| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Tuning Polymeric Materials by Local Control |
| Discussion Leaders: Nikta Fakhri (Univ. Goettingen) and Nicholas Tito (Dartmouth) |
| 3:47 pm - 4:01 pm | Miriam Unterlass (ESPCI Paris)
"Catalytic Control of Vitrimer Dynamics via Metal Complexes"
|
| 4:01 pm - 4:08 pm | Discussion |
| 4:09 pm - 4:23 pm | Somsubhra Maity (NC State)
"Utilization of metal nanoparticles as light-activated heaters for in situ processing within polymer nanocomposites"
|
| 4:23 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Glasses Under Stress |
| Discussion Leaders: Justin Pye (Emory Univ.) and Siyang Gao (Texas Tech) |
| 7:31 pm - 7:47 pm | Benjamin Bending (Univ. of Wisconsin)
"Deformation-induced Molecular Mobility Allows Polystyrene Glasses to Flow"
|
| 7:47 pm - 7:55 pm | Discussion |
| 7:56 pm - 8:12 pm | Laura Gray (Emory Univ.)
"Physical Aging of Polymer Thin Films Stressed During Glass Formation"
|
| 8:12 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
| 8:21 pm - 8:37 pm | Mathieu Capelot (ESPCI Paris)
"Vitrimers: Silica-like Malleable Thermosets"
|
| 8:37 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Address |
| 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Anthony J. Ryan (Univ. of Sheffield) |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm - 12:00 am | Social Reception in Kendade Hall |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Exploiting Phase Behavior |
| Discussion Leaders: Abelardo Ramirez-Hernandez (Univ. of Wisconsin) and Woo-Sik Jang (Yale Univ.) |
| 9:01 am - 9:17 am | Justin Kennemur (Univ. of Minnesota)
"Rational Design Strategies for New Block Copolymer Nanolithography Materials"
|
| 9:17 am - 9:24 am | Discussion |
| 9:25 am - 9:41 am | Bryan Beckingham (Princeton)
"Phase Behavior of Amorphous and Semicrystalline ABC Block-Random Copolymers"
|
| 9:41 am - 9:48 am | Discussion |
| 9:49 am - 10:05 am | Joseph Lott (Univ. of Minnesota)
"Physical Structure of Methylcellulose Hydrogels"
|
| 10:05 am - 10:12 am | Discussion |
| 10:13 am - 10:29 am | Jessalyn Cortese (ESPCI Paris)
"Organization in Supramolecular Polymers"
|
| 10:29 am - 10:36 am | Discussion |
| 10:37 am - 10:53 am | Kiarash Vakhshouri (Penn State Univ.)
"Charge Transport in Amorphous Polythiophene-Fullerene Blends"
|
| 10:53 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Careers in Polymer Physics: Beyond Academia |
| Discussion Panel Leaders: Nicholas Tito (Dartmouth) and J. Mirian Diop (Northwestern) |
| David Boris (Kodak)
Amalie Frischknecht (Sandia)
Carl Willis (Kraton Polymers)
|
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
