The Notre Dame-Purdue Symposium on Soft Matter & Polymers and Poster Session will be held on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Eck Visitors Center at Notre Dame. This one-day symposium addresses the general synthesis and characterization of synthetic soft materials and their broad application in biomedical fields. In addition, the symposium will include a Science Forum and Tour targeting the participation of local high school and college students/teachers.
AGENDA
| 9:00 am | Check-in, Eck Foyer | |
| Technical Session 1 Eck Auditorium |
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| Presenter | Title of Talk | |
| 9:30 am | Merlin Bruening, Notre Dame Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Chemistry & Biochemistry |
“Functionalizing membranes through formation of polyelectrolyte multilayers and polymer brushes” |
| 10:00 am | Bryan Boudouris, Purdue Chemical Engineering |
“Manipulating the solid-state charge transport of radical polymer glasses” |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break, Eck Foyer | |
| 11:00 am | Matthew J. Webber, Notre Dame Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
“Therapeutic materials through supramolecular design” |
| 11:30 am | Alexander Wei, Purdue Chemistry |
“New additive manufacturing processes for polymer substrates” |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch break, Eck Foyer | |
| Technical Session 2 Eck Auditorium |
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| Presenter | Title of Talk | |
| 12:45 pm | Vivek Sharma, Univ. of Illinois Chicago | “Pinch-off dynamics, dripping-onto-substrate rheometry and printability of complex fluids” |
| 1:15 pm | Jennifer L. Schaefer, Notre Dame Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
“Solvent-free single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes” |
| 1:45 pm | Grigori Medvedev, Purdue Chemical Engineering |
“Recent advances in understanding the glassy state” |
| 2:15 pm | Break, Eck Foyer | |
| 2:30 pm | Haifeng Gao, Notre Dame Chemistry & Biochemistry |
“Robust synthesis of dendritic polymers with well-defined nanostructures” |
| 3:00 pm | David H. Thompson, Purdue Chemistry |
“Development of self-assembling cyclodextrin polymers for biological applications” |
| 3:45 – 5:45 pm | Poster Session and Science Forum | Eck Foyer |
REGISTRATION
Symposium registration is now open at:
Please register by September 26.
CALL FOR POSTERS
In addition to the talks, graduate students and post doctoral fellows are invited to showcase their research results in an afternoon poster session, where prizes will be awarded for the best posters. (Students or faculty will need to cover the cost of poster printing.)
Poster presenters can use the link provided above to register their attendance and poster. Please register posters by September 26.
SPONSORS
The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Notre Dame College of Science, College of Engineering, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, and Center for Nano Science & Technology (NDnano); Purdue College of Science and Birck Nanotechnology Center; J & K Scientific, and Furcifer, Inc.
QUESTIONS
Please address any questions regarding registration and posters to Heidi Deethardt (deethardt.1@nd.edu).
Or, contact event organizers Haifeng Gao (hgao@nd.edu) or Jianguo Mei (jgmei@purdue.edu) for more information on the topics and scope of this symposium.
Originally published at nano.nd.edu.