SEMINAR ON MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING FOR CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

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SEMINAR ON MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING FOR CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT Registration Contact Ms Hew Swee Lim [email protected] Organized by Singapore-MIT Alliance & Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering CIT Auditorium, NUS Computer Center Level 2 11 Sep 2008 Objectives: To identify the key issues in promoting the clean energy development through materials and biological engineering Programme 9.00am Registration 9.20am Welcome Prof Raj Rajagopalan Programme Co- Chair, CPE Programme, SMA Prof Lee Jim Yang Acting Head, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS 9.30am Keynote High Flux Membranes: Properties of Thin Glassy Polymer Films Prof Donald R Paul Ernest Cockrell, Senior Chair in Engineering Cockrell School of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin 10.20am Tea Break 10.40am Improving Oxygen Reduction Efficiency in Liquid Fuel Cells through Structured Catalyst Design Prof Lee Jim Yang Acting Head, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS 11.10am Development of Novel Membrane Contactors for CO2 Capture Assoc Prof. Wang Rong Assoc Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NTU, Singapore 11.40am Biodiesel Preparation: Enzyme-Catalyzed Transesterification of Palm Oil and n-Butanol Assoc Prof Li Zhi CPE Programme, SMA 12.10pm Lunch 1.30pm Integrating Air Separation with Partial Oxidation of Methane – A Novel Configuration of Asymmetric Tubular Ceramic Membrane Reactor Assoc Prof Hong Liang Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS 2.00pm Molecular Engineering: From The Bottom Up Dr Jiang Jianwen CPE Programme, SMA 2.30pm Membrane for CO2 Capture and Purification and Separation of Natural gas and H2 Production Streams

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Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. SEMINAR ON MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING FOR CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. CIT Auditorium, NUS Computer Center Level 2 11 Sep 2008. Organized by Singapore-MIT Alliance & Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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SEMINAR ON MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING FOR CLEAN ENERGY

DEVELOPMENT

Registration Contact

Ms Hew Swee [email protected]

Organized by Singapore-MIT Alliance &Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

CIT Auditorium, NUS Computer Center Level 2 11 Sep 2008

Objectives: To identify the key issues in promoting the clean energy development through materials and biological engineering

Programme9.00am  Registration

9.20am  Welcome Prof Raj Rajagopalan Programme Co- Chair, CPE Programme, SMAProf Lee Jim Yang Acting Head, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS

9.30am  Keynote – High Flux Membranes: Properties of Thin Glassy Polymer FilmsProf Donald R Paul Ernest Cockrell, Senior Chair in Engineering

Cockrell School of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin

10.20am  Tea Break

10.40am  Improving Oxygen Reduction Efficiency in Liquid Fuel Cells through Structured Catalyst Design Prof Lee Jim Yang Acting Head, Department of Chemical and

Biomolecular Engineering, NUS

11.10am  Development of Novel Membrane Contactors for CO2 Capture Assoc Prof. Wang Rong Assoc Professor, School of Civil &

Environmental Engineering, NTU, Singapore

11.40am  Biodiesel Preparation: Enzyme-Catalyzed Transesterification of Palm Oil and n-ButanolAssoc Prof Li Zhi CPE Programme, SMA

12.10pm  Lunch

1.30pm  Integrating Air Separation with Partial Oxidation of Methane – A Novel Configuration of Asymmetric Tubular Ceramic Membrane ReactorAssoc Prof Hong Liang Department of Chemical and Biomolecular

Engineering, NUS

2.00pm  Molecular Engineering: From The Bottom UpDr Jiang Jianwen CPE Programme, SMA

2.30pm  Membrane for CO2 Capture and Purification and Separation of Natural gas and H2 Production StreamsProf Neal T S Chung CPE Programme, SMA