Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Morphing Materials and Structures
Discussion Leader: Gregory Reich (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:20 pm
David Lentink (Stanford University, USA)
"How Birds Morph Their Wings"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
Ray Baughman (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
"Strong, Powerful Artificial Muscle Yarns and Fibers Whose Multifunctionality Provides Intelligence and the Ability to Harvest Energy"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Bioinspired Design for Multifunctionality
Discussion Leader: Clement Sanchez ( Laboratoire de Chimie de LA Materiere Condensee, France)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
Martin Bechthold (Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA)
"Ceramic Matters"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:05 am
Martin Dunn (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore)
"Better than Bioinspired? Digital Design and Manufacturing Workflows for Multifunctional Products"
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Daniel McAdams (Texas A&M University, USA)
"Technology Evolution and Bioinpsired Design: Technological Disruption for New Materials"
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Ellen Arruda (University of Michigan, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bioinspired Sensing and Signaling
Discussion Leader: Friedrich Barth (University of Vienna, Austria)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:10 pm
John Rogers (Northwestern University, USA)
"Materials for Bio-Integrated Semiconductor Devices"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Stephen Sarles (University of Tennessee, USA)
"Membrane-Based Biomolecular Materials: From Bioinspired Sensing to Synaptic-Mimics for Neuromorphic Computing"
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Biological and Synthetic Regeneration
Discussion Leader: Aaron Esser-Kahn (University of Chicago, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
Peter Fratzl (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)
"A Materials Science View on Bone Growth and Regeneration"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:05 am
Samuel Stupp (Northwestern University, USA)
"Materials that Communicate with or Behave Like Living Systems"
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Nancy Sottos (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"(Re)Generation and Growth of Synthetic Polymers and Composites: Morphogenic Manufacturing"
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Additive Manufacturing for Multifunctional Systems
Discussion Leader: Andre Studart (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:10 pm
Julia Greer (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Additive Manufacturing and Chemical-Mechanical Functionality of Three-Dimensional Nano-Architected Materials"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Ryan Wicker (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
"Increasing Component Functionality via Multi-Process Additive Manufacturing"
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Smart Surfaces and Interfaces
Discussion Leader: Ivan Parkin (University College London, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
John Kieffer (University of Michigan, USA)
"Property Reconstruction in Polymers and Significance for Performance and Functionality"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:05 am
Haeshin Lee (KAIST, South Korea)
"Mussel-and-Insect-Inspired Self-Sealing Materials"
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard University, USA)
"Multifunctional Materials for Marine Environments: Combating Biofouling, Corrosion and Ice in a Single Coating"
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Organic-Inorganic Hybrids
Discussion Leader: Helmut Cölfen (University of Konstanz, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:10 pm
Olli Ikkala (Aalto University, Finland)
"Sequential Templating Through the Length Scales for Equilibrium and Dissipative Functions"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Lara Estroff (Cornell University, USA)
"Bio-Inspired Mineralization: Interfaces Between Polymers and Crystals"
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Functional Architectures via Folding and Origami
Discussion Leader: Kaushik Bhattacharya (California Institute of Technology, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
Johannes Overvelde (AMOLF, The Netherlands)
"Finding the Mechanically Stable States of Prismatic Architected Materials"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:05 am
Gregory Reich (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
"Embedded Flow Sensors for Adaptive Air Systems"
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:50 am
Jayanth Kudva (NextGen Aeronautics, Inc., USA)
"Multifunctional Advanced Materials for Morphing and Mission-Adaptive Innovative Aircraft"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
General Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Reconfigurable Soft Assemblies
Discussion Leader: Nikolaus Correll (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:10 pm
Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio (Yale University, USA)
"Robotic Skins with Distributed Sensing, Actuation and Control"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Robert Shepherd (Cornell University, USA)
"Distributed Actuation, Sensing, and Embodied Energy in Soft Robotic Systems: Application to Haptics, Prosthetics, and Virtual Reality Immersion"
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure