September 24, 2008
Thomas Truskett, chemical engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, has been invited to give the 2008 Theile Lecture in chemical and bimolecular engineering at Notre Dame. The annual lectureship, established in 1986, recognizes outstanding research contributions by a younger member of the chemical engineering profession. Professor Truskett’s research focuses on properties of confined fluids as well as the biological activity of proteins in cellular and pharmaceutical environments. Controlling the motion of fluid particles through tiny channels will potentially aid the development of micro- and nano-scale technologies such as drug delivery devices, chemical and biological sensors and components for miniaturized biological "lab-on-a-chip" applications. Protein aggregation has been implicated as a key step in a wide variety of diseases, including Alzheimer's.
Truskett is a fellow of the Paul D. and Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professorship in Chemical Engineering.
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