| SATURDAY |
| 2:00 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 | Reversible Shape Memory Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Geoffrey Geise (The Pennsylvania State University) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Sara Turner (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Reversible Shape Memory Behavior of Microscale Semi-crystalline Polyester Features"
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| 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 | Synthesis and Exploration of Novel Organic Semiconductors |
| Discussion Leader: Jonathan Behrendt (University of Manchester) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Edmund Palermo (University of Michigan)
"Gradient Sequence Pi-Conjugated Copolymers: Synthesis and Unique Properties"
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| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Justin Kerszulis (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"How Yellow Completed the Color Palette of Electrochromic Polymers"
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| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Andrew Davis (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
"Visualizing and Mapping Charge Carriers in Polymer Transistors"
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| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Helen Tran (Columbia University)
"Directing Self Assembly of Functional Block Copolymers"
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| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Bioderived and Bioactive Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Kelley (University of Delaware) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Michael Daniele (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)
"Biohybrid Matrices: Hydrogels Formed by Orthogonal Thiol Click Chemistries and Cellular Remodelling"
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| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Amanda Way (Case Western Reserve University)
"Functionalized Cellulose Nanocrystals and Nanocomposites for Stimuli-Responsive Materials"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Darryl Boyd (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)
"The Fabrication and Modification of Thiol Click Polymer Microfibers"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Katherine Locock (CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering)
"Guanylated Polymethacrylates as Host Defense Peptide Mimics: A Novel Class of Potent Antimicrobials with Low Haemolytic Activity"
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| 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 - 2:45 pm | Career Options in Polymer Science |
| Discussion Leader: Sarah Aßhoff (University of Twente) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Bryan Coughlin (University of Massachusetts Amherst) |
| 1:45 pm - 1:55 pm | Discussion |
| 1:55 pm - 2:10 pm | Sheng Lin-Gibson (NIST) |
| 2:10 pm - 2:20 pm | Discussion |
| 2:20 pm - 2:35 pm | Phillip Hustad (Dow Chemical) |
| 2:35 pm - 2:45 pm | Discussion |
| 2:45 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. |
