Biomedical Engineering to Host Seminar Feb. 7, 2003
On Friday, February 7, 2003, Colorado State University biomedical engineering will host Steve Granick, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as he presents "From Nanofluidics to Microfluidics." The seminar is free and open to the public and will be held in Clark, A202 from 12:10 to 1 p.m. Guests are invited to attend a brief reception prior to the seminar at noon.
Granick will be discussing the bioengineering processes that depend on the flow of fluid past surfaces, focusing on two aspects of fluid flow: the textbook assumption of "no slip at the boundary" and the use of phosopholipid bi-layers as substrates for polymer adsorption. In both areas, Granick will explore the potential for rational materials engineering based on recent findings and unresolved topics of investigation.
Granick received his B.A. cum laude from Princeton University in 1978 and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982. He joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1985 following postdoctoral research at the Collège de France with P.-G. de Gennes and at the University of Minnesota with Matthew Tirrell. He has been named a fellow in the Center for Advanced Study of UIUC and the American Physical Society. Among his honors, Granick has been named Founder professor of engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and received the NSF Award for Special Creativity in 1993. His current research interests are in the areas of polymers, complex fluids and biomaterials.
This seminar is the first in a series of five spring seminars sponsored by Colorado State's biomedical engineering program. Upcoming seminars will feature Larry McIntire, Butcher professor and chair of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering at Rice University; Greg Stephanopoulos, MIT Bayer professor of chemical engineering and biotechnology; Clint Rubin, professor and director of the Center for Biotechnology at Stony Brook University; and Robert Nerem, Institute professor, Parker H. Petit distinguished chair of engineering in medicine, director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and director of the Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues.
For more information about the Colorado State University Biomedical Engineering Program seminar series, view the biomedical seminar calendar or contact Mae Lee Heble at (970) 491-1055.