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The D.O. Shah Annual Lecture in SurfaceScience was established in the ChemicalEngineering Department at the University ofFlorida by Professor Dinesh Shah because ofhis strong commitment to the university andthe field of surface science. Professor Shahretired in 2005 from the University of Floridaafter a distinguished academic careerspanning 35 years.

Dinesh O. Shah received his B.S. in Physics and Mathematics fromUniversity of Bombay, India in 1959 and Ph.D. in Biophysics fromColumbia University in 1965. He joined University of Florida in 1970with a joint appointment in the Chemical Engineering Departmentand in the Anesthesiology Department. He was appointed as theDirector of the Center for Surface Science & Engineering in 1984. Heserved as the chair of the Chemical Engineering Department at theUniversity of Florida from 1987-1991. Dr. Shah has received numer-ous teaching, research and service awards, including the UFExcellence in Teaching award in 1972, the UF President's ScholarAward in 1975, the UF Outstanding Service Award in 1976, the UFTeacher/Scholar of the Year award from 1984-85, and the UFPresident's Medallion for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship in1985. In addition, Dr. Shah was named the Florida Scientist of theYear in 1988, received the Vishwa Gurjari 1992 International Awardfor Outstanding Achievement, and received the Pride of India Awardin July 1993. In 1993 he was named as Distinguished Florida Scientistby the Florida Academy of Sciences and in 1996 he was honored withthe first Charles A. Stokes Professorship at the University of Florida.

University of FloridaChemical EngineeringTel: (352) 392-0882Web: http://www.che.ufl.eduEmail: chemical@che.ufl.edu

We are pleased to announce that the2006 D.O. Shah Annual Lecturer inSurface Science will be ProfessorCurtis W. Frank, William M. Keck, Sr.Professor of Chemical Engineering atStanford University. Professor Frankalso holds courtesy appointments inthe Departments of Materials Scienceand Engineering and Chemistry atStanford. Professor Frank received abachelor's degree in chemical engi-neering from the University ofMinnesota and a M.S. and Ph.D. inchemical engineering from theUniversity of Illinois.

Professor Frank is the 1990 Winner ofthe C.M.A. Stine Award of the Division of Materials Science andEngineering of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. In 1993,he served as Chairman of the Division of Polymer Chemistry of theAmerican Chemical Society, and he has held other positions in A.C.S.He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is on the EditorialBoards of Journal of Polymer Science-Polymer Physics, Polymer, andPolymers for Advanced Technologies.

Professor Frank was employed by Sandia National Laboratories inAlbuquerque from 1972 to 1976 after which he joined the ChemicalEngineering Department at Stanford as an Associate Professor. He hasheld sabbatical appointments at the Ecole Superieure de Physique etChimie de la Industrielle de la Ville Paris in 1982 and at the Max PlanckInstitute for Polymer Research In Mainz, Germany in 1991 and again in1997.

Professor Frank's expertise is in the areas of soft material interfaces,polymer physics, and molecular assemblies. He is the author of over230 peer-reviewed publications and over 200 non-reviewed chaptersand proceedings. Current areas of research involve the structure anddynamics of polymers in constrained geometry, interfacial science ofbiomolecular materials, and development of an artificial cornea basedon polymer hydrogels.

The 2006D.O. Shah Annual Lecture

in Surface Science

Professor Curtis W. FrankWilliam M. Keck Sr. Professor of Chemical Engineering

Stanford University

Interpenetrating Network Hydrogels forDevelopment of an Artificial Cornea

October 26, 2006New Engineering Building, Room 100

3:30 p.m. Reception

4:00 p.m. Lecture

7:00 p.m. BanquetSteve’s Cafe Americain

The D.O. Shah Annual Lecture v 2006 v The University of Florida v The Department of Chemical Engineering

The D.O. Shah Annual Lecture v 2006 v The University of Florida v The Department of Chemical Engineering