Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m
Virtual Check-In
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Morning Session
Welcome to the morning session of the GRS!
Highlights:
- Opening remarks by the Ohio State CBE Department chair, Prof. Umit S. Ozkan: 8:45 - 9 AM
- Keynote address by Dr. Jian Zou; 9 - 9:45 AM
- Oral Presentations: 9:45 AM onwards
The morning session will be conducted via a single Zoom webinar link, given below. The link will be active from 8:00 AM- 12:30 PM
Afternoon Session
Welcome to the second half of GRS 2020!
Highlights:
- Poster Session: 1:15 - 2:30 PM
- Networking Hour: 2:30 - 3:45 PM
- Awards Ceremony and Closing remarks by Dr. Nicholas Brunelli: 3:45 PM
Poster Session
Poster presenters will be available to answer questions LIVE via the zoom link below. Please refer to the Event Guide if you need help with breakout rooms
Zoom Meeting ID: 999 1389 0356
Password: 070043
Biomedical and Biotechnology
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Energy, Fuels & Sustainability
Polymers and Membrane Technology
Nanomaterials & Aerosol Technology
Networking Hour and Closing Ceremony
Attendees can connect with faculty members, alumni, industrial recruiters and graduate students real-time as in past GRS events! For help navigating Zoom, refer to the Event Guide.
Meeting ID: 939 2172 2342
Password: 327428
We come to the end of the event with a brief award ceremony for the winners of the Oral & Poster sessions along with a few closing remarks by our Graduate Studies Chair Dr. Nicholas Brunelli
Meeting ID: 939 2172 2342
Password: 327428
Quick Links
2020 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jian Zou

Dr. Jian Zou
Sr. Manufacturing Engineering Staff Manager, Baker Hughes Company
Dr. Jian Zou graduated from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2007. His doctoral dissertation research at Ohio State under the guidance of Dr. Winston Ho focused on membrane separation and gas separation.
After graduating, he joined Momentive Performance Materials where he successfully led more than 85 scale-ups of new products and production processes. Since 2015, he has been at Baker Hughes where he is responsible for new production introduction and process development in the Oilfield and Industrial Chemicals division. He currently leads a team to develop new polymerization processes for ultra-high molecular weight polymers, used for drag reducing agents.
Dr. Zou has filed six U.S. patent applications and three China patents issued. He co-authored two book chapters and ten journal articles.
GRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ARCHIVES
2019 Abstracts and Handbook- Keynote Speaker: Dr. Yatin Gokarn
2018 Abstracts and Handbook - Keynote Speaker: Lenore C. Witchey-Lakshmanan
2017 Abstracts and Handbook - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mahesh Kumthekar
2016 Abstracts and Handbook - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Paul Matter
2015 Abstracts and Handbook - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael Triplett
2014 Abstracts and Handbook - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael Dickens
2013 Abstracts and Handbook - Keynote Speaker: Rich Brandon