BYU Graduate Seminars - Fall 2026
Graduate Seminar Schedule
| Date | Time | Topic | Presenter | Host |
| Sep 3 | 11 AM | Handbook and Grad Student Council | Dr. Tree and Rachel Wright | |
| Sep 10 | 11 AM | No Seminar | ||
| Sep 17 | 11 AM | Shaping a Soft Future | Michael Dickey NC State |
Guymon |
| Sep 17 | 5 PM | Opening Social at Kiwanis Park | ||
| Sep 24 | 11 AM | No Seminar | ||
| Oct 1 | 11 AM | Degradable and Reprocessable Polymers | Derek Patton, University of Southern Mississippi | Guymon |
| Oct 8 | 11 AM | Leading the Next Energy Transition: Building Expertise that Adapts and Endures | Jared Jensen Chevron |
Hedengren |
| Oct 15 | 11 AM | Getting Medicines Into the Brain: From Idea to Patients | Ryan Watts, Denali Therapeutics | Ford |
| Oct 22 | 11 AM | Cupolas, FTIRs, Syngas, and Empathy: 20 Years in the Life of a Linde Research Engineer | Brad Damstedt, Linde | Fry |
| Oct 29 | 11 AM | ECM-Driven Alveolar Microphysiological Models of Pulmonary Fibrosis and Lung Cancer | Pam Van Ry, BYU Chemistry and Biochemistry | Rich |
| Nov 5 | 11 AM | Inertial Microfluids and Viscoelastic Flows for Cell Separations | Prof. Bruce Gale, University of Utah | Rich |
| Nov 12 | 11 AM | No Seminar | AICHE Annual Meeting | |
| Nov 19 | 11 AM | Lithium Sulfur Batteries | Prof. Jason Porter, Mechanical Engineering BYU | Fry |
| Nov 26 | 11 AM | Thanksgiving - no seminar | ||
| Dec 3 | 11 AM | TBA | Prof. Elizabeth Vargis, Utah State University | Guymon |
| Dec 10 | 11 AM | Lab Safety | Grad Student Council | Berryhill |
Graduate seminars are held every week on Thursday at 11 AM Mountain Time in 321 EB (Engineering Building). Seminars consist of industrial and academic research in chemical engineering and related disciplines. Seminar speakers typically include professors, graduate students, industrial collaborators, and other guests.
Graduate Students: Attendance at seminars is required, but you are allowed to miss three per semester. Please register your attendance on Learning Suite.