Summer 2021 Program
| Date | Time | Event Description/Location |
|---|---|---|
| June 1 | 9:00am |
Lab Safety Training |
| June 1 | 1:00pm | Orientation |
| June 11 | 5:00pm | Title and Abstract due |
| July 7 | 12:00pm | Speaker: Rose Mutiso, PhD |
| July 13 | 10:00am | Speaker: Sossina M. Haile, PhD |
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July 15 |
11:30am |
Speaking and Posters: Presenting Your Work and Yourself. Public Speaking Workshop, Matthew Ruben, PhD |
| July 21 | 10:00am | Speaker: Vennesa O. Jansma, PhD |
| August 6 | Program End Date | |
| August 20 | 5:00pm |
Student Posters due Summer Research Summary (four PowerPoint slides) for 今日吃瓜 and Beyond Booklet due |
| September 17 | 10:00am-2:00pm | Summer Science Research Poster Session |
2021 Speakers Series
Rose Mutiso, PhD
*from the Energy for Growth Website:
"Rose M. Mutiso is the Research Director for the Energy for Growth Hub and co-founder and CEO of the Mawazo Institute, which supports the next generation of female scholars and thought leaders in East Africa. Previously, Rose was a Senior Fellow in the Office of International Climate and Clean Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), where she led DOE鈥檚 engagement on technology and policy dimensions of energy access in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Prior to this, she served as an Energy and Innovation Policy Fellow in the office of U.S. Senator Christopher A. Coons, where she authored several pieces of legislation that were signed into law by President Barack Obama. She earned her BA and BE in Engineering Sciences with a concentration in Materials Science from Dartmouth College, and her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Rose is a co-host of the Hub鈥檚 podcast series with Policy Director Katie Auth."
Sossina M. Haile, PhD
*from the Haile group at Northwestern University website
"Sossina Haile received her B.S and Ph.D (1992) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and M.S. from the University of California, Berkeley. She carried out postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institut f眉r Festk枚rperforschung [Institute for Solid State Research], Stuttgart, Germany (1992-1993) as a Humboldt Fellow. Haile joined Northwestern University in 2015, after having served 18 years on the faculty at the California Institute of Technology.
Sossina Haile's research broadly encompasses solid state ionic materials and devices, with particular focus on energy technologies. She has established a new class of fuel cells based on solid acid electrolytes and demonstrated record power densities for solid oxide fuel cells. Her more recent work on water and carbon dioxide dissociation for solar-fuel generation by thermochemical processes has created new avenues for harnessing sunlight to meet energy demands.
She is the recipient of several awards, including in 2008 an American Competitiveness and Innovation (ACI) Fellowship from the National Science Foundation in recognition of 鈥渉er timely and transformative research in the energy field and her dedication to inclusive mentoring, education and outreach across many levels,鈥 the 2010 Chemical Pioneers Award of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, and the 2012 International Ceramics Prize for the World Academy of Ceramics. In 2016 she was inducted into the African Academy of Sciences."
Vennesa O. Jansma, PhD
*from Dr. Jansma's biography
"Vennesa Jansma, Research Scientist, currently works in the Dow Performance Silicones Engineered Materials Product Development group and specifically functions as the Moldable Optics Technology Platform Leader. In this role, Vennesa leads activities to shape the product development roadmap and IP strategy for the moldable optics technology platform. In addition, Vennesa also has responsibilities as the project leader for the development and commercialization of several products within the portfolio.
Vennesa joined Dow in 2013 as a Senior Chemist where she was an individual contributor for new technologies based on industrial acrylic and alkyd paint formulations that incorporated newly developed Dow additives (surfactants, dispersants, rheology modifiers) for Direct-to-Metal applications. This work initiated and supported the Dow Coating Materials Industrial Waterborne Additives Program where collaboration on cross-functional teams globally was critical for improved solutions to customers.
Vennesa later joined the Resins Coatings and Adhesives Product Development team in 2017, after the Dow Corning merger, where she led efforts to scope and shape ideas in the commercialization project that launched DOWSIL鈩 CC-2588, a low BTEX conformal coating. Vennesa has also led projects to develop photo-patternable silicones for image sensing applications and on developing Si-printable inks for dye blocking systems. Additionally, she co-led the strategy development effort for the Dow Consumer Solutions R&D Inclusion Team and champions this strategy to align to the corporate vision. She was the Dow Performance Silicones North America R&D recruiting focal point and served as the 2019 chairwoman for the Building Engineering & Science Talent (BEST) Symposium and under her leadership in both efforts, 24 new hires accepted positions across Dow North America R&D.
Vennesa received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from St. John鈥檚 University, New York and her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Northwestern University. "