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
Polymer Mechanics
Discussion Leader: Thomas O'Connor (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Jelena Dinic (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
"Pinch-off Dynamics, Dripping-onto-Substrate (DoS) Rheometry and Printability of Dilute and Semi-Dilute Polymer Solutions"
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Or Galant (Technion - Israel institute of Technology, Israel)
"Intramolecular Cross-Linking: From Single Chain to Bulk Materials"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Amorphous Polymers / Structured Polymer Systems
Discussion Leaders: Tarak Patra (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) and Reika Katsumata (University of Massachusetts Amherst / University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Konane Bay (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
"Quantifying the Mechanical Properties of Ultra-Thin Glassy Polymer Films"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Brandon Peters (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
"Dynamics of Polydispersed, Entangled Polymer Melts"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Ralm Ricarte (Matière Molle et Chimie, ESPCI Paris, France)
"Mesoscopic Structure of Semi-Crystalline Vitrimers: The Remarkable Case of Polyethylene"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Whitney Loo (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Probing Coexisting Ordered Phases with X-Ray Scattering Techniques in Block Copolymer Electrolytes"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Peter Beaucage (Cornell University, USA)
"Exploring Synthetic Pathways in the Block Copolymer Self-Assembly-Derived Synthesis of Mesoporous Gyroidal Superconductors with In Situ SAXS/WAXS"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Polymers for Energy and Electronics / Functional and Responsive Polymers
Discussion Leaders: Bailey Risteen (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) and Jeffrey Ting (University of Chicago, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Krysten Minnici (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Conjugated Polymeric Binders for High Capacity Li-Ion Anodes"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Bill Wheatle (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Influence of Dielectric Constant on Ionic Transport in Polyether-Based Electrolytes"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Renxuan Xie (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Connecting Fundamental Properties of Conjugated Polymers to Mechanical Performance of Stretchable Electronics"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Katelyn Dahlke (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Role of Nucleoid Associated Proteins in Stabilizing DNA Supercoils"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Svetlana Morozova (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Effect of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Graft Density on Methylcellulose Fibril Formation"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 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: Setting Trends in Polymer Physics
A panel discussion featuring experts whose careers and contributions represent academic, government, and industrial perspectives.
Discussion Leaders: Michael Thees (Emory University, USA) and Danielle Mai (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 2:25 pm
Panel Discussion
Setting Trends in Polymer Physics
Michelle Seitz (Royal DSM, The Netherlands)
Charles Sing (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Julie Kornfield (California Institute of Technology, USA)
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Closing Remarks
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
