| 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 | Frontiers of Graduate Polymer Science |
| Discussion Leader: Ritu Shrestha (Texas A&M University) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Frank Leibfarth (University of California Santa Barbara)
"Ketene functional polymers for broad material applications" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Polymers at the Interface of Biology and Energy |
| Discussion Leader: Lauren Buerkle (Case Western Reserve University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Elizabeth Kelley (University of Delaware)
"Synthesis and Self-assembly of Bio-responsive Amphiphilic Block Copolymers" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Sandani Samarajewa (Texas A&M University)
"Core Degradable Nanoparticles for Controlled Release of Therapeutics and Biological Clearance In Vivo" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Stephen Diegelmann (John Hopkins University)
"Self-Assembly of Electronically Active Biomaterials" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Justin Kumpfer (Case Western University)
"Utilizing Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers as Smart Materials" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Design and Study of Structured Soft Matter Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Sebastian Emmerling (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Eric Appel (University of Cambridge)
"Aqueous Supramolecular Materials via Host-Guest Complexation with Cucurbit[8]uril" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Andrew Schmitt (University of Wisconsin Madison)
"Aqueous Phase Behavior of Polydisperse Triblock Copolymer Surfactants" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Ramon Groote (Eindhoven University of Technology)
"Understanding mechanochemical activation of catalysts" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Ashlee Jahnke (University of Toronto)
"Polytellurophenes with Properties Controlled by Tellurium Coordination" |
| 10:50 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 | Career Options in Polymer Science |
| Discussion Leader: Gregory Grover (University of California San Diego) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Stuart J. Rowan (Case Western Reserve University) |
| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Scott Trenor (Milliken Chemical Company) |
| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Eric Lin (National Institute of Standards and Technology) |
| 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 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. |
