[LA-SiGMA] LASiGMA Seminar Reminder - Dr. Ilya Siepmann, Wednesday April 24, 3:30 p.m.

[sjlee at cct.lsu.edu]

Dear All,

Dr. Ilya Siepmann, of the University of Minnesota, will be giving a
seminar Wednesday, April 24th, at 3:30 p.m. in 338 Johnston Hall at  
Louisiana State University. The title of his talk is "Extraction,  
Scorpion, and Retention Processes: Molecular-Level Insights from Monte  
Carlo Simulations."

Abstract:
Molecular simulations using efficient Monte Carlo algorithms and  
accurate force fields are used to explore complex separation  
processes: (i) the liquid-liquid extraction of ethanol from aqueous  
solution, (ii) the adsorption of binary and ternary mixtures of  
alcohols and water onto silicalite-1, and (iii) the retention of  
alkanes, alcohols, and arenes in reversed-phase liquid chromatography.  
  The simulations yield molecular-level information on the factors  
that govern selectivity and capacity and aid in the design of more  
efficient separation processes.

J. Ilja Siepmann is the Distinguished McKnight University Professor,  
Distinguished Teaching Professor and Merck Professor in the Department  
of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, where he is also  
Department Vice Chair and Director of Graduate Studies in Chemical  
Physics. He has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the  
University of Freiburg in Germany, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree  
in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge. After completing  
postdoctoral work at IBM Zurich, Koninklijke/Shell-Laboratorium in  
Amsterdam and the Department of Chemistry at the University of  
Pennsylvania, he joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in  
1994. Other honors include a Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty  
Award (1994), an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (1998), and a  
Best-in-Show in the Third Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation  
Challenge (2006). His research interests include the use of  
statistical mechanics and molecular simulation in chromatography,  
phase equilibria, microheterogeneous fluids and planetary materials,  
as well as development of classical force fields and novel simulation  
algorithms.

The seminar will be a live broadcast from Louisiana State University,
and can be viewed live at the sites listed below:

UNO - Liberal Arts Building 234
Xavier - Qatar Pavilion Conference Room 226
Southern University - JB Moore Hall, Room 211
LATech - PML 1015, Center for Instructional Technology, at the Wyly Tower

The seminar will also be accessible via adobe connect by clicking on
following link:  https://connect.lsu.edu/la-sigma/

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Shelley Lee
Project Coordinator
225-578-0465




















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