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
Materials of Architected Topology
Discussion Leader: Kurt Maute (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
Jordan Raney (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Multistability, Magnets and Dynamic Energy Landscapes"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
William Carter (Defense Sciences Office (DSO), DARPA, USA)
"Materials for Extreme Environments"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Biological, Biomolecular and Bioinspired Materials for Sensing and Actuation
Discussion Leader: Stephen Sarles (University of Tennessee, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
David Mooney (Harvard University, USA)
"Active Medical Adhesives"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Michaela Eder (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)
"Plant Seed Pods as Multifunctional Sensors and Actuators: Learning About Materials from Fire Ecology"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Dietmar Hutmacher (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
"Biomimetics in Bioengineering: Tensegrity Revisited from a Macro to Micro to Nano Lens"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 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
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Nancy Sottos (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) and 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
Structural Remodeling Versus Synthetic Morphogenesis
Discussion Leader: Jeff Moore (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Tasuku Nakajima (Hokkaido University, Japan)
"Self-Growing Hydrogels Inspired by Biological Metabolism"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Philippe Geubelle (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Frontal Polymerization: From Composite Manufacturing to Morphogenesis"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Brain-Inspired Neuromorphic Networks
Discussion Leader: Yong Chen (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Dan Hammerstrom (Portland State University, USA)
"Biologically Inspired Machine Learning"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Qing Wu (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
"On Brain-Inspired Circuits, Systems and Algorithms"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
J. Joshua Yang (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
"Memristive Materials for Unconventional Computing"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 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
Structural Power
Discussion Leader: Leif Asp (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Emile Greenhalgh (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Structural Power Composites: Future Challenges and Outlook"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Nicholas Kotov (University of Michigan / Michigan Institute for Translational Nanotechnology (MITRAN), USA)
"Biomimetic Composites for Energy and Optics"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Avian-Inspired Morphing Systems
Discussion Leader: Graham Taylor (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Richard Bomphrey (Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom)
"The Warping Wings of Reconfigurable Raptors"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Douglas Altshuler (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Range of Motion in the Avian Wing:Scaling Patterns, Aerodynamics and Motor Control"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Giulia Lanzara (Roma Tre University, Italy)
"Multiscale Global/Local Morphing"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 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
Metastructures for Dynamic Response Tailoring
Discussion Leader: Chiara Daraio (California Institute of Technology, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Massimo Ruzzene (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
"Metastructures with Tunable Disorder for Vibration Isolation"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Christoph Eberl (Fraunhofer IWM / University of Freiburg, Germany)
"Programmable (Meta) Materials as a Framework to Enable Adaptivity and Longevity in Technical Materials and Systems"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 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
Reconfigurable Soft Robotics
Discussion Leader: Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio (Yale University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Barbara Mazzolai (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)
"Morphological Adaptation in Plant-Inspired Robots"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Metin Sitti (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany)
"Multifunctional and Multilocomotion Small-Scale Soft Robots"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:40 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Daria Andreeva (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
"Self-Adaptive 2D Membranes"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Robert Shepherd (Cornell University, USA)
"Autonomous Morphing via Optoelectronic Nerves"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 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
Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing
Discussion Leader: H. Jerry Qi (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
AJ Boydston (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Chemical Approaches to Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Christopher Williams (Virginia Tech, USA)
"Achieving Multifunctionality Through Multi-Material/Scale/Modal/Axis Additive Manufacturing"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure