C&PE's Has Big Showing at the 2018 Capitol

Graduate Research Summit

The 2018 Capitol Graduate Research Summit was held in the

State Capitol, Topeka, on the 27th of March, 2018. Earlier this

year, eight students were selected among over a hundred

to represent the University of Kansas, Lawrence Campus, at

the 2018 Capitol Graduate Research Summit. Judges from

other Kansas Universities (Emporia State University, Fort

Hays State University, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State

University, University of Kansas Medical Center, and Wichita

State University) and staff from the BioKansas Corporation

evaluated their work. C&PE had three out of the eight finalists.

Congratulations to Tugba Turnaoglu for

her BioKansas Presentation Award!

Tugba (pic: right, upper) is a Doctoral Candidate who works

under Mark Shiflett in the Shiflett Research Group.

The BioKansas Award was presented to her at the Summit.

We would also like to congratulate Sayantani Basu (pic:

below, right), who works under Arghya Paul,

and Charles Shaughnessy (pic: right, lower), who works under

Kevin Leonard. They were two of the eight finalists who also

presented at the summit. If you are interested in learning more

about Tugba, Sayantani, and Charles' presentations,

click here. To read the full news article, click here. For more

information about BioKansas, click here.

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April 20th, 2018

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

“Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from

realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.”

- Madeleine Albright

News from C&PE | Upcoming Events | Graduation Events | Quote of the Month

UPCOMING EVENTS

APRIL 24: Graduate Seminar with Mojdeh

Rasoulzadeh from The University of Alabama | 10am |

Spahr Auditorium | Flyer

APRIL 25: EEEC Dedication | 10:45am

APRIL 26: Graduate Career Building Event | Noon

| Spahr Auditorium

APRIL 27: GEA Social! | The Oread | 8pm

APRIL 28: Annual CPE Banquet | The New Burge

Union | Social Hour begins at 6pm | Dinner and

Awards begin at 7pm | RSVP

MAY 1: Stress Busting Study Break | LEEP2

Attrium | 12-1pm | Theray dogs, free massages, stress

management kits, healthy snacks, & MORE!

MAY 1: How to Find a Job in 2018 with Damon

Talbott | 1415A LEEP2 | 3pm

MAY 5: EEEC Public Open House Event | 11am-

4pm | “Open to the Community”

GRADUATION RELATED

EVENTS

MAY 12: School of Engineering

Recognition Ceremony | Allen Fieldhouse |

Starts at 8am Check-in will open as early as

7am. Please plan to arrive early. Guest may head

directly into the Fieldhouse, but all graduating

students will need to check-in and line-up in the

gym. There will be ample signage and staff on

hand to direct and provide help.

MAY 12: Doctoral Hooding Ceremony |

7:30pm | Lied Center | Website

MAY 13: Walk Down the Hill with all of

KU’s Spring Graduates during the official

KU Commencement Ceremony | Events start

at 10:30am | Meet in Memorial Stadium |

Website

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CEBC Industry Advisory Board

This week the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis (CEBC) hosted their industry

advisory board, and they are happy to announce that chemical companies have been taking notice of

their research this past year. “Seven companies launched nine projects with the center in 2017. At

more than $1.5 million, these investments are ten times greater than the 2016 level of industry

support. The trend continues into 2018, with three new projects just in the first quarter.”

The new industry-aided projects build on research advances made with state and federal funds.

While public funding plants the seeds of innovation, corporate support guides new discoveries from

lab to marketplace. The benefits go both ways. Companies gain access to expertise and instruments.

Students and postdocs gain experience and employment opportunities. We can all look forward to an

exciting new annual report coming in the next moth or two. Until then, find out more news and

information about what is going on at the CEBC here. (News courtesy of Claudia Bode/CEBC)

Textbook on Enhanced Oil

Recovery receives second edition

Not Many people can say they wrote “the”

textbook on a subject, but our very own

Distinguished Professor, Paul Willhite (pic:

above), can. Together with Emeritus

Professor, Don Green (pic: below), their

textbooks on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

and Waterflooding are used in petroleum

engineering classrooms around the world.

Their newest edition is a second edition of

the third volume in the series which is

published by The Society of Petroleum

Engineers (SPE). The new edition was

released in January 2018 and can be found

through the SPE Store (link) or your local

book retailer.

Qingfu Zhe Notified of K-INBRE

Postdoctoral Award

Qingfu Zhu (below), a Post-Doctoral Scholar

working under Prof. Mei He, has just been notified

that he will receive an award from the Kansas Idea

Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-

INBRE). The title of his research proposal is "3D

micro-assembly enabled electro-transfection for

regulating human immunity." This award is

supported by the National Institute of Health (NIH)

and will aid his research for the 2018-2019 academic

year.

The purpose of the Kansas INBRE (K-INBRE) is to

strengthen the ability of Kansas researchers to

compete effectively for NIH funds by building a

“critical mass” of junior and senior investigators, as

well as undergraduates, graduate students, and post-

doctoral fellows supported with cutting edge

technology within a scientific research theme. The

program brings together NIH-funded mentors,

trainees, and promising new investigators from each

of the three Scientific Partner Institutions to drive

forward a major statewide initiative to build Kansas

strength in this critical life sciences research area.

For more information: website.

First Place in the Mid-Continental

SPE Undergrad Paper Contest

Nazirah Mohd (above), a Senior in Petroleum

Engineering graduating this spring, won First

Place for her research paper this April at the Mid

-Continental SPE North American Student Paper

Contest. The title of her paper is “Identification

of Critical Micelle Concentration to Reduce

Interfacial Tension Near Fracture Face in Shale

Reservoirs.” She has been working on

experiments related to this project since January.

This award win qualifies her to present at the

Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

(ATCE) International Paper Contest which will

be held in Dallas, TX from September 24-26th.

Nazirah would like to thank Dr. Reza Barati for

his mentorship and guidance throughout this

process.

Congratulations, Nazirah!

To keep up with all of our local SPE chapter’s

events and news, check out their Twitter feed.

First Place in Biomedical Sciences

Symposium Poster Competition

Sayantani Basu (below), a Doctoral student

studying Chemical Engineering, has received

First Place at KU’s Annual Biomedical

Symposium. This symposium was a joint effort

between the Higuchi Biosciences Center, the

NIH-sponsored Chemical Biology Training

Program, and the NIH-sponsored Biotechnology

Training Program. There were over 50 posters at

the competition, mostly from students with a

Pharmaceutical background, so earning First

Place was no easy feat. Sayantani has been

working with her research advisor, Arghya Paul,

since Spring of 2016.

Congratulations, Sayantani!

To learn more about the Symposium, click here.

To learn more about the BioIntel Research

Group headed by Dr. Paul, click here.

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