Yushan Yan, professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Riverside, will discuss his research into zeolite materials Wednesday, Oct. 22, as part of the Fall 2008 J. D. Lindsay Lecture Series at Texas A&M University.

Yan is scheduled to present “Zeolite Thin Films: From Computer Chips to Space Station” from 3-4 p.m. in Rm. 106 of the Jack E. Brown Building. His presentation is sponsored by Texas A&M’s Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering.

Yan studies zeolites, a class of inorganic crystalline materials with uniform and molecular-sized pores that are commercially used as shape-selective catalysts and molecular-sieving gas separation/purification media.

His presentation will highlight his research efforts on the design and synthesis of zeolite thin films and coatings for a number of technologically and economically significant applications, including low dielectric constant (low-k) films for future generation computer chips, corrosion and wear resistant coatings for aerospace alloys, and hydrophilic and antimicrobial coatings for water separation in space station.

Yan received his undergraduate degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology in China. He earned his doctorate from the California Institute of Technology.

He joined the University of California, Riverside in 1998 and was promoted to professor in 2005. The following year he was selected as one of the five inaugural University Scholars and was appointed department chair in 2008.

Yan’s work has been widely cited in the scientific community and also extensively covered by the popular press, including New Scientist, Business Week, C&EN News, Materials Today, China Press and CNBC.

In honor of Professor J.D. Lindsay, Texas A&M’s first chemical engineering department head, the department established the Lindsay Lecture Series to bring speakers to the university. Coming from both industry and academia, the lecturers are recognized for their accomplishments in the practice, teaching and/or research of chemical engineering. The series also allows the lecturers several days for visiting the university and the department and for exchanging ideas on teaching and research objectives and methods.

Contact: Ryan Garcia at ryan.garcia@chemail.tamu.edu

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