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Polymers (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Frontiers in Polymer Graduate Research

June 11 - 12, 2011
Chairs Corinne E. Lipscomb and Ritu Shrestha
Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street
South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Polymers is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

This meeting will focus on the synthesis and development of new polymeric materials and their applications. Topics of interest include Polymers at the Interface of Biology and Energy and Structured Soft Matter Systems.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Polymers" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmFrontiers of Graduate Polymer Science
Discussion Leader: Ritu Shrestha (Texas A&M University)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pmFrank Leibfarth (University of California Santa Barbara)
"Ketene functional polymers for broad material applications"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmPolymers at the Interface of Biology and Energy
Discussion Leader: Lauren Buerkle (Case Western Reserve University)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmElizabeth Kelley (University of Delaware)
"Synthesis and Self-assembly of Bio-responsive Amphiphilic Block Copolymers"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pmDiscussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pmSandani Samarajewa (Texas A&M University)
"Core Degradable Nanoparticles for Controlled Release of Therapeutics and Biological Clearance In Vivo"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pmStephen Diegelmann (John Hopkins University)
"Self-Assembly of Electronically Active Biomaterials"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pmJustin Kumpfer (Case Western University)
"Utilizing Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers as Smart Materials"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amDesign and Study of Structured Soft Matter Systems
Discussion Leader: Sebastian Emmerling (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
9:00 am - 9:20 amEric Appel (University of Cambridge)
"Aqueous Supramolecular Materials via Host-Guest Complexation with Cucurbit[8]uril"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amAndrew Schmitt (University of Wisconsin Madison)
"Aqueous Phase Behavior of Polydisperse Triblock Copolymer Surfactants"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amRamon Groote (Eindhoven University of Technology)
"Understanding mechanochemical activation of catalysts"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amAshlee Jahnke (University of Toronto)
"Polytellurophenes with Properties Controlled by Tellurium Coordination"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmCareer Options in Polymer Science
Discussion Leader: Gregory Grover (University of California San Diego)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pmStuart J. Rowan (Case Western Reserve University)
1:45 pm - 1:50 pmDiscussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pmScott Trenor (Milliken Chemical Company)
2:05 pm - 2:10 pmDiscussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pmEric Lin (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
2:25 pm - 2:30 pmDiscussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
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3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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