Presentations

Invited Talks

  1. Colina, C. M. “Novel Nanoporous Materials: in silico Design” Purdue University, October, 2014.
  2. Colina, C. M. “Porous Polymers and PIMS: Virtual Design and Characterization; 3M, Minneapolis, April, 2014.
  3. Colina, C. M. “Amorphous Polymeric Materials: Virtual Design and Characterization” Columbia University, New York, April, 2014.
  4. Colina, C. M. “Amorphous Polymeric Materials: Virtual Design and Characterization” University of Manchester, U. K., April, 2014.
  5. Colina, C. M. “Amorphous Polymeric Materials: Virtual Design and Characterization” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November, 2013.
  6. Colina, C. M. “General Predictive Simulation Methodology for Amorphous Polymeric Materials.” Symposium on Porous Polymers, ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.
  7. Colina, C. M. “Predictive Design and Characterization of Microporous Materials.” University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, April 4, 2013.
  8. Colina, C. M. “Novel Nanoporous Materials: In Silico Design.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 28-November 2, 2012. [abstract]
  9. Abbott, L. J.; Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M. “Predictive Virtual Synthesis and Characterization of Glassy Materials.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 28-November 2, 2012. [abstract] [flyer]
  10. Colina, C. M. “In Silico: Expressway to Materials Design.” Keynote Lecture, XIII Polymer Latin-American Symposium and XI Iberto-American Polymer Congress (SLAP 2012), Bogota, Colombia, September 25, 2012.
  11. Colina, C. M. “In Silico: Expressway to Materials Design.” DoubleNanoMem Workshop on ‘Nanocomposite and Nanostructured Polymeric Membranes for Gas and Vapour Separations,’ Cetraro, Italy, May 16, 2012.
  12. Colina, C. M. “In Silico: Expressway to Materials Design.” CCP5 Workshop: Adsorption in Novel Porous Polymeric Materials, Keynote Lecture, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, May 14, 2012. [website]
  13. Colina, C. M. “Characterizing Amorphous Porous Materials by Simulations and X-ray Scattering.” Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, May 11, 2012.
  14. Colina, C. M. “Structural Characterization of Amorphous Materials in Silico.” University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, May 10, 2012. [abstract]
  15. Colina, C. M. “Aggregation of Globular Proteins by Molecular Simulations.” MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, April 13, 2012.
  16. Colina, C. M. “In Silico: Expressway to Materials Design.” Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, February 15, 2012.
  17. Colina, C. M. “In Silico: Expressway to Materials Design.” Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, February 9, 2012. [abstract]
  18. Colina, C. M. “In Silico: Expressway to Materials Design.” Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, January 23, 2012. [abstract]
  19. Colina, C. M. “Plastics to Bionanomedicine: Endless Opportunities.” International Year of Chemistry, Banco de la Republica and Sociedad Colombiana de Ciencias Químicas, Bogota, Colombia, July 15, 2011. This was a national event broadcast live to 10 different cities.
  20. Colina, C. M. “Proteins Dynamics in Silico.” Physics Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, April 5, 2011.
  21. Colina, C. M. “Novel Nanoporous Polymers: Molecular Modeling.” Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Texas A&M, March 7, 2011.
  22. Colina, C. M. “Novel Nanoporous Polymers: Molecular Modeling.” XIX International Materials Research Congress, Cancún, México, August 15-19, 2010.
  23. Colina, C. M. “Proteins Dynamics in Silico.” School of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK, July 19, 2010.
  24. Colina, C. M. “Towards the Understanding of Soft Materials in Silico.” 2nd Convention of Chemical Engineering Students of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Feb 20, 2010.
  25. Colina, C. M. “Proteins Dynamics in Silico.” NOBCChE Indianapolis Biotechnology Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 16-17, 2009.
  26. Colina, C. M. “Towards the Understanding of Soft Materials in Silico.” Gordon A. and Mary Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 13, 2009.
  27. Colina, C. M. “Protein Dynamics: Does Size Matter?” Chemistry Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, December 4, 2008.
  28. Colina, C. M. “From Polymer to Proteins: Endless Opportunities.” School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, June 18, 2008.
  29. Colina, C. M. “Alliances Opportunities with the Center for the Study of Polymeric Systems.” Pennsylvania Plastics SourceNet Symposium, The Penn Stater, State College, PA, March 12-14, 2008.
  30. Colina, C. M. “Understanding the Dynamics of Proteins Domains.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 4-9, 2007.
  31. Colina, C. M. “Understanding the Dynamics of Proteins Domains.” School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, June 1, 2007.
  32. Colina, C. M. “Molecular Dynamics of Blood-Clotting Proteins.” Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, February 19, 2007.
  33. Colina, C. M. “From Polymer to Bionanomedicine: Endless Opportunities.” Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, January 31, 2007.
  34. Colina, C. M. “From Polymer to Bionanomedicine: Endless Opportunities.” Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, September 28, 2006.
  35. Colina, C. M. “The Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (SAFT).” Center for the Study of Polymer-Solvent Systems, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, September 26, 2006.
  36. Colina, C. M. “Molecular Modeling of Polymeric Systems.” Polymer Physics Seminar, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, October 31, 2006.
  37. Colina, C. M. “Molecular Modeling of CO2/Polymer Systems.” Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, February 18, 2005.
  38. Colina, C. M. “State of the Art in Equations of State.” Graduate Seminar, Chemical Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2002.
  39. Colina, C. M. “Thermodynamics of Fluids: Classical Models and Molecular Simulation.” Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, 1999.

Conference Presentations

  1. Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M. “Ionomers of Intrinsic Microporosity (IonomIMs): In silico Development of Ionic-Functionalized Gas Separation Membranes.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 16-21, 2014. [abstract]
  2. Abbott, L. J., Colina, C. M. “Polymatic: A General Simulated Polymerization Algorithm.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 16-21, 2014. [abstract]
  3. Colina, C. M. “Small Molecules Confined in Porous Polymeric Materials.” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3-8, 2013. [abstract]
  4. Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M. “Estimating CO2 Permeability From Atomistic Models of PIMs for Screening of Gas Separation Performance.” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3-8, 2013. [abstract]
  5. Frentrup, H; Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M.; Muller, E. A. “Direct Simulations of Molecular Transport and Permeation of Gases in Polymeric Membrane Materials for Separation Processes.” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3-8, 2013. [abstract]
  6. Abbott, L. J.; Colina, C. M. “Screening of Microporous Organic Solids: Development of Design Principles and Analysis of BET Theory.” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3-8, 2013. [abstract]
  7. Colina, C. M. “Amorphous Microporous Materials: Virtual Design and Characterization.” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3-8, 2013.
  8. Perkins, S. L.; Painter, P.; Colina, C. M. “Choline Chloride-Based Eutectic Mixtures: An Experimental and Molecular Simulation Study.” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3-8, 2013.
  9. Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M. “Toward Effective CO2/CH4 Separations by Sulfur-Containing PIMs: Insight from Molecular Simulations.” 245th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.
  10. Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M. “Toward Effective CO2/CH4 Separations by Sulfur-Containing PIMs: Insight from Molecular Simulations.” 245th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.
  11. Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M. “Predicting CO2 Adsorption in Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 28-November 2, 2012. [abstract]
  12. Perkins, S. L.; Painter, P.; Colina, C. M. “Deep Eutectic Solvents: An Experimental and Molecular Simulation Study.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 28-November 2, 2012. [abstract]
  13. Figueira, F. L.; Higueras, D.; Márquez, J.; Parada, A.; Colina, C. M.; Olivera-Fuentes, C. “Correlation and Prediction of Fluid-Fluid Phase Equilibria in Binary {Alkyl-Dichlorobenzoate + CO2} and {Fluoro-Alkyl-Dichlorobenzoate + CO2} Systems.” EQUIFASE 2012, Puerto Varas, Chile, October 9-12, 2012.
  14. Charry, E. M.; López, C.; Orozco, J.; Colina, C. M.; Moreno, N.; Perilla, J. E. “Simulació molecular de la agregación de mucinas, usando el modelo de dinámica de partícula disipative.” XIII Polymer Latin-American Symposium and XI Iberto-American Polymer Congress (SLAP 2012), Bogota, Colombia, September 25, 2012.
  15. Colby, R. H.; Castellanos, M. M.; Colina, C. M.; Pathak, J. A. “Shear Yielding of Aggregated Globular Protein Dispersions.” XVI International Congress on Rheology, Lisbon, Portugal, August 6, 2012.
  16. Abbott, L. J.; Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M. “A Predictive Structure Generation Methodology for Molecular Simulations of Glassy Polymers.” Foundations of Molecular Modeling ans Simulation, Mt. Hood, OR, July 22-26, 2012. [abstract]
  17. Abbott, L. J.; Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M. “Virtual Synthesis and Characterization of Intrinsically Microporous Materials.” IUPAC MACRO2012 World Polymer Congress, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June 24-29, 2012. [abstract]
  18. Hart, K. E.; Abbott, L. J.; Colina, C. M. “Understanding and Improving Surface Areas in Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity by Molecular Simulations.” IUPAC MACRO2012 World Polymer Congress, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June 24-29, 2012.
  19. Hart, K. E.; Abbott, L. J.; Taylor, R.; McKeown, N. B.; Colina, C. M. “Modeling Gas Adsorption of Sulphur-Containing Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity.” IUPAC MACRO2012 World Polymer Congress, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June 24-29, 2012. [abstract]
  20. Castellanos, M.; Pathak, J. A.; Colby, R. H. “Yielding in Concentrated Protein Solutions: Protein Adsorption at the Air/Water Interface or Bulk Aggregation?” IUPAC MACRO2012 World Polymer Congress, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June 24-29, 2012.
  21. Stanik, J.; Colina, C. M. “Efficient Simulation of Protein Surface Adsorption Using Dissipative Particle Dynamics with Specular Chain Reflection.” IUPAC MACRO2012 World Polymer Congress, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June 24-29, 2012.
  22. McDermott, A. G.; Budd, P. M.; McKeown, N. B.; Colina, C. M.; Runt, J. “A Scattering Model for Amorphous, Intrinsically Microporous Polymers.” IUPAC MACRO2012 World Polymer Congress, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June 24-29, 2012.
  23. Cataño-Barrera, A. M.; Figueira, F.; Olivera-Fuentes, C.; Colina, C. M. “Fluid-Fluid Equilibria of Carbon Dioxide--Aromatic and Carbon Dioxide--Dichlorobenzene Binary Mixtures.” Eighteenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, CO, June 24-29, 2012.
  24. Abbott, L. J.; Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M. “Insight into the Porosity of Organic Molecules of Intrinsic Microporosity via Molecular Simulations.” Europolymer Conference (EUPOC): Porous Polymer-Based Systems: From Design to Application, Gargnano, Italy, June 3-7, 2012. [abstract]
  25. Hart, K. E.; Abbott, L. J.; Taylor, R.; McKeown, N. B.; Colina, C. M. “Predictive Modeling of Sulphur-Containing Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity.” Europolymer Conference (EUPOC): Porous Polymer-Based Systems: From Design to Application, Gargnano, Italy, June 3-7, 2012. [abstract]
  26. McDermott, A. G.; Budd, P. M.; McKeown, N. B.; Colina, C. M.; Runt, J. “A Scattering Model for Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity.” Europolymer Conference (EUPOC): Porous Polymer-Based Systems: From Design to Application, Gargnano, Italy, June 3-7, 2012.
  27. Colby, R. H.; Castellanos, M. M.; Colina, C. M.; Pathak, J. A. “Shear Yielding of Aggregated Globular Protein Dispersions.” 5th Annual Proteins Congress, London, United Kingdom, April 2, 2012.
  28. Castellanos, M. M.; Pathak, J. A.; Colby, R. H. “Contributions to the Yield Stress of Bovine Serum Albumin Dispersions.” Gordon Research Conference: Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions, Ventura, CA, February 5-12, 2012.
  29. Castellanos, M. M.; Colina, C. M. “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Human Serum Albumin and Role of Disulfide Bonds.” Biophysical Society Regional Meeting, The Huck Institute of Life Sciences, Hershey, PA, November 11, 2011.
  30. Abbott, L. J.; Hart, K. E.; Lin, P.; Colina, C. M. “A General Polymerization Algorithm for Amorphous Microporous Polymeric Materials.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 16-21, 2011. [abstract]
  31. Abbott, L. J.; Hart, K. E.; Lin, P.; Colina, C. M. “Molecular Simulations of Network Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity: Structure Generation by a Simulated Polymerization Algorithm and Gas Adsorption Studies.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 16-21, 2011. [abstract]
  32. Abbott, L. J.; Hart, K. E.; Larsen, G. S.; Lin P, Colina, C. M. “Novel Nanoporous Polymers: In Silico Design.” 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 28-September 1, 2011. [abstract]
  33. Hart, K. E.; Abbott, L. J.; Larsen, G. S.; Lin P, Colina, C. M. “Improved Simulated Structure Generation of Linear Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs).” 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 28-September 1, 2011. [abstract]
  34. Taylor, R. G. D.; Bezzu, G.; Walker, J.; Msayib, K. J.; McDermott, A. G.; Runt, J.; Abbott, L. J.; Colina, C. M.; Maynard-Atem, L.; Budd, P. M.; McKeown, N. B. “Synthesis of Organic Molecules and Dendrimers of Intrinsic Microporosity (OMIMs and DIMs).” 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 28-September 1, 2011. [abstract]
  35. McDermott, A. G.; Larsen, G. S.; Budd, P. M.; McKeown, N. B.; Colina, C. M.; Runt, J. “Development of a Scattering Model for Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity with Insight from Molecular Dynamics Simulations.” 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 28-September 1, 2011.
  36. Hart, K. E.; Abbott, L. J.; Larsen, G. S.; Lin, P.; Colina, C. M. “Designing Linear Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs) for Gas Storage Applications.” 10th International Conference on Materials Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK, 2011.
  37. Abbott, L. J.; McDermott, A. G.; Del Regno, A.; Msayib, K. J.; Carta, M.; Taylor, R.; McKeown, N. B.; Siperstein, F. R.; Runt, J.; Colina, C. M. “Characterizing the Structure and Porosity of Organic Molecules of Intrinsic Microporosity by Molecular Simulations and Experiment.” APS March Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 21-25, 2011. [abstract]
  38. McDermott, A. G.; Larsen, G. S.; Budd PM, Colina, C. M.; Runt J. “Structural Characterization of a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity: X-ray Scattering With Insight From Molecular Dynamics Simulations.” APS March Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 21-25, 2011. [abstract]
  39. McDermott, A. G.; Abbott, L. J.; Del Regno, A.; Msayib, K. J.; Ghanem, B. S.; Taylor, R.; Carta, M.; McKeown, N. B.; Budd, P. M.; Siperstein, F. R.; Colina, C. M.; Runt, J. “Organic Molecules and Network Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity: Structural Characterization via X-ray Scattering and Simulations.” APS March Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 21-25, 2011. [abstract]
  40. Moustafa, I. M.; Colina, C. M.; Cameron, C. E. “Role of Dynamics in Tuning Fidelity of RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase Elucidated by Molecular Dynamics Simulation.” 22nd Enzyme Mechanisms Conference, St. Pete Beach, FL, January 2-6, 2011.
  41. Abbott, L. J.; Colina, C. M. “Structure Generation and Gas Adsorption Simulations of Microporous Poly(dichloroxylene) Networks.” AIChE National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 7-12, 2010. [abstract]
  42. Patterson, K.; Lísal, M.; Colina, C. M. “Adsorption Behavior of Homogeneous Model Proteins On Hydrophobic Surfaces From Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations.” AIChE National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 7-12, 2010. [abstract]
  43. Larsen, G. S.; Lin, P; Colina, C. M. “Simulated Adsorption and Characterization of Novel Nanoporous Polymers.” AIChE National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 7-12, 2010. [abstract]
  44. Cataño-Barrera, A. M.; Siquier-Soler, S.; Colina, C. M. “Separation of Polymers by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide.” XIX International Materials Research Congress, Cancún, México, August 15-19, 2010.
  45. Larsen, G. S.; Lin, P.; Colina, C. M. “Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simulations of Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide and Methane in Regular and Carbonyl Substituted PIM-1.” Macro2010: 43rd IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Glasgow, UK, July 11-16, 2010. [abstract]
  46. Cataño-Barrera, A. M.; Siquier-Soler, S.; Colina, C. M. “Separation of Polymers by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide.” Graduate Women in Science National Meeting, University Park, PA, 2010.
  47. Larsen, G. S.; Colina, C. M. “Exploring New Materials for Gas Storage and Separations: Molecular Simulations of Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity.” Gordon Research Conference on Polymer Physics, Mount Hyoloke College, South Hadley, MA, June 27-July 2, 2010.
  48. Larsen, G. S.; Siperstein, F. R.; Colina, C. M. “Exploring New Materials for Gas Storage and Separations: Molecular Simulations of Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity.” FOA10: 10th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption, Awaji, Japan, May 23-28, 2010.
  49. Patterson, K.; Lisal, M.; Colina, C. M. “Adsorption Behavior of Model Proteins on Surfaces from Mesoscale Simulations.” PPEPPD2010: 12th International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design, Suzhou, China, May 16-21, 2010.
  50. Shen, H.; Colina, C. M. “Poliovirus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases' Dynamics on the Microsecond Timescale: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Study.” 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 21-25, 2010.
  51. Patterson, K.; Lísal, M.; Colina, C. M. “Adsorption Behavior of Model Proteins on Surfaces from Mesoscale Simulations.” AIChE National Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 8-13, 2009. [abstract]
  52. Castro-Marcano, F.; Colina, C. M. “SAFT Parameters for Polymers from a New Strategy.” Seventeenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, CO, June 21-26, 2009.
  53. Liu, Z.-K.; Chen, L.-Q.; Colina, C. M.; Crespi, V. H.; DebRoy, T.; Manias, E.; Sofo, J. O. “Computational Materials Science and Engineering curriculum at Penn State.” TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, February 15-19, 2009.
  54. Castro-Marcano, F.; Colina, C. M. “A New Strategy for Obtaining the PC-SAFT Parameters for Polymers.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 16-21, 2008. [abstract]
  55. Patterson, K.; Colina, C. M.; Perera, L.; Pedersen, L. G. “Human Tissue Factor: A Molecular Dynamics Study.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia PA, November 16-21, 2008. [abstract]
  56. Haussmann, E. J.; Patterson, K.; Colina, C. M. “Soluble Tissue Factor: Experiments in Silico.” AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia PA, November 16-21, 2008. [abstract]
  57. Krause, W. E.; Klossner, R.; Shankar, R.; Weaver, J. T.; van Zanten, J. H.; Colina, C. M.; Tanaka, F.; Spontak, R. J. “Competitive Hydrogen-Bonding in Polymer Solutions with Mixed Solvents.” The XVth International Congress on Rheology, Monterey, CA, August 3-8, 2008.
  58. Moustafa, I.; Cameron, C. E.; Colina, C. M. “Dynamics-function Relationships of the Viral RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase.” 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 17-21, 2008.
  59. Colina, C. M. “Understanding Highly Dense Polymeric Materials in Silico.” Gordon Research Conference on Polymer Physics, Newport, RI, June 29-July 4, 2008.
  60. Colina, C. M. “Understanding Highly Dense Polymeric Materials in Silico.” XI Latinoamerican and IX Iberoamerican Polymer Conference, Lima, Peru, 2008.
  61. Larsen, G. S.; Siperstein, F. R.; Budd, P. M.; Colina, C. M. “Hydrogen Adsorption in Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM-1).” 8th International Symposium on the Characterisation of Porous Solids, Edinburgh, UK, June 10-13, 2008.
  62. Larsen, G. S.; Siperstein, F.; Budd, P. M.; Colina, C. M. “Gas Adsorption Characterization of Rigid and Amorphous Polymers.” APS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2008. [abstract]