CPAC SUMMER INSTITUTE 

July 15-17, 2008

Final Agenda

Current Sponsors: College of Engineering and UW Corporate Foundations & Relations

Tuesday, July 15  - CPAC Summer Institute, University of Washington Club, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Challenges and Opportunities in the Monitoring and Control of Bio-Processes for the Purpose of Process Optimization

7:30 a.m. Meeting Registration Opens
8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast 
8:30-8:35 Welcome: Rob Synovec, CPAC Faculty Director
8:35-8:40 Program Introduction:  Mel Koch, CPAC Executive Director
Plenary Speakers  
8:40-9:10 Challenges in the Exploration of Renewable Energy:  Joseph Kocal, UOP
9:10-9:40 Simulated Moving Bed Technologies for Biofuel Production: Linda Wang, Purdue University, presented by Ray Chrisman, Affiliate Faculty, Forest Resources, UW
9:40-10:00 $8/bushel Corn, $200/barrel Oil, and CPAC: John Steichen, E.I. duPont deNemours
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-10:45 Introduction of Participants:  Mel Koch, CPAC Director, UW
10:45-11:05 Building the Biorefinery: Chemicals and Fuels from Agricultural Resources:  Mark Collison, ADM
11:05-11:25 Case Study in New Approaches to Bio-Energy: George Keller, Matric
11:25-1:00 Lunch served in the Faculty Club Dining Room
1:00-1:20 The Development of Educational Training Programs - The Bioresource-Based Energy for Sustainable Societies (NSF IGERT Project): Rick Gustafson, Forest Resources, UW
A Selected IGERT Funded Project
1:20-1:40 Super Critical Water Gasification of Biomass:  Joyce Cooper, Mechanical Engineering, UW - Kenneth Faires, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, UW (to be confirmed)
1:40-2:00 Case Study Process using Bio-Char: Ray Chrisman, Atodyne and Affiliate Faculty, Forest Resources, UW
2:00-2:20 Ideas for the Development of a High-Throughput Protein Analysis System: Norm Dovichi, Chemistry, UW
2:20-2:50 Break
2:50-3:10 Report from National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioEngineering-NIH: Albert Lee, NIH
3:10-4:00 A Discussion Related to Challenges and Opportunities: Ray Chrisman, Atodyne and Affiliate Faculty, Forest Resources, UW
   

Wednesday, July 16  - CPAC Summer Institute, University of Washington Club, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Micro Instrumentation for High Throughput Experimentation and Process Intensification

8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast 
8:30-8:40 Introductory Remarks: Mel Koch, CPAC
8:40-9:20 Diversification of the World's Energy Sources and its Challenges for the Technical Professions:  Kurt VandenBussche, UOP
9:20-10:00 Complex Chemistries within Micro-Flow Reactors:  Paul Watts, U. Hull, U.K.
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-10:50 Micro-Reactor Developments:  Mel Koch, CPAC, UW
10:50-11:10 Bio-MicroReactors for Process Optimization: Seth Rodgers, BioProcessors
11:10-11:30 Advances in Sampling of Bio-Reactors and Monitoring: Brian O'Flaherty, Groton Biosystems
11:30-11:50 Self-Assembled Microanalytical Systems with an Emphasis on Wireless Connectivity:  Brian Otis, Electrical Engineering, UW
11:50-1:00 Lunch served in the UW Club Dining Room
1:00-1:20 Implementation of Advanced Gas Chromatography: From the Discovery Stage to Real-Time On-Line Analysis: Robert E. Synovec, Chemistry, UW
1:20-1:40 Use of Chemometrics to Transfer Analytical Data to Process Control Systems:  Brian Rohrback, InfoMetrix Inc.
1:40-2:00 On-Line Process Monitoring by Miniaturized Liquid Chromatography: Scott Gilbert, Crystal Vision-Microsystems SA and CPAC Visiting Scholar
2:00-2:20 Optical Techniques for Micro-System Monitoring:  Lloyd Burgess, CPAC, UW
2:20-2:50 Studies to Improve Lignocellosic Bio-Refineries:  Rick Gustafson and Renata Bura, Forest Resources, UW
2:50-3:20 Break
3:20-3:40 Niche for Modular Cellulosic Biomass Plants: Ulrich Bonne, MinneFuel, LLC
3:40-4:10 High Hydrothermal Stability and Performance of a New Hybrid Membrane for the Dehydration of Organic Solvents and Bio-Fuels:  Jaap Vente, Energy Research Center of the Netherlands
4:10-4:40 Discussion of Presentations - with an emphasis on Project Development in the Area of Bio-Based Processing including the Development of Educational and Training Programs (IGERT) : John Steichen, E.I. duPont de Nemours, Rick Gustafson, Forest Resources, UW and Ray Chrisman, Atodyne and Affiliate Faculty, Forest Resources, UW

Thursday, July 17 - CPAC Summer Institute, Lake Kachess Club House

8:30 Carpool to Lake Kachess Club House
9:45 a.m. Meet at Club House (refreshments available)
10:15-10:45

Applications of Raman and Miniaturization in Industrial and Biosystems Application:  Brian Marquardt, APL, UW

10:45-11:15 Portable Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrumentation for Rapid, Versatile Biodetection:  Clement E. Furlong and Richard Stevens, Department of Medical Genetics, UW
11:15-11:45 Autonomous Microsensors based on Fringing Electric Field Sensing:  Alexander V. Mamishev, Electrical Engineering, UW
11:45-12:15

Universal Curve for Mixing with Laminar Flow in Microfluidic Devices: Bruce Finlayson, Chemical Engineering, UW

12:15-1:30 Picnic Lunch 
1:30-2:00 Examples of Advances in Measurement Science that are Enhanced by CPAC's New Sampling/Sensor Initiative (NeSSI™): Brian Marquardt, APL and CPAC, UW
2:00-2:30 Optical Sensors for MicroReactors: Bernd Wittgens, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Norway
2:30-3:00 Micro-reactors Next Generation Discussion
3:00 Proceed to Lake Kachess Cabin
3:30-5:00 Discussions to Summarize Meeting followed by the Development of Action Plans for the Exploration for Collaboration and Potential Programmatic Opportunities: Mel Koch, CPAC, Rob Synovec, CPAC, Kurt Vanden Bussche, UOP, and Ray Chrisman, Atodyne and Affiliate Faculty, Forest Resources, UW
5:30-8:30 Meeting Concludes with a BBQ Dinner - Lake Kachess Cabin