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Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 1:00 PM, Room TA07
Dr. Matthias Heuchel
HZG Centre for Biomaterial Development, Institute of Polymer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Teltow (Germany)
"Atomistic modelling of gas sorption in glassy polymers"

Friday, October 14, 2011, 3:00 PM, Room TA09
Dr. Yuri Yampol'skii,
Head of Laboratory, A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow)

October 5, 2011, 3:30PM, Room TA06
Professor Don R. Paul,
Ernest Cockrell, Sr. Chair in Engineering, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
"Properties of polymeric nanofilms"

8 September 2011
Dr. Mirco Sorci,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
" Customizing ultrafiltration membrane charge with tight control of solution conditions for optimal separation of similar sized proteins”

July 20th 2011
Professor Winston Ho
Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
"New Membranes for CO2 Separation and H2 and Water Purification"

"New Membranes for Controlled Release and Antibiotic Recovery "

April 7 2011. 3:30 PM Room 1-030
Professor Michael Yianneskis, Professore emerito di Meccanica dei Fluidi del King's College London,
"MACRO-INSTABILITIES: SCOPE FOR MIXING ENHANCEMENT IN STIRRED PROCESSES"

April 5 2011, 11.00 AM, room 1-030
prof. Saulius Vasarevicius
Gediminas Technical University di Vilnius
"Plasma technologies for the environmental protection".

April 1, 2011, 9:00 AM room TS01
ing. Florian Müller
Technical University Dortmund, Fakultät Bio- und Chemieingenieurwesen.
“Measuring mechanical properties of VOC-loaded polymers”

April 1, 2011, 10:00 AM room TS01
Professor Gabriele Sadowski
Technical University Dortmund, Fakultät Bio- und Chemieingenieurwesen.
Leibniz prize Winner, 2011
"Polymer Thermodynamics"

April 1, 2011, 11:00 AM room TS01
Dr. Matteo Minelli
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Mineraria e delle Tecnologie Ambientali
Università di Bologna
"Solubility calculations in swelling glassy polymers"

Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 11:00 AM, Aula TA08
"Use of transient non-Fickian diffusion data as tools for characterization of the diffusion medium"
Dr. John Petropoulos
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Demokritos National Research Centre, Athens (GR).

October 28, 2010, 2:00 PM room TA05
Professor Giuseppe MARRUCCI
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica dell’Università di Napoli Federico II”
US National Academy of Engineering
"Flusso di polimeri: certezze e misteri"

13 ottobre 2010 5:00 PM, Aula TA05
"Atomistic modelling of gas sorption in glassy polymers"
Dr. Matthias HEUCHEL
Department of Polymer Physics, GKSS Research Center, (Teltow, Berlin)

24 Settembre 2010, 12:00 AM, Aula TA10
"Transport Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells"
Professor Yossef A. ELABD
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA,

9 Settembre 2010, 11 AM, aula TA10
"Challenges in bio-separation technology "
Professor Ruben G. CARBONELL
Department Chemical and Biolochemical Engineering, North Carolina State University
Head of Kenan Institute for Science and Technology
Head of BiTECH Center.

19 Luglio 2010, 3:00 PM, Aula TA10
"Amine-Based CO2 Capture: Modeling of Absorption with Reversible Reaction"
Professor Jerry H. MELDON
Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Tufts University Medford, MA

17 Giugno 2010
"Unit Operations in Nanomanufacturing"
Professor Roger BONNACAZE
Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

3 Giugno 2010
"Membrane techniques for environmental applications"
Dr. Palanivelu KANDASAMY
Centre for Environmental Studies Anna University Chennai - India

27 Maggio 2010
"Hydrogen permeation in Pd based membranes in presence of non-inert gases"
Dr. Jacopo CATALANO
Dipartimento di Ing.Chimica, Mineraria e delle Tecnologie Ambientali, Università di Bologna

23 Settembre 2009
"A universal, biofouling-inspired surface modification to improve separation efficiency in membrane systems"
Dr. Bryan McCLOSKEY
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

15 Settembre 2009
"New membranes for hydrogen purification and proton transport for fuel cells"
Professor Winston HO
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, OHIO State University.

18 maggio 2009
"Membrane processes applied to food engineering"
Prof. Beatrìz CANCINO
Universidad Catòlica de Valparaiso, CH

2005 and before

Wednesday, April 13th 2005 3:00 pm	DICMA Via RIsorgimento	Prof. Gabriele Sadowski, Dr. Kai Martin Krueger Department of Biochemical & Chemical Engineering, Dortmund University, Germany	"Phase Equilibria and Diffusion in Polymer-Solvent Systems"
Friday, February 25th 2005 11:45 am	DICMA LAB, Via Terracini 34	Dr. Rajaram Shrimant Ghadge, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbay University, India	""
Thursday, February 10th 2005 4:00 pm	DICMA LAB, Via Terracini 34	Dr. Daniel Gorri Cirella, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain	"Applications of pervaporation in the process industries: two case studies"
Friday, January 28 2005 11:00 am	DICMA LAB, Via Terracini 34	Dr. Rajaram Shrimant Ghadge, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbay University, India	"Enzyme Engineering: Enzyme deactivation due to Flow Dynamics Effects"
Monday, May 31 2004 3:00 pm	DICMA, Via Risorgimento 2, University of Bologna	Prof. Matteo PASQUALI, RICE University, Houston (TX), USA	"Modeling flowing polymer solutions: mesoscopic vis-á-vis microscopic approaches, with an eye to coupled multiscale simulations"
Wednesday, May 25 2004 3:00 pm	DICMA, Via Risorgimento 2, University of Bologna	Dr. Raymond Oliver, Strategic Technology Group, ICI	"Chemical Engineering Futures: Prospects for the Commercialisation of Nanoscience through useful Functional Materials"
Thursday, May 20 2004 2:30 pm	Room 7.9 , Via Saragozza, University of Bologna	Prof. Jerry Meldon, TUFTS University, Medford (MA), USA	"Influence of Reaction and Permeation Time Scales on Production of Pure Hydrogen in a Catalytic Membrane Reactor"
Monday, April 19 2004 3:00 pm	Room 4.2	Prof. J.M. Prausnitz, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California- Berkeley, member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the National Academy of Engineering	"Recent advances in engineering thermodynamics"
Wednesday, November 12 2003 3:00 pm	DICMA, Via Risorgimento 2, University of Bologna	Dr. T. Schafer, Department of Chemistry, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal	"The New Smell of Bio/Chemical Engineering: Membranes for Monitoring and Clean Processing"
Thursday, October 16 2003 3:00 pm	DICMA, Via Risorgimento 2, University of Bologna	Prof. D.R. PAUL, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, University of Texas at Austin, member of the National Academy of Engineering (USA)	"Properties of Well-Exfoliated Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites: Comparison of Experiment with Theory"
Wednesday, June 4 2003 2:00 pm	Room 3.4, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Viale Risorgimento 2	Prof. Gilbert SHAMA, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough (UK).	"A versatile thin film photoreactor"
Thursday, May 29 2003 1 pm	DICMA (BIB), Viale Risorgimento, University of Bologna	Prof. Matteo PASQUALI, RICE University, Houston (TX), USA	"Continuous, Macroscopic Fibers from liquid crystalline mesophases of single-walled carbon nanotubes in superacids"
Friday, February 14 2003 11 am	DICMA (LAB), Via Terracini 34, University of Bologna	Dr. Anita HILL, CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology, Melbourne Australia	"Tailoring Nanospace"
Friday, November 22 2002 2:30 pm	DICMA, Via Risorgimento 2, University of Bologna	Prof. Paul E. LAIBINIS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA.	"Tailoring Surfaces for Adsorption of Halides, DNA and Other Species. New Approaches for Chemical Sensing and Delivery"
Thursday, July 4 2002 4 p.m.	DICMA, Via Risorgimento 2, University of Bologna	Prof. Yoshiharu TSUJITA, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Japan	"Selective Sorption Behaviors of Organic Solvent to Syndiotactic Polystyrene Mesophase Membranes with Molecular Cavity"
May 27-31 2002 Mon: 14.00-16.00 Tue: 11.00-13.00 Wed: 11.00-13.00, 15.00-17.00 Thu: 11.00-13.00	Mon:room 1.4 Tue: room 7.4 Wed: room 8.2, 3.6 Thu: room 5.7 University of Bologna	Prof. Georges BELFORT, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA	"Molecular Separations Engineering: A Short Course"
Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 4:30 p.m.	DICMA, Via Risorgimento 2, University of Bologna	Dr. Vaclav MACHON, Department of Chemical Engineering, Inst. of Chemical Technology,Prague, Czech Republic	"Fluid Mixing Research in Prague"
Monday, January 28, 2002, 11 am	DICMA, Via Risorgimento 2, University of Bologna	Prof. Harold B. HOPFENBERG, North Carolina State University	"Sustainable technologies based on membrane separations"
Thursday October 25, 2001, 4:00 PM	DICMA Library, Via Risorgimento 2 University of Bologna	Dr. John PELLEGRINO, National Boureau of Standards NIST- Boulder, CO, USA	"Diffusion of water and acetone through PP films using the FTIR-ATR Technique"
Friday, October 19, 2001, 4:00 PM	DICMA Library, Via Risorgimento 2 University of Bologna	Prof. Winston HO, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.	"Engineering Membranes for Environmental and Energy Applications"
Monday July 2, 2001, 11.30 am	DICMA Library, Via Risorgimento 2 University of Bologna	Prof. Benjamin McCOY, University of California at Davis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science	"Chemical Reaction Engineering Modeling of Nucleation, Growth, and Aggregation Processes "
Friday June 15, 2001, 11.30 am	DICMA Library, Via Risorgimento 2	Prof. Walter CHAPMAN, from RICE University, Houston, TX	"Development of a predictive equation of State for Solvents, Monomers, and Polymers "