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The 2024 Innovation in Materials Symposium will bring together the materials research community at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä 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, August 15 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building on ²ÊÃñ±¦µä'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 – 9:20  Plenary Session, JSCBB A115, Butcher Auditorium, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, Presiding

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

9:20 – 9:35     Break and Transition

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

• JSCBB A115  Energy Materials, Prof. Daniel Dessau, Presider
  • 9:35 – 9:55     Redox-enabled recycling methods - sustainability one electron at a time, Prof. Oana Luca
  • 9:55 – 10:15   Driving redox catalysis with photoexcited semiconductor nanocrystals, Prof. Gordana Dukovic
  • 10:15 – 10:35 Transparent thermally super-insulating metamaterials, Prof. Ivan Smalyukh
  • 10:35 – 10:55     Generation of Colossal Defect Concentration under Electric Fields, Rishi Raj
• JSCBB A108 Polymeric Materials, Prof. Christopher Bowman, Presiding
  • 9:35 – 9:55     Harnessing Acoustofluidic Microstreaming for Membrane Fouling Mitigation, Prof. Yifu Ding
  • 9:55 – 10:15   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 – 11:15              Break

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

•  JSCBB A115  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 – 12:50     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 drug and 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 – 1:45  Lunch Break

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

•  JSCBB A115   Materials Development and Characterization, Prof. Stephanie Bryant, Presider
  • 1:45 – 2:05     Tabletop short-wavelength light sources for materials characterization and microscopy, Prof. Henry Kapteyn
  • 2:05 – 2:25     Chalcogenide materials for nonlinear, integrated optics, Prof. Juliet Gopinath
  • 2:25– 2:40    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     Putting bubbles to work: Air-trapping membranes for advanced water purification, Prof. Anthony Straub
  • 2:05 – 2:25     Electron Enhanced Thin Film Growth and Etching, Prof. Steven George
  • 2:25 – 2:45     Multifunctional graphene membrane electrodes (grMEs), Prof. John Pellegrino

2:45 – 3:00     Break and Poster Setup

3:00  - 4:30     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 – 5:00     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 ²ÊÃñ±¦µä