surface-Active Agents
September 25	Prof. David Kofke, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Eng., SUNY Buffalo	Good + Bad = Ugly and Other Pitfalls to Avoid When Calculating Free Energies
October 16	Prof. M.L. "Bob" Emiliani, School of Engineering & Technology, Central Connecticut State Univ	Ensuring Successful Industrial R & D Projects
November 6	Dr. Marian Gindy, Merck and Company	Self-assembly as a Flexible Route to Multi-functional Nano-materials
December 4	Dr. Tushar Misra, Sepracor, Inc.	The Evolving Role of Chemical Engineers in the Pharmaceutical Industry

This series at the University of Rhode Island is made possible through the generosity of Amgen, West Greenwich, RI