Graduate Seminar Series

ChE Graduate Seminar Series

The School of Chemical Engineering sponsors a Graduate Seminar Series in the fall and spring semesters made possible by our generous supporters of the program. Experts from various areas of chemical engineering, including energy, materials, chemicals, and biomedical, share the latest research in their fields. The seminars are held on Tuesdays from 3:00-4:15 p.m. (CST) in 107 Engineering North with a reception following. A complete list of the seminar dates, speakers, and topics for the current academic year, as well as past years, is shown below. If you are interested in attending a seminar, please contact us at chegradprogram@okstate.edu for more details.

Spring 2025

Date	Speaker/Institution	Title
2/4/2025	Michael Timko - Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Sweet Greens: Challenges and Opportunities for Converting Agricultural Waste into Biofuels
2/25/2025	Clark Miller - Phillips 66	Fundamental catalysis research with industrial applications in fuel production
3/4/2025	Dongjin Seo - Brigham Young University	Altering the gas/liquid interaction with surface molecules by inducing conformation change with temperature and electricity
3/11/2025	Chantal Darquenne - University of California, San Diego	The fate of inhaled aerosols in health and disease: insights from in-silico modeling
3/25/2025	Ezra Clark - Pennsylvania State University	Elucidating the Origins of Electrocatalytic Phenomena with Electrochemical Steady State Isotopic Transient Kinetic Analysis
4/1/2025	Karthik Nayani - University of Arkansas	TBD
4/8/2025	Pinar Akcora - Stevens Institute of Technology	Structure-Dependent Ion Conductivity in Poly (ionic liquid)-based Hybrid Electrolytes
4/15/2025	Changseok Han - Inha University	Environmental processes for water treatment and resource recovery in water and wastewater
4/29/2025	Gregg Beckham - National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Chemical and biological strategies for plastics recycling and redesign

PETE Graduate Seminar Series

The Petroleum Engineering Program in the School of Chemical Engineering sponsors a Graduate Seminar Series in the fall and spring semesters made possible by our generous supporters of the program. Experts from various areas of petroleum engineering, including drilling and completion, enhanced oil recovery, carbon capture, and geothermal systems, share the latest research in their fields. The seminars are held on Wednesdays from 4:30-5:20 p.m. (CST) in 305 Engineering North with a reception following. A complete list of the seminar dates, speakers, and topics for the current semester is shown below. If you are interested in attending a seminar, please contact us at chegradprogram@okstate.edu for more details.

Fall 2024

Spring 2025 speakers will be announced soon.
Date	Speaker/Institution	Title
9/11/2024	Andrew Bunger - University of Pittsburgh	Measuring and Modeling of Injection and Flowback for Subsurface Pumped Energy Storage in Horizontal, Fluid-Filled Lenses
9/18/2024	Dustin Crandall - National Energy Technology Laboratory	Core Characterization for Energy Applications
9/25/2024	Barbara Kutchko - National Energy Technology Laboratory	Performance of cement in underground storage scenarios
10/2/2024	Evren Ozbayoglu - The University of Tulsa	Cutting Transport - Effect of Pipe Rotation
10/16/2024	Kiseok Kim - Texas A&M University	Effect of CO2 injection on the poromechanical and multiphase flow characteristics of subsurface rock
10/23/2024	Mengsu Hu - Berkeley Lab	Multiscale Modeling of Shearing and Coupled Processes in Fractured Rocks
10/30/2024	Lisa Schwarz & Steve Sowers - Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas	Uniquely Oklahoma: OERB's Industry- Leading Initiatives in Education and Land Restoration
11/6/2024	Christine Ehlig Economides - University of Houston	The Hydrogen Value Proposition
11/13/2024	Dwayne Purvis - Purvis Energy Advisors	The Outlook for the Three Oil Industries
11/20/2024	Adam Haecker - Milestone Environmental Services	Petrophysics of CCUS: How is it different? How is it the same?