Keynote, Plenary and Named Lectures
Keynote Lecture, “Predicting Breakage of Elongated Particles Using the Discrete Element Method”, PARTEC 2023, International Congress on Particle Technology, Nuremberg, Germany, September 2023 (to be given)
Keynote Lecture, “Irregular Soil Particle Shape Modeling”, First International Workshop on Reacting Particle-Gas Systems, Bochum, Germany, June 2022
Covestro Lecture, “Flow Behavior of Aspherical Particles”, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2022
Covestro Lecture, “Sowing the Seeds of Diversity in Engineering”, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2022
Plenary Lecture, “Flow Behavior of Aspherical Particles”, Third International Symposium on Computational Particle Technology, Suzhou, China, November 2021 (Virtual)
Peck Lecture, “Flow Behavior of Aspherical Particles”, Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chicago, IL, October 2021
Keynote Lecture, “Flow Behavior of Aspherical and Cohesive Particles in Hoppers”, 25th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Milan, Italy, Virtual, August 2021 (Virtual)
ExxonMobil Lecture, “Flow Behavior of Cohesive and Aspherical Grains”, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, October 2020 (Virtual)
Particle Technology Forum Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture, “Flow Behavior of Cohesive and Aspherical Particles in Hoppers and Shear Cells”, 2019 Annual AIChE Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2019
Plenary Lecture, 7th UK-China International Particle Technology Forum, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations of Aspherical Particulate Flow Mixtures”, Edinburgh, UK, July 2019
Plenary Lecture, Second International Symposium on Computational Particle Technology, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations of Particulate Flows”, Melbourne, Australia, December 2018
Maddox Lecturer for Diversity and Inclusion, “Sowing the Seeds of Diversity in Engineering”, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, November 2018
Keynote Lecture, 20th Anniversary of the Women’s Initiative Committee, “Modeling and Simulation of Complex Particle-Laden Flows”, AIChE National Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2018
Westerberg Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University, “Towards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2018
Keynote Lecture, 8th World Congress on Particle Technology, “Towards Simulation-Based Design of Pharmaceutical Processes”, Orlando, Florida, April 2018
Eminent Scholar Lecturer, University of South Florida, “Towards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, Tampa, FL, January 2018
J.D. Lindsay Lecturer, Texas A&M University, “Towards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, College Station, TX, September 2016
Keynote Lecture, International Fine Particle Research Institute, Annual Meeting, “Modeling the Transport of Wet, Flexible Fibers”, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, June 2015
Keynote Lecture, 8th International Conference for Conveying and Handling of Particulate Solids, “The Role of Particle Shape in Transport Processes”, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 2015
Thomas Baron Award Lecture, “Simulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates”, 2014 Annual AIChE Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2014
Keynote Lecture, Particulate Processes in the Pharmaceutical Industry III, “The Effect of Particle Shape on Pharmaceutical and Granular Flow Processes”, Brisbane, Australia, July 2011
Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award Lecture, “Simulation of Particulate Flow Processes”, 2008 ASEE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2008
Plenary Lecture, 16th Annual Conference, CFD Society of Canada, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Saskatoon, Canada, June 2008
Fluidization Lectureship Award Lecture, “Recent Advances in Modeling of Fluidized Particulate Systems”, 2007 Annual AIChE Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2007
Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Multiphase Flow, “Effect of Particle Shape on Flowability”, Leipzig, Germany, July 2007
Hollingsworth Lectureship in Engineering, University of Texas, “Modeling Particle Segregation During Hopper Discharge”, Austin, TX, April 2007
Keynote Lecture, International Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries, “LDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Particle-Laden Flows”, Melbourne, Australia, December 2003
Keynote Lecture, ASME Fluids Engineering Meeting, “Effect of Solids Loading, Reynolds Number, and Particle Size Distribution on Velocity Fluctuations in Gas-Particle Flows”, Honolulu, HI, July 2003
Keynote Lecture, 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, “Latest Developments in CFD Modeling for Multiphase Flows”, Melbourne, Australia, September 2001 (did not deliver lecture due to terrorist attacks on US)
Keynote Lecture, Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design, “CFD Modeling of Particle-Laden Flows”, Breckenridge, CO, July 1999
Keynote Lecture, International Fine Particle Research Institute, Annual Meeting, “Dilute and Dense Phase Gas-Solid Flows”, Brighton, England, June 1998
Keynote Lecture, Computational Fluid Dynamics in Chemical Reaction Engineering Conference, “Computational Methods for Dilute and Dense Suspension Flows”, San Diego, CA, October 1996
Invited Conference/Workshop/Symposia Presentations
First Annual Meeting of the Center for Autonomous Processes in Particle Technology, “Developments in Discrete Element Method Modeling for Particle-Laden Flows”, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Virtual, December 2022
Session in Honor of John Carson, “Irregular Soil Particle Shape Modeling”, 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 2022
Session in Honor of the 2021 Recipient of the Warren K. Lewis Award – Nicholas Peppas, “Sowing the Seeds of Diversity in Engineering via Mentoring”, 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 2022
Department of Energy, “Physics-Based Modeling to Design and Improve the Performance of Process Units in Advanced Energy Systems”, Workshop on Simulation Based Engineering for Accelerating the Deployment of Decarbonization Technologies, Virtual, August 2021
Sigma Xi Monie A. Ferst Award Symposium in honor of Nicholas Peppas, “Some Interesting Features of Granular Flow”, Georgia Tech, November 2019
Blending and Segregation Forum, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations of Particulate Flows”, Purdue University, August 2019
Compaction Simulation Forum, “Using DEM Simulations to aid in the Design of Pharmaceutical Processes”, Genetech, San Francisco, CA, June 2018
Symposium in Honor of Dennis Prieve’s Retirement, “Towards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2017
Symposium in Honor of Professor LS Fan, “DEM Simulations of Flexible and Rigid Fibers for Describing Bulk Flow Behavior”, 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2017
Department Heads Forum, “Advice to Department Chairs from an Engineering Dean”, 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2017
Symposium Honoring Professor Nicholas Peppas, “Peppamer to Particulate Flow”, 2016 Annual AIChE Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2016
Symposium Honoring Professor Robert Pfeffer, “Wet, Cohesive Non-Spherical Particle Packing”, 2015 Annual AIChE Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2015
AIChE Frontiers in Particle Science and Technology Conference, “Shear Flows of Wet, Flexible Fibers Using the Discrete Element Method”, Chicago, IL, May 2014
Workshop on Enabling Process Innovation through Computation “Toward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes”, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, April 2014
Florida Energy Summit, “Energy: Myth and Reality – Biofuels”, Orlando, FL, October 2013
SEC Engineering Deans Conference, “Developing Future Engineering Faculty”, Atlanta, GA, August 2013
SEC Engineering Deans Conference, “Gator Engineering Undergraduate Research Opportunities”, Atlanta, GA, August 2012
DOE Multiphase Flow Science Workshop, “Effect of Stokes Number on Turbulent Fluid-Solid Flows”, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2011
Workshop on Lunar/Martian Plume Effects, NASA-KSC, “Two-Fluid Modeling of a Subsonic Turbulent Jet Impinging on a Particle Bed”, Kennedy Space Center, FL, January 2011
Workshop on Lunar/Martian Plume Effects, NASA-KSC, “Cratering of Particle Beds by a Subsonic Turbulent Jet”, Kennedy Space Center, FL, January 2011 (presentation by C. LaMarche)
Symposium Honoring Professor Stanley Sandler (On the Occasion of his 70th Birthday) “Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations of Particle-Laden Flows”, 2010 Annual AIChE Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2010
Gordon Research Conference on Granular & Granular-Fluid Flow, “The Effect of Particle Shape on Particle-Phase Stress”, Waterville, Maine, USA, June 2010
Department of Energy Multiphase Flow Workshop, “The Effect of Particle Shape on Particle-Phase Stress”, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2010
Symposium Honoring Professor Dimitri Gidaspow (On the Occasion of his 75th Birthday), “LDV Measurements of Liquid-Solid Flow in a Vertical Pipe”, 2009 Annual AIChE Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 2009
5th Sino-US Joint Conference of Chemical Engineering, “The Effect of Particle Shape on Particle-Phase Stress”, Beijing, China, October 2009
AIChE Centennial Session: Chemical Engineering Education: Past and Future, “Integration of CFD into the Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Curriculum”, 2008 Annual AIChE Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008
Symposium Honoring Professor George Klinzing (On the Occasion of his 70th Birthday), “New Perspectives on Fluid-Phase Turbulence Modulation by Particles”, 2008 Annual AIChE Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008
Workshop on Lunar and Martian Plume Effects, NASA Kennedy Space Center “Modeling Cratering by a Subsonic Jet Impacting a Sand Bed”, October 2008
Symposium Honoring the 60th Birthday of Nicholas Peppas, “Modeling of Particulate Flows”, University of Texas, Austin, TX, August 2008
NSF-ADVANCE Faculty Horizons Program, University of Maryland – Baltimore County “Securing Your First Faculty Position”, Baltimore, MD, July 2008
International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute “The Flow Behavior of Cohesive Particles during Hopper Discharge”, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2008 (presentation by A. Anand)
Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, NSF-ERC for Particle Science and Technology, “Particulate Flow Modeling Tutorial”, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, September 2007
IUTAM Symposium on Multiphase Flow, “Effect of Particle Shape on Flowability”, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2007
Department Heads Forum, 2006 Annual AIChE Meeting, “Collective and Individual Mentoring of Junior Faculty”, San Francisco, CA, November 2006
Symposium Honoring Professor Robert Pfeffer (On the Occasion of his 70th Birthday), “Effect of Solids Loading, Reynolds Number, and Particle Size Distribution on Velocity Fluctuations in Fluid-Particle Flows”, San Francisco, CA, November 2006
Symposium Honoring Professor L.S. Fan (Recipient of the 2006 E.V. Murphee Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry), “Segregation in Particulate Flows During Hopper Discharge”, 2006 Annual American Chemical Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2006
ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, “DEM Simulations of Particle Clustering at High Solids Concentrations”, Houston, TX, June 2005
Summer School in Winter, NSF-ERC for Particle Science and Technology, “Modeling Particle-Laden Flows”, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, January 2005
IUTAM Multiphase Flow Symposium, “Observation and Simulation of Particle Clusters in Flowing Particulate Systems”, Argonne National Laboratories, Argonne, IL, October 2004
Summer School in Winter, NSF-ERC for Particle Science and Technology “Modeling Particle-Laden Flows”, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, January 2004
4th ASME-JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, “Effect of Solids Loading, Reynolds Number, and Particle Size Distribution on Velocity Fluctuations in Gas-Particle Flows”, Honolulu, HI, July 2003
Cement Industry Technical Conference, Professors’ Colloquium, “CFD and DEM for Particle Flows”, Dallas, TX, May 2003
International Fine Particle Research Institute Technical Conference, “LDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Gas-Particle Flows”, Chicago, IL, April 2003
Summer School in Winter, NSF-ERC for Particle Science and Technology, “Fluidization”, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, January 2003
ASEE Summer School, “CFD Usage in Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Education”, Boulder, CO, July 2002
Council for Chemical Research Meeting, “Particle Dynamics and Turbulence”, Marco Island, Florida, June 2000
CACHE Reception, “Using CFD to Enhance Chemical Engineering Education”, 1999 Annual AIChE Meeting, Dallas, TX, November 1999
Young Faculty Forum, “Keys to Successful Interactions with Industry”, 1999 Annual AIChE Meeting, Dallas, TX, November 1999
Symposium Honoring the Retirement of Professor Roy Jackson, “Modeling and Measurement of Dilute and Dense-Phase Gas-Solid Flows”, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 1998
NSF Workshop on Flow of Particulates and Fluids, “Gas-Solid Flow Simulation”, Santa Barbara, CA, February 1998
ASEE Summer School, “Case Studies: CFD in Multiphase Flows Involving Particles”, Snowbird, UT, August 1997
US-South Africa Conference on Particle Technology, “Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior of Gas-Solid Mixtures”, MINTEK, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 1997
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, “Pneumatic Transport of Solids: Flow Behavior and Heat Transfer”, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, January 1996
Young Faculty Forum, “A View from Different Angles”, 1995 Annual AIChE Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, November 1995
NSF Workshop on Particle Science and Technology, “Multiphase Flow”, Washington, DC, June 1993
International Fine Particle Research Institute, Annual Meeting, “Predictive Capabilities of Fundamental Hydrodynamic Models for Gas-Solid Flow Based on the Kinetic Theory Analogy”, Pasadena, CA, June 1993
Invited Academic Lectures
Oklahoma State University, “Flow Behavior of Aspherical Particles”, School of Chemical Engineering, Stillwater, OK, April 2023
University of Bremen, “Flow Behavior of Aspherical and Cohesive Particles”, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Bremen, Germany, July 2022
Hamburg University of Technology, “Flow Behavior of Aspherical and Cohesive Particles”, Institute of Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology, Hamburg, Germany, July 2022
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, “Flow Behavior of Aspherical and Cohesive Particles”, Institute of Particle Technology, Erlangen, Germany, May 2022
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, “Predicting Particle Breakage Using the Discrete Element Method”, Institute of Particle Technology, Erlangen, Germany, May 2022
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, “Towards Simulation Based Design of Particle Processes”, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Erlangen, Germany, May 2022
University of California, Davis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Davis, CA, April 2021
Columbia University, “Flow Behavior of Cohesive and Aspherical Grains”, Department of Chemical Engineering, New York City, NY, October 2019
Arizona State University, “Towards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, School of Engineering for Matter, Transport and Energy, Phoenix, AZ, January 2019
University of Colorado, “Towards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Boulder, CO, November 2018
University of Arkansas, “Towards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Fayetteville, AR, November 2018
Zhejiang University, “Towards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, October 2018
Aix-Marseille University, “Toward Simulation Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, Marseille, France, June 2015
University of Central Florida, “Granular Shear Flows of Elongated Particles”, Physics Department, Orlando, FL, March 2013
Illinois Institute of Technology, “Granular Shear Flows of Elongated Particles”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chicago, IL, March 2013
University of Florida, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Gainesville, FL, March 2012
Baylor University, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Waco, TX, January 2012
Purdue University, Centennial Celebration Seminar, “Particle-Laden Flows: Applications, Modeling Approaches and Challenges”, West Lafayette, IN, October 2011
University of New South Wales, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, “Some Current Challenges in Simulating Particle Flow”, Sydney, Australia, February 2011
Louisiana State University, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, October 2010
New Jersey Institute of Technology, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Newark, NJ, October 2010
University of South Carolina, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia, SC, April 2010
Carnegie Mellon University, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2009
University of Michigan, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, January 2009
University of South Florida, “Development of Improved Lunar Soil Constitutive Models for Debris Simulation”, Department of Physics, Tampa, FL, October 2008
Ohio University, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Athens, OH, September 2008
Tennessee Technological University, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Cookeville, TN, April 2008
Simon Bolivar University, “CFD for Particle-Laden Flows”, College of Engineering, Caracus, Venezuela, February 2008
Clarkson University, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Potsdam, NY, October 2007
University of Virginia, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Charlottesville, VA, October 2007
Mississippi State University, “Using DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Starkville, MS, September 2007
University of Utah, Distinguished Lecture Series, “Modeling Granular Segregation During Hopper Discharge”, Dept. of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2007
Auburn University, “Modeling Granular Segregation During Hopper Discharge”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Auburn, AL, March 2007
Columbia University, “Simulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, New York, NY, November 2006
North Carolina State University, “Simulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates”, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Raleigh, NC, September 2006
University of Kentucky, “Simulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates”, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Lexington, KY, March 2006
Georgia Institute of Technology, “Simulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates”, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Atlanta, GA, October 2005
Princeton University, “Simulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton, NJ, October 2005
University of Queensland, “Fluid-Particle Flows: Next Steps in CFD Model Development”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Brisbane, Australia, November 2004
University of New South Wales, “Fluid-Particle Flows: Next Steps in CFD Model Development”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, November 2004
University of Newcastle, “Fluid-Particle Flows: Next Steps in CFD Model Development”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Newcastle, Australia, November 2004
University of Sydney, “Fluid-Particle Flows: Next Steps in CFD Model Development”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, November 2004
University of Melbourne, “Fluid-Particle Flows: Next Steps in CFD Model Development”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, October 2004
Monash University, “Fluid-Particle Flows: Next Steps in CFD Model Development”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, September 2004
Chalmers University of Technology, “Next Steps in CFD Model Development for Fluid-Particle Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Goteborg, Sweden, May 2004
University of Florida, “Observation and Simulation of Clusters in Flowing Particulate Systems”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Gainesville, FL, December 2003
Johns Hopkins University, “Observation and Simulation of Clusters in Flowing Particulate Systems”, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Baltimore, MD, November 2003
University of Pittsburgh, “Observation and Simulation of Clusters in Flowing Particulate Systems”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2003
Lehigh University, “Particle Size and Reynolds Number Effects in Gas Solid Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Bethlehem, PA, November 2002
University of Houston, “Effects of Solids Loading on Gas-Solid Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Houston, TX, November 2001
University of California, Santa Barbara, “Effects of Solids Loading on Gas-Solid Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA, October 2001
Iowa State University, “LDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Ames, IA, October 2001
University of Massachusetts, “LDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Amherst, MA, May 2001
Delft University, “LDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands, September 2000
University of Houston, “LDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows”, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Houston, TX, August 2000
Purdue University, “Measurement and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows”, School of Mechanical Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, April 2000
University of Oklahoma, “Measurement and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Norman, OK, April 2000
University of South Florida, “Measurement and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Tampa, FL, February 2000
Purdue University, “Measurement and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows”, School of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, IN, January 2000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Measurement and Modeling of Particle Fluctuations in Gas-Solid Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, MA, October 1999
Rutgers University, “Measurement and Modeling of Particle Fluctuations in Gas-Solid Flows”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Piscataway, NJ, September 1999
Purdue University, “Dilute and Dense-Phase Gas-Solid Flow”, School of Agricultural and Biological Engineering”, West Lafayette, IN, May 1999
Purdue University, “Dilute and Dense-Phase Gas-Solid Flow”, School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, March 1999
University of Cincinnati, “Dilute and Dense-Phase Gas-Solid Flow”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Cincinnati, OH, October 1998
University of Washington, “Dilute and Dense-Phase Gas-Solid Flow”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Seattle, WA, January 1998
Purdue University, “Modeling the Vertical Transport of Dense Gas-Solid Suspensions”, School of Chemical Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, April 1997
Case Western Reserve University, “Modeling the Vertical Transport of Dense Gas-Solid Suspensions”, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland, OH, April 1997
Howard University, “Modeling the Vertical Transport of Dense Gas-Solid Suspensions”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Washington, DC, February 1997
University of Arizona, “Modeling the Vertical Transport of Dense Gas-Solid Suspensions”, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tucson, AZ, February 1997
University of Delaware, “Dilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Newark, DE, December 1996
University of Arizona, “Dilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow”, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Tucson, AZ, September 1996
University of Colorado, “Dilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Boulder, CO, September 1996
Michigan State University, “Dilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, East Lansing, MI, February 1996
Arizona State University, “Pneumatic Transport of Solids: Flow Behavior and Heat Transfer”, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tempe, AZ, September 1995
University of Arizona, “Dilute Turbulent Gas-Solid Flows in Risers with Particle-Particle Interactions”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Tucson, AZ, March 1994
Carnegie Mellon University, “The Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior of Gas-Solid Suspensions”, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Pittsburgh PA, February 1994
University of Notre Dame, “Predictive Capabilities of Fundamental Hydrodynamic Models for Gas-Solid Flow Based on the Kinetic Theory Analogy”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, South Bend, IN, October 1993
Illinois Institute of Technology, “Predictive Capabilities of Fundamental Hydrodynamic Models for Gas-Solid Flow Based on the Kinetic Theory Analogy”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Chicago, IL, October 1993
University of Illinois, “Predicting the Turbulent Flow Behavior of Gas/Solid Mixtures”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Urbana-Champaign, IL, April 1993
Purdue University, “Predicting the Turbulent Flow Behavior of Gas/Solid Mixtures”, School of Chemical Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, October 1992
University of West Virginia, “Predicting the Turbulent Flow Behavior of Gas/Solid Mixtures”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Morgantown, WV, October 1992
The Ohio State University, “Predicting the Turbulent Flow Behavior of Gas/Solid Mixtures”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Columbus, OH, May 1992
University of Pittsburgh, “Influence of Gas-Phase Turbulence on the Pneumatic Transport of Particles”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, December 1991
University of Arkansas, “Gas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Fayetteville, AR, September 1990
Lehigh University, “Gas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions”, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Bethlehem, PA, April 1989
Invited Industrial and Government Laboratory Lectures
Dow Chemical Company, “Developments in Discrete Element Method Modeling for Particle-Laden Flows”, Virtual, December 2022
Merck & Co., “Simulating Particle Flow and Mixing using DEM”, June 2020
Genetech, “Towards Simulation-Based Design of Pharmaceutical Processes”, San Francisco, CA, April 2019
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, “Using DEM Simulations to Aid in the Design of Pharmaceutical Processes”, Boston, MA, July 2018
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, “Toward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes”, Livermore, CA, May 2018
UOP, Invitational Lecture Series, “Toward Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, Des Plaines, IL, April 2015
Bristol Myers Squibb, “Toward Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes”, New Brunswick, NJ, September 2014
John Deere, “Toward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes”, Moline, IL, April 2014
ExxonMobil, “Toward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes”, Annandale, NJ, September 2013
NREL, “Granular Shear Flows of Flexible Fibers”, Golden, CO, August 2013
ExxonMobil, “Toward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes”, Fairfax, VA, July 2013
Pfizer, “Toward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes”, Groton, CT, June 2013
DOE-NETL, “Granular Shear Flows of Rod-Like Particles Using DEM”, Morgantown, WV, May 2012
DOE Multiphase Flow Workshop, “The Effect of Particle Shape on Particle-Phase Stress”, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2010
NASA-Kennedy Space Center, “Modeling Cratering by a Subsonic Jet Impacting a Sand Bed”, Cocoa Beach, FL, October 2008
Argonne National Laboratories, “Computational Modeling of Pharmaceutical Processes”, Argonne, IL, May 2008
Pfizer, “Modeling of Particulate Flows”, Groton, CT, July 2007
Pfizer, “Particle Segregation during Hopper Discharge”, Groton, CT, January 2005
CSIRO – Clayton, “Some Next Steps in CFD Model Development for Fluid-Particle Flows”, Melbourne, Australia, December 2004
CSIRO – Highett, “Some Next Steps in CFD Model Development for Fluid-Particle Flows”, Melbourne, Australia, November 2004
Nektar Therapeutics, “Next Steps in CFD Model Development for Fluid-Particle Flows”, San Carlos, CA, November 2003
NASA, “Effect of Particle Size and Shape on Particle Pickup Velocity”, Cleveland, OH, May 2003
Air Products and Chemicals, “CFD for Multiphase Flow”, Allentown, PA, November 2002
Amgen, “Effect of Solids Loading on Gas-Solid Flows”, Thousand Oaks, CA, October 2001
General Electric, “Measurement and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows”, Schenectady, NY, September 2000
Union Carbide, “Modeling and Measurement of Gas-Solids Flows”, South Charleston, WV, December 1999
Procter & Gamble, “CFD for Multiphase Flow”, Cincinnati, OH, September 1999
DuPont Company, “Measurement and Modeling of Particle Fluctuations in Gas-Solid Flows”, Wilmington, DE, September 1999
Reaction Engineering International, “CFD for Multiphase Flow”, Salt Lake City, UT, May 1999
DOE-Office of Industrial Technologies, “CFD for Multiphase Flow”, Washington, DC, February 1999
Millenium Inorganic Chemicals, “Modeling Gas-Solid Flows with Particle-Particle Interactions”, Baltimore, MD, October 1998
Cray Research, “CFD for Multiphase Flow”, Minneapolis, MN, July 1998
Tioxide Ltd, “CFD for Multiphase Flow”, Teeside, UK, June 1998
Inhale Therapeutic Systems, “Modeling the Flow Behavior of Gas-Particle Suspension”, Palo Alto, CA, October 1997
DuPont Company, “Latest Developments in the Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows”, Wilmington, DE, October 1997
Sandia National Laboratories, “Flow Behavior of Gas-Solid Suspensions”, Albuquerque, NM, June 1997
SASOL, “Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior of Gas-Solid Suspensions”, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 1997
Stanford Research Institute, “Modeling the Vertical Transport of Dense Gas-Solid Suspensions”, Palo Alto, CA, May 1997
DuPont Company, “Dilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow”, Wilmington, DE, December 1996
Merck and Company, “Dilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow”, West Point, PA, December 1996
Dow Chemical Company, “Dilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow”, Freeport, TX, October 1996
3M, “Dilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow”, Minneapolis, MN, January 1996
DuPont Company, “Pneumatic Transport of Solids: Flow Behavior and Heat Transfer”, Wilmington, DE, May 1994
Dow Chemical Company, “The Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior of Gas-Solid Suspensions”, Midland, MI, January 1994
Merck and Company, “Predictive Capabilities of Fundamental Hydrodynamic Models for Gas-Solid Flow Based on the Kinetic Theory Analogy”, Rahway, NJ, November 1993
Amoco Research Center, “Predictive Capabilities of Fundamental Hydrodynamic Models for Gas-Solid Flow Based on the Kinetic Theory Analogy”, Naperville, IL, August 1993
Amoco Research Center, “Predicting the Turbulent Flow Behavior of Gas/Solid Mixtures”, Naperville, IL, December 1992
Computational Fluid Dynamics Services, Inc., “Predicting the Flow Behavior of Gas/Solid Mixtures”, Pittsburgh, PA, June 1992
Alcoa Technical Center, “Predicting the Flow Behavior of Gas/Solid Mixtures”, Alcoa Center, PA, June 1992
PPG Chemicals Division, “Predicting the Flow Behavior of Gas/Solid Mixtures”, Monroeville, PA, April 1992
Dow Chemical Company, “Predicting the Flow Behavior of Gas/Solid Mixtures”, Midland, MI, February 1992
Alcoa Technical Center, “A Review of Turbulence Models”, Alcoa Center, PA, January 1992
Morgantown Energy Technology Center, “Influence of Gas-Phase Turbulence on the Pneumatic Transport of Particles”, Morgantown, WV, January 1992
Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, “Influence of Gas-Phase Turbulence on the Pneumatic Transport of Particles”, Pittsburgh, PA, October 1991
Amoco Research Center, “Predicting the Flow Behavior of Gas/Solid Mixtures”, Naperville, IL, July 1991
Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, “Gas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions”, Pittsburgh, PA, July 1990
Morgantown Energy Technology Center, “Gas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions”, Morgantown, WV, June 1990
Westinghouse Electric Corp., “Gas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions”, Pittsburgh, PA, April 1990
Mobil Research and Development Corporation, “Gas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions”, Paulsboro, NJ, December 1989
Invited Interviews, Webinars, Lectures and Panels
“Grow that Tough Skin”, UGA Engineering Women Academic Leadership Panel, April 2021 (Virtual)
“Sowing the Seeds of Diversity in Engineering”, United Way of Greater Kingsport, Tennessee, March 2021 (Virtual)
“Sowing the Seeds of Diversity in Engineering”, East Tennessee AIChE Local Section Meeting, March 2021 (Virtual)
“Sowing the Seeds of Diversity in Engineering”, WEPAN Webinar, March 2021 (Virtual)
Dean’s Panel, Equity and Anti-Racism Summit, AIMBE, January 2021 (Virtual)
“PhD 101: How to Start Your Successful PhD Career”, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, November 2018 (Virtual)
“Celebration of Women Chemical Engineers”, for 20th Anniversary of the Women’s Initiative Committee and for AIChE’s Gala ‘Inspiring and Empowering Women in Engineering’, AIChE, October 2018
American’s Competitiveness Exchange, “Diversity and Inclusion at UC Davis”, UC Davis, Davis, CA, October 2018
“Why is Diversity Important in the Research Enterprise”, for International Women’s Day, Wiley Network, March 2018
Keynote Address, College of Central Florida, “Careers in Engineering and Science”, Ocala, FL, March 2015
Keynote Lecture, Women’s Initiatives Committee Meeting, “Thriving at Every Career Stage”, AIChE National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2014
Keynote Commencement Address, Gulliver Preparatory Schools, Miami, FL, May 2014
