Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 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
Self-Learning Soft Robotics
Discussion Leader: Robert Shepherd (Cornell University, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore)
"Bespoke Adaptive Soft Robots"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
Renee Zhao (Stanford University, United States)
"Wireless Amphibious Origami Millirobot"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Intelligent Biological and Bio-Inspired Concepts
Discussion Leader: Nancy Sottos (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
L. Mahadevan (Harvard University, United States)
"Morphable Matter: From Origami to Collective Robotics"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Christina Harvey (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Model-Based Bio-Informed Analyses to Advance UAV Design"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Shu Yang (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Bioinspired Programming of Mechano-Intelligence in Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composites"
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 diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Chiara Daraio (California Institute of Technology, United States) and Nancy Sottos (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Intelligent Chemistry Through Self-Discovery
Discussion Leader: Vishnu Sundaresan (Defense Sciences Office (DSO), United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Lee Cronin (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
"Autonomous Intelligent Exploration, Discovery, and Optimisation of Chemical and Material Space"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Rebecca Schulman (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"Orchestrating Autonomous Morphogensis and Metamorphosis with Chemistry"
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
Self-Learning in Intelligent Manufacturing
Discussion Leader: William Carter (Defense Sciences Office (DSO), United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Christopher Spadaccini (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States)
"Towards Sentient Manufacturing"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Pablo Zavattieri (Purdue University, United States)
"Multi-Scale Mechanics and Materials by Design"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Sam Tawfick (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"Algorithms and Molecules for Intelligent Manufacturing"
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
Intelligent Materials for Up-cycling
Discussion Leader: Siddiq Qidwai (National Science Foundation, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Brett Helms (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
"Bio-Renewable Circular Plastics"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Christopher Bowman (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
"Polymers and Light: Towards Advanced, Photoresponsive Materials"
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
Intelligent Aerospace Structures
Discussion Leaders: Benjamin Dickinson (Air Force Research Laboratory, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Paolo Ermanni (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Towards Application of Morphing Structures in Large Transport Aircraft"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Darren Hartl (Texas A&M University, United States)
"New Analysis and Design Schemes Enabling the Next Generation of Multifunctional Aerospace Structures"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Sung Kang (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"Self-Adaptive Materials and Structures for Aerospace Applications"
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
Embedded Sensing for Intelligent Response
Discussion Leader: Daniel Inman (University of Michigan, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Erik Thostenson (University of Delaware, United States)
"Scalable Manufacturing of Multifunctional In Situ Sensors"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Gregory Carman (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"Nanoscale Magnetoelasticity, An Overlooked Opportunity for the Smart Material Community"
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(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Engineering Living Systems
Discussion Leaders: Taylor Ware (Texas A&M University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Neel Joshi (Northeastern University, United States)
"Biologically Fabricated Materials from Engineered Microbes"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Ryan Harne (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Scalable Programming of Soft Mechanical Materials that Sense, Think, and React"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Sankaran Thayumanavan (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)
"Responsive Materials at Bio-Abio Interface"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
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
Smart Textiles
Discussion Leader: Chiara Daraio (California Institute of Technology, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Yoel Fink (MIT, United States)
"Towards Computing Fibers and Fabrics"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Thomas Gries (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
"4D-Textiles"
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