Past Seminars
SPEAKER |
SEMINAR TITLE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Emily Pentzer Texas A&M |
"Polymerizations in Emulsions to Prepare Composites for Energy Management" | September 13, 2023 |
| Dhriti Nepal AFRL |
"Vitrimers and Vitrimer Nanocomposites: Thermomechanical and Self-Healing Properties" | September 20, 2023 |
| Jarrett Rowlett INEOS Styrolution |
"Sustainability, Recycling, and Circularity - Styrenics & INEOS Styrolution" | October 18, 2023 |
| Michelle Seitz Department of Energy | “Morphological Origins of the Funny Failure Behavior of Thermoplastic Elastomers” | November 1, 2023 |
| Jacqueline Thomas Procter & Gamble |
"From Raw Materials to Consumer Goods Products -- Highlights of Soft Materials Research Leveraging NMR" | November 8, 2023 |
SPEAKER |
SEMINAR TITLE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Jiangtao Cheng VT MII |
“Phase Change-Induced Liquid Droplet Actuations on Structured Surfaces - Applications in Colloidal Manipulations and Additive Manufacturing” | January 24, 2024 |
| Bob Lambeth Army Research Office | "ARO Polymer Chemistry Program Overview" | January 31, 2024 |
| Eleftheria Roumeli University of Washington |
“Towards Sustainable Materials from Biological Matter: Leveraging Macromolecular Composition, Bonding Motifs and Hierarchical Structure to Tailor Mechanical Performance” | February 7, 2024 |
| Tien Duong Department of Energy |
“Lithium-ion Battery Technologies for Vehicle Applications” | February 28, 2024 |
| Rachel Letteri UVA | "Leveraging Stereochemistry-Directed Assembly to Engineer Tissue-Mimetic Materials" | April 10, 2024 |
SPEAKER |
SEMINAR TITLE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Jia Niu Boston College |
"Polymer Chemistry Inspired Approaches to Polysaccharides and Glycomimetics for Material and Biological Discoveries" | September 7, 2022 |
| Nicholas Rorrer NREL |
"Towards a Better Steel Replacement: Biomass Enabled Performance Advantages for Thermoset Applications" | September 14, 2022 |
| Soledad Peresin Auburn University |
"Creating new market opportunities from biomass. An overview of nanocellulose and surface science research at Auburn University" | September 28, 2022 |
| Sheldon Shi University of North Texas |
“Functional biocomposites from nanoparticle impregnation of natural fiber” | October 5, 2022 |
| Lisa Hall Ohio State University |
"Coarse-Grained Modeling of Ion Transport in Solid Polymer Electrolytes" | October 12, 2022 |
| Jennifer Russell VT Sustainable Biomaterials |
“Sustainable Future Plastics through Material and Systems Innovation” | October 19, 2022 |
| Allan Guymon University of Iowa |
“Controlled Micro- and Nanostructure through Photopolymerization” | November 9, 2022 |
SPEAKER |
SEMINAR TITLE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Lou Madsen VT MII |
“Advanced Energy Storage Solutions Incorporating a Rigid and Charged Double Helical Polyamide” | February 1, 2023 |
| John Brantley UT-Knoxville |
"Exploring New Platforms and Methods for Soft Polymer Editing" | March 22, 2023 |
| Jay Park UMASS-Lowell |
“Engineering Polymer Physics and Processing for Advanced Materials – Fibers and 3d Printing” | April 5, 2023 |
| Giles Dillingham Brighton Science |
“Adhesion science: Searching for quantitative relationships between surfacefunctional group concentration, surface energy, and adhesion” | April 19, 2023 |
| Paula Diaconescu UCLA | “Redox switchable polymerization” | April 26, 2023 |
SPEAKER |
SEMINAR TITLE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
Edwin Chan |
"Impulsive Deformation and Puncture of Soft Materials" | September 8, 2021 |
| Christoph Schick University of Rostock, Germany |
"Polymer crystallization and nucleation: New insights from fast scanning calorimetry" | September 15, 2021 |
Stefan Mecking |
"Catalytic Routes to Main-Chain Functionalized Polyolefins from Plant Oils for Closed Loop Recycling and Degradability" | September 29, 2021 |
| Michael Schulz VT MII |
"Interactive Materials for Environmental and Biological Applications" | October 27, 2021 |
| Frank Leibfarth University of North Carolina |
"Modern Approaches to Functional and Sustainable Thermoplastics" | November 3, 2021 |
| Blake Johnson VT MII |
"High-throughput Characterization of Hydrogel Rheological Properties and Sol-Gel Phase Transitions" | November 10, 2021 |
| LaShanda Korley University of Delaware |
"Bio-inspired and Sustainable Design: Towards Functional Materials" | December 1, 2021 |
SPEAKER |
SEMINAR TITLE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Pengfei Cao Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
"Surpass the Modulus- Extensibility Trade-off of Elastomers: Go Beyond the State-of-Art" | January 26, 2022 |
| Junpeng Wang University of Akron |
"Olefin Metathesis–Based Chemically Recyclable Polymers: From Monomer Design to Material Properties" | February 16, 2022 |
| Maryam Shakiba VT MII |
"Physics, chemistry, and mechanics-based modeling of plastics degradations" | February 23, 2022 |
| Xianming Dai University of Texas at Dallas |
"Macromolecules Enabled Durable Surfaces for Water and Energy Sustainability" | March 30, 2022 |
| Linda Hsieh-Wilson California Institute of Technology |
“Using Chemistry to Unlock the Sulfation Code and Biology of Glycosaminoglycan Polysaccharides” | April 13, 2022 |
| Pinar Akcora Stevens Institute of Technology |
"Adaptive Polymer Nanocomposites by Interfacial Design: Chemical and Dynamic Heterogeneities in Interfacial Layers" |
April 27, 2022 |
SPEAKER |
SEMINAR TITLE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Bruno Ameduri |
"Challenges and Issues of Fluoropolymers " | September 3, 2020 |
| Dr. Stefanie Feih Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology Senior Scientist III |
"Advanced Lightweighting Solutions: Synergy of CFRP and 3D-Printed and Metallic Structures" | September 10, 2020 |
Prof. Chad Ulven |
"Sustainability and Durability of Natural Fiber Composites" | September 24, 2020 |
| Prof. Enrique Gomez Penn State University Professor, Chemical Engineering |
"Pushing the limits of electron microscopy of polymers" | October 8, 2020 |
| Dr. Ellen C. Lee Ford Motor Company Technical Leader, Additive Manufacturing |
"Driving Towards Scaled Production with Additive Manufacturing" | October 29, 2020 |
| Prof. Anthony Ryan University of Sheffield Professor, Physical Chemistry |
"Making Science Work for Refugees and Refugees Work for Science" | November 19, 2020 |
| Prof. Stefanie Sydlik Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor, Chemistry |
"Polymers and functional graphenic materials as stem cell instructive scaffolds for bone regeneration" | December 3, 2020 |
SPEAKER |
SEMINAR TITLE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Guihua Yu |
"Multifunctional Hydrogels for Sustainable Energy and Environment" | January 27, 2021 |
| Prof. Susannah Scott University of California, Santa Barbara |
"Catalytic conversion of polyethylene to long-chain alkylaromatics" | February 3, 2021 |
Dr. Tanja Weil |
"Supramolecular nanostructures to control material-cell interactions" | February 17, 2021 |
| Prof. Leila Deravi Northeastern University |
"Protein-integrated Electronics: From Molecules to Machines" | February 24, 2021 |
| Prof. Mesfin Tsige University of Akron |
"Morphology and Dynamics of Polymers at Surfaces and Interfaces" | March 24, 2021 |
| Emiliano Bedini University of Naples, Italy |
"Regioselectively sulfated polysaccharides" | March 31, 2021 |
| Prof. Seth Cohen University of California, San Diego |
"MOF-Polymer Hybrids - At the Interface of New Materials" | April 21, 2021 |
| Prof. Maurizio Porfiri New York University |
"Modeling ionic polymer metal composites: where we are and where we should be" | April 28, 2021 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Ximin He |
"Bioinspired Adaptive Materials based on Smart Hydrogels: Sensing, Solar Harvesting, and Soft Robotics" | September 4, 2019 |
| Prof. Nick Stephanopoulos Arizona State University Assistant Professor, School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics |
"Hybrid Self-Assembled Nanomaterials from Proteins, Peptides, and DNA" | September 11, 2019 |
Prof. Jacinta Conrad |
"Transport of Nanoparticles through Complex, Crowded Fluids" | September 18, 2019 |
| Prof. Rebekka Klausen Johns Hopkins University Associate Professor, Chemistry |
"Building Block Strategies to Functional Polymers" | September 25, 2019 |
| Prof. Michael Bartlett Iowa State University Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering |
"Multifunctional Soft Materials for Electronics and Adhesives" | October 2, 2019 |
| Prof. An-Chang Shi McMaster University Professor, Physics and Astronomy |
"Non-Classical Ordered Phases of Block Copolymers" | October 9, 2019 |
| Prof. Stuart Rowan University of Chicago Barry L. MacLean Professor for Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise |
"Design and Synthesis of Adaptive Polymeric Materials" | October 30, 2019 |
| Prof. Michael Bortner Virginia Tech Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering |
"Additive Manufacturing of Moisture Responsive Cellulose Nanocrystal Polymer Composites" | December 4, 2019 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Brett Compton |
"Understanding Print Stability in Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of Thermoset Composites" | February 5, 2020 |
| Prof. Qingguo Xu Virginia Commonwealth University Blick Scholar Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Ophthalmology, Massey Cancer Center, and the Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering |
"Long-Lasting Polymeric Nanotherapeutics for the Treatment of Eye Diseases" | February 12, 2020 |
Prof. Tim White |
"Enabling Functional Outcomes by Programming the Responsivity of Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks and Elastomers" | February 26, 2020 |
Solvay Seminars
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Julie Kornfield |
"Multiplicity of Morphologies" (abstract) | August 29, 2018 |
| Prof. Sanat Kumar Columbia University Bykhovsky Professor of Chemical Engineering |
"Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Membranes with Controllable Free-Volume" (abstract) | September 5, 2018 |
Prof. Jaime Grunlan |
"Polymer-Based Nanocoatings for Flame Retardancy, Gas Barrier and Thermoelectric Energy Generation" (abstract) | September 26, 2018 |
Prof. Yan Xia |
"Building and Breaking Macromolecular Ladders to Develop Microporous Membranes and Mechanically Responsive Polymers" (abstract) | October 3, 2018 |
| Prof. Jeff Youngblood Purdue University Professor, Materials Engineering |
"Nano-/Bio- Is Not an Either/Or Choice for Composites" (abstract) |
October 10, 2018 |
| Dr. Ahmet Kusoglu Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Scientist, Energy Conversion Group |
"Chemical-Mechanical Interactions in Ion-Conductive Polymers" (abstract) |
October 24, 2018 |
Dr. Erik Hagberg |
"Routes to High Performance Sustainable Materials from Carbohydrates" (abstract) |
November 7, 2018 |
MII Special Seminars
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Dr. Elaine Yorkgitis |
"Technical Fables: Stories of Materials R&D at 3M" (abstract) | September 10, 2018 |
| Prof. Ronit Bitton Ben Gurion University |
"Structure-Property Relationships in Multicomponent Polysaccharide-Peptide Hydrogels" (abstract) | September 12, 2018 |
| Prof. Feihe Huang Zhejiang University Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor, Chemistry |
"Nonporous Adaptive Crystals (NACs) for Separation and Adsorption" (abstract) | October 19, 2018 |
Solvay Seminars
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Rana Ashkar |
"It's all about the Interface: Neutron Scattering Insights into Polymer Nanocomposites" | January 30, 2019 |
Prof. Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos |
"Stratification and Crystallization in Drying Colloidal Suspensions" |
February 27, 2019 |
Prof. Gareth McKinley |
"Fog, Feathers and Fluid Friction Reduction using Omniphobic Surfaces: Biomimetic Inspiration and Engineering Realization" | March 20, 2019 |
Prof. Justin Kennemur |
“Leveraging Equilibrium Polymerization Thermodynamics to Produce New Materials from Stubborn Monomers” | March 27, 2019 |
Prof. Gary Hamed |
“The Discovery of Carbon Black / Natural Rubber Vulcanizates for Automobile and Truck Tires and the Mechanism for the Exceptionally High Tear Strength of these Nanocomposites” |
April 3, 2019 |
| Prof. Nenad Miljkovic University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering |
"Experimental Insights into the Fundamental Mechanisms and Limits of Dropwise Condensation" |
April 17, 2019 |
| Dr. Todd Alam Sandia National Laboratories Principal Research and Development Materials Scientist |
"Molecular Level Details of Dynamics, Domain Structure and Transport in Polymers Using NMR Spectroscopy" |
April 24, 2019 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Serkan Ünal |
“High Performance Coatings, Adhesives and Structural Composites from Functional Macromolecules and Nanomaterials” (abstract) |
August 14, 2017 |
Prof. Ting Xu |
“Supramolecular Nanocomposites: A Possible Path Toward Metamaterials” |
August 30, 2017 |
Prof. Valentin Rodionov |
“Functional Surfactants and Macromolecular Architectures for Catalysis, Encapsulation, and Transport” (abstract) |
September 6, 2017 |
Prof. Luis M. Campos |
“Thiophene Rust in Single-Molecule Electronics and Singlet Fission” (abstract) |
September 20, 2017 |
Dr. Andrew Meyer |
“Polymers Revealed: Light Scattering Tools for Absolute Macromolecular Characterization” (abstract) |
September 22, 2017 |
Prof. Joshua Sangoro |
“Structural Dynamics and Ion Transport in Polymerized Ionic Liquids” (abstract) |
September 27, 2017 |
Dr. Joannie Chin |
“A Tale of Two ‘burgs : Highlights of a Journey from VT to NIST” |
October 4, 2017 |
Dr. Jan-Michael Carrillo |
“Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Soft Matter Systems” (abstract) |
October 11, 2017 |
Prof. Kathryn Uhrich |
“Polymeric Bioactives: Polymers from Bioactives and as Bioactives” (abstract) |
October 18, 2017 |
Prof. Bryan Vogt |
“Processing to Manipulate Nanostructures in Order Nanoporous Films” (abstract) |
November 15, 2017 |
Prof. Alexander Kabanov |
“Polymeric micelles for drug delivery” (abstract) |
November 29, 2017 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Deb Kelly |
"Peering into the Nanoworld Around Us" (abstract) | January 17, 2018 |
Prof. Alicyn Rhoades |
"Flow-Induced Crystallization Across a Broad Temperature Range" (abstract) | January 31, 2018 |
Prof. Dvora Perahia |
"Ionizable Macromolecular: Where Computations Meet Neutron Scattering" (abstract) | February 7, 2018 |
Prof. Zhiting Tian |
"Thermal Transport in Polymers and Hybrid Materials" (abstract) | February 14, 2018 |
Prof. Sam Stupp |
MII Technical Review Plenary Lecture: "Supramolecular Polymers and their Integration with Covalent Polymers" MII/Fralin Visiting Scholar Lecture #2: "Linking up with Biology Using Soft Biomaterials" MII/Fralin Visiting Scholar Lecture #3: "A New Wave of Polymers: A Spectrum of Bonding Among the Mers" |
April 18, 2018 April 19, 2018 April 20, 2018 |
Dr. Adam Rawlett |
"Materials Research – Weapons and Materials Research Directorate – U.S. Army Research Laboratory" (abstract) |
April 25, 2018 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Wenbin Lin |
“Metal-organic Frameworks for Sustainable Catalysis and Cancer Therapy” (abstract) |
September 7, 2016 |
Kathryn Uhrich |
“Polymeric Bioactives: Polymers from Bioactives and as Bioactives” (abstract) |
October 26, 2016 |
Alfredo Alexander-Katz |
“Blood Clotting-Inspired Polymer Physics” (abstract) |
November 30, 2016 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Kermit Kwan |
“Solvay Sustainable Chemistry for the 21st Century” (abstract) |
January 18, 2017 |
Prof. Thomas H. Epps, III |
“Generating Functional Materials from Nanostructured Polymers” (abstract) |
February 1, 2017 |
Prof. Takeo Suga |
“Controlled Radical Polymerization in Photo-curing: Temporal/Spatial Control on Evolved Gradient Nanostructures” (abstract) |
February 10, 2017 |
Prof. Christopher Bettinger |
“Edible Electronics: Bioinspired Materials and Structures for Ingestible Batteries” (abstract) |
February 15, 2017 |
Prof. Natalie Arnett |
“Synthesis of Phosphonated Hybrid Monomers for use as Additives in Proton Exchange Membrane Polymers for Fuel Cell Applications” (abstract) |
March 1, 2017 |
Prof. Brian Long |
“Utilizing Coordination-Insertion Based Polymerizations for the Synthesis of Tailored Polyolefins and Gas Separation Membranes” (abstract) |
March 15, 2017 |
Prof. Abraham Stroock |
“From Plants to Clouds – How Nanostructured Materials Mediate Transport and Phase Behavior in the Environment” (abstract) |
March 22, 2017 |
Prof. Christoph Weder |
“Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecular Polymer Systems” (abstract) |
March 29, 2017 |
Prof. Jason Bara |
“Building Simple and Complex Polymer Materials Inspired by Ionic Liquids” (abstract) |
April 12, 2017 |
Prof. Michael McAlpine |
“3D Printing Functional Materials and Devices” (abstract) |
April 19, 2017 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Tim Showalter |
“Improving Precision and Comfort for Image-guide Brachytherapy: Better Delivery with Polymer Science” (abstract) |
July 7, 2015 |
Dr. Wei Sun |
Lecture 3: ” Effect of Bio-ink Viscosity and Printing Process on Cells” (abstract) |
September 3, 2015 |
Lecture 2: “3D Cell Printing for In vitro Biological Models” (abstract) |
September 1, 2015 |
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Lecture 1: “Bio-3D Printing: Challenges and Opportunities” (abstract) |
August 31, 2015 |
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Prof. Shengfeng Cheng |
“Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Polymers” (abstract) |
September 9, 2015 |
Dr. Gregory Kamyskowski |
“Practical Applications of Rheology” (abstract) |
September 23, 2015 |
Prof. Jonathan Boreyko |
“Phase-Change Systems with Dynamic Interfaces: From Jumping Droplets to Ice Bridges” (abstract) |
September 30, 2015 |
Prof. Jean Duhamel |
“What can Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer do that Purene Excimer Fluorescence Can’t?” (abstract) |
November 4, 2015 |
Dr. Jeff Linhardt |
“Utilizing 50 year of Research to Develop Smart Contact Lenses” (abstract) |
November 11, 2015 |
| Dr. Bert Meijer Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands MII/Fralin Visiting Scholar Lecture |
Lecture 3: “Supramolecular Materials and Systems – Folded Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles; Towards Enzyme Mimics” (abstract) |
November 20, 2015 |
Lecture 2: “Supramolecular Materials and Systems – Pathway Complexity in the Self-Assembly of Conjugated Materials; Chirality as a Muse” (abstract) |
November 18, 2015 |
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Lecture 1: “Supramolecular Materials and Systems – From Supramolecular Polymers to Functional Materials” (abstract) |
November 17, 2015 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Katerina E. Aifantis |
“Effects of Matrix Stiffness on Cell Adhesion and Migration” |
February 3, 2016 |
Prof. Scott Phillips |
“Chemical Amplification in Polymeric Materials” |
February 17, 2016 |
Prof. Gillian Goward |
“Characterizing Locl Synamics in PolyFluoroSulfonic Acids and Li-Ion Battery Electrolytes Using In situ Magnetic Resonance” |
February 24, 2016 |
Prof. Emillie (Mia) Siochi |
“Nanotechnology: From Science Fiction to Reality” |
March 2, 2016 |
Dr. Aswini Pradhan |
“Nanotechnology for Preventative Health Care and Energy” |
March 9, 2016 |
Prof. Zhibin Guan |
“Bio-inspired Design of Dynamic and Self-Healing Polymer Materials” |
April 6, 2016 |
Prof. Jon Pokorski |
“Polymer Engineering with Proteins: New Chemistry and Processing Techniques” (abstract) |
April 13, 2016 |
Prof. Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng |
“Polymer Engineering with Proteins: New Chemistry and Processing Techniques” (abstract) |
April 20, 2016 |
Prof. Kenneth B. Wagener |
“Raising High Density Polethylene’s Melting Point by 40˚C” (abstract) |
May 4, 2016 |
Dr. Travis Baughman |
“Materials Based on Designer Polyolefins: From Olefin Metathesis Copolymers to UHMEPE Materials” (abstract) |
May 11, 2016 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Dr. Darin Dotson |
“Recent Developments in Polyethylene Nucleation” |
September 10, 2014 |
Prof. Tim St. Pierre |
“Magnetic Materials in Medicine: Applications in Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Disease” |
October 15, 2014 |
Prof. Andres Boydston |
“Development of Polymer Mechanochemistry for the Release of Small Molecules” |
October 29, 2014 |
Prof. Ronit Bitton |
“Hierarchical Structure of Multicomponent Polysaccharide-Based ECM Mimetics” |
December 17, 2014 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Assoc. Professor Makoto Yoshida, Asst. Professor Ryota Kose, and Asst. Professor Nakaba Satoshi |
“Eco-Materials Research in Japan – Applications for Nanocellulose, New Fungal Enzymes, and Physiological Control” |
January 12, 2015 |
Prof. Lloyd Robeson |
Dr. Lloyd Robeson will present 6 hours of lectures on Transport Properties of Polymers. The topics will include fundamentals, structure-property relationships, gas separations, water purification, and new directions. Dr. Robeson is one of the world’s leaders in this field. MII is sponsoring the event and it is also a requirement for the MACR 5016 class. |
March 26 & 27, 2015 |
Prof. O. Thompson Mefford |
“Integrated Approach for the Fabrication of Multi-functional Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles:Particles, Polymers, and Potential” |
April 1, 2015 |
Dr. Jed W. Pitera |
“Polymer Modeling at IBM Research – Almaden” |
April 3, 2015 |
Dr. David M. Stepp |
“Materials Design: Where Do We Go from Here?” |
April 20, 2015 |
Prof. Joe Wheeler |
“The Virginia Tech FutureHAUS, A proposal for an Industrialized Architecture” |
April 21, 2015 |
Dr. Ankit Vora |
“Directed Self-assembly of Topcoat-free Polycarbonate Containing High-χ Block Copolymers” |
April 27, 2015 |
Dr. David Williams |
“Biocompatibility Pathways” (abstract) |
April 29, 2015 |
Dr. Charles Black |
“Engineering Material Properties Using Block Copolymers Self Assembly” (abstract) |
May 13, 2015 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Hunaid Nulwala |
“Nano Phase Separated Block Copolymers for Gas Separation Membranes” |
August 6, 2013 |
Prof. Megan Robertson |
“Sustainable and Biodegradable Structured Polymers” |
September 4, 2013 |
Dr. Adam Weber |
“Understanding Transport in and Properties of Nafion Across Length Scales” |
September 18, 2013 |
Prof. Matthew Green |
“Tuning Solution Assemblies of Novel Amphiphilic Block Copolymers Through Manipulation of Interfacial Interactions” |
October 4, 2013 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Joe DeSimone |
“Co-opting Moore’s Law Design of Shape-specific Particulate-based Vaccines and Therapeutics” |
April 4, 2014 |
Dr. Ad Overbeek |
“DSM as a Life Science and Material Science Company” |
April 14, 2014 |
Dr. Sri Iyer |
“North America Energy Transformation and its Impact on Petrochemicals” |
April 23, 2014 |
Dr. Nathan Ravi |
“Biomimetic Engineering in Ophthalmology” |
May 2, 2014 |
Dr. Ludwik Leibler |
Lecture 3: “Adhesion and Organ Repair by Nanoparticle Solutions” (abstract) |
May 22, 2014 |
Lecture 2: “Vitrimers: A New Class of Materials” (abstract) |
May 20, 2014 |
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Lecture 1: “Self-healing Rubbers, Super-Processable Plastics and Universally Dispersible Colloids from Supramolecular Assemblies” (abstract) |
May 19, 2014 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. David A. Tirrell |
Lecture 3: “Reinterpreting the Genetic Code: From Polymers to Proteomics – Non‐Canonical Amino Acids in the Interrogation of Cellular Protein Synthesis” (abstract) |
November 15, 2012 |
Lecture 2: “Reinterpreting the Genetic Code: From Polymers to Proteomics – Proteins that Nature Never Made” (abstract) |
November 13, 2012 |
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Lecture 1: “Reinterpreting the Genetic Code: From Polymers to Proteomics – Proteins that Nature Never Made” (abstract) |
November 12, 2012 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Dr. Werner K. Nielsen |
“Recent Development and Future Opportunities in Osmotic Power” |
March 1, 2013 |
Dr. Yuichiro Otsuka |
“Production of 2-pyrone-4, 6-dicarboxylic Acid as a Novel Polymer-Based Material from Low Molecular Weight lignin by Metabolic Engineering of Microbial Functions” |
April 22, 2013 |
Dr. Paul Foreman |
“Adhesive Polymers for Transdermal and Transmucosal Drug Delivery” |
April 24, 2013 |
Dr. Ashish Kulkarni |
“I Got my PhD in……. Now What?” – Perspective on the Road Ahead” |
April 26, 2013 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Pedro Miguel Reis |
“The Wonders of Thin Objects: Coiling Spaghetti and Pressing on Eggshells” |
August 24, 2011 |
Prof. Claus-Michael Lehr |
Lecture 3: “Drug Delivery Across Biological Barriers: Intestines, Skin and Lungs – The Barrier of the Lungs” (abstract) |
October 20, 2011 |
Lecture 2: “Drug Delivery Across Biological Barriers: Intestines, Skin and Lungs – The Skin Barrier” (abstract) |
October 19, 2011 |
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Lecture 1: “Drug Delivery Across Biological Barriers: Intestines, Skin and Lungs – The Gastrointestinal Barrier” (abstract) |
October 18, 2011 |
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Prof. Amrinder S. Nain |
“STEP Polymeric Fiber Manufacturing Platform for Advanced Materials and Tissue Engineering” |
November 30, 2011 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Coray M. Colina |
“In-Silico: Expressway to Materials Design” |
February 15, 2012 |
Prof. Susie H. Pun |
“Peptide-based Polymers for Nucleic Acid Delivery” |
April 11, 2012 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Li Jia |
“Cobolt-Catalyzed Carbonylative Polymerization” |
September 15, 2010 |
Prof. Brent Sumerlin |
“New Stimuli-responsive Macromolecules: Polymer-Protein Bioconjugates and “Sweet Tooth” Micelles” |
October 6, 2010 |
Dr. Larry Wendling |
“Innovation at 3M” (MII Technical Conference) |
October 12, 2010 |
Prof. Sungsool Wi |
“Solid-State NMR Characterization of Highly Chlorine-resistant Di-sulfonated Poly(Arylene ether Sulfone) Random Copolymers for Research Osmosis Applications” |
October 18, 2010 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Sergey V. Kotomin |
“History and Development of Molecular Composites in the World and Russia” |
April 6, 2011 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Dr. Nicole Moore |
“The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of a Novel Polyethylene Glycol Based Gene Delivery System” |
September 22, 2009 |
Dr. Jamie Messman |
“Reactive and Functional Polymers from Vinyl Dimethyl Aziactone (VDMA)” |
September 30, 2009 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Richard Partch |
“Nanoparticles for Cancel and Chemical Overdose Therapies” |
March 4, 2010 |
Dr. Emmett Crawford |
“Development of Tritan Copolyesters” |
March 31, 2010 |
Dr. Frank Svec |
“The Hydrogen Fuel Alternative: Is It Real?” |
April 7, 2010 |
Prof. Wei Chen |
“New Polymers for Nonfouling Applications” |
April 28, 2010 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Lian R. Hutchings |
“Functional Materials Synthesised by Controlled Polymer Chemistry” |
August 27, 2008 |
Prof. David Hercules |
“Polymer Characterization by Maldi: Some Challenges and Some Successes” and Prof. Tony Gies, Vanderbilt University |
October 1, 2008 |
Dr. Matthew Becker |
“Non-Traditional Methods for Characterizing Biomaterial Substrates” |
October 24, 2008 |
Dr. Joannie Chin |
“Characterization of Ambient Temperature Cure Epoxy Used in Boston’s Central Artery Tunnel (“Big Dig”) Ceiling Collapse” |
November 5, 2008 |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Dr. Marc T. Cicerone |
“Broadband CARS Microscopy – Overview and Applications” |
June 2, 2009 |
Dr. Al Robertson |
“Phosphonium-based Ionic Liquids” |
June 12, 2009 |
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Date |
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Dr. Russ Gaudiana |
“Prospects for Solar Energy – Organic Photovoltaics” |
October 22, 2007 |
Dr. Don Schulz |
“Polyolefins Their Role in Sustainable Development” |
October 23, 2007 |
Dr. Anthony P. Gies |
“Obtaining MALDI Mass Spectra of Insoluble Polymers” |
December 6, 2007 |
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Seminar Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
Prof. Justin Barone |
“Building Biopolymer Structures from Protein Building Blocks” |
March 26, 2008 |
Prof. Paul Gatenholm |
“Assembly of Polysaccharides into Innovative Biomaterials” |
May 7, 2008 |
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Date |
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Prof. Ralph H. Colby |
“Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Poly(ethylene oxide)-based Ionomers as Single Ion Conductors” |
September 22, 2006 |
Prof. Tim Lodge |
“Self-Assembly of Multicompartment Micelles from ABC Star Copolymers” |
October 20, 2006 |
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Seminar Title |
Date |
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Prof. Dan Knauss |
“Polymer Chemistry at the Colorado School of Mines: Branched Polymers, Polymeric Particles, Polylactides, and Iolymers by Nucleophilic A Romatic Substitution” |
April 11, 2007 |
Mr. Mitchell A. Katz and Dr. Chris Curfman |
“Paradigms in Chemical Patent Law” |
April 25, 2007 |