travel – Brace Lab

SBFC 2024

The Brace Lab was well-represented at the 46th Symposium on Biomaterials, Fuels and Chemicals (SBFC) hosted by the Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIMB) in Alexandria, VA. Boston College Engineering students Isabella Doyle, Bennett Lewis, Gillian Mohr (freshmen), Will Rice, and Claire Richter (sophomores) were all able to go thanks to partial support from the EngineeringContinue reading “SBFC 2024”

Highlights from the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting – Orlando

Thanks to a successful travel grant application to the Purdue Graduate Student Government I was able to attend the 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, in November. Considering how cold it was in Indiana before I left, it was especially nice to head south and enjoy some beautiful FloridaContinue reading “Highlights from the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting – Orlando”

AIChE Bioenergy Sustainability in Nashville

I had the opportunity to visit Nashville for the AIChE Bioenergy Sustainability conference in Nashville in October. It was my first time in music city and a great quick trip and I’m glad AIChE gave me the opportunity to join in the events! One of the nice things about small topical conferences is that youContinue reading “AIChE Bioenergy Sustainability in Nashville”

Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels & Chemicals 2018

This past week, students and faculty from the research laboratory I work in were able to give presentations at the annual Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels & Chemicals (SBFC) hosted by the Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIMB). SBFC is always a great meeting to hear about advances not only in biofuels but in bioproducts developmentContinue reading “Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels & Chemicals 2018”

Building Future Faculty Program at NC State

This past week I was fortunate enough to participate in the Building Future Faculty program at North Carolina State University. I applied for the program in the fall and am grateful to have been one of 34 post-docs and PhD students selected from what I understand was a highly competitive pool. According to the programContinue reading “Building Future Faculty Program at NC State”