7–9 Oct 2024
SNS, Building 8600, Iran Thomas
US/Eastern timezone

Agenda

2024 SE Polymer Forum

Agenda as of (9/30/2024)

Event contact

Tomonori Saito, 865-574-4973 (office); saitot@ornl.gov

 

Time

Event

Lead

Place

Day 1

1:00PM

Welcome

Jens Dilling

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

1:10PM

Tomonori Saito, ORNL: Soft Matter Research at ORNL

Tomonori Saito

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

1:35PM

Mark Dadmun, UTK: Overview of UTK Research

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

2:00PM

Scott Danielsen, GT: Cactus conformations of associating polymers modify sticky dynamics

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

2:25PM

Break

All

SNS Lobby

2:45PM

Michael Bortner, VT: Dual cure dense suspension direct ink write 3D Printing

Tomonori Saito

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

3:10PM

Derek Patton, USM: Overview of USM Research 

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

3:45PM

Maruti Hegde, UNC: Mixing 1D rodlike polymers and 2D graphene oxide platelets; a platform for creating structural nanocomposites

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

4:10PM

Break

All

SNS Lobby

4:30PM

William Dichtel, Northwestern University: TBD

Tomonori Saito

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

5:30PM

Working Dinner and poster session 1

All

SNS Lobby

 

 

Time

Event

Lead

Place

Day 2

8:00AM

Regroup on Day 2, Refreshments

All

SNS Lobby

8:35 AM

Day 2 announcement

Lilin He

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

8:40AM

Kenan Song, GT: Polymer Composites via Advanced Manufacturing for Layered Micro- and Nanostructures

Lilin He

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

9:00AM

Adrian Figg, VT: TBD

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

9:20AM

Chad Duty, UTK: TBD

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

9:40AM

Rigoberto Advincula: AI/ML Driven Polymer Synthesis and Advanced Manufacturing

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

10:00AM

Break

All

SNS Lobby

10:20AM

Toby Nelson, UT-ORII: Catalytic Mechanopolymerization

Jan Michael Carrillo

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

10:40AM

Guolian Liu, VT: Polymer Upcycling into High-Value Chemicals and Materials

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

11:00AM

Yunhang Hu, GT: TBD

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

11:20AM

Md. Anisur Rahman, ORNL: Upcycling PET Waste into Reusable, Tough Vitrimer Adhesive with Closed-Loop Recyclability

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

11:50AM

Group Photo

All

SNS Lobby

12:00PM

Working Lunch, Overview of Second Target Station

Ken Herwig

Auditorium

1:00PM

Bradley Olsen, MIT: TBD

Jan Michael Carrillo

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

2:00PM

Break – Tour of facilities

All

SNS

3:30PM

Dennis Smith, MSU: Semi-Fluorinated Polyaryl Ethers and Carbon Precursor Resins for Hypersonic Vehicle Composites. Synthetic Approaches and Commercialization Opportunities

Naresh Osti

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

3:50PM

John Matson, VT: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Scattering of Amphiphilic Tapered Bottlebrush Block Copolymers

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

4:10PM

Boran Ma, USM: Machine Learning-Aided High Throughput Examination of Block Copolymer Processing Conditions

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

4:30 PM

Anju Toor, GT: Reconfigurable Structured Liquids

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

4:50PM

Olivia McNair, USM: Exploring high performance composites through the lens of benzoxazine polymers

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

5:30PM

Working Dinner and poster session 2

All

SNS Lobby

 

 

Time

Event

Lead

Place

Day 3

8:10AM

Regroup on Day 3, Refreshments

All

SNS Lobby

8:35AM

Day 3 announcement

Tomonori Saito

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

8:40AM

Jon Taylor, ORNL: TBD

Md. Anisur Rahman

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

9:00AM

Graham Collier, USM: Leveraging Simplicity for Sustainable and Tailorable Conjugated Materials 

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

9:20AM

Colleen Scott, MSU: Design Strategy, Synthesis, and characterization of Polyaniline Derivatives 

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

9:40AM

Catalin Gainaru, ORNL: Designing superionic polymers for energy storage applications 

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

10:00AM

Break

All

SNS Lobby

10:20AM

Tequila Harris, GT: TBD

Md. Anisur Rahman

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

10:40AM

Michael Whetstone, ORNL: TBD

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

11:00AM 

Introduce topics for roundtable discussions and organize discussion groups

Tomonori Saito

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

11:30AM

Working Lunch and roundtable discussions. 

Discussion topics include:

•Neutron Scattering

•Functional Nanomaterials

•Sustainability

•Energy Storage & Conversion

•Manufacturing

•AI and Computation

All

SNS Lobby

12:30PM 

Collaboration discussion and debrief to include formulation of action items, future meeting planning, and points of contact for collaboration and funding

Tomonori Saito

8600, A-103

(Iran Thomas Auditorium)

1:30PM

Adjourn

All

SNS

 

Poster presentations:

Day 1

Presenter

Time

Poster Title

Maria Furukawa

5:30-5:50 PM

Rodlike Polyelectrolyte Self-Assemblies

Junwen Wang

5:30-5:50 PM

Molecular dynamics simulation of thin rod systems with an analytical interaction potential

Alex Rosario

5:30-5:50 PM

Leveraging density functional theory to study kinetics and thermodynamics in an acyclic acetal degradation pathway

Javaz Rolle

5:30-5:50 PM

Durable Bio-Based Coatings for Packaging Applications

Naresh Osti

5:30-5:50 PM

Neutron study of electrolytes dynamics in confined media

Samantha Daymon

5:50-6:10 PM

Dendrimer Approach toward High Permittivity Polymer Dielectrics for Electrical Energy Storage

Nicholas Galan

5:50-6:10 PM

Elucidating the Role of Ionic Liquids on the Deconstruction of Step-Growth Polymers

Timothy Hunter

5:50-6:10 PM

Synthesis of Bullvalene-Containing Polymers

Carmen Dunn

5:50-6:10 PM

Design of polybutadiene-based graft blend compatibilizers for mixed polyethylene and polypropylene

Jeffrey Aguinaga

5:50-6:10 PM

Structure-property relationships in hydrolytically degradable epoxy-amine networks from bioderivable ester-containing epoxy monomers

Zoriana Demchuk

6:10-6:30 PM

TBD

Kingsley Ojima

6:10-6:30 PM

Polyelectrolyte Brush Particles for Water Treatment

Shalika Meedin

6:10-6:30 PM

TBD

Shiqi Wei

6:10-6:30 PM

Nanofibrous hydrogel preparation via electrospinning for drug delivery and wound healing

Lilin He

6:10-6:30 PM

Unlocking the Complex Structures of Soft Matter Using GP-SANS

Day 2

Presenter

Time

Poster Title

John Migliore

5:30-5:50 PM

Molecular design and solution behavior of rigid and semi-flexible sulfonated, all-aromatic polyamides

P. Attah Nantogmah

5:30-5:50 PM

Advancing Cellulose Nanocrystal Utilization in Renewable Barrier Packaging

Lijie Ding

5:30-5:50 PM

TBD

Evan Stacy

5:30-5:50 PM

Aqueous Photoiniferter Polymerization of Polyacrylonitrile for Enhanced Production of Carbon Fiber Precursors

Mona Amrihesari

5:30-5:50 PM

Materials informatics for polymer solutions

Alyssa Shaw

5:50-6:10 PM

Elucidating the Effects of Sequential Molecular Doping on Thin Film Conjugated Polymer Mechanics and Morphology

Shou Qian

5:50-6:10 PM

TBD

Andrew Hollcraft

5:50-6:10 PM

Phthalonitrile-Functional Benzoxazine for Enhanced Composite Matrix Processability

Jiahe Huang

5:50-6:10 PM

Transformative Polymer Materials: Dynamic Property Reprogramming via Monomer Addition and Extraction

Muchu Zhou

5:50-6:10 PM

TBD

Jessica Bonsu

6:10-6:30 PM

Data-Driven Design of Sustainable Plastic Films

Xi Hao

6:10-6:30 PM

Atomistic and Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Epoxy Network Polymers

Lindsay Chambers

6:10-6:30 PM

Biodegradable 3D Printed Hydrogel Tissue Scaffold for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair

Charini Maladeniya

6:10-6:30 PM

Understanding Ultrathin Anti-Fouling Surfaces Based on Polyzwitterions and Benzophenone

Churan Yu

6:10-6:30 PM

Advanced Polymers for Human Health Monitoring, Sensing, and Tissue Engineering

Seonghan Kim

6:10-6:30 PM

Molecular Modeling of Antifouling Polymers for Biological Applications