{"id":629,"date":"2021-03-24T18:26:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/curtis\/?page_id=629"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:55:36","slug":"invited-talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/curtis\/invited-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Invited Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"629\" class=\"elementor elementor-629\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-157ab60c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"157ab60c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Trailblazer Lectureship, Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester\u00a0Polytechnic Institute, April 2026 (to be given)<\/p><p>Plenary Lecture, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical Particles\u201d, 2024 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Anaheim, California, July 2024<\/p><p>Rockwell Lecture, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical Particles\u201d, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, April 2024<\/p><p>Shinnar Lecture, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical Particles\u201d, The City College of New York, Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York, February 2024<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, \u201cPredicting Breakage of Elongated Particles Using the Discrete Element Method\u201d, PARTEC 2023, International Congress on Particle Technology, Nuremberg, Germany, September 2023<\/p><p>Plenary Lecture, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical Particles\u201d, Simulation and Modeling of Particulate Systems Symposium, Monash University, Melbourne, August 2023 (Virtual)<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, \u201cPhysics-Based Modeling to Design and Improve the Performance of Process Units in the Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Industry\u201d IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Forum on Women, Sydney, Australia, July 2023<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, \u201cIrregular Soil Particle Shape Modeling\u201d, First International Workshop on Reacting Particle-Gas Systems, Bochum, Germany, June 2022<\/p><p>Covestro Lecture, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical Particles\u201d, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2022<\/p><p>Covestro Lecture, \u201cSowing the Seeds of Diversity in Engineering\u201d, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2022<\/p><p>Plenary Lecture, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical Particles\u201d, Third International Symposium on Computational Particle Technology, Suzhou, China, November 2021 (Virtual)<\/p><p>Peck Lecture, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical Particles\u201d, Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chicago, IL, October 2021<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical and Cohesive Particles in Hoppers\u201d, 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Milan, Italy, Virtual, August 2021 (Virtual)<\/p><p>ExxonMobil Lecture, \u201cFlow Behavior of Cohesive and Aspherical Grains\u201d, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, October 2020 (Virtual)<\/p><p>Particle Technology Forum Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture, \u201cFlow Behavior of Cohesive and Aspherical Particles in Hoppers and Shear Cells\u201d, 2019 Annual AIChE Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2019<\/p><p>Plenary Lecture, 7th UK-China International Particle Technology Forum, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations of Aspherical Particulate Flow Mixtures\u201d, Edinburgh, UK, July 2019<\/p><p>Plenary Lecture, Second International Symposium on Computational Particle Technology, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations of Particulate Flows\u201d, Melbourne, Australia, December 2018<\/p><p>Maddox Lecturer for Diversity and Inclusion, \u201cSowing the Seeds of Diversity in Engineering\u201d, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, November 2018<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary of the Women\u2019s Initiative Committee, \u201cModeling and Simulation of Complex Particle-Laden Flows\u201d, AIChE National Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2018<\/p><p>Westerberg Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University, \u201cTowards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2018<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0World Congress on Particle Technology, \u201cTowards Simulation-Based Design of Pharmaceutical Processes\u201d, Orlando, Florida, April 2018<\/p><p>Eminent Scholar Lecturer, University of South Florida, \u201cTowards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, Tampa, FL, January 2018<\/p><p>J.D. Lindsay Lecturer, Texas A&amp;M University, \u201cTowards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, College Station, TX, September 2016<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, International Fine Particle Research Institute, Annual Meeting, \u201cModeling the Transport of Wet, Flexible Fibers\u201d, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, June 2015<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0International Conference for Conveying and Handling of Particulate Solids, \u201cThe Role of Particle Shape in Transport Processes\u201d, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 2015<\/p><p>Thomas Baron Award Lecture, \u201cSimulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates\u201d, 2014 Annual AIChE Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2014<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, Particulate Processes in the Pharmaceutical Industry III, \u201cThe Effect of Particle Shape on Pharmaceutical and Granular Flow Processes\u201d, Brisbane, Australia, July 2011<\/p><p>Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award Lecture, \u201cSimulation of Particulate Flow Processes\u201d, 2008 ASEE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2008<\/p><p>Plenary Lecture, 16th Annual Conference, CFD Society of Canada, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Saskatoon, Canada, June 2008<\/p><p>Fluidization Lectureship Award Lecture, \u201cRecent Advances in Modeling of Fluidized Particulate Systems\u201d, 2007 Annual AIChE Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2007<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Multiphase Flow, \u201cEffect of Particle Shape on Flowability\u201d, Leipzig, Germany, July 2007<\/p><p>Hollingsworth Lectureship in Engineering, University of Texas, \u201cModeling Particle Segregation During Hopper Discharge\u201d, Austin, TX, April 2007<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, International Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries, \u201cLDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Particle-Laden Flows\u201d, Melbourne, Australia, December 2003<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, ASME Fluids Engineering Meeting, \u201cEffect of Solids Loading, Reynolds Number, and Particle Size Distribution on Velocity Fluctuations in Gas-Particle Flows\u201d, Honolulu, HI, July 2003<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0World Congress of Chemical Engineering, \u201cLatest Developments in CFD Modeling for Multiphase Flows\u201d, Melbourne, Australia, September 2001 (did not deliver lecture due to terrorist attacks on US)<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design, \u201cCFD Modeling of Particle-Laden Flows\u201d, Breckenridge, CO, July 1999<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, International Fine Particle Research Institute, Annual Meeting, \u201cDilute and Dense Phase Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Brighton, England, June 1998<\/p><p>Keynote Lecture, Computational Fluid Dynamics in Chemical Reaction Engineering Conference, \u201cComputational Methods for Dilute and Dense Suspension Flows\u201d, San Diego, CA, October 1996<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7bf09c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7bf09c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Invited Conference\/Workshop\/Symposia Presentations<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fefa762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fefa762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Session in Honor of the 2026 Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal National Award \u2013 Alissa Park, \u201cEffect of Surface Asperities on Particle-Phase Stress and Attrition in Granular Flows\u201d, ACS Spring Meeting, Atlanta, March 2026<\/p><p>Gordon Research Conference, Granular Matter, \u201cEffect of Surface Asperities on Particle Flow Behavior\u201d, Stonehill College, June 2024<\/p><p>Humboldt Colloquium, \u201cPredicting Particle Breakage using the Discrete Element Method\u201d, San Francisco, CA, March 2024<\/p><p>First Annual Meeting of the Center for Autonomous Processes in Particle Technology, \u201cDevelopments in Discrete Element Method Modeling for Particle-Laden Flows\u201d, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Virtual, December 2022<\/p><p>Session in Honor of John Carson, \u201cIrregular Soil Particle Shape Modeling\u201d, 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 2022<\/p><p>Session in Honor of the 2021 Recipient of the Warren K. Lewis Award \u2013 Nicholas Peppas, \u201cSowing the Seeds of Diversity in Engineering via Mentoring\u201d, 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 2022<\/p><p>Department of Energy, \u201cPhysics-Based Modeling to Design and Improve the Performance of Process Units in Advanced Energy Systems\u201d, Workshop on Simulation Based Engineering for Accelerating the Deployment of Decarbonization Technologies, Virtual, August 2021<\/p><p>Sigma Xi Monie A. Ferst Award Symposium in honor of Nicholas Peppas, \u201cSome Interesting Features of Granular Flow\u201d, Georgia Tech, November 2019<\/p><p>Blending and Segregation Forum, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations of Particulate Flows\u201d, Purdue University, August 2019<\/p><p>Compaction Simulation Forum, \u201cUsing DEM Simulations to aid in the Design of Pharmaceutical Processes\u201d, Genetech, San Francisco, CA, June 2018<\/p><p>Symposium in Honor of Dennis Prieve\u2019s Retirement, \u201cTowards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2017<\/p><p>Symposium in Honor of Professor LS Fan, \u201cDEM Simulations of Flexible and Rigid Fibers for Describing Bulk Flow Behavior\u201d, 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2017<\/p><p>Department Heads Forum, \u201cAdvice to Department Chairs from an Engineering Dean\u201d, 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2017<\/p><p>Symposium Honoring Professor Nicholas Peppas, \u201cPeppamer to Particulate Flow\u201d, 2016 Annual AIChE Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2016<\/p><p>Symposium Honoring Professor Robert Pfeffer, \u201cWet, Cohesive Non-Spherical Particle Packing\u201d, 2015 Annual AIChE Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2015<\/p><p>AIChE Frontiers in Particle Science and Technology Conference, \u201cShear Flows of Wet, Flexible Fibers Using the Discrete Element Method\u201d, Chicago, IL, May 2014<\/p><p>Workshop on Enabling Process Innovation through Computation \u201cToward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes\u201d, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, April 2014<\/p><p>Florida Energy Summit, \u201cEnergy:\u00a0 Myth and Reality \u2013 Biofuels\u201d, Orlando, FL, October 2013<\/p><p>SEC Engineering Deans Conference, \u201cDeveloping Future Engineering Faculty\u201d, Atlanta, GA, August 2013<\/p><p>SEC Engineering Deans Conference, \u201cGator Engineering Undergraduate Research Opportunities\u201d, Atlanta, GA, August 2012<\/p><p>DOE Multiphase Flow Science Workshop, \u201cEffect of Stokes Number on Turbulent Fluid-Solid Flows\u201d, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2011<\/p><p>Workshop on Lunar\/Martian Plume Effects, NASA-KSC, \u201cTwo-Fluid Modeling of a Subsonic Turbulent Jet Impinging on a Particle Bed\u201d, Kennedy Space Center, FL, January 2011<\/p><p>Workshop on Lunar\/Martian Plume Effects, NASA-KSC, \u201cCratering of Particle Beds by a Subsonic Turbulent Jet\u201d, Kennedy Space Center, FL, January 2011 (presentation by C. LaMarche)<\/p><p>Symposium Honoring Professor Stanley Sandler (On the Occasion of his 70th Birthday) \u201cUsing Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations of Particle-Laden Flows\u201d, 2010 Annual AIChE Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2010<\/p><p>Gordon Research Conference on Granular &amp; Granular-Fluid Flow, \u201cThe Effect of Particle Shape on Particle-Phase Stress\u201d, Waterville, Maine, USA, June 2010<\/p><p>Department of Energy Multiphase Flow Workshop, \u201cThe Effect of Particle Shape on Particle-Phase Stress\u201d, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2010<\/p><p>Symposium Honoring Professor Dimitri Gidaspow (On the Occasion of his 75<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Birthday), \u201cLDV Measurements of Liquid-Solid Flow in a Vertical Pipe\u201d, 2009 Annual AIChE Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 2009<\/p><p>5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Sino-US Joint Conference of Chemical Engineering, \u201cThe Effect of Particle Shape on Particle-Phase Stress\u201d, Beijing, China, October 2009<\/p><p>AIChE Centennial Session:\u00a0 Chemical Engineering Education:\u00a0 Past and Future, \u201cIntegration of CFD into the Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Curriculum\u201d, 2008 Annual AIChE Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008<\/p><p>Symposium Honoring Professor George Klinzing (On the Occasion of his 70<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Birthday), \u201cNew Perspectives on Fluid-Phase Turbulence Modulation by Particles\u201d, 2008 Annual AIChE Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008<\/p><p>Workshop on Lunar and Martian Plume Effects, NASA Kennedy Space Center \u201cModeling Cratering by a Subsonic Jet Impacting a Sand Bed\u201d, October 2008<\/p><p>Symposium Honoring the 60<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Birthday of Nicholas Peppas, \u201cModeling of Particulate Flows\u201d, University of Texas, Austin, TX, August 2008<\/p><p>NSF-ADVANCE Faculty Horizons Program, University of Maryland \u2013 Baltimore County \u201cSecuring Your First Faculty Position\u201d, Baltimore, MD, July 2008<\/p><p>International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute \u201cThe Flow Behavior of Cohesive Particles during Hopper Discharge\u201d, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2008 (presentation by A. Anand)<\/p><p>Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, NSF-ERC for Particle Science and Technology, \u201cParticulate Flow Modeling Tutorial\u201d, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, September 2007<\/p><p>IUTAM Symposium on Multiphase Flow, \u201cEffect of Particle Shape on Flowability\u201d, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2007<\/p><p>Department Heads Forum, 2006 Annual AIChE Meeting, \u201cCollective and Individual Mentoring of Junior Faculty\u201d, San Francisco, CA, November 2006<\/p><p>Symposium Honoring Professor Robert Pfeffer (On the Occasion of his 70<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Birthday), \u201cEffect of Solids Loading, Reynolds Number, and Particle Size Distribution on Velocity Fluctuations in Fluid-Particle Flows\u201d, San Francisco, CA, November 2006<\/p><p>Symposium Honoring Professor L.S. Fan (Recipient of the 2006 E.V. Murphee Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry), \u201cSegregation in Particulate Flows During Hopper Discharge\u201d, 2006 Annual American Chemical Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2006<\/p><p>ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, \u201cDEM Simulations of Particle Clustering at High Solids Concentrations\u201d, Houston, TX, June 2005<\/p><p>Summer School in Winter, NSF-ERC for Particle Science and Technology, \u201cModeling Particle-Laden Flows\u201d, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, January 2005<\/p><p>IUTAM Multiphase Flow Symposium, \u201cObservation and Simulation of Particle Clusters in Flowing Particulate Systems\u201d, Argonne National Laboratories, Argonne, IL, October 2004<\/p><p>Summer School in Winter, NSF-ERC for Particle Science and Technology \u201cModeling Particle-Laden Flows\u201d, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, January 2004<\/p><p>4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0ASME-JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, \u201cEffect of Solids Loading, Reynolds Number, and Particle Size Distribution on Velocity Fluctuations in Gas-Particle Flows\u201d, Honolulu, HI, July 2003<\/p><p>Cement Industry Technical Conference, Professors\u2019 Colloquium, \u201cCFD and DEM for Particle Flows\u201d, Dallas, TX, May 2003<\/p><p>International Fine Particle Research Institute Technical Conference, \u201cLDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Gas-Particle Flows\u201d, Chicago, IL, April 2003<\/p><p>Summer School in Winter, NSF-ERC for Particle Science and Technology, \u201cFluidization\u201d, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, January 2003<\/p><p>ASEE Summer School, \u201cCFD Usage in Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Education\u201d, Boulder, CO, July 2002<\/p><p>Council for Chemical Research Meeting, \u201cParticle Dynamics and Turbulence\u201d, Marco Island, Florida, June 2000<\/p><p>CACHE Reception, \u201cUsing CFD to Enhance Chemical Engineering Education\u201d, 1999 Annual AIChE Meeting, Dallas, TX, November 1999<\/p><p>Young Faculty Forum, \u201cKeys to Successful Interactions with Industry\u201d, 1999 Annual AIChE Meeting, Dallas, TX, November 1999<\/p><p>Symposium Honoring the Retirement of Professor Roy Jackson, \u201cModeling and Measurement of Dilute and Dense-Phase Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 1998<\/p><p>NSF Workshop on Flow of Particulates and Fluids, \u201cGas-Solid Flow Simulation\u201d, Santa Barbara, CA, February 1998<\/p><p>ASEE Summer School, \u201cCase Studies:\u00a0 CFD in Multiphase Flows Involving Particles\u201d, Snowbird, UT, August 1997<\/p><p>US-South Africa Conference on Particle Technology, \u201cFlow and Heat Transfer Behavior of Gas-Solid Mixtures\u201d, MINTEK, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 1997<\/p><p>Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, \u201cPneumatic Transport of Solids:\u00a0 Flow Behavior and Heat Transfer\u201d, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, January 1996<\/p><p>Young Faculty Forum, \u201cA View from Different Angles\u201d, 1995 Annual AIChE Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, November 1995<\/p><p>NSF Workshop on Particle Science and Technology, \u201cMultiphase Flow\u201d, Washington, DC, June 1993<\/p><p>International Fine Particle Research Institute, Annual Meeting, \u201cPredictive Capabilities of Fundamental Hydrodynamic Models for Gas-Solid Flow Based on the Kinetic Theory Analogy\u201d, Pasadena, CA, June 1993<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b2f93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57b2f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Invited Academic Lectures<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a618717 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a618717\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Missouri University of Science and Technology, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical Particles\u201d, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department, Rolla, MO, April 2024<\/p><p>Washington State University, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical Particles\u201d, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering &amp; Bioengineering, April 2024 (Virtual)<\/p><p>Biola University, \u201cToward Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, LaMirada, California, February 2024<\/p><p>Oklahoma State University, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical Particles\u201d, School of Chemical Engineering, Stillwater, OK, April 2023<\/p><p>University of Bremen, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical and Cohesive Particles\u201d, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Bremen, Germany, July 2022<\/p><p>Hamburg University of Technology, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical and Cohesive Particles\u201d, Institute of Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology, Hamburg, Germany, July 2022<\/p><p>University of Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, \u201cFlow Behavior of Aspherical and Cohesive Particles\u201d, Institute of Particle Technology, Erlangen, Germany, May 2022<\/p><p>University of Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, \u201cPredicting Particle Breakage Using the Discrete Element Method\u201d, Institute of Particle Technology, Erlangen, Germany, May 2022<\/p><p>University of Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, \u201cTowards Simulation Based Design of Particle Processes\u201d, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Erlangen, Germany, May 2022<\/p><p>University of California, Davis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Davis, CA, April 2021<\/p><p>Columbia University, \u201cFlow Behavior of Cohesive and Aspherical Grains\u201d, Department of Chemical Engineering, New York City, NY, October 2019<\/p><p>Arizona State University, \u201cTowards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, School of Engineering for Matter, Transport and Energy, Phoenix, AZ, January 2019<\/p><p>University of Colorado, \u201cTowards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Boulder, CO, November 2018<\/p><p>University of Arkansas, \u201cTowards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, Department of Chemical Engineering, Fayetteville, AR, November 2018<\/p><p>Zhejiang University, \u201cTowards Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, October 2018<\/p><p>Aix-Marseille University, \u201cToward Simulation Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, Marseille, France, June 2015<\/p><p>University of Central Florida, \u201cGranular Shear Flows of Elongated Particles\u201d, Physics Department, Orlando, FL, March 2013<\/p><p>Illinois Institute of Technology, \u201cGranular Shear Flows of Elongated Particles\u201d, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chicago, IL, March 2013<\/p><p>University of Florida, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Department of Chemical Engineering, Gainesville, FL, March 2012<\/p><p>Baylor University, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Waco, TX, January 2012<\/p><p>Purdue University, Centennial Celebration Seminar, \u201cParticle-Laden Flows: Applications, Modeling Approaches and Challenges\u201d, West Lafayette, IN, October 2011<\/p><p>University of New South Wales, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, \u201cSome Current Challenges in Simulating Particle Flow\u201d, Sydney, Australia, February 2011<\/p><p>Louisiana State University, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Department of Chemical Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, October 2010<\/p><p>New Jersey Institute of Technology, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Newark, NJ, October 2010<\/p><p>University of South Carolina, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia, SC, April 2010<\/p><p>Carnegie Mellon University, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2009<\/p><p>University of Michigan, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, January 2009<\/p><p>University of South Florida, \u201cDevelopment of Improved Lunar Soil Constitutive Models for Debris Simulation\u201d, Department of Physics, Tampa, FL, October 2008<\/p><p>Ohio University, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Athens, OH, September 2008<\/p><p>Tennessee Technological University, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Cookeville, TN, April 2008<\/p><p>Simon Bolivar University, \u201cCFD for Particle-Laden Flows\u201d, College of Engineering, Caracus, Venezuela, February 2008<\/p><p>Clarkson University, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Potsdam, NY, October 2007<\/p><p>University of Virginia, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Charlottesville, VA, October 2007<\/p><p>Mississippi State University, \u201cUsing DEM to Develop Constitutive Models for CFD Simulations for Particulate Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Starkville, MS, September 2007<\/p><p>University of Utah, Distinguished Lecture Series, \u201cModeling Granular Segregation During Hopper Discharge\u201d, Dept. of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2007<\/p><p>Auburn University, \u201cModeling Granular Segregation During Hopper Discharge\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Auburn, AL, March 2007<\/p><p>Columbia University, \u201cSimulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, New York, NY, November 2006<\/p><p>North Carolina State University, \u201cSimulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates\u201d, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Raleigh, NC, September 2006<\/p><p>University of Kentucky, \u201cSimulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates\u201d, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Lexington, KY, March 2006<\/p><p>Georgia Institute of Technology, \u201cSimulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates\u201d, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Atlanta, GA, October 2005<\/p><p>Princeton University, \u201cSimulating the Dense-Phase Transport of Particulates\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton, NJ, October 2005<\/p><p>University of Queensland, \u201cFluid-Particle Flows:\u00a0 Next Steps in CFD Model Development\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Brisbane, Australia, November 2004<\/p><p>University of New South Wales, \u201cFluid-Particle Flows:\u00a0 Next Steps in CFD Model Development\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, November 2004<\/p><p>University of Newcastle, \u201cFluid-Particle Flows:\u00a0 Next Steps in CFD Model Development\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Newcastle, Australia, November 2004<\/p><p>University of Sydney, \u201cFluid-Particle Flows: \u00a0Next Steps in CFD Model Development\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, November 2004<\/p><p>University of Melbourne, \u201cFluid-Particle Flows:\u00a0 Next Steps in CFD Model Development\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, October 2004<\/p><p>Monash University, \u201cFluid-Particle Flows:\u00a0 Next Steps in CFD Model Development\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, September 2004<\/p><p>Chalmers University of Technology, \u201cNext Steps in CFD Model Development for Fluid-Particle Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Goteborg, Sweden, May 2004<\/p><p>University of Florida, \u201cObservation and Simulation of Clusters in Flowing Particulate Systems\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Gainesville, FL, December 2003<\/p><p>Johns Hopkins University, \u201cObservation and Simulation of Clusters in Flowing Particulate Systems\u201d, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Baltimore, MD, November 2003<\/p><p>University of Pittsburgh, \u201cObservation and Simulation of Clusters in Flowing Particulate Systems\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2003<\/p><p>Lehigh University, \u201cParticle Size and Reynolds Number Effects in Gas Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Bethlehem, PA, November 2002<\/p><p>University of Houston, \u201cEffects of Solids Loading on Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Houston, TX, November 2001<\/p><p>University of California, Santa Barbara, \u201cEffects of Solids Loading on Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA, October 2001<\/p><p>Iowa State University, \u201cLDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Ames, IA, October 2001<\/p><p>University of Massachusetts, \u201cLDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Amherst, MA, May 2001<\/p><p>Delft University, \u201cLDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands, September 2000<\/p><p>University of Houston, \u201cLDV Measurements and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Houston, TX, August 2000<\/p><p>Purdue University, \u201cMeasurement and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, School of Mechanical Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, April 2000<\/p><p>University of Oklahoma, \u201cMeasurement and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Norman, OK, April 2000<\/p><p>University of South Florida, \u201cMeasurement and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Tampa, FL, February 2000<\/p><p>Purdue University, \u201cMeasurement and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, School of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, IN, January 2000<\/p><p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, \u201cMeasurement and Modeling of Particle Fluctuations in Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, MA, October 1999<\/p><p>Rutgers University, \u201cMeasurement and Modeling of Particle Fluctuations in Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Piscataway, NJ, September 1999<\/p><p>Purdue University, \u201cDilute and Dense-Phase Gas-Solid Flow\u201d, School of Agricultural and Biological Engineering\u201d, West Lafayette, IN, May 1999<\/p><p>Purdue University, \u201cDilute and Dense-Phase Gas-Solid Flow\u201d, School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, March 1999<\/p><p>University of Cincinnati, \u201cDilute and Dense-Phase Gas-Solid Flow\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Cincinnati, OH, October 1998<\/p><p>University of Washington, \u201cDilute and Dense-Phase Gas-Solid Flow\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Seattle, WA, January 1998<\/p><p>Purdue University, \u201cModeling the Vertical Transport of Dense Gas-Solid Suspensions\u201d, School of Chemical Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, April 1997<\/p><p>Case Western Reserve University, \u201cModeling the Vertical Transport of Dense Gas-Solid Suspensions\u201d, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland, OH, April 1997<\/p><p>Howard University, \u201cModeling the Vertical Transport of Dense Gas-Solid Suspensions\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Washington, DC, February 1997<\/p><p>University of Arizona, \u201cModeling the Vertical Transport of Dense Gas-Solid Suspensions\u201d, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tucson, AZ, February 1997<\/p><p>University of Delaware, \u201cDilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Newark, DE, December 1996<\/p><p>University of Arizona, \u201cDilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow\u201d, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Tucson, AZ, September 1996<\/p><p>University of Colorado, \u201cDilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Boulder, CO, September 1996<\/p><p>Michigan State University, \u201cDilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, East Lansing, MI, February 1996<\/p><p>Arizona State University, \u201cPneumatic Transport of Solids:\u00a0 Flow Behavior and Heat Transfer\u201d, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tempe, AZ, September 1995<\/p><p>University of Arizona, \u201cDilute Turbulent Gas-Solid Flows in Risers with Particle-Particle Interactions\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Tucson, AZ, March 1994<\/p><p>Carnegie Mellon University, \u201cThe Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior of Gas-Solid Suspensions\u201d, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Pittsburgh PA, February 1994<\/p><p>University of Notre Dame, \u201cPredictive Capabilities of Fundamental Hydrodynamic Models for Gas-Solid Flow Based on the Kinetic Theory Analogy\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, South Bend, IN, October 1993<\/p><p>Illinois Institute of Technology, \u201cPredictive Capabilities of Fundamental Hydrodynamic Models for Gas-Solid Flow Based on the Kinetic Theory Analogy\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Chicago, IL, October 1993<\/p><p>University of Illinois, \u201cPredicting the Turbulent Flow Behavior of Gas\/Solid Mixtures\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Urbana-Champaign, IL, April 1993<\/p><p>Purdue University, \u201cPredicting the Turbulent Flow Behavior of Gas\/Solid Mixtures\u201d, School of Chemical Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, October 1992<\/p><p>University of West Virginia, \u201cPredicting the Turbulent Flow Behavior of Gas\/Solid Mixtures\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Morgantown, WV, October 1992<\/p><p>The Ohio State University, \u201cPredicting the Turbulent Flow Behavior of Gas\/Solid Mixtures\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Columbus, OH, May 1992<\/p><p>University of Pittsburgh, \u201cInfluence of Gas-Phase Turbulence on the Pneumatic Transport of Particles\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, December 1991<\/p><p>University of Arkansas, \u201cGas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Fayetteville, AR, September 1990<\/p><p>Lehigh University, \u201cGas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions\u201d, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Bethlehem, PA, April 1989<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16097b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a16097b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Invited Industrial and Government Laboratory Lectures<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb4868b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb4868b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dow Chemical Company, \u201cDevelopments in Discrete Element Method Modeling for Particle-Laden Flows\u201d, Virtual, December 2022<\/p><p>Merck &amp; Co., \u201cSimulating Particle Flow and Mixing using DEM\u201d, June 2020<\/p><p>Genetech, \u201cTowards Simulation-Based Design of Pharmaceutical Processes\u201d, San Francisco, CA, April 2019<\/p><p>Vertex Pharmaceuticals, \u201cUsing DEM Simulations to Aid in the Design of Pharmaceutical Processes\u201d, Boston, MA, July 2018<\/p><p>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, \u201cToward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes\u201d, Livermore, CA, May 2018<\/p><p>UOP, Invitational Lecture Series, \u201cToward Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, Des Plaines, IL, April 2015<\/p><p>Bristol Myers Squibb, \u201cToward Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes\u201d, New Brunswick, NJ, September 2014<\/p><p>John Deere, \u201cToward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes\u201d, Moline, IL, April 2014<\/p><p>ExxonMobil, \u201cToward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes\u201d, Annandale, NJ, September 2013<\/p><p>NREL, \u201cGranular Shear Flows of Flexible Fibers\u201d, Golden, CO, August 2013<\/p><p>ExxonMobil, \u201cToward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes\u201d, Fairfax, VA, July 2013<\/p><p>Pfizer, \u201cToward Simulation-Based Design of Powder Handling Processes\u201d, Groton, CT, June 2013<\/p><p>DOE-NETL, \u201cGranular Shear Flows of Rod-Like Particles Using DEM\u201d, Morgantown, WV, May 2012<\/p><p>DOE Multiphase Flow Workshop, \u201cThe Effect of Particle Shape on Particle-Phase Stress\u201d, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2010<\/p><p>NASA-Kennedy Space Center, \u201cModeling Cratering by a Subsonic Jet Impacting a Sand Bed\u201d, Cocoa Beach, FL, October 2008<\/p><p>Argonne National Laboratories, \u201cComputational Modeling of Pharmaceutical Processes\u201d, Argonne, IL, May 2008<\/p><p>Pfizer, \u201cModeling of Particulate Flows\u201d, Groton, CT, July 2007<\/p><p>Pfizer, \u201cParticle Segregation during Hopper Discharge\u201d, Groton, CT, January 2005<\/p><p>CSIRO \u2013 Clayton, \u201cSome Next Steps in CFD Model Development for Fluid-Particle Flows\u201d, Melbourne, Australia, December 2004<\/p><p>CSIRO \u2013 Highett, \u201cSome Next Steps in CFD Model Development for Fluid-Particle Flows\u201d, Melbourne, Australia, November 2004<\/p><p>Nektar Therapeutics, \u201cNext Steps in CFD Model Development for Fluid-Particle Flows\u201d, San Carlos, CA, November 2003<\/p><p>NASA, \u201cEffect of Particle Size and Shape on Particle Pickup Velocity\u201d, Cleveland, OH, May 2003<\/p><p>Air Products and Chemicals, \u201cCFD for Multiphase Flow\u201d, Allentown, PA, November 2002<\/p><p>Amgen, \u201cEffect of Solids Loading on Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Thousand Oaks, CA, October 2001<\/p><p>General Electric, \u201cMeasurement and CFD Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Schenectady, NY, September 2000<\/p><p>Union Carbide, \u201cModeling and Measurement of Gas-Solids Flows\u201d, South Charleston, WV, December 1999<\/p><p>Procter &amp; Gamble, \u201cCFD for Multiphase Flow\u201d, Cincinnati, OH, September 1999<\/p><p>DuPont Company, \u201cMeasurement and Modeling of Particle Fluctuations in Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Wilmington, DE, September 1999<\/p><p>Reaction Engineering International, \u201cCFD for Multiphase Flow\u201d, Salt Lake City, UT, May 1999<\/p><p>DOE-Office of Industrial Technologies, \u201cCFD for Multiphase Flow\u201d, Washington, DC, February 1999<\/p><p>Millenium Inorganic Chemicals, \u201cModeling Gas-Solid Flows with Particle-Particle Interactions\u201d, Baltimore, MD, October 1998<\/p><p>Cray Research, \u201cCFD for Multiphase Flow\u201d, Minneapolis, MN, July 1998<\/p><p>Tioxide Ltd, \u201cCFD for Multiphase Flow\u201d, Teeside, UK, June 1998<\/p><p>Inhale Therapeutic Systems, \u201cModeling the Flow Behavior of Gas-Particle Suspension\u201d, Palo Alto, CA, October 1997<\/p><p>DuPont Company, \u201cLatest Developments in the Modeling of Gas-Solid Flows\u201d, Wilmington, DE, October 1997<\/p><p>Sandia National Laboratories, \u201cFlow Behavior of Gas-Solid Suspensions\u201d, Albuquerque, NM, June 1997<\/p><p>SASOL, \u201cFlow and Heat Transfer Behavior of Gas-Solid Suspensions\u201d, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 1997<\/p><p>Stanford Research Institute, \u201cModeling the Vertical Transport of Dense Gas-Solid Suspensions\u201d, Palo Alto, CA, May 1997<\/p><p>DuPont Company, \u201cDilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow\u201d, Wilmington, DE, December 1996<\/p><p>Merck and Company, \u201cDilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow\u201d, West Point, PA, December 1996<\/p><p>Dow Chemical Company, \u201cDilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow\u201d, Freeport, TX, October 1996<\/p><p>3M, \u201cDilute and Dense Gas-Solid Suspension Flow\u201d, Minneapolis, MN, January 1996<\/p><p>DuPont Company, \u201cPneumatic Transport of Solids:\u00a0 Flow Behavior and Heat Transfer\u201d, Wilmington, DE, May 1994<\/p><p>Dow Chemical Company, \u201cThe Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior of Gas-Solid Suspensions\u201d, Midland, MI, January 1994<\/p><p>Merck and Company, \u201cPredictive Capabilities of Fundamental Hydrodynamic Models for Gas-Solid Flow Based on the Kinetic Theory Analogy\u201d, Rahway, NJ, November 1993<\/p><p>Amoco Research Center, \u201cPredictive Capabilities of Fundamental Hydrodynamic Models for Gas-Solid Flow Based on the Kinetic Theory Analogy\u201d, Naperville, IL, August 1993<\/p><p>Amoco Research Center, \u201cPredicting the Turbulent Flow Behavior of Gas\/Solid Mixtures\u201d, Naperville, IL, December 1992<\/p><p>Computational Fluid Dynamics Services, Inc., \u201cPredicting the Flow Behavior of Gas\/Solid Mixtures\u201d, Pittsburgh, PA, June 1992<\/p><p>Alcoa Technical Center, \u201cPredicting the Flow Behavior of Gas\/Solid Mixtures\u201d, Alcoa Center, PA, June 1992<\/p><p>PPG Chemicals Division, \u201cPredicting the Flow Behavior of Gas\/Solid Mixtures\u201d, Monroeville, PA, April 1992<\/p><p>Dow Chemical Company, \u201cPredicting the Flow Behavior of Gas\/Solid Mixtures\u201d, Midland, MI, February 1992<\/p><p>Alcoa Technical Center, \u201cA Review of Turbulence Models\u201d, Alcoa Center, PA, January 1992<\/p><p>Morgantown Energy Technology Center, \u201cInfluence of Gas-Phase Turbulence on the Pneumatic Transport of Particles\u201d, Morgantown, WV, January 1992<\/p><p>Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, \u201cInfluence of Gas-Phase Turbulence on the Pneumatic Transport of Particles\u201d, Pittsburgh, PA, October 1991<\/p><p>Amoco Research Center, \u201cPredicting the Flow Behavior of Gas\/Solid Mixtures\u201d, Naperville, IL, July 1991<\/p><p>Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, \u201cGas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions\u201d, Pittsburgh, PA, July 1990<\/p><p>Morgantown Energy Technology Center, \u201cGas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions\u201d, Morgantown, WV, June 1990<\/p><p>Westinghouse Electric Corp., \u201cGas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions\u201d, Pittsburgh, PA, April 1990<\/p><p>Mobil Research and Development Corporation, \u201cGas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Pipe with Particle-Particle Interactions\u201d, Paulsboro, NJ, December 1989<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd635fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd635fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Invited Interviews, Webinars, Lectures and Panels<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7176d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e7176d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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