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American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Officers -- 2012-2013

Ashhad Kahn, President
Joshua Allen, Vice President
Julia Petrullo, Secretary
Mitchel Muehlberger, Treasurer
Christopher Dundas, SBE Chair

Dr. Marina Tsianou, Faculty Advisor

Graduate Student Association

Officers -- 2012-2013

President
Jacob Heltzel, heltzel@buffalo.edu

Vice-President
Snehal Rajesh Rane, snehalra@buffalo.edu

Treasurer
Parham Rohani, parhamro@buffalo.edu

Secretary
Shobhit Gogia, sgogia2@buffalo.edu

Senators

Mohammad Atif Faiz Afzal, m27@buffalo.edu
Di Qi, diqi@buffalo.edu

Alternate Senators

Koushik Ponnuru, koushikp@buffalo.edu
Di Qi, diqi@buffalo.edu
Rohitesh Gupta, rohitesh@buffalo.edu
Wei Wang, wwang23@buffalo.edu

Webmaster

Siren Teng, sirenten@buffalo.edu

Society of Biological Engineers (SBE)

Officers -- 2012-2013

Chris Dundas, Chair

Western New York Section of the American Chemical Society

Research Spotlight

Mark Swihart co-authors toxicity study, A Step Forward for Quantum Dots

Mark Swihart co-authors pioneering study to gauge toxicity of quantum dots in primates, with a hopeful outcome for doctors and scientists seeking new ways to battle diseases like cancer through nanomedicine. >>
Research Spotlight

UB CBE Graduate Student Research Symposium & Poster Contest

Each fall, CBE graduate student research is highlighted for faculty, colleagues, and the Buffalo Niagara Chemical Engineering community. >>
Research Spotlight

Biomolecular engineering breakthrough

Streptavidin binds biotin with high affinity and is widely used in biotechnology and research. Sheldon Park has engineered a stable streptavidin monomer that can further extend its application.>>
Research Spotlight

David Kofke and Andrew Schultz win 2012 David Himmelblau Award

David Kofke and Andrew Schultz awarded for development of the etomica modules, a community-developed suite of interactive simulations helping students understand molecular origins of macroscopic behaviors. >>
Research Spotlight

UB-Praxair collaboration leads to new technology and grant

In collaboration with researchers from Praxair, Inc., the group of Mark Swihart has developed a new technology for producing nanoparticles of copper, silver, palladium and other metals and their alloys. >>

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Faces of CBE

Sri Madabhushi
Ph.D. Graduate 2012

Events

Dennis Prieve delivers fourth annual Ruckenstein Lecture

CBE presents the 2011 Graduate Student Research Symposium (rsvp)