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