
Date: Friday, October 1st 2021
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m
Virtual Check-In
Scroll through the Event Guide to learn more about the event schedule or for help with Zoom features:
Scroll through the Abstract Book to learn more about this year’s presentation topics and sub-categories:
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If you have any issues or questions, please email grs@osu.edu
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 - 9:00 AM
- Keynote address by Dr. Diane Hooie; 9:00 - 9:45 AM
- Oral Presentations: Session 1: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
- Oral Presentations: Session 2: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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: 1:30 - 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
Meeting ID: 982 8311 5039
Password: 384424
Biomedical and Biotechnology
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Energy, Fuels & Sustainability
Nanomaterials & Aerosol Technology
Polymers and Membrane 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: 917 1306 8994
Password: 009119
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: 917 1306 8994
Password: 009119
For recruiters, the résumés of graduating students can be found below:
GRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ARCHIVES
2020 Abstracts and Handbook- Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jian Zou
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
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2021 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Diane Hooie

Diane Traub Hooie
Ohio State Ceramic Engineering, B.S. ’74, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineering Management, M.S., California Coast University Petroleum Engineering, Ph.D
Retired from the Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Diane Hooie has 40 years of experience in innovative technology development and clean energy technology. The bulk of her career was spent at DOE, where she developed and coordinated programs in clean energy areas including clean coal, turbines, fuel cells, hybrid energy and clean fuels both within the US and internationally. She was the coordinator of the US-Japan Fuel Cell Technology Transfer Agreement Annual Technology Exchange Meeting, which focused on fuel cells, methane hydrates, carbon sequestration, and zero emission power plants of the future. Her last position was as a Senior Advisor to the DOE’s Washington Office of Energy Delivery Technologies Division where her responsibilities included implementing the Cyber Security for Energy Delivery Systems Program for the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability as well as developing technical collaborations with non-traditional DOE customers, such as the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and developing international programs for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Security Agency (NNSA).
She has over 100 publications and presentations, including two books. She has always been active in encouraging women to enter into STEM fields, and in 1998, she was selected Woman of the Year and Person of Distinction for the Federal Government.