"Recent Development and Future Opportunities in Osmotic Power"
"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"
"Adhesive Polymers for Transdermal and Transmucosal Drug Delivery"
"I Got my PhD in....... Now What?" - Perspective on the Road Ahead"
"History and Development of Molecular Composites in the World and Russia"
"The Wonders of Thin Objects: Coiling Spaghetti and Pressing on Eggshells"
"STEP Polymeric Fiber Manufacturing Platform for Advanced Materials and Tissue Engineering"
"In-Silico: Expressway to Materials Design"
"Peptide-based Polymers for Nucleic Acid Delivery"
"Cobolt-Catalyzed Carbonylative Polymerization"
"New Stimuli-responsive Macromolecules: Polymer-Protein Bioconjugates and "Sweet Tooth" Micelles"
"Innovation at 3M" (MII Technical Conference)
"Solid-State NMR Characterization of Highly Chlorine-resistant Di-sulfonated Poly(Arylene ether Sulfone) Random Copolymers for Research Osmosis Applications"
"New Polymers for Nonfouling Applications"
"The Hydrogen Fuel Alternative: Is It Real?"
"Development of Tritan Copolyesters"
"Nanoparticles for Cancel and Chemical Overdose Therapies"
"Reactive and Functional Polymers from Vinyl Dimethyl Aziactone (VDMA)"
"The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of a Novel Polyethylene Glycol Based Gene Delivery System"
"Phosphonium-based Ionic Liquids"
"Broadband CARS Microscopy - Overview and Applications"
"Characterization of Ambient Temperature Cure Epoxy Used in Boston's Central Artery Tunnel ("Big Dig") Ceiling Collapse"
"Non-Traditional Methods for Characterizing Biomaterial Substrates"
"Polymer Characterization by Maldi: Some Challenges and Some Successes" and Prof. Tony Gies, Vanderbilt University
"Functional Materials Synthesised by Controlled Polymer Chemistry"
"Assembly of Polysaccharides into Innovative Biomaterials"
"Building Biopolymer Structures from Protein Building Blocks"
"Obtaining MALDI Mass Spectra of Insoluble Polymers"
"Polyolefins Their Role in Sustainable Development"
"Prospects for Solar Energy - Organic Photovoltaics"
"Paradgms in Chemical Patent Law"
"Polymer Chemistry at the Colorado School of Mines: Branched Polymers, Polymeric Particles, Polylactides, and Iolymers by Nucleophilic A Romatic Substitution"
"Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Poly(ethylene oxide)-based Ionomers as Single Ion Conductors"
"Self-Assembly of Multicompartment Micelles from ABC Star Copolymers"
Dr. Adam Weber
Prof. Megan Robertson
Prof. Hunaid Nulwala
Dr. Ankit Vora
IBM Almaden Research Center
“Directed Self-assembly of Topcoat-free Polycarbonate Containing High-χ Block Copolymers”
April 27, 2015
1:30pm-2:30pm
310 Kelly Hall
Prof. Ronit Bitton
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Israel
“Hierarchical Structure of Multicomponent Polysaccharide-Based ECM Mimetics”
(abstract)
December 17, 2014
11:15am-12:15pm
145 Signature Engineering Bldg.
Assoc. Professor Makoto Yoshida, Asst. Professor Ryota Kose, and Asst. Professor Nakaba Satoshi
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
“Eco-Materials Research in Japan - Applications for Nanocellulose, New Fungal Enzymes, and Physiological Control” (abstract)
January 12, 2015
2:00pm-3:00pm
Fralin Hall Auditorium
Thursday, March 26, 2015
5:00pm-7:00pm
109 SURGE
Friday, March 27 , 2015
1:00pm-5:00pm
257 Whittemore
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 clearly one of the world's leaders in this field so I view this as a major opportunity for us. MII is sponsoring the event and it is also a requirement for the MACR 5016 class.
Prof. Lloyd Robeson
Lehigh University
Dr. Jed W. Pitera
IBM Reserach - Almaden
“Polymer Modeling at IBM Research – Almaden”
April 3, 2015
1:00pm-2:00pm
310 Kelly Hall
April 1, 2015
11:15am-12:15pm
Fralin Hall Auditorium
“Integrated Approach for the Fabrication ofMulti-functional Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles:Particles, Polymers, and Potential”
Prof. O. Thompson Mefford
Clemson University
October 29, 2014
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Development of Polymer Mechanochemistry for the Release of Small Molecules”
(abstract)
Prof. Andres Boydston
University of Washington
October 15, 2014
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Magnetic Materials in Medicine: Applications in Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Disease”
(abstract)
Prof.Tim St. Pierre
The University of Western
Australia
September 10, 2014
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Recent Developments in Polyethylene Nucleation”
(abstract)
Dr. Darin Dotson
Milliken Co.
May 2, 2014
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Biomimetic Engineering in Ophthalmology”
(abstract)
Dr. Nathan Ravi
Washington University School of
Medicine
April 23, 2014
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“North America Energy Transformation and its Impact on
Petrochemicals”
(abstract)
Dr. Sri Iyer
Braskem Americas
April 14, 2014
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“DSM as a Life Science and Material Science Company”
(abstract)
Dr. Ad Overbeek
DSM Coating Resins
Friday - April 4, 2014
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Co-opting Moore's Law Design of Shape-specific Particulate-based Vaccines and Therapeutics”
(abstract)
Prof. Joe DeSimone
University of North Carolina
October 4, 2013
4:00pm-5:00pm
107 SURGE Bldg.
“Tuning Solution Assemblies of Novel Amphiphilic Block Copolymers Through Manipulation of Interfacial Interactions”
(abstract)
Prof. Matthew Green
University of Delaware
April 29, 2015
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Biocompatibility Pathways”
Dr. David Williams
Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Dr. David M. Stepp
U.S. Army Research Office
“Materials Design: Where Do We Go from Here?”
presented during the MII Technical Conference
April 20, 2015
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
April 21, 2015
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“The Virginia Tech FutureHAUS, A proposal for an Industrialized Architecture”
presented during the MII Technical Conference
Prof. Joe Wheeler
Virginia Tech
Dr. Lloyd Robeson
“Gas/Water Transport Processes in Polymers”
March 26-27, 2015
March 30-31, 2015
May 13, 2015
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Engineering Material Properties Using Block Copolymers Self Assembly”
(abstract)
Dr. Charles Black
Brookhaven Nat’l Lab
Prof. Tim Showalter
Univ. of Virginia
“Improving Precision and Comfort for Image-guide Brachytherapy: Better Delivery with Polymer Science”
(abstract)
July 7, 2015
2:00pm-3:00pm
310 Kelly Hall
Prof. Shengfeng Cheng
Virginia Tech
“Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Polymers”
(abstract)
September 23, 2015
11:15am-12:15pm
Fralin Auditorium
“Practical Applications of Rheology”
(abstract)
Dr. Gregory Kamyskowski
TA Instruments
Prof. Jonathan Boreyko
Virginia Tech
“Phase-Change Systems with Dynamic Interfaces: From Jumping Droplets to Ice Bridges”
(abstract)
September 30, 2015
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
November 4, 2015
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“What can Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer do that Purene Excimer Fluorescence Can't?”
(abstract)
Prof. Jean Duhamel
University of Waterloo
Dr. Jeff Linhardt
Google X
“Utilizing 50 year of Research to Develop Smart Contact Lenses”
(abstract)
November 11, 2015
11:15am-12:15pm
TBD
February 3, 2016
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Effects of Matrix Stiffness on Cell Adhesion and Migration”
(abstract)
Prof. Katerina E. Aifantis
The University of Arizona
Prof. Scott Phillips
Penn State University
February 24, 2016
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Characterizing Local DSynamics in PolyFluoroSulfonic Acids and Li-Ion Battery Electrolytes Using In-situ Magnetic Resonance”
(abstract)
Prof. Gillian Goward
McMaster University
Prof. Emillie (Mia) Siochi
NASA
“Nanotechnology: From Science Fiction to Reality”
(abstract)
March 2, 2016
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
Dr. Aswini Pradhan
Norfolk State University
“Nanotechnology for Preventative Health Care and Energy”
(abstract)
March 9, 2016
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
April 6, 2016
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Bioinspired Design of Dynamic and Self-Healing Polymer Materials”
(abstract)
Prof. Zhibin Guan
Univ. of California
Prof. Jon Pokorski
Case Western Reserve University
“Polymer Engineering with Proteins: New Chemistry and Processing Techniques”
April 13, 2016
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
April 20, 2016
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Polymer Engineering with Proteins: New Chemistry and Processing Techniques”
Prof. Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng
Virginia Tech
Prof. Kenneth B. Wagener
University of Flordia
“Raising High Density Polethylene's Melting Point by 40˚C”
May 4, 2016
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
May 11, 2016
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Materials Based on Designer Polyolefins: From Olefin Metathesis Copolymers to UHMEPE Materials”
Dr. Travis Baughman
DSM Engineering Plastics
Outreach - Past MII Seminars
September 9, 2015
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
February 17, 2016
11:15am-12:15pm
310 Kelly Hall
“Chemical Amplification in Polymeric Materials”
(abstract)