This
invitation regarding the subject distinguished award lectures on October 31, 2016 is being sent on behalf of Suresh Garimella, Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships.
On Monday, October 31, two distinguished professors and the recipients of Purdue University’s highest research awards will be giving lectures to the Purdue Community. It is my pleasure to invite you and
encourage you to attend the lectures and receptions following each of the lectures. I look forward to seeing you there. Best regards, Suresh Garimella
Arden L. Bement Jr. Distinguished Lecture
Arvind Varma, R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
“Selected Topics Related to Energy and Chemicals”
1:30 pm in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center
2:30 pm reception in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Stewart Center
Selected
research
to produce
energy
carriers
and
valuable
chemicals
from
new
or
renewable
sources,
currently
being conducted
or recently
completed
in
my
laboratory,
will
be
discussed.
•
Hydrogen
generation
for PEM
fuel cell
vehicle
applications
•
Catalytic
upgrading of
bio-oils
•
Utilization
of
glycerol,
a
biodiesel
waste
product,
for
production
of
valuable
chemicals
•
Oxidative
coupling
of
methane
The
research relies
on development
of new
catalytic
materials
and/or
processes and
demonstrates
successful
applications
of
the
principles
of
chemical
and
catalytic
reaction
engineering to
solve
problems
of contemporary
interest
facing society.
Herbert Newby McCoy Distinguished Lecture
Jian-Kang Zhu, Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology, Departments of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, and Biochemistry
“Decoding the Epigenetic Language of Life”
3:30 pm in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center
4:30 pm reception in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Stewart Center
Some
heritable information
is
not
in
the
DNA
sequence
of
organisms
but is
contained
in
the patterns
of their
DNA methylation.
What
is
DNA methylation
and why
do we
need
to
know about
it?