2nd Annual Notre Dame Soft Polymer Materials Symposium & Poster Session
The 2nd Annual Notre Dame Soft Polymer Materials Symposium and Poster Session will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at Jordan Hall. This one-day symposium addresses the general synthesis and characterization of synthetic soft materials and their broad application in biomedical fields.
In addition, the symposium will include a Science Forum and Tour targeting the participation of local high school and college students/teachers.
Registration
Please register your Symposium attendance and posters here by October 14.
Questions?
Contact Heidi Deethardt at deethardt.1@nd.edu or 574-631-0279.
Agenda (subject to change)
| SESSION 1 Polymer Soft Materials |
8:40 - 10:40 am • Room 322 Jordan Hall | |
| Time | Presenter | Title of Talk |
| 8:40 am |
Prof. Haifeng Gao Chemistry & Biochemistry |
One-pot synthesis of highly branched polymers with well-defined nanostructures |
| 9:00 am |
Prof. Hsueh-Chia Chang Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Electrospray synthesis of nanofibers and nanoparticles |
| 9:20 am |
Prof. Jonathan Whitmer Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Soft materials design through free energy mapping |
| 9:40 am |
Prof. Ruilan Guo Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Towards rational design of membrane materials for gas separations |
| 10:00 am |
Prof. William Phillip Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
High throughput fabrication of membranes with nanoscale chemical features |
| 10:20 am |
Prof. Tengfei Luo Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering |
Thermal transport across solid-polymer interfaces |
| 10:40 am | Break | |
| SESSION 2 Bio-nanotechnology |
10:50 am - 12:30 pm • Room 322 Jordan Hall | |
| Presenter | Title of Talk | |
| 10:50 am |
Mr. Ray Boucher Dow AgroScience |
Delivering convenience in a complex world: The challenge and opportunity for novel formulation in pesticide delivery |
| 11:10 am |
Prof. Scott Howard Electrical Engineering |
Molecular imaging of the tissue micro-environment by multiphoton microscopy |
| 11:30 am |
Dr. Prakash Nallathamby Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering |
Targeted nanoparticles for cancer detection and therapeutics |
| 11:50 am |
Dr. Doug Rice Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Current state of image guided surgery |
| 12:10 pm |
Prof. W. Matthew Leevy Biological Sciences |
Innovation at the interface of 3D printing and biomedical imaging |
| Break | ||
| Graduate Student & Postdoc Poster Session |
1:45 - 3:45 pm • Jordan Galleria (first floor) | |
|
Dr. Shuangjiang Luo Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Iptycene-based polyimides with controlled molecular cavity architecture for membrane gas separation | |
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Dr. Peng Gao Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Template synthesis of nanomaterials by ink-jet printing | |
|
Siyi Qu Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Chemically-tailored fabrication of mixed mosaic membrane with printer | |
|
Feng Gao Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Inkjet printing of layer-by-layer assembled charge mosaic membranes | |
|
Yizhou Zhang Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Composite self-assembled block polymer hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes | |
|
Xiaosong Cao Chemistry & Biochemistry |
One-pot synthesis of hyperbranched polymers with over a million molecular weight and low polydispersity | |
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Dr. Yi Shi Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Chain-growth click polymerization of AB2 monomers for the formation of hyperbranched polymers with low polydispersities in a one-pot process |
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Xiaofeng Wang Chemistry & Biochemistry |
One-pot synthesis of hyperstar polymers via sequential ATRP of inimers and functional monomers in aqueous dispersed media | |
|
Robert Graff Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Regulating the synthesis of nanostructured polymers by atom transfer radical polymerization in microemulsion | |
|
Dr. Tao Jiang Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering |
Hydrogen-bond enhanced thermal transport across hard-soft materials | |
|
Teng Zhang Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering |
Non-aqueous hydrogen bonds enable ultra-efficient thermal transport | |
|
Jennifer Wiegand Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Physical aging study on triptycene-based polyimides for gas separation membranes | |
|
Joseph Aboki Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Triptycene-based sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) multiblock copolymers for proton exchange membranes | |
|
Jacob Weidman Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
pH-dependent hysteretic pore size of nanoporous block polymer membranes lined by polyacrylic acid brushes | |
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Gregory Kline Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Studies on crosslinking heterogeneity in CO2-selective separation membranes | |
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Ashish Kushwaha Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Organo-soluble polybenzoxazoles (PBOs) for high performance gas separation membranes: a novel synthesis route and transport properties | |
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Felicia Roland Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Dye-doped nanoparticles for tumor imaging and photothermal therapy | |
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Mark Summe Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
pH-Induced hysteric swelling of charge mosaic membranes prepared using layer-by-layer assembly | |
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Steven Marczak Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Nanoparticle separations by hybrid gel-membrane electrophoresis for MiRNA profiling | |
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Dr. Ben Sikora Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
Exploration of the coil-globule transition in weak polyelectrolytes |
Event sponsors
College of Science
College of Engineering
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Advanced Diagnostics & Therapeutics (AD&T)
Center for Nano Science & Technology (NDnano)
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