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講者：Prof. Nien-Hwa Linda Wang 演講題目：Chromatography and Simulated Moving Beds: Fundamental Advances and Applications 演講時間：3/15(二) 11:00~11:40 演講地點：化工館工223會議室 主持人：廖英志教授   “Chromatography and Simulated Moving Beds: Fundamental Advances and Applications” Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, Maxine Spencer Nichols Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 Chromatography processes are highly versatile and selective separation techniques. They have been used for the analysis and purification of many chemicals and biochemicals in foods, fuels, wastes, and pharmaceuticals. In this presentation, I will explain the fundamental advances and applications of chromatography and a continuous process called simulated moving bed chromatography (SMB). The talk will focus on (1) a general method of designing affinity chromatography processes and its applications for the recovery of antibodies and the production of a medical isotope, and (2) the standing-wave design method (SWD) and applications in designing SMBs for the recovery of insulin from a ternary mixture. Seminar at Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, March 14, 2016   Short Bio of Professor N.-H. Linda Wang Professor Wang is the Maxine Spencer Nichols Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University. She joined Purdue faculty in 1980 as the first female professor in Chemical Engineering. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1971, her MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1973, and her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1978. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). She was a Director of the Separations Division, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2001-2004) and a Director of the International Adsorption Society (2001-2007). She was the Chair of Separations Division of the AICHE in 2013. She is well respected as a leader in separations. She consulted for NSF, NIH, several national labs and many chemical, food, and pharmaceutical companies. She is internationally known for her research contributions in adsorption, ion exchange, multi-component chromatography, and simulated moving bed technologies. She has two patents, four patent applications, more than 120 technical publications, and more than 200 invited lectures and presentations at national and international meetings. She is a leading expert in adsorptive separation methods. She made major contributions and published extensively in multicomponent chromatography and simulated moving bed (SMB) technologies for separating complex mixtures. She invented the seminal Standing Wave Design method for SMB processes. She developed the VERSE simulation software package, which is a powerful tool for understanding quantitatively adsorption and reaction phenomena in such processes. Recently she developed the first graphical solutions which can be used to design affinity chromatography processes without any simulations. In addition to her significant contributions to the fundamentals of chromatography, she developed the first tandem SMB process for insulin purification, and the first five-zone SMB for the recovery of six sugars from biomass hydrolysates. Recently she also developed a new capture chromatography process for the production of an important medical isotope. She developed the first separation process to recover polycarbonates and flame retardants from electronic wastes. She also developed the first ligand assisted chromatography method based on inorganic adsorbents for the production of high-purity rare earth elements. These new methods are expected to have a major impact on the environment and on the production of important chemicals and biochemicals.