SYENSQO Seminar Series
Spring 2025 SYENSQO Seminar Series
Each Fall and Spring semester, the Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII) hosts a series of seminars from world-renowned leaders in the field of macromolecular science and engineering. The seminars are open to all VT faculty and students, with a special emphasis on engagement with the Macromolecular Science and Engineering (MACR) degree program. Invited speakers represent a hugely diverse range of polymer research backgrounds, and come from industry, academia, and government laboratories. The objective of the seminar series is to share fundamental and applied knowledge between Virginia Tech’s globally recognized polymer research community and world-class experts in relevant fields. The series is made possible by the generous support of Solvay Materials.
All seminars are held in Kelly Hall 310 (February 5 and February 19 seminars will be held in Steger Hall, Conference Room 145) and start at 11:15 a.m. on the scheduled day! We look forward to another exciting semester of seminars.
Email mii@vt.edu to get the full meeting details, including the location (or Zoom link), if you are a member of the Virginia Tech community interested in attending!
SPEAKER |
SEMINAR TITLE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
Chris Bates University of California |
"Scalable Design of Sustainable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives" | February 5, 2025 |
Zhe Qiang University of Southern Mississippi (USM) |
"Polyolefin Innovations for Clean Air and Water" | February 19, 2025 |
Ben Elling Wesleyan |
"Strategies for Increasing Ring Strain for New ROMP Monomers" | April 16, 2025 |
| Tom Wilson LLNL |
"Achieving Elegant Solutions to Applied Problems Using Basic Polymer Rheology/Structure/Property Principles" | April 23, 2025 |
| Todd Emrick UMass Amherst |
"Synthetic Functional Polymers Designed for Interfacial Science and Advanced Materials" | April 30, 2025 |