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The 2024 Innovation in Materials Symposium will bring together the materials research community at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ and beyond for presentations by faculty and students as well as discussion and collaboration opportunities. This free symposium will foster a greater sense of community and interdisciplinary cooperation among faculty, students and industry.

When and Where

The 2024 MSE Symposium will take place Thursday, AugustÌý15 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building on CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ's East Campus.

Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building

Event Parking information will be sent to all non-CU affiliates who register for the event.

Symposium Schedule

8:30 – 9:20Ìý Plenary Session, JSCBB A115, Butcher Auditorium, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, Presiding

• 8:30 – 8:40 ÌýÌýÌý Introduction and Welcoming Remarks, Prof. Stephanie Bryant
• 8:40 – 9:05 ÌýÌýÌý Selected Examples of 3M’s Industrial R&D in Composites, Dr. Kristin Thunhorst, 3M Ìý
• 9:05 – 9:20 ÌýÌýÌý An Introduction to the COSINC Facility and Recent Developments, ÌýAju Jugessur, COSINC Director

9:20 – 9:35ÌýÌýÌýÌý Break and Transition

9:35 - 10:50Ìý Ìý Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108

• JSCBB A115Ìý Energy Materials, Prof. Daniel Dessau, Presider
  • 9:35 – 9:55 ÌýÌýÌý Redox-enabled recycling methods - sustainability one electron at a time, Prof. Oana Luca
  • 9:55 – 10:15 Ìý Driving redox catalysis with photoexcited semiconductor nanocrystals, Prof. Gordana Dukovic
  • 10:15 – 10:35 Transparent thermally super-insulating metamaterials, Prof. Ivan Smalyukh
  • 10:35 – 10:55ÌýÌýÌýÌý Generation of Colossal Defect Concentration under Electric Fields, Rishi Raj
• JSCBB A108 Polymeric Materials, Prof. Christopher Bowman, Presiding
  • 9:35 – 9:55 ÌýÌýÌý Harnessing Acoustofluidic Microstreaming for Membrane Fouling Mitigation, Prof. Yifu Ding
  • 9:55 – 10:15 Ìý Embracing dispersity to promote co-continuous nanostructures via copolymer self-assembly, Prof. Ryan Hayward
  • 10:15 – 10:35 Low Density Actuators for Soft Robotics, Prof. Timothy White
  • 10:35 – 10:50 Electrochemical Methods for the Valorization of Ester-Based Waste Materials, Phil Pham

10:50 – 11:15Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Break

11:15 – 12:50Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108

• ÌýJSCBB A115Ìý Quantum and Other Materials, Prof. Rishi Raj, Presider
  • 11:15 – 11:35 Quest for Novel Quantum States of Matter, Prof. Gang Cao
  • 11:35 – 11:55 Electronic structure measurements of novel quantum materials, Prof. Daniel Dessau
  • 11:55 – 12:15 AI-Accelerated Discovery of Materials: Challenges, Opportunities, and Integrated Test Cases, Prof. Hendrik Heinz
  • 12:15 – 12:35 Why most compounds object to being doped and why false metals become quantum insulators.. Prof. Alex Zunger
  • 12:35 – 12:50ÌýÌýÌýÌý Nonlinear Elastic Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels Support Bone Cell Network Formation, Dr. Monica Ohnsorg
• JSCBB A108 Biomaterials and Materials Characterization, Prof. Timothy White, Presiding
  • 11:15 – 11:35 Using Molecular Nano-Pulleys to Dissipate Stress in Bio-Friendly Soft Materials, Prof. Carson Bruns
  • 11:35 – 11:55 Medical microrobots for drugÌýand cell delivery, Prof. Wyatt Shields
  • 11:55 – 12:15 Modulation of tendon mechanical properties by hyaluronic acid, Prof. Sarah Calve
  • 12:15 – 12:35 Mechanics of Synthetic and Living Polymeric Materials, Prof. Konane Bay
  • 12:35 – 12:50 Impact of Surface Chemistry and Particle Size on Inertial Cavitation Driven Transport of Silica Nanoparticles and Microparticles, Talaial Alina

12:50 – 1:45Ìý Lunch Break

1:45 – 2:45Ìý ÌýÌý Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108

• ÌýJSCBB A115ÌýÌý Materials Development and Characterization, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, Presider
  • 1:45 – 2:05 ÌýÌýÌý Tabletop short-wavelength light sources for materials characterization and microscopy, Prof. Henry Kapteyn
  • 2:05 – 2:25 ÌýÌýÌý Chalcogenide materials for nonlinear, integrated optics, Prof. Juliet Gopinath
  • 2:25– 2:40ÌýÌýÌý Rational design of the frequency response of microrobots powered by acoustic streaming, Ritu Raj
• JSCBB A108 Membrane and Other Materials, Prof. Oana Luca, Presiding
  • 1:45 – 2:05 ÌýÌýÌý Putting bubblesÌýto work: Air-trapping membranes for advanced water purification, Prof. Anthony Straub
  • 2:05 – 2:25 ÌýÌýÌý Electron Enhanced Thin Film Growth and Etching, Prof. Steven George
  • 2:25 – 2:45 ÌýÌýÌý Multifunctional grapheneÌýmembraneÌýelectrodes (grMEs), Prof. John Pellegrino

2:45 – 3:00ÌýÌýÌýÌý Break and Poster Setup

3:00 Ìý- 4:30 ÌýÌýÌý Poster 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 ÌýÌý Plenary Session, JSCBB A115, Prof. Christopher Bowman, Presiding

• Addressing the plastic waste crisis today while engineering recyclable materials for tomorrow, Dr. Katrina Knauer, NREL and CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ