Symposium Agenda

Full agenda and speakers listing for the 2025 Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Innovation in Materials Symposium:

  • 8:15 – 9:20Ìý Ìý ÌýPlenary Session, JSCBB A115, Butcher Auditorium, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, Presiding
  • 8:15 – 8:20 Ìý ÌýÌýIntroduction and Welcoming Remarks,ÌýProf. Stephanie Bryant
  • 8:20 – 8:50 Ìý ÌýÌýMaterials for energy conversion, transport and storage applications - emerging challenges and opportunities,ÌýPeter Green, Deputy Director, Chief Research Officer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • 8:50 – 9:20 Ìý ÌýÌýPolyelectrolyte Complexation: New Physics, New Materials, New Applications,ÌýMatthew Tirrell,Ìý Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago
  • 9:20 – 9:30ÌýÌýÌýÌý Break and Transition
  • 9:30 - 10:25Ìý Ìý Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108
Parallel Sessions

Session #1: Battery and Energy Storage Materials, JSCBB A115, Prof. Longji Cui, Presider

  • 9:30 – 9:50 ÌýÌýInnovating and commercializing advanced battery architectures, Prof.ÌýAmy Prieto, Colorado State University
  • 9:50 – 10:05Ìý Adaptive Material Design: Leveraging Reinforcement Learning for Discovery"., Dr. Artem Primachev
  • 10:05 – 10:25Ìý Heat Transfer and Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion at the Limits,ÌýProf.ÌýLongji Cui, University of Colorado

Session #2: Biomaterials, JSCBB A108, Prof. Virginia Ferguson,ÌýPresider

  • 9:30 – 9:50 ÌýÌýCell-instructive biomaterials for tissue regeneration, Prof. Melissa Krebs, Colorado School of Mines
  • 9:50 – 10:05Ìý A New Biocomposite Scaffold for Osteochondral Regeneration Utilizing a Gyroid Sheet-based Geometry, Laurel Stefani
  • 10:05 – 10:25 ÌýRegenerative Biomaterials for Treating Disease, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, University of Colorado
  • 10:25 – 10:35Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Break
  • 10:35 – 12:00Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108
Parallel Sessions

Session #3: Polymeric Materials, JSCBB A115, Prof. Melissa Krebs,ÌýPresider

  • 10:35 – 10:55 ÌýGranular Gels: ÌýSculpting hydrogel particles to engineer tissue scaffolds, Prof. John Oakey, University of Wyoming
  • 10:55 – 11:10 ÌýPolyelectrolyte complex micelles for targeted nucleotide delivery to treat atherosclerosis, Dr. Siyang Yang
  • 11:10 – 11:25ÌýÌýDeveloping Holographic Photopolymers: More Than a Photopatterning Problem, Dr. Yunfeng Hu
  • 11:25 – 11:40 ÌýTemperature-Responsive Rheology Modifiers for Acoustic Additive Manufacturing of Hydrogels, Lillian Mortensen
  • 11:40– 12:10 Controlling Growth and Form Through Cell–Material Mechanics, Prof.ÌýFranck Vernerey, University of Colorado

Session #4: Biomaterials and Energetic Materials, JSCBB A108, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, Presider

  • 10:35 – 10:55 ÌýDeveloping and validating thermomechanics models for explosives with experiments on commensurate scales, Dr. Kyle Ramos, Los Alamos National Laboratories
  • 10:55 – 11:10 ÌýRevealing the elemental distribution of In1-xGaxP1-yAsy nanocrystals, Benjamin Hammel
  • 11:10 – 11:25ÌýProgramming electrokinetic and catalytic patchy active particles by microstenciling and two-photon lithography,ÌýKendra Kreienbrink
  • 11:25 – 11:40 Integrated Convolutional and Graph Neural Networks to Advance Composites Analysis,ÌýMarwa Yacouti
  • 11:40 – 11:55 Flexible Printed Adhesive Bioelectrodes for Plant-to-Plant Communication and Long-Term Electrophysiology Monitoring, Catherine Crichton
  • 11:55 – 12:10 Temporal and Directional Actuation Response of High Dielectric Constant LCE DEAs, Justin Speregen
  • 12:00 – 12:20Ìý Pick up lunches
  • 12:20 – 1:30 Ìý JSCBB A115 Panel Discussion with external advisory board
  • 12:20 – 1:30Ìý ÌýFaculty Breakout session
  • 1:30 – 1:50 Ìý Ìý Break and Transition
  • 1:50 – 2:45Ìý Ìý ÌýParallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108
Parallel Sessions

Session #5: Membranes and Other Materials, JSCBB A115, Prof. Konane Bay,ÌýPresider

  • 1:50 – 2:10 Ìý ÌýÌýConnecting Ionic and Molecular Interactions to Covalent Organic Framework Membrane Performance, Prof. Dongmei Li, University of Wyoming
  • 2:10 – 2:25Ìý Ìý ÌýTemperature and entropic effects on electrochemical potentials,ÌýHunter Koltunski
  • 2:25 – 2:45ÌýÌýÌýÌý Molecular details of aqueous transport through polyamide membranes, Prof. Michael Shirts, University of Colorado

Session #6: Energetic Membranes, JSCBB A108 Energetic Materials, Dr. Jason Killgore,ÌýPresider

  • 1:50 – 2:10 Ìý ÌýÌýDefects and Dynamics in Hybrid Halide Semiconductors, Prof. James Neilsen, Colorado State University
  • 2:10 – 2:25 Ìý ÌýÌýX-ray Pair Distribution Function Analysis of Colloidal Atomic Layer Deposition on fused PbSe Quantum Dot Heterostructures, Dylan Ladd
  • 2:25 – 2:45ÌýÌýÌýÌý TowardÌýin situÌýtop atomic layer surface analysis with high sensitivity low energy ion scattering (HS-LEIS), Prof. Adam Holewisnki, University of Colorado
  • 2:45 – 3:00ÌýÌýÌýÌý Break and Poster Setup
  • 3:00Ìý - 4:30 Ìý ÌýPoster Session. (Poster presenters with last names starting with A-K present from 3:00 – 3:45; Poster presenters with last names starting with L-Z present from 3:45 – 4:30)
  • 4:30 – 5:00Ìý Ìý ÌýPlenary Session, JSCBB A115,Ìý When to Consider Standardization in Emerging Materials Research, Jason Killgore, NIST, Prof. Ryan Hayward, Presiding