CoE Seminar Thursday, April 23 at 10:00am in Maeder Hall Auditorium David Sholl, Rice University Title: When Do I Get My Flying Car? Assessing the Potential of AI to Revolutionize Separations Science Abstract: Artificial intelligence and machine learning have been suggested as tools that will revolutionize many areas of science and society. I will discuss the potential and pitfalls for these methods in a key field within chemical engineering, namely separations science. Examples will include scanning collections of thousands of porous materials for adsorption-based separations of complex molecular mixtures, searching for high performance materials for Direct Air Capture of carbon dioxide, and developing mixed matrix membranes for gas separations.