Grad Oral Presentations - Engineering: Chemical, Industrial/Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering

Thursday, October 27, 2011: 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
Ballroom IV (San Jose Marriott Hotel)

Description: Selected graduate students present their scientific research to their peers, mentor-judges, and other conference participants in a unique forum for professional growth.



6:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
6:35 PM
Stochastic optimization of a cash supply chain
Héctor Toro Diaz, MSc , Industrial Engineering , Clemson University ; Andrés Osorio Muriel, MSc , Industrial Engineering , Universidad del Valle
6:50 PM
A Method for Measuring Thermal Properties of Coatings on Engine Hardware
Raymond Valdes , Graduate Research Assistant , University of California, Santa Barbara ; Ted Bennett, PhD , Associate Professor , University of California, Santa Barbara
7:05 PM
Modeling Chemical Vapor Deposition of Copper Oxide Films for Solar Energy Applications and Hydrogen Production
David Arana-Chavez , Research Assistant II , University of Maryland, College Park ; Raymond Adomaitis, PhD , Professor , University of Maryland, College Park
7:20 PM
Supercritical and Liquid CO2 Extraction of Fat From Rendered Materials
Jose Luis Orellana , Clemson University ; Christopher Kitchens, PhD , Clemson University