LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CHE 7800CHE SEMINAR
FALL 2016
Instructor:

Prof. John C. Flake

Main Office, Jesse Coates Hall
225-578-1426
johnflake@lsu.edu

Seminar Hours:

Friday, 2:00-3:00 PM (scheduled meetings); refer to course Moodle page

Location:

1221 PFT

Course Description: This course consists of up to 14 (1 hour) weekly seminars including

presentations and discussions on current research topics and other special
interests in Chemical Engineering and related fields. All full time Chemical
Engineering graduate students are required to enroll in this course every fall
and spring semester. Course grading is Pass/Fail. Students are expected to
dedicate at least 2 hours per week outside the lecture each week (e.g.
completing assignments and/or reading publications from the speaker). One
hour of credit may be applied toward a graduate degree in Chemical
Engineering.
Sign-in Policy:

The sign-up sheet will be placed on a desk at the front of the seminar room.
You are required to sign next to your name. Any student coming in during or
after the speaker has been introduced is considered late. Two late arrivals
during the course of the semester will be counted as one absence.

Grading Policy:

Attendance is compulsory (any more than 2 unexcused absences during the

course of the semester will constitute a FAIL grade). Absences covered
under LSU PS 22 are excused with appropriate documentation. Notify
Rachel Landry prior to any absence. Absences due to professional
conferences or special circumstances may be excused as long as they are
approved by the instructor or Rachel Landry prior to the absence.

Professional Rules of Etiquette:

If you are late, enter quietly through and do not let the door slam shut.
DO NOT talk during or after the seminar presentation. If you have a
question, speak up or keep quiet.
Do not leave the room before the seminar is announced to be over.
SMART PHONES should be shut off prior to entering the seminar..
Additional Guidelines:
Clean up the space around you in the seminar roomeven if it is not your
mess.

2016 Schedule for CHE 7800 Seminar Speakers, Room 1221 PFT 2-3PM Fridays
Date

Speaker

Host

Notes

Xu
Rachel Getman,
Clemson
Nandakumar
Jeffery Giacomin,
September 2
Queens Univ. (EPIC)
Xiao-Dong Zhou,
Flake
September 9 Univ. of South
Carolina
Taylor
Ben Boussert Lecture, Location Life
September
Delia Milliron (ChE
(Chem)
Sciences Annex Auditorium,
16
UT Austin)
optional for ChE grad students.
Melvin
September
1st year grad students required,
Emily Frank, LSU
23
others are optional
Melvin
September
Hang Lu, Georgia
30
Tech
Roger Bonnecaze, UT Nandakumar fall holiday, optional for ChE grad
October 7
Austin (EPIC)
students, see your advisor.
Melvin
1st year grad students required,
October 14 Boz Bowles, LSU
others are optional
Arges
October 21 Chinedum Osuji, Yale
August 26

October 28

J. Steward, LSU

November 4

Grad Student
Symposium, LSU

November
11
November
18
November
25
December 2

Melvin
Melvin

1st year grad students required,

others are optional
Two senior graduate students will
present on their research

TBD
Thanksgiving Holiday University
Closed
Concentrated Study Period
Mike Doherty, UCSB
(EPIC)

Nandakumar