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UW ChE Student Presentations

The following students will give presentations at the May 2007 meeting of PSAIChE:

(The students are all currently seniors in Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington)

Will Gibbons 

Mechanical Testing of Fiber Reinforced Composites

(The students are all currently seniors in Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington)Composite materials are lightweight, strong, and relatively inexpensive to manufacture in comparison to conventional materials which makes them ideal candidates for applications where weight savings and strength are of the utmost importance. Composites consist of two components, the filler and the matrix. A greater understanding of the interactions occurring between these two components and themselves will stimulate the development of superior composites. The characteristics of the interface between E-glass fibers and a poly (Vinyl-Butural) (PVB) matrix were studied, and proposals were made to alter this interface with in order to obtain desirable material properties.

Bryan McCulloch

Defects Caused by of Electrostatic Interactions between

Silicon Wafers and Metal Oxide Slurries

Chemical mechanical planarization is used in the semiconductor industry to polish silicon wafers using a slurry of metal oxide particles.  When a particle and the wafer have opposite surface charges, an electrostatic force causes attraction which may lead to defects when the attraction is great enough to permanently fix particles to the surface.

Aaron Saks

Nano-Particle Toughening of Epoxy Composites using

Polyethyleneimine Dendrimer Shell Materials

A novel technique has been developed for toughening epoxy polymers used in composite materials.  This technique uses specifically engineered core-shell nano-particles to both increase the ultimate strength and the stiffness of the polymer. This paper investigates the effects of the polyethyleneimine dendrimer shell material on the physical properties of the epoxy polymer.

Schedule

Meeting Location  

Ivar's Salmon House (Lake Union)

(please do not contact the restaurant for reservations or cancellations)

Take 1-5 to N.E. 45th Exit (#169). Go east, toward the University of Washington,

and turn right at Brooklyn Avenue. Follow Brooklyn to Pacific Street and turn

right. At stop sign, turn left. The Salmon House is one block further, on the

left, at 401 N.E. Northlake Way.

Menu

Buffet

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Mixed Greens

Clam Chowder

Vegetable Lasagna

Chicken Parmesan

Grilled Sockeye Salmon

Four Cheese Ravioli

Vegetables

Roasted Red Potatoes

Fruit

Cookies

Brownies

Meeting Reservation Form

Cost

NOTES

1. Please make reservations or cancellations by the Friday before the meeting.

2. Please pay by check payable to Puget Sound Section AIChE, or bring exact change.

3. For reservations:  

4. You can cancel by calling by noon of the Friday before the meeting. Dinner reservations "no-shows" will be billed!!