Symposium Agenda
Symposium Agenda
Full agenda and speakers listing for the 2025 CU Boulder Innovation in Materials Symposium:
- 8:20 – 9:20 Plenary Session, JSCBB A115, Butcher Auditorium, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, Presiding
- 8:20 – 8:30 Introduction and Welcoming Remarks, Prof. Stephanie Bryant
- 8:30 – 9:00 TBD, Peter Green, Deputy Director, Chief Research Officer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- 9:00 – 9:30 Polyelectrolyte Complexation: New Physics, New Materials, New Applications, Matthew Tirrell, Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago
- 9:30 – 9:40 Break and Transition
- 9:40 - 10:35 Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108
Parallel Sessions
Session #1: Battery and Energy Storage Materials, JSCBB A115
- 9:40 – 10:00 Innovating and commercializing advanced battery architectures, Prof. Amy Prieto, Colorado State University
- 10:00 – 10:15 Talk by Selected Trainee
- 10:15 – 10:35 Heat Transfer and Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion at the Limits, Prof. Longji Cui, University of Colorado
Session #2: Biomaterials, JSCBB A108
- 9:40 – 10:00 Cell-instructive biomaterials for tissue regeneration, Prof. Melissa Krebs, Colorado School of Mines
- 10:00 – 10:15 Student talk
- 10:15 – 10:35 A Materials Approach To Cure Osteoarthritis, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, University of Colorado
- 10:35 – 10:45 Break
- 10:45 – 11:50 Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108
Parallel Sessions
Session #3: Polymeric Materials, JSCBB A115
- 10:45 – 11:05 Granular Gels: Sculpting hydrogel particles to engineer tissue scaffolds, Prof. John Oakey, University of Wyoming
- 11:05 – 11:20 Talk by Selected Trainee
- 11:20 – 11:35 Talk by Selected Trainee
- 11:35 – 11:55 Controlling Growth and Form Through Cell–Material Mechanics, Prof. Franck Vernerey, University of Colorado
Session #4: Energetic Materials, JSCBB A108
- 10:45 – 11:05 Developing and validating thermomechanics models for explosives with experiments on commensurate scales, Dr. Kyle Ramos, Los Alamos National Laboratories
- 11:05 – 11:20 Talk by Selected Trainee
- 11:20 – 11:35 Talk by Selected Trainee
- 11:35 – 11:55 Talk by Selected Trainee
- 11:55 – 12:05 Pick up lunches
- 12:05 – 1:30 JSCBB Panel Discussion with external advisory board
- Professional Development Help for PhD students and Postdocs
- 12:05 – 1:30 Faculty Breakout sessions TBD
- 1:30 – 1:50 Break and Transition
- 1:50 – 2:45 Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108
Parallel Sessions
Session #5: Membranes, JSCBB A115
- 1:50 – 2:10 Connecting Ionic and Molecular Interactions to Covalent Organic Framework Membrane Performance, Prof. Dongmei Li, University of Wyoming
- 2:10 – 2:25 Talk by Selected Trainee
- 2:25 – 2:45 Molecular details of aqueous transport through polyamide membranes, Prof. Michael Shirts, University of Colorado
Session #6: Energetic Membranes, JSCBB A108 Energetic Materials
- 1:50 – 2:10 Defects and Dynamics in Hybrid Halide Semiconductors, Prof. James Neilsen, Colorado State University
- 2:10 – 2:25 Talk by Selected Trainee
- 2:25 – 2:45 Toward in situ top atomic layer surface analysis with high sensitivity low energy ion scattering (HS-LEIS), Prof. Adam Holewisnki, University of Colorado
- 2:45 – 3:00 Break and Poster Setup
- 3:00 - 4:30 Poster Session
- 4:30 – 5:00 Plenary Session, JSCBB A115, When to Consider Standardization in Emerging Materials Research, Jason Killgore, NIST