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Polymers (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

June 8 - 9, 2013
Chairs Ashlee A. Jahnke and Elizabeth S. Sterner
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.

The focus of this meeting is the synthesis, characterization and applications of novel polymers. Areas of interest include biomimetic systems, energy applications, and stimulus-responsive materials.

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
2:00 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 pmReversible Shape Memory Materials
Discussion Leader: Geoffrey Geise (The Pennsylvania State University)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pmSara Turner (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Reversible Shape Memory Behavior of Microscale Semi-crystalline Polyester Features"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSynthesis and Exploration of Novel Organic Semiconductors
Discussion Leader: Jonathan Behrendt (University of Manchester)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmEdmund Palermo (University of Michigan)
"Gradient Sequence Pi-Conjugated Copolymers: Synthesis and Unique Properties"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pmDiscussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pmJustin Kerszulis (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"How Yellow Completed the Color Palette of Electrochromic Polymers"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pmAndrew Davis (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
"Visualizing and Mapping Charge Carriers in Polymer Transistors"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pmHelen Tran (Columbia University)
"Directing Self Assembly of Functional Block Copolymers"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amBioderived and Bioactive Materials
Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Kelley (University of Delaware)
9:00 am - 9:20 amMichael Daniele (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)
"Biohybrid Matrices: Hydrogels Formed by Orthogonal Thiol Click Chemistries and Cellular Remodelling"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amAmanda Way (Case Western Reserve University)
"Functionalized Cellulose Nanocrystals and Nanocomposites for Stimuli-Responsive Materials"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amDarryl Boyd (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)
"The Fabrication and Modification of Thiol Click Polymer Microfibers"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amKatherine Locock (CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering)
"Guanylated Polymethacrylates as Host Defense Peptide Mimics: A Novel Class of Potent Antimicrobials with Low Haemolytic Activity"
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 - 2:45 pmCareer Options in Polymer Science
Discussion Leader: Sarah Aßhoff (University of Twente)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pmBryan Coughlin (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
1:45 pm - 1:55 pmDiscussion
1:55 pm - 2:10 pmSheng Lin-Gibson (NIST)
2:10 pm - 2:20 pmDiscussion
2:20 pm - 2:35 pmPhillip Hustad (Dow Chemical)
2:35 pm - 2:45 pmDiscussion
2:45 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
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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