BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240418T213832Z UID:29D8A307-E76A-4226-87E8-A4EDC3DEFAD5 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240418T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240418T143000 DESCRIPTION:This is a joint meeting of Canadian Society of Senior Engineers and IEEE Life Members Affinity Groups.\n\nThis series of presentations ha s been occurring for more than 20 years and is now being also advertised t o the IEEE Northern Canada Section (NCS) Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG ) through vTools and other IEEE LMAG's and IEEE members depending upon the topic. At the same time the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (CSSE) i s using their national organization to provide information\, the subject a nd speaker to members across Canada.\n\nThe April meeting will be held on Thursday April 18\, 2024. The meeting will open at 12:30 pm MDT (2:30pm Ea stern)\, with the presentation starting at 12:45 (2:45pm EDT). The meeting will be held via the Zoom platform\, with the actual invitations sent the afternoon of Wednesday April 17. If you plan to attend and be included on the Zoom invite for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen\, tcmadsen@ telus.net\, before noon on Wednesday April 17.\n\nPlease note the meeting originates in AB which is in the Mountain Time Zone\, so if you are in ano ther province you must account for any necessary time shift.\n\nSummary: C ryobiology is the study of life at low temperatures with a major applicati on being cryopreservation—the use of temperatures as low as that of liqu id nitrogen (−196 °C) to preserve living cells and tissues. Cryopreserv ation is used every day to manage availability in research labs\, by comme rcial distributors of cells for research\, and by clinical banks that dist ribute cells and tissues for medical transplantation. Some cells and most tissues cannot be cryopreserved with adequate post-thaw viability and func tion limiting their availability. Cryopreservation outcome is governed by chemical and physical processes including heat transfer\, osmotic/diffusiv e transport\, and the effects of cryoprotectant additives that mitigate th e deleterious effect of ice formation. For this reason\, thermodynamics is fundamental to cryobiology. In this presentation\, I will describe our gr oup’s research combining thermodynamic understanding with biological exp eriments to arrive at new cryopreservation protocols for cells and tissues including endothelial cells and articular cartilage.\n\nBio: Dr. Janet A. W. Elliott is a University of Alberta Distinguished Professor and Canada Research Chair in Thermodynamics in the Department of Chemical and Materia ls Engineering and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Laboratory Me dicine and Pathology. Dr. Elliott was the first female graduate of the Eng ineering Physics Option of Engineering Science at the University of Toront o and received MASc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Uni versity of Toronto. Dr. Elliott has been a Visiting Professor at the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of Oxford Centre fo r Collaborative Applied Mathematics.\n\nDr. Elliott currently serves as Ed itor-in-Chief of the journal Cryobiology\, on the Editorial Advisory Board s of The Journal of Physical Chemistry and of Langmuir\, and on the Editor ial Board of Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. She has previously served as a member of the Physical Sciences Advisory Committee for the Ca nadian Space Agency\, the Board of Directors of the Canadian Society for C hemical Engineering\, and the Executive Committee of the American Chemical Society Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry.\n\nDr. Elliott’s res earch has been recognized nationally and internationally in science and en gineering by the American Chemical Society Langmuir Lectureship Award (202 2)\, Fellowship in the Canadian Academy of Engineering (2023)\, Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada (2022)\, Fellowship in the American Instit ute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2019)\, Fellowship in the Soci ety for Cryobiology (2018)\, Fellowship in the Chemical Institute of Canad a (2015)\, Fellowship in Engineers Canada (2023)\, the Canadian Society fo r Chemical Engineering Syncrude Canada Innovation Award (2008)\, the Natur al Sciences and Engineering Research Council Doctoral Prize (1998)\, the C anadian Council of Professional Engineers Young Engineer Achievement Award (2001)\, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Young Explorer’s Prize (2002)\, and Time Magazine’s Canadians Who Define the New Frontier s of Science (2002). Dr. Elliott has also received many provincial and Uni versity awards including the APEGA Summit Excellence in Education Award (2 017)\, the University of Alberta Teaching Unit Award (2004\, 2016)\, the F aculty of Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award (2021) and the Faculty of Engineering Graduate Teaching Award (2023). As one student put it\, “ She could convince rocks to study thermodynamics.”\n\nVirtual: https://e vents.vtools.ieee.org/m/417072 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/417072 ORGANIZER:jimellis@ieee.org SEQUENCE:22 SUMMARY:Thermodynamics in Cell and Tissue Cryopreservation: How Math Can Sa ve Knees URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/417072 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="background: white\;"><span style="f ont-size: 14.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\;">This is a j oint meeting of Canadian Society of Senior Engineers and IEEE Life Members Affinity Groups.</span></p>\n<p style="background: white\;"><span style=" font-size: 14.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\;">This serie s of presentations has been occurring for more than 20 years and is now be ing also advertised to the IEEE Northern Canada Section (NCS) Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG) through vTools and other IEEE LMAG's and IEEE membe rs depending upon the topic.&nbsp\; At the same time the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (CSSE) is using their national organization to provide information\, the subject and speaker to members across Canada.</span></p >\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-botto m-alt: auto\;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sa ns-serif\; color: black\;">The April meeting will be held on Thursday Apri l 18\, 2024. The </span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt\; font-family: 'Cal ibri'\,sans-serif\; color: #1f497d\;">m</span><span style="font-size: 16.0 pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: black\;">eeting will open at 12:30 pm MDT (2:30pm Eastern)\, with the presentation starting at 12:4 5 (2:45pm EDT). The meeting will be held via the Zoom platform\, with the actual invitations sent the afternoon of Wednesday April 17. If you plan t o attend and be included on the Zoom invite for this meeting please respon d to Tom<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space">&nbsp\;</span><span clas s="gmail-il">Madsen</span>\,<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space">&nbs p\;</span><a href="mailto:tcmadsen@telus.net" target="_blank" rel="noopene r"><span style="color: black\;">tcmadsen@telus.net</span></a>\, before noo n on Wednesday April 17.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margi n-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\;"><strong><span style="font -size: 16.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\;">Please note the meet ing originates in AB which is in the Mountain Time Zone\, so if you are in another province you must account for any necessary time shift.</span></s trong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-si ze: 16.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US \;">Summary:&nbsp\;</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16 .0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\;">Cr yobiology is the study of life at low temperatures with a major applicatio n being cryopreservation&mdash\;the use of temperatures as low as that of liquid nitrogen (&minus\;196 &deg\;C) to preserve living cells and tissues . Cryopreservation is used every day to manage availability in research la bs\, by commercial distributors of cells for research\, and by clinical ba nks that distribute cells and tissues for medical transplantation. Some ce lls and most tissues cannot be cryopreserved with adequate post-thaw viabi lity and function limiting their availability. Cryopreservation outcome is governed by chemical and physical processes including heat transfer\, osm otic/diffusive transport\, and the effects of cryoprotectant additives tha t mitigate the deleterious effect of ice formation. For this reason\, ther modynamics is fundamental to cryobiology. In this presentation\, I will de scribe our group&rsquo\;s research combining thermodynamic understanding w ith biological experiments to arrive at new cryopreservation protocols for cells and tissues including endothelial cells and articular cartilage.</s pan></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size : 16.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; ">&nbsp\;</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN -US" style="font-size: 16.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-a nsi-language: EN-US\;">Bio:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font- size: 16.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: EN- US\;"> Dr. Janet A. W. Elliott is a University of Alberta Distinguished Pr ofessor and Canada Research Chair in Thermodynamics in the Department of C hemical and Materials Engineering and an Adjunct Professor in the Departme nt of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. Dr. Elliott was the first female graduate of the Engineering Physics Option of Engineering Science at the U niversity of Toronto and received MASc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engin eering from the University of Toronto. Dr. Elliott has been a Visiting Pro fessor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics.</span></p>\n<p cla ss="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\;">Dr. Elliott currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal <em>Cryobiology</em>\, on the Edi torial Advisory Boards of <em>The Journal of Physical Chemistry</em> and o f <em>Langmuir</em>\, and on the Editorial Board of <em>Advances in Colloi d and Interface Science</em>. She has previously served as a member of the Physical Sciences Advisory Committee for the Canadian Space Agency\, the Board of Directors of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering\, and the Executive Committee of the American Chemical Society Division of Collo id and Surface Chemistry. </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN -US" style="font-size: 16.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-a nsi-language: EN-US\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang ="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; m so-ansi-language: EN-US\;">Dr. Elliott&rsquo\;s research has been recogniz ed nationally and internationally in science and engineering by the Americ an Chemical Society Langmuir Lectureship Award (2022)\, Fellowship in the Canadian Academy of Engineering (2023)\, Fellowship in the Royal Society o f Canada (2022)\, Fellowship in the American Institute for Medical and Bio logical Engineering (2019)\, Fellowship in the Society for Cryobiology (20 18)\, Fellowship in the Chemical Institute of Canada (2015)\, Fellowship i n Engineers Canada (2023)\, the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Syncrude Canada Innovation Award (2008)\, the Natural Sciences and Enginee ring Research Council Doctoral Prize (1998)\, the Canadian Council of Prof essional Engineers Young Engineer Achievement Award (2001)\, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Young Explorer&rsquo\;s Prize (2002)\, and Time Magazine&rsquo\;s Canadians Who Define the New Frontiers of Science (2002). Dr. Elliott has also received many provincial and University award s including the APEGA Summit Excellence in Education Award (2017)\, the Un iversity of Alberta Teaching Unit Award (2004\, 2016)\, the Faculty of Eng ineering Undergraduate Teaching Award (2021) and the Faculty of Engineerin g Graduate Teaching Award (2023). As one student put it\, &ldquo\;<em>She could convince rocks to study thermodynamics</em>.&rdquo\;</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR