Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: High Energy Materials Characterization
Discussion Leader: Sipei Li (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:15 pm
Wanli Yang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"Myths and Truths of Oxygen Redox Activities: A Journey from Oxygen Absorption Spectroscopy to Inelastic Scattering"
4:15 pm - 4:20 pm
Discussion
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
General Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Materials Characterization
Discussion Leader: Snehashis Choudhury (Stanford University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Peter Benedek (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Surface Phonons in Li Ion Battery Cathode Materials"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Michael Citrin (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Mechanical Properties and Nucleation of Nano-Sized Li Electrodeposited in a Solid-State Battery"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Clayton Dahlman (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Bridging the Gap Between the Bulk and Nanoscale in 2D Layered Hybrid Perovskites"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Bor-Rong Chen (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)
"Predictive Framework for Materials Synthesis Pathways: In Situ X-Ray Studies of Manganese Oxide Polymorph Formation"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Yifan Ye (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"Initial Reaction Mechanism for CO2 Reduction on Metal Catalyst Surfaces"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Russell Evans (Colorado State University, USA)
"Influence of Single Nanoparticle Electrochromic Dynamics on the Durability and Speed of Smart Windows"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Energy Generation and Storage
Discussion Leader: Feifei Shi (Stanford University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Trisha Andrew (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
"Garment-Integrated Technologies Created Using Reactive Vapor Deposition"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Erik Anderson (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Next Generation of Carbon Nanotube Optical Rectenna for Energy Harvesting"
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Adlai Katzenberg (New York University Tandon School of Engineering, USA)
"Beyond Nafion®: Exploring Structure-Property Relationships in Novel Perfluorinated Ionomers with Tunable Chemical Composition"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Lyndsey McMillon-Brown (Yale University, USA)
"Light-Trapping in Polymer Solar Cells by Processing with Nanostructured Diatomaceous Earth"
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 10:50 am
Jaron Kropp (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)
"Spontaneous Curvature of Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanoribbons: Effects on Optoelectronic, Magnetic and Mechanical Properties"
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Post-Graduation Career Panel
Young scientists currently in academia, national laboratories and industry will share their experience about life beyond their post-doctoral positions.
Discussion Leader: Isvar Cordova (Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Advice for Pursuing Traditional and Nontraditional Careers in Science
Claire Hansell (Nature, United Kingdom)
Benjamin Jacobs (Protochips, Inc., USA)
Miguel Modestino (New York University, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
