®06Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

The most diverse, global, value-added Annual Meeting ever! Close to 700 technical sessions, 16 Topical Conferences, 4,500 engineers and scientists

2006 AICHEANNUAL MEETING

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Discover the latest developments in alternative energy, rapid processdevelopment, nano- and biotechnology, process intensification, environ-mental technology, sustainability, reactions & separations, sensors, ChEeducation and other “hot growth” areas — and the implications for your organization

Learn new ways to be more efficient and productive in the corporate,process-plant, R&D or academic work environment —

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Examine critical emerging technologies and how to put them to work tostay far ahead of your competition

CEOs and Government Leaders Roundtable

The Annual Dankwertz Lecture Presented for the first time ever in the United States

US-Japan Joint Topical Conference on Medical Engineering, Drug Delivery Systems and Therapeutic Systems

November 12-17, 2006

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SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2006 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sunday Morning Workshop: Career Planningfor Prospective Faculty Hilton San Francisco, Plaza ASunday Workshop for Faculty: DevelopingStudent Skills in Self-Assessment Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B

SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2006 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM Tutorial on Fuel Cell Technology Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Fuel Cell Systems: an Introduction for the Chemical Engineer

SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2006 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Sunday Afternoon Workshop: Teaching Safety asCapstone Design Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A

SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2006 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Meet the Faculty Candidates Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A & B

SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2006 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM The Future of Chemical Engineering - ARoundtable Discussion with Industrial andGovernment Leaders Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4+5+6 • The Future of Chemical Engineering: a Perspec-tive from a Developing Nation: Trinidad & Tobago(West Indies) • The Future of Chemical Engineering: a Perspectivefrom the Energy Industry (Chevron) • Chemical Engineering: A Boundaryless Profession • The Future of Chemical Engineering: a Perspectivefrom the Semiconductor Industry • The Future of Chemical Engineering: a Perspectivefrom the Minerals Processing Industry • The Future of Chemical Engineering: a Perspectivefrom Sasol • Energy Scenario in India • The Future of Chemical Engineering: a Perspectivefrom the Biotechnology Industry • Panel Discussion and Questions

SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2006 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM 2006 AIChE Honors Ceremony Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4+5+6

MONDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2006 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM (22a) Carbon Nanotubes I: Synthesis Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D• Dendrimer-Templated Fe Nanoparticles for theGrowth of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes byPlasma-Enhanced CVD • Controlled Diameter and Density Growth of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays by Micelle Pattern-ing Method • Mechanism of Growth of Vertically-Oriented Sin-gle-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Surface: Topologi-cally Confinement Induced Synchronized Alignmentand Growth • Controlling the Morphology of Carbon NanotubeFilms by Varying the Area Density of Catalyst Nan-oclusters Using Block Copolymer Micellar Thin Films • Effects of Water on Synthesis of Single-WalledCarbon Nanotubes

(22b) Bionanotechnology I: Plenary Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Nanotechnology in Cancer Therapeutics andDiagnostics • Molecular Evolution of New Viruses for Gene Delivery

• Isolation and Concentration of Biomarkers UsingSelf-Assembled Nanomaterials

Adsorption Processes for WaterDecontamination Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21• Synthesis of Manganese Oxide Coatings forAdsorption of Trace Metals from Ground Water • Impacts of Ozonation on the Surface and Adsorp-tion Characteristics of Activated Carbon • Adsorption of Arsenate on Course Loamy MixedHyperthermic Fluventic Haplustept Soil of Punjab,North-West India • Case Study: the Coagulation Filtration Process forGroundwater Arsenic Removal • Removal of Estrone from Water with Adsorptionon Zeolites Followed by UV Photolysis • Adsorption and Decontamination of Chemical andBiological Substances in Drinking Water Distribu-tion Systems • Competitive Adsorption Behavior on the Removalof Iron and Lead from Solution

Advanced Oxidation Processes & Chemistriesfor Environmental Applications Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13• Multiple Oxidant Synergism in ChromiumSeparation from Hanford High Level Nuclear WasteComponents • Oxidative Processes for Treating High-Level WasteSludge • A Critical Review of Integrated Advanced Oxida-tion Processes: Assessment of Process Synergism • Defense Waste Processing Facility Flowsheet Stud-ies with Simulants to Determine Solvent Build-up inContinuous Runs • Destruction of Tetraphenylborate Via Wet Air Oxi-dation Technology

Advances and Case Studies in Crystallization andPost-Crystallization Processing - I Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • The Application of CFD to the Multi-Scale Charac-terization of Anti-Solvent Addition Crystallization • Crystal Form Generation of Pharmaceutical Mate-rials Using Nano-Engineered Substrates • Impurity Management in Integrated CrystallizationSystems • Investigation of Simultaneous Preferential Crystal-lization for Enantioseparation • Particle Engineering by Means of Optimal Seedingand Constant-Supersaturation Operation in Anti-Sol-vent Crystallization • On-Line Estimation of Diastereometric Resolu-tion with the Use of FBRM, Raman Spectroscopy,and ATR-FTIR • Assessing the Reliability of Crystal Size Distribu-tion Measurements Obtained by in Situ VideoMicroscopy and Image Analysis

Advances in Animal and Plant Cell Culture Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Engineering Mammalian Host Cell Lines forReduced Expression of Lactate Dehydrogenase • Full Process Characterization of HematopoieticStem Cell Cultures Using Design of Experiments toStudy Individualistic and Interactive Effects of Cul-ture Parameters • Co-Expression of the Anti-Apoptotic Genes Avenand E1b-19k Improves BHK Cell Performance inBatch and Continuous Perfusion Cultures • Chromatin Association of Transgenes Regulatesthe Transcription of Monoclonal Antibodies inDHFR-Amplified CHO Cells • Biosynthesis of Astaxanthin in HaematococcusPluvialis under Zinc, Copper and Iron MetalStresses • Effects of Arabidopsis ICK1-Mediated Cell-CycleArrest on the Physiology and Recombinant ProteinProduction in Tobacco Cell Suspension Cultures

• A Comparative Study of Mrna Level, ProteinExpression and Metabolite Production inEschscholtzia Californica with Methyl Jasmonate,Salicylic Acid and Their Combination • Key Enzyme Activities and Anthocyanin Produc-tion Instability in Grape Cell Culture

Advances in Optimization I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Tight Convex Underestimators for Arbitrary C2-Continuous Functions • A Lagrangean Based Branch-and-Cut Techniquefor Global Optimization of MINLP Problems withDecomposable Structures • Global Solution of Bilevel Programs with Noncon-vex Functions • Interior-Point Decomposition Approaches for Par-allel Solution of Large-Scale Nonlinear ParameterEstimation Problems • Interior Point Solution of Integrated Plant and Con-trol Design Problems with Embedded MPC • Degree-of-Freedom-Based Methods for Phasing Cen-trosymmetric Structures from X-Ray Diffraction Data

AES Plenary Session Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Nanofluidics and Mass-Limited Chemical Analy-sis: Nanocapillary Array Membranes as SwitchableFluidic Elements for Multidimensional Analyses • Integrated Microfluidic and Electrasense Microar-ray Biochips for DNAAnalysis • Ultra-Fast Molecule Sorting and Delivery byAtomic Force Microscopy • Automated Computational Analysis of MolecularEvolution: Mitochondrial ATP Synthase in Primatesand Other Mammals

Approaches for Non-Viral Gene Delivery Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Engineering Cellular Niches to Regulate Non-ViralGene Delivery • Incorporation of Polyethylene Glycol into Self-Assembled Monolayers Enhances Substrate-MediatedGene Delivery by Nonspecifically- Bound Complexes • Engineering Aptamer and SIRNA Based Drug Deliv-ery Systems Using Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films • Ternary Particles for Sustained Gene Delivery • Design and Characterization of Targeted Nanopar-ticles for Systemic Gene Delivery • Micelleplexes: Terpolymer Micelle-Based GeneDelivery Vectors with Superior DNA Protectionagainst Enzymatic Degradation • A Modified Polyethylenimine for Light-TriggeredDNA Release • Ferrocene-Containing Cationic Lipids for Gene Deliv-ery: Oxidation State Determines Transfection Activity

Biomaterials I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • Viscoelastic Properties of Crosslinked ProteinPolymer Hydrogels • Combinatorial Biosurface Chips for QuantitativeCharacterization of Polymer - Cell Interactions • Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Assembly of Elastin-like Polymer Conjugates for Creating MultilayeredCellular Architectures • Electrospun Polyurethanes and Bone Marrow Stro-mal Cells for Ligament Tissue Engineering • Producing Shape-Specific Scaffolds for T M J Tis-sue Engineering Utilizing Dense-Phase Co2• Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films for Cell Contact-ing Applications • Photopolymerizable Tough Elastomeric Biomaterials • Multilayered Polymer Thin Films for SequentialDelivery of Multiple Agents

Characterization of Engineered Particles andNano-Structured Particles Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Mechanical Properties of Nanoparticle Chain

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Aggregates by Combined AFM and SEM: IsolatedAggregates and Networks • The Evolution of Branching during Flame Growthof Silica Aggregates • Surface Composition- and Structure-DependentOptical Properties of InGaP Nanoparticles • Characterization of Cobalt-Substituted FerriteNanoparticles for Use in Sensors • Photo-Assisted Dissolution of SiB Nanocrystal • A Quantitative Method for Reconstructing BlendComposition Distributions in the Presence ofAgglomerates

Chemical Engineering in the First YearHilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Using Sneakers to Step into ChemicalEngineering • Fuel Cell Car Performance Design Project in aFreshman Introduction to Engineering Course • Chemical Engineering Laboratory Exerciseswith Design Problems for First Year EngineeringStudents • Lab-on-a-Chip Design/Build Project in a First-Year Engineering Course • High School and First Year College Process andProduct Design Experiences with Slime • Project-Based Learning in a First-Year ChemicalEngineering Course • Design of a Freshman Chemical Engineering Course • Using Lego Mindstorms for Introducing Freshmento Chemical Engineering

Educational Software Demonstrations Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Distributed Dynamic Simulation of Water ProcessPlants for Collaborative Learning • Real Labs at a Distance • Superpro Designer: an Interactive SoftwareTool for Designing and Evaluating IntegratedChemical, Biochemical, and EnvironmentalProcesses • A Web-Based Tool to Support Learning Engineer-ing and Problem Solving • Polymath 6.1 – Now Supports Problem Solving inExcel and Matlab • Interactive Simulation for Teaching EngineeringEconomics

Environmental Applications of Adsorption I Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Donnan Principle Based Hybrid Nanosorbents forSelective Environmental Separation • Polymeric Chelating-Adsorbents and Their Usein the Adsorption of Arsenic Ions from AqueousSolutions • Using Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide Adsorption toEstimate Arsenic(V) Bioaccessibility in Soils • Adsorption of Bacillus Subtilus on Carbon Nan-otubes and Other Porous Media • Treatment of Cu-CMP Waste Streams ContainingCopper (II) Using Polyethylenimine (Pei) • Adsorption of Chromium(VI) from Aqueous Solu-tion on a Surfactant Modified Zeolite • Process Analysis of Biosorption Kinetics of HeavyMetal Ions

Extractive Separations Hilton San Francisco, Mason • Novel Solvents for Extractive Separations • Extractive Catalyst Recovery in an Ionic LiquidProcess for 2,5-Dihydrofuran • Novel Solvent-Resistant Hydrophilic HollowFiber Membranes for Membrane Solvent BackExtraction • Centrifugal Extractors/Separators - Scaling upfrom Lab Scale to Full Production Size Units • High-Performance Tray Technology EnhancesExtraction • Design Practice for Packed Liquid Liquid Extrac-tion Columns

Fundamentals of Adsorption and Ion Exchange I Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Adsorption of n-Alkanes on 5a Measured Usingthe ZLC Method • Characterization of the Microporosity in Meso-porous Adsorbents by Hydrocarbon Adsorption • Experimental and Theoretical Studies of theRelaxation Processes Associated withAdsorption/Desorption Hysteresis in MesoporousMaterials • Evidence of Single-File Diffusion by Tracer ZeroLength Column Method • A Generalized Ono-Kondo Lattice Model for High- • Thermodynamic Approach to Adsorption Deformation • ANote on Protein Aggregation from Aqueous Solution

Fundamentals of Protein Degradation andStabilization Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Self-Assembly, Phase Separation, and Unfoldingof Coarse-Grained Proteins in Solution • Computer Simulation of Fibril Forming Peptideswith an Intermediate Resolution Protein Model • Computing Free Energies of Peptide-MediatedProtein-Protein Interactions in Modeling ImmuneSystem Response • Impact of Ion Hydration and Preferential Interac-tions on Salt-Induced Protein Deactivation Kinetics • Thermodynamics, Structure, and OligomerizationStates of Key Intermediates in Non-Native Chy-motrypsinogen Aggregate Initiation and Growth • Structural Studies of the Self-Assembly and Sta-bility of Viral Capsids

High Throughput Biotechnologies Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Large DNA Synthesis on a Chip with Oligonu-cleotide Mixtures by Solid Phase Pcr and LigationChain Reaction • High Throughput Screening of Kinases withRuthenium Inhibitors • Large-Scale Proteomic Analysis of Human Uri-nary Exosomes • Parallel Peptide Synthesis on MicrofluidicMicroarrays for Epitope Mapping and Cell Adhe-sion Assays • High Throughput Genomic Analysis Using Maldi-TOF MS and Solid-Phase Capturable Dideoxynu-cleotides • Production of Aromatic Compounds by MetabolicEngineering • Application of Quadrupole Magnetic Sorter(QMS) in T-Cell and Alloreactive T-Cell Depletionsfor Mismatched Bone Marrow Transplants • Functional Genomics Approach to the Identifica-tion of Genes Encoding Substrates of the Twin-Arginine Translocation Pathway • Production of Citric Acid from a Novel Substrate(Mahua Flower) by Using Aspergillus Niger MTCC 282

In Honor of Larry Tavlarides on His 65th Birthday Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • A Review of Larry’s Contributions to Liquid-Liq-uid Systems • Simulation of Drop Breakage in a Turbulent PipeFlow with Computational Fluid Dynamics and Pop-ulation Balances Via Operator Methods • Effects of Charge Discreteness on ElectrostaticInterparticle Interactions in Colloidal Dispersions • A Criterion for “Coffee-Ring” Formation • Defining Mixing • Effect of Impeller Geometry, Physical Propertiesand Process Parameters on Foam Formation in aContinuous Mechanical Whipper • Novel Fluid-Particle Interaction Mechanisms inDispersions

Interfacial Phenomena Plenary Session Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Synthetic Protein-Mimicking Materials

• Thin Colloidal Films: Applications to Concentrat-ed Suspensions, Foams and Emulsions • States of Colloidal Aggregation: Progress andChallenges

Ionic Liquids: Thermodynamics and Transport Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Separation Science with Ionic Liquids • Prediction of Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibria forHydrofluorocarbons and Imidazolium Based IonicLiquid Systems Using Cosmo-RS • Thermodynamic and Transport Characteristics ofCo2 in Ionic Liquids • Design and Applications of Ionic Liquids for Elec-trochemical Systems • Volatility of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids:Distilling the Undistillable • Using Surface Free Energy to Predict Gas Solubil-ity in Imidazolium-, Phosphonium-, and Ammoni-um-Based Room Temperature Ionic Liquids • Modeling Carbon Dioxide - Imidazolium-BasedIonic -Liquid Phase Equilibria with the TPC-PSAFT Equation of State • Structure and Transport in Pyrrolidinium- and Imi-dazolium- TFSI Ionic Liquids Doped with LiTFSI • Understanding the Role of Dissolved Water on theProperties of Ionic Liquids: an Atomistic Simula-tion Study

Management of Projects and Project Risks Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Risk Mitigation When Using Accelerated Sched-ules on Capital Projects • Managing Projects in Government RestrictedEconomies • Project Risk Prevalent in the USA - Placeholder • Panel Discussion - Developing Project Managers • “Keeping Project Management on the Success Track” • A New Generic Knowledge Representation Modelfor HAZOP Analysis of Chemical Processes • Concluding Remarks • Effectively Managing Project Risk and Uncertain-ty Using Lean Methods • Growth and Risk Management in Today’s Market fromthe Perspective of an Upstart Engineering Company • Screening and Review of Off-the-Shelf Dis-crete Event Simulation Packages from an Inte-grating Perspective

Materials Synthesis and Processing with nearand Supercritical Fluids I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Visualization of Spray Characteristics and Result-ing Particles in SCF at Different Solute and SolventMiscibilities • Powderization of Polymer Solutions by PGSS-Drying Process • Micro Particles Filled with Liquid Using the Parti-cles from Gas Saturated Solutions Technology • Copper Chelation Kinetics in SupercriticalCarbon Dioxide • Photoresist Development in Supercritical Car-bon Dioxide and a Carbon Dioxide CompatibleSalt: Dissolution Kinetics and Swelling Behavior • Phase Behavior of the Tri-Tertiary-Butyl Ben-zene– Supercritical Carbon Dioxide System

Membrane Session Honoring Professor Ed Ma - I Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • Mixed-Conducting Metal Oxide Materials–fromMembrane to Adsorption • Carbon Dioxide-Selective Membranes for Hydro-gen Purification with Water Gas Shift Reaction • Microporous Layered Silicates for NanocompositeMembranes • Pervaporation through Microporous Membranes • Developments in Proton Conducting Membranesfor Hydrogen Separation and Fuel Cell Applications • Oxygen Separation Using Mixed Ionic-Electronic Con-ducting Perovskite Membranes: Present and Prospects

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Membrane Tutorial I Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • High Performance Tangential Flow Filtration forBioprocessing Separations • Membrane Development for the Production of Bio-pharmaceuticals • Barrier Membranes for Packaging

Modeling and Scale-up of Particle Processing Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 6 • Breakup of Nanoparticle Agglomerates Using anin-Line Rotor-Stator- Part II Validated CFD Results • Nanotechnology at Degussa - from Ideas to ActualBusiness • Modeling the Combustion Synthesis of TitaniaNanoparticles • Design and Scale-up of Chemical Reactors forNanoparticle Precipitation • Modeling for Filtration • Breakup of Nanoparticle Clusters Using an in-LineRotor-Stator • Residence Time Distribution Studies in a FluidizedBed of Fumed Silica Nanopowder

Multiscale Systems Biology Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • A Multiscale Model for Cytoskeletal Mechanics • Multiscale Simulation of Breast Cancer TumorigensisUsing Single Cell Models and Kinetic Monte Carlo • Integration of Signal Transduction in Wound Invasion • Infectious Disease Engineering, Analysis and Sim-ulation of Leishmania Major, a Pathogenic Try-panosomatid • Integrated Modeling of Angiotensin II-InducedNeuronal Plasticity in the Brain • Signal Dynamics in Sonic Hedgehog Tissue Patterning • Exploring Biosynthetic Control in Lipid Metabolism • Systematically Bridging Transcriptional Regula-tion and Metabolic Phenotype

Nanofabrication and Nanoscale Processing Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Nanotexturing of Glass Surfaces through Con-trolled Silane Chemistry and Silica Deposition • Novel Solid-Phase Synthesis of OligosiloxaneNanostructure Macromolecules • Nanomanufacturing Via Laser-Induced Hydrody-namic Instabilities in Metal Films • Particle Integration across Scales Using Self-Assembly and Transfer • Mediating Fluidic Self-Assembly with Optical Traps • Optically-Stimulated Surface Diffusion Exploitedfor Directed Self-Assembly on Amorphous Semi-conductors • Electric Field Driven Assembly and TemperatureDependent Conduction through Nanoparticle-Mole-cule-Nanoparticle Structures

Nanomaterials and Devices for EnergyApplications Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• A General Approach Towards Hierarchical CarbonParticles • Titania Nanotubes as Templates for the Solar Pro-duction of Hydrogen • Effect of Hydrophilic Layer Property on the Activi-ty of Pulse Deposited Pt Catalyst in PEM Fuel Cells • Nanostructures for Micro and Miniature Fuel Cellsby Template Wetting • Fabrication of Chalcogenide Nanowire Thin Filmsfor Solid State Energy Conversion • Surface-Mediated Growth of Oriented and Well-Defined Nanocrystalline Anatase Titania Films • Nano Energetics for Us Navy Percussion PrimerApplications

Nanoscale Thermal Transport Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Thermal Conductivity Measurements in Nanofluids • Heat Transfer in Quasi-One-Dimensional Nanostruc-

tures: Effects of Nonlinear Lattice Vibration Modes • Thermal Resistance of Nanoscopic Liquid-LiquidInterfaces: Dependence on Chemistry and MolecularArchitecture • Interfacial Heat Transfer in Presence of Shear Flow • Thermal Transport Properties of Nanoporous MFIZeolite Films: Experiments and Molecular Dynam-ics Simulation • Modeling of Ultra-Short Laser Heating ofNanoscale Thin Metal Films Via Coupled LatticeBoltzmann Method • Nanoscale Thermal Dissipation and Heat Trans-port by Continuous Wave Laser Induction ofLocalized Surface Plasmon Resonance in GoldNanoparticles

National Student Paper Competition Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • Welcoming Remarks • Modeling Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from CokeCalcining Process • Verifying Steady-State Assumptions in LaboratoryMicrodialysis • Utilization of Wine Waste as a Biofuel • Characterization of Parameters for Self-Calibrationof a Whole-Cell Bacterial Biosensor • Modeling of Solid Rocket Propellants • Fabrication of 3D- Tissue Scaffolds in TissueEngineering • Dielectrophoresis Based Micro-Devices for Sepa-ration and Analysis of Micro-Particles • Extending Relief for Allergic Conjunctivitis ViaTherapeutic Contact Lenses Based on Configura-tional Biomimetic Imprinting • Dynamic Surface Tension • Isolation and Characterization of Insect Cells withInactive Mitochondria • Test of How the System Works • The Viscoelasticity of Thin Film Polymers: AnAnalysis of Hole Growth • Novel Polyanhydrides for the Stabilization andControlled Release of Therapeutic Proteins • Statistical Process Control for Monitoring E. ColiO157:H7 in the U.S. Ground Beef Industry from aRegulatory Standpoint • Overexpression of Transhydrogenase Enzymes inE. Coli to Improve Whole-Cell Biocatalysis • Acoustic Detection of Failure Modes in FilledPolymer Composites • Winning Paper of the Southern Region • Dynamic Surface Tension Winning Paper Winning Paper of the Western Region Competition

New Process Patents Class Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • Considerations in Drafting Chemical ProcessPatent Applications

Novel Flows Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • Sustainability and Fluid Mechanics • Integrated Numerical Simulation of Complex Turbulent Flows • Building a Better Snail: Rheology, Optimizationand Gastropod Locomotion • Shear Thickening Colloidal Dispersions, FlowJamming at High Stresses & Applications in Ballis-tic, Stab & Puncture Threat Mitigation • Some Tools in the Microfluidic Toolbox: (I) Col-loidal Shells, (II) a Differential Manometer, (III) anApproach to Sensing Chemical Influences on Cells

Plenary Session I on Membranes andBioseparations Honoring Professor Ed Lightfoot Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Transport Phenomena in Viral-Vectored Vaccinesand Genome Sequencing • Membranes, Phase Interfaces and Separations:Novel Techniques and Membranes — An Overview • Membrane Processes in the Biotechnology Industry

• Correlation of Protein–Protein Cross Interactionswith Separations Behavior

Plenary Session I: Us-Japan Joint TopicalConference on Medical Engineering, DrugDelivery Systems and Therapeutic Systems Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Design and Applications of Responsive Polymersin Diagnostics, Separations, Bioprocesses, and DrugDelivery • Advanced Nanobiomedical Application of the Phos-phorylcholine-Polymer Surface Technology (PCST)

Processing of Nanocomposites Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • An Investigation of Polymeric Nanocomposite:Surface Functionalization and Nanofiller Effect • Deagglomeration and Mixing of Nanoparticles • Preparation of Structured Polymer CompositesUsing an Ultrasonic Focusing Technique • Flow-Induced Orientation in an Exfoliated Poly-styrene/Clay Nanocomposite • Using SC-CO2 as a Processing Aid for Improvingthe Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites • Plasma and Silane Treatment for the Improve-ment of Polymer-Polymer Interfaces inNanocomposites • Swelling and Transport Properties of Epoxy-AmineGels with Nanoscopic Morphologies

Reaction Engineering Symposium in Memory ofE.E. Petersen Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Kinetic Modeling of Processes and the Effect ofCatalyst Deactivation by Coke Formation • Block Copolymers Via Controlled Radical Poly-merization • Kinetics and Mechanism of Moisture Interactionwith Dielectric Oxides • Early Single Crystal Work of E.E. Petersen and G. Somorjai and Current Studies on Operando Spectroscopy • Surface Chemistry and the Single Pellet DiffusionReactor • The Effects of Transport and Intrapellet Liquids onFischer-Tropsch Synthesis Rate and Selectivity • Validation of Reaction Mechanisms Used to Repre-sent Reaction Kinetics for Catalyzed Processes

Reaction Kinetics in Electronic MaterialsProcessing Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Decomposition Kinetics of Dimethylcadmium byin-Situ Raman Spectroscopy and Quantum ChemicalCalculations • Investigation of CdS Thin Film Deposition Kinet-ics Using a Continuous Flow Microreactor • Prediction of Reaction Kinetics in ALD of MetalOxides and Nitrides • Calculations of the Initial Reaction Mechanismsfor Tio2 Atomic Layer Deposition Onto Sio2Surfaces • Growth of Epitaxial-Al2O3 Films on 4 H-SiliconCarbide • Controlling Ultrashallow Junction Formationthrough Surface Chemistry

Separation Engineering for SustainableProcesses Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Selective Recovery of Ethanol from Water by Per-vaporation: Zeolite-Silicone Rubber Mixed MatrixMembranes • Hydrogen-Permeable Metal Membrane for HighlyEfficient Catalytic Reformer • Membrane Distillation of Ammonia-ContainingWastewater and Utilization of Recovered Ammonia • Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions from Squid Oil byChelate Ion Exchanger • Equilibria for Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions on Chi-

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tosan Fiber and Highly Porous Chitosan Bead • Design and Characterization of Novel Materials fromImidazolium-Based Room Temperature Ionic Liquids • Development of Thermo - Sensitive Hollow FiberMembranes for Temperature Swing Filtering -Cleaning System • High Temperature Water Separation with ZeoliteMembrane for C1 Chemistry • Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes Derivedfrom Lignin-Based Materials

Sustainability Plenary: the Challenge ofSustainable Energy Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • Electric Power – Sustainability Challenges • A Road Map to the Decarbonization of the U.S.Energy Mix. - the Potential Impact of Solar ThermalEnergy • The Challenge of Energy Efficiency in an Uncer-tain Energy Price • Sustainability in the Chemical and Energy Industries • Panel Discussion

Synthesis and Applications of EngineeredStructured Particulates Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Characterization of Nanoparticles Synthesized in theMicrowave Plasma Discharge Process by Particle MassSpectrometry and Transmission Electron Microscopy • Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Novel Formulations forthe Systemic Delivery of Biomolecules to andTrough the Lungs • CVD of Aluminum Compounds on Carbon Mate-rials in Microwave Plasma FBR • Designed Boron Nitride Filler Particles for Ther-mally Conductive Composites • Preparation of Mesoporous Carbon/SilicaNanocomposites and Bimodal Carbon Particles byAerosol-Assisted Self-Assembly • Polymer-Silica Composite Nanoparticles for Elec-troplating Applications • Synthesis and Characterization of SubmicronMultiferroic Complex Oxides • Photocatalytic Assisted Interfacial Synthesis ofDendritic Pt Nanoshell and Coreshell Structures • In-Situ Preparation of Nano-Portland Cement ViaFlame Spray Pyrolysis: Processing, Characteriza-tion and Mechanical Properties

Synthetic Systems Biology I Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Genetic Circuits to Build Biopolymers • Substrate Specificity and Domain Interaction ofthe 6-Deoxyerythronolide B Synthase • Re-Engineering in Vivo Signal Processing • Biosynthesis of Cadmium Sulfide SemiconductorNanocrystals • A Detailed Kinetic Model for a Bistable GeneticNetwork • Enhancement of Cellular Memory by ReducingStochastic Transitions • Stochastic Simulation Analysis of MetabolicChanneling for the Production of R-1,2 Propanediol

Tissue Engineering: Biomaterial-CellInteractions in Tissue Engineering (I) Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Heparin-Functionalized Peg Hydrogels DirectThree-Dimensional Human Mesenchymal StemCell Osteogenic Differentiation • Highly Tunable Synthetic Hydrogels for NeuralStem Cell Control • Three Dimensional Primary Hepatocyte Co-cul-ture in Synthetic Self-Assembling Hydrogel forBioartificial Liver • Effect of Hepatocytes on Differentiation of Endothe-lial Cells in in Vitro Micropattern Co-Culture • Improving the Biocompatibility of ExpandedPolytetrafluoroethylene Vascular Graft Via a NovelBiodegradable Elastomer

• Cellular Encapsulation and Therapeutic ProteinSecretion in MTG-Gels • Initiator System for Encapsulation of Mesenchy-mal Stem Cells and Analysis of Osteoblastic Differ-entiation for Orbital Bone Repair

Transport Processes in Multiphase Systems I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • Keynote Lecture: Experiments and Computationin Multiphase Flow: Rivals or Friends? • Local Instrumentation for the Investigation ofMultiphase Parameters in a Packed Bed • Detection of Gas-Phase Species by a MicrofluidicSERS Apparatus • Effect of Temperature on Oil Recovery from Oil-Wet Carbonate Reservoirs by Surfactant BrineImbibition • Experimental and Theoretical Investigation ofParaffinic Oil Gel Breaking Mechanism • Keynote Lecture: Computational MethodsEmployed in Engineering Simulation Software forMultiphase Applications in Industry • Lattice-Boltzmann Phase-Field Modeling of Mul-tiphase Flows Including Phase Change • Numerical Simulation of Hydrate Dissociation inPorous Media

Unit Operations: Scale up and Scale-down inPilot Plants Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Pilot Plant Testing Results in Successful Liquid-Liquid Extraction Scale-up • Pilot Plant Politics: Scaling up from Small PilotPlants to Commercial Production Plants • Reactor Scale-Down for Pilot Plant, Bench-Scale,and Multi-Throughput Units • Scaling Two Phase Batch and Semi-Batch ChemicalProcesses from Laboratory Scale to Commercial Scale • Development of an Adsorption Model UsingAspen Custom Modeler as a Troubleshooting andOptimization Tool for Plant Processes

MONDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2006 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM The Danckwerts Lecture Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Hierarchical Modeling of Polymeric Materials

MONDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2006 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM (22a) Carbon Nanotubes II: Characterization,Functionalization and Applications Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Dynamics of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes inWater • Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes Via Supercritical Fluid Treatment • Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes byArgon Plasma Assisted Uv Grafting of 1-Vinylimidazole • Separation of Functionalized Single-Walled Car-bon Nanotubes from Non-Functionalized Using aNovel Electro-Diffusion Mechanism • Tailoring of Pore Structure of Carbon NanotubeFibers for Biomedical Applications • Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transition of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Strong Acids • From Bucky Pearls to Armchair Quantum Wires

(22b) Nanostructured Scaffolds for TissueEngineering Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 4 • Helical Rosette Nanotubes as a Biomimetic TissueEngineering Scaffold Material • Inverted Colloidal Crystal Hydrogel ScaffoldModified with Layer-by-Layer Assembled Sin-gle-Wall Carbon Nanotubes as a Model Systemfor Three-Dimensional Neuronal Cultures • Electrospun Biomimetic Materials for Cell Target-ing Applications

• Fabrication of Novel Tissue Engineering ScaffoldUsing Nanofibrous Polyaniline and NonwovenPoly(Ethylene-Terephthalate) Fibers • Electrospinning of Novel Tricalcium/Poly(Lac-tide-Co-Glycolide) Nanocomposites for Repair ofBone Defects • Developing Biosensors for Monitoring OrthopedicTissue Growth • From Nano to Micro: NanostructuredTitania/PLGA Orthopedic Tissue EngineeringScaffolds Assembled by Three-DimensionalPrinting

(22b) Symposium on the 65th Birthday of Prof.Clark Colton Part I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Clark Colton and the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology Graduate Course “Chemical Engineer-ing in Medicine” • From Enzymatic Regeneration of Atp to NovelBiomaterials • Biological Engineering: past, Present and FutureTrends • Biology in Engineering, and NSF • Exploring Enzymology for New Industrial Syntheses • Engineering Issues in Cell Based Insulin Replace-ment Therapies

Advances and Case Studies in Crystallizationand Post Crystallization Processing - II Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • Modeling and Simulation of Impinging Jet Crys-tallizers • Effect of Ostwald Ripening on Particle Breakagein Saturated Solutions • Monitoring of Crystallization Processes: a NovelApproach for the Separation of Touching Edges inCrystal Particle Images • Relating Chord-Length and Size Distributions: Appli-cations in the Batch Crystallization of Paracetamol • Simulation of Anti-Solvent Crystallization byCFD-PBE Approach • Semibatch Evaporative Crystallization of MultipleSolutes • Filtration, Washing and Sizing of Multiple-SoluteCrystal Products

Advances in Animal and Plant Cell CultureProcess Development Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Increasing Adeno-Associated Virus Volumetricand Specific Yield in Insect Cell Culture by Increas-ing Temperature and Cell Density • Antibody Production in the GS-NS0 System underNormal and Hyperosmotic Culture Conditions: aCombined Modeling and Experimental Study • Implementation of Online Amino Acid Analysisfor Medium and Feed Optimization in Mam-malian Cell Culture • Automated Flow Cytometry for Monitoring andControl of CHO Cell Cultures • Rapid and Efficient Strain Evaluation Using aMicro-Scale Bioreactor • The Use of Energy Dissipation Rate as a Parame-ter to Assist in the Evaluation, Scale-up, and Scale-down of Bioprocesses • Evaluating Biopharmaceutical Economics andCapacity with Process Modeling and Simulation Tools

Advances in Biochemical Engineering:Honoring Harvey Blanch I Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • From EPR in Micelles to NMR inside Cells:Reflections on a Resonant Collaboration • Transport in Vessel Walls: Why Some Vessels GetAtherosclerosis and Others Don’t • New Bacterial Communication Lines by DirectedEvolution of Lux R • Pandemic in a Petri Dish: Growth and Spread ofViruses at the Microscale

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• Protein Aggregation in P-T Space • Mimicking Bioactive Peptides with Sequence-Spe-cific Peptoid Foldamers • Amyloid Fibril Formation by Protein L: Kineticand Stability Studies

Advances in IT for Process Operations Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Standardization and Systematization of ControlRoom Operation through the Implementation of anIntelligent Sequence Control System • Medium-Term and Short-Term Scheduling of aLarge-Scale Industrial Continuous Plant • A Modeling Framework That Enables Process Syn-thesis, Design, Analysis, Optimization, and Planningin the Process Industries • Human Model-Based Dynamic Evaluation forAlarm System in Chemical Plant • Modeling and Selection of Supply Contracts • Informatics Based Approach for MathematicalKnowledge Modeling in Process Operations

Advances in Optimization II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • A Theoretical and Computational Comparisonbetween GDP Cuts, Disjunctive Cuts and Lift-andProject Cuts for Linear Generalized DisjunctiveProgramming • A New Approach for the Solution of Noisy Black-Box Models Involving Integer Variables • Improving the Integrality Gap Using a Novel Con-tinuous-Time Scheduling Formulation Applied to aChallenging Industrial Benchmark Problem • Continuous Time Formulation for the SchedulingOptimization of a Mixed Plant with Fixed BatchProcessing Time • Scheduling Complex Job-Shop with Re-EntrantFlow as Partially Observable Markov DecisionProcess (POMDP) – Application to Semi-ConductorManufacturing • Lagrangean Decomposition Approaches for theSupply Chain Management Models of StochasticContinuous Flexible Process Networks

Agglomeration and Granulation Processes I Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Evolution of Force Anisotropy in a Tilted Granular Bed • Dimensionless Spray Flux - Effect of Rewetting • Effect of Peptizing Agents on Pre-ExtrudedPseudoboehmite Powder • Theoretical and Experimental Study of Wet Granu-lation in Fluidized Bed: Comparison of Experimentswith Models of Different Complexity • Model Predictive Control of Wet GranulationUsing an Experimentally Validated Population Balance Model • Modeling the Agglomeration Process in FluidizedBed Granulation: A Simple Approach

Biological Polymers Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Direct Monitoring of the ConformationalChange of Elastin-like Polypeptides upon Changing Ionic Strength Using Dual Polarization Interferometry • Patchy Interactions of Globular Proteins • Discrete Binding Ranges of Ligated BiopolymersEnd-Grafted to an Interface: a Theoretical Study • Complex Formation between Stereoregular Poly-electrolyte and Protein • Wrapping Transitions in a Single Nucleosomeunder Tension • Poly(Glu) and Poly(Glu:Ala) Fibril Formation andCaCO3 Templating Ability • Effects of Fluid Shear on the Conformation ofHuman Von Willebrand Factor Studied by Neutronand Light Scattering • Characterization of Swelling Behavior of CrossLinked Waxy Maize Starch Dispersions

BioMEMS and Microfluidics: Biomedical Diagnostics Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• AContinuous Microfluidic Blood/Plasma SeparationUnit with Electrokinetic Stirring and Cross-Flow • A Fully Automated Nanoliter Viscometer for Ana-lyzing Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Body Fluidsand Polymeric Liquids • A Novel Application of Isotachophoresis toEnhance Immunodiagnostic Assays on a Microchip • Purification of Genomic DNA from Whole CellLysates Using Photoactivated PolycarbonateMicrofluidic Devices • Delivery of Molecules and DNA into MammalianCells by Electroporation on a Microfluidic Device • On-Chip Electrochemistry Based Real Time Poly-merase Chain Reaction

Biomolecules at Interfaces I - Protein-MembraneInteractions and Proteins at the Air-WaterInterface Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Lipid-ProteinInteractions • Interfacial Properties of Alzheimer Amyloid- ßPeptides in Various Self-Assembled Forms • An Investigation of the Functionality of SyntheticPeptides in Pulmonary Surfactant Formulations fromMolecular Dynamics Simulations • Cell Membrane Ganglioside GM1 Mediated Amy-loid-Beta Fibril Formation and Membrane Disruption • Ampetoids: Functional Mimics of Helical, CationicAntimicrobial Peptides • Cholera Toxin Assault on Lipid Membranes Con-taining Ganglioside Gm1: an X-Ray Reflectivity andGrazing Incidence Diffraction Study at the Air-Water Interface • Understanding Competitive Adsorption at the Air-Water Interface to Reverse Surfactant Inactivation inAcute Respiratory Distress Syndrome • Adsorption Dynamics of Components of Pul-monary Surfactant at the Air/Water Interface • Characterization of Self-Assembled Protein Filmsat the Air-Water Interface Using the CambridgeInterfacial Tensiometer • Prueba De Articulo

Colloidal & Interfacial Phenomena in AquaticSystems Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Colloids, Contaminants, and Surface Chem-istry: Effect of Desorption Kinetics on the Facili-tated Transport of Cesium and Strontium by IlliteColloids • Clogging by Montmorillonite in Porous Media:Hydrodynamic and Chemical Effects • Particle Deposition Onto Chemically and Topolog-ically Heterogeneous Surfaces • E. Coli Deposition and Transport in Porous Media:Influence of Solution Chemistry and Bacterial Sur-face Polymers • Adhesion of Plasmid DNA to Natural Organic Mat-ter Coated Mineral Surfaces • Diffusivity Measurements of Bacteriophages byGradient Diffusion and Dynamic Light Scattering • Biofouling of Organic and Chemically ModifiedRO/Nf Membranes

Critical Issues in Information Technology Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Marshalling the Cyber Infrastructure to Solve BigProblems • Better Plant Startup Via Simulation • Smart Plants: a New Opportunity for Industry andUniversity • The Smart Plant - Fully Realizing the Opportuni-ties for Industry • Roundtable on Critical Issues in Information Technology

Curriculum Revision Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Pillars of Chemical Engineering: a Block-Sched-uled Curriculum • Transforming the Educational Experience of Trans-fer Students in Chemical Engineering Using a Multi-Dimensional Spiral Curriculum • A Flexible Chemical Engineering Curriculum • Curricular Reform at Tennessee TechnologicalUniversity • “Tracks” for Specialization within a ChE Education • Curriculum Revisions for the (Bio)Chemical Engineer

Developments in Thermochemical and ElectrolyticRoutes to Hydrogen Production: Part I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13 • Experimental and Theoretical Investigation intoAlternative Versions of the Bunsen Reaction • Experimental Results for the Generation of Hydro-gen by the Decomposition of Hydrogen Iodide in theSulfur-Iodine Cycle • Hi Concentration by Electro-Electrodialysis fromHIX Solution (Hi-I2-H2O Mixture) for Hi Decom-position Reaction in Is (Iodine-Sulfur) Process • Advances in Acid Concentration Membrane Tech-nology for the Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Cycle • Inorganic Membranes to Facilitate the Productionof Hydrogen Using Nuclear Energy • Process Flowsheet Analysis of Hydrogen IodideDecomposition in the Sulfur-Iodine Cycle

Dynamics and Modeling of Particles, Crystalsand Agglomerate Formation Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Kinetics and Modeling of Crystallization in Surfac-tant-Free Monodisperse Emulsions • The Influence of Nucleation Kinetics on theParticle Population Dynamics in MicroemulsionPrecipitation Using Molecular ModelingApproaches • Numerical Simulation of BaSO4 Precipitation in aCoaxial Pipe Mixer with Micromixing Effects • Non-Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of WaxyCrude Oils • Aggregation with Collision-Induced Breakage:Solutions and Comparison with Linear Breakage • A Non-Equilibrium Model of the Kinetics ofHydrate Formation • Size and Habit Evolution of Petn Crystals - a Lat-tice Monte Carlo Study

Environmental Applications of Adsorption II Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Adsorption of Trace Elements and Sulfur Dioxideon Calcium-Based Sorbents • Adsorption and Reaction of VOC and Ozone onUsy Zeolite • Adsorption of Low Molecular Weight Perfluo-roalkanes on Nanoporous Carbon • Structure Promoted Ca-Based Sorbents forHighly Reversible Carbon Dioxide Uptake atHigh Temperatures • Molecular Modeling of Carbon Dioxide Adsorp-tion on Coal-like Adsorbents • Experimental and Modeling Study of the Adsorp-tion of CO2 on Coal Aimed at Ecbm Recovery • Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide on Alkali MetalExchanged Zeolites

Fundamentals of Adsorption and Ion Exchange II Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Argon Adsorption on Cu3(BTC)2(H2O)3 Metal-Organic Frameworks • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Simple Gasesin Various Porous Structure Models • Kinetics of Adsorption of Pure and Mixtures ofLinear and Branched C6 Alkanes Onto Silicalite byNon-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics • Adsorption/Desorption Studies of Isobutane inBeta-Zeolite

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• Characterization of Nanoporous Carbon by WaterAdsorption • Gas Separation by Simulated Moving Bed Chro-matography • Exploring Adsorption Cycles Using Sensitivity Analysis

Fundamentals of Surface Reactivity Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Chiral Surface Structure and Enantioselectivity • Chiral Surfaces and Enantioselectivity • A Density Functional Theory Investigation ofMethane Activation on a Palladium Oxide Catalyst • Alkali-Promotion in Heterogeneous Catalysis: DFTStudies of the Pressure- and Temperature-DependentImpact of Alkalis on Oxidation Reactions • Controlling Immobilized Amine Reactivity ViaTailored Surface Environments • First-Principle Comparison of Co and NO Oxida-tion at Oxide Surfaces • Coverage Effects in the Adsorption Energy ofOxygen on Pd and Ag(111) • Dissociation of Water on Defective Carbon Substrates

Identification and Application of New Solventsand Processes for Separations Hilton San Francisco, Mason • Design of Ionic Liquid Solvents for ExtractiveDesulfurization • Using Tunable Solvents to Couple BiphasicExtraction with Homogeneous Reactions • Visualization of Mass Transfer from an Electrical-ly Charged Pendant Drop • Chemical Reaction with Extraction - Investigationof Catalysts for Synthesis of Methyl Acetate • Nonisothermal Dynamic Model of a SupercriticalFluid Extraction Packed Column • Optimization of Whole Broth Extraction: a CaseStudy of Secondary Metabolite Isolation

Incorporating New Technologies into ChemicalEngineering Education Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • Synergism of Multi-Disciplined Coordination inUndergraduate Heat Transfer Education • An Online Community for Chemical EngineeringEducators • Blood-Sugar Control in an Undergraduate ProcessControl Course • Molecularium: Merging Entertainment with Edu-cation, Outreach, and Scientific Literacy • Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Engineeringand Science Education • Tactile/Audible Representations as Aides to Stu-dents with Limited Vision • Young Engineers & Scientists Seminars: a HighSchool Enrichment Program • Introductory Biomedical/Biochemical EngineeringElective

Interfacial Phenomena in Environmental Systems Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Force Measurements between CryptosporidiumParvum Oocysts and Positively and NegativelyCharged Colloidal Particles • Foam for Mobility Control in Enhanced OilRecovery Processes Using Surfactants • Super-Hydrophobic Porous Silicon Surfaces • Toner Particle - Bubble Interactions in DeinkingFlotation • Hydrolytic Degradation of Polylactide and Pro-duction of Water-Soluble Hydrolyzate Species • Effect of Polymer and Protein Surface Coatings onSilicone on Staphylococcus Epidermidis Adhesionand Colonization • Effect of Inorganic Solids, Wax to Asphaltene Ratio,and Water Cut on the Stability of Oilfield Emulsions

Invited: Alpha Chi Sigma Symposium Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Self-Organized Large Area Patterning of Soft

Solids by Elastic Contact Lithography • Granular Matter: Origins, Linkages, and RecentVignettes • Spatial and Temporal Control over the Self-Assembly of Surfactants • An Elementary Kinematical Model of ThermalDiffusion in Liquids and Gases • Inhaling Cationic Aerosols to Mitigate the Spreadof Infectious Disease • Physical and Chemical Characterization of Foods • Fluid Film: a Tool for 2d Nano-Matter Self-Assembly

Invited: In Honor of Neal Amundson’s 90thBirthday, I Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Vision Accomplished: Computer-Enabled Func-tional Analysis of Coating Flows • “Wall Enhanced Dispersion in Cylindrical PackedBeds” • Block Copolymer Surfactants • Hydrogen and Chemicals in Millisecond Reactors • Rational Design of Shape Selective Molecular Sieves • Stability and Instability in Complex IsothermalChemistry: the Big Picture

Invited: Thermodynamic Properties and PhaseBehavior I: Honoring the Contributions of JohnM. Prausnitz Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • Solubility of Sour Gases in Aqueous Solutions of Amines • Practical and Rational Design of BioseparationProcesses Using Correlative Thermodynamic Models • Phase-Equilibria in Polymer Systems – Experi-ments and Modeling • Surfactant Adsorption Thermodynamics at Fluid/FluidInterfaces Studied with Diblock Copolymers • Participation of Molecular Simulation in the Develop-ment of Molecular-Thermodynamic Models • Drug Design, Development and Delivery: Integrated,Interdisciplinary Education in Pharmaceutical Science

Manipulation of Nanophases by External Fields Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Surfactant-Coated Nanoparticle on a Stepped Surface • Observation of the Nucleation and Growth of CdSNanocrystals in a Two-Phase System • Simulation of the Hydrodynamically-AssistedSelf-Assembly of DNA-Functionalized ColloidalParticles in 2d • Controlled Deposition of Nanoparticles on a SolidSubstrate: Numerical and Experimental Investiga-tion of the Effect of Fluid Flow Both in the Absenceand Presence of External Electric Field • Recent Advances in Nanoscale Thermal Lithogra-phy Using Heated Atomic Force Microscope Can-tilevers and Cantilever Arrays • The Role of Magnetic and Electric Fields in Membrane-Based Separation of Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions • Preparation of Calcium Alginate Microbeads by Elec-trodispersion for Protein Drug Controlled Release

Materials Synthesis and Processing with nearand Supercritical Fluids II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Dispersion of Nano-Clays and Clay-Polymer Nanocomposites • Synthesis and Steric Stabilization of SilverNanoparticles in Neat Carbon Dioxide SolventUsing Fluorine-Free Compounds • Application of Sfe Extraction in a CountercurrentColumn with Structured Packing for Recovery ofPurified Squalene from Oil Residues • Rotational Rheometry of Polystyrene under High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide • In-Situ Fluorescence Spectroscopy Investiga-tion of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Swelling ofSurfactant Templates in Porous Silica Thin Films • Solvation Effects in Low Temperature Supercriti-cal CO2-Based Heterogeneous Thin Film Deposi-

tion Reactions • Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst withTunable Nanoporosity Using of Supercritical Fluids

Membrane Session Honoring Professor Ed Ma - II Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • High Aspect Ratio Mixed Matrix Membranes:Advantages and Challenges • Preparation of Hydrogen-Permselective Silica Mem-branes Having a Bimodal Catalytic Structure andApplication to the Steam Reforming of Methane • Corrosion-Resistant Zeolite Coatings for Metalsand Alloys • From Zeolite Nanocrystals to Zeolite Films andMembrane • Zeolite Thin Film-Fiber Integrated Microsensors forStudying Molecular Transport in Zeolite Membranes • Energy Related Zeolite Membrane

Membrane Tutorial II Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Polymeric Membranes for Molecularly SelectiveHydrocarbon Separations • Microporous and Dense Inorganic Membranes • Ultrasonic Reflectometry for Membrane Applica-tions: Current Work and Future Opportunities

Mixing in Microdevices and Microreactors I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • On-Chip Dispersion Measurement in SegmentedFlow through Microchannels • Dispersion Effects of Microchannel Configura-tions and Turn Geometries • Fractal Patterning for Mixing Enhancement inMicrochannels • Elimination of the Isolated/ Stable Region in 3dChaotic Micromixer through Reorientation Process • Rates of Diffusion-Limited Reactions in StirredMicrofluidic Flows • Mixing Size Control and Mass Transfer Perfor-mance in a Microfluidic Device

Multiphase Polymers in Honor of Stuart L.Cooper’s 65th Birthday Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • Specialty Applications of Ionomers • Functional Thin Film Coatings Based on Ion-Con-taining Block Copolymers • Creating Functional Polymer Surfaces with BlockCopolymers • Segmented Polyurethane from Soyoil Polyols • Hydrophobic - Polyelectrolyte Block Copolymersfor Surface Modification

Multiscale Modeling of Nanoparticle Systems Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Study of Water Adsorption on NanoparticleSurface and Phase Transformation duringNanoparticle Sintering Via Molecular DynamicsSimulations of Tio2 Nanoparticles • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of NanoparticleSelf-Assembly at a Liquid-Liquid Interface • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nano-ScaleLubricant Films in Humidity • Molecular Dynamics Modeling of NanodropletSpraying on Liquid Substrates • Collection Efficiency of Nanosize Particles in anElectrostatic Precipitator • Modeling Aqueous Environments in Pre-Nucle-ation Silicate Species • Slip Flow in Nanofluidics: Slip Length Vs. Con-tact Angle on Hydrophobic Surfaces from Nonequi-librium Molecular Dynamics

Nanoparticle Manipulation and Separation Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 6 • Synthesizing Complex Nano-Colloid and Nano-Fiber Morphologies by DC and AC Electrosprays • Filtration of Submicron Particles by Agglomeratesof Nanoparticles

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• Effect of Electric Field on the Hydrodynamics ofNanoparticles in a Rectangular Fluidized Bed • Forced Assembly of Cobalt Nanoparticles • Manipulation and Control of the Particle Size Dis-tribution of Nanoparticles during Their Formation inMicroemulsion Droplets by a Suitable Feed Strategy • Separation of Polydisperse Metal and Semiconduc-tor Nanoparticle Populations into MonodisperseFractions Using Co2 Expanded Liquids

National Student Design Competition Hilton San Francisco, Taylor

Particulate and Multiphase Flow Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • The Dynamics of Rodlike Particles under Sedimen-tation and Induced-Charge Electrophoresis • Multiphase Modeling of Electro- and Magnetorhe-ological Suspensions • A Continuum Framework for the Description ofMixing and Segregation in Three-DimensionalGranular Flows • Wall-Induced Particle Migration and OrderingMechanisms in Dilute Suspensions of Spherical Par-ticles in Creeping Flow Conditions • The Effect of Second Normal Stress DifferenceInduced Secondary Currents on the Concentrationand Velocity Distributions for Suspension Flow inDifferent Geometries • Shear Induced Particle Migration in BinaryColloidal Suspensions • Pressure Drop and Flow Evolution of a Concentrat-ed Suspension in an Abrupt Expansion • Competition between Particle Migration andChaotic Advection in Microchannels • Squeezing of Deformable Drops through GranularMaterials • Dynamic Simulations of Soft Particle Pastes

Plenary Session II: US-Japan Joint TopicalConference on Medical Engineering, DrugDelivery Systems and Therapeutic Systems Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Terminus-Dependent Phenomenon of DNA-Func-tionalized Nanoparticles for Microchip DNA Sensing • Smart Drug Delivery Systems That Learn from Nature • Sixty Years of Artificial Organs Development —from Rotating Drums to Nanotechnology

Plenary Session on Opportunities andChallenges in Product Design Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Designing Chemical Products • Product Development: from Conceptualization to Market • Creating and Implementing Medical Technology • Panel Discussion

Process Monitoring and Fault Detection I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Diagnosis of Oscillating Control Loops • Integration of Data Rectification and IncipientProcess Fault Diagnosis • Process Trend Monitoring Based on Key Sensi-tive Index: Applications Semiconductor Manu-facturing • Statistical Fault Detection of Batch Processes inSemiconductor Manufacturing • Real-Time Thin Film Characterization duringChemical Vapor Deposition Using Moving HorizonEstimation • Industrial Implementation of on-Line MultivariateQuality Control (Part II: Long-Term Performance,Model Maintenance, and Model Leveraging) • Evolving Models and a PLS Similarity Factor forMonitoring Batch Processes • Bio-Reactor Monitoring with Multiway-Pca andModel Based-Pca • Variance Component Analysis Based Fault Diagno-sis of Multi-Layer Overlay Lithography Processes

Processing of Pharmaceuticals andNeutraceuticals under High Pressure Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Micronization of Pharmaceutical Powders by HighPressure Homogenization in Compressed Fluid Anti-solvents • Mechanisms of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Ster-ilization of Bacterial Spores • Inactivation of Microorganisms by High PressureCarbon Dioxide Treatment • Extraction of Complex Lipids from AqueousStreams Using near-Critical Dimethylether • Biocompatible Polymers Characterization byinverse gas chromatography

Properties and Characterization ofNanocomposites Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • Ubiquity of Soft Glassy Dynamics in Polypropy-lene-Clay Nanocomposites • Quiescent and Flow-Induced Crystallization ofPolypropylene-Clay Nanocomposites • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Na-Montmoril-lonite Nanocomposite Materials • Strain Hardening in Elongational Flow of Nylon-Clay Nanocomposite Melts • MWNT-Percolated Epoxy Network Composites:Synthesis and Characterization • Anisotropy in Layered Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites • Polymeric Nanofoams for Industrial Applications

Stability and Nonlinear Hydrodynamics Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • The Axisymmetric Instabilities of Electrically-Dri-ven Viscoelastic Jets • Response of Liquid Jets to Internal ModulatedUltrasonic Radiation Pressure • Stability of the Shape of a Cusped Bubble Rising ina Viscoelastic Fluid • Spatio-Temporal Pattern Formation in ViscoelasticTaylor-Couette Flow: Dynamical Simulation andMechanism • Effect of Radius Ratio on Flow Transitions in New-tonian Taylor-Couette Flows • Effect of Prandtl Number on the Dynamics andStability of Natural Convective Flows inside a Cubical Cavity • A Free-Boundary Theory for the Shape of the IdealDripping Icicle • Finite-Amplitude Deformation of Liquid FilmsSubjected to Electric Fields • Flow Reversal and Eddy Formation in Thin Film Flows • Large-Scale Bifurcation and Stability Analysis ofCfd Applications

Student Poster Session: Catalysis & ReactionEngineering Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B

Student Poster Session: Computing & ProcessControl Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B

Student Poster Session: Education Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B

Student Poster Session: Environmental Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B

Student Poster Session: Food, Pharmaceutical &Biotechnology Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B

Student Poster Session: Fuels, Petrochemicals &Energy Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B

Student Poster Session: General Papers Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B

• Antimicrobial and Hydrophilic Zeolite Coating • Electrokinetic-Based Drug Delivery through the Skin • Impact of Auto-Exhaust on the Environment ofDhaka City

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Student Poster Session: Separations Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B

Supercritical Fluids for Food andPharmaceuticals Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Improving Physical Characteristics of Insulin Pow-der for Pulmonary Delivery by Addition of Stabilizers • Fluid-Filled Microcapsules for the Food Industry • Supercritical Precipitation of Acyclovir • Gentle Drying of Sensitive Food Products • Influence of Operating Variables on Particle Sizeand Morphology in High Pressure Carbon DioxideAntisolvent Process • Compressed Fluid Based Process for Developmentof Cosmetic Products • Numerical Study of the Effect of Fluid Dynamics onParticle Formation in a Conventional SEDs Apparatus

Systems Analysis of Sustainability Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Chemical Process Assessment and Design Basedon Green Degree Method • Design of Sustainable Processes: Systematic Gen-eration & Evaluation of Alternatives • Exergy Recuperation Technology for Energy andMaterials Co-Production • Fisher Information as a Metric for Sustainability • Sustainable Production of Gasohol from Biomass • Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation to ComplexAdaptive Eco-Industrial Systems • Optimal Control Theory for Sustainable Environ-mental Management

Tissue Engineering: Biomaterial-CellInteractions in Tissue Engineering (II) Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Nanoscale RGD Peptide Organization and Sub-strate Elastic Modulus Regulates Stem Cell and Pre-osteoblast Proliferation • Cell-Matrix Interactions: Quantifying Cell Migra-tory and Contractile Behavior in a Series of Charac-terized Collagen-Gag Scaffolds • Engineering the Alginate Matrix Regulates Tissue Development and Growth of Ovarian Follicles• Extracellular Matrix Chemistry and MechanicsCooperatively Regulate Smooth Muscle Cells • Effects of Long Term Cyclic Strain on FibrinBased Cylindrical Tissue Constructs • Eliminating Oxygen Supply Limitations for Trans-planted Microencapsulated Islets in the Treatment ofType I Diabetes • Monitoring Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations inTissue Engineered Substitutes

Transport at Interfaces I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Mass Transfer from Growing and Oscillating Ris-ing Bubbles • Effect of Viscous Forces on the Measurement ofSurface Dilatational Moduli with Oscillating Dropsor Bubbles • Nonlinear Dynamics of Breakup of Surfactant-Laden Compound Jets • Surfactant-Enhanced Thermocapillary Flows • Study of Mass Transfer across Liquid-Liquid Inter-phase Using Micro Visualization Technique • Adsorption Dynamics of Aqueous 1-Octanol Solu-tions at the Vapor / Liquid Interface • Transport Coefficients for Liquid-Vapor Transition

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ber 17Transport Processes in Multiphase Systems II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • Keynote Lecture: Gas Transfer and Turbulence atthe Air-Water Interface • Mass Transfer across the Air-Water Interface • Gas Transfer and Surface Divergence at a WindSheared Air-Water Interface • Performance Enhancement in a Direct Methanol FuelCell Via an Externally Applied Oscillatory Flow • A Fuel Cell Motivated Model for the Decay ofBubbles Due to Coalescence in Small Channels • Interfacial Area in a Packed-Bed Reactor Operat-ing in Trickle Flow Regime • Transport of Liquid Water under Tension in a Syn-thetic Tree • Momentum Stress Jump Condition at the Fluid-Porous Boundary: Prediction of the Jump Coefficient

MONDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2006 3:15 PM - 5:45 PM (22a) Issues in Carbon Nanotubes III:Adsorption and Transport Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Fast Mass Transport through Sub-2nm CarbonNanotubes • Nano-Scale Transport Phenomena in the Ionic,Solvent and Gaseous Regimes through Carbon Nan-otube Membranes • Experimental Measurement of Pure-Gas Diffusivi-ties in Carbon Nanotubes by ZLC Technique • On the Mechanism of Water Diffusion in NarrowCarbon Nanotubes • Diffusion Studies of Water and n-Alkane Mole-cules in Carbon Nanotubes • Neon Adsorption Isotherm Studies on SingleWalled Carbon Nanohorns

(22b) Nanostructured Biomimetic andBiohybrid Materials and Devices Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 4 • Autonomous Molecular Muscle with a Brake

• Design and Computational Analysis of ProteinBased Nanoscale Biomimetic Actuators • Molecular Recognition Ion Gating Membrane andIts Nonlinear Oscillation Response • Biomimetic Interfaces Based on Membrane Pro-teins for Bioelectronic Applications • Nanostructured Self-Assembled Reversible andDirectional Bio-Molecular Templates for Nanotech-nology Interconnects • Efficient Enzymatic Manipulation of Nanoparticle-Bound DNAto Form Nanoparticle-DNAConjugatesBearing Specific Number of Short DNAStrands • Bioinspired Vesicle Restraint and MobilizationUsing a Biopolymer Network • 3d Nanostructured Microenvironments for in-VitroHematopoietic Stem Cells Niches • Fabrication of Nanopatterned Dots of Proteins byParticle Lithography

(22b) Polymers as Functional Components ofMicro- and Nanodevices Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • Design of a Novel Injectable Polymer Scaffold forSpinal Cord Repair • Glucose-Responsive Systems for Insulin DeliveryBased on Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-Containing, pH-Sensitive, Cationic Hydrogels • Novel Valving and Packaging Designs for ProteinContaining Biochips • Tunable Biomolecular Recognition Films for Sensing • Intelligent Hydrogel Systems as Functional Coat-ings on Magnetic Nanoparticles • Characterization of Actin-Based Motility on Pat-terned Substrata • Cylindrical Micro-Porous Membranes for Direct-ed Cellular Growth • Development of Quantum Dot Encoded Poly-styrene Beads for Use in an Ultra-MiniaturizedMicroarray Platform • Coupled Translational and Rotational Fluctuationsof Tethered Beads

• Development of Poly(Ethylenimine) Based RedoxPolymers for Biosensor Devices

(22b) Symposium on the 65th Birthday of Prof.Clark Colton Part II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Diffusive Movement of Molecules and Cells inFlowing Blood • The Evolution of Hemodialysis since ClarkColton’s Doctoral Thesis • Real-Time Sampling, Concentrating and Measur-ing of Airborne Aerosols • Reaction-Enhanced Acid Gas Transport in Mem-branes and Absorbers • Protein Transport in Nanoporous Membranes • Chromatographic Refolding of Proteins

Advances in Biochemical Engineering:Honoring Harvey Blanch II Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Bioprocess-on-a-Chip • A Gene-Ontology Driven Analysis of ComplexPhenotypes • Nicotinamide (Vitamin B3) Increases the Ploidy andProplatelet Production of Human Megakaryocytes • Microscale Tissue Engineering for Drug Discovery and Development • Ustar - the Universal Sequence-Tag Array Tech-nology for Absolute Quantification of Per CellTranscript Profiles • Engineered Strategies to Overcome MultidrugResistance in Solid Tumors • Understanding the Role of Culture Conditions onSpecific Productivity in Cultured Mammalian Cells

Advances in Protein Expression and Post-Translational Modification Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Exceptional Total and Functional Yields of theHuman Adenosine a2a Receptor Expressed in theYeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

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• Enabling Biosynthesis of Complex Proteins in Bac-teria Via Ribosome Reprogramming • Humanization and Structural Studies to Tailor the Effi-ciency of Pertussis Toxin (Pt) Neutralizing Antibodies • Cellular and Protein Engineering Approaches forIncreasing Human Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Fac-tor Production in Yeast • Engineering Membrane Protein Biogenesis • Directed Evolution of a G-Protein Coupled Receptor • Cell-Free Protein Synthesis of Complex ProteinsContaining Unnatural Amino Acids

Agglomeration and Granulation Processes II Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Binder Selection in Pharmaceutical Granulation:Wetting, Spreading, Stickiness and Strength • Granulation of Hydrophobic Powders Via SolidSpreading Nucleation • The Microscopic Study of Granulation Mecha-nisms and Their Effect on the Non-Uniformity ofGranule Properties • Top-Spray Fluidized Bed Coating: Scale-up UsingResponse Surface Methodology • Study of the Mechanisms during Drying of a Phar-maceutical Fluid Bed Granulation: Correlation ofResidual Water Content with the Chemical Stabilityof the Formulation • Modeling of Growth Kinetics of Wet Granulationin a High Shear Mixer by Means of Image Process-ing and Analysis

Applications of Adsorption in Reactive and NonReactive Processes Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Effects of the Solvent on Catalytic Isomerization of1,5-Dimethylnaphthalene and Adsorption of 2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene • Overcoming Product Inhibition by Adsorptive Reactor • Non-Equilibrium Kinetic Model for the ReversibleAdsorption of Carbon Dioxide on a K-PromotedHTLC • Modeling of Industrial PSA Process for FuelEthanol Production • A Four-Bed PSA for Clean Separation of Ethylene-Ethane Mixture • Ion-Exchange Equilibrium and Fixed-Bed Perfor-mance of the System Vanillin/NaOH-Amberlite Ir 120h • Adsorption Isosters Measurements on CaCl2Impregnated ACF Felt for an Application of Ammo-nia Scrubber

Applications of Fluidization Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 6 • The Effect of Gas and Particle Properties on theFluidization State of APF and ABF Nanopowders • Fundamental Bubbling Characteristics in a Rotat-ing Fluidized Bed • Prediction of Propensity to Fouling in Fluid Cokers • Development of a Multi-Scale, Multi-Phase, Multi-Zone Dynamic Model for the Prediction of ParticleSegregation in Catalytic Olefin PolymerizationFBRS • Application of a Fluid-Particle Mass TransferModel for the Sorbent Injection Process for MercuryEmission Control during Coal Combustion • Further Investigation into Regime Transition fromBubbling to Turbulent Fluidization • Wide Spanned Minimum Spouting Velocity Corre-lations Based on a New Quantitative Measurementand Identification Procedure

B.S. Ch E: What Is It? Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Trends in Engineering Educational Research andCurriculum Reform • Tuning the Chemical Engineering Curriculum to MeetNew Challenges and the Demand of the Job Market • Looking out a Few Years • Semiconductor Education in the Chemical Engi-neering Curriculum

• ChE – the Most Versatile Degree • Chemical Engineering - the Liberal Arts Degree forthe Next Century

BioMEMS and Microfluidics: Sensing,Detection, and Integration Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Rapid Pathogen Detection with Integrated ACElectrokinetic Devices • Microstencils for Patterning of NontraditionalMaterials • Comparison of Microfluidic Protein PatterningMethods Onto Waveguide Surfaces • Study of FET Flow Control and ElectrostaticResponse of Charged Molecules in NanofluidicChannels • Spatially Controlled Chemistry Using RemotelyGuided Nanoliter Scale Chemical Containers • Nanostructure Based Biomimetic Interfaces forBioelectronic Applications

Biomolecules at Interfaces II - Sensing andExploiting Heterogeneities Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Detection and Characterization of Lipid Rafts byFluorescence Spectroscopy • Effect of Transmembrane Distribution of Fluid-GelPatterned Bilayers • Diffusing Colloidal Probe Measurements of Pro-tein and Synthetic Macromolecule Interactions • Fractal Analysis of Interleukin Binding and Disso-ciation Kinetics on Biosensor Surfaces • Study of Enzyme-Lipid Membrane Interaction onModel Lipid Membrane Arrays • Creating Well-Defined, Tailorable Polymer-Teth-ered Lipid Bilayers • The Electrical Response of DNA Brushes • Adsorption of Hydrophobically Modified DNA toMicelles, Liposomes, and Microemulsions • Mobility of Strongly Adsorbed Biopolymers onSupported Lipid Bilayers

Co2 Separation, Capture for Sequestration, andUtilization for Sustainable Development Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Pilot Plant Studies and Modeling of CO2 CaptureUsing an Amp Solution • Doped Oxygen Carriers for Inherent CO2 CaptureUsing Chemical Looping Combustion • Development of a New Recycling Process of ShellWaste Using High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide Solution • Novel Heavy Reflux PSA Cycles for the Recoveryof Carbon Dioxide at High Temperature with K-Pro-moted HTLC • Energy Dissipation for CO2 Injection with a StaticMixer for Ocean Sequestration • Ionic Liquids as Absorption Media for CO2 Capture • Enabling Sustainable Fossil Fuel Energy Conver-sion Systems: CO2 and SO2 Mineral Sequestrationand Utilization of Solid Byproducts • Novel High Temperature CO2 Acceptor Using Zir-conium-Based Alkali Mixed Oxides • Development of CO2 Injection Method “Cosmos”for CO2 Ocean Storage

Colloidal Hydrodynamics Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • On the Motion of Two Particles Translating withEqual Velocities through a Colloidal Dispersion • Active and Nonlinear Microrheology in the Large-Probe Limit: Direct Vs. Bulk Effects • Microstructure Response in a Colloidal Gel UsingLaser Tweezers • Simulations of Particle Transport through Colloidal Gels • One-Dimensional Diffusion of Colloids in Colloid-Polymer Mixtures • Noncontinuum Effects in Nanoparticle Dynamicsin Polymers • Particle Phase Pressure in Sheared Suspensions • Rheology and Structure Formation in Sheared Sus-

pensions of Elastic Particles • Lift Force on an Asymmetrically Rotating Particlein Confinement • Catalytic Nanomotor Modeling

Computational Genomics Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Global Pairwise Sequence Alignment Using Inte-ger Linear Optimization: a Path Selection Approach • Degenerative Sequence Motifs Identification • Using Multicellular Pathway Modeling to Gaugethe Stability of Tissue Differentiation • Selection of Informative Genes in Time-CourseGene Expression Data • A Hierarchical Approach to Identify PhenotypeRelevant Pathways • Metabolic and Genomic Analysis of Aceta-minophen Metabolism

Data Analysis for Process Operations Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Modeling and Optimization of Batch Process Oper-ation through Wavelet Analysis and MultivariateAnalysis • Quality-Based Retrimming Optimization • Stochastic-Based Accuracy of Data ReconciliationEstimators for Linear Systems • Integrated Operation Support System (IOPSS): theData Pre-Processing and Data Reconciliation Mod-ules • Uniting Data - and Model-Based Fault-DetectionFilters for Fault-Tolerant Control of Process Systems • Comparison of Decision Fusion Strategies forCombining Heterogeneous Diagnostic Fault Classi-fiers

Developments in Thermochemical andElectrolytic Routes to Hydrogen Production:Part II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13 • Hybrid Sulfur Cycle Flowsheets for Hydrogen Pro-duction from Nuclear Energy • Thermodynamic Modeling for the Hybrid SulfurProcess in ChemCad • Generation of Hydrogen Using Electrolyzer withSulfur Dioxide Depolarized Anode • Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen Via Ther-mochemical Cycles • Investigation of the Reactive Distillation Separa-tion for Hi-I2-H2 in the S-I Process for Thermo-chemical Hydrogen Production

Dynamic Simulation & Optimization Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • A Comprehensive Framework for Estimation andDynamic Optimization of Chemical Reaction Sys-tems • Optimal Operation of a Middle-Vessel Batch Reac-tive Distillation Process • Dynamic Re-Optimization and Control under Par-tial Plant Shutdown Scenarios • Dynamic Optimization Based on Adjoint Sensitivi-ty Computation • The Choice of Sensitivity Metrics in Model-BasedDesign of Optimal Experiments

Engineering Fundamentals of Drug Delivery Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Improving the Oral Delivery of Macromoleculesthrough the Study of Permeation Enhancers • Effect of Molecular Weight of Penetrants on Ion-tophoretic Transdermal Delivery in Vitro• Skin Enzymes Distribution in Transdermal DrugDelivery • Finite Element Model of Controlled Release Viathe Degradation and Erosion of a Polymer Matrix • Chemotherapy with Drug-Free Hybrid Liposomes • In Vivo Evaluation of Skin Permeability of Drugsafter Applying Adhesive Transdermal Patch • Physiological Modeling of Gastrointestinal Tract

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Entrepreneurial University - IndustryCollaborations: Multidisciplinary Structures,Technology Transfer and Women in Technology Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • Developing Value through Synergistic Universi-ty/Industry Collaborations • Can Industry-University Collaborations Con-verge? a Historical Perspective on Driving Forces • Industry and Entrepreneurial Partnerships ViaIntegrated Product and Process Design Courses atthe University of Florida • Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Pro-gram: Faculty Member Perspective • Open Innovation, Blurring Organizational Bound-aries and the Role of Entrepreneurial University -Industry Relationship • Careers of Women Scientists and Engineers inIndustrial Chemistry: Results from Project Enhance

Gas Phase Synthesis of Particles Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Influence of Gas-Phase Thermodynamics on theProducts of Flame Synthesis: from Oxides to Saltand Metal Nanoparticles • Synthesis of Core-Shell Nanoparticles and Mathe-matical Modeling of Exponential Relation of Parti-cle Size Variation with Precursor Concentration • Dual-Plasma Synthesis of Coated Nanoparticlesand Nanofluids • Production of Metallic Bismuth Nanoparticles byReducing Flame Spray Synthesis • Continuous Flow Plasma Microreactor Synthesisof Magnetic Nanoparticles • Mathematical Modeling of Nano-Particle Forma-tion and Evolution in Combustion Processes • In Situ Observation of Nucleation, Growth andAggregation in Flame Made Nanoparticles

Implantable Biomaterials in Honor of Stuart L.Cooper’s 65th Birthday Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • Welcoming Remarks • Smart Polymers Then and Now • Bioactive 3d Gel Matrices in Tissue Engineering • Engineered Polyurethane Surfaces for Drug Deliv-ery, Blood Compatibility and Tissue Engineering • Chemical Imaging of Drug/Polymer in PolymerFilms by Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman ScatteringMicroscopy • Clever Bugs: Microbial Hijacking of the Host CellAdhesion and Motility Systems

Incorporation of Product Design into ChemicalEngineering Education Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • Product Design as an Undergraduate Capstone atColumbia University • Integrating a High-Throughput Screening Lab andCase-Studies into Product Design Courses • Computer-Aided Product Design • Capstone Project Design Experiences on ProductDesign • Teaching Chemical Product Design • Management Support for the AIChE National Student Design Competition

Interfacial Flows I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • Oscillations of Drops Covered with a Monolayerof Insoluble Surfactant • Surfactant Effects on Drop Detachment • The Effect of Surfactant and Surfactant Solubilityon the Deformation and Breakup of a Bubble in aViscous Surrounding • Elastic and Surfactant Effects on Bubbles Risingin a Rectangular Capillary • Spreading of Surfactant-Bearing Drops on a SolidSurface

• Coalescence of Spreading Droplets on a WettableSubstrate • Thin Film Drainage and Drop Dynamics in Con-centrated Emulsions • Drop Coalescence in the Presence of an External Flow • Spontaneous Thermocapillary Interaction ofDrops: the Effect of Surface Exothermic Reaction • Buoyancy-Driven Motion and Deformation ofViscoelastic Drops • The Effect of Surfactant Solubility on the Defor-mation and Breakup of a Bubble in a Viscous Surrounding

Intracellular Processes Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Inferring Equilibrium Protein Binding Using FretImaging Data • The Effects of PPAR Modulation on Cox-2-Dependent Inflammation and Apoptosis in Shear-Activated Chondrocytes: a Role in Arthritis • Towards Quantitative Understanding of MassTransfer in the Endocytic Pathway • Apoptosis of Human Hepatocellular CarcinomaCell Is Regulated by Palmitic Acid through the Sig-nal Transduction from PKR to BCL-2 • Involvement of JNK in Cellular Trafficking ofAdherents Junction Proteins E-Cadherin and-Catenin: Implication to Cell-Cell Adhesion • Manipulation and Kinetic Analysis of Crosstalkbetween Pi 3-Kinase/Ak and RAS/ERK SignalTransduction Pathways • Analyzing the Stress Response Pathway in Sac-charomyces Cerevisiae

Introducing Chemical Engineering to K-12 throughExperimentation and Course Integration I Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • A Primer for Chemical Engineering Education/K-12 • Project Lead the Way: Introducing High SchoolStudents to Engineering

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• The Inspires Curriculum: Introducing K-12 Stu-dents to Engineering Design Using Inquiry-BasedLearning • Integrating Chemical Engineering as a Vehicle toEnhance Secondary School Science Instruction • The Great Orange Squeeze: Using Chemical Engi-neering and the Engineering Design Process to Pre-pare Middle School Educators for the MassachusettsEngineering Framework Requirements • Experimental Outreach Activities to Educate HighSchool Students and Attract Them to the Engineer-ing Profession • Introducing Bioprocess Engineering for K-12 Students • Using Hands-on Activities to Teach High SchoolStudents Chemical Engineering

Invited: in Honor of Larry Smith, Catalysis andReaction Engineering Division Practice AwardRecipient Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Some Color Commentary on Innovation • Experimental and Modeling Studies of ReactiveDistillation • Liquid-Continuous Distillation • Breaking the Low Temperature Barrier for SulfuricAcid Catalyzed Gasoline Alkylation

Invited: In Honor of Neal Amundson’s 90thBirthday, II Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• AC Field-Driven Dielectrophoresis and Phase Sep-aration in Suspensions • On Amundson’s Legacy • Thermodynamics of Atmospheric Aerosols • Optimization Based Predictive Control of SimulatedMoving Bed Process Using Subspace Identification • Solid Acid Catalyzed Alkylation of Isobutane with Butenes • The Challenges to Our Profession, Especially toReaction Engineering, in Meeting Future EnergyRequirements

Knowledge Management and OrganizationalLearning Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Knowledge Management and OrganizationalLearning? Show Me the Money! • Embedded Learning Using Wireless Networks andMobile Computing • They’re Not Just for Compliance Anymore; theValue of Compliance Management Systems in Job-Specific Training • Instructional Design as a Key Enabler for NewTechnology Implementation • Chemical and Reaction Knowledge Discovery forProcess Development • Speeding Innovation through Communities of Practice

Materials Synthesis and Processing with nearand Supercritical Fluids III: Polymers Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Fugacity Consideration in Bubble Nucleation ofPolymeric Foam Extrusion • Viscosity and Density of Poly (E-Caprolactone)Solutions in Acetone + Carbon Dioxide Binary FluidMixtures • Solubility and Spinodal Decomposition Analysisfor Thermoplastic Foams • Foaming Using a Polystyrene / Poly(MethylMethacrylate) Blend and Nanocomposites • Investigation of Processing and Cellular StructureFormation of Microcellular Polystyrene FoamsUsing Supercritical Carbon Dioxide • Solubilities of Blowing Agent Blends • Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Immobilized Den-drimers: Use of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as theProcessing Medium

Mathematical Modeling of Transport Processes Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21

• Off-Lattice Monte Carlo Simulation for HeatTransfer through Carbon Nanotube Composites • Early Time Analysis of Transport Processes • Mathematical Modeling of Percutaneous Absorp-tion of Volatile Organic Liquids • Analytical Modeling of the Forced GravityDrainage GAGD Process • Mathematical Modeling of New Phase Growth Dueto Solute Diffusion • Modeling of Non-Newtonian Reactive Systems inTubular Reactor • Analytical and Experimental Studies of MassTransfer and Separation of Species in a Wavy-Walled Tube by Imposed Fluid Oscillation • Simulations of Miscible Viscous Fingering Phenome-na Using Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Methods • Modeling Wave Enhanced Mass Transfer in FallingFilms Using Effective Diffusion Coefficients • Prediction of Tobacco Temperature and OxygenProfiles in Warehouse Aging Process • An Analogy between Chemical Reaction and HeatTransfer

Membrane Reactors Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • Membrane Reactor for the Partial Oxidation ofPropylene: Increasing the Yield of Acrolein • A Hybrid Adsorbent-Membrane Reactor (HAMR)System for Hydrogen Production • Oxygen Permeable Ceramic Membranes forHydrocarbon Conversion Reactors • Diffusion and Release of a Mobile Product in aReactive Membrane System • Reductive Degradation of Chlorinated Organics byMembrane-Supported Nanoparticles: Synthesis,Characterization and Modeling Study • Determining Factors Involved in the PreliminaryDesign of a Non-Isothermal Membrane Reactor • Water-Gas-Shift Membrane Reactor for Coal-to-Hydrogen Applications - an Overview • Hollow Fibre La0.6Sr0.4CO0.2Fe0.8O3- MixedConducting Membranes for Oxygen Separation andMethane Combustion

Microdevices in Separations Hilton San Francisco, Mason • Microfluidic Device for Nucleic Acid PurificationBased on Surface Adsorption to Colloidal Silica • Miniaturized Hydraulic Pumps with Nanofluidic Struc-tures for Microchip Liquid Chromatographic Devices • Magnetic Particle Sorting in Microfluidic DevicesFabricated Via Femtosecond Laser Ablation withSurface Modification • On-Chip High Speed Gas Chromatograph (GC)with Carbon Nanotube Sensors • Microdevices for the Demonstration of ActiveTransport through Liquid Crystalline Membranes • Microfluidic Device for Continuous Particle Sepa-ration Using Hydrodynamic Filtration

Mixing in Microdevices and Microreactors II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • Controlling Microfluidic Arrays for CombinatorialChemistry Using Multi-Functional Valves • A Microreactor System for Tissue Culture?: Pat-terns of Colonization and Growth of MammalianCells Cultured over Rotating Platforms • Mixing in the Formulation of Screens for Drug Leadsor Crystallization Conditions in Microfluidic Systems • Gas-Liquid Flow Characteristics in Microreactors • Modeling of Boiling in Micro-Capillaries by VOFMethod

Novel Techniques for MembraneCharacterization and Functionalization Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Pei/MCM-48 Composite Membranes for CarbonDioxide Separation • Modification of Ultrafiltration Membranes byAtom Transfer Radical Polymerization

• Characterization of the Gelation Process in thePreparation of Ppesk Asymmetric UltrafiltrationMembrane • Surface Modification of Membranes by InitiatedChemical Vapor Deposition • Characterizing Membrane Surface Charge by Con-tact Angle Titration • Surface Energies of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Mem-branes for Pervaporation • Fundamental Characterization of Surface MineralCrystallization on Aromatic Polyamide RO Mem-brane Surfaces • Surface Modification of Commercial Water Treat-ment Membranes by Ion Beam Irradiation

Particle Formation and Crystallization Processesfrom Liquids or Slurry Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • Study on Crystallization Phase Diagrams andKinetics Behaviors of Ketoprofen • Reactive Crystallization of Pharmaceuticals • Production of Small API Crystals Via PolymorphTransformation under High Shear • Real-Time Particle Size and Shape Characteriza-tion Using in-Process Video Imaging Process Ana-lytical Technology (Pat) in Dynamic Processes • On-Line Analysis of Reactive Precipitation Processes • Scale-up of Anti-Solvent Crystallization Using inSitu Tools and Computational Fluid Dynamics • Turbidity Spectra and Static Light Scattering inMie Scattering Regime for Monitoring of ParticleFormation Processes

Process Monitoring and Fault Detection II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Multiblock Process Monitoring and Agent-BasedControl of Spatially Distributed Processes • Optimal Structured Residuals for MultidimensionalFault Isolation Based on Multivariate PrincipalComponent Models • Analysis of Management Actions, Human Behav-ior, and Process Reliability in Chemical Plants • Integrating Fault Diagnosis and Fault-TolerantControl of Particulate Processes • Cluster Analysis for Continuous Chemical ProcessFault Diagnosis • Output Feedback Control of Nonlinear Systems Sub-ject to Constraints and Asynchronous Measurements• A Finite State Machine Framework for ControlPerformance Monitoring

Proteomic Systems Biology Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • A Model for Protein Translation: Polysome Self-Organization Leads to Maximum Protein Synthe-sis Rates • Protein Structure and Fold Recognition UsingAmino Acid Interaction Models • Using Atomic Properties to Identify PotentialReactants in Oxidoreductase Reactions • Initiation of Blood Coagulation: a Systems BiologyApproach • Proteome Changes after Metabolic Engineering toEnhance Aerobic Mineralization of Cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene • Comparative Metabolic Modeling with IntegratedProteomic Analysis of Synechocystis Sp. Pcc 6803during Light Versus Dark Cycling • Integrated Time-Series Metabolomic and Transcrip-tional Profiling Analyses of Arabidopsis ThalianaResponse to Elevated CO2 and Osmotic Stress

Self and Directed Assembly at the Nanoscale Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Structure and Dynamics of POSS-Based Nano-Composites • Templated Assembly of Two-Dimensional Hard-Rod Fluids • Anisotropic Nanoparticles Immersed in NematicLiquid Crystals

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SMB Separations Technology Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Continuous Voltage Gradients and Their Applica-tion to True Moving Bed Electrophoresis • Analysis of Zone and Pump Configurations inSimulated Moving Bed Purification of Insulin • Operation of Simulated Moving Bed in Presenceof Adsorbent Ageing • A Novel Configuration for Gradient Operation inSmb System • Multicolumn Countercurrent Solvent GradientPurification • Full Cycle Optimization of Simulated MovingBed Processes • Online Cycle to Cycle Optimizing Control of Vari-col and Simulated Moving Bed Processes

Stimuli Responsive Polymers Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Temperature Responsive and Biodegradable Den-dronized Copolymer for Controlled Release of Thera-peutic Agents across the Blood Brain Barrier (Bbb) • Nanoscale Characterization and in Vitro Behaviorof Poly(Methacrylic Acid-G-Ethylene Glycol) as anOral Delivery Device for Insulin • “Smart” Surfaces Formed by Diblock CopolymerBrushes • Investigation of Tethered Thermoresponsive n-Isopropylacrylamide Hydrogel Thin Films Via theIncorporation of Cadmium Selenide/Zinc SelenideNanoparticles • pH-Responsive Copolymer Films with AmineSide Chains • Tethered pH-Responsive Polymer Layers • Experimental and Theoretical Study of Light-Responsive Poly-Diacetylene Nanocomposites

Strategies in Biopharmaceutical Scale-up &Pilot Plants Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Cell Culture Process Scale-up and TechnologyTransfer for Large-Scale Therapeutic AntibodyManufacturing • Strategy to Fit a Downstream Purification Plat-form for an Early Stage Development, TherapeuticProtein into an Existing Pilot Plant • The Role of Process Modeling in BioprocessDevelopment and Technology Transfer • Biologics Pilot Plant Renovation to EnhanceBioreactor and Facility Capacity and Flexibility • Multi-Dimensional Model for Prediction andScale-up of Lyophilization • Scale up of Fluid Mixing Parameters in Bio-Phar-maceutical Processes • From Petrochemicals to Pharmaceuticals: RapidScale-up of Penicillin by an Academia-IndustryConsortium Including Shell Development Companyduring World War II

Synthetic Systems Biology II Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Optimizing Biological Circuits: Integrating Ratio-nal Design with Directed Evolution • HIV’s Evolution of Resistance to Antiviral GeneTherapy Is Predictable and Utilizes Novel Coopera-tive Mechanisms • Engineering Ligand-Regulated RNAI Substratesas Novel Tools for Probing and Programming Cel-lular Systems

• Tunable Promoters for the Synthesis and Analysisof Functional Gene Networks • Computational Design of Synthetic Biological Circuits • Computer Aided Design of Modular ProteinDevices: Logical “and” Gene Activation • In Vitro Integration of Multiple Metabolic Sys-tems for the Production of Membrane Proteins

Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Behavior II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • Area 1a Keynote Address: Thermodynamics forthe Design of Smart Surfactants and Ligands inPharmaceutical, Environmental, and EnergyApplications • Phase Equilibria in the Ternary System of CarbonDioxide–Tetrahydrofuran-Water at Gas HydrateForming Conditions • Cosmo-Sac in Drug Design: Prediction of Parti-tion Coefficients • A Statistical Associating Fluid Theory for Elec-trolyte Solutions • Condensed Phase Behavior of Benzene UsingMonte Carlo Simulations • Molecular Simulation of Three-Body Interactionson Vapor-Liquid and Solid-Liquid Phase Equilibria • Extension of Scaled Particle Theory: StatisticalMechanics of Hard Sphere Pairs

Transport at Interfaces II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Adsorption and Absorption of Polymeric Surfac-tants Onto and into Soft Contact Lenses • Transport of Water and Ions across the Cunjuncti-va and Its Effect on Ocular Tear Dynamics • Flow Instability on Molecular Scale • Modeling Transport and Kinetics of CrystalGrowth from Solution • Dynamics of Impact of Drops on a Substrate withSmall-Scale Features • Reflectivity Based Analysis of Contact LineBehavior and Microscale Heat Transfer in BinaryUltrathin Films • Effects of Charge Discreteness on ElectrostaticInteractions in Colloidal Dispersions • Large Dynamic Contact Angles

Utilization of DNA, Protein and Biological Cells Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Delivery of DNA, Proteins, and Cells withInjectable Hydrogels • Bionanoparticles for Pinpoint Delivery of Genesand Drugs • Engineering Modular Protein Polymer Vectors forGene Delivery • Protein-Mediated Synthesis of Uniform Super-paramagnetic Magnetite Nanocrystals • Bioimaging of Phosphorylation of ERK1 in LivingCell Using Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer • Insulin Delivery from Genetically Modified Pan-creatic Islets • Use of Liposome Encapsulated Hemoglobin(LEH) as an Oxygen Carrier to Cultured Cells

Water Quality Sensing and Detection Methods Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring • DNAzyme-Based Nanosensors for Heavy Metalsand Radionuclides • Identification of Toxic Chemicals in ActivatedSludge System by Denaturing High-PerformanceLiquid Chromatography • Development of a Biosensor for Cryptosporidiumin Drinking Water • A New Hybrid Metal Oxide Particle as Sensor forDissolved Heavy Metals

MONDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2006 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM SBE’s James Bailey Award Lecture Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A

MONDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2006 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Engineering Education Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • The Use of a Simple Tank Level Process for theIllustration of Basic Control Concepts • A Simple and Effective Strategy to Motivate Stu-dents When Teaching Technical and EconomicalAnalysis in Engineering Programs • Reconnecting Chemical Engineering Studentswith the Physical World • Recruiting Middle School Girls to Engineering andInformation Technology with Computer Mania Day • Biochemical Extractions: Journal of LaboratoryReports • Energy Requirement and Available Energy Consumption • Thermo-Graphics: a Graphical Presentation ofChemical Engineering Thermodynamics Based onMathematica, Karl B. Schnelle, Jr., Chemical Engi-neering Department, Vu Station B 351604, Vander-bilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37235-1604 • Developing Metacognitive Engineering Teamsthrough Studying Learning Preferences • Concept Mapping for Chemical Engineering • Impulse: Innovative Process Design and How toTeach It • Improving the Unit Operations Lab: Design Meth-ods and Process Simulation as Basic Tools in theDistillation of Binary Mixtures • A Fuel Cell Module for a Chemical Process Con-trol Course • Pivots: Service Learning at the Science, Theatre &Magic Boundary • Student and Faculty Attitudes Towards ClassroomUse of Tablet PCS

Graduate Student Award Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Carbon Monoxide Oxidation on Platinum ClustersAdsorbed on Pristine and Boron-Doped CarbonSupports: a DFT Investigation • Optimization of the Solid-State Shear ExtrusionProcess for Low-Cross-Link-Density Natural Rub-ber with a Gaussian Slip-Link Model • First Principles, Experiments, and Microkinetic Mod-eling of the Water-Gas-Shift Reaction on Pt(111) • Polythiophene Forcefield Parameterization • DFT Modeling of Electrocatalytic Reactions • DFT Calculations of the Atomic Layer DepositionGrowth Mechanisms of High-ΚGate Dielectric Oxides • Ab Initio and MD Studies of the Catalyst – NafionInterfacial Region in PEM Fuel Cells • Theoretical Study on Elementary Reactions in theMethanol-to-Olefin Process • Nanoscale Structures, Breaking the Limits • Parallel Monte Carlo Simulations through Sequen-tial Updating Algorithms • Effect of Confinement on Chemical Reactions • Multiscale Modeling of Polystyrene in the Solu-tion and in the Melt • A Multiscale Approach for Phase Behavior, Struc-ture and Macroscopic Properties of Colloidal Sus-pensions in Polymeric Fluids • Force Field Development for 1,4-Dioxane andMolecular Simulation of Its Adsorption from Water • Viscosity Calculation of Model Asphalt MixtureSystems

Particle Technology Forum Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Aggregation of Gold Nanoparticles: Experimentsand Modeling • Reducing Flame Spray Synthesis of Bismuth: PureMetal Nanoparticles and Bulk NanocrystallineSamples • Release Profile of Phenanthrene into CoumarinModified MCM-41 • Gas-Phase Synthesis of Pure Anatase Nanoparticles • Nanoparticle Synthesis Using a Two-Stage Spray

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Pyrolysis Generator • Natural Coating, Protein Adsorption on Nanoparticles • In Vitro Cytotoxicity Studies of Oxides Nanoparti-cles and Comparison to Asbestos • Novel Nano-Particle Based Damping Systems • Controlling the Interparticle Forces of Nanoparti-cles Using Atomic Layer Deposition • Effect of Dry Particle Coating on Packing Densityof Cohesive Powders under Low Consolidation • Effect of Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticle onOsteoblast Survival • Coating Variation at the Edge of a Tablet: anExperimental and Modeling Study of Droplet ImpactBehavior • Precipitation Using Carbon Dioxide as a Solvent ina Closed-Loop Thermosyphon • Surface Modification of Cobalt-Substituted FerriteNanoparticles • Design of an Electrochemical Adsorption Cell withunder Control Particles Deposition • Synthesis of Polyoxometalate Nanoparticles fromAqueous Foams • An Experimental Investigation into the Effect ofMoisture Content of Salt on Its Flow Properties • Detailed Flow Modeling of Fluid Bed Processes inthe Pharmaceutical Industry • General Synthetic Route toward Functional HollowSpheres with Double-Shelled Structures • Voidage Wave Instability in a Vibrated Liquid-Fluidized Bed • Formation Kinetics and Characteristics of LeadSulfate Nanocrystals in Reverse Microemulsion • Fluorescent Quantum Dot-Polymer Nanocompos-ite Particles for Biological Labels

Pictures of Pilot Plants and University UnitOperation Labs Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Pilot Plant for Distillation and Extraction Testing • Pilot Plants for the Chemical Process Industry (2) • The Ohio State University — Chemical EngineerUndergraduate Teaching Lab • Unit Operations at the University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign • Scale down: Unusual “Pilot Plants” and Unit Operations • Abbott Laboratories Fermentation and SeparationPilot Plants • The Undergraduate Laboratories at University ofNotre Dame

Poster Session: Interfacial Phenomena Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Using Nanoparticles as Seeds for NucleatingOrganic Nanorods • Interfacial Behavior from First Principles • Test-Area Simulation Method for the Direct Deter-mination of the Interfacial Tension • Controlling the Passage of Colloidal Particlesacross an Amphiphilic Membrane • Drop’s Line Energy as a Function of Drop Size –Resolving a Long Standing Puzzle • One-Dimensional Simulation of Alkaline/Surfac-tant/Polymer Process for Enhanced Oil Recovery • Rheological Behavior of Fluids with MicrobubbleSuspension and Surface Morphology of Microbub-ble Coating Materials • High-Pressure Contact Angle Goniometry and Pen-dant Drop Tensiometry for the Design of Surfactantsfor the CO2-Water Interface • Biocompatible Surfactants for Dispersion-BasedPressurized Metered-Dose Inhalers • Electrowetting of Water Droplet under an AC Electric Field • Double-Carrier Systems as Novel Drug DeliveryVehicles • Cracking in Wet Coatings of Aqueous ColloidalDispersions • Monte Carlo Simulations of Equilibrium ReactionsInvolving Charge Separation at a Vapor-Liquid Interface

• The Electrostatic Force between Dielectric Bodies • Using NMR to Characterize Brine/Crude OilEmulsion Formation and Stability • A Molecular Approach for the Development ofHydrofluoroalkane-Based Pressurized Metered-Dose Inhaler Formulations • Novel Nanosturctures of Polyaniline Via InterfacialPolymerization • NMR Investigation of Polymerization-InducedMicrophase Separation in Bis(Triethoxysilyl)Ethane • The Motion of a Charged Water Droplet in Dielec-tric Fluid under Electric Field • Critical Point of Electrolyte Mixtures • Effect of Preparation Method on the Formation ofMultilamellar Liposomes and Unilamellar Vesiclesof Dilauroylphosphatidylcholine • Controlling of Particle Interactions with ProcessPipes in Calcite Mineral Processing to PreventDepositions • Direct Force Measurements for AnalyzingNanoparticle Stabilized Suspensions • Investigating Model Peptides on Surfaces UsingXPS, SIMS and NEXAFS • Rapid Deposition of Nanocoatings and Wires fromAligned Tobacco Mosaic Virus • Pattern Formation by Dip Coating and Evaporationof Colloidal Suspensions • Advanced MVD Methods • Charge Heterogeneity at the Crude Oil-Water Inter-face: a Probabilistic Study • External Reflection-Absorption Ft-Ir Spectroscopyof HTAB, DTAB and C12e1 Molecules at Air/WaterInterface • Rheology of Bacterial Films at Hexadecane-WaterInterface • Formation of Rod-Shaped Calcite Crystals and TheirUse as Templates for Silica and Titania Nanotubes • A Branched Hybrid: Inducing Fatty Acid Nanorodsfrom CdSe-MUA Nanoparticles • A Novel Approach to Determine Critical MicelleConcentration of Surfactant Based on the FirstDerivative Treatment of Fluorescence Characteris-tics of Pyrene • Novel Surface Coatings Using Electrostatic-Based,Controlled Multilayer Adsorption of Nanoparticles • Predicting Diffusivity in Quenched-Annealed Systems

Poster Session: Materials Engineering andSciences Division Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Tuning Pore Size of Mesoporous Carbon Via Con-fined Activation Process • Plasma-Radiation Enhanced Nanofiber-Thermo-plastic Composites • Preparation and Characterization of Organic-Inor-ganic Nanostructured Hybrid Coatings • Conductive Polythiophene/Zeolite Composites asCO and SO2 Sensors • Modeling of Chain Sequence Distribution in Ther-moplastic Condensation Terpolymers • The Application and Modeling of Nano-StructuredPolymeric Liquid Films in Head-Disk Interface • Gelation, Pore Structure, and Ionic Conductivity inSilico-Phosphate Proton Exchange Glass Membranes • Molecular Simulations of Chemically CrosslinkedPolyelectrolyte Networks in Salt Solutions • Production of Molybdenum and Tungsten CarbideUltrasonically Dispersed Nanocrystallites • Combinatorial Study of Polyvinylidene FluorideNetwork Membranes for PEM Fuel Cells • Preparation of Highly Catalytically Active Cu/Znoand Cu/Zno/Al2O3 Materials by Metal-OrganicChemical Vapor Deposition • Synthesis of Complex Hydride Reversible Hydro-gen Storage Materials • Advances in Military Coatings Systems • Adsorption of Dibenzothiophene and Its AlkylDerivatives in Polymers Containing Hydroxyl andAmino Groups • Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Flex-

ible Side-Chain-Containing Polyimides • Effect of Salt on Gold Nanoparticles Formation inPEO-Pp-PEO Block Copolymer Solutions • Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-B-Polycaprolactone Nanopar-ticles and Their Use as Drug Delivery Vehicles • Conductivity and Gas Sensing Properties of Nan-ocluster Iron Oxide Aerogel • Self-Assembly in the Formation of MesoporousSilica Aerosolized Particles Containing FluorescentPolymers and Drugs for Sensor and ControlledRelease Applications • Surface Modification of Deep-Grooved FibersUsing Hydrophilic Migratory Additives • Studying Different Factors on Corrosion of CoatedTitanium Anodes in a NaCl Solution • The Kinetics of Reducing End-Specific Exo-Act-ing Cellobiohydrolases • Surface Coverage, Structure, and Hybridization Behav-ior of Mixed DNA/Alkylthiol Monolayers on Gold • Investigation of Corrosion with Material Selectionin Flue Gas Desulfurization & Waste IncinerationSystems • Investigation of Corrosion of Reinforcement Con-crete with Different Pozzolans in the Sour System • Controlling Diffusion Properties of Peg Hydrogelsby Varying Polymerization Characteristics • Altering the Mechanical Properties of Protein-Based Polymers • Gas Barrier Properties of Polymeric Films withHybrid Organic/Inorganic Coatings • Temperature-Sensitive Copolymers of n-Isopropyl-Acrylamide and N,n-Dimethylacrylamide: Applicationin Hyperthermia-Directed Gene Delivery • Swelling Behavior of End-Linked Pamam-PegHydrogels • Preparation of Ni-Supported Mesoporous Silica byIntercalation Treatment • Synthesis of Mesoporous Tio2 Particles UsingReplication from Mesoporous Silica Materials • Nanoscale Morphology of Ionomer Systems • The Effects of Different Silanes and Metal SurfaceTreatments on the Binding of Chitosan as Investigatedby Mechanical and Biological Testing • Viscoelastic Scaling, Bubble Nucleation andGrowth in Microcellular Extrusion Foaming of aPolystyrene Carbon-Dioxide System • Curing of Montmorillonite Modified Epoxy-Poly-sulfone Blends • Responsive, Cross-Linked Layers Based on Ben-zophenone-Modified Poly-(n-Isopropylacrylamide)Polymers • Absorption and Diffusion in Bio-Based Polymer Films • Template Synthesis of Mesoporous Tin Oxide withHigh Thermal Stability • New Synthetic Route for the Incorporation of AuNanostructure (Particles and Wires) into the Pores ofMCM-41 • Luminescent Mesostructure Lanthanide Com-plex/Silica Nanocomposites Via Assembly ofBridged 2, 6-Diaminopyridine Silsesquioxanes • Dispersions of Core-Shell Dielectric Nanoparticlesand the Optimization of Uv Scattering andAbsorbance to Minimize the Transmittance of NovelSunscreen Materials • The Enhanced Barrier Effects and Thermal Proper-ties of Polymer/Alumina Nanocomposites Fabricat-ed by Atomic Layer Deposition • Novel, High-Strength Nanostructured CompositesPrepared with Layer-by-Layer Assembly Technique • Development and Characterization of Magnetorhe-ological Elastomers • Assessment of the Biological Stability of Hemo-globin I from Lucina Pectinata and Myoglobin fromHorse Skeletal Muscle in Ionic Hydrophilic PolymerNetworks • The Effect of Processing Variables on the Rate ofWater Absorption by Wood Plastic Composites • Composite Materials of Thermo-Responsive Poly-mer Networks and Inorganic Nanoparticles • Study of the Effects of Halogenated and Non-Halo-

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Poster Session: Nanoscale Science andEngineering Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Modeling of Transport through NanocompositeMembranes • On the Origin of a Permanent Dipole Moment in

Cubic Nanocrystals • Aqueous-Core Capsules Via Direct InterfacialPolymerization • Cobalt Nanoparticles by Reducing Flame Synthesis • Release of Gold Nanoparticles from PhytominedBiomass by Enzymatic Digestion • One-Pot Synthesis of Hierarchically StructuredMetal Oxides • Synthesis and Applications of Thin Ceramic Filmswith Oriented Nanopores Formed by Evaporation-Driven Self-Assembly • Generation of Kinetic “Phase Diagrams” for Self-Assembled Nanopattern Formation in Heteroepi-taxy Via Hierarchical Multiscale Modeling • Controlling the Quantum Wire Quality in Crys-talline Titanosilicates ETS-4 and ETS-10 • Europium Doped Yttrium Oxide Nanoparticle-SilicaComposite as an Energy-Efficient Phosphor Material • Study of Recognition between Bacteria and Anti-body Molecules on Peg Tethered Silicon-BasedBiosensors by Atomic Force Microscopy • Nanomechanical Property Measurement of Super-oxide Dismutase Aggregates Via an Atomic ForceMicroscope Tip-Induced Molecular Pulling • Direct Force Balance Method for AFM LateralForce Calibration • Fabrication of Polypyrrole Nanotubes Using Elec-trospun Hydrophobic Polymer Nanofiber Templates • Ab Initio Band Structure Studies of Pristine Sili-con Nanowires • Pore Expansion in Fluorinated and HydrocarbonSurfactant Templated Silica Thin Films Due toSupercritical Carbon Dioxide Processing • Determination of the Magnetic Anisotropy Constantfor Magnetic Nanoparticles Using a Debye Model • Synthesis and Growth Kinetics of ZnS and CdSQuantum Dots Via Reverse Micelles • Rheological Studies of Nanoparticle EmbeddedLinear Chain Polymer under Shear Using MolecularDynamics Simulations • Dendrimer-Directed Synthesis of Shell Cross-Linked Nanocages with Amine Interior Walls • Surface Modification of Magnetite (Fe3O4)Nanoparticles for Cancer Treatment • Dendrimer-Assisted Low-Temperature Growth ofCarbon Nanotubes by Plasma-Enhanced ChemicalVapor Deposition • Effects of Surface Properties on Solid-SupportedTwo-Dimensional Protein Crystals • Simcell: Simulation of Discrete Nanoscale Trans-port in Cells • Temperature Profile in the Oscillatory Behavior ofDouble-Walled Carbon Nanotubes • High Aspect Ratio Uv-Nano-Embossing Using aNovel Low Cost Nano-Mold Fabrication Technique • Oriented Composite Mesostructures underNanoscale Confinement • Non-Linear Deformation of Tethered Sio2Nanocomposites • Influence of Chaotic Mixing on Morphology andRheological Property of Polypropylene/Nano-Cal-cium Carbonate Composite • Nanobumps Created with Polystyrene Spheres and248nm or 308nm Laser Pulses

TUESDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2006 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM (22b) Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnologyfor Sensors I Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Electrochemical Sensor for Toxic ChemicalsBased on Nanodeposit and Enzyme • Nanostructured Biosensor for Detecting Neuro-pathic Agents • High Density Microchip Biosensors Using IntactLiposome Arrays • Controlled Assembly of Multi-ComponentNanowires by DNA Hybridization • Highly Sensitive Biomolecular FluorescenceDetection Using Nanoscale Zinc Oxide Platforms

• Electrical Characterization of Lipid MembraneSupported Onto Silicon Nanowires • Carbon Nanotube Complexes for the SelectiveDetection of DNA Sequences

Advanced Oxidation Processes Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • Enhancement of Photcatalytic Mineralization ofPhenol in the Presence of Ferric Ions: Kinetic Mod-eling and Parameter Estimation • Free Radical Chemistry as the Underpinning forAdvanced Oxidation Processes • Use of Pulsed Corona Discharge Reactors(PCDR): Results for Protein Degradation in Aque-ous Phase • Electrochemical Oxidation and Mineralization ofAcetaldehyde • Anodic Oxidation of Wastewater Constituents;Investigation of Process Parameters • Advanced Oxidation Processes; the Role of theRedox Couple Fe+3/Fe+2 • Evaluation of Chemical Oxidizer-Soil Interactionsand Their Impact on the Efficiency of in situ Chem-ical Oxidation

Advances in Electrokinetics and Electrophoresis- Particles and Biomolecules Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Electrolyte Dependent Aggregation or Separationof Micron Sized Particles in Low Frequency AC-Electric Fields • Isotachophoresis: from Grams to Nanograms • Use of Photopolymerized Sol-Gel for ChemicalAnalysis • Potential Pathogen Destruction Technique: Reduc-tion of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Viability in aDielectrophoretic Field • Numerical Simulations of Electrokinetically-Dri-ven Capture of Viral Particles inside Media of HighIonic Strength • Effect of Electro-Advective Based Flows on Opti-mal Separation Times for Biomacromolecules

Advances in Liquid Separation Membranes andApplications Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Interfacially Polymerized Thin Film CompositeMembranes Based on Microporous PolypropyleneHollow Fibers • Nano-Structured Compaction Resistant Thin FilmComposite Membranes • Methodological Assessment of Nanofiltration Mem-brane Performance Based on Surface Properties • Controlled Graft Polymerization as a Tool forMembrane Surface Modification • Cleaning of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Fouledby Combined Organic Foulants • The Development of Chemically Modified P84Co-Polyimide Membranes for Cu(II) RemovalUsing Supported Liquid Membranes with Pro-longed Stability • Concentration of Single-Cell Dunaliella in Solu-tion and Recycle of Nutrient Components fromAlgal Residue by UF

Advances in Protein Engineering (I) Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Understanding the Reaction Mechanism of ProteinSplicing in Order to Gain Insights for the Engineer-ing of Interns • Antibody Affinity Maturation Using Computation-al Protein Design • Computation-Guided Design of Arac RegulatoryProtein Effector Specificity • Application of the Consensus Concept forIncreased Thermostability of Enzymes • A General Method to Directly Improve KineticStability of Enzymes without Reducing Activity • Engineering Transcription Factors with NovelDNA-Binding Specificity Using Comparative

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Genomics • Genetic Selection of Stable Single-ChainImmunotherapeutics in the Cytoplasm ofEscherichia Coli

Artificial Organs, Bioreactors and DiseaseModeling Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Network-Based Mechanistic Model for TumorGrowth Development • Modeling of Endovascular Coil Embolisation ofCerebral Aneurysms • Origami - the Retrosynthesis of Organ • Cells Culture in Perfusion Bioreactors: Analysisand Selection of Scaffold Channelling StructureBased on Reynolds and Peclet Numbers • Three-Dimensional Cell Seeding and Culture inNovel Radial-Flow Perfusion Bioreactor • A Porous Perfusion Bioreactor That PossessMicrochannels: Its Fabrication by Selective LaserSintering and Preliminary Value of Culture ofHuman Hepatoma Hep G2 Cells • Kinetics of Nitric Oxide Interactions with a Cys-teine-Modified Polymer

Biomaterial and Scaffold Design for TissueEngineering Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 4 • Biodegradable and Photopolymerizable Hydrogelsfor Tissue Engineering Application Based onPoly(Ethylene Glycol) and Diacid Monomers • Biodegradable Fumarate-Based Polyhipes as Tis-sue Engineering Scaffolds • Mechanically Stimulated PhotopolymerizedHydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Engineering • Recent Progress on Developing Advanced Methodsand Materials for Fabricating Hierarchically StructuredTissue Engineering Scaffolds Using Stereolithography • Three-Dimensional Neuronal Culture on InvertedColloidal Crystal Hydrogel Scaffold Modified withLayer-by-Layer Assembled Single-Wall CarbonNanotubes • Development of Microvascularized Tissue-Engi-neered Products: Flow Characterization and ScaffoldFabrication • Multiple Channel Bridges Releasing BioactiveFactors to Promote Spinal Cord Regeneration

Biomolecules at Interfaces III - EngineeredInterfaces for Implants and Sensors Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Polymer Brush Layers with Variation of Grafting Den-sity for Peptide Adsorption and Cell Adhesion Studies • Understanding the Non-Fouling Mechanism byPaired Experiments and Simulations • “Clicking” Biomolecules Onto Alkyne-Functional-ized Surfaces • Dynamics of Novel Multifunctional, IntelligentMucoadhesive Copolymers • Peptoid Analogues of Lung Surfactant Protein C • Toward Label-Free Electrochemical Sensing ofNucleic Acids • Detection of Antibody Binding to a Tethered Vesi-cle Assembly Using QCM-D • Thermally Induced Conformational Changes inMacromolecules Detected on a Microcantilever Surface • Reactions of Amino Acids on SiB and Ge Surfaces

Building Drug Delivery into Tissue Engineering Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • DNA Loaded Multiple Channel Bridges for SpinalCord Regeneration • Microfluidic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering • Enhancing Nanoparticle Penetration in the Brainby Convection Enhanced Delivery and EnzymaticDegradation of the Extracellular Matrix • Calcium Phosphate Shell Delivery System forBone Repair • Osteoblast Response to Amorphous Calcium Phos-phate in Vitro

• The Hydroxyapatite Affinity and Binding Kineticsof Peptides Modified with Bisphosphonates,Poly(Aspartic Acid), and Poly(Glutamic Acid) • Affinity Hydrogels: Tailored Protein Delivery fromPermissive Tissue Engineering Matrices

Case Studies in Product Design - I Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Engineering Skin Lotions • A Modeling Strategy for Optimal Solvent Compo-sition Selection in the Design of a New API Process • Property Clustering Techniques for ExperimentalDesign • Development of Web-Based on-Line OptimizationSystem • Development of Fats and Oils Blend Using Case-Based Reasoning • A Systematic Property Clustering Approach toMolecular Design

Catalysis with Microporous and MesoporousMaterials I Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Kinetics, Mechanism, and Structure Requirementsfor Selective Terminal Oxidation of Linear Alkaneson Mn-Modified Microporous Catalysts • The Role of Surface Modification of MesoporousSilica on the Reactivity and Stability of Supported Au • Dealuminated Y Zeolite-Supported MononuclearIridium Complexes with Reactive Ethylene Ligands:Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalysis of Ethyl-ene Hydrogenation • Stability and Reactivity of Re- and Mo- ZSM5 Cat-alysts for Ch4 and C3h8 Conversion • Aromatization of n-Octane over ZSM-5 ZeoliteCatalysts and Its Reaction Pathways • Solid Acid Porous Catalysts for the Transformationof 1-Adamantanol • A Novel Approach for Preparing HeterogenizedHomogeneous Catalysts in Mesoporous PolymerSupports

Colloidal Assembly and Fabrication Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • Engineering Novel Colloidal Crystal StructuresUsing DNA-Mediated Self-Assembly • Programmed Self-Assembly of a Biosensor toProbe Cell Adhesion Interactions • Columnar Self-Assembly of Nanodisks • Properties of Surface-Anisotropic Polystyrene Particles • The Controlled Synthesis of Complex Microparti-cles Using Continuous Flow Lithography and TheirSelf-Assembly • Shape Selectivity in the Assembly of Lithographi-cally-Designed Particles • Unexpected Correlations Observed in Two-Dimen-sional Ordered Arrays of Colloidal ParticlesDeposited on Patterned Polyelectrolyte MultilayerSurfaces

Colloidal Dispersions I - Interactions & Assembly Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Surface-Induced Attraction between like-ChargedParticles at the Oil-Water Interface • Jamming and Melting in Colloidal Suspensions ofpH-Responsive Hydrogels • Impeded Dynamics of Colloidal Suspensions underConfinement • Colloidal Interactions at an Oil-Water Interface • Engineered Assembly of Uniform HierarchicallyPorous Patches from Metal Nanoparticles • In-Suspension Fabrication of Multi-Material Col-loidal Doublets • Imaging Interfacial Energy Landscapes with Con-centrated Diffusing Colloidal Probes

Combustion Reaction Engineering Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Reduction Kinetics of COo-NiO/Al2o3 OxygenCarrier for Chemical-Looping Combustion

• Comparative Evaluation of Novel Oxygen Carriersfor Chemical Looping Combustion • Larger Unsaturated Radicals under CombustionConditions • Hydrothermal Flames in a Novel SupercriticalWater Oxidation (SCWO) Reactor • Three-Dimensional Microscale Numerical Simula-tion of Smoldering • Modeling Evaporation and Microexplosion ofWater-in-Alkane Emulsion Droplets • Ignition Mechanisms of Metal-Coated AluminumParticles

Complex-Fluid and Bio-Fluid Dynamics I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • Flow of Polymer Solutions in Nonuniform Channels • Bead-Rod Simulation of DNA Dynamics in Con-verging/Diverging Micro/Nanofluidics • Trapping Pathogens with Secondary Stagnation Flows • Hydrodynamic Interactions in Semidilute DNASolutions in Microfluidic Flow • Ergodicity-Breaking and Glassy Dynamics in theStretching Flows of Single Polymer Molecules • Dynamics of Macromolecules in Two-DimensionalLinear Flows with Rotation: Is There Another Coil-Stretch Transition? • DNA Dynamics in Nanofluidic Channels • Near-Contact Motion of Deformable Surfactant-Covered Drops • 3-D Imaging of Unsteady Fluid Flow inMicrochannels • Sagging and Hoisting of a Viscoelastic Filament

Composites I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 6 • Mechanical Studies of Cellulose Nanocrystals-Polymer Composite Thin Films • Novel Approach for Joining Carbon-Carbon Com-posites Using High-Temperature HeterogeneousCombustion Reactions • Preparation, Structure, and Properties of Nanoparticlesand Long Fibers Reinforced Thermoset Composites • Modeling of Polymer Melts Containing Short andLong Glass Fiber. Part II: the Simulation of InjectionMolded Parts • Interlayer Toughening of Vinyl Ester MatrixComposites Using Electrospun Nano- and Meso- Fibers • Experimental Investigations of the Protection Capabil-ities of Novel Chemical Protective Substrates • Environmentally Friendly Polymers and Compos-ites for Military Applications

Developments in Thermochemical andElectrolytic Routes to Hydrogen Production:Part III Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • Evaluation of Alternate Thermochemical Cycles • A New Methodology to Screen Water SplittingCycles for Hydrogen Production • An Algorithm for Systematic Generation of Ther-mochemical Cycles for Water Splitting • Application of a Process Model-Free Analysis toThermochemical Systems for Large-Scale HydrogenProduction • Reaction Kinetics of the High Temperature ZnoDissociation Step in a 2-Step Solar ThermochemicalWater Splitting Process • Investigation of the Water Reduction with ZincPowder Aerosol to Form Hydrogen Fuel

Disease Therapies and Diagnostics Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • An Injectable Polymeric Device for Drug Deliveryand Sensing • Application of Immunomagnetic Cell Enrichmentin Combination with Rt- Pcr for the Detection ofRare Circulating Cancer Cells in Peripheral Bloodand Bone Marrow from Patients with Head andNeck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

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ber 17• Cd4+ T-Cell Epitope Identification Using YeastDisplaying Single Chain Class II Mhc Molecules asArtificial Apcs • Detection of Active Amyloid-Beta Species Usinga Quartz Crystal Microbalance • Development of Novel Sialic Acid ContainingPolymers for Use in Alzheimer’s Disease • Assessment of Islet Quality • Metabolic Re-Engineering for Obesity Drug Tar-get Identification: Flux Analysis and Gene Profilingof Forced Uncoupling Protein 1 Expression in 3t3-L1 Cells

Distillation Honors: Zarko Olujic I Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Academia and Industry: a Perpetual Marriage forDistillation • Separation Efficiency Estimation without MassTransfer Coefficients: a New Approach for Struc-tured Packed Columns • Modeling the Hydrodynamics of Last-GenerationCatalytic Structured Packings • Trays or Packing for Acid Gas Absorbers? • Towards the Practical Application of the InternallyHeat-Integrated Distillation Columns (HIDIC) • Mass Transfer Performance of an Annular HeatIntegrated Sieve Tray

Engineering of Novel Therapeutic Devices Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Blends of L-Tyrosine Based Polyurethanes andPolyphosphate for Biomedical Applications • Reversible Modulating Gels Via Tertiary Confor-mation Switching of RNA Motifs • Skin-Cad®: Pharmacokinetic Model for Transder-mal Drug Delivery • In Vitro Investigation of Oral Insulin DeliverySystems Using Lectin Functionalized ComplexationHydrogels • Microdermabrasion of Skin for Drug and VaccineDelivery • Rapid Drug Microadministration toward NeuronUsing Electrochemical Micropump for Brain Therapy • Novel Alternating Copolymer Structures for Tar-geted in Vivo Imaging and Therapy in Cancer

Fundamental Research in Transport Processes I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Transport and Spatial Pattern of IntracellularOrganelles • Theory and Experiments for the SurfactantAdsorption from Micellar Solutions Onto an Initial-ly Clean Air/Water Interface: Evidence of the DirectMicelle Adsorption Route • Driving Force for Molecular Diffusion: Compari-sion between Theory and Simulation • Multicomponent Diffusion: Tests of Existing Theories • Small Molecule Diffusion in Semicrystalline Polymers • Dispersion in Porous Media for MulticomponentSystems • Diffusion of a Single Polymer Chain in ColloidalSuspensions in Narrow Channels • A New Kinetic Model for Gas Hydrates UsingCollision Theory

Fundamentals of Environmental Catalysis I Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Conversion of Hydrogen Sulfide in Coal Gases toLiquid Element Sulfur and Gaseous Carbonyl Sulfide • Formation of Liquid Element Sulfur and CarbonylSulfide by Oxidizing Hydrogen Sulfide in Coal Gases • Interactions of Sulfur with High Surface Area Car-bides and Nitrides • Cleanup of Coal Gases by Removing HydrogenSulfide in the Form of Liquid Element Sulfur • Titania-Based Nanocomposite Materials as HighlyActive Photocatalysts • Polyols and Organic Acids Adsorption Onto Acti-vated Carbon, and Its Role on Aqueous-Phase Cat-alytic Hydrogenation Rates

• Selection of an Efficient Catalyst for the CatalyticWet Air Oxidation of Orange II: a Mono Azo Dye • Impact of Electrode Surface Morphology on theElectrochemical Reduction Kinetics of Nitroaro-matics and Cyclic Nitramines Mixtures • Electrocatalytic Dechlorination of 2-Chloro-biphenyl at a Palladium Modified Granular-Graphite-Packed Electrode

Fundamentals of Fluidization I: in Honor ofProf. Bob Pfeffer on the Occasion of His 70thBirthday Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Packing, Fluidization, and Other Applications ofCabot Nanogel® • Material Bridges between Small Particles in a Powder:Application to Sticking, Caking and Granulation • Heterogeneous Model for the Adsorption andReaction on the Surface of Highly-AgglomeratedNanoparticles in a Fluidized Bed • Fundamental Particle Fluidization Mechanism andHandling of Fine Particles in a Rotating Fluidized Bed • Surface Roughness in Free-Surface Flow of Con-centrated Suspensions • Filtered Two-Fluid Models for Gas-Particles Flows • Wave Propagation and Granular Temperature inFluidized Beds of Nano and FCC Particles

Fundamentals of Interfacial Phenomena I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13 • Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Silicon Surfaces • Effect of a Nanoporous Surface on Wettability ofan Evaporating Meniscus • Modeling Interfacial Behavior in Complex PorousMaterials • Fundamental Understanding of Adsorbed Wateron Silicon Oxide • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Hydration Forcein Aqueous Solutions Confined between Mica Surfaces • Static and Hydrodynamic Interaction Forcesbetween Pluronic Stabilized Emulsion DropletsMeasured Using AFM • Dynamic Wetting and the Encapsulation of Voidsin Free Surface Flows

Fundamentals of Nucleation Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • Critical Supersaturation in Solution Crystallization asa Function of Equilibrium Cluster Size Distribution • Affecting Polymorph Selectivity in a Repro-ducible Nucleation Environment Generated Using aMicrofluidic Device • Controlling Hydroxyapatite Nucleation from aSimulated Body Fluid • Crystal Nucleation in Polymorphic Systems:Effect of pH, Supersaturation and Molecular Speci-ation of Impurities • Directing the Crystallization of a Desired Poly-morph through Secondary Nucleation (Seeding) • Examination of Crystal Nucleation and PolymorphTransitions through Molecular Dynamics Simulationsof Hard-Core Screened Coulomb Particles • Role of Solubility Enhancers in Protein CrystalNucleation and Growth

Injectable Biomaterials Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Novel Thermally Responsive Macromers for the Fab-rication of Injectable, in Situ Crosslinkable Hydrogels • Rapidly Setting Calcium Phosphate CementsBased on Amorphous Tricalcium PhosphateNanoparticles • Evaluation of Novel Injectable Hydrogels • Biodegradable, Injectable Poly(EsterUrethane)Urea Delivery Systems for Bone TissueEngineering • ANovel Injectable Polymeric BiomaterialPoly(Propylene Fumarate-Co-Caprolactone) with Con-trollable Properties for Bone and Nerve Regenerations • Thermal Gelation and Phase Equilibria of Respon-

sive Elastin-Mimetic Triblock Hydrogels • Modeling and Gelation Kinetics of Injectable inSitu Crosslinkable Poly(Lactide-Ethylene Oxide-Fumarate) Hydrogel Networks

Intellectual Property Issues in University-Industry Collaborations Marriott San Francisco, Pacific I • Best Practices in Protecting Intellectual Property Issues • Finesse Intellectual Property Issues in SponsoredResearch Agreements • Patent Strategy in the Context of United StatesPatent Reformation • Recent Patent Disputes and Implications for Col-laborations: What Can Be Done Better?

Interfacial Flows II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • Hysteretic Rheological Response of a Highly Vis-cous Drop in Linear Flows with Rotation • Finite-Amplitude Capillary Oscillations of Cou-pled Droplets • Instabilities and Saturation of Electrified Thin Liq-uid Films • A Multi-Scale Polymer Foam Model and Its Application • Continuum Modeling and Flow Visualization ofBlown Foams • Experimental and Modeling Studies on SolitaryWave Dynamics on Vertical and Inclined Film Flows • Slip and Air-Entrainment at Water-Solid Interfaces • The Impact of Fluid Behavior on the Wedge-Flownear Moving Contact Lines • AC Electrospraying: Quasi-Steady Cones andMicrojets • A Microscopic View of Liquid-Liquid Film Flows

Laminar Mixing and Mixing Fundamentals Hilton San Francisco, Mason • Experimental and Correlational Studies of a Vick-ers-Zimmer Style Polyester Finisher • Experimental Investigation of Non-NewtonianMixing with the Maxblend Impeller • Performance of a Dual Shaft Mixer for Gas-Vis-cous Liquid Processing • Measurements and Simulation of Flooding Char-acteristics for Gas-Sparged Stirred Vessels withHighly Viscous and Viscoelastic Liquids • Impact of the Unstable/Neutral Angle on Rate andExtent of Chemical Reaction • Menagerie of Topology in 3d Steady Flow

Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Metrics Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • Life Cycle Assessment of Mobile Telephones Basedon Greenhouse Gases and Electricity Consumption • Philosophical Background of Green and Sustain-able Chemistry and Its Metrics in Japan • Life Cycle Inventory - the Quality of Inputs • Thermodynamic Life Cycle Assessment of Emerg-ing Technologies • New Stochastic Simulation Capability Applied toGreenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Ener-gy Use in Transportation (Greet) Model • Sustainability and Life Cycle Principles in Practice:GlaxoSmithKline's Experiences with FLASC Tm (FastLife Cycle Assessment of Synthetic Chemistry) • Multiple Criteria Decision Making for SustainableChemical Process Design • Control Theory Applications for the Life CycleAssessment of Improved Industrial Sustainability

Membranes for Bioseparations I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Effects of pH and Ionic Conditions on Microfiltra-tion of Mammalian Cells: Combined Permeate FluxEnhancement and Mab Purification Capabilities • Improving Permeate Flux in the Microfiltration ofa Bacterial Cell Suspension by Flocculation withCationic Polyelectrolytes

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• Protein Fouling of Microfiltration Membranes inin-Line Modules • Nature-Inspired Protein Adhesion-Resistant Mem-branes • Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Membranes for ProteinPurification • Viral Filtration of High-Titer Mab Solutions withHollow Fiber Membranes • Virus Capture by Tangential Flow Filtration

Nucleation and Growth Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • The Influence of Critical Cavities on Homoge-neous Bubble Nucleation: a New Picture of BubbleFormation? • Effects of Geometric Defects on Superheated Het-erogeneous Bubble Nucleation: Molecular Dynam-ics Study • Simulation of Gas-Liquid Homogeneous Nucle-ation: a Molecular Dynamics Study • Monte Carlo Simulation of the Crystallization ofIsotactic Polypropylene • Nucleation of Colloidal Crystals Via EmulsionCrystallization • Polymorph Selection during Crystal Nucleationand Growth • Nucleation and Crystal Growth of Insulin as a Fun-damental Mechanism of Regulation in MammalianOrganisms

Pilot Plants in the Food and Consumer ProductsIndustries Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Pilot Plants: Scaling down from Commercial Pro-duction Plants • Unique Pilot Plant Capabilities in the Canadian Prairie • Food and Chemical Pilot Plants – What Are theDifferences? • Using Pilot Plants Creatively to Reduce ProductDevelopment Cycle Time • Re-Use of Pilot Plants to Meet Consumer ProductsFeedstock Demands

Plenary Session II on Membranes andBioseparations Honoring Professor Ed Lightfoot Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Searching for Oligomers during Insulin Fibrillation • Biocatalysis and Ion Separation with Pore Assem-bled Polypeptide Multilayers in Membranes • Electrostatic Interaction Chromatography for Sepa-ration of Very Similar Proteins – Effects of Station-ary and Mobile Phase Properties • Strategies for Super-Hydrophobic Surface Design • Biomolecular Interactions at Phospholipid-Deco-rated Interfaces of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals • Metal Affinity Separations of Nucleic Acids

Polymer Membranes for Gas Separations Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • CO2 Separation Using Nanocomposite MembranesMade of Bromine Modified 2,4-Dimethyl-1,6-Pheny-lene Oxide and Chemically Modified Silica • Polymeric-Metallic Composite Membranes forHydrogen Purification and Carbon Capture at Ele-vated Temperature • The Diamine Modification of P84 CO-PolyimideMembranes for Pervaporation Dehydration of Iso-propanol • Formation of a Defect Free and Macrovoid FreeAsymmetric Hollow Fiber Membrane from Torlon®(a Polyamide-Imide Polymer) • Crosslinkable Polyimide Asymmetric Hollow FiberMembranes for Aggressive Natural Gas Feed Streams

Polymer Processing and Rheology I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • Early Structure Development during Flow-InducedCrystallization of Bimodal Blends of Model Isotac-tic Polypropylenes • In Situ Synchrotron Studies of Structure Develop-

ment during Injection Molding of a Liquid Crys-talline Polymer • The Role of Flow-Enhanced Crystallization in theDynamics of Fiber Spinning • Predicting the Coupled Development of FlowInduced Nanostructure, Rheology, and PerformanceProperties of Polymer/Nanoparticle Composites • Effect of Processing Parameters on Microstructureand Tensile Properties of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA)Using Micro-Injection Molding • Influence of Residual Stresses on the Creep Rup-ture Performance of Polyethylene Pipes • High-Speed Microstructuring of Polymer FilmsDriven by a Fluid Dynamical Instability

Polymer Thermodynamics I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • Phase Behavior of Supramolecular DiblockCopolymers • Stability of the Gyroid Phase in Diblock Copoly-mers at Strong Segregation • Self Consistent Field (SCF) Calculations of MixedNeutral and Charged Polymer Brushes • Ordering in Block Copolymer Thin Films Inducedby Compressible Solvents • Thermodynamics of Non-Isothermal PolymerFlows: Experiment, Theory and Simulation • Glass Transition Temperatures of Biopolymer -Carbon Dioxide Systems • Salt Analysis of Polystyrene, Polydiene, and Poly-styrene-Block-Polydiene Phase Behavior in Propane • Structure and Thermodynamic Properties of Linear- Tri-Arm Polyolefin Blends Based on Novel Atom-istic Monte Carlo Simulation Schemes • Simulation of Mechanically-Assembled Monolay-ers Using Discontinuous Molecular Dynamics

Polymer Thin Films and Interfaces I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Elastic Moduli of Ultrathin Amorphous PolymerFilms • Characterization of the Shear Moduli of Polymer andPolymer/Solvent Systems Using a Thin-Film CoatedThickness-Shear Mode (TSM) Quartz Resonator • Quantifying Nearly Isochoric Glass Formation andthe Extent of Physical Aging toward Equilibrium inConfined Polymer Films • Role of CO2 in Surface Tg Reduction of Polymers • Friction at the Interface of Immiscible Pbd/ PdmsPolymer Melts • Internal Structure and Charge Compensation ofPolyelectrolyte Multilayers • Transient Surface Patterns during Adhesive Con-tacts:Coalescence and Spreading of Liquid and Poly-mer Films • Glass Transition and Ion Transport in HydrogenBonded Thin Film Layer-by-Layer Assemblies

PSA/TSA/LSAHilton San Francisco, Powell • CO2 Capture from Flue Gas Using a ModifiedDuplex Pressure-Swing Adsorption • Adsorption Process for C4 Olefin/Paraffin Separation • VPSA Plant for Co Separation from Syngas withCUCLl/Zeolite • Technology Developments in PSA Ethanol Dehydration • Simulation of a Short-Bed, High Frequency PSACycle for Oxygen Concentration from Air • How Favorable Isotherm Is Favorable in PressureSwing Adsorption? • Layered Bed Pressure Swing Adsorption Cycle forthe Atmosphere Revitalization System of the NasaCrew Exploration Vehicle

Self-Assembled Biomaterials Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Understanding, Chirality, Phase Behavior andOrdering in Aqueous Suspensions of fd Virus

• Disassembly of Layer-by-Layer Films of PlasmidDNA and Reducible Tat Polypeptide • Towards an in Vitro Model of Anti-TherapeuticResistance: Drug Efflux Pump Supported Mem-branes Tethered on Silica Microstructures • Self-Assembled Protein Polymers for the Develop-ment of Nanostructured Biomaterials • The Kinetic Evolution of Mixtures of Anionic andCationic Lipid Vesicles • Interactions between Fibrinogen and Peg Polymersin Aqueous Solution • Microscopic Structure and Rheology of Salt-Responsive Hydrogels

Special Session in Memory of Professor KoichiroNakanishi Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Measurements and Predictions of Hydrate-Con-taining Phase Equilibria for CO2, Methane andEthane in the Presence of NaCl • From the Van der Waals to a Universal Group Con-tribution Equation of State • Simulation Studies of Pattern Recognition: What’sthe Problem? • Measurements of Partial Derivative Properties —Diffusion Coefficients and Spinodal • Liquid Structures and Thermodynamic Propertiesof Lennard-Jones Mixtures

Symposium Honoring CACHE Award Recipients(Invited Papers) Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Introduction of James M. Douglas, Winner of the2006 ASEE / CACHE Award for Excellence in Com-puting in Chemical Engineering Education • How Conceptual Design of Chemical ProcessesCan Be a Computer Aid • A Module-Development Community to AdvanceMolecular Simulation in Chemical Engineering Edu-cation • A Proposal for Diabetes Teaching Modules for theUndergraduate Chemical Engineering Curriculum • Highlights of FOMMS 2006 • Highlights and Perspectives from the CACHEConference on Chemical Process Control VII • Enhancing Problem Solving in Excel and Matlabwith Polymath 6.1

Thermodynamic and Transport Properties innear and Supercritical Fluids Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Permeability of CO2 in Amorphous and CrystallineTeflon Membranes • Quantification of the Interaction Energy betweenCo2 and Co2-Philes Using in Situ High-PressureGoniometry and Tensiometry • Crystallization and Gelation of Poly(4-Methyl-1-Pentene) in n-Pentane and in n-Pentane + CarbonDioxide at High Pressures • Group Contribution Estimation of Salt and Pc-SaltParameters • Structure-Based Generalizations of EOS Interac-tion Parameters for Predicting Vapor-Liquid Equilib-ria of Asymmetric Mixtures • Correlation and Prediction of Transport Propertiesin near-Critical and Supercritical Fluids Using theSpeadmd Model • Probes of Supercritical Co2 by Deflection of Multi-ple Beamlets

Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Behavior III Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • Modeling of Electrolyte Systems with an Equation ofState and Comparison with Molecular Simulations • Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of a Ternary System Con-taining Dimethyl Ether (DME) and Light Hydrocarbons • Thermodynamic Validation of Asphaltene Phase Tran-sition Phenomenon Using High Pressure NIR Cell • Accurate Characterization of Intramolecular Con-tributions to the Thermodynamic Perturbation Terms

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Thermophysical Properties of Biological Systems I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • A Computer Simulation and Theoretical Study ofHybridization in Model DNA Microarrays • Monte Carlo Simulations of the Thermal Denatu-ration Transition of Model DNA Chains in Solution • Unraveling the Behavior of DNA through Multi-scale Modeling • An Integrated Thermodynamical Approach to Pre-dict the Melting Temperature and Stability of anOligonucleotide Duplex in Solution and on Surface • Role of Secondary Structure in Polymer Translo-cation through a Protein Nanopore: a LangevinDynamics Study • DNA Structure within a Virus Particle • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Viral CapsidSelf-Assembly • Structure and Osmotic Properties of DNA inLambda Bacteriophages

Transport and Reaction in Heterogeneous andPorous Systems Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Inertial Effects on Dispersion in Porous Media • Models and Experiments on the Preparation of Sil-icon Carbide Microporous Membranes • Development and Application of Modeling Toolsfor Mass Transport and Catalytic Reaction inNanostructured Membranes • A Novel Experimental Method to Identify Reac-tion Region in Reactive Viscous Fingering • Optimization of Microfluidic Biofuel Cells UsingTransport Principles • Wormholing in Radial Flow • Simulation of Random Sphere Packings Using anEvolutionary Optimization Method

Transport in Nanoporous Materials Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Development of Fickian Diffusion Model for Mix-tures in Nanoporous Adsorbents • Molecular Simulation of Self- and Transport Dif-fusion of Mixtures in Metal-Organic Frameworks • Modeling Gas Permeation in Nanopores • New Silicoaluminophosphate and TitanosilicateNanoporous Sorbents for Gas Phase Separations • Characterization of Multicomponent Counter-Dif-fusion in Silicalite: Application to C6 Isomers inLiquid Phase • Particle Impregnated Membranes for Bioseparations • Mesoporous Ceramic Membranes for Non-Aque-ous Separations: Surface Modification and SolventPermeability

Tuesday Workshop: What a ChE EducatorNeeds to Know about Bio Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B

TUESDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2006 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM (22b) Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnologyfor Sensors II Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Immunoassay Sensors for Pathogen DetectionBased on AC Dielectrophoresis and Self-Assemblyof Carbon Nanotubes • Temperature Controllable Stabilization/Surface

Shielding of Gold Nano-Particles by Mononu-cleotides and Its Application in Synthesis of DNA-Gold Conjugates • Characterization of Tethered Lipid Bilayers inMicrofluidic Channels on Gold Surfaces • Development of Affordable Bioelectronic Inter-faces Using Medically Relevant Soluble Enzymes • Single Molecule Measurements of Non-Exponen-tial DNA Hybridization Kinetics • Development of Novel Clinical Diagnostic ToolsUsing Zinc Selenide Quantum Dots as FluorescentLabels • Mass Transport in Analysis of Polynucleotides byLocalized Surface Plasmon Resonance in GoldNanoparticles on Optical Fibers

(22b) Symposium on the 65th Birthday of Prof.Clark Colton Part III Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Novel Charged Ultrafiltration Membranes for Pro-tein Separations • Immuno-Colton-Ization • Vascular Cell Responses to Pressure • Role of Ion Channels in Shear Stress Sensing inVascular Endothelium • A New Paradigm for Low Fouling SyntheticMembranes: Balancing Electrostatics • Peptide Aggregation and Neurodegenerative Disease

Advances in Biomaterials Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Novel Biodegradable Amphiphilic Nanoadjuvantswith Immunomodulatory Capabilities • Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Function-al Biodegradable Copolymer Composed of Rici-noleic Acid and L-Lactic Acid • Preparation of Thermo-Responsive Polymer GelsImmobilizing Core-Shell Type Bioconjugates • Poly(Diol Citrate) Nanocomposites withEnhanced Mechanical Properties • Synthesis of Polylactide-Grafted Dextrans and TheirApplication as Biodegradable Biomedical Materials • Swelling and Degradation Characteristics ofNovel Biodegradable in Situ CrosslinkablePoly(Lactide-Ethylene Oxide-Fumarate) Terpoly-mer Networks • Biomolecule-Responsive Behavior of Smart GelsHaving Biomolecular Complexes as ReversibleCross-Links

Advances in Distillation Modeling and Processes I Hilton San Francisco, Mason • Analysis of Absorption with NonequilibriumComplex, Reversible Chemical Reaction • Solving Problems in Binary Batch Distillation onthe Computer Using Mathcad® - Part 2 • Technological Study of CO2 Capture Process with Mea • A Principle of Corresponding States for PackedColumn Pressure Drops • A Rate-Based Model Approach to the Separationof Twelve-Component Hydrocarbons Mixture • Using Distillation Column Profile Maps to IdentifySuitable Thermodynamic Model for Complex Systems • Minimum Energy for the Four-Product KaibelDistillation Column • Distillation Modeling the Cape Open Way • Modeling and Optimization of Essential Oil Frac-tionation and Rectification Processes

Advances in Protein Engineering (II) Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Adapting Proteins to Accommodate UnnaturalAmino Acids • High Affinity FN3 Domains Using Loop LengthDiversity and Population Maturation • A Peptide Inhibitor Reveals a New Conformationof Transglutaminase 2 • Directed Evolution of the Luxr Transcription Fac-tor for Applications in Synthetic Biology

• Engineering of a Carbazole Denitrogenation Path-way through Directed Evolution • A Optimized Chimeric Estrogen-Sensor Protein:Applications in Drug Discovery and Biosensing • Engineering of Blue Fluorescent Protein by Cou-pling Computational Design and CombinatorialScreening

Advances in Proteomics: New Technologies I Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Characterization of Hep-G2 Conditioned Mediumfor Enhanced Mesoderm Differentiation of EsCells: Application to Skeletal Tissue Engineering • De Novo Peptide Identification Via Mixed-IntegerLinear Optimization and Tandem Mass Spectrometry • Dynamic Quantitative Analysis of the NucleolarProteome Using an Isobaric Mass TaggingApproach • Enhancing Shotgun Proteomics Data Analysiswith Bioinformatics Tools: Application toCyanobacterial Proteomics • Novel Selective Fluorescent Gel Stains forImproved Detection of Phosphoproteins • Optimization of Chip-Based Infusion Nanoelec-trospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the RapidAnalysis of Complex Proteomes

Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 4 • Novel Polyurethane Porous Foam Scaffolds forBone Tissue Engineering Applications • Peg-Based Hydrogels as Vocal Fold RegenerationMatrices • Informatics and Data Mining of CombinatorialDatasets for Cell-Material Interactions • Inverted Colloidal Crystals with Highly Control-lable Structural Properties as Bone Tissue Engineer-ing Scaffolds • Nanoporous Multilayer Surfaces for the Design ofTissue Engineered Corneal Epithelium • Growing Tissue-like Constructs withHep3b/Hepg2 Liver Cells on PHBV MicrosphereScaffold • Endothelialization of PLG Microsphere-BasedScaffolds for Bone Repair: Growth and Gene Regu-lation of Human Endothelial Cells

Biomems and Biosensing Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Numerical Optimization of a Biochemical SensorArray • Immunophenotyping of Leukocytes on AntibodyMicroarrays • Effect of Eukaryotic Signaling Molecule Spatio-Temporal Gradients on Pathogenic E. Coli Colo-nization and Infection • Ex Vivo Expansion and Differentiation ofHaematopoietic Stem Cells (BSCS) Using on-LineMonitoring and Design of Experiments (Doe): CaseStudy of Erythropoiesis of Cord Blood Stem Cells • Facile in Situ Protein Assembly Onto Patterned Elec-trodes and into Microfluidic Channels through Enzy-matic Activation of Genetically Engineered Pro-Tags • Quantitative and Simultaneous Detection of FourFoodborne Bacterial Pathogens with a Multi-Chan-nel Spr Sensor in Complex Media • Effect of Temperature, Analyte Concentration and CellGrowth Phase on the Luminescence of PseudomonasPutida Tva8 Induced by Trichloroethylene

Biomolecules at Interfaces IV - from BacterialAdhesion to the Influence of an ElectricalPotential Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Protein Film Voltammetry: from New ExcitationWaveforms to Novel Signal Processing Techniques • Single Molecule Force Measurements: NewInsight into Biomolecules • Colloidal Bridging Forces from Multiple TetheredLigand-Receptor Bonds

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• Bacterial Fouling Characteristics of the Surfaces ofPoly (Ethylene Glycol), Dextran and Zwitterionic-Based Material • Modeling Protein Adsorption with ElectrochemicalImpedance Spectroscopy • Impedance Biosensors through Direct ProteinImmobilization Onto Au • Amyloid Assemblage-Lipid Interactions • Continuous Polypeptide Adsorption under anApplied Electric Potential • Dynamic Interactions of Live Group B Streptococ-ci with Soluble and Adsorbed Fibronectin • Insulin Fibrillation Kinetics at Interfaces

Case Studies in Product Design - II Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Process Synthesis Applied to the Food Industry • Design of a Microfluidic Chip for High-Through-put Screening of Kinase Inhibitors • Marine Biofouling Protection: Design of Con-trolled Release Antifouling Paints • Designing a Non-Soap Personal Washing Bar • The Role of Solubility Modeling and Crystallisation inthe Design of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients • Design of Liquid Enzyme Products with Built-inDetergent Stabilization System

CAST Plenary Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Report by CAST Chair • Dynamic Oil and Gas Production Systems Opti-mization Via Explicit Reservoir Multiphase FlowSimulation • Electromechanically-Driven Complex MorphologicalEvolution of Void Surfaces in Metallic Thin Films • Integrated Process Networks: Nonlinear Control Sys-tem Design for Optimality and Dynamic Performance • Process and Molecular Design: a SimultaneousApproach • Smart Plants and Smart People

Catalysis with Mesoporous and MicroporousMaterials II Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Dimethyl Ether Carbonylation to Methyl Acetateon Acidic Zeolites • ETS-10 and Vanadium-Doped ETS-10 Photocata-lysts for VOC Decomposition Using Visible Light • Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Contami-nants Using Multifunctional Titanosilicate ETS-10 • Preparation of Cu/ZnO and Cu/ZnO/Al2O3Methanol Catalysts by Gas-Phase Loading ofMesoporous Silica: Towards Superior CatalyticActivity by Molecular Control of TheirMicrostructure • The Synthesis of SWNT Supported Co Catalystand Comparison with MCM-41 Supported Co • The Optimal Network of Macro-/Mesopores in aCatalyst Pellet • Statistical Design and Modeling of the Processof Methane Partial Oxidation Using V-MCM-41Catalysts and the Prediction of the FormaldehydeProduction

Colloidal Dispersions II - Stability & Dispersion Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Modeling Nanocolloidal Van der Waals Forces • Mechanism of Enhanced Aggregation of Alginate-Coated Hematite Nanoparticles in the Presence ofCalcium, Strontium, and Barium Cations • Dispersion Characteristics of Oxide Nano-Particlesin Sol-Gel Coatings • Connecting the Depletion Flocculation and Interfa-cial Wetting Behaviors of Polymer-GraftedNanoparticles in Polymer Solutions and Melts • Stability and Aggregation of Dipalmitoylphos-phatidylcholine (DPPC) Vesicles and DPPC- Fibrinogen Interactions • Non-Spherical Armored Bubbles: Response toMechanical Stress and Surfactants

• The Influence of Low Methanol Concentrations inSurfactant Solutions on Hydrate Anti-Agglomeration

Complex-Fluid and Bio-Fluid Dynamics II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • A Multi-Scale 3-D Computational Model PredictsThat Cell Deformation Influences the Shear Thresh-old Phenomenon • Modeling Release of Nanoparticles from MobileMicrocapsules • Hydrodynamic Interactions during AFM Imagingof Biological Cells: Can AFM Truly Resolve LipidMembrane Position? • Dynamics of Vesicles in Linear Flows • Prediction of Rheological Properties of StructuredFluids in Homogeneous Shear Flows Based on aRealizable Model for the Orientation Dyad • Platelet-Platelet Collisions and Brownian Motionof Platelets near a Surface • Cellular Contact Area and Detachment in a Shear Flow • Formation of Stable Wrinkles and Tips on Skalak-Type Membranes • A Computational Approach to Soft-Tissue Fluid-Structure Interaction • A New Dielectrophoretic Theory for Red BloodCells: the Role of Internal and External Double Layers

Composites II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 6 • Exfoliated Nanocomposite Powders- a Route toLower-Cost Fillers • Gas Separation Using Bromine Modified 2,4-Dimethyl-1,6-Phenylene Oxide/Silica Nanocompos-ite Membranes • Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposite Systems • Benign Process for Generating Low Density andMicrocellular Poly(Ether Sulfone) NanocompositeFoam • Nanocomposites of Polyurethane Elastomers • Cyanate Ester/Trisilanolphenyl-POSS Nanocomposites • Micromechanics Simulations of the ViscoelasticProperties of Highly Filled Composites by MaterialPoint Method

Computational Studies of Self Assembly I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Atomistic and Coarse Grained Simulation of theAggregation of Beta-Peptides in Solution • Molecular Simulation of Amphiphilic Dendrimers • The Pair of Potential of Mean Force for HelicalHomopolypeptides • Self-Assembly of Complex Polymeric Vesicles • Multi-Scale Modeling of Self-Assembly in Surfac-tant Systems • A Molecular-Thermodynamic Theory of Micelliza-tion of Mixtures of pH-Sensitive and ConventionalSurfactants • Phase Diagrams of Symmetric Diblock CopolymersConfined between Two Homogeneous Surfaces • Effects of Polydispersity on the Stability of Aque-ous Block Copolymer Assemblies • Simulation Studies of the Stability of PhospholipidBilayers in Clathrate Hydrates

Crystallization of Pharmaceutical and BiologicalMolecules - I Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • Producing Small Crystals of a PharmaceuticalCompound by a Continuous Polymorph Transforma-tion Process • Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solution withSolid Cosolvent (RESS-Sc) Process for Pharmaceu-tical Nanoparticles Formation • Characterizing Intermolecular Interactions fromSelf-Diffusion Coefficients to Locate Conditions forSpherical Crystallization • Concomitant Polymorphism in Industrial Precipita-tion Processes • Phase Diagrams to Optimize Scale-up in Co-Crys-tal Systems

• High Throughput Nanoliter Screening and Mor-phological Control of Protein Crystals Via Precipi-tant Gradients

Developments in Thermochemical andElectrolytic Routes to Hydrogen Production:Part IVHilton San Francisco, Taylor • Platinum Group Metal Catalysts for Sulfur-BasedThermochemical Water Splitting Cycles • Sulfuric Acid Decomposition with Heat and MassRecovery Using a Direct Contact Exchanger • Decomposition of Sulfuric Acid to Produce SulfurDioxide and Oxygen in Is Cycle • A Corrosion Resistant Sulfuric Acid Decomposerfor the Sulfur-Iodine Process • Solar Configuration Study of Sulfuric Acid Ther-mal Decomposition in the S-I ThermochemicalHydrogen Production Process

Fundamental of Fluidization II: in Honor ofProf. Bob Pfeffer on the Occasion of His 70thBirthday Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Microparticle Flow in Liquid Medium: 3-D Veloci-ty Measurements in Microchannels • Effect of Solids Loading, Reynolds Number, andParticle Size Distribution on Velocity Fluctuations inFluid-Particle Flows • Enhanced Fluidization of Cohesive Particles bySurface Modification • Functionalization of Ultrafine Particles by AtomicLayer Deposition in a Fluidized Bed Reactor • Theoretical Studies of Nanoparticle Fluidizations • The Effect of Drag Laws on the Prediction of Flu-idized Bed Bubbling • 3 Dimensional Numerical Simulation of HorizontalRotating Fluidized Bed • A Rotating Fluidized Bed in a Static Geometry:Experimental Proof of Concept

Fundamental Research in Transport Processes II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Anomalous Heat Transfer in Granular Matter • The Extraordinary Effects of an Energetic, Homo-geneous Chemical Reaction on Internal ConvectiveHeat Transfer in Tubular Flow • Transport Properties of a Reacting BinaryFluid,from Non-Equilibrium Molecular DynamicsSimulations • Optical Resonance Technique for Determination ofRadial Concentration Distributions in Rapidly Evap-orating Microdroplets • Laser-Induced Luminescence Technique for theSimultaneous Measurement of Local Film Thick-ness and Temperature Distribution in Thin WavyLiquid Films • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer of ViscousFalling Films • A New Heat Balance for Flow Boiling

Fundamentals of Environmental Catalysis II Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Modeling NOx Storage on Pt-Ba/Alumina Catalysts • Various Roles of Water in the Pt-Ba/AluminaLean NOx Trap Catalysts • Mechanistic Investigation of NSR (NitrogenOxide Storage and Reduction) Catalysts • Lean NOx Trap Pt-Ba/Al2O3 Model Catalyst:Stability and Reactivity of Barium Species underDifferent Purging Conditions • Product Speciation during Regeneration of LeanNOx Traps • Peculiar Changes in Pt Accessibility and Mor-phology for Pt/BaO-Al2O3 Lean NOx Trap Cata-lysts with Different Sulfation Levels • Modeling and Experimental Tap Studies on theKinetics of NOx Storage and Reduction overPt/Alumina and Pt/Ba/Alumina Catalysts

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Gene Therapy and Delivery (I) Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Relationships between Molecular Properties ofPolymer-Oligonucleotide Complexes and CellularAntisense Activity • Engineering Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors withNovel Cell Tropisms • Engineering Cell Lines for the Production ofHighly Replication Defective Herpes Simplex VirusType 1 Vectors • Flow-Enhanced Measurement of Virus Infectivity • Linear-Dendritic Hybrid Polymers for TargetedGene Delivery to Antigen-Presenting Cells in Vivo• Controllable Concentration Gradients by SpatiallyPatterned Gene Delivery • Rapid Modification of Retrovirus Surfaces forTargeted Gene Delivery

Hydrogen Storage Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • First Principles Investigation of Adsorption andDissociation of Hydrogen on the Mg2SiB Surface • Molecular Modeling to Improve HydrogenAdsorption in Metal-Organic Frameworks • Dopant and Vacancy Effects on Hydrogen Adsorp-tion/Desorption by Aluminum-Based ComplexHydrides • Hydrogen Absorption/Desorption Study over LI-B-n-H Quaternary System • Reaction Pathways in the Gas/Solid Hydrolysis ofChemical Hydrides as a Novel Approach to Hydro-gen Storage and Generation • The Role of Carbon in the Hydrogen StorageKinetics of Lithium Metal Hydrides • Prediction of Hydrogen Hydrates Equilibria underan Organic Compound • The Use of Certain Promoters to Store Hydrogenin Low-Pressure Clathrate Hydrates

In Silico Systems Biology II Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • In Silico Bacterial Cells: from Generalized Coarse-Grained to Genome-Specific Modular Models • Bifurcation Analysis of Stochastic Gene Networks • Novel Framework for Identifying Objective Func-tions of Biological Systems • Modeling Amino Acid Metabolism in MammalianCells - Towards the Development of a Model Library • Cell-Cell Crosstalk Potentiates Cell Patterningduring Development • Regulation of the SH2 Domain-Containing Pro-tein-Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP2 in Receptor Sig-naling: Kinetic Model and Structure-Based Analysis • Molecular Signatures That Differentiate CancerSubtype and Predict Clinical Outcome

Introducing Chemical Engineering to K-12through Experimentation and CourseIntegration II Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Process Technology Institutes and Workshops forK-12 Educators and Students • Tennessee Technological University Math and

Science Partnership • Elementary Education Majors Learn How toTeach Science and Engineering from an Engineer • Experiments in Science and Engineering: a Work-shop for High School Science Teachers • Ret Site: Inspiring Educators in Rural Americathrough Research • Course Module Development Using Nsf-Ret SiteProgram • A Program for Introducing Engineering Conceptsinto High Schools and Middle Schools

Invited: in Honor of Massimo Morbidelli,Wilhelm Award Recipient I Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Polymer Product Properties - PolymerizationLeaves Distributions Everywhere • Chemical Reaction Engineering for EconomicGrowth and Sustainable Development • What Generates Transversal Hot Zones in PackedBed Reactors • Micro-Structured Reactors for Catalytic Processes • Catalysis and Reactor Engineering with CarbonDioxide-Expanded Liquids

Membranes for Bioseparations II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Separation of Macromolecules by Dynamic Ultra-filtration • Further Study of the Effect of Electrostatic Proper-ties in Binary Protein Ultrafiltration • Membrane Cascades for Downstream Processing • Ultrafiltration Characteristics of Plasmid DNA• Techniques for Ultrafiltration Membrane Scale-upand Scale down • Selective Separation of HIV-Tat Protein UsingFunctionalized Stacked Microfiltration Membranes:Enhancement of Flux and Recovery of Protein • Evaluation of Affinity Membrane Adsorbers forAntibody Purification

Mixed Matrix Membranes Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Dendrimer-Ceramic Composite Membranes forChallenging Separations • The Importance of Dope Stability in Mixed MatrixHollow Fiber Membrane Formation • Permeability Enhancement in Nanoparticle FilledPolymeric Membranes • A Novel Ion Exchange Treatment of Zeolite forthe Application of Mixed Matrix Membranes inNatural and Hydrocarbon Separation • Bottom up Synthesis of Composite Membranes • Facilitated Transport of Thiophenes throughAg2O-Filled P D M S Membranes

Modeling of Inorganic Materials Synthesis andProperties Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Modeling the Synthesis of Periodic Mesoporous Sili-cas • Atomistic Simulation of the Formation ofNanoporous Silica Films Via Chemical Vapor Deposi-tion • Modeling the Formation of Geopolymers • Growth, Structure, and Fractal Scaling in Silica GelsProduced by Polymerization of Aqueous Silicic Acid • Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study on theMorphological Control of Alpha-Al2O3 Nanoparti-cles • Strain Energy Minimum and Vibrational Proper-ties of Single-Walled Aluminosilicate Nanotubes • Multiscale Modeling of Relaxor Ferroelectrics

Modeling and Control for Diabetes Applications Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Prandial Insulin Dosing Using Run-to-Run Con-trol: Application of Clinical Data and MedicalExpertise to Define a Suitable Performance Metric • Optimal Control of Diabetes Mellitus under Time

Dependent Uncertainties • Model Based Predictive Control of Blood GlucoseConcentration in Type-I Diabetic Patients • Dynamic Modeling and Model-Based Control ofExercise Response in Type 1 Diabetic Patients • Linear and Recursive Models for Prediction ofBlood Glucose Concentration • An Experimental Evaluation of Pca MonitoringStrategies for Type 1 Diabetes Subjects

Molecular Simulation of Adsorption I Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Computer Simulation of Adsorption in TemplatedMolecular Recognition Materials • Adsorption from Dilute Liquid Solutions: Molecu-lar Dynamics Simulations Using the Mean ForceMethod • Studies of a Lattice Model of Water Confined in aSlit Pore • Water Condensation in Hydrophobic ZeoliticNanopores • Density Functional Theory Model of Adsorptionon Amorphous and Microporous Silica Materials • Molecular Simulation of Adsorption in Polycrys-talline Nanoporous Materials • GCMC Simulations of Adsorption of Argon in SlitPores with Defected Walls

Nanoparticle Synthesis and Stabilization Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Effect of Surfactants on Nanoparticle SurfaceChemistry • Hemispherical Polystyrene/Clay Nanocomposite Par-ticle Formation in a Miniemulsion Polymerization • Droplet and Particle Formation in the Electrohy-drodynamic Atomization Process • Nanoparticles for Hydrophilic and AntimicrobialSurface Coatings • Ag and Au Monometallic and Bimetallic Colloids:Morphogenesis in Amphiphilic Block CopolymerSolutions • Kinetic Study of Ag2s Fluorescent NanoparticlesSynthesis • Aggregates Size/Structure and Rheological Prop-erties of Nano-Sized Goethite Aqueous Suspension

National Science Foundation Workshop I Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• NSF Overview • Shared Cyber Infrastructure and Complex Systems • NSF Engineering Emerging Frontiers ResearchInitiative • Question & Answer Session I • NSF Engineering Research Centers Activities • NSF Engineering Education Activities • Small Business Innovation Research PartnershipOpportunities • Discussion by Interagency Representatives • Question & Answer Session and Announcements

Non-Newtonian Flows Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • Understanding the Viscoelastic Properties ofExtruded Polypropylene Wood Plastic Composites • Computational Studies of the Motion of a NematicLCP in a Simple Shear Device • Structure and Rheology of Shear-Banding Worm-like Micellar Solutions • Rheo-Optics of Equilibrium Polymer Solutions:Wormlike Micelles in Planar Elongation • Extentional Rheometry on a Chip: Flows of DilutePolymer Solutions in Microfluidic Contractions • Low-Dimensional Models for Exact CoherentStructures in Viscoelastic Shear Flows • Viscoelastic Nonlinear Traveling Waves and DragReduction in Plane Poiseuille Flow • Effect of Flexibility on the Shear-Induced Migra-tion of Short Polymers in Parabolic Channel Flow • Elastic Instabilities of Polymeric Solutions inCross-Channel Flow

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• Dynamics of Polymeric Solutions in PrototypicalProcessing Geometries: a Multiscale SimulationApproach • Comprehensive Modeling of Nonisothermal Poly-mer Jets in Melt Electrospinning

Novel Adsorbent Materials and Structures I Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Cu-BTC: a Shape Selective Mom Material for theAdsorptive Separation of n- and Iso-Alkanes • Towards the Rational Design of Metal-OrganicFrameworks: Using Molecular Simulations toUnderstand Adsorption Phenomena in MOFs • Design, Synthesis, and Applications of ReversibleOxygen Chemisorbents • Microfibrous Entrapment of Zeolites for High DutyCycle Oxygen Enrichment from Air • Porous Iron Oxyhydroxide Having Dual AdsorptionSite for Efficient Removal of Anions in Wastewater • Adsorption Properties of Mesoporous Alumino andTitanosilicates of MCM-41 Type • Effect of Pore Size Distribution and Surface Areaof Activated Carbon Fabrics for the Liquid PhaseAdsorption of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants

Novel Computational and ExperimentalMethods in Mixing Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Millisecond Mixing of Two Liquid Sheets in a JetNozzle • Experimental and CFD Studies on Micromixing ina Multi-Inlet Vortex Mixer (Mivm) • Flow Characteristics of a Sawtooth Impeller • Large Eddy Simulation of an Inline Rotor-StatorMixer and Comparison with High Resolution PivMeasurements • Break up of Nanoparticle Clusters Using an in-LineRotor-Stator- Validated CFD Result • Design of a Low Shear Hydrofoil through the Useof Computational Fluid Dynamics and Multi-Objec-tive Design Optimization • Effect of Paddle Position and Tablet Location onthe Hydrodynamics of USP Dissolution TestingApparatus 2

Polymer Processing and Rheology II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • Effects of Additives on Rheological Properties,Atomization, Drying Duration, and Coating Strengthof Polyethylene Oxide Aqueous Solution • Correlating Branch Content Information from Rheo-logical Studies and Small Angle Neutron Scattering • Transient Recovery after Extentional Flow of Elas-tomeric Random Copolymers • The Effect of Rheological Properties on Film-Cast-ing Performance • Polymer Dynamics and Rheology in Designing andUnderstanding Polymeric Biomaterials for TissueEngineering Applications • A Semi-Empirical Model for the Prediction of theRheological Behavior of Polystyrene Samples over aWide Range of Molecular Weights • A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Stress-OpticalBehavior of a Linear Short-Chain Polyethylene Meltunder Shear • Modeling Polymer Melts Containing Short andLong Fibers: Part I Transient Rheology

Polymer Thermodynamics II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • Influence of Long Molecule Architecture on theMorphology and Properties of Oriented Polyethyl-ene Films • Manipulating Structures of Block Copolymers withFunctionalized Layered Silicates • Solution Behavior of Stereoregular Polyelectrolyte • A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Methods forCalculation of Polymer Solubility Parameters fromMolecular Simulations • Synthesis of Amphiphilic Copolymers and Assess-

ment of Their Critical Aggregation ConcentrationsVia Fluorescence Techniques: Styrene/Acrylic AcidDiblock, Random and Gradient Copolymers • The Importance of Quenched Randomness ofStereochemical Sequences in Atactic Vinyl Poly-mers and Implications for Coarse-Graining • Kinetics of Pressure-Induced Phase Separation inPolystyrene-Acetone Solutions at High Pressures.Binodal and Spinodal Envelopes • Molecular Simulation of the Influence of Nanopar-ticles on the Bicontinuous Phases of DiblockCopolymer Melts

Polymer Thin Films and Interfaces II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Photoalignment Behavior of Liquid Crystals onCoumarin-Containing Polymer Films • Determination of Interfacial Properties of Polydi-methylsiloxane-Water Systems Using MolecularDynamics Simulations • Density Functional Theory for PolyelectrolyteBrushes • Integrating Plasma Surface Initiation with “Living”Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization: NovelApproach to Graft Polymerization • New Photodefinable Dielectric Polymer Thin FilmMaterials for Microelectronics and OptoelectronicsBased on Novel Hexafluoralcohol SubstitutedMonomers • Correlation of Polymeric Surfactant Film SurfaceCharacteristics to Nanotribological Performance • Nanoscale Relaxation, Transition and Structure Prop-erties of Organic Thin Film Electronic Materials

Polymeric and Other Organic Materials asMembranes for Gas and Vapor Separation Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • Analysis of the Solubility of Gases in MixedMatrix Membranes through the NELF Model • Mixture Permeability, Solubility, and Diffusivity inVapor Selective Polymers • Hydrogen Sulfide and Carbon Dioxide Removalwith Facilitated Transport Membranes • Mixed Gas Selectivities and Permeabilities for Car-bon Dioxide/Methane Separation Using FacilitatedTransport in Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Mem-branes • Langmuir-Blodgett Films with Fluorinated Surfac-tants Bilayers on Polymer Supports as Membrane forGas Separations

Reaction Path Analysis I Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• In-Situ Infrared Study of Catalytic Ignition ofMethane on Rh/Al2O3• On-Line Spectroscopic Studies and Kinetic Measure-ments of Liquid-Phase Heterogeneous Catalytic Systems • Elucidating the Reaction Pathway for Water-Enhanced Cycloaddition • Mechanistic Studies of Olefin Epoxidation byHydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Iron Porphyrins • Ab Initio Reaction Path Analysis of the InitialHydrogen Abstraction from Organic Acids byHydroxyl Radicals • Kinetic Study of Acrylate Polymerization at HighTemperature • A First-Principles Analysis of the Synthesis ofOrganic/Inorganic Hybrid Nanoscale Systems:Epoxy Amine Addition for Polysilsesquioxanes • A Density Functional Theory Study of Reaction ofH2 and O2 to Form H2O2 on Gas-Phase Au-AlloyClusters

Reactions in near and Supercritical Fluids I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Solvent Effects in Ionic Liquid Production in Con-ventional and Dense-Phase CO2 Systems • Solvent-Free Synthesis of Poly (Phenylene Ether)(PPE) in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide • Catalyst and Media Alternatives in the Oxidation of

P-Xylene to Terephthalic Acid • Supercritical Fluid Oxidation of Oleic Acid • Solid Acid Catalyzed Esterification of Free FattyAcids in Oil Using CO2 Enhanced Media • Density Functional Theory Study of Glyceralde-hyde Hydrolysis in Supercritical Water

Solid Liquid Interfaces Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • Probing Nano-Domains in Single Bilayer Bio-Mem-branes Using Grazing Incidence X-Ray Diffraction • Dynamic Wetting Behavior of Complex Liquids onRough Surfaces • Dynamics and Collapses of Colloidal Lattices atOil - Water Interfaces • Surfactant and Electric Field Strength Effects onSurface Tensions at Liquid/Liquid/Solid Interfaces • Polarizable Contributions to the Surface Tension ofLiquid Water • Solid-Liquid Interfacial Energy of the Polymorphsof Paracetamol • Molecular-Based Study of theGraphene/AqMOIueous Polyelectrolyte Interfacetoward the Understanding of PEM Formation

Sustainability of Drinking WMOIter Supply Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • The U. S. National Science Foundation’s CleanerInitiative • Mapping Multiple Interactions: Social Relationsand Nutrient Loading in Source Water • Purification of Water Using Nanotubes • Development of Hybrid Ultrafiltration Combinedwith Both Flocculation and Adsorption Treatmentsfor Advanced Removal of Humic Substances • Preparation of Porous Poly(Vinyl Butyral)-Tio2Composite Hollow Fiber Membrane for DrinkingWater Treatment • Depth Filter Membranes of Biodegradable Polyesters • Fouling Monitoring during Microfiltration of Sur-face Water by Filtration Resistance and StreamingPotential

Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Behavior IVHilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • A Family of Entropy-Based Anomalies for a Water-like Fluid • Advanced Fluid Property Measurement and Predic-tion for Oilfield Applications • Phase Equilibria of Mixtures of Amines with Alco-hols, Ketones and Nitriles • Higher Order Virial Coefficients and MolecularClustering of Polarizable Water Models • A Statistical Mechanical Perspective on LinearFree Energy Relationships • On the Use of Scaled Particle Theory to Determinea Broad Range of Hard-Sphere Fluid Properties withHigh Accuracy • On the Determination of the Dipole Moments ofSolutes from Multi-Component Systems: Experi-mental and Model Development • Modeling Pharmaceutical Salt Solubility in MixedSolvents with Enrtl-Sac

Thermophysical Properties of Biological Systems II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Heteropolymer Collapse Theory for Protein Fold-ing in the Pressure-Temperature Plane • Molecular Dynamics Study of Pressure Denatura-tion of Proteins • Characterization of the Phase Behavior of Phos-pholipid Bilayers • Using Molecular Simulation to Explore the PhaseBehavior of a Simple Model Protein • Role of Fluctuations in a Snug-Fit Mechanism ofthe Kcs K+ Channel Selectivity • Mechanical Properties of Proteins: the DynamicEnergy Landscape • Dynamical Motions of Lipids and a Finite Size

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TUESDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2006 3:15 PM - 5:45 PM (22a) Carbon Nanotubes IVHilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Electrostatically Modulating the Transport Proper-ties of Carbon Nanotube Membranes • Porous Hollow Carbon Nanotube CompositeCages • Length Dependent Anisotropic Polarizability ofSingle Wall Carbon Nanotubes Measured Via theElectro-Optical Effect • Metallized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes forHydrogen Sensor Applications: a DFT Study • Brownian Dynamics Simulations of Single-WallCarbon Nanotube Separation by Type Using Dielec-trophoresis • Metals and Metal Oxides Nanoparticles DecoratedSWNT Networks

(22b) Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnologyfor Sensors III Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Detection of Viruses by Nanoscale Spm-Based ACImpedance Spectroscopy • Nanoparticle Assemblies: Optical and ElectricalProperties and Their Biomedical Sensing and Imag-ing Applications • Evanescent Field Response to Patterned Featureson a Planar Waveguide Biosensor • Biocompatible, Fluorescence Enhancing Solventsfor Sensitive Fluorophore Mediated Biosensor andObservation of Protein Conformation Change byAtomic Force Microscopy • Immunosensing Arrays Based on Air-Stable Teth-ered Lipid Membrane Mimics and Ligand-GatedIon Channels • Electrochemical Platform for ImpedimetricImmunosensors • Synthesis and Ft-Irras Characterization of Ir-Active Bionanomaterials from Fourth GenerationPolyamidoamine Dendrimer • Electrochemically and Chemically Functionalized Sin-gle-Walled Carbon Nanotube Network for Gas Sensing

(22b) Symposium on the 65th Birthday of Prof.Clark Colton Part IVHilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Hepatic Tissue Engineering • Factors Influencing Monocyte Transport to Arteri-al Endothelium • Transport in Biological Systems • Making Molecules into Medicines: Engineering inMaterials Properties • Drug Absorption in the Upper Small Intestine andIts Implications in the Design of Oral Protein Deliv-ery Carriers • Technology Based Innovation in Healthcare: HowCan We Do It Better? • Chemical Engineering in Biology and Medicine: aRetrospective Perspective

Advances in Biocatalysis Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Biosynthesis of Novel Flavonoids through anEngineered Phenylpropanoid Pathway in Saccha-romyces Cerevisiae• Engineering of Synthetic Cytochrome P450s forPlant Estrogen Isoflavone Biosynthesis fromEscherichia Coli • P450 Biocatalysis in Two-Phase Aqueous-OrganicEmulsions • Heterologous Expression of Microbial Genes forDrug Metabolism in Gram Negative Bacteria • Process and Enzyme Engineering of Aminotrans-ferases for Improved Activity and Thermostability

• Alkyl Hydroperoxide Reductase & Water-FormingNADH Oxidase: Comparison and Application forSelective Oxidations • Novel Biocatalyst for Simvastatin Synthesis

Advances in Distillation Equipment & Applications Hilton San Francisco, Mason • Effect of Pressure on Packed Column DistillationEfficiency • Rectifier Design for Ethanol Plants • Homogenous Azeotropic Pressure Swing Distilla-tion – a Discussion of the Inverted and the RegularBatch-Process • Continuous Three Phase Distillation: a Process forSeparating Thermally Unstable Substances • Design Considerations for High Liquid Rate TrayApplications • An Analysis of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics toDDV Tray and the Determination of Its Performances • Experimental Evaluation of Sulphur DioxideAbsorption in Water • Microchannel Distillation of JP-8 Jet Fuel for Sul-fur Content Reduction • Total Reflux Batch Distillation with Dual Temper-ature Control

Advances in Proteomics: New Technologies II Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Phosphopeptide Analysis Using a Planar Elec-trochromatography/ Thin-Layer ChromatographySeparations Platform Coupled to Orthogonal Maldi-TOF Mass Spectrometry • Pressurized Planar Electrochromatography: a NewTool for Proteomics? • Proteomic Analysis of Immunogenic Proteins inXenogeneic Heart Valve Bioscaffolds • A Closer Look at E. Coli-Derived 6-Deoxyery-thronolide B Biosynthesis • Proteome Analysis of Pseudomonas Putida duringBiodegradation of High Concentration of Ben-zoate:Activation of the Meta Pathway and Physio-logical Responses • Validation of a Carrier Ampholine 2-D Elec-trophoresis System

Advances in Therapeutic Bionanotechnologyand Devices Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Thermally Responsive Interpenetrating PolymerNetwork Nanoparticles • Preparation of Temperature-Sensitive Liposomesfor Delivery of Anticancer Drugs by Use of Ther-mosensitive Amphiphilic Block Copolymer • Preparation of pH-Sensitive Core-Shell Type Poly-meric Micelle from Poly(Peptide-B-Lactide) DiblockCopolymers as Biodegradable Biomedical Material • Sequestration of Amitriptyline by Liposomes • Development of a Regenerable Cell Culture Mate-rial System That Senses and Releases Dead Cells • Novel in-Situ Hybrid Hydrogels of HyaluronicAcid, Cellulose Derivatives, and Dextran to PreventPeritoneal Adhesions

Biocomposites Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 6 • Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Novel Nanocompos-ites from Cellulose Nanocrystals • Characterization of Biopolymer Composites Cre-ated Using Solid-State Shear Pulverization • Fire Retardant Fatty Acid Based Vinyl Ester Resins • Polymer-Nanotube-Enzyme Composites as ActiveAntifouling Films • Electrodeposition of Lysozyme-Silver Antimicro-bial Bionanocomposites Onto Stainless Steel Med-ical Instruments • Adsorption and Desorption of Lysozyme on Ther-mosensitive Nano-Sized Magnetic Particles and ItsConformational Changes • Composite Layered Scaffolds for the Regrowth ofHeterogeneous Tissue

Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 4 • Oriented Collagen Films for Wound-HealingApplications • Mechanically Stimulated Mesenchymal StemCells Form Tendon-like Tissue • Mechanical Properties and Permeability of Colla-gen-Gag Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering: CellularSolids Modeling and Experimental Results • The Effects of Elastin on the Mechanical Proper-ties of Collagen-Gag Membranes for Tissue Engi-neered Skin • A Novel Formulation of Oxygen Carrying-MatrixEnhances Liver Specific Function of CulturedHepatocytes • Water and Solute Transport in a Tissue EngineeredPancreatic Substitute

Biomolecules at Interfaces V - Controlling andObserving Interfacial Protein BehaviorHilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Modifying Antibody Immobilization Density withMechanical Assembled Monolayers • An a Priori Estimate of Oxygen Delivery at theCapillary and Skeletal Muscle Interface • Interfacial Horseradish Peroxidase Spot Growth inthe Aorta of Acute Hypertensive & Hypotensive Rats • Temperature and pH Effects on Deposition Kinet-ics of Beta-Lactoglobulin • Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Proteins in Bulk Solu-tions and at Liquid/Air, Liquid/Solid Interfaces:Effect of Surfactants • Modeling Statherin Structure Binding to Hydrox-yapatite [001] Crystal Surface • Plasmid DNAAdhesion on Silica: Kinetics and Con-formational Changes in Mono and Divalent Salts • Kinetics of Unfolding of Adsorbed Beta Lac-toglobulin on Silica Nanoparticle Surface • Thermodynamic Characterization of CopperBiosorption Process by Pretreated a. Niger Biomass

Bioprocess Modeling and Control Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Systematic Development of Predictive Mathemat-ical Models for Animal Cell Cultures • Modeling and Control of a Rotating Disk Bioreactor • Analysis of Culture Phases in Threonine-LimitedLysine Fermentation Using 2-Dimensional Elec-trophoresis • A Comprehensive Kinetic Investigation of Enzy-matic Hydrolysis of Cellulose • Genome-Scale Analysis of Saccharomyces Cere-visiae Metabolism and Ethanol Production in Batchand Fed-Batch Culture • Robust Global Stabilization of Continuous • Bioreactors • The Development of New Experimental DesignMethod for Processes with High Non-Linearity andDimensionality

Colloidal Dispersion III - Structure & Rheology Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • The Effect of Nanoparticles on the Structure andRheology of Kaolinite Suspensions • Direct Quantification of Gel Structure and Sus-pension Dynamics in Biphasic Colloidal Mixtures • Nanoparticle Stability and Structure in Polymer Melts • The Effect of Free Surfactant and Grafted Surfac-tant Surface Coverage on the Rheology andMicrostructure of Organoclay Dispersions • Structure and Elasticity of Polymer-Nanoparticle Gels • Connections between Rheology and Structure ofAttractive Colloidal Systems • Shear Induced Diffusivity of Spherical and Non-Spherical Particles

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Cohesive Granular Materials in a Rotating Vessel • Feasibility of a Coupled Discrete-Time ImmersedBoundary-Discrete Element Method for NumericalSimulation of Granular Multiphase Flow • Analyses on the Particle Flow in a Bed with LateralGas Blasting • Why Do Continuum Gas-Solids Flow Models Pre-dict Core-Annulus Flow? • Revisiting the Standard Drag Law for Bubbling,Gas-Fluidized Beds • Insights in Secondary Gas Injection in a BubblingFluidized Bed Via Discrete Particle Simulations • Modeling of Suspension Flows in Coating Dies

Computational Studies of Self Assembly II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Monte Carlo Simulations of Self-Assembly forAmphiphilic Nanoparticles • Icosahedral Packing of Polymer-Tethered Nanos-pheres and Stabilization of the Gyroid Phase • Searching for Ordered Dense Packings of ParticleSystems • A Monte Carlo Analysis of Crystallization FreeEnergy Barriers in Colloidal Systems with DNA-Mediated Interactions • Self Assembly of Nanoparticle-Polymer-Nanopar-ticle Triblocks • Geometric Model of Depletion Forces in Hard-SphereColloidal Dispersions Exposed to Various Surfaces • Cosmomic: Extending Cosmo-RS to Self-Assem-bled Structures • Self-Assembly in Ternary Systems ContainingSymmetric Amphiphilic Chains and Hybrid Organ-ic-Inorganic Precursors • Computational Design of a Single-Chain Four-Helix Bundle Protein with a Non-BiologicalRu(II)Polypyridyl-(Porphinato)Zn(II) Cofactor

Crystallization of Pharmaceutical and BiologicalMolecules - II Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • Microfluidic Platforms for Protein CrystallizationScreening • Protein Crystallization in Protein CondensationDiseases: Apoferritin Crystallization in Cataract For-mation • Prediction of Cryoprotectant Requirements forFlash Cooling of Protein Crystals • Crystallization in Surfactant-Free MonodisperseEmulsions • Change of Polymorphs of Guanosine-5’-Monophos-phate Using Drowning-out Crystallization • Preparation of Dextran Microsphere Using Super-critical Antisolvent Process

Developments in Thermochemical and ElectrolyticRoutes to Hydrogen Production: Part VHilton San Francisco, Taylor • High Temperature Electrolysis for Hydrogen Produc-tion Using Tubular Electrolyte Cells Assembly Unit • Status of the R&D Effort for the Cu-CL Cycle • Hydrogen Production by Thermochemical Water-Splitting Is Process • Simulation of Sulfur-Iodine ThermochemicalCycle Coupled to Nuclear Heat Transport System • Dynamic Flow of Micro-Channels in a CeramicHeat Exchanger • Optimizing the Micro-Channels Features in a CeramicHeat Exchanger for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition

Emulsions and Foams Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • Nucleation and Bubble Growth Dynamics in Poly-mer Foaming on Paper Board • Role of Micelles in Ostwald Ripening and Solubi-lization • Using NMR to Study Hydrodynamic Forces in theCoalescence of Emulsions • A Novel Production Method for Lipid-StabilizedMonodisperse Ultrasound Contrast Agents

• Peptide Surfactants (Pepfactants®) for SwitchableControl of Foam and Emulsion Stability • Rupture of Draining Foam Films Due to RandomPressure Fluctuations • Particle-Induced Drop Bridging in Pickering Emulsions

Fuel Cell Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Experiences with S.O.F.C. and CO-ProducingHydrogen • Composite Polybenzimidazole/Polyimide-Clay-H3po4 Membranes for Use in Fuel Cell Applications • Minimum Energy Path of Hydrogen in a Pt (111)Cluster • Fuel Cell Applications: Synthesis and Characteri-zation of Microporous Titanium Silicates for Use inComposite Inorganic-Organic Polymer ElectrolyteMembranes • Structure of Pt/Ir/Iro2 tubes and Their Electrocat-alytic Properties in Oxidation of Small Organic Mol-ecules • Sulfonated Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone)-InorganicOxide Nanocomposite Membranes ContainingOrganic-Metallic Complexes • Electrochemical Performances of Non-Perfluori-nated Membrane-Electrode Assemblies for DmfcApplication • Characterization of the Gas Phase Hydrolysis ofSodium Borohydride • A Study of Integration Potentials in VariousReformer Strategies for Logistical Fuels Processing • Integration of Multi-Scale Multi-Phenomena Simu-lations of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Via LatticeBoltzmann Methods • Optimal Synthesis of Hybrid Power Plant

Fuel Cell Technology I Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • MRI Investigation of Water Distribution in anOperating PEM Fuel Cell • Water Management by Materials Design and Engi-neering of the Membrane and Electrode Assemblies • Utilization of Metal Phthalocyanines as CathodeCatalysts of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells • Microfluidic Fuel Cells • PEM Fuel Cell Current Control by Fuel Starvation

Fundamental Research in Transport Processes III Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Transient Effects on Secondary Flow Behavior inDouble Bifurcation Model • Unsteady State Separation of MulticomponentMixtures in a Thermogravitational Column • Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Coefficients ofBinary Hydrocarbon Mixtures • Effects of Dual Porosity during the Consolidationof Fibrous Media • Turbulence Flow Structure Effects on TurbulentHeat Transfer • A New Theory to Explain Transport in Pulsed-Flow Bubble Columns: the Bjerknes Effect • Compact Polymeric Hollow Fiber HeatExchangers (PHFTEs): Multiscale PerformanceStudies and Modeling • Natural Convective Heating in Food Materials inCylinders

Fundamentals of Environmental Catalysis III Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Lean NOx Trap Morphology Changes withLean/Rich Cycling • Novel Analytical System for Exhaust EmissionsControl Catalysts • On the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO withMethane over Ag-Alumina Catalysts in the Presenceof SO2• Decomposition of Nitric Oxide by Platinum Sup-ported on Tin Oxide • The Effect of Sulfur Dioxide on Hydrogen Promo-

tion of the Hydrocarbon Selective Catalytic Reduc-tion of Nitric Oxide under Lean Conditions overAg/Al2O3• Application of V2O5 in NOx Reduction and Evalu-ation of Various Effects on Variation of Its Activity • An Investigation of the Thermal Stability and Per-formance of Wet-Incipient WO3/V2o5/Tio2 Cata-lysts and a Comparison with Flame Aerosol Cata-lysts of Similar Composition for the Gas-Phase Oxi-dation of Methanol

Fundamentals of Interfacial Phenomena III Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13 • Effect of Photoisomer Composition in a Photore-sponsive Surfactant System • Fundamental Study of Adsorption Behavior ofEthoxylated Nonionic Surfactants from Organic Sol-vents on Various Surfaces • Interfacial Rheology and Structure of Straight-Chain and Branched Fatty Alcohol Mixtures • Monte Carlo Simulation of Lennard-Jones Surfac-tant Adsorption at the Liquid/Vapor Interface: theEffect of Tail Attractions, Temperature, AddedHydrophiles, and Surfactant Configuration • Visualization of Cooperativity in the Building ofMixed Self-Assembled Monolayers • Ionization, Molecular Recognition, and WettingPhenomena on Self-Assembled Interfaces Formedfrom Chiral and Achiral Macrocylic Compounds • Characteristics of Progeny Droplets Produced byCharge Instability Induced Breakups of Droplets

Gene Therapy and Delivery (II) Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Immunization Via Skin Using Vaccine-CoatedMicroneedles • Construction of Hybrid Viral/Synthetic GeneDelivery Nanovectors • Using RNA Interference to Probe Mechanism:DNase II Is Not Rate Limiting in Non-Viral GeneTransfer to Endothelium • EGF Ligands Decrease Retroviral Gene Transferthrough Protein Kinase C-Delta • Expression-Targeted Gene Therapy for the Treat-ment of Transitional Cell Carcinoma • Analysis of Retroviral Decay: Protein and RNAStability • Engineering Outer Membrane Vesicles for GeneDelivery

In Silico Systems Biology I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • In Silico Design of Synthetic Tetracycline-Inducible Regulatory Gene Networks • Cellular Biosynthesis Responds to Changing Nutri-ent Environments: Predicting in Vivo Behavior fromin Vitro Models • Design and Mathematical Modeling of a QuorumSensing Based Synthetic Ecosystem with Applica-tions to Competitive Mixed Cultures • Theoretical Considerations and ComputationalAnalysis of Polyketide Biosynthesis Pathways • Identification of a Mechanistic Model of CalciumCrosstalk and Caspase Activation in MammalianApoptosis • Clinical Mutations in the Epidermal Growth FactorReceptor and Relevance to Oncogenic Transformations:from Molecular to Systems Level Modeling • Sensitivity Analysis of Mammalian Circadian Clocks

In Silico Systems Biology III Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Modeling the ErbB Signaling Network in MCF-7Breast Cancer Cells and Analysis of Ligand-Depen-dent Responses • Simulation of Non-Specific Protein-Mrna Interactionsin the Eif4f Translation Initiation Factor Complex • A General Model for Ultrasensitivity Arising fromSingle Protein Multisite Modifications • Spatial Organization of EGF Receptors and Its

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Inorganic Membranes for Gas and VaporSeparation Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • Permeation and Separation Characteristics of Sili-calite Membranes on Zirconia Intermediate Layerby Template-Free Secondary Growth Method • Mass Transport through Zeolite Membranes:Investigating Framework Polarity • Small Pore Zeolites as Materials for Gas Separa-tion Membranes • Surface Modification of Pd Membranes with Cu • The Preparation and Characterization of Hydrotal-cite Membranes

Integrated Design and Operation forSustainability Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • A Chemical Process Design Framework IncludingDifferent Stages of Environmental, Health andSafety (EHS) Assessment • Qsar Approach for Mixture Toxicity PredictionUsing Independent Latent Descriptors and FuzzyMembership Functions • Analysis and Decision Making for SustainableDevelopment of the Surface Finishing Industry • Risk-Based Design of Metal Degreasing Processand Operation Considering Local Chemical Risksand Environmental Impacts • Combining Expert System with Process Simula-tion for Waste Minimization in Batch Plant Opera-tion • Integration of Process Design and Operation withImplementation of a Kilo-Plant • The Development of Energy Sharing in IndustrialAreas of Japan with Pinch Technology

Invited: in Honor of Massimo Morbidelli,Wilhelm Award Recipient II Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Optimizing Control of Simulated Beds • Modeling Sorption and Swelling Behavior in Non-Equilibrium Polymer Phases • Discontinuous and Continuous Operating Modesin Preparative Chromatography • Visualization and Degree of Reproducibility of theOnset of Viscous Fingering in ChromatographicColumns • Continuous Chromatography for Protein Purification

Microfluidics and Small-Scale Flows I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • Electro-Osmosis at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces • Particle Manipulation on a Chip Using Conven-tional and Traveling-Wave Dielectrophoresis • Dynamic Assembly in Nanochannels Manipulatedby Electrokinetics • Surface-to-Surface Transfer Printing of Liquid Inks• Deflection Stability of an ElectrohydrodynamicLiquid Bridge • Transport of Cells and Particles through Ridged Poly-meric Microstructures: Continuous-Flow ElectrodelessDielectrophoresis at Low Applied Electric Fields • Flow between a Cavity and a Flexible Wall: Lubri-cation Model and Finite-Element Calculations • Design and Testing of a Microfluidic Four-RollMill Device • Modeling PCR in Natural Convection Systems • Taylor Dispersion in Pcr in a Microchannel

Molecular Simulation of Adsorption II Hilton San Francisco, Sutter

• Design of Organically Modified Silicas for CarbonDioxide Adsorption • Simulation of Adsorption in a Modified Zeolite YUsed for Separating Chiral Compounds • Molecular Simulation of Liquid Phase Adsorptionof Chain Molecules in Zeolites • Selectivities for Binary Mixtures ofHydrogen/Methane and Hydrogen/Carbon Dioxidein Silicalite and ETS-10 by Grand Canonical MonteCarlo Techniques • Determining Contact Angles from Molecular Simulation • AMolecular Dynamics Investigation of the RelativeStability of Alkaline Earth Metal-Chloride Complexesin Aqueous Solutions and on Gibbsite Surfaces • Molecular Simulation of Water Adsorption in Sili-calite: Effect of Silanol Groups and DifferentCations

Multiscale Modeling and Characterization ofPolymers Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • Semi-Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (SGMC)Simulations to Interpret Non-Equilibrium PolymerMelt Experiments • Monte Carlo Simulations of the InterlamellarRegion in Semi-Crystalline Isotactic Polypropylene • Entanglements and Underlying Topology in Poly-mer Melts : from Atomistic Models to Entangle-ment Networks • Spinodal Decomposition of Rodlike Liquid Crystals • Molecular Modeling of Entanglements in Macromol-ecules by Using a Coarse-Grained Slip-Link Model • Movement Selection for Modeling Biopolymers ina 3-D Lattice • Diffusion in Polystyrene: a Multi-Scale Approach

Nano-Scale Modeling of Interfacial Systems Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Brownian Dynamics Simulations of Polyelec-trolyte Adsorption Onto Charged Patterned Surfaces • Microscopic Properties of the Electric DoubleLayer at Metal Oxide Surfaces and the Effect ofHydrogen Bonding • A Molecular Dynamics Study of Superspreading • Quantitative Measurements of Colloid-SurfaceInteractions from Microscopic Imaging and InverseDensity Functional Theory • Molecular Modeling of Transport across Surfac-tant Covered Oil Water Interface: Effects of Soluteand Surfactant Properties on Transport Mechanisms • Molecular Approach for the Design of Hydrofluo-roalkane-Philes for Pressurized Metered-DoseInhaler Formulations • Monte Carlo Simulation of Chemical ReactionEquilibria at Modified Vapor-Liquid Interfaces

National Science Foundation Workshop II Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Introduction - Workshop 2 • Overview of Chemical, Biochemical, Environ-mental, & Transport Division • Catalysis and Chemical Processes • Interfacial, Transport, and Separation Processes • Fluids, Hydraulics, and Multiphase Systems • Question & Answer Session II • Thermal Systems (Thermal Processing & Combustion) • Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering Programs • Environmental Engineering and Technology • Energy and Sustainability Activities • Question & Answer Session and Panel Discussion

Novel Adsorbent Materials and Structures II Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Molecular Modeling of the Adsorption of SmallMolecules in Metal-Organic Frameworks • The Interaction of Water with Metal OrganicFramework-5 Simulated by Molecular DynamicsUsing a New Non-Bonded Forcefield

• Mercury Adsorption on Activated Carbon • Adsorption Equilibrium and Kinetics of Nitroaro-matic Dye Removal: Comparing Vegetation-Poly-mer Beads and Activated Carbon • Microfibrous Supported Catalysts/Sorbents:Novel Heterogeneous Contacting Systems withEnhanced Reaction Rates • Carbon Replica from Silica Template Using GrandCanonical Monte Carlo Simulations • Design of a Dual Purpose Air Filter for Semicon-ductor Clean Rooms

Novel Computational and ExperimentalMethods in Multiphase Mixing Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Correlation Equation of Particle Collision Fre-quency with Impeller in a Stirred Tank • Computation of Interfacial Area ConcentrationDistribution in Bubble Columns • Computational Flow Modeling of MultiphaseFlow in Microfluidic Devices and Capillaries • Simulating Fluid-Structure Interaction for MixingDevice Design • Using a Macroscopic Particle Model for DiluteSolid Suspensions • ANew Methodology to Measure the Solids Disper-sion in High Pressure Slurry Bubble Column Reactor

Paradigms in Systems Biology (Invited) Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• A Synthetic Approach to Systems Biology • Mother Nature as Both Doctor and Patient

Particle Technology Forum Award Lectures Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Particle Technology Forum Award Lecture

Polymer Processing and Rheology III Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to StudyEffects of Fiber on the Air Flow from an AnnularMelt Blowing Die • In-Mold Coating for Thermoplastic Substrates:Flow Modeling and Rheology • Modeling of Morphological Development in Polyimide Microspheres Obtained from PowderedPrecursors • Aspects of Foam Injection Molding a Thermoplas-tic Polyolefin with Chemical Blowing Agents • Understanding Polymer Nanofiber Electrospin-ning: Kinematic Measurements and DimensionalAnalysis • Melt Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone • Polypropylene Film Casting

Polymer Thin Films and Interfaces III Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Investigation of Block Copolymer Behavior onPatterned • Symmetry Breaking in Block Copolymer Thin Films • Self Assembly of Rod-Coil Block Copolymers andHomopolymers • Self-Assembly of Double-Gyroid Phase BlockCopolymer/Silica Thin Films • Selectively Probing the Glass Transition Tempera-ture in Block Copolymer Films • Self-Assembly of Thin Polymer Film Via Electro-hydrodynamic Instabilities • Effects of Flow and Interfacial Block Copolymeron Polymer-Polymer Adhesion

Poster Session: Advances in EnvironmentalTechnology Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Probabilistic Risk and Reliability Analysis of Oiland Gas Exploration and Production in SensitiveEcosystems • Design Considerations on an Annular PlasmaReactor for NOx Mitigation • Studying Water Quality by Corrosion & Scaling

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Index with Changing the Method of MicroorganismsControl in Cooling Towers • Effect of Btex and Ethanol on Biodegradation of MTBE • Carbon and Ceria Supported Transition Metals forLow Temperature Carbon Monoxide Oxidation • Experimental Study of Supercritical Water Gasifica-tion Using Fine Carbon Suspended Glucose Solution • Initial Adhesion of Methanosarcina Barkeri to Sup-port Materials • The Toxicological Impacts of Selected Ionic Liq-uids on Industrial Wastewater Treatment Bacteria • Utilization of Computational Fluid Dynamics andAqueous Organic Oxidation Experiments to Aid theDevelopment of a Tubular High-Density Plasma Reactor • Parametric Study of Light Intensity on the Growth ofChroogloeocystis Siderophila in a Photo-Bioreactor • Effect of Surface Characteristics of Microorgan-isms in Anaerobic Sludge on Immobilization to Sup-port Materials • Investigation of Rapid ZnO Dissociation in anAerosol Flow Reactor • Chlorine Atom Concentration Determination ViaGas Phase Titration with Butane • Selective Recovery of Tantalum from RefractoryMetal Scrap by Chlorination • Energy and Transformity Matrix Analysis for Corre-lating Environmental Pollution with Birth Defects • Coupled Chemical-Transport Modeling for Materi-al Leaching Behavior Assessment in EnvironmentalConditions • Methodology for Zinc Fate Assessment in Saturat-ed Soil Material: Comparison between Batch andContinuous Laboratory Experiments • Development of Gis-Based Toxic Pollutants Con-centration Prediction System in Various Environ-mental Media • Microbial Dynamics and Bioreactor Stability in anOil-Absorber-Bioscrubber System Exposed to anAlternating Sequence of 1,2-Dichloroethane andFluorobenzene • Analysis and Integration of Drain Systems and Water-sheds with Phosphorus and Nitrogen Compounds • An Integrated Bioreactor – Activated CarbonAdsorption and Polysulfone Hollow Fiber Mem-brane Cell Immobilization – for Co-metabolic Trans-formation of 4-Chlorophenol • Selection, Preparation, and Performance of HighTemperature Novel CO2 Sorbents • ASequencing Batch Reactor Achieving EnhancedNitrogen Removal from Municipal Wastewater throughBypassing Nitrite Oxidation - a Pilot Scale Study • Corrosion Phenomena of Alloys by Supercritical WaterOxidation of Halogenated Hydrocarbon in Batch Reac-tor and Anti-Corrosive Continuous Reactor • Mercury Emission Analysis of 1600-MW Coal-Fired Power Plant by Ontario Hydro Method and on-Line Continuous Emission Monitoring • Synthesis and Characterization of PhotocatalyticFibers by the Controlled Growth of Column-ShapedNanotitanosilicate • Analysis and Retrofit Design of Wastewater Treat-ment Facilities Using Process Simulation Tools • Hydrogen Production from Natural Gas Reformingin Gliding Arc Discharge • Selection of Optimal Biorefinery Products and Pro-duction Pathways • Reactivity of Catalyst-Suspended Slurry in Super-critical Water • Investigation of Ecological Services Impacts fromBiofuel Production • Decomposition of Fructose in Presence ofHydrochloric Acid in Continuous Subcritical WaterSystem: Formation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural,Levulinic, and Formic Acids • Production of Amino and Organic Acids from Scal-lop Wastes Using a Continuous Type, Small ScaleApparatus Sub-Critical Water Extraction andHydrolysis • High Speed Chitin Producing on from Crab ShellUsing Sub-Critical Aqueous Acetic Acid Solution

• Reactions of α-Olefins Added during the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis over Cobalt Catalyst for SelectiveSynthesis of Diesel Range • Mechanical Characteristics of the Catalyst-Sus-pended Chicken Manure • High Speed and Efficient Methane FermentationProcess for Sewage-Sludge Pretreated Using Sub-Critical Water Technology • Improvement of Methane Fermentation Process UsingImmobilized Methanogens on Bamboo Charcoal • Analysis of Suspended and Biofilm AtrazineDegrading Cells • Biotreatment of Trace Levels of Pentachlorophenolin Aqueous Media with Trametes Versicolor • Design of Life Support Technologies for Micro-gravity Performance • Direct Pretreatment of Urine by Activated Carbonfor Highly Compact Space Life Support SystemWater Recycling • New DOC – an Integrated Membrane Process forWastewater Reclamation in Advanced Life SupportSystems • Steam Gasification of Waste Sawdust for Produc-tion of Synthesis Gas • [CL] Determination Via Gas Phase Titration withButane

Poster Session: Applied Mathematics andNumerical Analysis Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • A Novel Method of Grid Generation for Finite Ele-ments • Predicting Reboiler Operations Using FluidDynamic Modeling • Applications of Conformal and Number Theory toProblems in Percolation Crossing Probabilities • Validation of a Multiple Input, Multiple OutputModel of the Human Thermoregulatory System • A Tri-Frame Code Controls Entropy and Expres-sion Levels of Proteins • Computer Applications in Mineral Process Engi-neering - a Case Study in Mechanical Operations • The Functionalities of Fast-Chrom/Smb (Fast andAccurate Simulation Tools for Chromatography andSmb) • Joule Heating Effect on the Hydrodynamic Behav-ior of Eyring Fluids and on the Relative Importanceof the Driving Forces

Poster Session: Computers in Operations andInformation Processing Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Identification of Supply Chain Relationships andTheir Multi-Level Programming-Based Modeling • Application of Tabu Search to Metabolic FluxAnalysis Based on Labeling Balances • Automatic Synthesis of Fuzzy Diagnosis Rules forIdentifying Multiple Faults in Chemical Processes • Production Planning and Scheduling Practices in thePharmaceutical and Specialty Chemical Industries • Superstructure-Based MINLP Formulation for Syn-thesis of Semi-Continuous Mass Exchanger Networks • Flexible Inventory Management for Crude OilScheduling Problem • Modeling of Purchase and Sales Contracts in Sup-ply Chain Optimization • Steel Scrap Purchasing Optimization and SupplyManagement • Ontology Design and Its Application in the Gasifi-cation Domain • Global Optimization of Multiphase Flow Networksin Oil and/or Gas Production Systems • Data-Driven Soft Sensor Design with Multiple-Rate Sampled Data: a Comparative Study • Assessment of Traditional Key Performance Indi-cators for Supply Chain Management in the BatchChemical Industry • A Computer Aided Approach to HAZOP Based onFunctional Models • Fiber-Optical Mid-Ir Spectroscopy for Chemical

Processes • Evaluation of the Pure Component Parameteriza-tion Methodology on Mixture Property Predictionsfor Thermodynamic Equations of State Using Ter-rain Methodology • Comparative Assessment of Clustering Techniquesfor the Analysis of Temporal Gene Expression Data • Large-Scale Multi-Vehicle Dispatching Problemfor Chemical Products • Automating the Analysis of Preprocessing Tech-niques for Chemometrics • An Effective Transformation for Enhancing Sto-chastic Global Optimizations • Scheduling of Parallel Furnaces Shutdown underUncertainty • Optimization of an Ideal Reactive Distillation Col-umn Using Hybrid Integer Particle Swarm Opti-mization Algorithm • Process Chemometrics at the Dow Chemical Company • A Hybrid Tabu-Branch&Bound Approach for theSolution of Large-Scale Supply Chain ManagementModels • A Population-Based Probability Distribution Esti-mation Method for Dynamic Optimization • State Estimation in Constrained Nonlinear Systems- the Constrained Extended Kalman Filter • Dynamic Data Reconciliation Using Process Simu-lator and Wavelet Denoising • Integrating Multi-Variate Image Analysis and Arti-ficial Intelligence Techniques with PVM for InlineCrystal Size and Shape Measurements • Latent Variable Methods for Process Design: Deal-ing with Specification and Operational Constraints • Implementation of an Experimental Platform forChemical Process Integrated Operations • Troubleshooting Supply Chain Systems with Pro-curement Rule Fortification/Restructuring • Optimal Discharge Profile for Effective Utilizationof Electrochemical Power Sources • Development of Systematic Tuning Procedures forExtended Kalman Filtering

Poster Session: Recent Developments in Systemsand Process Control Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Control System Design for External Insulin Injec-tion: a BMI Optimization Approach • Optimal Identification in Systems Biology. Appli-cations in Cell Signaling • Optimizing DNA Plasmid Productivity from E.Coli Fermentation • Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of OxygenEnriched Coal Fired Boilers • A Novel Method of Modeling Simple Thermody-namic System: a Case Study of a Tank Model • Modeling of a Three-Phase Industrial Batch Reac-tor Using a Hybrid First-Principles Neural-NetworkModel • Enhancing Fault Diagnosis by Incorporation ofIntelligent Filtering Knowledge • Integration of Data Rectification and IncipientProcess Fault Diagnosis • Design and Control of Isopropyl Alcohol Dehydra-tion Via Homogeneous Azeotropic DistillationUsing Dimethyl Sulfoxide as Extractive Agent • Automatic Verification of Control Logics in SafetyInstrumented System for Chemical Industrial Processes • Multidimensional Modeling of Reactive Drying ofPolymeric Films: an Integrated Process and ProductApproach • Disturbance Modeling Via Hidden Markov Tech-niques - an Extension • A Novel Internal Cascade Structure for Control ofNon-Self Regulating (Integrating) Processes • Diagnosing Process Events Using Pattern BasedAnalysis of Control Data Metrics • Continuous-Time Prediction-Error Identificationfor Mpc • MPCA for Monitoring Emulsion PolymerizationProcess: Alternative Strategies for Decomposing

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Poster Session: Recent Developments in Systemsand Process Design Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Conceptual Design and Simulation of a New OperationMode for Reactive Batch Distillation Columns • A Systematic Approach to Synthesize OptimalOperating Procedures for Transferring Materials inBatch Plants • Development of a Mathematical ProgrammingModel for Integrated Water Network Design inBatch Processes • Analytical Flash Derivatives and Its Applications • PLS Based Iterative Learning Control Scheme forBatch Systems • Feasibility Measure Studies on ChromatographicPurification of Antibody Fragment from Clarified Lysate • A Methodology Supporting the Design of 4-Sec-tion and 5-Section Jo Systems in MulticomponentSeparation. I-Case of Linear Adsorption • A New Algorithm for Bioprocess Feasibility Indexunder Uncertainty • Increasing the Efficiency of Mass and HeatExchange Networks • Investigating the Need of a Pre-Concentrator Col-umn for the Isopropyl Alcohol Dehydration Process • Process Alternative for Methyl Acetate Conver-sion Using Reactive Distillation: TransesterificationVersus Hydrolysis • Process Integration Strategies for Optimization ofBiocide Usage and Discharge for Seawater Cooling • Equivalent System Mass Analysis and Integrationof Food Production for Planetary Habitation • Property Based Experimental Design • Property Clusters and Group Contribution forSimultaneous Process and Molecular Design • Multi-Objective Optimization under Uncertainty forthe Sustainability Enhancement of Chemical Process • Source Scale-up for Physical Vapor Deposition ofCu(InGa)Se2 on Flexible Substrates • Development of a Design Algorithm for PetylukColumns Using a Process Simulator • Water Minimization in a Mixed Batch and Contin-uous Process Using Pinch Analysis Techniques • Selecting Third-Party Logistics Contracts forChemical Companies • The Isothermal Reactive Flash Problem • CFD Model for Performance Analysis of Nonwo-vens Absorbent Media • Efficient Procedures for Nonlinear Sensor Net-work Design and Upgrade

Property Estimation and Modeling for ProductDesign Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Dimensionality Reduction of Molecular Descrip-tor Matrices • Liquid Densities of Petroleum Fractions: Revisit-ing the Peneloux Shift for Cubic Equations of State • Rigorous and Exact: the “What Not to Teach” ofProduct Design • The Range of Product Properties Predictable with

Cosmotherm • Rigorous and Exact: the “What Not to Teach” ofProperty Estimation • Unified Physical Property Estimation Relation-ships-Upper • Prediction of Glass Transition Temperature UsingHybrid Neural Networks • Speadmd Correlation and Prediction of TransportProperties to Facilitate Chemical Process and Prod-uct Design • Multiscale Property Modeling for Design of Poly-mer Based Products • A System for Thermophysical Data Analysis andOptimization

Reaction Path Analysis II Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Isotopic Experimental and Modeling Study ofAcetylene Formation in an a.C Plasma ReactorUsing a Corona Discharge • Kinetics of Selective Co Oxidation in Hydrogen-Rich Streams over Pt-Co-Ce/Al2O3 Catalyst • Microkinetic Model for the Water Gas Shift Reac-tion on Supported Copper Catalyst • Kinetic Modeling of the Isomerization and Alkyla-tion Reaction Paths Involved in the Synthesis ofLinear Alkylbenzenes over Y Zeolites • Single-Event Microkinetics of Aromatics Hydro-genation on a Pt Catalyst • Two Rate Determining Step Mechanistic KineticModel for Hydroisomerization and Hydrocrackingof Long Chain Paraffins • A Graph Theoretic Approach to Methanol Decom-position Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics • Severe Pyrolyses of C6 to C12 Monocycloalkanes

Reactions in near Critical and SupercriticalFluids II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Catalytic and Homogeneous Gasification of Bio-mass Model Compounds in Supercritical Water • Kinetic Modeling and Mass Transfer Effects inHomogeneous Catalytic Hydroformylation of 1-Octene in CO2 – Expanded Solvent • Hydrolysis Kinetics for 2,3-Dichloropyridine inSupercritical Water • Catalysis, Phase Equilibria and Mass Transport forHydrogenation and Hydroformylation in BiphasicIonic Liquid-Compressed CO2 Systems • Melt Glycolysis of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate)Using CO2-Assisted Extrusion • Highly Active and Recyclable HydroformylationCatalysis Using Phase Controlled Polymer Supportsin CO2-Expanded Liquids (Cxls)

Sensing Applications of Nanocomposites Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Effect of Foaming on Fiber Orientation and Elec-trical Conductivity of Polymer Carbon Fiber Com-posites in Injection Molding • Negative Normal Stresses in Polymer Nanocomposites • HDPE/Al2O3 Nanocomposites Prepared byExtruding Al2O3 Coated HDPE Particles • Large-Scale Production of Carbon-Coated CopperNanoparticles for Sensor Applications • Film Characteristics of Magnetic NanoparticlesIncorporated into Tethered Thermoresponsive n-Isopropylacrylamide Copolymer Hydrogels • Responsive Polydiacetylene/Silica Nanocompos-ite Films with Tunable Mesostructure and Ther-mochromatism • Uv-VIS Properties of ZnO / Low Density Polyeth-ylene Nanocomposites • Responsive Nanocomposites Though HierarchicalAssembly

Size Effects in Catalysts at the Nanoscale Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Nano-Scale Effects in the Oxidation and the Reac-tivity of Platinum Clusters

• Effect of Pt Cluster Size on the Reaction of Noand O2 to NO2 on Supported and Model Catalysts • Stabilization of Platinum Nanoparticles by Substi-tutional Boron Dopants in Carbon Supports • On the Activity of Cationic Au Species during thePreferential Co Oxidation on Low ContentAu/CeO2Catalysts • Synthesis and Characterization of Dendrimer-Derived Ir/-Al2O3 Catalysts • Performance Testing and Structural Characterizationof Gamma-Al2O3-Supported Rhenium Clusters andParticles for Methylcyclohexane Conversion • Sol-Gel Synthesis of Vanadium PhosphorusOxides as Catalyst for the Partial Oxidation ofButane to Maleic Anhydride

Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Behavior VHilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • Salt-D: a New Equation of State for Polymeric Fluids • Thermodynamically Constrained Inverse MonteCarlo: Potentials Optimized to Reproduce Structureand Thermodynamics • A New Approach for Calculation of MinimumMiscibility Pressure Based on a Multiple-Mixing-Cell Model • High Accuracy Density Measurements at Pres-sures up to 200 Mpa for Light Synthetic NaturalGas-like Mixtures • Perturbation Thermodynamic Theory for PolarFluids: Pure Components and Mixtures • The Nature of Asymmetry in Fluid Criticality • Gas and Volatile Organic Compound Partitioningin Aqueous Environments • Thermodynamic Properties of Humid Gases fromFirst Principles

Thermodynamics under High Pressure Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • High Pressure Phase Behavior of Binary Systemsof Refrigerants and n-Alkylbenzenes • Vapor-Liquid-Liquid Equilibria of Ternary Fluo-rous, Organic, and Carbon Dioxide Systems • The Use of Tetrahydrofuran to Stabilize theClathrate Hydrates of Helium, Neon and Hydrogenat Low-Pressure • Formation of Mixed Gas Hydrates: a Thermody-namic Study • Thermodynamic Modeling of High Pressure GasStorage System • Thermophysical Property Predictions of the Opls-Aa, Trappe-Ua and Borodin Force Fields for Perflu-oroalkanes • The Isothermal Compressibility Peaks in Hydro-gen Fluoride in the Super Critical and Super HeatedVapor Region

Thermophysical Properties of Biological Systems III Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • How Attractions Affect the Collapse of aHydrophobic Polymer in Water • Computing Free Energies of Bound Water in Con-fined Environments and at Interfaces • Solvation Free Energy of Amino Acids and Side-Chain Analogs • Thermodynamic Analysis of Interacting NucleicAcids with Application to Biosensing Devices • Simulation of pH-Dependent Edge StrandRearrangement in Human B-2 Microglobulin • Computational Predictions of Protein-ProteinStructures and Interfaces within a Messenger RNADegradation Machine • Evaluating Free Energy Changes during ProteinAdsorption Processes • A Comparative Thermodynamic Study of theInteractions of Human Stratum Corneum and ItsComponents with Water

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plex Surfaces • Temperature and Number Density MeasurementsUsing Raman Spectroscopy in Supersonic, Turbu-lent, Combusting Flows • A RANS Model for Turbulent Drag Reduction byPolymer Injection • Mechanisms of Particle Dispersion and Concentra-tion in Unsteady Virtual Impaction Jets • Validation of LES Simulation of a Large HeliumPlume • A Novel Two-Phase Filtered Density FunctionApproach for Turbulent Spray Combustion • Experimental Study of Turbulent Reactive Mixingin a Confined Rectangular Jet Reactor • Realizable Algebraic Reynolds Stress Model forSingle Phase and Multiphase Turbulent Flows • Multi-Environment Conditional Pdf Model Valida-tion Study Using Reacting Flow Dns • Spectral Mixing Model for the Composition Pdf ofInhomogeneous Scalar Fields in Isotropic Turbulence

TUESDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2006 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Professional Progress Award Lecture Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A

TUESDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2006 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM AES Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Blood Typing in a Dielectrophoretic Microdevice • Lab-on-a-Chip Sample Preparation for SubcellularAnalysis: a Technique to Rapidly Rupture Erythro-cytes in a Dielectrophoretic Microdevice • Lessons Learned from “Not Entirely Successful”Attempts to Use Room Temperature Ionic Liquids(RTILs) for Electrochemical Separations

General Poster Session on Separations Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Cyclone Separatorsof Small Scale • Mixed Matrix Membranes for Gas Separation • Carboxylic Acid Effects on Ethanol Recovery fromAqueous Mixtures Using Pervaporation throughMFI Zeolite-Filled Polydimethylsiloxane Mem-branes • Modeling and Simulation of Oil-Water SeparationUsing Subsea Equipment • Olefin/Paraffin Separation Using a MesoporousMaterial • A General Strategy for Adhesion Enhancement inMixed Matrix Membranes by Formation of Nano-Structured Particle Surfaces • Singularities in Modeling Reactive Flash Systems • Colloidal Templating with Surface-AnisotropicParticles • High Temperature Carbon Dioxide Capture andHydrogen Production Using Engineered Eggshells • Modeling Swirl Flow at Different Viscosities • Ion Exchange Adsorption Process for in Situ Removalof the Unstable ß-Lactamase Inhibitor Clavulanic Acidfrom S. Clavuligerus Fermentation Broth • Reverse Micelle Extraction of EGFP

Poster Session in Fluid Mechanics Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • The Economical Fabrication of Surface-DirectedMicrofluidic Platforms and the Characterization ofCapillary Dynamics • Transport Properties of Electrospun Nanowebs • Geometrical Effects on Helical Flow in GroovedMicrochannels • Computation Fluid-Dynamics Modeling of aMicrofluidic Cell Separation Device for Cardiac Tis-sue Engineering • Computational Particle Fluid Dynamics Simula-tions and Validation for Cyclones: High and LowLoadings • Large Particle Detachment in a Microchannel

• Two-Phase Flows in Microfluidic Devices • Surface-Mediated Drop Motion in a BifurcatingMicrochannel with Different Wettabilities • Dimensional Analysis of Steady and UnsteadyState Permeation Flux for Microfiltration ofOil/Water Emulsion by a Ceramic Membrane • Microstructure & Rheology of Thixotropic, ShearThickening Dispersions • Thermocapillary Induced Motion of a Drop withSimultaneous Effect of Surface Viscosity • Passive Single Droplet Dispensing Using Capillaryon EHD Method • Open-Channel Capillary Flow in Minimal SupportStructures • Studies on Mass Transfer Using Co-Axial OrificeTurbulence Promoters • Hydrodynamic Interactions of Spherical Particlesbetween Two Planar Walls: Accelerated Stokesian-Dynamics Algorithm • Numerical Simulation of the Confined Motion ofDrops and Bubbles Using a Hybrid VOF/Level SetMethod • Creeping Motion of a Sphere in a Cylindrical Conduit • Experimental and Theoretical Study of Suspen-sions of Magnetic Nanoparticles in an Annular GapSubjected to a Rotating Magnetic Field • Comparison of Experimental Results and ModelPredictions for Complex Geometry Flows of a Con-centrated Suspension • Particle Migration in Stokes Flow of Suspensionspast a Cylinder • Flow of Suspension past a Cylinder at LowReynolds Number • Flows of Concentrated Suspensions in Symmetricand Asymmetric Bifurcations Measured by NMRI • Nature of Hemodynamic Forces on VascularEndothelial Cells, Leukocytes or Cancer CellsAdhering to the Surface of Blood Vessels • Dynamics of DNA Tumbling in Shear and Rota-tional Flows • Coating Flows on a Rotating Vertical Disc • The Effect of Non-Newtonian Fluid and Flow Condi-tions on the Instability of an Annular Liquid Sheet • Comparison of Numerical and Taylor-Based Solu-tions for Power-Law Model Fluids with Joule Heat-ing in a Rectangular Capillary Cell • Asymptotic Analysis of the Selective Dip-Coatingof Power-Law Fluids Onto Chemically Micropat-terned Surfaces • Lateral Expansion of Thin Dough Sections underSudden Pressure Release • Rheological Behavior of HDPE-Wood Flour Com-posites Manufactured in Different Flow Field • Experimental Study on Polymer Melt Flow inWater Assisted Injection Molding • A Three-Dimensional Lattice Boltzmann Simula-tion of Non-Newtonian Fluid Undergoing ExtremelyHigh Shear Rate in the Confined Geometry • Blood Flow Patterns in the Carotid Artery and theRisk of Atherosclerotic Diseases • Using Rheological Properties of Body Fluids asPhysiological Indicators • An Axisymmetric Single-Path Model for Reactive GasTransport and Uptake in the Conducting Airways • Controlling Wall Turbulence by Modifying theChannel Wall • Blood Flow Analysis in Micromed Debakey Pumpby Computational Fluid Dynamics • The Onset of Turbulence in Drag-Reducing Aggre-gated Polymer Solutions • Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation of a Multi-phase Fluid in Vertical Flow at High Reynolds Number

Poster Session on Membranes Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Effect of External Recycle on Extraction in Rectan-gular Membrane Modules • Stability Study of Hollow Fiber Membrane inOlefin/Paraffin Separation • Synthesis of Fluorine-Containing Polyimides for

Pervaporation Separation of Toluene/n-HeptaneMixtures • Effect of Intercrystalline Pores in MFI ZeoliteMembranes on Xylene Separation and MembraneImprovement by Online Coking • Designing Adsorptive Membranes Using ConfocalMicroscopy • Transient Permeation of Binary and Ternary GasMixtures on MTES Templating Silica/á-AluminaComposite Membrane • Asymmetric Carbon Molecular Sieve MembranesBased on Poly(Phenylene Oxide) for Gas Separation • New Approach to Improve Gas Permeabilitythrough Amorphous Glassy Polymer Membranes • Enhancing Flux for Membrane Distillation • Transport Properties of Proton Exchange Mem-branes: Effect of Supercritical Fluid Processing • Mathematical Modeling for Transdermal Transportof Volatile Organic Liquids • Selectivity of Affinity Membranes forImmunoglobulin Capture • New Tubular, Composite Membranes for Air Removalfrom Aerospace Fluid Loop Coolant Systems • Fabrication of Cylindrical Micro-Porous Mem-brane Via Utilization of Colloidal Templating • Enhancement of Whey Protein Filtration UsingModified Polyethersulfone(PES) Membranes • Ordered Mesoporous Silica Membranes: Prepara-tion and Nanopermporometry Characterization • Synthesis and Characterization of Silica SodaliteMembranes Obtained by in-Situ Crystallization andSecondary Growth Methods • The Effect of Metal-Catalyzed Oxidation on Diffu-sion in Polybutadiene • Performance of Homogeneous and HeterogeneousIon-Exchange Membranes during Donnan Mem-brane Process Based Alum Recovery • Transient Diffusion of Gases in Polymer FoamsHaving Non-Uniform Density • Gas Diffusion in Polystyrene Film • Thermodynamics and Dynamics of Water VaporSorption in Thin Polymer Films • Characterization of Phosphoric-Acid-Doped Poly-benzimidazole/Cesium Hydrogen Sulfate CompositePolymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cells

Poster Session: Fundamentals and Applicationsof Adsorption and Ion Exchange Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • On-Line Monitoring of Enantiomer Concentrationby High-Speed HPLC in Multicolumn ContinuousChiral Chromatography • In-Situ Probing of Insulin Aggregation in Chro-matography Effluents with Spectroturbidimetry • Characterization of Porous Sorbents by Simultane-ous Measurement of Adsorption Isotherms andEnthalpies Using a Sensor Gas Calorimeter (SGC) • Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations ofAdsorption Columns Based on Computed Tomogra-phy Experiments • Studies in Continuous Countercurrent Pressure-Difference-Driven Gas Adsorption Separations • Adsorptive Separation of Platinum Group Metalsin Fixed-Bed Columns Containing Amine-Immobi-lized Activated Carbons • Process Innovation in the Sugar Industry: Chromato-graphic Sugar Separation Using Smb Technology • Scaling and Sensitivity Analysis of SimulatedMoving Bed Reactors • Chitosan Selectivity to Remove Cadmium (II),Copper (II) and Lead (II) from Aqueous Phase: pHand Organic Matter Effects • Acid Activated Bamboo-Type Carbon Nanotubes andCup-Stacked-Type Carbon Nanostructures as AdsorbentMaterials: Cadmium Removal from Water • Experimental Validation of the Hybrid Mem-brane/PSA Principle for Gas Separation • Multicomponent Adsorption in Porous Media • Production of 2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene Using aSimultaneous Isomerization and Adsorption Based

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Poster Session: Fundamentals and Applicationsof Extraction Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Solid Phase Extraction for Heavy Metals Prior toAtomic Absorption Spectroscopy • Sfe Extraction of Squalene from Oil Residues • The Effect of Microwaving and Ultrasonication onthe Yield and Product Profile of Jerusalem Arti-choke Extracts

Poster Session: Recent Developments inCrystallization and Evaporation Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Formation of Low Acidity ADNBF by ReactiveCrystallization • Formation and Characterization of II-VI Semicon-ductor Nanocrystals • Crystallization of Low Solubility Calcium-Arsen-ate Compounds for Poly(Diallyldimethyl Ammoni-um Chloride) Recovery from Peuf RetentateStreams • Prediction for Solvent Effect on Crystal Morpholo-gy of an Energetic Material by Molecular Modeling • Distribution of Impurities in Protein Crystallization • Evaporative Crystallization of Sodium SulfateDicarbonate • Nucleation of Lysozyme Crystals on ModifiedSubstrates • Solvent Effect on Morphology of Crystals

Thermodynamics and Transport Properties(Posters) Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • An Extended CEOS/ AE Zero-Pressure MixingRule and Its Application to Phase Equilibrium Cal-culation • Chemical Force Microscopy and Ab Initio Calcu-lations: a Molecular Approach for the Design ofSurfactants for Pressurized Metered-Dose Inhalers • Hydrogen Storage by Adsorption Onto DifferentActivated Carbons • Phase Behavior of Ionic Fluids in DisorderedCharged Media • Describing the Global Thermodynamic Propertiesof Chain Fluids Using a Crossover Perturbed-ChainStatistical Associating Fluid Theory • Using Voronoi Tessellations to Measure Coexist-ing Densities for Molecular Dynamics Simulations • Computing Thermophysical Properties of Aromat-ic Compounds: Comparison of Theory and Experi-ment • Gas Solubility, Diffusivity, and Surface Tensionsin Phosphonium-, and Ammonium-Based RoomTemperature Ionic Liquids • Computer-Aid Simulation of Gas Solubility andDiffusivity in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids –Initial Progress Report for Computer Aided Designof RTIL-Based Separating Agents • Developing a New Equation of State with Non-Quadratic Mixing Rules for Prediction of the PhaseEquilibria of Polar and Associated Fluids • Coarse-Graining and Soft Matter Systems: Bridg-ing the Atomistic-Meso Scales • Prediction of N2 and CO2 Gas Hydrate Equilibria • A Novel Separation Process of Gas Mixtures byUsing Tetrahydrofuran (THF) Clathrate Hydrate • Basic Study of Hydrogen Storage in THF/H2Clathrate Hydrate • Nanocomposite Materials for High CapacityHydrogen Storage • Generalization of a Viscosity Model for LiquidMixtures Using an Artificial Neural Network • Prediction of Global Warming Potentials throughComputational Chemistry – Testing Robustness ofMethodology through Experimental Comparisons • Development of Atomistic Force Fields for BinaryMixture Vapor-Liquid Equilibria Calculations • Effect of Torsional Potential on the Phase Behav-

ior of Organic Compounds • Chemicals Regulation and the Integration ofProcess Safety with Molecular Modeling • On Solubility Extrema in Solid-Fluid Equilibriumand the Effect on Thermodynamic Modeling • Triangular Well Equation of State for Fluid Mixtures • Equilibrium Properties from the Crossover Trian-gular Well Equation of State • Compressed Liquid Densities for Binary Mixturesof [Emim] Chloride + 1-Butanol from 313 to 363 Kand Pressures up to 25 Mpa • Liquid Densities of Hexane + BenzothiopheneMixtures from 313 to 363 K and up to 25 Mpa • Simulation of the Frictional Response ofNanoconfined Films • Estimating Molecular Mobility in AmorphousOrganic Pharmaceutical Compounds • Temperature and Pressure Effects on Structural Prop-erties of Supercritical Water Molecules Confined inCarbon Nanotube—-a Molecular Dynamics Study • The Use of Hard-Core Two-Yukawa Potential inIMAC for Prediction of Diffusion Coefficients • Transformation of Amorphous Titania to Anatase:Kinetics and Dynamics • Monte Carlo Simulation of Fluid Systems at FixedEntropy • Solubility of Methane in Binary Mixed Solvents(Ethanol+Hexane Andethanol+Cyclohexane) atHigh Pressures • Liquid-Vapor Isotopic Fractionation Factors ofDiatomic Fluids. Simulation, Modeling and Com-parison with Experiment • Recent Advances with the Cubic – Plus – Associa-tion Equation of State • Multiplicity of Correlation Functions in Fluids • Applications of the Simplified Perturbed-ChainSalt Equation of State • Revisiting Scaled Particle Theory of the BinaryHard Sphere Fluid • Phase Behavior of Ionic Fluids in Charged Disor-dered Media • Vapor-Liquid-Liquid Equilibria and Lower Criti-cal Solution Temperatures of Hydrofluorocarbonsin Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids • Modeling of Aqueous Amino Acid and Polypep-tide Solutions with Pc-Salt • Critical Point Calculation of Lennard Jones PureFluid and Binary Mixtures • The Influence of Ion Polarizability on the ElectricDouble Layer • Ab Initio Monte Carlo Simulations of Fluid PhaseEquilibria at Extreme Conditions • A Conformal Equation of State for Carbon Tetraflu-oride and Neopentane from Molecular Simulation • Measurement and Correlation of Partition Coeffi-cients of Sulfur Compounds for Acetonitrile + n-Alkane Systems • Understanding the Phase Behavior of AqueousHydrogen Fluoride Mixture by Incorporating Selfand Cross Association Patterns • Statistical Associating Fluid Theory Coupled withRestricted Primitive Model to Represent Brine/Sea-water up to High Temperatures and Pressures • Model for Solubility and Solid Phase Compositionin High-Temperature Na2CO3-Na2SO4 Solutions • Phase Equilibria for Bio-Derived Chemicals • Equation of State Modeling of Polarizable Dipolarand Quadroupolar Mixtures • Atomic-Scale Analysis of Silicon Hydride Disso-ciation on Surfaces of Plasma-Deposited Amor-phous Silicon Thin Films • Predicting the Lennard Jones Melting Point, Infi-nite Size and Full Potential • Melting Transition in Repulsive Lennard JonesCrystals • Equation of State for Lennard-Jones Fluid andChains in the Npt Ensemble • Volume-Explicit Equation of State for Square-Well Monomers and Chains • Reliable Computation of Density Roots, Phase

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WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2006 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM (22b) Nanoscale Science and Engineering inBiomolecular Catalysis I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Supramolecular Templating of Nanoporous Catalysts • Hybrid Molecular Sieve Supported Biocatalysts • Biomimetic Silica Encapsulation: an Efficient andVersatile Enzyme Immobilization Technique • Preparation of Tuneable NPT Surfaces for Sensingand Biomedical Applications • Unusual Interfacial Activation of BurkholderiaCepacia Lipase Immobilized in Nanopores of SBA-15 Silica• Carbon Nanotubes Suspension for BiosensorApplications • Dispersion of Polystyrene - Poly (Styrene-Co-Maleic Anhydride) Nanofibers in Aqueous Solutionsfor Biocatalytic Continuous Flow Reactors • Proteins Assisted Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes

(22b) Nanotechnology for Biotechnology andPharmaceuticals Industries Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Ex-Vivo Tissue Engineering in Inverted ColloidalCrystal Scaffolds with Nanostructured Surface Coat-ing from Organic-Inorganic Composite • Physicochemical Characteristics of Drug-LadenNanofibers for Controlled Drug Delivery • Synthesizing Core/Shell Nanoparticles for Magnet-ic Fluid Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment • Towards the Large-Scale Chemical Self-AssemblyProcessing of Virus-like Particles • Nanoparticle Delivery of Stabilized AngiogenicGrowth Factors • Conjugation of Fept Nanoparticles with BiologicalEntities • The Design of Liposome-Based Anthrax ToxinInhibitors

(22b) Self-Assembled Biomaterials Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Controlling Cell Interactions to PolyelectrolyteMultilayer Assemblies Based on Elastin-like Poly-mer Conjugates • Room Temperature-Nanoparticle Synthesis UsingRing-Structured Peptide Assemblies as Templates • Polymerization Control of Templated RecognitiveStructures • Investigating Antibody Access to Adsorbed ProteinNanocapsule Interiors Using the Quartz CrystalMicrobalance and Surface Plasmon Resonance • Escherichia Coli-Based Cell-Free Protein Synthe-sis of Virus-like Particles • Self-Assembly and Nanoparticle Formation of aNovel Bioresorbable and Crosslinkable Terpolymer • Thermally Reversible Heteroaggregation of LipidVesicles Using DNA as Biomolecular CombinationLocks • Vesosome – a Multicompartment Bilayer StructureEncapsulating Vesicles and Colloids • Vesicles in Biopolymer Capsules: Hybrid Struc-tures for Controlled Drug Delivery • Engineering of Self-Assembled Phi29 Nanomotorfor the Applications in Nanotechnology and GeneTherapy

Advances in Adsorptive Bioseparations Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Preparation of Ribonuclease A Surface-ImprintedNanoparticles with Miniemulsion Polymerizationfor Protein Recognition in Aqueous Media • Fundamental Studies on Dual Mode BiomolecularSeparations in Ordered Mesoporous Materials • Studies of Interactions of an Amylose-Based Sor-

bent with Various Solvents for Chiral SeparationApplications • Molecular Dynamics Modeling and Simulation ofChromatographic Bioseparation • The Effect of Buffer Salt Species and Concentra-tion on the Internal pH of a Strong Anion ExchangeResin • Affinity Adsorption Chromatography Modulatedby Polymer Permeation Control. an Strategy to Puri-fy Peptides and Small Proteins • Optimization of the Gradient Profiles for Multi-Component Separation in Reversed Phase Column

Advances in Bioseparations Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Simple and Economical Purification of Recombi-nant Proteins by Self-Cleaving Aggregation Tags • Molecularly Imprinted Polymeric Microparticlesfor Bio-Analytical Applications • A Rational Method to Improve Bioseparation ViaProteomics • AProteomics Approach to Evaluate Expression Hostand Downstream Recovery Compatibility: Analysis ofMaize and Ion Exchange Chromatography • Purification of Biomolecules by MulticolumnCountercurrent Solvent Gradient Chromatography(MCSGP) • Purification of E. Coli Inner Membrane Vesicles byBiotin-Streptavidin Interaction • Osmotic Second Virial Coefficient as a Useful Tool toOptimize Self Assembly of Virus-like Particles

Advances in CE and Microdevice Technology forGenomic Analysis Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • How Is It Possible to Sequence 600 Bases of DNAin 6.5 Minutes? the Central Role of Carefully Engi-neered Polymer Networks and Coatings in MicrochipElectrophoresis • Nanostructural Characterization of Photopolymer-ized Polyacrylamide Gels for DNA Electrophoresis • DNA Sequencing and Separation in Free SolutionUsing Engineered Drag-Tags • Microchip-Based Electrophoretic Analysis of LowAbundant Unknown Mutations Using Site-SpecificNicking and Ligation Enzymes • Sacrificial Layer Methods for Making High-Perfor-mance Capillary Electrophoresis Microchips • Optimal Separation Times with an OrthogonalElectrical Field in a Cylindrical Capillary

Advances in Energy R&D - Plant OperationsApplications Hilton San Francisco, California Room • The US Dept of Energy - Energy Efficiency & Renew-able Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program • The U.S. EPA and DOE Energy Star Program • Energy Regulatory and Funding Update • Plant Energy Conservation Case Studies - Steam • Plant Energy Conservation Case Studies - ProcessHeating • Plant Energy Conservation Case Studies - Motors,Pumps and Fans • Plant Energy Conservation Case Studies - Com-pressed Air

Advances in Metabolic Engineering andBioinformatics (I) Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • From Clustering Expression Data to Gene NetworkReconstruction: Array Informatics Using Mathemat-ical Programming • Elementary Metabolite Units (Emu): a NovelFramework for Modeling Isotopic Tracer Distribu-tions and Determining Metabolic Fluxes • Strain Design by Reverse Engineering EnzymeExpression Levels from Metabolic Fluxes • Reconstitute Biosynthesis of Tetracycline Interme-diates • Transcriptomic Studies of an Amorphadiene Pro-

ducing E. Coli Strain in an Acka/Pta/Poxb DeletionBackground • Utilization of a Genetic Toggle in the Control ofPoly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-CO-3-Hydroxyvalerate)Composition in Recombinant Escherichia Coli• Metabolic Engineering of E. Coli for Alpha-GalEpitope Synthesis • Natural and Unnatural Flavonoid Biosynthesis andTheir Insulinotropic Properties in Pancreatic Beta Cells

Advances in Real-Time Optimization Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • First-Order Robust Real-Time Optimization • Coordinator Mpc for Maximization of PlantThroughput • Mpec Formulations to Model Complementarities inRTO Problems • Optimal Control of Partially Observable MarkovDecision Processes

Advances in the Pyroprocessing Based Fuel Cycle Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13 • Study of Jet Splashing at Liquid/Gas Interface in anOxide Reduction Electrochemical Cell • Electrorefining of Reduced Spent Nuclear OxideFuel at Bench Scale • Corrosion Study of an Oxide Dispersion StrengthenedNickel-Based Superalloy in a High TemperatureLi2O/LiCl Molten Salt under Oxidizing Conditions • Effect of Salt and Zeolite Particle Size on Prepara-tion of Salt-Loaded Zeolite in the Ceramic WasteProcess • Cesium and Strontium Separations for Pyropro-cessing of Spent Oxide Nuclear Fuel

Alternative Fuels I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Esterification and Transesterification of Acid Oilsfor Biodiesel Production Using Heterogeneous Cata-lyst • Pretreatment Kinetic Characterization of TimberVarieties and Switchgrass Using Diluted AcidHydrolysis • Evaluation of Tall Oil as a Feedstock for the Pro-duction of Biodiesel • in-Situ Transesterification of Soybeans • Advances in Base-Catalyzed Transesterification ofSoybean Oil Using Nanocrystalline Oxides

Applications of Adsorption in Energy and FuelCell Technology Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Adsorptive Storage of Mechanical Energy(Work) for Transportation Applications • Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Bio-Ethanol Adsorption • Adsorption Separation of Methane and CarbonDioxide from Landfill Gas • Development of Rapid-Cycle Hydrogen PSA toPurify Catalytic Partial Oxidation (CPO) Syngas • Room Temperature CO2 Removal over K2CO3on Porous Microfibrous Media • Combined Hydrogen Production and StorageVia Reactive Ball Milling: Investigation of Car-bon Structure for Hydrogen Capture • Integration Study of Adsorption/Bio-Regenera-tion of Adsorbents for Ultra-Deep Desulfuriza-tion

Best Practices in Electronic StructureCalculations Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Density Functional Calculations • First-Principles Calculations and Multi-Scale Mod-eling of Supported Nanocatalysts • New Density Functionals Applied to Old Problems • Elucidation of Structure-Reactivity RelationshipsUsing Quantum Chemistry • Simulating Fluid Phase Equilibria and Aggregationfrom First Principles

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Cardiovascular and Cancer (I) Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Modeling Delivery of Supplemental Nitric Oxidein Resistance Vessels • A Novel, Quantifiable Three-Dimensional Modelof Melanoma Invasion • Parsing the Crosstalk between Prominent Onco-genic Signaling Pathways • Mitochondria Depolarizing Peptides SensitizeProstate Cancer Cells to Death Receptor MediatedApoptosis • Fibrin-Cd44v Binding Interferes with Platelet-Colon Carcinoma Cell Adhesion under High ShearConditions • Ultrasound-Enhanced Chemotherapy and GeneDelivery for Gliosarcoma Cells • TNF-α Based Accentuation of Cryoinjury for theTreatment of Prostate Cancer-Dose, Delivery andResponse

Catalytic Hydrogen Generation - General I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Mechanistic Interpretations in Methane Activationand Chemical Conversion Catalyzed by SupportedMetal Clusters • Reforming of Oxygenates for H2 Production:Reactivity of Ethylene Glycol and Ethanol on 3d-Pt(111) Bimetallic Surfaces • Hybrid Theoretical/Experimental Studies Aimedat the Development of Carbon-Tolerant ReformingAlloy Catalysts • A Computational Study of Fe3O4 (100) SurfaceSpecies Related to Water-Gas Shift • Mechanism for Carbide Supported Water GasShift Catalysts • Spatially-Resolved Species Profiles in Millisecond Reactors: Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane • Photocatalytic Water Splitting Using TitaniaNanoparticles Functionalized with High-ValentOxomanganese Complexes

Cell Adhesion and Migration (I) Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • Osteogenic Differentiation of Mc3t3-E1 Cells Regu-lated by Substrate Stiffness Requires Mapk Activation • Biomimetic Microcontrolled Materials for Guid-ing Cell Migration • A Model for Force Generation by MicrotubuleEnd-Binding Proteins • Combined Effect of Brain-Derived Neurotroph-ic Factor and ECM-Coated Substrates on NeuriteExtension and Persistence from Retinal Explants • Early Growth Phase Adhesion of S. Aureus toImmobilized Platelets Via Clumping Factor A(ClfA) and Fibronectin Binding Proteins (Fnbps) • Amyloid-Beta Induced Endothelial-MonocyteInteractions Involved in Cerebral AmyloidAngiopathy and Alzheimer’s Disease • Chemoreceptors Control Salmonella Typhimuri-um Motility, Accumulation, and Localization in inVitro Tumors

Chemical Engineering Principles forNanotechnology Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 6

• Theory and Simulation for the Advancement ofNanoscience and Technology • Nanoporous Thin Film Technology • Nanostructured Materials for Solar-to-ElectricEnergy Conversion • The Chemistry of Single Walled Carbon Nan-otubes

Chemical Technology Start-Ups Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Collaborative Research Focused on the Discoveryand Development of Vascular Disrupting Agents(VDAs) for the Treatment of Cancer • Accelerating New Drugs Identification throughMulti-Centric Research and Investment: a BrazilianBiotech Case • The Pleasure, Pain and Pitfalls of Starting a NewBusiness • Commercialization of Specialty Polymers: a Per-spective on SBIR and Contract Research DrivenTechnology Transfer • Chemical Technology Startups: Overview ofActivities and Opportunities

Computational Fluid Dynamics in ChemicalReaction Engineering Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Multi-Environment Probability Density FunctionMethod for Modeling Turbulent Combustion UsingDetailed Chemistry • Modeling Coupled Reactive Flow and Evapora-tion within a Multistage Reactor • Comparison of a Fully Coupled and a DecoupledSolver for the Simulation of Fluid Catalytic Cracking • CFD Modeling of a Fixed Bed Reactor for Strong-ly Endothermic Reactions • Pore-Scale Simulation of Transport Processes inFixed-Beds: Combining a Lattice Boltzmann CFDMethod and a Particle Tracking Method • CFD Modeling of Slurry Bubble Column Reactorfor Fisher-Tropsch Synthesis • Predicting Combustion in Packed Bed ReactorUsing UDFS and Eulerian Model

Crossing Traditional Boundaries withInformation Technology Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • Plant Operation Data Mining for Cost ModelEnhancement • Using Simulation-Based Optimization Approachfor Space Missions’ Process Synthesis and Design • Analytical Service Laboratory Pilot Application • Integration of the R&D Enterprise • Roundtable Discussion: Crossing TraditionalBoundaries with Information Technology

Distillation Honors: Zarko Olujic II Hilton San Francisco, Mason • Evaluation of Higee for Distillation • Modeling of Reactive Dividing Wall Columns • Hybrid Membrane-Distillation Processes • An Overview of a Japanese National Project:Development of Technology for Energy-SavingDistillation through Internal Heat Exchange(HIDIC) • Liquid Flow Distribution in Catalytic DistillationColumns: Use of High Energy X-Ray Tomography • Effective Mass Transfer Areas in PackedAbsorbers

Free Forum on Engineering Education I Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Incorporating Six Sigma Methodology Traininginto Chemical Engineering Education • Integrating Computational Fluid Dynamics intothe Engineering Curriculum: DemonstrationThough Case Studies • Purewaterlab: an Interactive Simulator for Pro-moting Water Conservation and Sustainability inEngineering Education

• Interpreting Student-Constructed Study Guides: aConstructivist/Constructionist Perspective • Making CFD Popular among Undergraduate Students • Integrating Process Simulators and FactorialDesign of Experiments into Undergraduate Chemi-cal Reactor Design Course

Fuel Cell Technology II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Novel and High Performance Electrodes withNano-Hybrid Hydrocarbon Ionomers of PEMFC forBroad Temperature Range and Lower HumidityCondition • Direct Methanol Fuel Cell System Performance:from Materials, Components, to System and FuelEfficiency • A Steady State Three-Dimensional Model for aPEMFC System to Simulate Water Transport andPerformance Characteristics • Water Management in a 25cm2 PEM Fuel Cellwith Electroosmotic Pumping • Equivalent Circuit Models for Polymer ElectrolyteFuel Cell Stacks in Parallel at Operational Loads • The Evaluation of the Feeding Effect on Liquid-Feed Dmfc Using Rigorous Dynamic Simulation • Preparation and Characterization of MicroporousLayers for Gas Diffusion Media

Functional Nanoparticles and Nanocoatings onParticles I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 4 • Surface Initiated Polymerization on MagnetiteNanoparticles with Novel Fluorescent-ThermoResponsive Polymeric Shells for Biomedical Applica-tions • Surface Patterning of Microspheres Using Pho-todefinable Ultra-Thin Polymer Coatings • Polymer Coatings on Particles Using InitiatedChemical Vapor Deposition • Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Silica-Coat-ed Fept Nanocrystals • Synthesis and Characterization of Environmental-ly Responsive Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles • Properties of Surface-Asymmetric Metal-Decorat-ed Micro- and Nanospheres • Novel Synthesis of Polymer-Metal Nanocomposites

Fundamentals of Supported Catalysis I Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• EXAFS Characterization of Pt/Dendrimer Nanocom-posites Used for the Preparation of Pt/Al2O3 Catalysts • The Production of Highly Dispersed Metals Via“Strong Electrostatic Adsorption” • Characterization and Kinetic Evaluation of Ag-Pt Bimetallic Catalysts Prepared by ElectrolessDeposition • Deep Hydrogenation of Tetralin over Pt/Pd Cata-lysts: Influence of Fluorine and Catalyst Preparation • Estimation of Transport and Equilibrium Parame-ters on Beta-Zeolites – Tracer Experiments onPacked Bed Reactor Systems • Alumina-Titania Nanofibers Synthesis by pHSwing Method

Innovations in Biopharmaceutical Development:Fast to Market, Short on Time I Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Improving Pharmaceutical Product Develop-ment and Manufacturing: Impact on Cost ofGoods Sold of Pharmaceuticals and Cost of NewDrug Development • Risk Management in the Development of NovelBiomedical Devices and Vaccines • High Throughput Cell Culture DevelopmentUsing the Simcell Platform • Rational Design of Protein Purification Processes • A Case Study: Utilization of Antibody PurificationPlatforms - Impact on Timelines • Large-Scale Pool-Less Purification • Regulated Production of Biologically Active

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Insulin from Engineered Human Skin Substitutes forTreatment of Diabetes

Integrated Product and Process Design Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • Property Based Approach for Integrated Processand Molecular Design • Simultaneous Model-Based Process and ProductDesign Using Reverse Design Approach • Combining Molecular and Chemical Process Simu-lation for Product Design • Crystal Shape Enhancement: a Processing Solutionto a Product Problem • Design of Emulsified Products: Effects of DispersePhase Rheology • Microeconomics Helps Seeing That the “BestProduct” Is Not the “Best Product”

Interfacial and Electrochemical Phenomena inMicrofluidics and MEMS Devices Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Analytical Model of Concentration Boundaries inSingle Interface Isotachophoresis • Separation by Cyclic Electric Field-Flow Fractionation • Characterization of AC Voltammetric Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics: from Patterns to Physical Para-meters • Transport of Fluid and Current in NanofluidicChannels: Importance of the Electrical Double LayerThickness • Microchip Based Hydraulic Pumps for PerformingPressure-Driven Separations • Rapid Exploration of Phase Behavior in SurfactantSystems Using Microfluidics • Spot Welding Though a Molecular Boundary LayerDue to Repetitive Contact

Materials Engineering and Sciences DivisionPlenary Session Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Using Molecular Design Concepts and Light toEngineer Surface Properties • Blood-Material Interactions of Polyurethanes • Polymer Nanogels and Networks for BioanalyticalDevices • Experimental Diagnostics and Modeling ofMicroplasma Discharges • Functional Magnetic Nanoclusters for Chemical, Bio-logical, Medical and Environmental Applications

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Thermodynamics I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Freezing and Melting of Water in MCM-41 andSBA-15 Silica Materials • Generalization of Kelvin’s Equation for Compress-ible Liquids in Nano-Confinement • Determination of Wetting Transitions in BinaryMixtures at Three-Phase Coexistence Using Transi-tion-Matrix Monte Carlo and Finite-Size Scaling • Does Confining the Equilibrium Hard-Sphere Fluidbetween Hard Walls Change Its Average Properties? • Phase Behavior in Nanosystems: the Differencebetween the Canonical and Grand CanonicalEnsembles • Nucleation and Growth of Aluminum Nanoparti-cles Using Monte Carlo Simulations • Molecular Simulation of the Self-Assembly ofBent-Core Molecules at Water Surfaces

Microfluidics and Small-Scale Flows II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • Multiphase Microfluidic Fabrication for Biomed-ical Diagnostics and Regenerative Medicine • Universality in the Size and Spacing of Slugs Gen-erated by Converging Immiscible Flows at Microflu-idic Junctions • Numerical Simulation of Droplet Formation inFlow Focusing Microfluidics Device • Effects of Geometry and Fluid Elasticity during Poly-meric Droplet Pinch-off in Microfluidic Environments

• Dynamics of Drop Formation in Microchannels: Poly-meric Fluids, Micellar Solutions, & Tip-Streaming • Transport and Dispersion in Segmented Gas-Liq-uid Flow through a Forest of Micropillars • Multilayer Microfluidic Flows of Suspensions • Separation of Suspended Particles by AsymmetricArrays of Obstacles in Microfluidic Devices • Nanotextured Surfaces for the Sensing and Manipula-tion of Colloidal Scale Objects in Microscale Flow • Retention of Polymer Molecules in a Cavity: a Lat-tice Boltzmann Study

Microreactors: Applications for ChemicalProduction Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Production-Related Issues in MicroreactionTechnology • Catalyst Trap Microreactor for Hydrogenation of aPharmaceutical Intermediate • Nonisothertmal Design of Fluid Segments for Pre-cise Temperature Control in Microreactors • A Micro-Structured 5 KW Complete Fuel Proces-sor for Iso-Octane as Hydrogen Supply System forMobile Auxiliary Power Units • Reaction Optimization in a Microreactor UsingReal-Time Analysis • Residence Time Distribution in a Packed BedMicroreactor • Continuous Reactions with the Micro-Enzyme-Membrane Reactor

Molecular Assemblies in Solution: fromFundamentals to Applications (AIChE-SCEJJoined Session) Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20

Plenary Session I: Water Resource Conservation,Purification, Reclamation and Reuse Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• The Global Challenge for Adequate and Clean Water • Competent, Sustainable, and Cost EffectiveIntegrated Infrastructures for Water Supply andEnergy Recovery Via Strategic Design andDeployment of Advanced Technologies • Integrated Hydrologic Science and Environmen-tal Engineering Observatories: Their Promise andCurrent Status

Plenary Session III on Membranes andBioseparations Honoring Professor Ed Lightfoot Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Production of Porous Materials by “Reactive Gelation” • Protein Chromatography • Metal-Affinity Separations of Nucleic Acids • Prediction of Protein Affinity and Displacer Selec-tivity in Chromatographic Systems Using Multi-Scale Modeling Techniques • Nonlinear and Preparative Chromatography

Population Balance Modeling for ParticleFormation Processes I: Nucleation, Aggregationand Breakage Kernels Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • A Mechanistic Kernel for the Aggregation Phe-nomenon in Population Balance Models of Granula-tion Processes • Evolution of Particle Size Distribution for YeastFlocculation by Polymer Bridging: Experiment andModeling • Non-Quasi-Steady Single Particle Rate Laws(Evaporation or Growth) and Population BalanceSimulation Methods • Fluctuations in Solutions to the FragmentationEquation • Dynamic Evolution of Multi-Variate Particle SizeDistributions in Particulate Processes: a PopulationBalance Perspective • FCMOM: Moments and Moving Boundaries for anAccurate and Convergent PSD Reconstruction

Process Control Applications I Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • An Operability-Based Methodology for the Feasi-ble Output Ranges in the Control of Non-SquareSystems • Evaluating Robustness of Embedded Model Pre-dictive Control Using Monte Carlo Simulation • Towards Robust Integration of Process Control andOptimization: a Chance-Constrained Approach • Stiction Compensation in Process Control Loops • Model Based Control of Wastewater Neutralization • Application of a Model Predictive Control Strategyon a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Pilot Plant • Multivariable Model Predictive Control Implementa-tion in an Amine Unit at a Syngas (Hydrogen + Co) Plant

Recent Advances in Molecular SimulationMethods Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Path Sampling Based Coupling of Fast and SlowDynamical Modes in Biomolecular Reactions:Implications for Enzyme Catalysis and Implicationsfor Mixed Quantum Mechanics Molecular Mechan-ics Simulations • Modeling Large-Scale Protein ConformationalChanges with the Elastic Network Model: an ApproachBased on the Empirical Valence Bond Theory • Combining Multilevel Methods with Modern Sam-pling Schemes • Improved Density of States Monte-Carlo MethodBased on Recycling of Rejected States • Monte Carlo Simulation Using Reversible Map-ping between Local Energy Minima • A Generalized Hamiltonian-Based Algorithm forRigorous Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Sim-ulation in the NVT Ensemble • Sequential Updating Algorithms for Grand Canoni-cal Monte Carlo Simulations • Ensemble Optimization Based on a Rigorous Over-lap Function • Obtaining Reaction Coordinates by LikelihoodMaximization

Structure and Properties of Polymers I: PolymerBlends Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • Influence of Interfacial Tension on the Morphologyof Polymer Blends • Rheology of Immiscible Polymer Blends Contain-ing Compatibilizer • Shear-Induced Phase Transitions in Ternary Poly-mer Blends • Crystallizable Ionic Polymer - Ionic OligomerBlends: Coassembled Nanoscale Structure andEnhanced Properties • Blend Miscibility of Sulfonated PolystyreneIonomer Systems • Decoupling the Mechanical and Electrical Proper-ties of Polymer Electrolytes • Near Net-Shape Manufacturing of Solid-StatePolymer Blends

Supercooled Liquids and Glasses Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Robust Links between Structure / Thermodynamicsand Dynamics of Supercooled Liquids • Common Origin of Thermo-Mechanical Anomaliesin Different Network Glasses • Spatially Heterogeneous Dynamics and String-likeMotion in Granular Matter and Comparison withGlass-Forming Liquids • Novel Computational Probes of Diffusion inSupercooled Liquids and Their Application to Rota-tion-Translation Decoupling in O-Terphenyl • A Parametric Equation of State near the Liquid-Liquid Critical Point in Supercooled Water • A Stochastic Model for Describing GlassyMaterials Subjected to Complex Thermal andLoading Histories • Extension of Glass Transition Model to Mixtures

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Sustainable Fuels Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • Operation Optimization of the Lipase-CatalyzedBiodiesel Production • Evaluation of Catalytic Activity of Anion-Exchange Resin for Biodiesel Fuel Production • Thermodynamic Investigation of Selected Produc-tion Processes of Hydrogen from Biomass • Tri-Glyceride Production from Algae Grown onDairy Anaerobic Digester Effluent • The Study on Liquefaction Residues of Wood Powder • Microalgal Oil Extraction and in-Situ Transesteri-fication • Development of Local Biomass-Based Fuel Sys-tems in Mekong Delta Area • Optimal Path Synthesis under Uncertainty for Lig-nocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol Process Design

Therapeutic Devices, Nanotechnology andMolecular Imprinting Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Selective Recognition of Angiotensin II • Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for the Recogni-tion of Proteins • Interfacial Molecular Imprinting for the Produc-tion of Immunoarrays • Preparation of Biomolecule-Responsive Gels byBiomolecular Imprinting • Therapeutic Contact Lenses Via BiomimeticImprinting • Star Shaped Molecularly Imprinted PolymerWorking as a Drug Carrier • Synthesis and Characterization of Moiety ImprintedPolymers (MOIPS) for Application in Drug Delivery

Thin Films and Coatings Using Near andSupercritical Fluids Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Deposition of Metal Nanoparticles into Wide AreaThin Films and Ordered Arrays Using CO2-Expanded Liquids • Covalent Molecular Assembly in SupercriticalCarbon Dioxide: a Comparative Study betweenDerivatized Surfaces • Critical Micelle Temperatures and Pressures forPolystyrene-Block-Polydiene in Subcritical andSupercritical Propane • Wetting Phenomena at the CO2/Water/Glass Interface • Processing of Polymer Films under SupercriticalCarbon Dioxide Studied Using a Quartz CrystalMicrobalance • Development of a Novel Microcellular InjectionMolding Equipment with Supercritical Fluid andPrimary Experimental Study

Transport Processes in Nanoscale Systems I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Axial Diffusion of Simple Gases in Nanochannels • Lateral Diffusion in Raft-Forming Lipid Mem-branes on the Nanoscale • Evaporation of Pure and Mixed Nano-Droplets:Molecular Dynamics Simulations • First Passage Time Analysis of Diffusion throughNanopores • Anomalous Diffusion in Molecularly SizedNanopores • Ionic Current Conduction in Nanometer Pores inthe Presence of Single-Stranded DNA and the Roleof Couterion-DNAAssociation

Young Faculty in Catalysis and ReactionEngineering: Trends and Visions in Researchand Education Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Leaving a Lasting Impression: Ideas for Attractingand Inspiring Future Chemical Engineers • A ‘Reactive Process Engineering’ Course

• Chemical Reaction Engineering - Fuel forThought • Reaction Engineering and Catalysis for Life Sci-ence Applications • Nanostructured Catalytic Materials for ChemicalSensors • Ignition of Catalytic Partial Oxidation on Platinumand Rhodium Catalysts • Environmental Applications of ComputationalChemistry • Kinetics of Elementary Arsenic and SeleniumReactions

WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2006 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM 58th AIChE Institute Lecture Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Thermodynamic and Kinetic Origins ofAlzheimer’s and Related Diseases: a ChemicalEngineer’s Perspective

WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2006 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM (22b) Nanomagnetics for Bioseparation Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Synthesis and Steric Stabilization of MagnetiteNanoparticles with Triblock Copolymers • Air-Stable Highly Magnetic FCC-CobaltNanoparticles • Biocompatible and Biodegradable NanoparticleLabels • Overview of the European Research ProgramNanobiomag • Is It Del B, or Del B^2? That Is the Question

(22b) Nanoscale Science and Engineering inBiomolecular Catalysis II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Encapsulation of Sole Protein as BiocatalyticNanogels • A Biomimetic Liquid Membrane Containing aSurfactant-Coated Biocatalysis for Chiral Separa-tion • Enhanced Stability of Enzymes Adsorbed OntoNanoparticles • Biomolecules-Assisted Dispersion of CarbonNanotubes • Various Biocatalytic Enzyme-Nanofiber Composites • Cellulase Activity on Thin Films of Cellulose byQCM and Spr

Advanced Computations for EnvironmentalApplications I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • Quantitative Structure Biodegradation Relation-ships for Organic Pollutants in Water and Soil • Cluster Analysis to Investigate Air Quality Trendsin Houston, Tx • Computation of Equilibrium States in Food Net-works Using Interval Analysis • A Robust Measure of Food Web Intervality andthe Dimension of Niche Space • Stochastic Modeling of Bacterial Migration inPorous Media • Bayesian Formulation for Predicting Fecal Col-iform Bacteria Count in Mobile Bay

Advances in Distillation Modeling and Processes II Hilton San Francisco, Mason • Modeling and Process Design of an InternallyHeat-Integrated Distillation Column • The Automated Generation of Constrained Modelsfrom Feasibility Analysis for Reactive Distillation • Reactive Distillation: Analysis of the Topology of aReactive Residue Curve Map for a Continuous Column • Process Analysis of Membrane Assisted ReactiveDistillation • Analysis of Absorption with Complex ReactionKinetics • Ratesep - a New and Innovative Rate-Based Dis-

tillation Model for Amine Acid Gas TreatingProcesses

Alternative Fuels II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Comparative Studies on the Production ofBiodiesel and the Analysis of Its Properties andPotential from Pongamia and Waste Cooking Oil • Production of Biodiesel from Peanut Oil by Trans-esterification • Emissions from Hydrogen-Compressed NaturalGas Fueled Vehicles Involving Various DrivingCycles • Stable Oxides on Chars and Impact of ReactorMaterials at High Temperatures • Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis in MicrostructuredReactors: from Laboratory to Commercial Systems

Applications of Environmental Catalysis I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Destructionof Chlorinated Pesticides: Free Radical Mecha-nisms, Pathways, Products and Reaction Products • Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls inSediment Slurries by Palladium Modified Zerova-lent Iron • Integrated Reductive/Oxidative Treatment ofNitroaromatic Contaminated Groundwater • Oscillating Magnetic Field Gradient InducedMotion of a Magnetic Photocatalyst • Catalytic Oxidation of Total Reduced Sulfur Com-pounds from Pulp and Paper Industries with Ozoneas an Oxidant • Solar Photocatalytic Treatment of Atrazine-Conta-minated Agricultural Water in the Rio Grande Basin • The Effect of Nanostructured MnOx Crystallo-graphic Phase and Particle Size in the CatalyticDecomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide for Environ-mental Remediation of Effluents

Biomaterials II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • Multilayer Core-Shell Nanocomposite Particlesfor Enhanced UVA/UVB Protection in SunscreensVia Atomic Layer Deposition • Strong Effects of Charge and Salt on Polymer-some Membrane Elasticity • Crosslinked, Self-Assembled Protein Nanocapsules • Design of Nanoparticle Charge and Architecturefor Modulation of Cell-LDL Interactions Underly-ing Atherogenesis • Asymmetric CaCo3 Crystal Growth through Con-finement • Gramicidin Channel Incorporated Bilayer Sup-ported on Hierarchical Porous Inorganic Membrane • Nonfouling and Responsive Zwitterionic Hydro-gels with Improved Mechanical Properties

Biosensors Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 4 • Immobilization of Myoglobin from Horse Skele-tal Muscle and Hemoglobin I from Lucina Pectina-ta in Hydrophilic Polymer Networks for HydrogenSulfide Biosensor Application • Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of SpacerLength Effect on Escherichia Coli Pili-AntibodyMolecular Recognition • Simultaneous Detection of Botulinum Neurotox-ins in Buffer and Honey Using a Surface PlasmonResonance Sensor • Biosensor Incorporating Cell Barrier Architec-tures for Detecting Staphylococcus Aureus Alpha Toxin • Biosensor for Real-Time Label-Free Detectionof Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B • Layer-by-Layer Electrostatic Assembly of Car-bon Nanotube Based Glucose Sensors • Modeling Oxygen Transport and Fluid Flow with-in a Three-Dimensional Tissue Engineering Perfu-sion Bioreactor Using Finite Element Methods

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Biosensors and Tissue Engineering Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Effect of Electrode Modification by Polyion Adsorp-tion on Electrochemiluminescence of Luminol • Construction of Mercapto-Ended Poly(EthyleneGlycol) Tethered Chain Surface for High Perfor-mance Bioconjugation • Low Melting Point Agarose Gel as a ProtectionLayer in the Preparation of Aligned Binary ProteinPatterns by Photolithography • Precise Tissue Assembly Using Avidin-BiotinBinding System and Optical Tweezers • Regenerative Artificial Vascular Graft Using Acel-lular Scaffold • Construction of Nephron by Fusion of AdultGlomeruli to Ureteric Buds with Type V Collagen • Synthesis and Characterization of HydrogelsGrown on Surfaces by ATRP• Cell Growth on Biodegradable Poly(Depsipeptide-Co-Lactide) Matrix Releasing Growth Factors asScaffold for Tissue Engineering • Antiwearable and Biocompatible Surface of Artifi-cial Hip Joints by Nano-Scaled Grafting with Phos-pholipid Polymers

By Invitation: FPBE Division Plenary Lectures Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Recent Advances in Cancer Treatment and Detec-tion Using Nanoparticle Systems • Characterization and Regulation of HematopoieticStem Cell Differentiation in Culture • Biofunctional Nanoparticles • Introduction of Prof. James Liao • Systems Biology: a Fusion between Biology andEngineering

Carol in Thermoland I: a Session in Honor ofCarol Hall’s 60th Birthday Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • What Happened to the Work with Carol • “Singular Diameters” and the Nature of Order Para-meter in Asymmetric near-Critical Liquid Mixtures • Connectedness in Irreversibly Built Structures • Computational Nanoscience • Effects of Confinement on Freezing and Melting

Catalytic Hydrogen Generation - General II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Kinetic Study of Ammonia Decomposition onTungsten Carbide for Cleaner Production of Hydro-gen from Biomass Gasification • Aqueous Phase Reforming of Bio-Derived OrganicCompounds • Aqueous-Phase Reforming of Ethylene Glycolwith Supported Pt and Pd Bimetallic Catalysts • Modified Ferrite Based Catalysts for Ultra-HighTemperature Water Gas Shift Reaction for Mem-brane Reactor Applications • Precious Metal Monolithic Catalysts for Fuel Pro-cessing – Overcoming the Limitations of Base MetalParticulate Catalysts • Development of a Combined Catalyst and Sorbentfor Hydrogen Production • Improvement of Methane Steam Reforming byUsing Equilibrium Shift with Lithium Silicate

Characterization of Nanoporous Materials Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Applicability of the B.E.T Method for ObtainingSurface Areas in Metal-Organic Frameworks • Understanding the Mechanical Properties ofNanoporous Au • Evaluation of Thermoporometry for the Characteri-zation of Mesoporous Materials • Microstructural Analysis and Adsorption Propertiesof Porous Carbons Using Molecular Simulation • Characterization of Cubic Mesoporous Tio2 ThinFilms by Spectroscopic Ellipsometric PorosimetryTechnique • Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Mesoporous

Materials Using Gas Adsorption and Structure Fac-tor Data • Structural Characterization of SBA-15 Silica by29SiB-NMR and in-Situ Synchrotron Small-AngleDiffraction Studies of Physisorbed Films • Characterization of Polymer-Templated Micro-Mesoporous Silicas by Gas Adsorption, Small AngleX-Ray Scattering and DFT Modeling

Complex Multiphase Flows Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Direct Numerical Simulation of Reactive DeformableBubble Swarms in Non-Newtonian Fluids • Rheology of Fluids with Monodisperse Microbub-ble Suspension • Non-Brownian Microrheology of a Fluid-Gel Inter-face • Dynamic Interfacial Tensiometry • Sedimentation of Flexible Fibers with Inertia • Simulation of Rodlike Particles in Field-Flow Frac-tionation (F.F.F.) • Rheological Measurements on Extremely Concen-trated Suspensions Using Squeeze Flow • Rheology and Mesoscale Network Structure ofEntangled Polystyrene-Organoclay Solutions • Rheological Behavior of Polymer Melts in Equibi-axial Elongational Flow Using a Modified Lubricat-ed Squeezing Flow Technique • An AC Electrokinetic Micropump Based on Field-Induced Secondary Maxwell and Back Pressure Gra-dients along a Continuous Wire Loop

Computational Modeling of Surfaces andSurface Phenomena Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Chiral Adsorption on Cu Surfaces • Development of the Oxygen Reduction ReactionMechanism on Pt(111) Using DFT• The Growth of Thin Metal Films on Polar MetalOxides Surfaces: Insights from First-Principles Cal-culations • Strong Repulsive Forces between Protein andPhosphocholine Self-Assembled Monolayers - aMolecular Simulation Study • Effects of the Combined Action of Electric Fieldsand Mechanical Stresses on the Morphological Sta-bility of Solid Surfaces • Ab Initio Phase Diagrams for Water Adsorbed onMonoclinic HFO2• Molecular Simulation Study of Nanoscale Frictionbetween Phosphocholine Self-Assembled Monolay-er Surfaces Immersed in Ionic Solution

Diffusion in Polymers I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Diffusion Enhancements in Mineral NanoparticleFilled Superglassy Polymers • Reverse Selectivity in Poly Dimethyl Silox-ane/Au Nanocomposite Membrane in CO2/Ch4Separation • Modeling of Enhanced Penetrant Diffusion inNanoparticle-Polymer Composite Membranes • Penetrant Transport in Well-Characterized GlassyPolymers as Revealed by High-Resolution X-RayComputed Tomography • Modeling Sorption Kinetics of Carbon Dioxide inInitially Glassy Polymers Using Non-EquilibriumThermodynamics • Fundamental Diffusion Behavior of Polymer Ultra-thin Films: Effect of Film Thickness, MolecularWeight, and Aging • Role of the Diffusion in the Transport of GasSpecies through Polymer Membranes

Dynamics and Modeling of Particulate Systems I Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Numerical Simulation of Liquid Transfer betweenParticles • Tomographic Imaging of Electrostatic Charges andCharging Phenomena in Particulate Flow Systems

• Modeling of Granular Mixing Using a DEM-BasedMarkov Process Method • Experimentally Validated Computations of HeatTransfer in Granular Flow in Rotary Calciners • Characterization of Granular Mixtures by Compar-ison to Chemical Solution Theory • Knudsen Boundary Layer in Granular Systems • Clustering of Sand Grains Due to Triboelectrification

Emerging Cyber Infrastructure Trends andCapabilities Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • A Cyber-Infrastructure for Catalysis Science • The Infrastructure in Cyberinfrastructure: Observa-tions of Large Scale Investments in Asia • A Multidisciplinary Cyberinfrastructure Approach • Opportunities for Cyberinfrastructure Funding inNSF's Engineering Directorate • Collaboration Technologies in Engineering andScience • Panel Discussion on Emerging Cyberinfrastructure

Environmental Effects of Nanotechnology andNanomaterials Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • Deposition of Nanoparticles in the Human Respira-tory Tract • Sol-Gel Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Oxide Adsor-bents for the Adsorption of Thiophene from Hydro-carbon Liquid • Comparative Solubility of Nanoparticles and BulkOxides of Magnesium in Water and Lung SimulantFluids • Towards a Systems View in Nanotechnology- LifeCycle Assessment of Nanoparticles Synthesis • Nanostructured Materials as Smoke Clearing Agents • A Review of the Toxicity of 0.1 to 1 Micron Aero-dynamic Diameter Airborne Particles • Nanometallic Fuels for Transportation: a Well-to-Wheel Analysis

Flow Visualization and Tomography Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Genetic Algorithm Based Fast X-Ray Ct TechniqueApplied in Multiphase Flow Measurement • Simulation and Experimental Studies in DualSource Gamma Ray Computer Tomography forImaging Three Phase Systems • Imaging Large Vessels Using Cosmic-Ray MuonEnergy-Loss Techniques • Linking 3-D Electrical Tomography Imaging toFluid Flow Patterns in an Annular Flow Fixed-BedReactor

Free Forum on Engineering Education II Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Pedagogical and Learning Advantages Realizablethrough Scaling and Non-Dimensionalization • Forget about Teaching: It Is All about Learning! • Using Inquiry-Based Activities to Promote Under-standing of Critical Engineering Concepts • The Effect of Cooperative Learning Experiencesand Instructional Methods on Chemical EngineeringStudents’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs • A Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research andDevelopment Program to Enhance Education andDiversity in Science and Engineering • Using Personal Response Devices in the Classroom

Fuel Cell Portable Power Systems I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Silicon Microreformer for the Evaluation of ThermalIntegration Issues in Microscale Fuel Processing • Design and Integration of Portable SOFC Generators • Micro-Structured Reactor Technology for PortableFuel Processors • Current Status of Silicon Based Micro Fuel Cellsfor Portable Power • Portable Power through Liquid Fuel Reforming inMicrochannel Reactors

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Functional Nanoparticles and Nanocoatings onParticles II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • Preparation of Nano-Gypsum from AnhydriteNanoparticles: Strongly Increased Vickers Hard-ness and Formation of Calcium Sulfate Nano-Needles • Shape Control of Electrostatically Capped PlatinumNanoparticles without Aid of Foreign Metal Ions • Functionalization of Composite Al2O3/MetalVaristors Based on ALD Surface Modified Particles • Synthesis of Uniformly-Sized High Quality CdSeTetrapods in High Yield • Passivation of SiB Nanocrystals Using Photo-Assisted Alkylation • Simultaneous Nanoparticle Formation and Attach-ment to the Surface of Glass Beads by PlasmaEnhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition • Electrostatic Self-Assembly of Binary Nanocrys-tals with a Diamond-like Lattice

Fundamentals of Supported Catalysis II Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Identification of Reaction Sites on SupportedMetal Catalysts • Structural Changes in Au Nanoparticles and inTio2 during the Oxidation of CH4 and C2H4 onAu/TiO2 Catalysts • In Situ Modification of a Pt Catalyst Supported ona Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting Membrane • Structure and Reactivity of Model Supported Pd-Zn Bimetallic Methanol Steam Reforming Catalysts • Sintering Studies on Model Catalytic Systems • Kinetics of Nh Formation and Dissociation on Pt(111)

Hydrogen Production Process Design andEconomics Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13 • Consistent Economic Analysis of Hydrogen Pro-duction Pathways • Plant Design and Cost Analysis of a PrototypeCommercial Nuclear Hydrogen Production Plant • First Order Approximation of Hydrogen DeliverySystem Costs • Innovative Nuclear Process Heat Applications fornear-Term Hydrogen Production • A Low-Greenhouse-Impact Hydrogen-Based Liq-uid-Fuels Future • Economic Implications of Peak Vs. Base LoadElectricity Costs on Nuclear Hydrogen Systems

Innovations & Opportunities inBiopharmaceutical Development-Invited Papers Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • Biopharmaceutical Development Opening Remarks • High-Throughput Biocatalysis for Drug Discoveryand Development • Adsorptive Separations of Proteins and NucleicAcids: Macro, Micro and Nano • pH-Triggered Liposomes for RNAI Delivery • “Body-on-a-Chip” Technology for PredictingHuman Response to Various Drug Therapies • Development Challenges & Opportunities • Innovations in Biotechnology Panel Discussion

Innovations in Biopharmaceutical Development:Fast to Market, Short on Time II Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Think out of the Box - a Case Study of a Photosen-sitivity Phenomenon during Mab Product Recovery • Targeting Lentivectors to CD34+ HematopoeiticStem Cells for Gene Therapy • Degradable Nanoparticles as Efficient and Versa-tile Nonviral Gene Carriers • Electrosonic MEMS Gun for Efficient CellularTransfection and Drug Delivery • Using Light Illumination to Control DNA Con-densation

• Approaches to Efficient Pre-Clinical ProcessDevelopment • Detection of Protease Activity in HydrolysatesAdditives: Effects on Monclonal Antibody ProductQuality and Downstream Purification

Interfacial Phenomena in Materials Processing /Composites Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Interfacial Stress Transfer in Carbon Nanotube Sys-tems • Substrate Effects on Polymer Thin Films as anAnalogy for Polymer Nanocomposites • Effect of Counter-Ion Concentration on the Rheol-ogy of Shear-Thickening Surfactant Solutions • Responsive Binders for Controlling DispersionBehavior of Fine Particle Clusters • Reversible Aggregation of Nanoparticles Inducedby pH Dependent Changes of a Self-AssembledPolypeptide • pH-Induced Dispersion of Nanoparticle Clusters • Single-Step Synthesis of Metal/Porous SupportNanocomposite Materials in Mixed SurfactantMesophase

Modeling Transport through Membranes Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Design of Novel Porous Membranes for High Effi-cient CO2/N2 Separation Using CombinatorialSimulation Technique • Diffusion through Membranes from Spatially Dis-tributed Sources • Effects of Morphological Properties on the Perme-ability of Reconstructed Porous Media • Molecular Simulations of Pervaporation Separa-tions Using Zeolite Membranes • Experimental and Model Description of Com-bined Effects between Stress and Diffusion inGlassy Polymers • Permeability of H in Pd-Based Alloys Using Den-sity Functional Theory • Predicting Hydrogen Permeance in Composite Pd-Porous Support Membranes

Molecular Modeling in Electronic MaterialsProcessing Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Mechanisms for Interstitial-Mediated TransientEnhanced Diffusion of Arsenic and PhosphorusDopants • An Investigation into Gallium Arsenide Thin FilmGrowth: Molecular Dynamics Simulation • Ab Initio Simulations of Surface Chemistry forThin Film Growth of Electronic Materials • A Computational Microscopy Study of Self-Inter-stitial Aggregation in Ion-Irradiated Silicon • Analysis of Misfit Dislocation Formation andStrain Relaxation in SiB1-XGeX Thin Films on SiB(100) Substrates • Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of Void Morpholog-ical Evolution in Silicon in the Presence of Oxygen

Nano-Energetic Materials Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Role of Nano-Particles in Energetic MaterialsDevelopment • Experimental and Modeling Studies of Self-Sus-taining Reactions between Nanopowders • Nanoscale Materials Environmental and Health Issues • Solution Combustion Synthesis Boosts CeriaActivity Towards Diesel Soot Combustion

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Novel Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Pseudospectral Simulation of Homogeneous Tur-bulent Shear Flow without Remeshing

• Numerical Simulation of Scalar Transport inFlows over Complex Surfaces • Assessing the State-of-the-Art in PreconditionedIterative Solvers for Strongly Convected, Three-Dimensional, Incompressible Flows • Interfacial Dynamics in Stokes Flow Via a Three-Dimensional Fully-Implicit Interfacial SpectralBoundary Element Algorithm • Accurate Continuation of Multi-Dimensional FemCalculations Involving Drop Breakup beyond theFirst Singularity • New Finite Element Formulations for ViscoelasticFluid Flows • Generalized Brownian Configuration Fields forFokker-Planck Equations Including Center-of-MassDiffusion • An Efficient Algorithm for Multiscale Flow Simu-lation of Dilute Polymeric Solutions Using Bead-Spring Chains • Ewald-like Method for 3d-Confined Systems:Electrostatics and Hydrodynamic Interactions • Using Brownian Dynamics to Model NanoparticleAggregation under Shear

Novel Polymer Product Designs andApplications Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • Improved Seal Materials for Use in Food andPharmaceutical Processes • Formulation of Water-Soluble Polymer Coatingsby Modifying Rheological Properties, Atomization,and Coating Strength of Polymer Aqueous Solu-tions • Influence of Phase Segregation on the MechanicalProperties of Blends of Polyethylenes That DifferConsiderably in Molecular Weight • Erodible Multilayered Films Fabricated fromDegradable Polyamines: Influence of PolymerStructure and Film Architecture on Film Erosionand Controlled Release

Plenary Session II: Water Resource Conservation,Purification, Reclamation and Reuse Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Advances in Seawater RO Desalination • Inland Water Desalination and Reclamation -Issues and Challenges • Industrial Experience with Water Resource Con-servation, Purification, Reclamation and Reuse

Plenary: Frontiers in Renewable Energy Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • Future of Solar Energy

Polymer Thin Films and Interfaces V:Conducting Organics Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Water-Dispersible, Conductive Polyaniline MakesBetter Electrical Contacts to P-Type Organic Semi-conductors in Otfts • Electrochemical Devices Via ElectrostaticNanoscale Assemblies • Small Angle Neutron Scattering Measurements ofPoly(3,4-Ethylene Dioxythiophene) : Poly(StyreneSulfonic Acid) Dispersions and Thin Films • Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Copolymers forAmbipolar Field-Effect Transistors • Surface Chemical Modification to SystematicallyVary the Dielectric Interface in SemiconductingPolymer Field Effect Transistors

Process Control Applications II Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • Identification of Unmeasured Disturbances inMpc Plant Test Data • Soft Sensors for Quality Prediction Using NeuralNetworks • Spatial Reconfiguration of Reactor Operation withGenetic Algorithms and Online Learning in ReactorNetworks

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• A Plantwide Control Procedure Applied to theHDA Process • Plant Wide Reconfigurable Control in the Face ofSensor and Actuator Failures: Supervisory Architec-ture and Application to Tennessee Eastman Process • Dynamic Modeling and Control of the Prico©LNG Process • Role of Multiplicity in Control System Design fora Methyl Acetate Reactive Distillation Column

Rational Catalyst Design I Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Ab Initio Molecular Design of Catalysts for Ethyl-ene and Styrene Polymerization and Methane toMethanol Conversion • First-Principles Design of Metal Alloy Catalystsfor Electrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation • Molecular Insight into Carbon Poisoning of Ni Sur-faces: DFT-Guided Formulation of Carbon-TolerantSteam Reforming Catalysts • Fuels and Chemicals from Low-Temperature Cat-alytic Conversion of Glycerol to Synthesis Gas • Design of a Stable Mononuclear Supported GoldCatalyst on Cerium Oxide: Synthesis and Spectro-scopic Characterization during Carbon MonoxideOxidation Catalysis • An Ab-Initio Study of Methanol Synthesis on CuCatalysts

Self Assembly in Solution I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • The Role of Confinement on the Evolution of Sur-factant Mesophases • Photorheological Fluids: Micellar Systems withViscosity Tunable by Light • Molecular Dynamics Modeling of ReverseMicelles: Dynamics of ZrO2 Particles in the Core • A New Class of Self-Assembled Organogels Inducedby Bile Salts at Submillimolar Concentrations • Micellization of Triblock Copolymers Comprisedof PEO Tail Blocks and Center Blocks ContainingCarboxylic Acids • Structural Evaluation of Gold Nanoparticles withan Ionic Organic Corona: Single Component, HighNanoparticle Volume Fraction Fluids for EnhancedOptical Properties and Processability • Aqueous-Core Capsules Via Interfacial Free Radi-cal Alternating Copolymerization

Separations Design Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Synthesis of Crystallization Processes for SystemsInvolving Solid Solutions • Distillation Column Systems • A Novel Search Space Formulation for the Synthe-sis of Separation Networks • An Automated Feasibility Evaluation Algorithmfor Reactive Distillation • New Design Method for Crude Fractionation • Hybrid -Pervaporation-Distillation Processes – aNovel Heat-Integration Approach • Multi-Objective Optimization of Hybrid BatchDistillation/Pervaporation Processes

Separations in Biopharmaceutical DownstreamProcessing I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Comparison of a New Continuous Chromatograph-ic Solvent Gradient Process for Bioseparations withConventional Processes • Scale down Model Demonstrates High ProductThroughputs with Disposable Anion ExchangeChromatography • Downstream Separation and Scale-up Challengesfor E.Coli-Derived Biopharmaceuticals – an Indus-trial Study on Development of an Antibody Frag-ment (Fab) Process • A Toolbox for Efficient Release and Recovery ofTherapeutic Proteins from the Periplasm ofPseudomonas Fluorescens

• Diverse Transgenic Plant Hosts Challenge Down-stream Process Development • High Throughput Protein Purification Using NegativeMode Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography • Separation of Pharmaceutical Process-RelatedImpurities by an Organic Solvent NanofiltrationMembrane Cascade

Structure and Properties of Polymers II:Networks and Gels Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • Impact of Solvent on the Mechanical and AdhesiveProperties of Solvent Swollen Polymer Gels • Structure and Dynamics of Self-Assembled LiquidCrystalline Gels • Enhanced Mechanical Properties of MultimodalPolydimethylsiloxane Networks • Mechanical Properties of Highly Cross-LinkedNetwork Polymers • Peptide-Modified Responsive Networks withBuilt-in Logic • Photoinduced Stress Relaxation and Actuation inCrosslinked Polymers • Photoresponsive , Amphiphilic Copolymers ofAzobenzene and N,n-Dimethylacrylamide

Sustainable Nonfuel Products/ProductionSystems from Biomass Resources Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • α-Olefins Synthesis from Fischer-Tropsch Reac-tion in a Trickle Bed Reactor • Economical Evaluation of Biomass-Fired PowerGeneration in Japan • Microwave Irradiation as an Alternative Pretreat-ment Method for Sludge Stabilization • Methane Fermentation of Seaweed Biomass • Hydrothermal Pretreatment of Lignocellulosics forEthanol Fermentation • A Kinetic Study on Hot-Water Extraction of Wood-chips • Productions of Chitin and Valuable Substancesfrom Crab Shell Using Sub-Critical Water

Technology Roadmap: Pharmaceutical ProductDevelopment & Manufacturing I Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Technology Roadmap: Context and Drivers forRoadmap Development • Technology Roadmap: Pharmaceutical MaterialsComponent • Technology Roadmap: Product Development Com-ponent

Transport Processes in Nanoscale Systems II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Influences of Nanoscale Structural Features onTransport through Self-Assembled Monolayers • Knudsen Diffusion in Rough Nanopores: Discus-sion of a Paradox • Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity of Nanoscale Con-fined Thin Films Via Lattice Boltzmann Method • Molecular Simulations of Water Transport throughSingle-Walled Aluminosilicate Nanotubes of Tun-able Dimensions • Molecular Sieving Using Single Wall Carbon Nan-otubes • Direct Nano-Flux and Thermomechanical Analysisof Gas Separation Nanocomposite Membranes

University Collaboration Panel Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • A Pharmaceutical Industry – University ResearchCollaboration Via a Post-Doctoral Researcher: theIndustrial Perspective • University and Industry Collaboration on Com-modity Versus Entrepreneurial Products • Collaboration through an NSF-Goali Project • University of Maryland High Shear MixingResearch Program • National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology

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WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2006 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Separations in Biopharmaceutical DownstreamProcessing II (Including Pat Applications) Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Utilizing on-Line HPLC to Enable Process Moni-toring, Automation, and Control of DownstreamUnit Operations in a Biopharmaceutical Process • Instantaneous Microbial Detector for Pat Application • Affinity Enhanced Gel Permeation Chromatogra-phy of Proteins upon Modification with Multi-Lig-and Affinity Carriers • Purification of Factor V Leiden Molecule fromHomozygous Patient’s Plasma for Biosensor Devel-opment • Preparative-Scale Dynamic Field Gradient Focus-ing: Proof of Concept • Managing the Risk of Residual Moisture onLyophilized Products from Elastomer Closures • Manipulation of the Adsorption of Factor II, a Pro-tein C Homologue, Using Imidazole during Immobi-lized Metal Affinity Chromatography Purification ofProtein C from Cohn Fraction IV-1

WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2006 3:15 PM - 5:45 PM (22b) Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles inBiotechnology and Biomedicine Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents forMonitoring Drug Delivery in Vivo• Dispersion of Super Paramagnetic Iron OxideNanoparticles in Poly(D,L-Lactide-Co-Glycolide)Microparticles • Size Controlled Synthesis of FeXPt100-XNanoparticles for Self-Regulated Magnetic FluidHyperthermia • New Immunomagnetic Beads for T Cell Depletion • Anisotropic Encapsulation of MagnetiteNanocrystals in Biphasic Nanocolloids by Electrified Co-Jetting • Studies of Implant Assisted Magnetic Drug Targeting • Multi-Functional Nano-Entities for SeamlessBreast Cancer Detection and and Tumor SpecificTreatment • Synthesis and Characterization of NanocompositeHydrogels

(22b) Bionanotechnology for Gene and DrugDelivery Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Folate Conjugated Polymer Micelles Formulatedwith TPGS for Selective Tumor Targeting • Cationic Β-Cyclodextrin Polymers for ControlledDrug Delivery across the Blood Brain Barrier (Bbb) • Searching for Optimal Properties of SyntheticGene Vectors Via Simulations of Intracellular Trans-port Processes • Hydrodynamic Self-Assembly of DNA-Pei Nanopar-ticles in a Microfluidic System for Gene Delivery • Efficient Nuclear Delivery of Antisense Oligo-Nucleotides by Neutral, Self-Porating Polymer-somes • Core-Shell Drug Nanoparticles for TherapeuticDelivery • Biodegradable Biphasic Nanocarriers for MultipleDrugs Delivery with Complex Release Profiles in aControlled Manner • Microfluidic Phase Inversion Nanoencapsulation

(22b) Nanoscale Science and Engineering inBiomolecular Catalysis III Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Designing Sol-Gel Materials for Biofuel Cells • Utilization and Transport in Mediated EnzymeElectrodes with Multiscale Supports • Applications of Biomolecular Motors in Nan-otechnology

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Adaptive/Responsive Interfaces Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Evaluating and Improving the Stability of OrganicMonolayer Coatings • Binding and Release of Hydrophobic AnalytesUsing Electrically-Responsive Self-AssembledMonolayers • Kinetics of Response for pH-Active CopolymerThin Films • Designed Peptide Surfactants Form a Stimuli-Responsive Film at the Fluid-Fluid Interface • In Situ Monitoring of “Smart” PolyacrylamideCopolymer Phase Transition at the Solid-LiquidInterface • Engineering Physico-Chemical PolyelectrolyteMultilayer Films • Characterization of Polyelectrolyte MultilayerFilms Formed at Interfaces between ThermotropicLiquid Crystals and Aqueous Phases

Advanced Computations and Numerical Models inWater Technology and Resource Management - I Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Modeling Macrotransport and Microtransport forRemoval of Natural Organic Matter by AnionExchange • Neural Network Approach for Modeling the Per-formance of RO Membrane Processes • Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis of ROMembrane Performance with Novel Feed SpacerGeometries • Comparative Analysis of MILP and MINLP SingleContaminant Models in the Design of Water Net-works in Industrial Settings • Mercury Trading in Water: Application of Sto-chastic Programming for Decision Making • Water Height Prediction in Mobile Bay UsingWavelet-Based Multi-Scale Model

Advanced Computations for EnvironmentalApplications II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • Software for Modeling Multiple Emissions in a River • Optimal Control of Lake pH for Mercury Bioaccu-mulation Control • A Mechanistic Modeling Framework for Describ-ing Tertiary Recycling of Polymers • Effect of Acidic Sites and Calcium Hydroxide onAdsorption of Mercuric Chloride in Activated Car-bon: a Molecular Simulation Study • Odor Emission Removal from Gaseous Streams bythe Use of Zeolites: a Molecular Simulation Approach • Process Optimization for Biodiesel Productionfrom Waste Frying Oil Using Response SurfaceMethodology • The Use of the Modified Spline Method to Opti-mize Photochemical Reactors • Jet Fuel Remediation at Paulinia Refinery(Replan), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Advanced Hydrogen Storage Systems Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13 • Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanotube and Palla-dium Composite Materials • The Application of Steam Hydrolysis of Chemi-cal Hydrides to Facilitate Hydrogen Storage andGeneration • Modeling Hydrogen Adsorption in MicroporousMetal-Organic Frameworks • Destabilized LiB4 / MpH 2 for Reversible Hydro-gen Storage • Simulation of the Rapid Charging of a MetalHydride Hydrogen Storage System • High Capacity Reversible Hydrogen Storage Material

Animal & Plant Cell Culture Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Metabolic Engineering of Artemisia Annua HairyRoots • Engineering Microbial Factories for the Produc-tion of Plant-Specific Flavonoids • The Transient Effect of Jasmonic Acid Feedingalong with Orca3 Overexpression in Catharanthusroseus Hairy Roots • Effects of Culture Conditions on Production of n-3Fatty Acid from Green Microalga • Production of Recombinant Human Gelatin inRice Cell Cultures • Quantitative Investigation of Microorganism and Fer-mentation Kinetics of Medicinal Plants in Mold Bran • Elicitor Treatment of Intact Plants of PapaverSomniferum, and Comparison of Morphinan Alka-loids Production, Gene Transcripts and ProteinExpression Profiles upon Elicitation • Transient Expression of Functional Human Alpha-1-Antitrypsin in Nicotiana benthamiana Plants andSuspension Cultures • Purification and Characterization of a Recombi-nant Gelatin Expressed in Transgenic Maize • In Silico Modeling and Simulation of MouseHybridoma Cells for the Enhanced Production ofRecombinant Proteins

Applications of Environmental Catalysis II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • Study on the Adsorption Performance of Fe/ZSM-5 and Influence of O2 Concentration in SCR ofNOx with Propylene • Math-Based Approach to Automotive EmissionControl System Development: from Global Kineticsto Microkinetics • Selective Reduction of NOx with H2, Co and Ch4 inSynthetic and Real Exhaust Gas of a Lean-Burn Engine • NOx and Diesel Soot Abatement over CatalyticTraps Based on Mixed Transition Metal Oxides • Impact of Low Sulfur Gasoline upon Nh3 andN2O Emission during Cold-Start of Three-WayCatalytic Converters • Effect of the Catalyst Mileage on the OxidationProperties of Pd-Based TWC Contained in WCCnear Engine • Modeling of Soot Oxidation in Diesel ParticulateFilters Incorporating Cake Layer Microstructure • Oxidation of Methanol Using Ozone on Titania-Supported Vanadium Catalyst • Oxidation of Hydrogen Sulfide in Coal Gasesto Liquid Element Sulfur Using a MonolithicCatalyst Reactor • Development of Mixed Phase Tio2 Photocatalystsby Reactive DC Magnetron Sputtering

Biocatalysis & Protein Engineering Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Directed Evolution of Peptide ConformationalChanges • De Novo Protein Design with Flexible Tem-plates and Its Application to the Redesign ofComplement 3a • Investigation of the Applications of Reverse-PhaseHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography in theStructural Studies of Collagen-like Model Peptides • Fabrication of a Reversible Protein ArrayDirectly from Cell Lysate Using an Elastin-Calmodulin Fusion • A New Platform Technology for EngineeringIntracellular Antibodies Based on the Bacterial TatPathway • Evolutionarily Designed Biterminal Bacterial Sur-face Display Scaffold • Identification of T Cell Antigens Using SurfaceDisplay • A Novel Method of Antibody Profiling Using Bac-terial Surface Display • Lipase-Mediated Epoxidation with UHP inEthyl Acetate

• Discrimination of Peptide Aggregate States inLow Ionic Strength Solutions

Biological Transport, Migration, and AdhesionPoster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Revealsthe Dual Activities of an Integral Membrane • Kinase/Phosphatase Prokaryotic Porin Regulatorin Escherichia Coli• CFD Modeling of Blood Flow in Artery Stenosis • Regulation of Breast Cancer Migration throughIntegrin-Cadherin Synergies • High Laminar Shear-InducedCyclooxygenase(COx)-2 Promoter Activation IsMediated by C/Ebpß and C-Jun/Creb in HumanChondrocytic Cells • Rolling Adhesion Mediated by αL I Domain Mutants • The Role of Microtubules in Epithelial Cell Rheology • The Role of F-Actin and Myosin II in EpithelialCell Rheology • Role of Phospholipid Signaling in the GradientSensing Mechanism of Motile Cells • Cellular Stress Disrupts Intracellular TransportMachinery • Protein Extraction by WIII System Formed fromBinary Aerosol-Ot / Cleavable, 1,3-Dioxolane,Nonionic Surfactants • Computational Modeling and Experimental Quantita-tion of Focal Adhesion Formation in Endothelial Cells

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering PosterSession Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Role of Extentional Forces in Targeted Microparti-cle Adhesion • A Micro-Fluidic Adipose Reactor for 3-D Local-ization of Heterogeneous Cell Components • Chondrocytic IGF-1 Signaling within a Degrad-able Biomaterial • Effects of the Production Conditions on the Prop-erties of Fibrous Chitosan-Alginate MembranesDesigned for Skin Burn Repair • Polymer-Tethered Ligand-Receptor Interactionsbetween Surfaces • Topographic Control of Endothelial Cell Capil-lary-like-Structure Formation • Transport Limitations in Islets of Langerhans Culture • Filtration and Macromolecular Transport in RatVeins Is Very Different from Its Arteries • Optimizing Mechanical and Cell Adhesion Prop-erties of Chitosan through Simultaneous Manipula-tion of Molecular Weight and Crosslinking • Effect of Different Intermittent Flow Strategies onMechanotransductive Signaling and OsteoblasticDifferentiation of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells • Transient Dynamics of a Four State ActomyosinModel of Muscle Contraction • Fabrication of Combinatorial Cellular Microenvi-ronment Using Photoresist Lithography and ProteinMicroarraying • Red Blood Cells Enhance the Adhesion of Staphy-lococcus Aureus to Platelets in Shear Flow Via aChemical and Physical Mechanism • Improvement of Cell Proliferation on 3d-Scaffoldwith a Perfusion Bioreactor • Direct Observation on Bactiseal ™ Catheter byScanning Electron Microscopy – 4 Cases Studies • Robustness and Optimality in DevelopingOrganisms • The Atomic and Electronic Structures of Crystalline Cellulose Iß from First-PrinciplesCalculation • Dynamic Stem-Cell Culture in Bubble-ConfinedCell Array • Integrated 3d Expansion and Osteogenic Differen-tiation of Murine Embryonic Stem Cells in a Simu-lated Microgravity Bioreactor • Novel Approaches of Scaffold Sterilization and

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Cell Seeding for Tissue Engineering Application • Combination of Proteins on PHßV MicrosphereScaffold to Regulate Hep3ß Cells Activity and Func-tionality for an in Vitro Model of Liver Tissue Engi-neering • Design of Porous Media for Biomedical Applications • Micropatterned Substrates That Direct NeuronalPolarity

Biomaterials III Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • Incorporation and Release of Hydrophobic andHydrophilic Bioactive Agents Using NovelMicrofiber Scaffolds Produced through ElectrostaticProcessing • Nitric Oxide Generating Coatings for ImplantableBiomedical Devices • Engineering of Novel Drug Delivery DevicesBased on Convex/Concave Geometries and Dynam-ic Analysis Using X-Ray Tomography • Influencing Chondrogenic Differentiation of HmscPhotoencapsulated in Peg-Peptide Thiol-Methacry-late Mixed Mode Networks • Hypoxia Increases Proliferation and Adhesion ofHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells on Syn-thetic Graft Membranes • Anti-Biofilm Properties of Chitosan-Coated Surfaces • Characterization of Fibrous Chitosan-AlginateMembranes Produced by Coacervation andDesigned for Skin Lesion Therapy

Biomimetics I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 4 • Polysaccharide Hydrogels as Variably Elastic CellCulture Substrates • Fibroblast Migration on Covalent Laminin PeptideGradient Surfaces • Morphogen Gradient Patterns within Three-Dimen-sional Matrices to Direct Stem Cell Responses • Biomimetic Osteoinductive in Situ CrosslinkablePoly(Lactide) for Bone Regeneration • Supported Bilayers Incorporating Cell-AdhesiveRGD Peptides: Composition, Structure and Function • Design of a Novel Fibronectin-Mimetic Peptide-Amphiphile for Functional Biomaterials

Biosensors Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Detection of an Ovarian Cancer Biomarker UsingBiotinylated Single-Chain Fv with a Surface Plas-mon Resonance Sensor • Behaviorally Induced Glutamate Release Detectedin Real-Time with Implanted Biosensor • Fractal Analysis of Binding and Dissociation ofAnalytes Related to Human Health on BiosensorSurfaces • Red Fluorescent Proteins and Their Applications

Carol in Thermoland II: A Session in Honor ofCarol Hall’s 60th Birthday Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • The Two Aspects of the Protein Folding Problem • Dynamical Processes in the Small-Numbers Limit • Structure, Dynamics and Thermodynamics ofWater Confined by Surfaces with PatternedHydrophobicity • Poly-Q Peptides and Proteins • Colloidal and Conformational Stabilities of ModelTherapeutic Antibodies • Role of Hydrophobe Distribution on the ThermalGelation of Biopolymers—Experiments and Simula-tions

Catalytic Fuel Processing Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Kinetics and Reaction Mechanism for Ceria Sup-ported Gold Water Gas Shift Catalysts • Hydrogen from Non-Volatile Biomass UsingAutothermal Flash Thermolysis • Characterization of Nickel-Olivine Materials as

Tar Cracking Catalysts in Biomass GasificationApplications • Cracking of Lipid Molecules by a Superacid • Production of Light Olefins through Gas Oil Cracking • Continuous Production of Light Olefins and/or H2Selectively from Heavy Hydrocarbon Fuels in a Sin-gle Compact Reactor • Ring Opening of 1,3-Dimethylcyclohexane:Effects of Ni and K on Supported Iridium Catalysts • Direct Coupling of Bromine-Mediated MethaneActivation and Coal Gasification: AlB3 AssistedConversion of Methyl Bromide to Light Hydrocar-bons and Quantitative Catalyst Regeneration

Catalytic Hydrogen Generation for Fuel CellApplications I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Monometallic Pd Supported on Zno: Highly Selec-tive Towards CO2 in Steam Reforming of Methanol • Improved Co Oxidation Activity in the Presenceand Absence of Hydrogen over Cluster-DerivedPtFe/SiO2 Catalysts • Evidence of Enhanced Low Temperature Water-GasShift Rate with Sodium Promoted Pt/Zirconia-BasedCatalysts Discovered by Combinatorial Methods • Catalytic Conversion of Ethanol to HydrogenUsing Combinatorial Methods • Activity and Relevant Spectroscopic Features ofGold-Ceria Catalysts for the Catalytic Oxidation ofCarbon Monoxide • Comparative Catalysis Testing and CompetingMechanisms in Methanol Reforming • Hydrogen Generation from Methanol Oxidation onSupported Pt and Cu Catalysts

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Diffusion in Polymers II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Structure, Ther-modynamic, Dynamic and Hydrocarbon PermeabilityProperties of Silicon-Containing Elastomers withPromising Membrane Material Behavior • Determination of Oxygen Diffusivity(D) and Solu-bility(k) of a Highly Oxygen-Permeable Soft Con-tact Lens • Multicomponent Transport of Water and Methanolin Nafion® • Computational Study of Water and Toxins Perme-ability in Sulfonated SIBS Copolymers • Translational and Rotational Diffusion of GlobularProtein in Concentrated Polymer Solutions • A Novel Universal Diffusion Model for Gas andSolvent Molecules in Polymer • Increased Mobility in Polypropylene at Intermedi-ate Stereochemical Compositions by DynamicalMonte Carlo

Downstream Processing Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • A Novel Cascade Membrane Bioreactor Configura-tion for Continuous Production of F(Ab’)2 from Iggby Pepsin Digestion • A Spouted Bed Bioreactor for Solid State Fermen-tation for Enzyme Production from Plant Biomass • Scale-up of Breast Cancer Stem Cell Cultures toSuspension Bioreactors • The Effect of High Dissolved Co2 on Cell Growthand Productivity in Bioreactors • Microbial Dynamics in an Absorber-BioscrubberSystem Operating under Sequentially AlternatingFeeding Regimens • A New Selection Method for Extracellular EnzymeImprovement Via Evolutionary Methods • Effect of Furfural, Syringaldehyde and Vanillin onYeast Growth and Xylitol Biosynthesis • LC-MS Analysis of Degradation Products in Pre-treated Biomass • Flocculation Enhanced Centrifugation and Micro-

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Drug and Gene Delivery Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Design of Improved Permeation Enhancers for Trans-dermal Drug Delivery Part I – Model Development • Isolation, Amplification and Detection of Viral RNA• Electrokinetics Assisted Gene and Drug Deliveryto Mammalian Cells through a Micro-/NanoporousDevice • Developing Novel Inhalation Formulations: aMicroscopic Approach • Development and Production of Oil-in-Water VehiclesMicroemulsion for Dermal Application of Ectoin • Bioavailability Estimation of Alginate/Chitosan Cap-sules Using a Simulated Human Intestinal System • Mathematical Modeling of the Transdermal DrugTransport Based on Transient Diffusion TroughHomogeneous Membranes • Analysis of Heat-Aided Membrane-ControlledDrug Release • Elastic Moduli of Unilamellar Ether-Lipid VesiclesEstimated Using Multi Angle Laser Light Scattering

Dynamics and Modeling of Particulate Systems II Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Eulerian CFD Model for Cohesive Frictional Flow • 3d Simulation of Packed Particle Bed and Trans-port Properties Prediction for Product Optimizationthrough Virtual Experiments • Quantitative Characterization of Particulate Mate-rials from Microtomography Imaging • Modeling Granular Segregation during HopperDischarge • Optimization of a Fluid Bed Dryer by the Imple-mentation of a Model Predictive Controller • DEM Simulations of “Dry Cohesion” Effects inPowder Compaction • Sedimentation Velocity and Viscosity of DiluteSolid-Liquid Suspensions

Energetic Materials: Environmental and LifeCycle Issues Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Operational Experience in Photocatalysis: Treat-ment of Pink Water, Nitroglycerine & ChemicalWarfare Agents Using the Photo-Cat® Process • Biosynthesis of Nitramines • Environmentally Friendly Green Propellant for theMedium Caliber Training Rounds • Closed Loop Processing of Energetics to SafelyEliminate Emissions • Treatment Technologies for Perchlorate • Waste Treatment Using Molten Salt OxidationTechnology • Destruction of Tnt and Related Compounds by aSolid-State Monolayer Photocatalyst

Engineering Treatment and Analysis of DiseasesPoster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Investigating the Mitochondria’s Role in theOxidative Stress of Baculovirus-Infected Cells • A Chemically Inducible Cucumber Mosaic VirusAmplicon Expression System for Production ofRecombinant Human Therapeutics in TransgenicPlant Cell Cultures • Modeling the Mechanism of Drug Transport toSolid Tumors • Cellular Libraries of Peptide Substrates (Clips): aMethod for Rapid Protease Characterization • Effects of Retinoic Acid on Hepatocyte Morpholo-gy, Proliferation and Function • A New De Novo Approach for Optimizing PeptidesThat Inhibit HIV-1 Entry • Using 3-D Tissue Model in High-ThroughputScreening: Key to Improve Drug Discovery • Donor Variation in Proliferation and Multipotencyof Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells • Evaluation of Leukemia Chemotherapy Using Sto-

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Experimental Methods in Adsorption Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Investigation of Adsorption Equilibria of PureGases (Co,CO2,Ch4) and Their Binary and TernaryMixtures at T=293 K for Pressures up to 1.1 Mpa onActivated Carbon (ACAL) • Sorption Measurements of Alkanes on Zeolitesunder Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium • Ultra-Low Concentration Adsorption Equilibriumfor n-Alkanes on BPL Carbon • A Low Cost Sorption Experiment Designed for theSupport of H2 Storage Materials Development • The Partial Loading Zero Length Column Experi-ment • X-Ray Microtomography: a Useful Method toStudy the Dynamics of Organic and Water VaporsAdsorption on Carbon Filters • Protein Transport in Charged Agarose Gels Stud-ied by Optical Microscopy in Microfluidics Devices

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WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2006 3:15 PM - 5:45 PM Fuel Cell Portable Power Systems II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Model Predictive Control for Embedded Applications • Electroosmotic Pumps for Fuel Delivery to DirectMethanol Fuel Cells • Composite Membranes for Micro Fuel Cells • Composite Bed Configuration for Organic SulfurRemoval from Model Logistical Fuel by UsingMicrofibrous Entrapped Adsorbent • Synthesis of Hierarchically Structured Zeolite Mono-liths as Desulfurization Adsorbents for Logistics Fuel • Nanoimprinted Electrodes for Micro Fuel CellApplications

Fundamentals of Supported Catalysis III Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Controlling the Molecular Structure and Reactivi-ty of Supported Metal Oxide Catalytic Active Sites • ODH of Propane over Several V2O5/TiO2-SiO2and V2O5/TiO2 Catalysts: Understanding theStructure-Reactivity Relationship • Low Temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction ofNO by Co over Titania Supported Catalysts • Effects of Zeolite Structure and Composition onthe Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate by OxidativeCarbonylation of Methanol on Cu-Exchanged Y,ZSM-5, and Mordenite • Acid/Base Investigations of Thermally Decom-posed Acetylacetonates Supported on Nanocrys-talline MgO • Support Effects on the Catalytic Decomposition ofN2O to N2 over Supported CuO Catalysts

Gerhold Plenary Session Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Membrane Processes—a Disruptive Technology? • The Challenges in the Synthesis of Multicompo-nent Configuration in Chemical Industry • Tunable Solvents for Sustainable Technology

• When Crystalline Solids Are Wanted in SpecificSizes, Forms, and Purities • Searching for Protein Adhesion-Resistant Mem-branes with Minimal Misfolding

Green Biotechnology Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Enzyme Mixtures & Synergistic Additives forHydrolysis of AFEX Treated LignocellulosicsUsing Rapid Microplate Screening Method • Designer Yeast for Low-Cost Arsenic Removal • On the Reactivity of Cellulose in EnzymaticHydrolysis • Lipoxygenase Catalyzed Production of Monoolsfrom Linoleates • Engineering Deinococcus Radiodurans R1 Phos-phate Metabolism for Metal Precipitation inRadioactive Waste • Modeling of a Fungal Biofilter for the Abatementof Hydrophobic VOCs • Numerical Simulation of Ozone Transport andUptake in Asymmetrically-Branched Airways of theRespiratory Tract • Supercritical Carbon Dioxide-Based Cleaning andSterilization of E. Coli and S. Aureus Biofilms fromStainless Steel Substrates • High Cell Density Cultivation of RhodococcusErythropolis Lsse8-1 for Petroleum Biodesulfuriza-tion by Taguchi Doe Methodology • Process Uniformity of Convective and DiffusiveTransport of Heat in Different High Pressure Systems • Green Biocide Enhancers Enhanced the BiocideInhibition of the Growth of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria • Fuel-Grade Ethanol Using New Technologies • Potential Environmental Application of Self-Assembled Protein Hydrogel Based on Elastin-likeProtein Sequences • Ethanol from Sugar Cane Bagasse by a Simultane-ous Saccharification and Fermentation Process(SSF) with Candida Krusei Icm-Y-05 • Towards Continuous Biopesticide Production inInsect Cell Culture: Overcoming Mutations inFp25k Baculovirus Gene • Secretion of Recombinant Lignin Peroxidase inthe Yeast Kluyveromyces Lactis• Solvent Tolerant Enzyme and Microbial Systemsfor Biocatalysis • A Comparative Study of the Effect of Galacto-Oligosaccharides (GOS) on in-Vitro Growth ofSelected Probiotic Bacteria • Development of a Mechanistic Model for Sugar-Utilization Regulatory Systems • Novel Approach for Conversion of Xylose to Ethanol • Preliminary Evaluation of Anaerobic Production ofAminolevulinic Acid by Methanogens and Acetogens • Structure and Activity of a Microbial CommunityTreating Acid Mine Drainage • Biomimetic Catalysis for Hemicellulose Hydroly-sis in Corn Stover

High Throughput Experimentation Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Triple Function Ru Catalysts for Low-Tempera-ture Co Oxidation, VOC Combustion and SCR-Denox • Discovery and Optimization of NSR Catalysts ViaHigh-Throughput Experimentation • High-Throughput Metal Nanoparticle Catalysis byPulsed Laser Ablation • High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Appliedto Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Reactions

Interfacial Phenomena in Conducting andSemiconducting Systems Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Electrochemistry of Active Metals in Aqueous HF • Interfacial Phenomena in Copper Galvanic Dis-placement Onto Silicon • The Electronic Structure of Metals on High-KDielectrics; Metal Induced Gap States for the Ru

and RuO2 on HfO2 Interfaces • Non-Lithographic Microetching of TransparentConductive Oxides (Ito and ZnO) and Semiconduc-tors (Gaas) Based on Reaction-Diffusion • Synthesis of Stabilized Nanoparticles of VaryingComposition and Aspect Ratio for Extrinsic Con-ducting Polymer • Surface Chemistry of CdSe: Implications forNanocrystalline Growth

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Thermodynamics II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Reaction Ensemble Dissipative Particle Dynamics:Mesoscale Simulation of Polymer Reaction Equilibria • Coarse-Graining Binary Reactive Mixtures toEffective One-Component Systems: from HardSpheres to Globular Proteins • Coil and Helical Conformations of Poly(EthyleneOxide) and Poly(Ethylene Imine) in Solution • Liquid Crystalline Gel Induced by Ionic Flow • Modeling of Driven Assembly of Particles in Liq-uid Crystals: Applications to Optical Sensors andColloidal Dispersions • Interfacial Properties and Structure of ComplexFluids from Interfacial-Salt (ISAFT) Density Func-tional Theory • Metastable Mesoscopic Clusters in Solutions ofSickle Cell Hemoglobin

Metabolic Engineering & Systems BiologyPoster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • To Build a Microbial Factory: Investment Costand Operating Cost Analysis of Metabolic Net-works • Optimization of Stochastically-Simulated GeneNetwork Models • How External Electrical Stimuli Can Act at Cellu-lar Level in an in Vitro Culture: MathematicalModel and Experimental Analysis • AQuantitative Model of Error Accumulation duringPcr Amplification with Application to Gene Synthesis • Modeling a Subset of Transcriptional RegulatoryNetwork Involving Apoptosis-Related Genes • Reverse Engineering of an Erythromycin Over-producing Strain • Gene Expression Profiling of 3t3-L1 AdipocytesExpressing the Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 1 • Simulation of Directed Evolution Experiments • Combinatorial Engineering of Intergenic Regionsto Tune Expression of Multiple Genes in Operons • Complex Systems Analysis and MathematicalModeling of Insulin Resistance in Skeletal MuscleCells and the Impact of Plasma Free Fatty Acids • Identification of Succinic Acid Tolerance Genes inE.Coli• Genome-Wide Transcriptional Response ofStaphylococcus Aureus to Hypochlorite-InducedOxidative Stress • Optimal Combinatorial Library Design from aComputational Complexity Perspective • Control of Cell Growth and Glucose Uptake Ratesby Controlled Expression of Phosphofructokinase(Pfk) in B. Subtilis • Selections from Screens: a Novel Tool for theSelection of Overproducers • Regulating Phenotypic Variations Using Integrat-ed Flux and Energy Balance Analysis Based Multi-objective Framework • Setting up a High Throughput Screening Facilityas Part of the Academic Experience • Real-Time Detection of TCA Cycle Anaplerosis inHuman Glioma Cells with 13c NMR Spectroscopy • Usefulness of RNAse III Cleavage Sites for Tun-ing Relative Gene Expression • Quantifying the Metabolic Capabilities of Engi-neered Zymomonas Mobilis for Ethanol Productionfrom Hexoses and Pentoses Using Linear Program-ming Analysis • Translational Coupling and Regulation in Prokary-

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otic Operons • Genomic-Based Identification of the SporulationRestoring Gene in Degenerate Clostridium Aceto-butylicum Strains • Magnetically Driven Mixing within a MicroarrayGeometry Using Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles • Nuclear Receptors Based Modulation of HepaticLipid and Glucose Metabolism • Biosynthesis of Lovastatin in a Heterologous Host • “Retrobiosyntethic” Design for the Microbial Pro-duction of an Organic Compound • Significance Analysis of Time-Series High-Throughput Transcriptional Profiling Data: Appliedto Arabidopsis Thaliana Liquid Cultures Subjectedto Environmental Stresses • Metabolic Flux Map of E. Coli PTSG Mutant andWild Type Consuming Glucose/Xylose under Anaer-obic Condition • Development of a Database Tool for Novel Biosyn-thetic Pathway Design • Data Correction, Normalization and Validation forEnhanced Accuracy of GC-MS Metabolomic Analysis:Time Series Metabolomic Analysis of ArabidopsisThaliana Response to Elevated Co2 a Case Study • User-Controlled Changes in Fluorescence Distribu-tion in Cells with Oscillatory Genetic NetworkDynamics • E. Coli Autoinducer 2 Uptake Could Be Induced byIntracellular Factors Such as Luxs Rate but Not Nec-essarily by the Cell Density: Analysis of the Net-work Topology Using Bifurcation Analysis • Sensitivity Analysis on MS2 Viral Dynamics UsingInterval Mathematics • Computational and Recombination Based Methodsfor Directed Evolution • A Metabolic Modeling Approach to OptimizingRecombinant Protein Production in L. Lactis Fer-mentations • Design of Transient Isotopic Labeling Studies forthe Experimental Measurement of AutotrophicMetabolic Fluxes • Shotgun DNA Microarray-Based TranscriptionalAnalysis of the Clostridium Tyrobutyricum Wildtypeand Mutants • The Bioactivity of Il-12: There’s More to the StoryThan P70 or P40 • An Age-Structured Model of Dendritic Cell Traf-ficking in the Lung • Modeling of Glycolytic Pathway Using in VitroKinetics

Molecular Modeling of Fuel Cells andElectrochemical Systems I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Efficient Surface Chemistry Simulations andApplications to PEM Fuel Cell Electrochemistry • A First-Principles Analysis of Electrocatalytic Oxi-dation of Co at the Dmfc Anode • A Density-Functional Theory Study of HydrogenUnderpotential Deposition on Platinum Electrode • Theoretical Study of the Adsorption/Dissociationof Oxygen on Pt(111) in Electric Double Layer(EDL) for a PEM Fuel Cell • Dissolution of a Platinum Catalyst in Acid Medi-um: Density Functional Theory Study • Near-Surface Alloys for Improved Electrocatalysis • Modified-Methanol Dehydrogenase EnzymaticCatalysts for Fuel Cell Applications • Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Methanol Cross-over for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Nanotechnology in Water Quality Analysis andWater Treatment Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Mechanism of Arsenic Removal in Electrocoagulation • Aggregation and Deposition Kinetics of FullereneNanoparticles Onto Quartz Surface • Modeling Interfacial Interactions between Spheri-cal Particles and Nano-Structured Membranes • SERS-Active Silver Nanoparticle Arrays on Track

Etch Membrane Support as Flow-through WaterQuality Sensors • Synthesis and Characterization of Tfc Membranesfor Water Reuse • Synthesis and Characterization of Modified Titani-um Dioxide Materials

New Faculty Forum Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Dr. Judy Raper: National Science Foundation Funding • Dr. Mike Malone (Dean, UMass Amherst): Engi-neering Your Tenure

Panel Discussion • Panelist: Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University • Panelist: Mario Eden, Auburn University • Panelist: Mia Markey, University of Texas, Austin • Panelist: Victor M. Ugaz, Texas A&M University

Nonlinear Control Design, Analysis andApplications Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • Nonlinear Controller Design Via ApproximateSolution of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations • A Robust and Stabilizing Multi-Model PredictiveControl Approach to Command the Operation ofDistributed Process Systems • Cell and Iterated Dynamic Programming - a FastOptimizer for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control • Large-Scale Adaptive Multivariable ControllersEliminate Step Tests and Maximize Profit • Design and Performance of an Explicit ParametricController for a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) System • Controlling Weight-on-Bit near Its Optimum inHydrocarbon Drilling Operations Using a LinearModel Predictive Control with State Estimation • A Passivity Based Approach to Process Controlla-bility Analysis

Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Computation of Equilibrium States and Bifurca-tions in Chemical Reactor Models Using IntervalAnalysis • Capturing Patterns and Symmetries in Time-Peri-odic Granular Flow • Application of the Correction Function Method toSolve the Poisson Boltzmann Equation in Unbound-ed Electrostatic Conditions • Spatiotemporal Control of Cardiac Alternans • Nonlinear Behavior of PEM Fuel Cells Operated inAuto-Humidification Mode • Analysis of Elastic Stability and StructuralResponse of Cubic Crystals under Uniaxial Loading

Pharmaceutical Technology Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • An Ontology-Based Information Management Sys-tem for Pharmaceutical Product Development • Optimization of Solvent Chasing Distillation inPharmaceutical Industry • Protein Stabilization by Chemical Stabilizers: Mol-ecular Dynamic Simulation and Experimental Vali-dation • Development of a Robust Process in Bioreactors • Trouble-Shooting of Glassy and Ball Material For-mulation during Drying of API Wet Cake • Optimization of Monoclonal Antibody ProductionUsing Process Simulation and Scheduling Tools • A Systematic Design Approach to Tailor CrystalSize Distribution for Mixing-Sensitive Crystalliza-tion Processes • Inverse-Qsar for Inhibitors of Phosphate Cdc25b • Elucidating Tablet Movement in a Side-Vented PanCoater by Digital Video Analysis • Measuring and Simulation of the ConcentrationProfile of Binary Mixtures of Powders When Flow-ing between Flat Plates with Rough Surfaces • Application of Raman Microscopy and Band-Tar-get Entropy Minimization to Identify Trace Com-pounds in Model Pharmaceutical Tablets

• The Effect of a New Pressure Change Technologyon Microorganisms, an Innovate Concept for Foodand Pharmaceutical Safety • Catalyst Trap Microreactor for PharmaceuticalHydrogenation Reaction • Linear Mixed-Effects Models in the Mathematica®Environment • Operational Challenges of Large Scale MonoclonalAntibody Bulk Production for Clinical Trial Delivery • Phytochemical Composition and AntimicrobialActivity of the Essential Oil from EchinophoraPlatyloba DC • Mechanical Property Characterization of ActivePharmaceutical Ingredients

Population Balance Modeling for ParticleFormation Processes II: Nucleation, Aggregationand Breakage Kernels Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • Analysis of a Moment-Based Inverse Problem Solu-tion Technique for Breakage Kernel Identification • Population Balance Equation Modeling of Pharma-ceutical Emulsions Prepared with High PressureHomogenization • Direct Quadrature Method of Moments for Turbu-lent Aggregation of Fine Particle Populations • Breakage Distribution Functions Based on Branch-ing Crack Models • Formulation and Validation of Bivariate PopulationBalance Models • A Novel Free Boundary Algorithm for the Solutionof Cell Population Balance Models

Principles of Micropatterned Structures andApplications to Biomems Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Microfabrication of Functional Gels and Applica-tion to Controlled Drug Release Microchip • Influence of Micropatterned Polymer Substrates onNeural Stem Cell Growth and Differentiation • Optical Microfluid Control Based on Photorespon-sive Polymer Gel Microvalves • Polymer Particle-Based Micromolding to FabricateNovel Microstructures • Parallel Manipulation of Adhering Living CellsBased on Photo-Induced Cell Capturing • Zein Self-Assembly on Nano- and Micro- Pat-terned Hybrid Surfaces

Process Design Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • A Simple New Concept for Chemical ProcessFlowsheet Design and Analysis • Synthesis of Heat-Integrated Separation SequencesInvolving Heat-Pumping • Quantifying the Effect of Process Design on Con-trollability and Operability • A Software Tool for Assessing the Financial andTechnical Impacts of Changing Industrial Bio-Man-ufacturing Processes • A New Physical Absorption Process for the Cap-ture of CO2 from CO2-Rich Natural Gas Streams • Cascade Analysis Technique for Targeting Proper-ty-Based Material Reuse/Recycle Network • Attainable Region Construction for Reactor Net-works Exhibiting Limit Cycles

Rational Catalyst Design II Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Model-Based Design of Single-Site Olefin Poly-merization Catalysts • Multiscale Model-Based Design of Experimentsand Catalysts • Rational Design Supplemented by SerendipitousDiscovery – Highly Active and EnantioselectiveSupport-Tethered Co(III)-Salen Complexes for theHydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Epoxides • Grafted Calixarenes for Rational Design of Cata-lysts and Adsorbents • Electrostatic “Nano-Engineering” of Promoted and

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Self Assembly in Solution II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Biocompatible Surfactants for the Hydrofluo-roalkane|Water Interface • Interactions of Dilauroylphosphatidylcholine(DLPC) Lipid Vesicles with Albumin in AqueousSolutions • Fluorescence Anisotropy in Aggregated Protein-Mimetic Structures • Polymer-Surfactant Interactions in Mixed Aque-ous Solvents • Alkaline/Surfactant Process for Enhanced OilRecovery • Self-Assembly of Metal Soap Molecular Patternson Graphite • Solution Properties of Polysaccharides in Waterand Polar Organic Solvents

Separations Interactive Networking PosterSession Room Setup Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B+C

Structure and Properties of Polymers III:Dynamics of Glass Formers Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • Non-Monotonic Glass Transition Profile in Ultra-thin Polymer Films and Spatial CooperationTowards the Glass Transition • Monte Carlo Simulations of the Glass Transitionin Polyethylene • Modification of Glass Transition Behavior byConfinement in 1-Dimensional Polymer Nanopat-terns • Effect of Confinement on the Relaxation Dynam-ics in an Antiplasticized Polymer Melt • Structure, Dynamics and Gas Transport Character-istics of Rubbery Polymer Networks and Nanocom-posites • Dependence of Physical Properties and Morpholo-gy of Acrylate/Epoxy LPNS • Gradient Copolymers with Continuous Distribu-tions of Nanoenvironments Yield Glass TransitionTemperatures over 50-80 K in Breadth

Supply Chain Optimization Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • Adopting Methods from Process Safety to SupplyChain Risk Management • Short Term Planning of Upstream Natural GasSupply Chain Operations • Optimal Supply Chain Redesign and Asset Man-agement Using Genetic Algorithm • Multiobjective Optimization of Hydrogen Infra-structure System Considering Undeterministic Safe-ty Constraints • Control-Relevant Demand Modeling for SupplyChain Management • Supply Chain Design and Planning with Respon-siveness Testing - a Two-Level Holistic Approach toan Industrial Case

Sustainable Biorefineries Plenary (InvitedPapers) Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • A Research and Market Pathway to Realize thePotential of Ethanol • Sustainable Energy and Transportation: Engineer-ing the 21st Century • Dupont’s Biorefinery Vision in Support of Sus-tainable Biofuels & Biobased Chemicals • A Refiner’s Perspective on the Future of Biofuels • Technology and Economic Risks Associated with

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Sustainable Power Systems Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Conceptual Design and Modeling of EntrainedBed Gasifier • Process Design of Hydrogen Production fromCoal and Co2 Separation • Production of Highly Concentrated Stream ofHydrogen from Syngas in IGCC Processes • Futuregen: Stepping-Stone to Sustainable Fossil-Fuel Power Generation • Numerical Simulation of Green Circulating Flu-idized Coal Gasifier with in-Situ Fixation of Co2• Retrol Vision: Preliminary Techno-EconomicalAnalysis • Working Fluids for Geothermal Orc - Processes

Technology Roadmap: Pharmaceutical ProductDevelopment & Manufacturing II Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Technology Roadmap: Process Development • Technology Roadmap: Manufacturing • Technology Roadmap: Funding Successes &Next Steps The Toxicology of Nanomaterials Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16

Transport Processes in Nanoscale Systems III Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Electrochemical Investigation of Transportthrough Self-Assembled Nanoporous Silica ThinFilms • Diffusion in Polymer Systems with Moving Bound-ary • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of a NanoscaleDevice for Fast Sequencing of DNA• Transport Properties of Hydrophilic andAmphiphilic Molecules in the Two Subspaces ofLipidic Cubic Phases • Isotachophoresis in Nanochannels • Cross-Stream Migration of Chain Molecules inNanofluidic Channels • Axial Diffusion of Simple Gases in Nanotubes:Modeling and Simulation

Upstream Bioprocessing Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Ethanol and Succinic Acid Production from Afex-Treated Sugarcane Bagasse and Cane Leaf Matter(CLM) • Investigation of Response Surface Methodologyon the Coenzyme Q10 Production by Using Photo-synthetic Bacteria • Transcription Modulation of Recombinant DNAProtein Production in a New Escherichia ColiMutant by Using Various Inducer-Feeding Profiles • Simulation of Biocorrosion in Pipe Flow Using anElectrochemical Glass Cell Bioreactor with a Rotat-ing Cylinder Coupon • Enhance L-(+) Lactic Acid Production Using Pel-letized Rhizopus Oryzae • Lactic Acid Fermentation with the Supplementa-tion of Fish Wastes • Lactic Acid Fermentation by Rhizopus Oryzaewith Activated Carbon Addition • Particle Dynamics in a Rotating Wall VesselBioreactor • Effect of Operating Conditions on the Performance ofEfficient Succinate-Producing Escherichia Coli Strains • Enhanced Propionic Acid Fermentation from Glu-cose and Lactose by Immobilized Propionibacteri-um Acidipropionici Mutants Obtained by MetabolicEngineering

Water Sustainability and Integrated WaterResource Management Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• An Optimization Model for Planning WastewaterReuse in the Chicago Area

• Towards Water Sustainability in the Santa AnaWatershed? Pushing the Limits of Reuse & Recycle • Water Use Prioritization to Maximize Benefit ofTreatment and Minimize Environmental Impact • Principals of Reusing Municipal and IndustrialWastewater Discharges for Irrigated Agriculture • Life Cycle Assessment as Applied to Water Recla-mation and Reuse

WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2006 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Separations Interactive Networking Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B+C

WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2006 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM General Papers on Medical Engineering, DrugDelivery and Therapeutic Systems: Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Tethered pH Responsive Biomaterials for Mucoadhe-sive Oral Controlled Release Drug Delivery Systems • Exploration of a Protein Molecular Carrier: Self-Assembly and Stability • Preparation of Efficient Gene Carriers UsingPolyamidoamine Dendron-Bearing Cationic Lipidswith Different Alkyl Chains • DNA-Encapsulation Using Self-Assembled Pep-tide Architectures • Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Sterilization ofMedical-Grade Polymers • Characterizing Transport Enhancement by P(Maa-G-Eg) Drug Carriers in the Presence of Mucus • Study of Targeted Particulate Adhesion to CelluloseSurfaces Mediated by Bifunctional Fusion Proteins • Sustained Ophthalmic Delivery of Timolol fromMolecular Imprinted Contact Lenses • Enzymatic Polymerization of Natural PhenolicLipids and Their Potential Application as Anti-Bio-fouling Materials • Enhanced Cell-Seeding into 3-D Scaffolds by Useof Magnetite Nanoparticles for Tissue Engineering • Preparation of Chromatography Matrices HavingThermoresponsive Polymer Brush Structure • Mechanical Properties of Microporous Foams ofBiodegradable Polyesters Formed Via ThermallyInduced Phase Separation • Preparation of Microspherical HydroxyapatiteScaffolds • Effect of Particulate Surfactant on Stability of theW/O Dispersion and Microencapsulation of Water • Preparation of Acellularized Bone Using UltraHigh Pressure Technology for Tissue Engineering • Cell Micropatterning Using Magnetite Nanoparti-cles and Magnetic Force • Development of Novel Cell Separation System UsingPoly(n-Isopropylacrylamide)-Graft-PolypropyleneNon-Woven Membrane with Antibody • Model Analysis of Oxygen Diffusion/Consump-tion for Cell Culture System to Optimally DesignScaffold and Microbiochip • Msc Separation on Bioactive Molecule-Immobi-lized Column • On-off Control of Drug Permeation through Anti-gen-Responsive Gels • Design of Biodegradable Hydrogel by NanogelEngineering • Preparation of Hydrogen Bonding Polymer Struc-tures Using Ultra High Pressure Technology asDrug Carrier • Preparation of Polysuccinimide Microcapsuleswith pH-Response of Drug Release • Protein Encapsulation into Thermo-ResponsiveBiodegradable Nanospheres • Novel Iontophoresis System for Delivery ofChemically Unstable Drugs • Internal Model Control of Blood Sugar withModel Uncertainty • Identification of Correlation and Uncertaintyamong Parameters Affecting the Dynamics ofBlood Glucose Models: Effect of Experimental

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Uncertainty • Design of Dry Powder Inhalation by a NovelSupercritical Freeze Granulation • Microencapsulation of Living Cells into 150 Microm-eter Microcapsules Using Micro-Airflow-Nozzle • On the Use of a Ferromagnetic Stent for ImplantAssisted Magnetic Drug Targeting • In Vitro and in Vivo Studies of StaphylococcusEpidermidis Adhesion and Colonization on Modi-fied Silicone Surfaces • pH-Sensitive Drug Delivery System Formulated byPolymerized Bicontinuous Microemulsions for Sus-tained Enzyme Release

Poster Session: Catalysis and ReactionEngineering Division Poster Session Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom B • Pd-Leaching and Pd-Removal in Pd-CatalyzedSuzuki Couplings • The Influence of Physical Interactions on ChemicalReactions in Confinement • A Silicon Microreactor for in-Situ SpectroscopicAnalysis of Working NSR Catalysts • A Theoretical Investigation of Co Adsorption onPt3sn Alloy • Optimizing Pd Catalyzed Reactions for Pharma-ceutical Production • Modeling and Simulation of a Pyrolysis Reactorfor Slurry Feed • Molybdenum Carbide-Based Catalysts for Gaso-line Steam Reforming • Engineering Advances in Combinatorial ChemistryRelevant to Heterogeneous Catalysis • Oxidation of Cyclohexane with Molecular OxygenUsing Macrocyclic Homonuclear Cu Complex Catalyst • Preparation and Testing of Ab2O4 Spinels (a=Co,Cu, Mn; B=Fe, Cr) for Methane Combustion in LeanMixtures • CFD Simulations of Flow and Heat Transfer inSteam Reforming in a Fixed Bed of Cylinders • Prediction for the Secondary Reaction of FCCGasoline by Fnn-Ga Method • Liquid and Gas Phase Laboratory Testing of 1-Butene Rich Fischer-Tropsch Feed over Solid Phos-phoric Acid on Kieselguhr • Propane Ammoxidation to Acrylonitrile over Vana-dia-Based Xerogel/Aerogel Catalysts • Nanostructured Iron-Titanium Oxide Aerogel Pho-tocatalysts for Energy Conversion • Catalytic down-Hole Upgrading of Heavy Oil • Trimerization of Isobutene over Cation ExchangeResins: Effect of Physical Properties of the Resinsand Reaction Conditions • Exhaustive Identification of StoichiometricallyFeasible Pathways for Partial Oxidation of Methanolon Copper-Zinc Catalysts • Aging of Iron Molybdate Oxide Catalysts duringPartial Oxidation of Methanol to Formaldehyde • Optimization of Invertase Production in a Fed BatchBioreactor by Neuron-Dynamic Programming • Kinetic Modeling of Hydrogen Production ViaSteam Reforming of Methanol • Ni3AL Intermetallics Catalyst for Hydrogen Pro-duction from Methanol • Thermogravimetric Analysis of Molten Salts’Kinetics • Fe-Cu Catalysts for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition inSiB Cycle to Thermochemically Produce Hydrogen • Selective Positional Isomerization of Butene-2over Mesoporous Silicates • Community-Extensible Software and Database forPredicting Combustion Kinetics • Understanding the Aqueous Phase Oxidation ofHydroxylamine by Nitric and Nitrous Acids UsingComputational Chemistry • Catalytic Performance of Aluminum IncorporatedMCM-41 for Synthesis of Diphenylmethane Deriva-tives from Formaldehyde and Phenol, 2,6-Dimethylphenol, or Aniline • Effects of Ionic Liquid in the Catalyst Preparationof MgO-CeO2 Mixed Oxide for Dimethyl Carbonate

Synthesis Via Transesterification • Photocatalytic Cu Deposition over Self-AssembledTitania Nanoclusters • First Principles Based Promoter Design for Hetero-geneous Catalysis • Optimal Inlet Temperature Profile Strategies forDecaying Fixed Bed Reactor • Experimental Investigation of High TemperatureReaction Kinetics of Hydrogen and Air in Turbulent,Supersonic, Combusting Flows • Modeling of Droplet-Particle Interaction in theInlet Zone of a FCC Riser • Hydroconversion of 2-Methylnaphthalene onPt/Mordenite Catalysts. Effect of the Acid/Metal • Balance of the Catalyst over the Main ReactionPathways • Computational Studies of Liquid Drop Spreadingand Dynamics on Porous Solids • Mass Transport Effects in Biphasic Ionic Liquid/CO2Systems for Hydrogenation and Hydroformylation • Deactivation of MO2C/ZrO2 Catalyst for SteamReforming of Methanol • Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide inDiesel Exhaust • Oxide-Specific Oxidation States of Oxide-Support-ed Au Nanoparticles • Promoting the Preferential Oxidation of Co byAltering the Reducibility of Pt • Production of Hydrogen by Partial Oxidation ofMethanol over Promoted Cu/ZnO Mixed MetalOxide Catalysts • Propylene Oxidation under Temperature CyclingOperation • Hydrodynamic , Mass Transfer Parameters and Mod-eling of Slurry Bubble Column and Ebulating BedReactors Operating under Fischer-Tropsch Conditions • Physical Solvents for Selective CO2 Capture atElevated Pressures and Temperatures • Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation with Hydrogen Peroxideover Zeolite Catalysts • Non-Catalytic Biodiesel Production from SoybeanOil Using Supercritical Methanol • Microfibrous Supported Catalysts/Sorbents: HighContacting Efficiency Heterogeneous ContactingSystems • Catalytic Cracking and Aromatization of C4-C5Hydrocarbons over ZsM-5 Zeolite: Activity andRegeneration • Steady-State and Transient CFD Simulations ofMoving Bed Reactor with Internal Heat Recovery • Formation of Liquid Element Sulfur and GaseousCarbonyl Sulfide by Reacting Hydrogen Sulfide inCoal Gases with Sulfur Dioxide • Conversion of Mixed Sugars into Ethanol byRecombinant Corynebacterium Glutamicum• The Photocatalytic Effects of TiO2 Impregnatedwith Transition Metals for Removal of OrganicCompounds in Liquid Phase • Modeling of Condensed Phase Combustion-Decomposition Reaction with Gas Generation • Wittig Reaction of Synthesizing Liquid CrystalIntermediate by Novel Phase-Transfer Catalysis • Deactivation Mechanisms of Platinum/Titania Cat-alysts for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition in Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Water-Splitting Cycles • Investigation on the Platinum-Loaded Nay ZeoliteCatalysts for Liquid Phase Conversion of Biomass-Derived Carbohydrates to Hydrogen • Effect of Ceria on Cu-Zn-Alumina Catalyst forOxidative Steam Reforming of Methanol • Catalytic Properties of Ni3Al Powder for Hydro-gen Generation by Methane Steam Reforming • Liquid Fuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass Usingan Induction Heating Process • Release Behavior of Alkali and Alkaline EarthMetals during Biomass Steam Gasification • Characterization and Activity of K-, CeO2-, andMn-Promoted Ni/AL2O3 Catalysts for CO2Reforming of Methane • Thermodynamic Analysis and Reaction Evaluation

for the Absorption-Enhanced-Water-Gas-Shift Reac-tion (AEWGS) for the Production of Hydrogen • Steam Reforming of Methanol Using SupportedMo2c Catalysts • Preparation of Mesoporous Clay Complex byTiCl4 Treated with Nh4Oh for Selective CatalyticReduction • AShape Selective Catalyst for Epoxidation of CyclicOlefins: the Nanoporous Nickel Phosphate VSB-5 • Investigation of Effective Factors on V2O5 Cata-lyst Deactivation in H2SO4 Production • Lipase Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Olive Oil in aBiphasic Enzyme Membrane Reactor: Modeling ofMass Transfer Effect • Monodispersed Pd-Nanoparticles for SelectiveHydrogenation

THURSDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 2006 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM (22b) Micro- and Nanodevices for TargetedTherapeutics I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • Polymer Core/Gold Nanoshell CompositeNanoparticles for Targeted Therapeutics: MonitoringTheir Response to Different Media and Laser Irradi-ation • Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites for Therapeuticand Imaging Applications • Functional Block Copolymer Nanoparticles forTargeted Drug Delivery and Imaging • Development of Improved Retinal Prosthesis,Using Local Release Polymer Coatings and Sus-tained Release Dendrimer-Drug Nanodevices • Functionalized Liposomes for Targeting ColorectalCancer • Emerging Nanotechnologies for TherapeuticApplications

(22b) Nanotechnology for in Vivo and in VitroImaging Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Optical Biosen-sors of DNA Structure • Using Peptides to Propel Nanoparticles to the Topof the Nanobio Arsenal • Nanogold Particle for Enhanced Fluorescent Contrastin Fluorophore Mediated Breast Cancer Imaging • Molecular Dynamics Imaging in MicropatternedLiving Cells • Two-Photon Excitation Photoluminescence ofSpiropyran-Containing Polymer Nanoparticles andTheir Imaging Application • Two-Photon Excitation of Quantum Dot Donorsin Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferApplications

Advanced Computations and NumericalModels in Water Technology and ResourceManagement - II Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • The Role of Simulation in Evaluating Water Purifi-cation, Wastewater Treatment, and RecyclingProcesses in the Semiconductor Industries • A Retrofit Model of Water Networks in IndustrialProcesses • Molecular Simulation of Arsenic Adsorption inLayered Double Hydroxides • Optimization of Water Networks in IndustrialProcesses from a Management Point of View • Bond Graph Modeling of an Integrated BiologicalWastewater Treatment System

Advanced High Temperature Systems andMaterials for Hydrogen Production Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13 • A Helium Loop for the Transfer of Heat between aNuclear Reactor and a Thermochemical Plant • Heat Transfer within a Ceramic Heat ExchangerUsed for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition • Corrosion Performance of Ceramic Materials in

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Advances in Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Using Light Illumination to Control the Form-Function Relationship of Enzymes • Protein Dynamics and NMR Relaxation: toward aMechanistic Understanding of Salt-Activation inNonaqueous Biocatalysis • Measurement of Endo and Exo-Glucanase Activi-ties in Cellulase Using Non-Crystalline Cellulose • Immobilization of Bacterial Beta-Galactosidas-es Onto Nanofiltration Membrane and Its Appli-cation on Production and Separation of Galacto-Oligosaccharides • Understanding the Lpp Deletion Effects in Mem-brane Permeability and Consequences for Whole-Cell Biocatalysis • Kinetics of the Multienzyme System-Alcohol,Aldehyde and Lactate Dehydrogenase-for theMetabolism of Ethanol to Acetate • Lipase-Catalyzed Selective Transesterification ofStanols in Solvent Free Medium

Advances in Drug Delivery I Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Therapeutic Proteins and Degradable Polymersomes • Nanoparticles Targeting Intercellular Cell Adhe-sion Molecules • Integrin Antagonist C16y Peptide EncapsulatingPla & Pla-PEO Nanoparticle Treatment ofChoroidal Neovascularization in Rodents • Subconjunctivally Implantable Hydrogels for Pro-long Release of Therapeutic Proteins • Bioerodible Scaffolds for ImplantableMicrofluidic Probes in Convection EnhancedNeural Drug Delivery • Low Frequency Sonophoresis: UltrastructuralBasis for Stratum Corneum Permeability AssessedUsing Quantum-Dots • Effect of Microneedle Design on Pain in HumanSubjects

Advances in Electrokinetics and Electrophoresis- DNA Applications Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • Simultaneous 2d Electrofocusing • DNA Collisions with a Single Post • DNA Electrophoresis in Microfluidic Post Arraysunder a Moderate Electric Field • Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy of DNAElectrophoresis in Microchannels • Determination of the Effective Charge of DNAFragments Containing Variable Numbers of A-Tracts • Enhancement of DNA Hybridization Kinetics byDC Electrokinetic Mixing in Microchannels

Advances in Metabolic Engineering andBioinformatics (II) Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Understanding Cofactor Partitioning in Xylitol-Pro-ducing Escherichia Coli Expressing Xylose Reductase • Metabolic Control Analysis Provides Insights intoStrategies for Improving Ethanol Production fromRecombinant Xylose-Utilizing SaccharomycesCerevisiae• Simultaneous Estimation of Reaction Fluxes andMetabolite Levels Using Instationary 13C Metabol-ic Flux Analysis • Total Microbial Synthesis of BenzylisoquinolineAlkaloids in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae • Forward Engineering of a S. Coelicolor Actinorhodin

Overproducer Using Transposon Mutagenesis • Engineering of Organic Acid Tolerance Genes inE. Coli for Biorefinery Applications • Biosynthesis of Fosfomycin

Advances in Protein Structure, Function,Analysis and Stability - I Hilton San Francisco, Powell • ANovel Cytokine Recognition Mode in the Structureof Interleukin-2 Complexed with Its Alpha Receptor • Atomic Resolution Structures of Fkbp12 WildType and Mutants Show the Existence of a CoupledNetwork of Amino Acids and a Structural Water inthe Protein Core • Binding Site Allostery in the E. Coli Groel Chap-eronin Subunit • Local Motions in Allosteric Proteins • A Novel Approach for Alpha-Helical TopologyPrediction in Globular Proteins • An Antibody Loop Replacement Design Feasibili-ty Study and a Loop-Swapped Dimer Structure • A Branch-and-Reduce Algorithm for the ContactOverlap Problem

Biomaterials IVMarriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • Field-Driven Surface Biofunctionalization ofElectrospun Fibers • Kinetic Studies of Ntpdase Immobilized on Poly-ethylene Terephthalate • Fundamental Studies on the Modification of Sili-con Surfaces Using Aptes (3- Aminopropyltri-ethoxysilane) for Neural Implant Applications • Surface Science Studies on the Effects of DifferentSilanes and Metal Surface Treatments on the Bind-ing of Chitosan, a Biopolymer • Vapor Phase Photografting of Antimicrobial Poly-mer Coatings • Surface-Confined Photografting on Pla and PhaFilms • Mechanisms for Controlling Protein Orientation

Biomimetics II: Drug Delivery Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Intracellular Trafficking and Drug ReleaseMechanisms of Dendrimer-Based Drug DeliveryNanodevices • A Model for Polymer Functionalization of DrugDelivery Vehicles: Maximizing Adhesion WhileConfronting Endothelial Glycocalyx • Conjugation of Methoxypolyethylene Glycol tothe Surface of Bovine Red Blood Cells for Use as aNon-Immunogenic Blood Substitute • Incorporation of Statins in a Perivascular Poly-meric Drug Delivery Device for the Inhibition ofIntimal Hyperplasia • Micro- Electrochemical and ElectrophoreticDelivery of Charged Species from ConductingPolymer Surfaces • Antigenic Disguise of Model Surfaces Via Immo-bilization of Treponema Pallidum Protein Tp0483

Bridging Academia and Biotechnology Industry Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Training Scientists and Engineers for theBiotech Industry: Lessons Learned from anUnexpected Quarter • Pharmaceutical Engineering Programs and Cours-es for the Working Pharmaceutical Professionals • Leveraging Biotechnology Training to a Career inthe Pharmaceutical Industry - a Student to anEmployee Perspective • Panel Discussion • Panel Speaker—Sharfstein • Pannel Speaker

Cape-Open Current Status: Extensions andImprovements Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Experiences with Cape Open Thermo Interface in

Basf in-House Simulator Chemasim • Aspen Technology’s Current and Future Supportfor Cape-Open Standards • Interoperability between Modeling Tools (Mot)and Process Simulators (Prosim) through Cape-Open Standards • Tools Supporting Implementation of Cape-OpenInterfaces • Interoperability of Com/.Net Cape-Open ProcessModeling Components and Environments • Remote Access Networked Models in a Collabora-tive Power Industry Application

Cardiovascular and Cancer (II) Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Scaffold Pore Structure and Mechanical Propertiesand Their Effects on Tevg Outcome • Inter-Domain Non-Covalent Interactions Stabilize theSolution Structure of Human Von Willebrand Factor • Characterization of Peptides Isolated from Bac-terial Display Libraries Binding to Tumor CellSurface Receptors • Targeting L-Methioninase to the Vasculature ofTumors • Dendrimer-Based Nanodevices for Targeted Can-cer Therapy Based on Mechanistic Understandingof Device Performance • The Role of Mesenchymal Bone Marrow-DerivedCells in Tumor Formation • Influence of Toxicity Effects on Model-BasedDocetaxel Treatment Design

Catalytic Hydrogen Generation for Fuel CellApplications II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Development of a Monolith Supported CatalystSystem for a Miniature Fuel Cell Power Source • Development of Highly Active Nanoscale Cata-lysts for Production of CO Free Hydrogen by Dehy-drogenation of Methane • Methane Partial Oxidation over a Rh-ContainingMonolith Studied by Spatially Resolved Intra-Channel Species and Temperature Measurements • Auto Thermal Reforming of LPG over BimetallicPt-Ni Catalyst • Novel Perovskite Catalysts for the Auto-Reform-ing of Sulfur Containing Fuels • Hot Reformate Gas Desulfurization Using Regen-erable Cerium and Lanthanum Oxide Sorbents • Sulfur Tolerance of Precious Metals Supported onCeria-Zirconia Catalyst Supports

Cell Adhesion and Migration (II) Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • Migratory and Proliferative Effects of Kgf AreMediated by ERK 1/2 Mapkinase Pathway andCcaat/Enhancer Binding Proteins • New Method for Describing Connective TissueCell Migration with Persistent Random Walks • Cell-Cell Mechanical Communication through aDeformable Substrate • O-Glycosylated Cd44 Variant Isoforms Are theMajor Functional P-Selectin Ligands on Colon Car-cinoma Cells • Effect of Blending Chitosan and Gelatin on CellAdhesion • Engineering Cell Adhesion Dynamics forEsophageal Tissue Engineering • Inhibiting E. Coli Biofilm Formation with SelfAssembled Monolayers Presenting Functional Groups

Circulating Fluidized Beds Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • Simulation of the Selective Oxidation of n-Butaneto Maleic Anhydride in a Riser/Regenerator-System • 3d Steady State Riser Simulations Using FilteredGas-Solid Momentum Transfer Models • Correlation of Solids Holdups in the Fully Devel-oped Region of Gas-Solid Two-Phase Flow • Identification of Standpipe of Cold Flow Circulat-

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ing Fluidized Bed System with Minimal Number ofPressure Variables • Cluster Dynamics in a Circulating Fluidized Bed • Can Chemical Looping Combustion Use CfbTechnology?

Complex and Networked Systems I Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Model-Based Design of Networked Control Systems:Handling Control and Communication Constraints • Oscillator Synchronization: Cluster Dynamics of aComplex Phase Transition • Coarse Collective Dynamics of Animal Groups • The Core and the Most Useful Molecules of Organ-ic Chemistry • Fault-Tolerant Process Control: Handling Asyn-chronous Sensor Behavior • Topological Paradigms for Supply NetworkOptimization

Desalination Processes - I Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Numerical Modeling Mineral Salt Surface Scalingin Reverse Osmosis Modules Using Single CrystalGrowth Kinetics • The Ammonia-Carbon Dioxide Forward OsmosisDesalination Process: a High Recovery Alternativeto Reverse Osmosis • Multiscale Studies of Membrane Distillation ofSaline Water-–Experimental Results and Modeling • Real-Time Mineral Scale Detection and Character-ization Using a High Pressure RO Ex-Situ ScaleObservation Detector • Evaluating the Scaling Potential in Cross-FlowMembrane Distillation Modules • High-Efficiency Seawater Desalination Via Nf/ROMulti-Pass Arrays

Design, Fabrication and Application ofMicrosensors Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Microfabricated Electrochemical OrganophosphateSensor Based on Oxime Chemistry • Use of a Silicon Photo-Detector to Probe the Evanes-cent Field Surrounding a Planar Waveguide Sensor • Photopatterned Surface Modification of Su-8 Pho-toresist for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications • Development of a Platform for the Monitoring ofExtracellular Ionic Activities • Understanding the Reversibility of Carbon Nan-otube Gas Sensors • Hexagonal Saw Device for Evaluation of PolymerProperties • Direct Printing of Three-Dimensional and Curvi-linear Micro-Architectures into Solid Substrateswith Submicron Resolution

Environmental Fate and Transport Processes I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • On the Fate of Xenobiotic Compounds during Alterna-tive Methods of Municipal Sludge Treatment • Enhanced Biofilm Attachment Onto PolyurethaneFoam, Packed-Bed Biotrickling Filters for the Treat-ment of Odors • A Method for Modeling Chemical Multimedia Par-titioning with Neural Networks and Classifiers • Nanoscale Iron Remediation of TrichloroethyleneMonitored by Microcapillary Microscopy • Evidence of Natural Attenuation of HexavalantChromium in Groundwater Plumes at Tinker AirForce Base

Fuel Cell Portable Power Systems III Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Reformed Methanol Micro Fuel Cell Systems forPortable Power Applications • Novel Chemical Mixtures to Generate Hydrogenfor Portable Fuel Cells • Hydrogen Generation by Reforming DimethyletherUsing Micro-Channel Reactor

• Integration Potential in Different Reformer Strate-gies for Logistical Fuels Processing • Design and Strategies for Operating PEM FuelCells with Dry Feeds

Fuel Cell Technology III Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • The Oxygen Non-Stoichiometry and Structure ofSolid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode Materials Measuredby in-Situ Neutron Diffraction • Sintering Behavior of in-Situ Doped Nanoparticles byFlame Spray Pyrolysis for Fuel Cell Applications • Direct Oxidation and in-Situ Reforming of Methaneon Ceria Anodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells • Perovskite-Based Catalysts for Dirct Alcohol FuelCells • Oxygen Reduction Kinetics and Surface Chemistryof Doped Lanthanum Ferrites

Green Chemistry and Engineering forSustainability Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • I-Messe, a New Evaluation Method for Green andSustainable Chemistry • Development of Novel Polycarbonate Melt-Process (Mitsubishi Melt-Process) and Its Assess-ment from the View Point of Green SustainableChemistry by Means of I-Messe • Evaluating the Sustainability of Green Chemistries:Development of the Greenscope Tool • The Design for the Environment Green Formula-tion Initiative • An Environmentally-Friendly Process for Fuel CellElectrode Reclamation • Measurement and Reduction of Organic Solventsin Pharmaceutical Manufacture • Reaction of Bio-Related Compounds in Hydrother-mal Electrolysis • Mechanism and Pathway of the Water-Soluble Pro-tein Hydrolysis under the Saturated Sub-CriticalWater Condition

Green Chemistry and Reaction Engineering Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Expanding the Utility of One-Pot Multi-Step Reac-tion Networks Via Catalyst Compartmentation andRecovery • Continuous Reactor Design for Oxidation of Phar-maceutical Intermediates • Decomposition of Hydrogen Sulfide in a Nonther-mal-Plasma Pulsed Corona Discharge Reactor • Understanding NOx Storage on Pt/BaO/Al2O3Catalysts Using Simulated Diesel Exhaust • N Vinyl Formamide: Green Alternative to Acrylamide • Solid-Liquid Phase Transfer Catalyzed Synthesisof Cinnamyl Acetate-Kinetics and Analysis of Fac-tors Affecting the Reaction in a Batch Reactor • Modeling of Carbonation Reaction InvolvingDolomite-Based Sorbents • Calcium Reclamation and Synthesis of PrecipitatedCalcium Carbonate for Acid Gas Control in Flue Gas

Green Processing and Applications Using IonicLiquids Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • Arene Carbonylation in Chlorometallate,Dialkylimidazolium Ionic Liquids: Effect of Chang-ing Metal Chloride • Enzyme Structure, Function, and Utility in RoomTemperature Ionic Liquids • Designing Green Processes: Phase Behavior ofIonic Liquid - Carbon Dioxide Based Systems • Using Carbon Dioxide as an Antisolvent Separa-tion Aid with Ionic Liquids: Thermodynamics andSolvent Strength • Decomposition of Ionic Liquids in Chemical Pro-cessing • Hydrogen Bonds in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquidswith –Nh2: Ab Initio and Molecular Dynamics Study • Measurement of the Selective Solubilities of

Ch4/C2H6/CO2-Mixtures on Alkylsulphate IonicLiquids for Natural- and Biogas Cleaning • Grafted Poly(Ionic Liquid) Membranes for CO2Separation • Solubilities and Mass Transfer Coefficients ofGaseous Mixtures in Physical Solvents for CO2Capture Applications

Management and Business Issues in Product Design Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • “Big Gain Hunting: Market Demand as the Pre-Eminent Spec. for Successful Product Design” • Cost- Effective Creativity – a Partnership betweenTechnology and Commercial Management • Breaking Barriers to Product Design Team Success (orStopping Management from Undermining Teams) • Addressing Patent Protection in the Product Devel-opment Process • Use of Quality by Design Principles in Pharmaceu-tical Product Development • Capability Lifecycle Management: ConnectingProduct Opportunities to Processing Capabilities

Membranes for Hydrogen Purification Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Encapsulated Pd Composite Hollow Fiber Mem-branes: Permeation and Reaction Studies • Synthesis and Characterization of Thin and Dense Pd-Ag Membranes Supported on Porous Metal Surface • Sulfur Resistant Metal Alloy Membranes forHydrogen Purification • Chemical Stability and Hydrogen PermeationProperties of Zirconium- Doped Mixed Proton-Elec-tron Conducting Strontium Cerate Membranes • Inorganic Membranes for the Separation of Hydro-gen from Coal-Derived Synthesis Gas • Electrical Conductivity and Chemical Stability ofNovel Titanium-Doped Mixed Proton- and Electron-Conducting Perovskite Membranes for Pure Hydro-gen Production • A Novel Characterization of Pd/Ag Alloy PhaseNucleation and Growth Kinetics Via in-Situ Time-Resolved High Temperature X-Ray DiffractionAnalysis

Metabolomic Approaches to Systems Biology Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Increasing the in Vivo NADPH Availability byMetabolic Engineering in Escherichia Coli• Elucidating the Mode of Cytotoxicity in anEscherichia Coli Strain Engineered for IsoprenoidProduction Using Transcriptomics and MetaboliteProfiling • Metabolic Profile-Based Analysis of MetabolicNetwork Modularity • Systematic Identification of Conserved Metabolitesin GC-MS Data for Metabolomics and BiomarkerDiscovery • Accurate Time-Series Metabolomic Analysis of aSystematically Perturbed Arabidopsis Thaliana Liq-uid Culture System for Studying Regulation of PlantPrimary Metabolism • Flux and Transcriptome Alterations in MammalianGlycerol Kinase Disorders • Effect of YfiD and PoxB Gene Disruption onMicroaerobic Pyruvate Catabolization and Metabol-ic Flux Distributions Based on C-13 Labeling Exper-iments

Mixing Issues in Industrial Processes I Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Impeller Design for Simultaneous Improvement ofEconomics and Efficiency • The Effect of Reduced Baffling on the Mixing Charac-teristics of a Retreat Blade Impeller Agitated Tank • Experimental and Computational Determination ofthe Hydrodynamics in a Stirred Tank Reactor Pro-vided with a Retreat Blade Impeller • Drawdown of Floating Solids in Stirred Tanks:

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Morphology and Structure Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Semiconductor/Insulator Interfaces in OrganicThin Film Electronics • The Microstructure Foundation of High CarrierMobility in Semiconducting Polymers • Self-Assembly of a Model Semiconducting Rod-Coil Block Copolymer in Thin Films • Solvent Vapor Annealing Improves Device Char-acteristics of Solution-Processable Triethylsi-lylethynyl Antradithiophene • Alignment and Higher Order Liquid CrystallineStructure in Monodisperse Conjugated Polymers

Multiphase Reaction Engineering Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Bubble Dynamics Study in a Slurry Bubble Col-umn with a Four-Point Optical Probe • Gas-Liquid Reactor Model for the Liquid-PhaseOxidation of Hydrocarbons • Multiple Hydrodynamic States in Trickle FlowReactors: Towards Optimizing Reactor Perfor-mance by Manipulation of the Hydrodynamic State • Polymer Hydrogenation by Reactive Extrusion -Pulsed and Continuous Flow Systems • Multi-Scale Modeling of Selective Oxidation in aCirculating Fluidized Bed Downer Reactor • Modeling of Trickle Bed Hydro-Processing Reactor • Acoustic Detection of Flooding in AbsorptionColumns and Trickle Beds • Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide in Coal Gases Pro-ducing Liquid Element Sulfur

Multiscale Modeling and Design Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Target-Oriented Multiscale Systems Engineeringwith Application in Automotive Paint Spray • Ultraviolet Absorber Function in Polymers: Multi-scale Simulation Starting at the Molecular Level • Multiscale Modeling and Sequential Design ofExperiments • Implications of Incommensurate Interactionsbetween Perfluorocarbons and n-Alkanes • Time-Scales in Distillation Models • Multiscale Optimization in Molecular Modeling

Nanomaterials Process Development andCommercialization Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Invited Talk: Nanostructured Surface TreatmentsEnable the Formulation of Nano-Particulates andAcrylate-Based Polymers in Cosmetic Applications • Invited Talk: the Impact of Nano-Materials onCoatings Technologies • A Hydrodynamic Method for the Continuous Pro-duction of Nanoparticles • Diamond Molecules: Building Blocks for Nan-otechnology • Industrial Scale Processes for Nanomaterials toEnable Commercial Applications • Individual Nanoparticle Coating Using AtomicLayer Deposition

Nanoscale Structure in Polymers I: Self-organi-zation of Polymers at Surfaces and Interfaces Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Double Network Hydrogels, Structure andResponse to Applied Stress • Thermal Spraying of Nylon-11 and Nylon-11/Sili-ca Coatings: Modeling and Characterization ofCoating Microstructure • Light Intensity and Crosslinking Effects on theNanostructure of Polymerizable Lyotropic LiquidCrystalline Systems

• Sulfonate Functional Nano-Porous MembranesTemplated from Ordered Block Copolymers • Nanometer-Scale Polymeric Structures on Sur-faces: Pillars and Honeycombs • Directed Polymer - Nanoparticle Self Assembly toManufacture Layered, Nanostructured Materials • Influence of Strongly Interacting Hompolymerson the Long-Range Order in Semi-Crystalline,Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Templates

Nanostructured Thin Films Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Patterning of Mesoporous Silica Thing FilmsUsing Traditional Photolithography Techniques • Metal and Semiconductor Nanowire NetworkThin Films with Hierarchical Pore Structures and ItsPhotovoltaic Applications • Mechanical Properties of Nanoporous PlatinumThin Films • Acid-Functionalized Mesostructured Aluminosili-ca Films for Proton-Exchange Membrane Applica-tions • Synthesis and Crystallization of Titania Films withOrthogonally Aligned Hexagonal Close PackedCylindrical Nanopores • Durability of Hydrophilic and Antimicrobial Zeo-lite Coatings

Novel Catalytic Materials Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 6 • Towards Tailoring of Highly Active and StableNanocomposite Catalysts • Infusion of Pre-Synthesized Iridium Nanocrystalsinto Mesoporous Silica for High Catalyst Activity • Mesoporous and Nanostructured MulticomponentMo-V-Te-Nb-O Catalysts for Propane Ammoxida-tion to Acrylonitrile • Synthesis of Co Incorporated MCM-41 Large Par-ticle Pseudomorphs • Microwave Synthesis of NTHU-4 and RelatedMaterials • Structure and Catalysis of V-ZSM5 Prepared byVapor Exchange of Vanadium (V) TrichlorideOxide • Silica Nanofiber Mats Containing TransitionMetal Oxide Crystals Via Electrospinning and Sol-Gel Synthesis

Plenary Session on Computational MolecularScience and Engineering Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Equation-Free Modeling for Complex/MultiscaleSystems • Using First Principles Methods to Accelerate Mate-rials Discovery for Hydrogen Production and Storage • Creating and Harnessing Complex ReactionNetworks • Simulation of Self-Assembly in Colloidal andPolymeric Systems • Cosmo-RS: from Quantum Chemistry to FluidPhase Thermodynamics

Plenary: Frontiers in Alternative Fossil Fuels Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6

Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass andInteractions with Other Processing Steps I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Comparative Data for Enzymatic Digestion ofCorn Stover and Poplar Wood after Pretreatment byLeading Technologies • Pretreatment Conditions and Enzymatic Hydroly-sis of Poplar • Substrate Dependency on the Effect of Pretreat-ment by Aqueous Ammonia • Lime Pretreatment of Poplar Wood • Integration of Biomass Conversion ProcessingSteps with Advanced Enzymes • Effect of Fermentation Inhibitors on the Cofer-mentation of Glucose and Xylose from Pretreated

Lignocellulosic Biomass by Recombinant Yeast • Logistical Support and Modeling Efforts in Pre-treatment Research

Processing and Safety of Energetic Materials Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Truly Flexible Manufacturing Technologies for theProcessing of Energetic Formulations • Continuous Shear Roll Milling of Gun Propellants • Twin Screw Extrusion of Aluminized ThermobaricExplosives • Squeeze Flow Rheometry for Rheological Charac-terization of Energetic Formulations • Processing of Nanoenergetics with a Fully-Func-tional Mini-Twin Screw Extruder • Real Time Ir Used in Tagzt Synthesis • Adjustable Gap Rheometry for the RheologicalCharacterization of Energetic Formulations

Simulation and Control of Multiscale Systems I Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • Stochastic Simulation of Catalytic Surface Reac-tions in the Fast Diffusion Limit • Temporal Coarse-Graining of Lattice KineticMonte Carlo Simulations • Mass Transport Dynamics, Cell Population Het-erogeneity and Domain Geometry Modulate theArchitecture of Regenerating Tissues • Multi-Scale Modeling of Quantum Dot Synthesisin Microemulsions and Liquid Crystals • Modular Coupling Strategies for Melt CrystalGrowth Models • Multiscale Modeling of High-Shear GranulationProcesses

Site Assessment and Remediation - I Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • Chemical Characteristics of an AnthropogenicMarine Sediment and Its Biogas Production Potential • Economic Assessment for Replacement of GranularActivated Carbon Treatment of Groundwater at TwoTreatment Plants at Former Kelly Air Force Base • Chemical Stabilization and Cost Effective Man-agement/Remediation of Target Ranges • Electrolytic Permeable Reactive Barrier to Controlthe Flux of Explosive Compounds in Groundwaterat the Pueblo Chemical Depot • Application of Emulsified Carbon Substrate toSoil Excavations to Enhance Biodegradation ofChlorinated Ethenes • A Five-Year Field Study to Evaluate Phytoremedi-ation of a Crude Oil-Contaminated Soil

Structure and Properties of Polymers IVMarriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • A Coarse-Grained Gaussian Slip-Link Model forSingle and Double Polymer Networks • Dynamic Prediction of Microstructure and Molec-ular Size in Coordination TerpolymerizationsIncluding Cross-Linking and Branching • Stress Generation by Solvent Absorption andWrinkling of a Cross-Linked Coating Atop a Vis-cous or Elastic Base • Photopolymerization and Structure Formation ofMethacrylic Acid Based Hydrogels inWater/Ethanol Mixture • Effects of Polymers and Asphaltenes on the Struc-ture and Deposition Behavior of Waxy Gels • Reversible Gelation of Polyethylenimine Solu-tions Using CO2 • Structure, Property and Cure Kinetics of Ther-mosetting Copolymers

Supramolecular Assembly of InorganicMaterials I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 4 • Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles at the Liquid-Liq-uid Interface • Nanoporous Array-Based Inorganic Materials ViaMolecular Self-Assembly Templated Processing

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• Ternary Phase Diagram of Cationic and MaltosideSurfactants in Water, and Its Use for Predictive Syn-thesis of Ordered Mesoporous Silica • Two-Stage Diatom Cell Culture for the Supramole-cular Assembly of Silicon-Germanium OxidesOrdered at the Submicron and Nanoscales • Dual-Layer Material Deposition on TobaccoMosaic Virus • One Pot Synthesis of Ordered Biphasic MesoporousSilica with 2d Hexagonal and Mesh Structure and ItsUse for Controlled Deposition of Metal Oxides

Sustainability Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Benchmarking the Integration of Sustainability intoEngineering Curricula at Us Institutions of HigherEducation • Graduate Education in Sustainability for Engineer-ing and the Social Sciences: an NSF-SponsoredIntercampus Program • AGlobal Perspective for Sustainable Design: NewOpportunities for Deep Fried Sewage and Pureed Kelp • Undergraduate Research- Use of Tga to Character-ize Sludge Drying • Bio-Oil Production from Algae Grown on DairyAnaerobic Digestion Effluent: an IndependentSenior Design Project

THURSDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 2006 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Special Lecture: Environmental Change Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Sound Science for Sound Decisions

THURSDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 2006 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM (22c) Nanowires I: Synthesis Hilton San Francisco, Mason • Nanocrystal-Mediated Crystallization of Siliconand Germanium Nanowires in Organic Solvents: theRole of Catalysis and Solid-Phase Seeding • Synthesis of Silicon-Germanium Alloy NanowiresUsing Vapor-Liquid-Solid Method • Fabrication of Double-Gyroid Structure NanowireArrays • Template Synthesis of Gold/Conducting PolymerComposite Nanowires • Fabrication of Novel Nanostructures UsingOrdered Porous Templates • Oriented Growth of Gan Nanowire Using PatternedSubstrates

Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology inWater Treatment, Purification and Desalination Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A

• Effects of Tio2 Nanostructure and VariousCeramic Supports in Photocatalytic Membranesfor Water Treatment • Selective Metal Ion Binding with Inorganic andOrganic Nanoparticles • Adsorption of Acid Dye in Aqueous Solution byMesoporous Carbons • Mechanisms and Control of Irreversible Foulingin Commercial and Nano-Structured RO/NfMembranes • Electrocoagulation Mechanism for CodRemoval • Design of a Fluidized Bed Biological Reactorfor Reduced and Microgravity Operation

Advances in Aqueous-Based Processes for MetalsSeparation and Purification Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13 • A Reprocessing Plant for the USA Based onProven Technologies Enhanced to Meet the Goals ofthe Global Nuclear Energy Partnership • Ionic Liquids as Extraction Solvents: Current Sta-tus and Future Directions • Lab-Scale Demonstration of the Urex+1a Process

Using Spent Nuclear Fuel • Practical Actinide Partitioning • Separation of Uranium from Fission Products inSpent Nuclear Fuel Using Aqueous Hydrogen Per-oxide-Carbonate Solutions • Washing Savannah River Site Sludge with a RotaryFilter

Advances in Drug Delivery II Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Probing and Modeling Spatial Distributions of Par-ticulate Vaccines at the Respiratory Tract • Pressurized Metered-Dose Inhaler Formulationsfor the Systemic Delivery of Biomolecule • Inhaling Cationic Aerosols to Mitigate the Spreadof Infectious Disease • Extract of Pine Cones Augments Tumor Responseto Electrochemotherapy • Polymeric Nanogels as Potential Anti-Cancer Drugs • Tissue Plasminogen Activator Carrying WormMicelles as Prophylactic Fibrinolytic Agents • Controlled Delivery of Paclitaxel from Electrohy-drodynamically Atomized Microparticles and fromMicro-Porous Foams for the Post-Surgical Treat-ment of Glioblastoma Multiform • Spray Drying Cellular Material

Advances in Porous Inorganic Materials I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • The Formation of Solvent-Induced Porosity in ThinHydrogen Silsesquioxane Films Via the Use of Co-Solvent Organic Mixtures as Gelation Agents andPore Generators • SBA-15/Zeolite Composites by Solid Phase Crys-tallization and Carbon Templating • Controlling Zeolite Crystal Morphology UsingOil/Water/Surfactant Mixtures • Mesoporous Calcium Phosphate Nanorods • Mesoporous Carbon Nanocapsules from Enzymati-cally Polymerized Polyphenols Confined in SilicaAerosol Particles • Investigation of the Formation Mechanism of Sin-gle Walled Aluminogermanate Nanotubes • In Situ Saxs/Waxs of Zeolite Synthesis UsingMicrowave Heating

Advances in Protein Structure, Function,Analysis and Stability - II Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Structure and Aggregation in a Simple Helix-Form-ing Polymer • Computer Simulation of Protein AggregationKinetics Using an Intermediate Resolution Model • Smart Polymer Enhanced Protein Refolding: Molecu-lar Dynamic Simulation and Experimental Validation • Structure, Stability and Formation of the Nucleusin Polyglutamine Aggregation • Salt Effects on the Aggregation of Amyloid FibrilForming Proteins • Molecular Insights into Interactions between Mis-folded Proteins and Application to Prion Transmis-sion Barriers • Protein Aggregation at Interfaces – Lipid InducedAmyloid-Beta Fibril Formation

Alternative Fuels and Enabling Technologies I Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Aldehyde Formation in Spark Ignition Engines • Engine Emissions and Performance Characteri-zation for Variable Gasoline-Ethanol Blend Concentration • Kinetic Model for Gasoline Gum Formation dur-ing Storage under Use Conditions in Vehicle Engine • A Carbon Dioxide Ssitka Study of Carbonate For-mation on Gamma-Alumina Employing a NovelTransmission Ftir-MS System • Investigation of the Reverse Water-Gas ShiftReaction on a Cu/Gamma-Al2o3 Catalyst Employ-ing a Newly Constructed Ssitka System EmployingTransmission Ftir-MS Detection

Biological Conversions and Processes forRenewable Feedstocks I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • Alternative Routes for Conversion of Biomass toFuels and Chemicals • Flexible Biorefinery for Producing Value-AddedStreams: Evaluation of the Cellulose Stream as aSource of Sugars and Pulp • The Effects of AFEX Pretreatment on the Fer-mentability of Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates UsingEscherichia Coli KO11 • Impact of Culture Nutrition on the Tolerance of FuranInhibitors and the Conversion of High Xylose Concen-trations to Ethanol by Pichia Stipitis Nrrl Y-7124 • Ethanol Production from Xylose by Ethanol Resis-tant Derivatives of Escherichia Coli FBR5 underBatch and Fed-Batch Conditions • Bioethanol Production from Cellulosic Materialsby Cell Surface Engineered Yeast Strains • Reaching High Substrate Loading in the Lignocel-lulose to Ethanol Process; Effects of Multiple Batch-es of Substrate Loading on Enzymatic Hydrolysisand Viscosity of Pretreated Barley Straw

Biomaterials for Drug Delivery I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • Photocured Hyaluronic Acid Films Functionalizedwith Cyclodextrin • Molecular Analysis of Interpolymer ComplexingHydrogels Based on Poly(Methacrylic Acid) andPoly(n-Vinyl Pyrrolidone) as Carriers for ProteinDelivery by Transmucosal Transport • Hydrogel-Nanofiber Composite Systems for DrugDelivery— Kinetics of Fiber Hydrolysis and DrugRelease • Gene Delivery from Polymer Scaffolds for Angio-genesis • Development and Evaluation ofMinocycline/Rifampicin-Impregnated SiliconeCatheters: a Potential Tool for the Treatment of CsfShunt Infection • Release of DNA from Intravascular Stents Coatedwith Ultrathin Multilayered Polyelectrolyte Films • Biomaterials Based on Polyethylene Glycol-Dihy-droxyacetone Block Copolymers

Biomems and Microfluidics: Proteome Analysis Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • Fabrication, Optimization, and Application of aMicro-Free Flow Electrophoresis Microfluidic Chip • Microfluidic Chemical Cytometry Based on Modu-lation of Local Field Strength • A Self-Contained Solid-State Micro-Valve forElectrokinetic Separations in a Networked Microflu-idic Chip • Effect of Channel Morphology on ElectrophoreticTransport • Two Dimensional Simulation of Nonlinear Elec-trophoresis of Proteins and Experimental Demon-stration in a Microfluidic Chip • Rapid Assessment of Markers in Serum Using Bio-mems ELISA

Biomimetics III: Cell-Material Interactions Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Effect of Adhesion Peptide Incorporation in Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Scaffolds on the Osteoblastic Differ-entiation of Mesemchymal Stem Cells under Condi-tions of Flow Perfusion • Osteonectin-Derived Peptide Significantly AffectsModulus of Apatite/Hydrogel Composites • Insect Cuticle as a Motif for Crosslinked Bio-mimetic Materials • Engineering of PHßV Microspheres of EnhancedBiomolecular Recognition by Hep3ß Liver Cells inthe Presence of Biomimetic Collagen • Chemical and Topographical Modification to Poly-dimethylsiloxane Surfaces Affect Growth and Adhe-sion of CaCo-2 Cells • Role of MW of Negatively-Charged Polymer on

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Cape-Open Unit Operations: Development and Usage Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • Cape-Open Integration for Advanced ProcessEngineering Co-Simulation • Prosimplus: New Cape-Open Capabilities • Heat Exchanger Rating Using Cape-Open in aProcess Modeling Environment • Ipsepro: a Cape-Open Unit Plug for AdvancedPower Plant Equipment Modeling • New Cape-Open Unit Operations Socket in Equa-tion-Oriented Process Modeling Environment • Development of Cape-Open Unit Operations forAdvanced Power Systems Modeling • Hybrid Solution Approach – Cape-Open inUnisim Thermo Unit-Operations

Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals and FineChemicals Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Biocatalysis of Beta-Lactam Antibiotics • Catalytic Hydrogenation Reactions in Fine Chem-icals: Applications in Tandem Synthesis and Rele-vant Reaction Engineering Issues • Copper Chloride - Assisted Oxidative Cyclizationof Amidrazones Derivatives • Development of Heterogeneous Group 4 Metal-locenes: Synthesis, Application and MolecularModeling • Stereoselective Synthesis of Alicylic Amines • Understanding the Enhanced Enantioselectivityduring Hydrogenation Using a Supported Rutheni-um Mab Complex

Catalytic Conversion of Renewable Resources toSynthesis Gases and Pyrolysis Oils Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Technoeconomic Comparison of Indirectly Heatedand Directly Heated Gasification Processes forMaking Mixed Alcohols Via Catalytic Upgrading ofSynthesis Gas

• Gas Cleanup Technologies Suitable for BiomassGasification to Liquid Fuels • Upgrading Producer Gas from Biomass Gasifica-tion to Produce High Purity Hydrogen • Production of Clean Synthetic Gas from BiomassUsing a Downdraft Gasifier • Biomass Gasification with Nickel Oxide/OlivineCatalysts in Fluidized Bed Gasifier • Production of Synthesis Gas and/or Hydrogen fromBiomass Via Fast-Pyrolysis and Reforming Process • Stability Assessment of Wood and Bark DerivedBio-Fuels

Collaborative Projects with Industry Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Ten Years of Industrially Sponsored CapstoneDesign Projects • Challenges of Implementing a Joint Industrial -Academic Research Project as Part of a Non-Tradi-tional Industrial PhD. Dissertation • Undergraduate Academic Credit through on-SiteIndustrial Experiences: a Problem or an Opportunity? • Academic-Industrial-Government Collaborationthrough the Engineering Clinic Program at RowanUniversity • The Experimental Prototype: Critical Thinking andReal-World Problem Solving in Engineering Education • Industrial Collaboration in the Capstone DesignCourses: Experiences at Oklahoma State University

Complex and Networked Systems II Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Finite Element & Finite Difference Methods for

Cardiac Propagation • Distributed Model Predictive Control of a Bench-mark Chemical Plant • Fault-Tolerant Control of Process Systems UsingRobust Model Predictive Control • System Level Component Models for Electro-chemical Power Sources in Hybrid Environments • Complex Supply Chain Networks • A Two-Dimensional Dynamic Model for a TubularSolid Oxide Fuel Cell ( SOFC)

Computational Biology: Proteins and DNAHilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • Role of Histone Tails and Linker Histone in Chro-matin Folding • MD(T, F) and Experimental Studies on the Thermo-mechanical Stability of Three-Helix Bundle Repeats • Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Guide theDesign of Peptide Antibiotics • Insights into a Model Peptide System - a Polariz-able Force Field Molecular Simulation Study • Physics-Based Protein Structure Prediction byZipping and Assembly • An Improved Coarse Grain Model of DNA andApplications • Modulating the DNAAffinity of Elk-1 with Com-putationally Selected Mutations • Molecular Dynamics of DNA Translocationthrough Nanoelectrode Gaps

Desalination Processes - II Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Mixed Mineral Scale Formation in Low-PressureReverse Osmosis Membrane • Prevention of Precipitation Fouling in RO byReverse Flow Operation • Coupled Effects of Salt Concentration Polarizationand Colloidal Deposition on the Performance ofReverse Osmosis Membranes • Modeling and Shortcut Calculation for EfficientVMD with Crossflow Modules • ETV Testing of Expeditionary Water PurificationEquipment - Wastewater Challenge

Design & Synthesis of Sensor Systems Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Sensor Network Design Via Observability Analy-sis and Principal Component Analysis • Computing Sensor Locations for Nonlinear Sys-tems under the Influence of Disturbances • Constraints Driven Optimal Actuation Policies forDistributed Parameter Systems with CollocatedActuators and Sensors • New Sensor Network Design Formulation Maxi-mizing Economic Value of Accuracy • Design of a Diagnosis-Based Sensor Network • Covariance Based Hardware Selection for InfiniteDimensional Systems

Drug Delivery (I) Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Design of Targeted Nanocarriers for Optimal DrugDelivery to Stressed Endothelium: a MultiscaleModeling Approach • Comparative Analysis of the Uptake and IntracellularFate of Nanoparticles in Different Epithelial Cell Types • Efficient Sirna Delivery with Acetylated Poly-ethylenimine • Biodegradable Spray Dried Microspheres and DiscsDelivering Paclitaxel and Etanidazole for the Treat-ment of Giloma: an in Vivo Subcutaneous Study • Coated Microneedles for Transdermal DrugDelivery • A Biodegradable Fiber for Controlled Delivery ofTherapeutics to the Eye • Drug Elimination Kinetics in the Eye after Sub-conjunctival Delivery • Incorporation of Statins in a Perivascular Poly-meric Drug Delivery Device for the Inhibition ofIntimal Hyperplasia

Environmental and Industrial Sensors Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Cell-Based, Non-Invasive Sensing of InhalationHealth Hazards • Sensor Material Selection and Response Modelingfor the Jpl Electronic Nose Using Molecular Model-ing Tools • Zeolite Thin Film-Based Fiber Intrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric Sensor for Detection of Dis-solved Organics and Ions in Water • Chelator-Doped Conducting Polymer Thin Filmsfor Heavy Metal Ion Detection • A Colorimetric Sensor Array for the Detection ofToxic Industry Chemical (Tics) • Electrostatic Tomography for Process Measure-ment and Control • AStudy on Ect Sensors Applied to Conductive Media • Coupled Resonances on the QCM and the LumpedEquivalent Model

Environmental Fate and Transport Processes II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • Emission of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbonsfrom Contaminated Sediments • Modeling Free-Radical Reactions for HydrogenPeroxide/Ultraviolet (HP/Uv) Oxidation: Optimiz-ing Membrane Process Efficiencies in DrinkingWater Treatment • Removal of MTBE from Groundwater UsingBiosparging • Predicting Bioaccumulation in Dynamic Food Webs:Ontogeny, Seasonality and Invasional Successions • In-Situ Measurement of Rhizosphere DegradationKinetics

Fuel Cell Membranes I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Nafion/Acid Functionalized Zeolite Beta Nanocom-posite Membrane for High Temperature PEMFCs • Novel Sulfonated Polyimide Copolymers for High Temperature Proton-Exchange MembraneFuel Cells • Modified Nafion as the Membrane Material forDirect Methanol Fuel Cells • Nafion® Blend Membranes for the DirectMethanol Fuel Cell • Near Net-Shape Fabrication of Nafion® Mem-branes for Fuel Cell Applications • Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Membranes for thePreparation of Proton Exchange Membranes inDirect Methanol Fuel Cells

Fuel Cell Technology IVHilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Comprehensive Modeling of a Microbial Fuel Cell • Catalytic Activities of Mixed ConductiveBi2ti0.1v0.9o5.45 for H2/Methanol Oxidation inAcid Aqueous Solution • Design Considerations for PEMFC Cathode Air Filters • Performance Characterization of SupportedPalladium Catalysts for Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells • Residence Time Distribution of Anode ImpurityPulses in a 47 Cell PEM Stack • A Pseudo-3d Simulation Model for ProtonExchange Membrane Fuel Cells • Observer Design for SOFC Cold Start

Fuel Cells: Fuel Processing I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Integrated Autothermal Micromembrane FuelProcessor for Fuel Cell Application • Hydrogen Production from Jet Fuel • Modeling the Transient Response of HeatExchange Reformers • Development of a Novel Flexible Fuel Reformerwith Sulfur Tolerant Catalyst • Hydrogen Generation by Partial Oxidation ofPropane over Tio2- Al2O3 Supports

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Genomic Approaches to Systems Biology I Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Gibbs Sampling for Transcription Network Verifi-cation Using Gene Expression and Chip-Chip Data • Bioinformatic Profiling of Short Term LiverResponse to Thermal Injury • Immune Signaling Gene Expression Exhibits MultipleTemporal Patterns in Influenza Infected Mouse Lung • Genomics for the Validation of in Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Models • Defective Virus Genomes: toward Mechanisms ofEmergence and Growth • An Analysis of the Dose-Dependent Global Tran-scriptional Response of Saccharomyces Cerevisiaeto Multiple DNA-Damaging Agents

Global Sustainability Strategies and Stories Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Life Cycle Assessment of Honda Accord HybridVehicles • Environmental Benefits of Polymers – from Classi-cal Polymers to Bio-Based Materials • A Cradle to Gate Life Cycle Analysis of theBiopolymer Polylactic Acid: Looking beyond Glob-al Warming and Fossil Fuel Use • Estimating the Potential Economic Impact ofGreenhouse Gas Costs on the Chemical Industry • Evolution and Analysis of Phosphorus Metabolismin China • Reduced Data Techniques for Cleaner ProductionEvaluation for Surface Treatment Plants

Impact of Process Intensification on ProcessDesign Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Systematic Retrofit Design of Batch ProcessesUsing an Indicator and Model Based Framework • Comparison of Enzymatic and Chemical Epoxida-tion of Oleic Acid Esters in a Fluidized Bed Reactor • Experimental Study of the Process for MakingTackifier Dispersions Used in Pressure-SensitiveAdhesives • Experimental Verification of Hydrodynamic Multi-plicity in an Industrial Trickle Bed Reactor • Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer in Slug Flow throughNarrow Channels • Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Pho-topolymerization Using a Narrow Channel Reactor • Thermodynamic and Graphical Analysis of IntegratedProcesses: a Reactive Distillation Process Case Study

Microreaction Engineering I Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Conversion of Glucose to Hydrogen Gas by Super-critical Water within a Microchannel Reactor • Thermal Management in Devices for PortableHydrogen Generation • Catalytic Microcombustors with Integrated Ther-moelectric Elements for Portable Power Production • Validation of CFD Models for a Microscale Con-fined Impinging-Jet Reactor Using Micro-Piv andReactive LiF • Confinement Effects in Catalytic Microchannel Reac-tors: Turning a Catalyst into a Reaction Inhibitor • Catalyst Coating Studies in Multi-ChanneledStructures for Steam Reforming of Methanol

Molecular Modeling of Fuel Cells andElectrochemical Systems II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proton Solvationand Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes • Molecular Studies of the Structural Properties ofHydrogen Gas in Liquid Water • Lithium Transport in Binary and Single Ion Con-ductor Liquid, Gel and Polymer Electrolytes • Simulating the Electrochemical Double LayerUsing Charge Dynamics • Theoretical Investigations of Modified Active SiteModels for Fe-Only Hydrogenases

• Multi-Paradigm Simulations toward the Design ofImproved Fuel Cell Catalysts and Membranes • A Molecular Dynamics Study of Nafion Polyelec-trolyte Membrane and the Aqueous Phase Structurefor Proton Transport • Molecular Dynamics Study on Hydrated Water-Solu-ble Dendrimer-Grafted Polymer Membrane for PEMFC

Multiphase Mixing I: Gas-Liquid Mixing Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Stirred Tanks: a Physical Explanation for the Expo-nents of Classical Empirical Mass Transfer Equa-tions • Characterization of the Gas Dispersion Capabilitiesof the Bt-6 Impeller • On-Line Measurement and Power ConsumptionSimulation on Gas-Liquid Agitated Systems • Simulating Gas-Liquid Flow in Aerated StirredBioreactors Based on CFD-PBM Model • Effect of Scale on the Hydrodynamics of Low L/DInternal Gaslift Loop Reactor for Anaerobic DigesterApplications • Gas Holdup in Bubble Columns with and withoutVibrating Internals • Gas-Liquid Flow in a Rectangular Partially AeratedBubble Column: Combined Effect of Aspect Ratioand Superficial Gas Velocity

Nanoscale Structure in Polymers II:Nanostructured Polymeric Materials Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Confinement Effects on the Crystallization of Per-fectly Linear Polyethylene • Crystallization and Orientation Studies in SWNTBased Nanocomposites • Equilibrium Dynamics of a Polymer BicontinuousMicroemulsion • Design of Polymer Blends with Nanoscale Dis-persed Phases Using Melt Processing and Solid-State Shear Pulverization • Anisotropic Swelling in Polymer Nanostructuresnear a Rigid Substrate • Effect of Cylindrical Confinement on Self-Assem-bly of Block Copolymers within Co-Axial Electro-spun Fibers • Functional Nanofibers of Associative Polymers ViaElectrospinning • Using Cross-Section Surfaces of Polymeric Multi-layer Films as a Nanopatterning Template

Nanostructured Organic/Inorganic HybridMaterials Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Dendrimer/Oms Hybrid Materials • Molecular Design of Aminopropyl-FunctionalizedSilica: Probing Amine Separation and Surface Func-tionalization Mechanism • Synthesis and Characterization of Bifunctional Sil-ica Imprinted Surfaces • Directed Growth of Surfactant-Silica NanostructuredHybrid Materials through Electroosmotic Flow • MC Simulations of Self-Assembling AmphiphilicSystems with Terminal or Bridging OrganosilicaPrecursors • Ultra-High Strength Clay-Polymer LayeredNanocomposites: Artificial Nanostructured Nacre aStep Further • Synthesis and Morphology Characterization ofMesoporous Silica/Single Wall Carbon NanotubesComposites

Novel Reactor Design Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Microwave Synthesis Engineering - the Effect ofFrequency and Power Delivery • Sonochemical Removal of Nitric Oxide from FlueGases • Production of Oxygenated Hydrocarbons by Plas-ma-Assisted Reforming of Diesel Fuel • Design and Characterization of a Novel Chemical

Vapor Deposition Reactor to Synthesize NanoscaleStructures • Catalytic Hot Oxygen Reactor • Comparison of the Performance of a Reverse FlowReactor and Networks of Non-Stationary CatalyticReactors for Catalytic Combustion of Methane inLean Mixtures • Heterogeneous–Homogeneous Catalytic PartialOxidations Investigated by Molecular Beam MassSpectrometry • Design of Nonisothermal Plug Flow Reactor UsingNeons

Planning Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Simultaneous Optimization Approach for Feed-stock Selection and Operating Conditions for anOlefins-Aromatics Planning Problem • Optimal Integration of Planning and Scheduling forParallel Multi-Product Batch Reactors • Optimal Planning Strategy for the SupplyChains of Olefins and Aromatics under DemandUncertainties • Process Cost Modeling and Production Planningfor Petrochemical Industries under Uncertainties • A Process Attainable Region Approach for Produc-tion Planning • Strategic Planning in the Pulp and Paper Industryunder Uncertain Conditions – a Fuzzy OptimizationApproach

Polymerization Reaction Engineering, Kinetics,and Catalysis I Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 6 • Reaction Mechanisms and Kinetic Modeling ofTernary Thiol-Vinyl Photopolymerizations • Ftir Imaging for Spatial Analysis of Polymeriza-tions• Kinetic Characterization of Surface-InitiatedPhotoiniferter-Mediated Photopolymerization inPresence of Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide • Mechanistic Modeling of Nitroxide-Mediated Con-trolled Radical Polymerization • Carbon Black Acts as Catalyst in Making AmphiphilicLPNS Based on Pulverized Rubber Particles • Ru-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Metathesis Poly-merization Route to Narrow-Distribution Poly-ethylene • Systematic Kinetic Modeling and Optimization ofPolycondensation Reactions

Removal and Detection of EmergingContaminants Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Overview of EPA's Water Security Decontamina-tion Research • Pilot-Scale Evaluation of Various Approaches forthe Decontamination of Drinking Water DistributionSystems • Contamination and Decontamination of BuildingPlumbing Systems • Drinking Water Decontamination with Immobi-lized Enzymes • Viability of Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis inRemoving Emerging Trace Organic Contaminants • Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for EstrogenicPollutants Removal

Simulation and Control of Multiscale Systems II Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • Equation-Free and Equation-Assisted Computationfor Spatially Distributed Multiscale Models • A Multi-Physics Coupling Technique That Pre-serves Nonlinear Globalization Strategies • Model Reduction and Optimal Control for theAutothermal Reforming (Atr) Reactor • Construction of Nonlinear Stochastic PDES forNonlinear Feedback Control of Surface Roughness:Application to a Sputtering Process • A Hybrid Meta Density Functional Theory Study

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• Efficient Multiscale Dynamic Optimization ofThin-Film Growth Via Model-Reduction: Applica-tion to Gaas Epitaxial Growth

Site Assessment and Remediation - II Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • Assessment of Buoyancy Effect on EK RemovalEfficiency and Its Implication for in-Situ Applications • Laboratory Scale Treatment of CCA Contaminat-ed Wood Waste • Electrokinetic Treatment of Mercury ContaminatedSoil at the Mercury Refining Company Superfund Site • Electro-Kinetic Enhanced Air Sparging SoilRemediation Process under Non-Ideal Conditions • The Exploration of Conditions in Which Chlori-nated Benzenes Are Degraded by Zero-Valent Iron • Phenanthrene Removal on a Permeable ReactiveBiobarrier Treated with Beijerinckia Indica

Solids Handling and Processing Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Flowability Modification of Fine Powders byPlasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition • Characterizing the Effect of Substrate Surface Rough-ness on Particle-Wall Interaction by Airflow Method • Correlating Density Measurements to FlowBehavior of Cohesive Granular Materials • Effect of Ambient Temperature on Solids InducedLoads on the Walls of Silos • Investigations of Intra-Tablet Coating Variabilityin a Side-Vented Pan Coater Via Digital VideoAnalysis • Inter-Tablet Coating Variability in a HorizontalAxis Pan Coater • Flow Transitions in a Model High Shear Granulator • Investigation of Particle Electrification in Mixers -Effect of Particle Size, Mixer Type, and Rotation Speed

Surfaces and Interfaces Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • The Assembly of Conjugated Dithiols on Gold andGallium Arsenide • Deposition of Reactive Procion Dyes in Layer-by-Layer Films for Second Order Nonlinear OpticalMaterials • Probing Organic Field Effect Transistors (Ofets)in-Situ Using SFG • Orientational Dynamics of Polydiacetylene Monolayers • Surface Chemistry of Carbon Overcoats for Mag-netic Data Storage

Sustainability in Product Design Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Inertial Separation of Airborne Nanoparticles withFibrous Filters • Molecular Simulation Study of Temperature, Pres-sure and Diameter Effects on Dynamic Properties ofCarbon Dioxide Confined in Carbon Nanotube • Tracing the Path to Success in Industrial CatalystDevelopment • K2CO3 Supported Sodalite: Control of CarbonNanoparticles Emission for the Rectification of AirContaminants • Striking Gold in Catalyst Development • Development of a Process for ManufacturingIndustrially Important Chemical Products from Sus-tainable, Bio-Based Glycerol • The Industrial Metabolism of Chlorine in China

Systems Biotechnology Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • A Stochastic Model of E. Coli Ai-2 Quorum Sens-ing Circuit Reveals Alternative Synthesis Pathways • Exploiting Transcriptional Patterns of AntibioticActivity for Treatment Optimization and Development • Transcriptomic Deduction of Escherichia coli’s

Reactive Nitrogen Oxide Species Sensing Circuits • Signaling Pathways Affecting Sporulation and Sta-tionary Phase Phenomena in Clostridium Aceto-butylicum • Transcriptional Regulation Underlying the CentralNervous System Response to Acute Hypertension • Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Stem CellPopulations Expressing Varying Levels of the Tran-scription Factor Oct-4 • Comprehensive Analysis of the GluconeogenesisPathways through the Combined Use of MultipleIsotopic Tracers

Tissue Engineering: Stem Cells in TissueEngineering (I) Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • Assembly of Embryonic Stem Cell/ScaffoldThree-Dimensional Constructs Using Carbon Diox-ide Assisted Polymer Fusion • Engineering/Controlling Microenvironments forCardiovascular Differentiation of Human Embryon-ic Stem Cells • Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Gene Deliveryto Adult and Embryonic Stem Cells • Engineering of Implantable, Bi-Layered Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels from Adult Bone MarrowStem Cells • Isolation and Differentiation of Porcine ProgenitorCells into Endothelial-like Cells for Vascular TissueEngineering • Integrin Linked Kinase Production PreventsAnoikis in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells • Stem Cell Engineering: from 2d to 3d • Satellite Cell Modeling by a Population BalanceIncorporating Terms for Contact Inhibition

Transport in Fluidized Systems Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • Entrainment into a Submerged Jet within a Flu-idized Bed • Lower Order Modeling of Cold Mockup SpoutedBed for Nuclear Fuel Particle Coating as Well asExperimental Results for Spout Height Correlations • Solids Fraction Measurement with a ReflectiveFiber Optic Probe • Mass Transfer Coefficient for Drying of MoistParticulate in Bubbling Fluidized Bed • Understanding Streaming Flow in Deep FluidizedBeds • Removal of Residual Monomers and Solventsfrom Granular Polymers in Fluidized Beds; Experi-mental • Methods of Measurement of Diffusivityand Solubility Parameters for Design and Trou-bleshooting • Tudy Characteristics of Complicated Flow Field inBubbling Fluidized Bed by CFD

Transport Processes in Energy Systems Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Enhanced Heat Removal Due to Pulsatile Flows • Evaluation of the Boundary Conditions in CFDModeling of Heat Transfer in the 3d Chevron TypePlate Heat Exchanger • Experiments and Simulations for EvaluatingRelative Flow of Gas and Water in Tight GasReservoirs • Utilizing the “Cool” in LNG • Importance of Soret Transport and HeterogeneousChemical Reactions in the Deposition of TraceHeavy Metals from Combustion Gases • Soret Effects on Gaseous Diffusion Flame Tem-peratures and Positions • Monitoring Yielding Condition of a ViscoelasticWaxy Oil Gel • Natural Convection Effects on Freezing in FinnedRectangular Containers • Studies on Ionic Mass Transfer with Orifice–DiscTurbulence Promoter • Utilizing the “Cool” in Liquefied Natural Gas

THURSDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 2006 3:15 PM - 5:45 PM (22b) Micro- and Nanodevices for TargetedTherapeutics II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Medical Micro- and Nano-Technology: Case Stud-ies in Transdermal Drug Delivery • Needle-Free Transdermal Drug Delivery UsingPulsed Piezoelectric Microjets • Multiphasic Polymer Nanocolloids with PotentialUse for Drug Targeting • In Vitro Ultrasound-Mediated Leakage from Phos-pholipid Vesicles • Wireless Induction Heating of Stratum Corneumfor Transdermal Drug Delivery • Microfluidic Probes for Tracer Studies of Convec-tive Transport in the Brain

(22c) Nanowires II: Modeling and FundamentalProperties of Nanowires Hilton San Francisco, Mason • Electrodeposition of Bismuth Telluride Nanowiresfor Thermoelectric Applications: Synthesis, Charac-terization, and Properties • Synthesis and Raman Spectroscopy of Sic Nanowires • Molecular Dynamics and Density Functional The-ory Studies on the Formation of Ultrathin GoldNanowires in Vacuum and in Organic Solvents • Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Transi-tion Metal Nanowires under Uniaxial Tension: Tem-perature and Strain Rate Effects • Sub-Picosecond to Nanosecond Carrier Dynamicsin Zinc Oxide Nanowires and Films Measured byTime-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy • First Principles Studies of the Structural and Opto-Electronic Properties of Silicon Nanowires • Molecular Spring Assemblies from Nanowires

Advanced Methods and Concepts in WaterTreatment and Production Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Biological Treatment of Perchlorate by Autotroph-ic Organisms Attached to Zero-Valent Iron • Combinative Sonophotochemical and Sonopho-tocatalytic Oxidation Processes for the Treat-ment of Pollutants in Water: an Overview andFuture Research Needs • A New Benign Separation System: HydrophilicIonic Liquids-Glucose-Water • Liquid Phase Nitrate Reduction • Heavy Metals Removal from Wastewater by Mag-netic Field-Magnetotactic Bacteria Technology • The Prospect of Using LNG Regasification as aHeat Sink for Seawater Desalination

Advances in Computational Approaches toSystems Biology Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • A High Resolution Side Chain Centroid BasedDistance Dependent Force Field - Effect of ProteinSide Chain Interactions • Circadian Phase Entrainment Via NonlinearModel Predictive Control • Sensitivity Analysis-Based Approach for Identify-ing Key Steps in Cell Signaling for HepatocytesStimulated by Il-6 • Parameter Estimation for Stochastic Models:Application to Genetic Networks • Mocat: an Algorithm for Learning Boolean Func-tions from Noisy Data and Its Application to Learn-ing Interacting Residues in a Protein • Structural Analysis of Biological Regulatory Net-works • Balanced Metabolic Reaction Networks • Equation-Free Analysis of Gene Regulatory Net-works

Advances in Porous Inorganic Materials II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 1 • Aspects of a Novel Method for the Pore Size

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Analysis of Thin Silica Films Based on KryptonAdsorption at Liquid Argon Temperature (87.3k) • Zeolite a/ZSM-5 Hybrid Coating • Dielectric Constant Measurement of Pure-Silica-Zeolite Fer Single Crystal by Time Domain Reflec-tometry (TDR) • Dimensional Control of Single Walled Aluminosil-icate and Aluminogermanate Nanotubes • Synthesis and Application of Fluorocarbon Func-tionalized Mesoporous Silica • Synthesis and Characterization of FunctionalizedMesoporous Silica by Aerosol-Assisted Self-Assembly • A New Method to Synthesize Micrometer-SizedSilica Spheres with Highly Ordered Mesostructure

Algorithms, Applications, and Best Practices inParallel and Grid Computing Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • A Parallel System for Describing and AnalyzingComplex Chemical Kinetics • Parallel Global Optimization for NLP and MINLPProgramming Problems • 3-D Compositional Streamline Reservoir Simulator– a Parallel Implementation • Compositional Streamline Simulator with Gravityand Compressibility Effects • High Fidelity, High Performance Simulation ofAccidental Releases, Fires and Explosions in theEnergy Industry • Computationally Efficient Analysis of Large ArrayFtir Data in Chemical Reaction Studies Using Dis-tributed Computing Strategy

Alternative Fuels and Enabling Technologies II Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Coal Gasification for the Production of Chemicals • Production of a Biofuel from Sewage Sludge • Production of Green Diesel through CatalyticCracking of Phospholipids • Exergy Analysis of a Gas to Liquid Process • Transesterification, Modeling and Simulation ofBatch Kinetics of Non-Edible Vegetable Oils forBiodiesel Production • Transesterification Rates for Acid CatalyzedMethanolysis of Model Glycerides

Biomaterial Product Design Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Segmented Poly(Ester Urethane)Urea Elastomerswith Biodegradable Hard and Soft Segments • Fabrication and Characterization of Polymeric Sur-faces for Bacteria Adhesion in Whole Cell BiosensorUsing PECVD • Improving Bioactive Glass from a Cellular Point ofView • Glass and Bioactive Glass Nanopowders by FlameSynthesis • Influence of Surface Roughness and Hydrophobici-ty on Bacterial Adhesion and Colonization • Biodynamic Test Instrument for Characterizationof Tissues and Biomaterials • Patterned Chemical Vapor Deposition Polymeriza-tion of Functionalized Poly-P-Xylylene for SpatialControl of Protein Adsorption and Cell Adhesion

Biomaterials for Drug Delivery II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 3 • Engineering Shape of Drug Delivery Particles • High Throughput Fabrication of PolymericMicroparticles • Characterization of Anisotropic Biphasic Nanopar-ticles for Biomedical Applications • Effects of Synthesis Methods on the Diffusion Coeffi-cient of Proteinase K through Silica Nanoparticles • Degradable Polymeric Hydrogels for NeurotrophinElution from Implanted Prosthetic Devices • Microfabricated Nanoporous Silicon Membranesfor Drug Delivery Applications • Plasminogen Activators as Prophylactic Fibrinolyt-ics: Overcoming Free Protein Shortcomings

Biomems and Microfluidics: Cell andBiomolecule Analysis Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • Electroporation of Mammalian Cells in a Microflu-idic Channel with Geometric Variation • Design and Fabrication of High-ThroughputMicrofluidic 3-Dimensional Cell Culture Systems • On-Chip Aqueous Two-Phase Extraction for Pro-tein Isolation from Cell Lysate • A Neuron-Compatible Microfluidic Gradient Gen-erator • Three-Dimensional Assembly of BiomedicalMicro/Nanodevices Containing Cells/BiomoleculesUsing Carbon Dioxide • Biomems for Studying C. Elegans Olfaction Behavior • Microelectrode-Based System for Cell AdhesionDetection and in Vivo Biofilm Monitoring

Cape-Open Compliant ThermodynamicComponents Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 24 • An Assessment of the Computational PenaltiesIncurred by Using Cape Open Property Packages inDistillation Column Simulation • Cape-Open Thermodynamic 1.1 Integration inUnisim Design - Advantages and Discussions • Combined Thermodynamic Model Development andCape-Open Implementation – an Industry Case Study • Powering Process-Simulators with PredictiveCosmo-RS Thermodynamics • Thermodynamic Utility – Importance and PotentialCape-Open Standard • Use of a Cape-Open Thermodynamic Server inLegacy Codes

Chemical Reactor Dynamics Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Coupling Exothermic and Endothermic Reactionsin Adiabatic Reactors • Transversal Hot Zones in a Shallow Packed-BedReactor during Single or Multiple Reactions • “Fan the Flame with Water”. Current Ignition andFront Propagation in PEM Fuel Cells • Enhancing Microburner Stability for PortablePower through Heat Recuperation • Simulation of Three-Phase Spouted Bed Reactorfor Solid Alkylation • Oxidation of Hydrogen Sulfide in Coal Gases Pro-ducing Liquid Element Sulfur • Modeling of NOx Storage and Reduction in Cat-alytic Monolith Reactors

Computational Biology: Systems Modeling I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • Computational Approaches for Prediction of CrossReactivity in Human Protein Kinome • Separating True Positive Residue Contacts fromFalse Positive Ones in Proteins, Using ConstrainedMetropolis Monte Carlo Simulations • Atomic Molecular Dynamics of Blood-ClottingProteins • W-Sift, a Structural Interactions Based Potency-Wise Screening Technique for Protein-Small Mole-cule Complexes • Microarray Data Mining: A Novel Optimization-Based Iterative Clustering Approach to UncoverBiologically Coherent Structures • Optimization Based Automated Curation of Meta-bolic Reconstructions • In Silico Modification of a Bistable Genetic Net-work to Obtain Oscillatory Expression Patterns • Evolution and Changes in the Blosum Matrix andBlocks Database

Design and Analysis of Green Solvent Systems Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Towards More Sustainable Pharmaceutical Synthe-ses: Finding Solvent Replacements • Solvents for Crystallization • Systems with Ionic Liquids: Measurement and Pre-

diction of Their Thermodynamic Behavior UsingUnifac and Cosmo-RS • Measurement of Distribution Coefficients for Phe-nols in Ionic Liquid/Water Two-Phase System • Volumetric Behavior of Water-Alcohol Mixtures at673.15 K under High Pressures. I. Methanol andEthanol Solutions • Computer-Aided Molecular Design for Viscositiesand Melting Points of Ionic Liquids • Vapor-Liquid Equilibria for Methanol + Fatty AcidMethyl Ester Binary Systems near Critical Tempera-ture of Methanol • Benedict-Webb-Rubin Equation of State for anAlternative Fuel, Dimethyl Ether, and Estimation ofThermophysical Properties

Developments in Biobased Alternative Fuels Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Biological Hydrogen Production with Granulationof Hydrogen Producing Bacteria • Ethanol as Transportation Fuel - Production Tech-nology Developments • Microbial Conditioning of Corn Stover to IncreaseEthanol Yield • Gaseous Biofuels Production from Sweet Sorghumand Olive Pulp • Engineering of Cellular Systems for BioethanolProduction Using Global Transcription MachineryEngineering • Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass UsingSupercritical Fluids • Pervaporation Membranes Highly Selective forSolvents Produced by Fermentation • A Novel Lipase Immobilization Technique UsingHomopolymer Tethers of Amino Acids • Fermentation of Acid Pretreated Corn Stover toEthanol Using Pichia Stipitis • Kinetic Study of Biodiesel Production from Chi-nese Tallow Tree Oil • Directed Evolution of Oxygen-Tolerant Hydroge-nase Enzymes for Biological Hydrogen Production • Fefe Hydrogenases Produced by a Cell-Free Tran-scription/Translation System

Devices I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Exciton Transport in Organic Photovoltaic Cells • Solving the OLED Outcoupling Problem UsingAperiodic Dielectric Stacks • Efficient Blue, Green, Orange and White OrganicLight-Emitting Diodes Based on an Emissive Oligo-quinoline and Different Hole-Transport Materials • Electrostatic Injection of 1015 Charges Per SquareCentimeter in Organic Semiconductors • Electrochemical and Electrolyte-Enhanced Poly-mer Thin Film Transistors

Drug Delivery (II) Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• The Interplay of Drug, Polymer, and Solvent Prop-erties on the Release Characteristics of Membrane-Based Systems • Targeting the Breast Cancer Microenvironment UsingInterleukin-12 Conjugated Pamam Dendrimers • Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery to ProstateCancer Cells • Recognition of the Size of Polymer Drug Carriersby Macrophages • Oral Delivery of Insulin Bioconjugates Using Intel-ligent Complexation Hydrogels • Validation of a Model Predicting the Influence ofCyclodextrins on Oral Bioavailability: Comparisonwith in Vitro and in Vivo Data • The Characterization of Non-Ionic Surfactant Vesi-cles: a Release Rate Study for Drug Delivery

Entrepreneurship and Legal Issues Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Top Ten Intellectual Property Mistakes Made byStart-up Companies

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Environmental Fate and Transport Processes III Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • Environmental Management and Sustainability • Vapor Pressure of Low Volatile Chemicals froma Knudsen Effusion Technique • Fate and Persistence of Pharmaceuticals andPersonal Care Products in Municipal Wastewater • Steady State Design Model of Concentrationsand Fluxes in a Sediment Cap • Modeling of Ozone Layer Depletion • Investigation of Heavy Metal Migration inCapping Material and Sediment

Fuel Cell Membranes II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Transport in Polymer Electrolytes for FuelCells: Physical Chemistry • Proton Exchange Membranes with ControlledMorphologies • Development, Structure and Properties ofNovel Wholly Aromatic Pore-Filling ElectrolyteMembrane for PEMFCs and DMFCs • Water Transport in a Short Side Chain PsiMembrane: Differences between Cast andExtruded Membranes Subject to Different Ther-mal Treatments • Mechanical Properties of Nafion andNafion/Titania Membranes for PEM Fuel Cells • Composite Membranes Based on Post-Sul-fonated Non-Fluorinated Aromatic Polymers

Fuel Cells: Fuel Processing II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Carbon Monoxide Cleanup of Reformate Feedfor Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Usingan Electrochemical Membrane Reactor • Selective Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide to Car-bon Dioxide over Cobalt-Based Supported Cata-lysts for Hydrogen Clean-up in PEM Fuel Cells • Development of Sulfur Tolerant Reforming Cata-lyst for Diesel and Jet Fuel: Understanding theReaction Pathways and Catalyst Characterization • Cos Formation and Removal Using High EfficientZnO Based Sorbents for PEMFC Applications

Genomic Approaches to Systems Biology II Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Automated Pathway Inference from Gene Knock-out Data • Genomic Approaches to Generating Product-Tol-erant Clostridium Acetobutylicum Strains for Bio-process Applications • Systems Analysis of Cellular Response to AlcoholWithdrawal • Genome-Scale Reconstruction of the Saccha-romyces Cerevisiae Signaling Network • Can We Predict Combined Stress Response fromIndividual Responses?

Health and Environmental Effects ofNanoparticles Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • Nanoparticle Occupational Safety and HealthConsortium: Aerosol Nanoparticle Behavior andBarrier Efficiency of Filter Media to EngineeredAerosol Nanoparticles • Managing Uncertainty: a Best Management Prac-tices Approach to Nanoscale Materials and Occupa-tional Health Concerns • Differential Distribution and Toxicity of Nanoma-

terials in Vivo• Tools for Aerosol Nanoparticle Exposure Assessment • Oxide Nanoparticles Uptake in Human Lung Cells • Use of Physiologically Based in Vitro Models ofthe Gastrointestinal Tract to Study NanoparticleAbsorption and Toxicity • Stable Colloidal Dispersions of C60 Fullerenes inWater: Evidence for Genotoxicity

Homogenous and Heterogeneous AtmosphericChemistry Hilton San Francisco, Lombard • Mercury Oxidation Via Bromine • The Chemistry of Mercuric Chloride Reduction inthe Flue Gases of Coal Combustion • Ftir Spectroscopy of Flue Gas Plasma Products • Pulsed-Corona High Oxidation Reactors in GasPhase Applications: Effect of the Field Variation onReactor Conversion • Receptor Modeling of Surface Aerosols at Beijing(China) and Gosan (Korea) during the Asian PacificRegional Aerosol Characterization Experiment(Ace) – Asia • The Oxidation of a Monolayer Organic SurfactantFilm on Submicron Aqueous Aerosol • Isorropia II: a Computationally Efficient Thermo-dynamic Equilibrium Model for Multiphase Multi-component Aerosols • The Influence of Increasing Chemical Complexityon the Hygroscopic Properties of Multi-ComponentDicarboxylic Acid Aerosols • Organic Ccn Activity of in-Situ Samples Obtainedfrom the MASE 2005 Campaign • Probability of the Growth of Ultrafine Atmospher-ic Aerosol to Cloud Condensation Nuclei

In Situ and Operando Spectroscopy of Catalysts Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • in-Situ Drifts Study on a Model Pt/Ba/Al2O3 NOxStorage/Reduction Catalyst: the Effect of CO2 andH2O during Cyclic Operation • In Situ TEM Characterization of Redox Processesin Ceria-Zirconia • Smart Combinatorial Operando SpectroscopicCatalytic Reactor System • Operando Ir/EXAFS Studies of the PromotionBehavior of Pt-Nb2O5/Al2O3 Catalysts during thePreferential Oxidation of Co • No-Assisted N2O Decomposition with Fe-Ru-Fer:an in Operando XAS and Ir Spectroscopic Study ofthe Synergy between Fe and Ru • Supported Rhodium Complexes on Highly Dealu-minated Zeolite Y: Characterization during Cataly-sis of Ethylene Hydrogenation • Investigation of Solid/Liquid Interfaces by Sum-Frequency Spectroscopy: Acetonitrile Adsorptionon Model Supports and Pt Covered Supports

Life Cycle Analysis of Renewable Feedstock-Based Processes and Products Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6 • Life Cycle Assessment of Integrated Biorefinery:Corn Grain, Corn Stover and Switchgrass • Considering Advanced Biorefineries in Context • Life Cycle Analysis of Polyols from Soy Oil orCastor Oil • Optimal Biorefinery Resource Utilization byCombining Process and Economic Modeling • Impacts on Soil of Large-Scale Crop Residue Har-vest for Biofuel Production • Techno-Economic Analysis of Lignocellulose toLiquid Fuels Biorefinery Using Aspen Wood asFeedstock • Life Cycle Assessment of Transportation FuelsUsing Hybrid Models

Microreaction Engineering II Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Effect of Combustion Mode on Performance andStartup of Microburners

• Thermal Control of Microstructured Reactorsthrough Staged Oxidant Addition • Remote Controlled Microscale Chemistry • Novel “Sandwich Microreactor” for Heteroge-neous Catalytic Processes: • Micromixing in Capillary Channels with Buoy-ancy Flows: Effect of Wall-Based AsymmetricConditions • Thermally Integrated Micro-Channel Fuel Processor

Mixing and Segregation Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Modeling Radial Mixing and Segregation inRotating Drums: Effects of Process Parameters • Axial Mixing of Binary Mixture in HorizontalRotating Cylinder • Characterization and Modeling of ContinuousConvective Powder Mixing Processes • Van der Waals Adhesive Forces in Particle Mixingand Segregation • Segregation of Granular Materials in Couette andChannel Flows • Electrostatic Crystallization in Shaken GranularSystems • Understanding the Hydrodynamics and MixingBehavior in a 2-Dimensional Downer by CFD-DEM Simulation

Model Reduction, Simulation and Control ofDistributed Parameter Systems Hilton San Francisco, Van Ness • Research of Multi-Dimension Reduction TimingMutative Scale Constructing Algorithm of CommonBasic Data Platform • Study of Multi-Dimension Reduction TimingMutative Scale Constructing Algorithm of CommonBasic Data Platform • Control of Particle Size Distribution in an Emul-sion Copolymerization Reactor Via Cascade Regu-lation of Growth and Nucleation • Optimal Field Reconstruction of DistributedProcess Systems from Partial Measurements • A Dedicated Modal Observer Design for ActuatorFault Isolation in Distributed Control Systems • Nonlinear Feedback Control of Stochastic PDES • Modal Model Predictive Control of Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation with State and Input Constraints • Stabilisation of Convection Dominated Problemsfor the Direct Calculation of Cyclic Steady States ofChemical Processes

Modeling and Simulation of Fuel Cells andOrganic-Semiconductor Systems Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • First Principles Studies of Electrochemical Reac-tions at Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Anodes • Ionic Dynamics of Low Temperature Solid OxideFuel Cell Electrolytes • Computational Design of Hybrid Organic/InorganicMolecular Systems for Electronic Applications • A Combined Model to Study Conductive Proper-ties of Polymers with Atomic Resolution • Accurate Prediction of Electron Transport acrossOrganic-Semiconductor Junctions • Self-Assembly of Organic Semiconductor Molecules:Experiments, Molecular Modeling and Simulation

Multi-Functional Drug Delivery Systems Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Molecular Delivery to Cells Facilitated by Corona Ions • Enhanced Penetration into Drug-Resistant TumorTissue and Cytotoxicity of Doxorubicin Loaded onGold Nanoparticles • Polymeric Microneedles Encapsulating Drug forControlled Release Delivery • Vaccination Using Topical Formulations • Encapsulating Indocyanine Green Using NovelNanoparticle-Assembled Capsules • Immuno-Targeting of Non Ionic Surfactant Vesicles

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• Rigid-Liposomes with Engineered ‘Raft-Switches’for Controlled Release of Therapeutics

Multiphase Mixing II: Solid-Liquid & Liquid-Liquid Mixing Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Liquid Dissolution: 10 Times Slower Than Blendingand 10 Times Faster Than Liquid-Liquid Break-up • Detailed 3d Evaluation of Oil and Air Dispersion ina Simulated Fermentation Broth, Using a Stereo-scopic Vision System • Modeling Emulsification Using CFD • CFD Simulations of Low Concentration ParticleDistribution in a Viscometer Cup • Preparation of Highly Concentrated Solid-LiquidDispersions Using SMX Static Mixers • Solid-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Simulation in aMaxblend Stirred Tank

Multiscale Modeling I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Probabilistic Molecular Dynamics: Playing Dicewith Molecules • Local Estimation and Coarse-Grained Numericsfor Stochastic Reaction Models • Reduction of Multi-Scale Systems of ChemicalLangevin Equations • Multiscale Modeling of Coupled Drying and Non-ideal Polymerization in Sol-Gel Silica Films • The Optimal Bidisperse Pore Structure of a Catalyst Chip • Multiscale Modeling and Analysis: Bridge the Gapbetween Material Design and Material Applicationin Surface Coating • Multiscale Modeling of the PhysiologicalResponse of Skin to Focused High PowerMicrowave Exposure

Nanoparticle Assemblies and Superlattices Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 4 • Inorganic and Organic Nanoparticle Arrays Templated in Thermoreversible Block CopolymerHydrogels • Catalytic Activity of Palladium NanoparticlesEncapsulated in Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brush-es and Core-Shell-Microgels: Towards “Smart” Carriers Systems • A Facile Nanoparticle Synthesis/ExtractionStrategy to Target Pt Nanoparticle Microarraysand Superlattices • Assemblies of CdTe Nanowires with Au and AgNanoparticles : Exciton-Plasmon Interaction VsField-Enhanced Light Absorption • Modeling Convective Assembly during Col-loidal Crystal Growth • Local Ordering and Stacking Fault Structure inField-Assisted Assembly of Colloidal Crystals

Nanoscale Structure in Polymers III: PolymerNanocomposites Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Calculation of Thermodynamic Stabilities ofPolymer/Carbon Nanotube Composites • Average and Local Distribution of Glass Transi-tion Temperatures of PMMA-SWCNT Nanocom-posites Studied Via Fluorescence • Mechanical Properties of SWNT-Polymer Com-posite Thin Films Fabricated by Molecular Layer-by-Layer Assembly Technique • Mechanisms of Steady-Shear Rheology in Poly-mer-Nanoparticle Composites • Polymer-Graphite Nanosheet Composites ViaSolid-State Shear Pulverization: a Robust andPractical Approach to Effective Nanofiller Dispersion • Nanocomposite Fabrication through ParticleSurface Initiated Polymerization • Structure and Rheology of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide-Based Dispersed PolymerNanocomposites

Novel Electrochemistry and Materials for FuelCells I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Development of Iron-Based Perovskite Materialsas Carbon and Sulfur Tolerant Solid Oxide Fuel CellAnodes • Defect Structure for Proton Transport in a TriflicAcid Monohydrate Solid • Development of Compression Moldable PolymerComposite Bipolar Plates for Fuel Cells • Novel Non Noble Metal Catalysts for OxygenReduction Reaction • Oxygen Electroreduction on Au-Co BimetallicNanoclusters in Alkaline Solutions • Pt-Ru Nanoparticles Supported on Carbon Nan-otubes as Methanol Fuel Cell Catalysts • Performance of a First-Generation Biocarbon FuelCell

Novel Membranes and Membrane Processes forWater Treatment and Production Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Modeling of Direct Contact Membrane Distillationof Saline Water in Cross Flow Hollow Fiber Devices • Technical and Economic Feasibility of ReverseOsmosis Reclamation of Agricultural DrainageWater in the San Joaquin Valley • Internal Concentration Polarization in ForwardOsmosis: Influence of Membrane Orientation andOperating Conditions on Flux Performance • Membrane Bioreactor Process Model for the Removalof Biodegradable Organic Matter and DisinfectionByproduct Precursors from Water Supplies • Electrodialysis/Reverse Osmosis to Recover Dis-solved Organics from Seawater • Membrane Fouling and Transport Models in WaterTreatment Applications

Plasma Processing I - Co-Sponsored by theAmerican Vacuum Society Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 • Effect of the Number of Layers of Dielectric Barri-er Discharge Reactor on Diesel Particulate MatterRemoval and Pressure Drop • Inertial Gas Admixtures in Pecvd for Uv AbsorbingThin Films of Titanium Dioxide on Polymers • Plasma Treatment of Low Density Polyethylene(LDPE) Using an Low-Temperature Cascade Arc Torch • Diagnostics of Inductive-Coupled Ch2f2/CF4 Plas-ma Using Langmuir Probe and Quadruple MassSpectrometry • Ion-Enhanced Plasma Etching of Hafnium Alumi-nates in Chlorine Based Plasmas • Plasma Interface Engineered Coating Systems forMagnesium Alloys • Surface Reactions in Plasma Etching of NitridedHafnium Silicates

Polymerization Reaction Engineering, Kineticsand Catalysis II Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 6 • Enzyme-Catalyzed Miniemulsion Polymerization • Silica Tethered Sulfonic Acids for Activation ofOlefin Polymerization Catalysts • Syndiotactic Styrene Polymerization on a Flat-Sur-face Deposited Metallocene Catalyst • The Early-Time Polymerization Kinetics in AcidicWater/Alcohol Solutions of Bis(Trialkoxysilyl)Alkanes with Short Bridging Chains • Inhibitive Chain Transfer to Ligand in Atom TransferRadical Polymerization of n-Butyl Acrylate • Kinetic Study of the Solution Polymerization ofMethacrylamide Initiated with Potassium Persul-fate Using in-Situ Raman Spectroscopy andNovel Multivariate Data Analysis – Band-TargetEntropy Minimization (BTEM) • Application of on-Line Ft-NIR Spectroscopyfor Monitoring the Kinetics of Anionic Polymerizations

Protein Product Drug Formulation and Delivery Hilton San Francisco, Powell • A Study on Release of Therapeutic Proteinsfrom L-Tyrosine Based Novel PolyphosphateMicroparticles • Sustained Drug Delivery of an Integrin Antagonistfor Ocular Angiogenesis • Amine-Functionalized SBA-15 on Protein Deliv-ery: Adsorption, Release and Stability of BovineSerum Albumin • Nanoporous Drug Delivery Devices Based onFunctional Polymers • Sub-Micron Scale Dispersion of Protein in a Poly-mer Matrix • A Method for Three Dimensional Protein Charac-terization and Its Application to a Complex Plant(Maize) Extract • Simultaneous Phase Transition of Elp Tagged Mol-ecules and Free Elp: a Specific, Efficient andReversible Molecular Recognition System

Scheduling Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Smart Plant I • Smart Plant II • Optimal Scheduling of Multistage Batch Plantswith Sequence Dependent Changeovers: a Compara-tive Study • An Improved Continuous-Time Model for Short-Term Scheduling of Continuous Processes: RigorousTreatment of Storage Requirements • Optimal Integration of Production Planning andProcess Operation in Petrochemical Industry • A Continuous Approach to Multi-Mode ResourceProject Scheduling • Task Selection, Assignment and Sequencing inMultistage Batch Processes • An Efficient Routine to Increase Robustness ofProduction Plans Embedded in an Integrated Multi-Scale Planning and Scheduling Approach

Separation of Processing Streams Derived fromRenewable Feedstocks Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Biosep: a New Ethanol Recovery Technologyfor Small Scale Rural Production of Ethanol fromBiomass• Concentration of Proteins from Switchgrass andDistiller’s Grains Using Ultrafiltration during Bio-mass Refining • Nanofiltration & Separation of Hydrolyzates fromSugar Maple Wood • Cost Effective High Value-Added ChemicalExtraction from Lignin with Gas ExpandedLiquids• Fractionation of Hot-Water Wood Extracts • Solids Handling for Biorefinery Integration UsingProcess Engineering Simulators

Tissue Engineering: Stem Cells in TissueEngineering (II) Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • Effect of Immobilized Glycosaminoglycans onthe Expansion of Megakaryocyte Precursors andCd34+ Cord Blood Stem Cells • Quantitative Modeling of Metabolically MatureNa-Butyrate Induced Hepatocyte-like Cells fromEmbryonic Stem Cells • Stem Cell Microarrays: Investigation of FactorsThat Influence Neural Stem Cell Fate • Culture under Reduced Oxygen DramaticallyIncreases Differentiation of Murine EmbryonicStem Cells into Cardiomyocytes • Differentiation and Apoptosis in Megakary-ocyte-Directed Hematopoietic Stem Cell Cultures • Vitronectin and Collagen I Differentially Regu-late Osteogenesis in Mesenchymal Stem Cells • Effects of Shear Stress on 3-D Human Mes-enchymal Stem Cell Construct Developmentunder Perfusion

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ber 17Transport Phenomena in Electronic MaterialsProcessing Marriott San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom 2 • Multi-Scale Simulation of Quantum Dot Forma-tion in Metal Thin-Film Epitaxy • Multiscale Modeling and Neural-Network BasedOptimization of a Thin Film Deposition Process • Analysis of Electromigration-Driven Interactionsbetween Voids in Metallic Thin Films • Effect of Rotational Speed and Marangoni Stress-es on Local Flow Structure in Silicon Melt ofCzochralski Crystal Growth Process • Defect Engineering by Short-Annealing-TimeMethods for Ultrashallow Junction Formation • A Comprehensive Model for Coupled Oxide Pre-cipitation and Point Defect Aggregation in Crys-talline Silicon

Transport Phenomena in Fluid-Particle Systems Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Plasma Treatment of Diamond Nanoparticles forDispersibility Improvement • Computational Particle-Fluid Dynamics Simula-tions of a Commercial-Scale Turbulent FluidizedBed Reactor • AComputational Framework for Studying Particlein-Flight Behavior in the HVOF Thermal SprayProcess • Investigating Wide Shear Zones in Slow GranularFlow by Discrete Element Simulations • Experimental Investigation and CFD Modeling ofLiquid-Solid Flow with Particle-Particle Collisions • Direct Simulations of Inertial Effects on FlexibleCylindrical Fiber in Flows

Water Treatment and Characterization - NovelMethods and Non-Traditional Water Sources Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Integration of DCMD Modules in a Cascade forEnergy Efficient Desalination/Purification • Removal of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE)from Water by Membrane Air Stripping • Principals of Managed Irrigation with Coal BedNatural Gas Produced Water • Development of Filtration/ Biotreatment Schemeto Recycle CMP Wastewater • Drinking Water Corrosion Control Treatment -Small Systems Case Studies • Limitations and Solutions for Biological Reactorsin Microgravity Compatible Water Reuse Systems

FRIDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 2006 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Advances in Co Hydrogenation I Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Effects of Support Composition on the Activity ofCu/MxZr1-XO2 (M = Ce, Pr, Mn) for MethanolSynthesis Via Co Hydrogenation • The Effect of Rhodium Precursor on CarbonMonoxide Hydrogenation Catalysts • Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Characterization ofInteractions between Reduction Promoters and Cofor Co/Al2O3–Based GTL Catalysts • An Investigation into Supercritical Fluids as aReaction Media for Fischer Tropsch Synthesis • Synthesis, Activation, and Mechanism of Functionfor Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts Based on Iron • Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Comparison of 14CDistributions and Analysis of Reaction PathwaysWhen Labeled Acetic Acid Is Added • Development of a New Kinetic Expression for theIron-Based Fischer-Tropsch Reaction

Advances in Computational Methods andNumerical Analysis I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • Numerical Analysis of the Nonlinear Deformationand Breakup of Semi-Insulating Electrified Liquid Jets • Multiscale Discontinuous Galerkin Methods forSimulating Single-Phase and Multi-Phase Flow in

Porous Media • Theoretical Development and Industrial Applicationof a Geometrically-Based Criterion for Film Uniformi-ty Control in a Planetary Sic CVD Reactor System • Design and Validation of a Numerical Problem Solv-ing Environment for Ordinary Differential Equations • Faster Methods for Solving Large Quadratic Programs • Role of Sampling in Process Design, Optimizationand Control

Advances in Electrokinetics and Electrophoresis- Fundamentals Hilton San Francisco, Grand Ballroom A• Application of Charged Membranes in Electroos-motic Pumping • Investigating the Link between Changes in Sur-face Characteristics and Protein Expression forAggregated and Non-Aggregated Bacillus Cereus • Performance Bottlenecks in Dynamic Field Gradi-ent Focusing • Quantitative Analysis of the Binding of Monova-lent Cations by Oligonucleotides • Optimal Separation Times in an ElectrokineticCouette-Based Device: an Area-AveragingApproach with Orthogonal Fields • Electrokinetic Transport of Charged Analytesthrough Nanofluidic Channels

Advances in Environmental Technology: GreenBioprocessing Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Biotransformation of Olive Mill Wastewater intoValuable Products through Biohydrogen Processes • Commercial Production of Polyhydroxyalka-noates in Tomato Cannery Wastewater Treatment • Production of Galacto-Oligosaccharides fromWhey Lactose by Immobilized Enzyme ß-Galac-tosidase from Aspergillus Oryzae and Bacillus Cir-culans with Chromatographic Separation • Recombinant Expression, Stability and Purification ofthe Lignin Oxidizing Enzyme Manganese Peroxidase • Evolution in Reverse: Engineering a Xylose-Spe-cific Xylose Reductase • Ethanol Production from the Fermentation of Syn-thesis-Gas • The Biorefinery Concept in Brazil

Advances in Extreme Biocatalysis Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• Bioconversion of Biomass Using a Co-culture ofThermotoga Maritima and Methanococcus Jannaschii• Thermoacidophilic Cellulases and Hemicellulasesfrom Alicyclobacillus Acidocaldarius • Complex Hyperthermophilic Proteases: the Effectof Beta Protein Content on Biochemical and Bio-physical Properties of Proteasomes • Effects of Mass-Transfer and Kinetic Parameterson Biocatalytic Activity of Immobilized Burkholde-ria Cepacia Lipase in a Packed-Bed Reactor • Regulation of Carbon Monoxide DehydrogenaseGene Complexes by Cooa in CarboxydothermusHydrogenoformans• Proteomic Analysis of a Hydrogen ProducingThermophile Carboxydothermus Hydrogenofor-mans

Alternative Fuels and Enabling Technologies III Hilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Reduction of Metal Oxide Particles with Syngasfor Hydrogen Production • Enhancement of Dimethylether Yield by ReverseShift Reaction in the Direct Dimethylether Synthesis • Biogas Production Using Glycerol, the Biodieselby-Product, as the Carbon Source • Synergism between Coal Gasification and EthanolProduction • Stability Assessment of Wood and Bark DerivedBio-Fuels • High Purity Hydrogen Production with in-Situ

Carbon Dioxide and Sulfur Capture

Applied Mathematics in Bioengineering I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Stochastic Modeling and Monte Carlo Simula-tion of the Temporal Evolution of PhenotypesR5, R5X4, and X4 of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 • An Adaptive Time Stepping Scheme for Systemsof Stochastic Differential Equations with MultipleMultiplicative Noise. Chemical Langevin Equa-tions, a Proof of Concept • Quantifying the Effect of Cell Population Hetero-geneity on Proliferation Rates • Quantitative Assessment of Biofitness in Heteroge-neous Bacterial Populations under Antibiotic Pressure • Solution Multiplicity of Inversion Problems inDistributed Systems • Stochastic Population Balance Modeling of InfluenzaVirus Replication in a Vaccine Production Process • A Mathematical Model for Citric Acid Fermenta-tion by Aspergillus Niger • Fluorescence Microscopy –Based Inverse CellPopulation Balance Modeling

Biological Conversions and Processes forRenewable Feedstocks II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Expression of Novel Enzymes for Biomass Con-version in E.Coli• Enzymatic Processing of Corn Fibers for a CompleteRecovery of Ferulic Acid and Fermentable Sugars • High-Value Lignin Co-Products through Pretreat-ment and Microbial Conditioning • Genomics Enabled Optimization of E. Coli Succi-nate Production • Conversion of Glucose, Xylose, and Glycerol byRhodotorula Glutinis into Triglycerides a BiodieselFeedstock • Biorefining Mixed Sugars Using High Densitiesof Growth-Arrested Corynebacteria • Development of Cereal-Based Biorefineries forthe Production of Biodegradable Plastics and Plat-form Chemicals

Biosensors I: Cancer and Biotoxin Detection Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • A Novel Biosensor System on Microfluidic Plat-form for Diagnosis of Breast Cancer • Colon Cancer Marker Detection in Human SerumUsing a Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor • Development of Rapid Nano-Structured SensorSystem for Category BToxins Detection in Com-plex Biological and Environmental Samples • Ultrasensitive DNA Sequence Detection UsingNanoscale Zinc Oxide Sensor Arrays • Impedimetric Immunosensor for Ricin Detectionin Low pH Foods • Detection of Organophosphorus CompoundsUsing an Acetylcholinesterase-Based Biosensor • Development of Spr Sensor Receptor Binding Assayto Detect Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins

Biotechnology Tutorial & Panel Discussion Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Bioreactor Technology • Mixing Issues in Large Scale Stirred Bioreactors:Animal Cell Culture as an Example • Centrifugation as a Method of Primary Recoveryfor Cell Culture Products • Trends and New Developments in Filtration • Chromatography for Downstream Processing ofTherapeutic Proteins – Current Status and FutureChallenges • Tutorial Panel Discussion

Cape-Open Numerical Components:Development and Usage Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 5 & 6 • Review of Cape-Open Numerical Interfaces

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Implementations • Fast Co-Simulation of Advanced Power PlantsUsing Neural Network Component Models • Cape-Open Compliant Multi-Objective Optimiza-tion Capability for Apecs Systems • Cape-Open Compliant Stochastic Modeling andReduced-Order Model Computation Capability forApecs System • An Integrated Simulation-Optimization Frameworkfor Waste Minimization Analysis in Chemical Plant • Dynamic Cape-Open Simulation Approach onCluster Oriented Architecture • Panel Discussion

Computational Biology: Systems Modeling II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • Characterizing the Interval Timer within Drosophi-la’s Circadian Clock • Analyzing Individual Cancer Cell Motility withChemotaxis Perspective • A Combined Modeling and ExperimentalApproach for in Vivo Parameter Estimation • Characterization of Cross-Hybridization Via Sto-chastic Simulation • Improved Logical Formulation for TranscriptionRegulatory Networks Reconstruction Via IntegerLinear Programming • Deterministic and Stochastic Modeling of GeneticNetworks with Positive Feedback Architecture • Modeling Ire1p Regulation and Activation in theYeast Upr • Adhesive Dynamics Simulations of the ShearThreshold Effect for Leukocytes • Molecular Mechanisms of HIV-1 Latency: Stochasticsin Gene Expression and Chromatin Regulation

Computational Catalysis I Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Nitrous Oxide Decomposition over Fe-ZSM-5 in thePresence of Nitric Oxide: a Comprehensive DFT Study • A Theoretical Comparative Study of Fischer-Trop-sch Synthesis on Fe and Co Surfaces • Heterogeneous Catalysis by Gold: Oxide-SpecificO2 Interactions with Supported Gold • A DFT Study of Olefin Polymerization by Ti andZr Single-Site Catalysts Containing MixedCyclopentadienyl/Aryloxide Ligation • Correlating Electronic Properties of Bimetallic Sur-faces with Reaction Pathways of C2 Hydrocarbons • Ab Initio Studies of Oxygen Electroreduction onPd and Pd/3d Metal Alloys

Design, Analysis and Operations underUncertainty I Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • Steady-State Optimization with Guaranteed Stabil-ity under Parametric Uncertainties • Hedging Risk through the Flexible Recipe Framework • Design of Uncertain Discrete Time Systems withConstructive Nonlinear Dynamics Methods • Scheduling under Uncertainty Using ParametricProgramming • Quantifying Risk in Multistage Stochastic Prob-lems Using Approximate Dynamic Programmingand Coherent Risk Measures • Propagation of Uncertainties in Nonlinear Dynam-ic Models • Analysis and Evaluation of Batch ChemicalProcesses under Uncertainty Using Process Simula-tion and Risk Analysis Tools • Dynamic Programming for Uncertain Multipara-metric Problems

Devices II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Stability of Polymeric Thin-Film Transistors • Inkjetted Organic Transistors for Smart TaggingApplications • Printed Organic Field Effect Transistor with SolutionProcessed Nanocomposite Dielectric Gate Insulator

• Dielectric Materials for Low Operating VoltageOrganic Thin-Film Transistors • High-Performance, Microscale Field-Effect Tran-sistors for the Probing of Charge Transport in Mole-cular Crystals

Fuel Cell and Microchemical Systems Modeling Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • Multi-Scale Modeling and Control of AutothermalReactors for the Production of Hydrogen • Design of Portable Power Generation Systems forVariable Power Demand • A Novel AC Impedance Model for ElectrochemicalDevices • Optimization Study of Proton Exchange MembraneFuel Cells (PEMFC) for Platinum Reduction andPerformance • Validation of a Phenomenonological Steady-StateModel for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) • Control–Relevant Design of ElectrochemicalHybrid Power Systems Using Dynamic Optimiza-tion Methods • The Impact of Hydration Dynamics on the Controlof a PEM Fuel Cell

Green Materials: Forest and Biobased Products I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Ecobionanocomposites: a New Class of GreenMaterials from Poly(Lactic Acid) and CellulosicNanowhiskers • Biodegradable Nanocomposites from Wheat Straw • Bio-Nanocomposites Based on Cellulose Whiskers • Nanoporous Carbon from Corn Cobs for MethaneStorage • Comparison of Soxhlet Extraction and Back-Flush Fil-tration for Removal of Homopolymer from Starch-G-PMMASynthesized with and without Photoinitiator

Industrial Innovation in Process Design &Operations Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Integration of Product Development, ProcessDesign, and Operation on a Kilo-Plant • Optimal Operating Policies for ProcessChemistries with Multiple Chemical Reactions • Short-Term, Medium-Term, and Reactive Schedul-ing of an Industrial Polymer Batch Plant • Scale-up and Control of Fluidized Bed Productionof Solar-Grade Silicon • Integration of Cyclic Hoist Scheduling and Water-Reuse Network Design for Environmentally BenignManufacturing • Multi-Objective Design Optimization of an IndustrialLDPE Tubular Reactor Using Jumping Gene Adapta-tions of Nsga and Constraint Handling Principle • Temporal Mixing for Attenuation of Time Depen-dent Variations

Mixing Issues in Industrial Processes II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • 2006 NAMF Award Winner Presentation — FluidMixing in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Challengesand Opportunities • Finding the Right MIX of Computational FluidDynamics and Industrial Fluid Mixing Practice inthe Design and Analysis of Stirred Tank Reactors • Pilot-Scale Studies of Requirements for Suspend-ing Settled Solids in SRS Process Tanks • How to Specify (or Not Specify) Mixers for SolidsSuspension • KT-3: a Novel Tickler for Solids Removal fromSlurry Vessels • Experimental Techniques for Contacting of Solidswith Heavy Hydrocarbon Liquids for High Tempera-ture Conversion in Co-Rotating Twin Screw Mixers

Multifunctional Reactors Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Application of Equilibrium Theory for Analysis ofNon-Isothermal Chromatographic Separations and

Chromatographic Reactors • Process Development for the Synthesis ofDimethylacetal in Simulated Moving Bed Reactor • A Novel Concept in Adsorption-Enhanced Hydro-gen Production • Study of Ru/Sic Monoliths for the Production ofHydrogen: Ammonia Decomposition and PropaneSteam Reforming • Steady State and Dynamic Studies of NOx Storageand Reduction with Hydrogen and Carbon Monox-ide on Pt/Ba/Alumina Monoliths

Multiscale Modeling II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • Multiscale Simulations of Ortho-Terphenyl in Bulkand Freestanding Films • Determination of the Onset of Structural Transi-tions in Condensed Matter through Coarse Molecu-lar Dynamics • The Properties of Asymmetric Binary Lennard-Jones Mixtures Using Coarse-Grained Two-BodyEffective Potentials • Coarse-Grained Lattice Kinetic Monte Carlo Simula-tions of Defect Aggregation in Crystalline Silicon • Mesoscale Simulations of Hydrated Nafion Mem-branes • Calculation of Local Pressure Tensors in Systemswith Many-Body Interactions • Multiscale Simulation of Self-Assembly ofNanoparticles in Diblock Copolymers • Integrated Process and Product Analysis for Auto-motive Paint Spray: a Multiscale Approach

Nano-Biotechnology: Development, Application,and Societal Impacts on Sustainability Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5 • Development of a Biofuel Cell Using Redox-Poly-mer-Grafted Carbon Electrode • Site-Specific Protein Manipulation UtilizingTransglutaminase and Its Potential in Nano-Biotechnology • Intramolecular Electron Transfer in a NovelCytochrome P450cam System with a Site-SpecificBranched Structure • The Effect of Patterned Silicone Surfaces on Bacte-rial Adhesion • Peptide Engineering for Bio-Inspired Zinc OxideMaterials • Enzyme Immobilization in Mesoporous Carbonsfor Bioelectrochemical Applications

Nanoelectronic Materials Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Directed Bottom-up Self-Assembly into Top-downFeatures Defined for Precise Positioning of Individ-ual Silicon and Germanium Nanoparticles on Amor-phous Substrates • Systems Tasks in Nanotechnology Via HierarchicalMultiscale Modeling: Self-Assembled NanopatternFormation in Heteroepitaxy • Relaxation of Biaxial Strain in Ultra-Thin Films ofFace-Centered-Cubic Metals: Ductile Void Growthand Nanocrystalline Domain Formation • Optoelectronic Polymer Nanowires Via TempleWetting • Non-Catalytic and Template-Free Growth and Pho-toluminescence of Aligned CdS and Cd1-XZnxSNanowires • Biological Fabrication of Metal Oxide Nanostruc-tures Possessing Novel Optoelectronic Properties • Atomic-Scale Analysis of Structural and Mechani-cal Properties of Microporous and MesoporousAmorphous Silicas

Novel Electrochemistry and Materials for FuelCells II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Accelerated Membrane Chemical Degradation andDiagnostic Methods • Stability of Platinum-Based Alloy Cathode Cata-

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Plenary: Frontiers in Energy Usage and Policy Hilton San Francisco, Continental 6

Polymer Thin Films and Interfaces IVHilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Surface-Initiated Ionomer Films Based on Modi-fied Poly(Norbornene) • Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition of PolymerThin Films • Multipotent Polymer Coatings Based on ChemicalVapor Deposition Copolymerization • Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Evaluation of Adhe-sive Thin Layer • Density Functional Approach for Modeling Poly-mer-C02 Interfaces • Chemical Vapor Deposition within ConfinedMicrogeometries • Welding Immiscible Polymer with CO2• The Role of Gibbs Excess Adsorption on Sub-merged Surfaces in Explaining the ComplexSwelling Behavior of Supported Polymeric ThinFilms in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide • Nanoscopic Wrinkled Morphology of Polyelec-trolyte Multilayer Films on Poly(Dimethylsiloxane)Substrates Induced by Thermal Crosslinking

Process Development Tools for PharmaceuticalProcess Development Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan D • Shear-Induced Compaction of PharmaceuticalFormulations • A Numerical Investigation of Air Flow duringTablet Compression • Combined Experimental and Modeling Study of aKinetic Resolution • On-Line Ftir Measurements for the Pilot-PlantScale-up of a Borane Reduction Process • Development of a Generic Process Model forDynamic Simulation of Protein DownstreamProcesses • Catalyst Trap Microreactor for PharmaceuticalHydrogenation • Ion Exchange Process Development with Pat

Process Modeling and Identification I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • An Input/Output Approach to Control of Distrib-uted Chemical Reactors • Estimation of Noise Covariances and DisturbanceStructure from Data Using Least Squares with Opti-mal Weighting • Gray-Box Modeling of an Integrated Plant withIncomplete Dynamic Information • Practical Challenges in Bayesian Modeling andElicitation of Probabilistic Information • An Optimization-Based Approach to Improving theIdentifiability of Nonlinear Large-Scale Systems • A Continuous-Discrete Extended Kalman FilterAlgorithm for Prediction-Error-Modeling • Accurate Model Identification for Non-InvertibleMimo Sandwich Block-Oriented Processes

Properties and Design of Biobased Products Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • High-Performance Nanofibers and Nanostruc-tures for New Generation Multifunctional Materials • Thermal Conductivity of Coated Paper • Magnesium Hydroxide Nanoparticle BasedFlocculation and Retention System

• Diffusivity Calculations in Paper Materials • Fiber Dissolution Using NaOH/Urea Solution

Reactor Engineering for Biomass Feedstocks Hilton San Francisco, Continental 3 • Mixing and Scale-up of Stirred Tank ReactorsUsing CFD Simulations • Production of Sugars from Cellulose in Subcrit-ical and Supercritical Water Using a Non-Isothermal Reactor • Hydrothermolysis of Agricultural Waste • Production of Biochemicals from Rice HuskUsing a Membrane Reactor under HydrothermalCondition • Reactor Development for Partial-Oxidative and Cat-alytic Gasification of Biomass in Supercritical Water • Ammonia Formation Rates in Biomass Pyrolysis • Optimization of Flash Carbonization(Tm) Conditionsfor Charcoal Production from Sunflower Shells

Receptor Mediated Phenomena Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite C • Integrated Models of Leukocyte Signaling andAdhesion • Manganese and Gadolinum Regulate NeutrophilCd18 Integrin Affinity Via Distinct Mechanisms • Elucidating the Sequential Binding of Lfa-1 andMac-1 to Icam-1 under Shear Conditions: PossibleRole of E-Selectin Signaling • Spontaneous Activation of Pi 3-Kinase Signalingduring Fibroblast Spreading Is Affected by SurfaceRigidity and Cytoskeletal Signaling Components • Experimental and Computational Analysis ofNotch1 Receptor Signaling in Adult Neural StemCell Differentiation • Autologous Chemotaxis of Tumor Cells: a NovelHoming Mechanism to Lymphatics • Autocatalytic Activation of a Viral Fusion Protein

Semiconductor Surface Chemistry Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Impact of Surface Chemistry and Mg:O Flux onMagnesium Oxide Thin Film Heteroepitaxy onHexagonal Silicon Carbide for Integration ofFunctional Oxides • Probing Interactions of Ge with Chemical andThermal SiB02 to Understand Selective Growthof Ge on SiB during Molecular Beam Epitaxy • Investigations of Silane Adsorption and Reac-tion on Oxygen-Covered Metal Surfaces • Surface Chemistry for the Growth of EpitaxialOxide Layers on SiB(001)-2x1 • STM Manipulation and First Principles Simula-tion of a Molybdenum Disulfide Surface • Surface Chemistry of Ferroelectric LithiumNiobate • The Role of Dative Bonding in the Reactivityof Semiconductor and Metal Oxide Surfaces

Supramolecular Assembly of InorganicMaterials II Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Block Copolypeptides: Biomimetic Soft Matterand Its Use to Assemble Hard Matter • Carbamate-Dendrimer Directed Synthesis andCharacterization of Uniform-Size Shell Cross-Linked Nanocages with Hydrophobic InteriorWalls and Functionalized Cores • Controlling Interfacial Curvature of Self-Assembled Mesoporous Thin Films by Control-ling Cluster Size • Organizing Inorganic Nanoparticles intoMicrocapsules Using Polymer Aggregates • Mechanistic Links between Mesoporous andMicroporous Silicate Synthesis • Fabrication of Distorted Cubic Mesoporous Sil-ica Film Employing a Hydrophobic OrganicAdditive • Hierarchical Silica Particles by Dynamic Multi-component Assembly

Sustainable Engineering in ProcessDevelopment Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Economical Comparison of Different Technolo-gies for Biodiesel Production • Development of a New Energy Concept for anAluminium Processing Company • Critical Challenges in Developing Solar Ther-mochemical Water Splitting Cycles for Renew-able Hydrogen • Robust and Flexible Framework for Optimizationof Biorefinery Production • A Superstructure Optimization Approach for theDesign of Corn-Based Ethanol Plants • Chemical Looping Reforming – an EfficientProcess for the Production of Hydrogen from Coal • Carbon Dioxide in Chemical Processes

The Third Industrial Fluid PropertiesSimulation Challenge Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • Talks for this session will be chosen from the win-ners of the IFPSC competition.

Topics in Surface Science and Catalysis I, InHonor of Robert J. Madix Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Formic Acid on Transition Metals: from Funda-mental Measurements to Practical Devices • All That Glitters Is Not Gold – Lessons from Sur-face Science and Catalysis on Silver • Removal of Alkanethiols from a HydrocarbonMixture by Heterogeneous Reaction with MetalOxides • Elucidating Carbonyl Chemistry on Ge(100)-2x1 • Surface Functionalization of Aerosolized SiliconNanoparticles • Selective Addition of O and Nhpromoted by Au • Ethanol Conversion on Pt and Pt-Sn Alloys: Sur-face Reactions and Intermediates

FRIDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 2006 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM (22c) Nanowires III: Integration of Nanowires Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • Nanowire Self-Assembly Using Surface Forces • Germanium Nanocrystals and Nanowires: Mor-phological Control, Surface Characterization,and Applications • Magnetically Assembled and Magneto-TransportStudies of Single Ferromagnetic Nanowires • Creating Polymer-Templated Nanowire Array • Selective Growth of Zinc Oxide Nanowires fromthe Edge of Thin Film Multilayer Structure forShadow Lithography • Device Integration of the ETS-4 Quantum WireArrays

Advances in CO Hydrogenation II Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan C • Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: a Comparison of Ironand Cobalt Catalysts • Adsorption/Reaction of Co on Fe Fischer-TropschCatalysts • Carbon Nanotubes as a Support for Fischer-Trop-sch Catalysts • Effect of Potassium on Oxygenates and Hydrocar-bons over Carbon-Supported Iron Catalysts • Spray Dried Iron Catalysts for Slurry Phase Fisch-er-Tropsch Synthesis • Slurry Phase Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalyzedby Nano-Sized Iron: Effect of Particle Size • Modifications of Fischer-Tropsch Product Distribu-tion in Modular Reactor Systems

Advances in Computational Methods andNumerical Analysis II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 2 • A Universal Approach for Error Characterizationfor Monte Carlo and Quasi Monte Carlo Sampling

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• A Bayesian Approach to Mathematical ModelBuilding • Computational Methods of a Generic Motif Dis-covery Algorithm for Sequential Data • Projective and Coarse Projective Integration forMultiscale Problems with Continuous Symmetries • A Family of Esdirk Solvers for Dae Systems • Numerical Algorithms for Solving Population Bal-ance Equations Using Quadrature Based MomentMethods

Advances in Nonlinear Control Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 13 • A Fast and Efficient Computational Framework forLarge-Scale Nonlinear Model Predictive Control • Integrating Feedback and Supervisory Control ofHybrid Nonlinear Processes with Uncertain ModeTransitions • Fault-Tolerant Output Feedback Control of Multi-variable Nonlinear Processes • Decentralized Multi-Agent Control of DistributedReactor Networks • Robust Model Predictive Control of NonlinearProcesses with State, Input and Rate Constraints • On the Role of Directionality in Analytical ModelPredictive Control • Multi-Component Batch Distillation Control

Alternative Fuels and Enabling Technologies IVHilton San Francisco, Continental 9 • Detailed Energy Assessment at Oil Refinery: Toolsand Results • Chemical Recuperation of Low-Grade ExhaustHeat by Steam Reforming of Dimethyl Ether • Crude Unit Expansion Study for Attock Refinery Ltd • Modeling and Simulation of Biomass Pyrolysis asa First Step in a Gasification-Based System • Measurements of the Calorific Value of Volatilesand Oxygen Demand of Solid Fuels as a Function ofTime with a Mobile Analyser • Nanoporous Carbon from Corn Cobs for AdsorbedNatural Gas Application

Applied Mathematics in Bioengineering II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 4 • Incorporating Cell Cycle Progression and DrugPenetration into Metabolic Models of MulticellularTumor Spheriod Growth • Grey-Box Stochastic Modeling of a an EnzymaticReactions Network for Biotransformation • CFD Modeling of Blood Flow in Artery Stenosis • Utilization of Model Discrimination Analysis in theDescription of Bacteriophage Ms2 Viral Dynamics • A Computational Approach to Identify OptimalInterventions to Bacterial Metabolism • Model Prediction of Oral Bioavailability of Salt-form Drug Administered with Cyclodextrins: Com-parison with in Vitro and in Vivo Experiments • Optimal Treatment of HIV Primary Infection Via aStochastic Formulation • Network Biology: from Mechanism-Based DrugDesign to Patient Stratification

Biosensors II: Optical and Implantable Devices Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Quantification of Fv and Fvl in Plasma by UsingFiber-Optic Sensing System • A Novel Nonfouling Poly(Carboxybetaine) GraftedSurfaces with Active Protein Immobilization Groupsfor Biosensor Applications • Non-Invasive Determination of Astaxanthin andChlorophyll in Haematococcus Pluvialis • Novel Subsecond Voltammetric Separation betweenNeurotransmitter Molecules in the Presence of Ascorbate • Engineering Analysis and Modeling of Transportand Catalysis in a Continuous Implantable Biosensorfor Lactate and Oxygen Concentration: Investiga-tions with a Membrane-Covered Von Karman Spin-ning Disc • In Vivo Monitoring of Tissue Mechanical Proper-

ties during Wound Healing • Insight the Rational Design of MolecularlyImprinted Polymer for the Development of Bio-mimetic Receptors

Chemical Vapor Deposition I Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Knudsen Permeability of Fibrous Films • Generalized Design Criteria for Vertical ChemicalVapor Deposition Reactors • Growth and Characterization of Sic Films Deposit-ed in a Large-Scale LPCVD Reactor • Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth and Character-ization of Amorphous, Phosphorous-Doped Rutheni-um Films • Rapid Synthesis of Dielectric Films by MicrowaveAssisted CVD • Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition ofIngaasn Using Dilute Nitrogen Trifluoride and Ter-tiarybutylarsine • MOCVD Heterostructures of Tio2 and Al2o3Using Cycling of Tdeat, Tma and O2

Computational Biology: MembranePhenomenology Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 17 & 18 • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of AsymmetricPhospholipid Bilayers with Supra-PhysiologicalTransmembrane Potentials • Investigating Membrane Heterogeneities with Flu-orescence Energy Transfer • The Design of New Protegrin-like AntimicrobialPeptides: a Molecular Dynamics Study • Disaccharide Binding in Lactose Permease of E.Coli: Sugar Structure Influences Binding • Computational Insights into the Interaction ofNon Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs withLipid Membranes • Biomembrane Deformations: Molecular Modelingof Key Elastic Properties for Inhomogeneous LipidBilayers • Studying the Human Intestinal Mucin (Muc2)Using Molecular Modeling Approaches for DrugTransport Study • Relative Binding Free Energy Calculations ofAntimicrobial Peptides in Sds/Dpc Micelles UsingMolecular Dynamics/Continuum Methods

Computational Catalysis II Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• Investigation of Nitric Oxide Oxidation Catalysison Pt(111) Using Density Functional Theory • A DFT Study of the Structure of Isolated Molybde-na Species Supported on Silica and Their Activityfor Methane Oxidation to Formaldehyde • A First Principles Analysis of the Activation ofPropane over Substituted Heterpolyacids • A Quantum-Mechanics/Molecular-MechanicsStudy of Potential Steps in Direct Propylene Epoxi-dation Using H2 and O2 on Au/Titanium-Silicalite-1Catalysts • Pseudomorphic Monolayer Catalysts for DenoxApplications • Coverage Dependent Adsorption Energies of Oxy-gen on Ag-Pd Alloy Surfaces • Spectral Reconstruction of in Situ Drifts Spectro-scopic Reaction Data Using Band-Target EntropyMinimization (BTEM): Application to Nitric Oxideand Carbon Monoxide Adsorption on an Alumina-Supported Platinum Catalyst

Control of polymorphism of APIs or broadervalue-added materials Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Effective Evaluation of Solid-Phase Free Energies • Impact of Phase Split Ratio on AgglomerationBehavior in an API Crystallization • Investigation on Polymorphic Transformations ofAPI Using Raman Spectroscopy • The Kinetics of L-Glutamic Acid Precipitation:

Characterization and Modeling • Polymorphism in the Crystallization of Glycine • Direct Growth of Gamma Glycine from NeutralAqueous Solutions by Slow, Evaporation-DrivenEvaporation

Design, Analysis and Operations underUncertainty II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 1 • A Methodology to Integrate Process Design andProcess Control for Chemical Processes • A Multistage Stochastic MINLP Model for Explo-ration and Planning of Petroleum Fields underUncertainty • Multiperiod Planning of Refinery Operations underMarket Uncertainty • Identification of Hybrid Systems with Application toFault Detection of a Reverse-Flow Reactor System • Performing Integrated Process and Control DesignUsing a Modified Polynomial Chaos Expansion(MPCE) in Optimization under Uncertainty (Ouu) • Robust Scheduling of Crude Oil Operations underDemand and Ship Arrival Uncertainty • Integrated Design and Control of PolymerizationReactor under Uncertainty

Development of Intermolecular Potential Models Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 15 & 16 • Development of Intermolecular Potentials forThiophenes • Development of an Opls-Aa Style Forcefield forPolythiophenes • Effect of Partial Charge Parameterization on thePhase Behavior of Dimethyl Ether • Application of the Trappe Force Field to the Pre-diction of Solubility Parameters and Miscibilities • A Parameterization of the Generalized Born Modelfor Simulations with Only Torsional Degrees ofFreedom • Calibration of Chemical Bonding in Organo/Metal-lic System: Interaction between Benzenedithiolateand Gold • Force Fields for Layered Silicates and Metals • Molecular Simulation of Propane-Propylene Bina-ry Adsorption Equilibrium in Zeolite 4a • On the Development of Intermolecular Potentialsfor Coarse-Grained Models

Experimental Verification of MultiphaseReaction Engineering Models Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan B • Multiphase Microreactors - Synthesis and Scaling • Experimental and Theoretical Explorations ofWeak and Strong Gradient Magnetic Fields inChemical Multiphase Processes • Multiple Hydrodynamic States in Trickle Flow:Correlating Pressure Drop and Liquid Holdup • A Combined Experimental and ComputationalStudy of Flow Regimes in a Spout-Fluid Bed • From Simple Lubrication Models to IndustrialMultiphase Monolith Reactors • Singlet-Oxygen Generation Via Microscale Trick-le-Bed Reactor Array: Experiments and Modeling

Green Materials: Forest and Biobased Products II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 22 • Microcellular Injection Molding of Polylactide andPolylactide-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites • Hierarchical Truly Green Nano-BiocompositesBased on a Nano Structure Controlled Bioplastic • Fiber-Reinforced Composite Foam • Amylopectin-Clay-Microfibrillar Cellulose Com-posite Films • Natural Fibre Reinforced Cellulose Nanocomposites • Panel Discussion

Industrial Applications of ComputationalChemistry and Molecular Simulations I Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 19 & 20 • Applications of Computational Chemistry and

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ber 17Molecular Simulation for Product Developmentat 3M Company • Modeling Elementary Reactions in Coke For-mation from First Principles • Carbon Cluster Formation during ThermalDecomposition of Energetic Materials HMX andTATB: a Reactive MD Study • Molecular Simulation Studies on Adsorption ofHazardous Air Pollutants –Hydrogen Cyanideand Methyl Ethyl Ketone • A Density Functional Theory Study of theAdsorption and Reaction of Co, CH3OH and O2with Cu-ZSM5, Cu-Y, and Cu-MOR • Adsorption Phenomena of Mercury-ChlorineSpecies on a Novel Sorbent Derived from PaperWaste • Application of Computational Chemistry to theAqueous Phase Oxidation of Hydroxylamine byNitric and Nitrous Acids

Mixing and Chemical Reaction Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 23 • Local Structure of a Reactive Flow Field on Mis-cible Viscous Fingering with Chemical Reaction • A Continuous-Jet Hydrate Reactor for OceanCarbon Sequestration: Laboratory and FieldExperiments • Hydrogenation in a Stirred Reactor: Simultane-ous Bubble Size and Reaction Rate Measurement • Predicting the Progress of Diffusively LimitedChemical Reactions in the Presence of ChaoticAdvection • Investigation on an Iodine-Iodate Reaction Sys-tem for Stable Chemical Analysis of I3- Ion andIts Application to Characterizing MicromixingEfficiency of a Rotating Disk Reactor • Interpretation of the Bourne Segregation Para-meters for Serial Competitive Reactions

Modeling for PATHilton San Francisco, Union Square 1 & 2 • Cutting the Gordian Chemometrics Knot –Advantages of the New Method of Sciencebased • Development of a Process Signature for FluidBed Drying Using NIR Spectroscopy • On-Line Estimation of Diastereomer Composi-tion Using Raman: Differentiation in High andLow Slurry Density PLS Models • Engineering Considerations on Modeling forPharmaceutical Process Analytical Technology(Pat) Applications • Theory of Sampling (ToS) - the Missing Linkfor Process Analytical Technologies • Feedforward Modeling Approach to ParticleSize Control in Milling Operations • Development of Protocol for Structure-to-Prop-erties Studies of Non-Platinum Electrocatalystsby Multivariate Analysis and Modeling of XpsSpectroscopic Data

Nanomaterials: Development, Application,and Societal Impacts on Sustainability Hilton San Francisco, Continental 5

Nanoscale Structure in Polymers IV: PolymerNanocomposites Hilton San Francisco, Plaza A• Morphology and Properties of the RubberToughened Nylon 6 Nanocomposites • Modeling and Measurement of RheologicalProperties of Poly(Lactide Ethylene OxideFumarate)/Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites • Preferential Association of Segment Blocks inPolyurethane Nanocomposites • Atomistic Simulations of Transport of GasMolecules in Polymer/Nanoporous InorganicLayered Nanocomposite Membranes • Polymer Latex/Single-Walled Carbon Nan-otube Composites • The Production and Properties of Exfoliated

Polyethylene-Clay Nanocomposites

Novel Electrochemistry and Materials forFuel Cells III Hilton San Francisco, Continental 8 • Ionic Cluster Morphology of Sulfonated Pol-yarylenethioethersulfone Copolymer Membranesfor Fuel Cell Application • Lattice-Strained Pt Shell Nanoparticle Catalysts • Development of Novel Pt-Co Catalysts forPEM Fuel Cells • Polyaniline Nanofibers Supported PlatinumElectrocatalysts • Design of Ordered Catalyst Layers for PolymerElectrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Cathodes

Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass andInteractions with Other Processing Steps II Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Adsorption and Desorption of Cellulase, Beta-Glucosidase, and Bsa Protein on Pretreated CornStover, Cellulose, and Lignin • Improving Biomass Conversion by Better Fun-damental Understanding of Pretreatments: theCase of Ammonia Fiber Explosion (?F??) • A Novel Ionic Liquid Pretreatment Strategy toAchieve Enhanced Cellulose SaccharificationKinetics • Factors Affecting the Enzymatic Digestibilityof Dilute Acid Pretreated Corn Stover • Alternative Low-Cost Process for the Hydroly-sis of Lignocellulosic Materials for BioethanolProduction • Understanding the Interactions between T. Ree-sei Cel7a and the Plant Cell Wall Cellulose Sub-strate • Novel Cellulose- and Organic- Solvents-BasedLignocellulose Fractionation: an Update

Process Engineering of Biobased Products,Paper and Forest Products Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 21 • Filler Modification for New Paper ProductDesign • Permeability and Compressibility of Fiber Mats • Particle - Bubble Interactions in FlotationDeinking • Tar and Particulate Removal from a NovelGasification Unit Using Sawdust as a Feedstock • Kinetics of Oxygen Delignification from CSTRand Batch Reactor Data • Process Design Considerations When Selectinga Black Liquor Gasifier

Process Intensification Hilton San Francisco, Taylor • A New Approach to Energy Efficient ProcessDesign • Heat and Power Optimization in AmmoniaPlant • Effects of Relative Volatility Ranking to theDesign of Reactive Distillation • Multi-Feed Attainable Region Construction • Process Debottlenecking: Integrated Tech-niques for Targeting and Design • Process Intensification Using Novel Micro-Structured Heterogeneous Contacting Systems

Process Modeling and Identification II Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 14 • Guaranteed Nonlinear Continuous-Time StateEstimation • Modeling for Reproducible/Optimizing Opera-tion of Fed-Batch Processes • Parameter Identification for Cybernetic Modelsof Bioprocesses • Low-Order Linear Dynamic Models for Predic-tion of Blood Glucose Concentration • Modular Design of Nonlinear Observers forState and Disturbance Estimation

• An Ontology Based Approach for ManagingGeneral Recipes in Batch Processes • A Generalized Profiling Approach to InferenceAnalysis in System Identification

Product Design Hilton San Francisco, California Room • Selection of Solvents for Reactions: a Computer-Aided Methodology with Robust Design Criteria • A Novel, Systematic Method for Visual Molec-ular Design • Proactive Product Quality Control: Bridge theGap between Theoretical Advancement andIndustrial Practice • Engineering Wine • Development and Feasibility of a Variable-Area, Sonic Nozzle Mass Flow Controller • Optimal Design and Layout of an Immunoassayon a Chip

Solid Dosage Form Design - Formulation andProcess Development Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Modeling and Monitoring of Tablet BedDynamics in a Side-Vented Pan Coater by Digi-tal Video Imaging and Analysis • Assessment of the Segregation Potential ofPharmaceutical Direct Compression Blends • Scaling Criteria in High Shear Granulator –Empirical Factors Defining Granulation Endpoint • An Ontology Based Approach for KnowledgeModeling in Pharmaceutical Product Develop-ment • Stable Protein Nanoparticles Produced byRapid Freezing Processes • Spray Drying Cellular Material for Long TermStorage • A New Technology for Pulmonary Drug Delivery • New Spectrophotometric Method for the Deter-mination of Ambroxol Hydrochloride UsingArtificial Neural Networks

Synthesis and Materials Design Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 3 & 4 • Organic Electronics: New Materials and Strate-gies for High Performance Organic Light Emit-ting Diodes, Thin Film Transistors and Photo-voltaic Cells • Organic Semiconducting NanostructuresObtained by Self-Assembling Processes: a Scan-ning Probe Microscopy Characterization • Texture Changes in Liquid Crystalline PhysicalGels • Synthesis-in-Place of Oligothiophene Micro-and Nano-Patterns Via Photo-Induced UllmannCoupling Reactions • Synthesis, Characterization, and O F E T Per-formance of Functionalized Pentacene Deriva-tives • Phenoxazine-Based Organic Semiconductorsfor Light-Emitting Diodes and Thin Film Tran-sistors

Systems Engineering Approaches in Biology I Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite A• A Novel Optimization-Based ClusteringApproach and Prediction of Optimal Number ofClusters: Global Optimum Search with EnhancedPositioning (EP_GOS_Clust) • Model Predictive Discrimination Approach forClassification of Process and Biological Data • A Bi-Level Optimization Approach for the Pro-ductivity and the Thermodynamic Performancein Metabolic Systems • Metabolic Flux Elucidation for Genome-ScaleModels Using 13C Labeled Isotopes • Identifying the Interacting Residues of a Pro-tein Using Machine Learning: a Case-Study onFluorescent Proteins

• Elucidating Intracellular Control Mechanisms inProgrammed Cell Death

Tissue Engineering: Bioreactor Studies Hilton San Francisco, Union Square 25 • Expansion of Human Embryonic Stem (Hes)Cells in a Perfusion Fibrous Bed Bioreactor • Micro-Bioreactors for 3d Cultures of HumanEmbryonic Stem Cells • Propagation of Embryonic Stem Cells withoutLoss of Their Pluripotency in a Stirred-TankBioreactor • Flow Perfusion Culture of Marrow StromalCells on Electrospun Polycaprolactone Scaffolds • Characterization of Oscillating Flow PerfusionSeeding of RGD-Modified, 3-D Scaffolds withMesemchymal Stem Cells • Endothelialization and Flow Conditioning of Fib-rin-Based Media-Equivalents • Application of Biochemical and Biophysical Stim-uli to Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells with Aimsfor Functional Ligament Tissue Engineering

Topics in Surface Science and Catalysis II, InHonor of Robert J. Madix Hilton San Francisco, Imperial A• Catalytically Active Gold: from Nano-Particlesto Ultra-Thin Films • Towards an Understanding of Surface Electro-chemical Reaction Kinetics • Photocatalytic Decomposition on Pt/Tio2 • Thermodynamics of Surface Reactions: Rela-tionship to Reactivity • Oxidation of Pt Surfaces with Gaseous OxygenAtoms • Above the Transition: Methane Oxidation onMetallic Palladium at 10-Atm • Structure of Surfaces in Equilibrium with Lowand High Pressure Gas Environments

FRIDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 2006 3:15 PM - 5:45 PM (22c) Nanowires IV: Applications of Nanowires Hilton San Francisco, Plaza B • A 160 Kbit Molecular Electronic Memory Cir-cuitry at 10^11 Bits/CM^2 • Aligned and Oriented Polyaniline Nanofibers • Aluminum Nanowire Polarizing Grids ViaBlock Copolymer Lithography: Fabrication andAnalysis • Nanowire Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells andElectrochromic Devices • One-Dimensional Nanostructures as Subwave-length Photonic Elements • Single Crystal InSb Nanowires: Synthesis,Characterization, Properties and Applications

Advances in Cell Culture and Bioreactors Hilton San Francisco, Imperial B • Optimization of in Vitro Erythropoieis forGenotoxicity Testing • Model-Based Optimization of Mammalian CellCultures: a Case Study for Optimizing Glucoseand Glutamine Fed-Batch Profiles for CHO-IFNYCell Line • Liver Endothelial Cells Promote LDL-RExpression and the Uptake of Hcv-like Particlesin Primary Hepatocytes • Insights into Hepatic Metabolism from FluxBalance and Pathway Analyses • Engineering Cancer-Specific Cis-Acting Intron-ic Regulators of Alternative Splicing as NovelTools for Disease Detection and Treatment • Effects of Igf-1 Modified EHD Networks onMyoblastic Cell Proliferation • Comparison of Gene Expression Systems forProduction of Recombinant Human Therapeuticsin Transgenic Plant Cell Cultures

Application of engineering fundamentals toAPI process development - PAT applications Hilton San Francisco, Yosemite B • Applications of Process Analytical Technologiesto Ensure Controlled Processes • Selective Crystallization of the MetastableAlpha Form of L-Glutamic Acid through Feed-back Concentration Control • Using Continuous Integrated Micro Filtrationfor the Production of Pseudotype Vectors in aFixed Bed Reactor • Mapping the State of a Pharmaceutical Co-Pre-cipitate Process: an Integrated Process AnalyticalTechnology (Pat) Approach • Understanding Primary Atomization in Sprays • A.P.I. Crystal Engineering in Early Development

Atomic Layer Deposition Hilton San Francisco, Powell • Process – Structure Relationships of Al2O3 and HFO2Composite Films on Silicon • Quantum Molecular Dynamics Simulations of theALD of HFO2 • Spatially Controlled Nano-Scale Doping by AtomicLayer Deposition • Modified Titania Films for PhotoelectrochemicalApplications • Kinetics of ALD Ruthenium Nucleation and GrowthStudied Using on-Line Auger Electron Spectroscopy • Material and Electrical Properties of HF-Ru-N GateElectrodes on Hafnium Oxide • Lithography Via Top Surface Imaging Using AreaSelective Atomic Layer Deposition

Biosensors III: Saw Devices and SensorDevelopment Hilton San Francisco, Sutter • Binding Kinetics of Free and Total SpecificProstate Antigen Using Fractal Analysis • Fractal Analysis of Heparin-Protein InteractionStudies Occurring on Biosensor Surfaces • Simultaneous Surface Manipulation and Sensing ina Biosensor Using a Hexagonal Saw Device • Finite Element Modeling of Acoustic Streaming inSurface Acoustic Wave (Saw) Devices • Development and Characterization of AntibodyMolecules on Peg Tethered Aln-Based Biosensors • Treatment of Aluminum Nitride Biosensor Sur-faces for Improved Silanization • Development of an Amperometric Sensor for Chi-ral Recognition in Organic Solvent Using the GateEffect of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer • Micro-Chameleons: Nonlinear ChemicalMicrosystems for Amplification and Sensing • Fractal Binding and Dissociation Kinetics of Heart-Related Compounds on Biosensor Surfaces

Chemical and Catalytic Conversions andProcesses for Renewable Feedstocks Hilton San Francisco, Continental 7 • Transesterification of Poultry Lipids Using Mg-AlHydrotalcite Derived Catalysts • Preliminary Investigations of the Catalytic Deoxy-genation of Fatty Acids • The Effects of Temperature and Hydrogen on Glyc-erol Adsorption on Ruthenium Metal • In-Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Sup-ported Transition Metal Catalysts for Hydrogenoly-sis of Sorbitol and Oxidation of Glycerol • Highly Selective Conversion of Glycerol to Propy-lene Glycol • A New Route to Improved Glucose Yields in Cellu-lose Hydrolysis

Computational Catalysis III Hilton San Francisco, Franciscan A• A Reaction Mechanism for the Nitrous OxideDecomposition on Binuclear Oxygen BridgedIron Sites in Fe-ZSM-5

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