Join CEMS at the 2026 AIChE Annual Meeting

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (10/26/2026) – Many CEMS researchers will be presenting at the 2026 AIChE Annual Meeting, hosted at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With the conference coming to Minneapolis this year, CEMS will be well represented among the presenters. Explore a selection of CEMS presentations below, including session details. For the complete schedule, visit the AIChE Annual Meeting website.

November 8th, 2026

Lung Inflammation-Induced Solubilization of Model Lung Surfactant into Lysolipid Micelles
Presenting Author: Oi Lam Ko
Authors: Oi Lam Ko, Adhiraiyan Kartheesan, Joseph Zasadzinski
Time: 3:48 PM | Location: 208D | Session: 344b

Entropic Segregation of Bottlebrush Ring Polymers
Presenting Author: Gopal Parthasarathy
Authors: Gopal Parthasarathy, Kevin Dorfman and Xiang Cheng
Time: 4:50 PM | Location: 207AB | Session: 16f

A Systematic Comparison of Hybrid Model Structures for Predicting Cell Metabolism In Industrial Cell Culture Processes
Presenting Author: Anushka Garg Mandal
Authors: Anushka Garg Mandal, Prahalad Srinivasan, Samira Azarin, Wei-Shou Hu, Qi Zhang
Time: 5:30 PM | Location: L100I | Session: 43g

November 9th, 2026

Network Phases In Bottlebrush Diblock Copolymers
Presenting Author: Kevin Dorfman
Authors: Kevin Dorfman and Luyang Li
Time: 8:00 AM | Location: 103A | Session: 92a

Polyelectrolyte Surfactant Aggregates for Stabilizing and Transporting Hydrophobic Species to and across Fluid/Fluid Interfaces
Presenting Author: Lynn M Walker
Authors: Michal Roguski, Michael Davidson, Lynn M Walker
Time: 9:24 AM | Location: 208C | Session: 71f

Advancing Translationally Relevant Nanocarriers for Sonodynamic Therapy In Ovarian Cancer Reveals Core-Dependent Chlorin e6 Delivery
Presenting Author: Aditi Karmaker
Authors: Aditi Karmaker, Senjuti Karmaker, Natalie Boenhke, Samira Azarin
Time: 9:45 AM | Location: 103B | Session: 87g

Electronic Structure Perspective on Cation and Anion Redox In Li2FeS2
Presenting Author: Yi-Ting Cheng
Authors: Yi-Ting Cheng, Eshaan Patheria, Colin Morrell, Nathan Szymanski, Kimberly See and Chris Bartel
Time: 9:45 AM | Location: 103D | Session: 88g

Quantized Fusion of Block Copolymer Micelles: The Role of Solvent
Presenting Author: Ali Sattari
Authors: Ali Sattari, Timothy P. Lodge
Time: 1:15 PM | Location: 103A | Session: 154b

Mechanistic Origins of the Concentration-Driven Slowdown of Chain Exchange In Block Copolymer Micelle Solutions
Presenting Author: Yejin Kwon
Authors: Yejin Kwon, Taehyoung Kim, Evan Danielson, Joanna White, Frank S. Bates, Michelle Calabrese, Timothy Lodge
Time: 1:30 PM | Location: 103A | Session: 154d

Mechanistic Origin of Compressed Exponential Time Dependence In Block Copolymer Micelle Fragmentation
Presenting Author: Yash Nandola
Authors: Yash Nandola, Supriya Gupta, Andrew Spakowitz, Kevin Dorfman and Timothy Lodge
Time: 1:45 PM | Location: 103A | Session: 154e

Phase Behavior of Ternary Water/Silicone Oil/Silanol Systems and the Impact of Silanol Structure
Presenting Author: Dechen Rota
Authors: Dechen Rota, David Adrian, Jennifer Larimer, Frank S. Bates, and Lynn Walker
Time: 2:15 PM | Location: 208D | Session: 138h

Imaging-Based Molecular Sensing for Bio-Process Monitoring Using Pixelated Metasurfaces
Presenting Author: Sri Aashrita Boddu
Authors: Sri Aashrita Boddu, Samira Azarin, Vivian Ferry
Time: 3:30 PM | Location: Exhibit Hall B | Session: 194e

November 10th, 2026

Phosphate Recovery from Wastewater Via Electrochemically Regenerated Hybrid Anion Exchange Resins
Presenting Author: Hannah Holmes
Authors: Hannah Holmes, Ashley Martinez, Peter Cruz-Grace, Edward Apraku, Johanna Nelson Weker, Sharon Bone, Eleanor Spielman-Sun, Neha Sharma, and William Tarpeh
Time: 8:30 AM | Location: 205D | Session: 304c

Block Polymer Compatibilizer Design for Mechanical Recycling of Mixed Plastic Waste
Presenting Author: Christopher Ellison
Author: Christopher Ellison
Time: 8:30 AM | Location: 103A | Session: 291b

Back-Gate Assisted Modulation of Outer-Sphere Reaction Kinetics on Ultrathin ZnO Semiconductor Electrodes
Presenting Author: Shreya Singh
Authors: Shreya Singh, Yuxin Wang, C. Daniel Frisbie
Time: 8:36 AM | Location: 101H | Session: 261c

Struc-NS Reveals Interaction-Weighted Network Topology As the Driving Predictor of Absolute Stability of Natural and De Novo Proteins
Presenting Author: Archita Mullick
Authors: Prodromos Daoutidis, Ben Hackel
Time: 9:12 AM | Location: L100D | Session: 285d

Decoupling Activity and Stability In (110)-Oriented Ru(x)Ir(1-x)O2 Thin Films for Acidic Water Electrolysis
Presenting Author: Mohammad Asaf Zaki
Authors: Molly Vitale-Sullivan, Seung Gyo Jeong, Juhi Parikh, Sreejith Nair, Bharat Jalan and Kelsey Stoerzinger 
Time: 9:12 AM | Location: 101H | Session: 261e

Effect of Surfactant Protein B Analog on Lung Surfactant Adsorption
Presenting Author: Xinyu Qi
Authors: Xinyu Qi, Ziwen He, Alan Waring, Joseph Zasadzinski
Time: 12:30 PM | Location: 208A | Session: 17a

Oxygen and Chlorine Evolution Reactions Under Oscillating Electrochemical Potential
Presenting Author: Molly Vitale-Sullivan
Authors: Molly Vitale-Sullivan, Kaden Wheeler, Kelsey Stoerzinger
Time: 12:48 PM | Location: 101H | Session: 327b

Back-Gated Electrodes for Controlling Electron Transfer and Reaction Chemistry
Presenting Author: Shreya Singh
Authors: Shreya Singh, C. Daniel Frisbie
Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Exhibit Hall B | Session: 394s

Quantifying Structure-Property Relationships In Interfacial Films Using Controlled-Pressure Microtensiometry and Confocal Imaging
Presenting Author: Ziwen He
Authors: Ziwen He, Steven Iasella, Zachary McAllister, Xinyu Qi, Joseph Zasadzinski
Time: 1:00 PM | Exhibit Hall B | Session: 393d

Effect of Environmental Stress on the Mechanical Flexibility of the E. coli Nucleoid
Presenting Author: Miah Abdullah Sahriar
Authors: Miah Abdullah Sahriar, Xiang Cheng and Kevin Dorfman
Time: 2:15 PM | Location: 103E | Session: 568g

Examining the Role of Alloying and Cation Effects on Electrochemical Co-Reduction of NO3- and CO2 Towards C-N Coupling
Presenting Author: Kaavya Nimmakayala
Authors: Kaavya Nimmakayala, Michael Galvin, Kelsey Stoerzinger
Time: 2:18 PM | Location: 102A | Session: 332

Investigating Permeation Properties of Amorphous ZeoliticImidazolate Frameworks through Molecular Simulations 
Presenting Author: Pragya Parihar 
Authors: Pragya Parihar, Prince Kumar Verma, J. Ilja Siepmann, Michael Tsapatsis
Time: 2:25 PM | Location: 103C  | Session: 361h

Interfacial rheology of insoluble surfactant monolayer on curved interfaces
Presenting Author: Ziwen He
Authors: Ziwen He, Steven Iasella, Meenal Rathi, Boxun Huang, Joseph Zasadzinski
Time: 2:47 PM | Location: 208D | Session: 342k 

Rheology: Measurements, Modeling and Microstructure...Polymers and Beyond
Presenting Author: Chris Macosko
Authors: Randy Ewoldt, Gareth McKinley
Time: 3:30 PM | Location: 103F | Session: 442a

Influence of Adsorbed N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs) on the Electronic Properties and the Reactivity of Au(111)
Presenting Author: Uyen Nguyen
Authors: Uyen T. Nguyen, Mohan A. Sabbineni, Rajkumar Jana, Emmett DesRoche, Cathleen M. Crudden, Kelsey A. Stoerzinger and Matthew Neurock
Time: 3:48 PM | Location: 101G | Session: 416b

Evaporation of Thin Droplets of Colloidal Suspensions In Shallow Cavities
Presenting Author: Satish Kumar
Authors: Li-Hsuan Chang, Satish Kumar
Time: 5:22 PM | Location: 208C | Session: 424h

November 11th, 2026

The Role of Additives in Improving Foam Stability in Catanionic Surfactant-Based PFAS-Free Firefighting Foam Formulations
Presenting Author: Annelise Curtin
Authors: Annelise Curtin, Ally Deyle, Cari Dutcher
Time: 9:30 AM | Location: 208B | Session: 494g

Establishing the Quality of AI Models for the Discovery and Synthesis of Solid-State Materials
Presenting Author: Chris Bartel
Authors: Chris Bartel
Time: 12:30 PM | Location: 103C | Session: 566a

Engineering Isoform-Specific Miniprotein Binders to the Fetal Form of the Insulin Receptor
Presenting Author: Melissa Walsh
Authors: Paul Blanchard, Xihong Zhang, Nathaniel Cheung, Jack Girton, Douglas Yee, Benjamin Hackel
Time: 12:50 PM | Location: 211D | Session: 591b

Optical Modeling for Tunable Chiral Metamaterials
Presenting Author: Vivian Ferry
Authors: Vivian Ferry
Time: 1:00 PM | Location: 103D | Session: 570b

Non-Invasive, Material Agnostic, Inverse Design Tool for Top-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
Presenting Author: Barath Tirumuruhan
Authors: Barath Tirumuruhan, Abhinav Kapur, Kyle W. Hershey, Russell Holmes, and Vivian Ferry
Time: 1:25 PM | Location: 103D| Session: 570c

Influence of Disorder In Orientation and Size on Chiral Nanoparticle Array Optical Properties
Presenting Author: Clarice Froehlich
Authors: Clarice Froehlich, Christy Haynes, Vivian Ferry
Time: 1:40 PM | Location: 103D| Session: 570d

Understanding Chalcogenide Perovskite Phase Transformations
Presenting Author: Adelina Carr
Authors: Adelina Carr, Nathan Stull, Talia Glinberg, Lauren Borgia, James Neilson, Chris Bartel
Time: 2:15 PM | Location: 103D | Session: 570f

Depletion Forces from Weakly Attractive Crowders
Presenting Author: Gopal Parthasarathy
Authors: Gopal Parthasarathy, Kevin Dorfman and Xiang Cheng
Time: 4:25 PM | Location: 208C | Session: 611d

Techno-economic analysis of biomass-based low temperature pyrolysis for carbon dioxide removal
Presenting Author: Aratrika Ghose
Authors: Aratrika Ghose, Matthew S. Mettler, Xiaozhou (John) Zhang, Timothy A. Barckholtz, Prodromos Daoutidis, Paul J. Dauenhauer
Time: 4:42 PM | Location: M100D | Session: 605e

Integrated Online Bilevel Optimization and Learning with Unknown Follower’s Objective
Presenting Author: Vishnu Kumar Sahu
Authors: Vishnu Kumar Sahu, Qi Zhang
Time: 5:36 PM | Location: M100C | Session: 651g

November 12th, 2026

Immobilization of Ribosome Display Complexes for Protein-Protein Interaction Characterization and Discovery
Presenting Author: Kaylie Richard
Authors: Kaylie Richard,  Fumiaki Katagiri, Casim A. Sarkar
Time: 3:12 PM | Location: 205D | Session: 713d