May Meeting is May 19, 2009 at Ivar's Salmon House on Lake Union

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Greetings Members and Guests!

Dinner Meeting and Presentation: Tuesday May 19, 2009 at Ivar's
Salmon House on Lake Union. Directions can be found by going to
http://www.ivars.net

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The presentations will be by University of Washington Chemical
Engineering Students. Topics are described below.

Social Hour 6:00 pm
Dinner: 7:00 pm
Presentation: 8:00 pm

Dinner will be buffet style, and will include the following:

Ivar's clam chowder
Vegetable lasagna
Chicken parmesan
Grilled Sockeye salmon
Four cheese ravioli
Vegetables
Roasted red potatoes
Fresh Fruit
Assorted cookies and brownies.

Prices are: $35 local section member
$37 non-member
$25 retirees and unemployed
$15 students


Program for May 19 meeting:


Speaker 1: Patrick Riley

Title: Wetting of Surfaces by Oil Under Water
The wetting of surfaces by oil under water is important in a wide
variety of situations, from the application of topical medicines to
skin or hair to the treatment of aggregate by bitumen for road
construction. The present research identifies appropriate surfactants
to accomplish this purpose and documents the range of behavior from
total non-wetting (detergency “roll-up”) to complete spreading.


Speaker 2: Andy Aditya

Title: The Use of Inverse Gas Chromatography to Characterize the
Surface Energy of Poly (vinyl butyral) Polymers
Electrophoretic separations are widely used for analytical protein
separation and identification. This study focuses on the application
of novel surfactant chemistry to improve the efficiency, speed and
resolution of these separations. In particular we are interested in
exploring the use of these new surfactants for surfactant-surfactant
two dimensional gel electrophoresis. This new technique has the
potential to significantly improve proteomic studies of hydrophobic
membrane proteins.


Speaker 3: Epiphany Nfr

Title: 2-D Surfactant Gel Electrophoresis
Electrophoretic separations are widely used for analytical protein
separation and identification. This study focuses on the application
of novel surfactant chemistry to improve the efficiency, speed and
resolution of these separations. In particular we are interested in
exploring the use of these new surfactants for surfactant-surfactant
two dimensional gel electrophoresis. This new technique has the
potential to significantly improve proteomic studies of hydrophobic
membrane proteins.

Speaker 4: Matt Gacek

Title: Composites for Protective Outerwear
Fiber-reinforced polymeric composites are providing the next
generation of protective outerwear for military and other
applications. In contrast to the situation in most other applications,
it appears that in this case fiber-matrix adhesion should not be
maximized but should be optimized at some intermediate level for
absorbing the energy of ballistic impact. This issue is explored for
the system of Kevlar fibers embedded in polyethylene matrices.


Regards,

Laura Cruz
Past Chair