Transcript EU-FIPSE Exchange, Renewable Resources and Clean Technologies

EU-FIPSE Exchange Program
Renewable Resources and Clean
Technologies
Jan 2006
Krieger-Brockett, UW, IP Gent,BE
The UW Campus
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U Washington, Quick Facts
http://www.washington.edu
http://www.washington.edu/newsroom/profile/quickfacts.html
• EU students qualify for “visiting” Graduate student status if in 3rd
or more year at University
• UW 3 campuses, Seattle Campus: 250 hectare, 218 buildings
• Instructional Faculty
6,100
• Faculty and Staff
27,600
• 2005 Autumn Student Enrollment
42,974
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(39,251 on Seattle campus)
• Undergraduate students:
25,469
• Graduate and professional students:
11,763
• Nonmatriculated students:
2,019
• Extension Enrollment
26,444
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UW information for foreign students
• All application information, good usability at
– UW Office of International Programs and Exchanges
(IPE) http://www.ipe.washington.edu/
particularly Ms Tina Wong
IPE sponsors local Foundation for International
Understanding Through Students (FIUTS)
http://www.fiuts.washington.edu/
source for home stays, lodging, activities, etc
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Seattle, WA
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Study possibilities?
• UW has quarter system (3 months/quarter)
– approx 15 Sep-15 Dec (Autumn Quarter) ± 3 d
– approx 3 Jan - 15 Mar (Winter Qtr) ± 3 d
– approx 15 Mar - 12 June (Spring Qtr) ± 3 d
• Courses descriptions, learning materials available on the
web at http://www.washington.edu
– course offerings change all the time, instructors change
– therefore, have a secondary plan
• Research projects taken as courses (1 quarter is short…)
– supervisory professors are usually flexible to accommodate
students in the their research
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Prof. William McKean
Paper Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering
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Example - Pulping of non-wood renewable
crops and residues (Autumn 2005) - Gent student
• Make and measure
• Work on lab to pilot
pulp from wheat straw,
scale processes
giant reed, recycled
papers
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Prof. Sharon Doty
College of Forestry, Plant Genetics
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Genetic modification of non-food plantsto reduce lignin content
• Arundo Donax pulp to paper
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Develop analysis and removal methods for
ferulic,coumaric acids from annual plant
residues to improve pulping
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Road application of lignosulfonates (LS) for
road dust supression (K. Vervisch)
• How much LS irreversibly absorbed to the
adjacent soil?
• How fast are the LS degraded? What
chemicals are formed?
• How fast are the LS degraded?
• What chemicals are formed?
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Student (K. Vervisch) Conclusions
• LS and Humic acids interact at acidic pH.
Higher amounts of LS leached out in alkaline zone
than in acid zone.
• Humic acids soluble in acid solutions and
insoluble in alkaline solutions
• LS leached out 8.4% - 12.7%
is in conflict with previous research where 70%
LS were leached out.
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Prof. Francois Baneyx
see www.washington.edu
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Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Molecular Biology
Bioreactors
Student Camille Romanik, France
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Genetic Modification of protein to obtain
flourescence when conjugated (Romanik)
• MalE -- maltose binding protein designed to contain a silver binding peptide at
its C-terminus.
• Work realised: genetically engineer this protein so be able to be conjugated to a
fluorescent dye.
– An amino acid, placed as far as possible of the silver binding peptide will be replaced
by a cysteine residue (MalE doesn’t have any naturally occurring cysteine residue) to
which the fluorescent dye will be conjugated.
• Outcome: create hybrid molecules with enhanced one photon emission and and
two photon cross section for optically limiting applications.
• Methods used:
– Techniques of cell culture; Design of primers; mutagenesis
– Purification of plasmid DNA by alkaline lysis; PCR
– Electrophoresis analysis; Purification of the protein on amylose resin column
• Seven mutants designed. Two of them have now been conjugated to the dye and
will be analysed (Raman).
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Projects have in common
• lab activities, some small scale, some larger
scale equipment
• report writing
• presentation to lab group and faculty
• graded
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Practical stay considerations
University of Washington, Seattle
• Students said better to go for longer time
• Students found rooms for $400-500/month
• Ate at restaurants rather than prepare food so food
was somewhat expensive
• FIUTS, Homestays very helpful
• Learning agreement in advance may have to be
modified by actual course enrollment, instructor
changes
• Bus pass, intermural athletics very appreciated
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EU - US Exchange
Contact persons
• Prof. Krieger-Brockett is UW Contact regarding
information on program, who is doing what
research at UW
• emails (use both)
– [email protected]
– [email protected]
• VISA, UW application requirements handled by
www.ipe.washington.edu
• Graz contact: Huber
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Pacific Northwest
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