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Speakers should plan to end at 4:40 to allow at least 10 minutes for questions and discussion.
Students may make up seminars by attending seminars by watching recorded sessions online or attending other relevant seminars at BYU. The Mechanical Engineering department holds seminars on Monday at 4 PM in 381 CB. Below is a link to the current schedule of seminar speakers.
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar
Another opportunity is the Modeling and Optimization Symposium that is conducted via Webinar on most Tuesdays (typically 9 AM). Some of the sessions are cross-listed with the graduate seminar while others are hosted from remote locations.
Modeling and Optimization Symposium
Many of these lectures will also be of interest to chemical engineering students and faculty. The events are cross-listed to raise awareness of the opportunity to attend these lectures as well as the chemical engineering graduate seminar.
BYU Graduate Seminars - Fall 2013
Graduate Seminar Schedule
Graduate seminars are held every week on Thursday at 4 PM Mountain Time. Seminars consist of industrial topics and academic research in chemical engineering and related disciplines. The seminar speakers include professors, graduate students, industrial collaborators, and other guests. A schedule of the seminars is provided below.
| Presenter | Date | Time | Topic | Host |
| Richard Messerly Nima Momtahan Jon Gallacher | Sept 5, 2013 | 4 PM MDT | Graduate Research Update | |
| Bruce Tatarchuk, Auburn | Sept 12, 2013 | 4 PM MDT | Microfiber Encapsulated Catalysts | WCH |
| John Warren | Sept 19, 2013 | 3 PM MDT 214 CTB | Leadership Lecture Series Learning While Leading | COE |
| Derek Bush Mostafa Safdarnejad Jacob Williams Carl Wu | Sept 19, 2013 | 4 PM MDT | Graduate Research Update | |
| Rex Tillerson, CEO ExxonMobil | Sept 26, 2013 | 2 PM MDT 214 CTB | Ethical Leadership | |
| Mark Darby Doug Nicholson Judson Wooters Richard Hughes | Oct 3, 2013 | 9 AM MDT | New Challenges and Opportunities in Olefins Production | JDH |
| Opening Social | Oct 3, 2013 | 4 PM MDT | Graduate Student BBQ at Rock Canyon Park | |
| Daniel Crowl, MTU | Oct 10, 2013 | 4 PM MDT | Process Safety | VWW |
| Mary Peery | Oct 17, 2013 | 3 PM MDT 214 CTB | Leadership Lecture Series The Importance and Challenges of Ethical Leadership | COE |
| Anca Segall | Oct 17, 2013 | 4 PM MDT W140 BNSN | Cytotoxic effects of a Holliday junction-binding peptide in tumor cells | CPMS |
| John Hedengren | Oct 24, 2013 | 4 PM MDT | How to deliver the first minute of a speech Come prepared to practice for your next conference talk, seminar, or elevator speech about your research | |
| Wesley Cole | Oct 31, 2013 | 4 PM MDT | Improved Grid Management through Predictive Residential Air Conditioning Control | |
| David Brower, Astro Technology | Nov 7, 2013 | 4 PM MST | Advanced Deep Water Monitoring Systems | JDH |
| Sam St. Clair | Nov 14, 2013 | 4 PM MST | Ecosystem Engineering: Fire in Aspen-Conifer Forests | |
| Joseph Grenny | Nov 21, 2013 | 3 PM MST 214 CTB | Leadership Lecture Series Crucial Conversations for Leader Success | COE |
| Geoffrey Silcox | Nov 21, 2013 | 4 PM MST | PM 2.5 and inversions in Utah | |
| Sally Mackenzie | Nov 21, 2013 | 4 PM MST W140 BNSN | Organellar influences on epigenetic and developmental behavior in plants | CPMS |
| Utah Air Quality Panel | Nov 21, 2013 | 7 PM MST | Listen to the Panel Discussion at the Wall of the Wilkinson Center | |
| Thanksgiving Holiday | Nov 28, 2013 | --- | ||
| Matthew Memmott | Dec 5, 2013 | 4 PM MST | Innovations and Advances in Nuclear Technology | JDH |
| Phillip Smith | Dec 12, 2013 | 4 PM MST | Applied Combustion Predictions Institute for Clean and Secure Energy | JDH |
Speakers should plan to end at 4:40 to allow at least 10 minutes for questions and discussion.
Students may make up seminars by attending seminars by watching recorded sessions online or attending other relevant seminars at BYU. The Mechanical Engineering department holds seminars on Monday at 4 PM in 381 CB. Below is a link to the current schedule of seminar speakers.
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar
Another opportunity is the Modeling and Optimization Symposium that is conducted via Webinar on most Tuesdays (typically 9 AM). Some of the sessions are cross-listed with the graduate seminar while others are hosted from remote locations.
Modeling and Optimization Symposium
Many of these lectures will also be of interest to chemical engineering students and faculty. The events are cross-listed to raise awareness of the opportunity to attend these lectures as well as the chemical engineering graduate seminar.