This e-mail is to announce that Yankai Cao will be defending his dissertation, PARALLEL ALGORITHMS FOR NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING AND APPLICATIONS IN PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING, on Friday, December 4th, at 12:00 p.m. in FRNY 3062B. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Laird, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 1051 Purdue University 765-494-4057