K-State College of Engineering Lecture Series to feature expert in magnetic nanoparticles in bioprocesses

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News release prepared by: Mary Rankin, 785-532-6715, mrankin@k-state.edu

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

K-STATE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING LECTURE SERIES TO FEATURE EXPERT IN MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES IN BIOPROCESSES

MANHATTAN -- Daniel I. C. Wang, Institute Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be the featured speaker for the L.T. Fan Lectureship in Chemical Engineering at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, in Fiedler Hall Auditorium on the Kansas State University campus.

His address, "Magnetic Nanoparticles in Bioprocesses," is open to the public.

Wang founded the Biotechnology Process Engineering Center at MIT through the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center Initiative and acted as its director from 1985 to 1998. He held the Chevron Professorship from 1985 to 1996 and was subsequently named as an Institute Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. In 2000 he was awarded the Temasek Professorship at the National University of Singapore where he devotes part of his time to helping Singapore with its biomedical science research and development.

He received his bachelor's in chemical engineering, and master's in biochemical engineering, both from MIT. He completed his doctorate in chemical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Wang has authored and co-authored five books and more than 230 publications, and holds 15 patents.

The L.T. Fan Lectureship in Chemical Engineering was established in 2000 to bring preeminent individuals in chemical engineering or related fields to speak at K-State. Fan, a university distinguished professor of chemical engineering at K-State, served as head of the department of chemical engineering for 30 years. He was fundamental in establishing the Institute for Systems Design and Optimization, launching the Ph.D. program in the department, and modernizing the chemical engineering curriculum. He continues to be active in both teaching and research.