Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Opportunities in Adhesion Science and Soft Matter
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Power Amplifying Adhesion"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"A Multi-scale Picture of Elastomer Fracture: Illuminating Bond Scission"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Soft Contacts and Interfaces
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Rough Adhesion with Soft Gels"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Controlling Adhesion and Friction of Hydrogel Interfaces"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Sticky Biofilm and Interfacial Cavitation"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Active Control of Adhesion for Robotics
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Low-Voltage Electroadhesion of Ionoelastomer Heterojunctions"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Switchable Adhesives for Multifunctional Interfaces"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Soft Materials and Adhesives for Health and Medicine
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Complex Coacervate-Based Adhesives and Scaffolds"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Tough Bioadhesives for Tissue Repair and Regeneration"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Biofilm-inspired Underwater Adhesives"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Reversible Deactivation Radical Copolymerizations as a Tool to Tailor the Architecture and Fracture Properties of Polymer Networks"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Adhesion and Fracture of Soft Biomaterials
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Tissue and Interface Fracture During Childbirth"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Composites and Heterogenous Materials
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Tuning Interfacial Morphology of Heterogeneous Materials for High Velocity Impact"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Carbon-Based Nanomaterials as Reactive Interfaces in Ceramic-Based Composites"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Visualizing Stresses in Composites Via Mechanophores"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Patterned Elastomeric Materials and Interfacial Tribology"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Materials Chemistry Approaches for Fine Touch"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Interfaces between the Body and Engineered Devices
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Adhesion Challenges in Body-Conformable Electronics"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Development of Ultra-Low Fouling Zwitterionic Coatings for Implants and Blood-Contacting Devices"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
"Controlling Interfacial Toughness via Geometry and Architected Plasticity"
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Theoretical Extraction of Adhesion of 2D Materials from Spontaneously Formed Bubbles or Nanoindentation Tests"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Understanding and Engineering Adhesive Contacts
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Peeling Reveals Problems of Strength Standards for Adhering Films"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Bioinspired Adhesion for Robotics and Biomedicine"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure