Ohio Polymer and Soft Matter Symposium, May 20-22, 2024
Monday, May 20
Starting at 5:30 pm Jolly Scholar Brewery: Informal networking reception and registration
Tuesday, May 21
7:45-8:30 AM Breakfast and registration
8:30-8:50 Welcome from organizers
8:50-9:30 Svetlana Morozova, Polymer dynamics near complex surfaces Case Western
9:30-10:10 Stephanie Vivod, Polymer aerogels for lunar applications and beyond NASA
10:10-10:40 Coffee Break (30 minute break)
10:40-11:20 Greg Beaucage, Hierarchical dispersion and distribution for commercial pigments and fillers Cincinnati
11:20-12:00 Andrew Recker, Innovating in the industry Former VP at Sherwin Williams
12:00-1:30 Lunch break (1.5 hour lunch)
1:30-2:10 Amy Yousefi, Numerical and statistical modeling in polymer processing and biomedical fields Miami U
2:10-2:50 Sumit Sharma, Effects of single atom modifications on protein-ligand interactions studied using Markov state modeling Ohio U
2:50-3:20 Coffee Break (30 minute break)
3:20-4:00 Matt Lynch, Polymers for preparing sprayable yield-stress fluids Procter and Gamble
4:00-4:40 Valentin Rodionov, Adding dimensions to polymer synthesis: Beyond Staudinger's linear macromolecules Case Western
4:45-5:00 Poster setup
5:00-7:00 Poster session with presenters
7:15-9:00 Banquet
Wednesday, May 22
7:45-8:30 AM Breakfast and registration
8:30-8:40 Welcome from organizers
8:40-9:20 Anesia Auguste, Additive manufacturing of functional polymers AFRL
9:20-10:00 Kevin Cavicchi, Shape-morphing polymers Akron
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:10 Eugene Pashkovski, Associative polymers in capillary breakup and rotary atomization of weakly elastic polymer solutions Lubrizol
11:10-11:50 Jonathan Pham, Wetting, adhesion, and friction of soft material surfaces Cincinnati
11:50-1:20 Lunch break
1:20-2:00 Peter Polyak / Judit Puskas, Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable polydisulfide elastomer from renewable resources Ohio State
2:00-2:40 Chris Wirth, Watching paint dry: Non-invasive detection of defects and skinning in drying complex fluids Case Western
2:40-3:00 Closing, networking, end