SYENSQO Seminar Series
Fall 2024 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 (September 11 seminar 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 |
|---|---|---|
Ryan Hayward University of Colorado Boulder |
"Design and characterization of single ion conducting elastomeric networks for ionic diodes, electro-mechanical transducers, and low- voltage electroadhesives" | September 11, 2024 |
Vamsi Yadavalli Virginia Commonwealth University and Program Manager at the National Science Foundation |
"Silk biomaterials for the fabrication of functional biodevices" | September 25,2024 |
Laure Kayser University of Delaware (UD) |
"Controlled Polymerizations Applied to Organic Bioelectronics" | October 2, 2024 |
| Arthi Jayaraman Univeristy of Delaware |
"Machine Learning Based Computational Methods to Analyze Structural Characterization Data from Soft Materials" | October 9, 2024 |
| Carmel Majidi Carnegie Mellon University |
"Soft-Matter Engineering for Robotics and Wearables" | October 23, 2024 |
Christian Pester University of Delaware |
"Advanced Functional Polymer Brushes: From Self-Healing Coatings to Photocatalysis" | November 6, 2024 |