Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are held in "West Ballroom" and meal functions are held in "North Pre-Assembly" room.

 

 

 

Program

 

SUNDAY, MAY 21

 

12:00 – 2:00 PM Registration

 

2:00 – 2:10 PM Welcoming Remarks, Timothy E. Long and Kathleen O. Havelka

 

Opening Session

Discussion Leader: Kenneth R. Carter, University of Massachusetts Amherst

 

2:10 - 3:00 PM

Plenary Lecture E. W. Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University

Supramolecular polymers; from scientific curiosity to technological relevance and beyond

 

3:00 - 3:35 PM Garth L. Wilkes, Virginia Tech

Nanostructured percolated hard domain morphologies in segmented polyurethanes and polyureas made without use of chain extenders: Importance of molecular symmetry and hydrogen bonding

 

3:35 - 4:10 PM Stuart J. Rowan, Case Western Reserve University

Nanostructured percolated hard domain morphologies in segmented polyurethanes and polyureas made without use of chain extenders: Importance of molecular symmetry and hydrogen bonding

 

4:10 - 4:45 PM Ulrich S. Schubert, Eindhoven University

Engineering with macromolecules: The supramolecular LEGO approach

 

4:45 - 5:00 PM Break

 

Mini-Session I

Discussion Leader: Dan Brunelle, General Electric

Functional Polymers in Biomedical and Nanotechnology

 

5:00 - 5:50 PM

Plenary Lecture Samuel I. Stupp, Northwestern University

Polymeric crafting of bioactivity for regenerative medicine

 

5:50 - 6:25 PM

James J. Watkins, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Preparation of ordered titania and carbon films by the replication of polymer templates in supercritical fluids

 

6:25 - 7:00 PM

George R. Newkome, University of Akron

Nanomolecular architectures: Routes to non-dendritic fractal assemblies

 

7:15 - 8:15 PM Welcome Reception

MONDAY, MAY 22

 

7:30-8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

 

Mini-Session II

Discussion Leader: Thomas W. Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology

Polymers for Electronic and Optical Technologies

 

8:30 - 9:20 AM

Plenary Lecture Timothy M. Swager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Polymer electronics for sensors

 

9:20 - 9:55 AM

Dennis W. Smith, Jr., Clemson University

Fluorine containing polymers for active and passive photonics

 

9:55 - 10:30 AM

Robert D. Allen, IBM Almaden

Sub-100nm patterning: Lithographic materials challenges

 

10:30 - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

 

Mini-Session III

Discussion Leader: Kenneth J. Wynne, Virginia Commonwealth University

Functional Polymers for Biomedical and Nanotechnology

 

10:45 - 11:35 AM

Plenary Lecture Craig J. Hawker, University of California Santa Barbara

Facile chemistry for the generation and industrial application of polymeric nanostructures

 

11:35 - 12:10 PM

Mark E. Davis, Caltech

Design of Synthetic Materials for the Systemic Delivery of Short-Interfering RNA (siRNA)

 

12:10 - 12:45 PM

Kathryn E. Uhrich, Rutgers University

PolyNSAIDs and polyantibiotics: Designing biodegradable polymers for drug delivery

 

12:45 - 2:00 PM

Lunch

 

Mini-Session IV

Discussion Leader: Hsinjin Yang, Essilor USA

Rheology and Processing of Advanced Materials

 

2:00 - 2:50 PM

Plenary Lecture Ronald G. Larson, University of Michigan

Analysis of long-chain branching in polymers using rheology

 

2:50 - 3:25 PM

Cesar A. Garcia-Franco, ExxonMobil Chemical Company

Chain architecture-polymer rheology relationships

 

3:25 - 4:00 PM
Dieter Fischer, IPF Dresden

In-line process analysis of polymer/nanocomposite materials during extrusion by NIR-, RAMAN- and ultrasonic spectroscopy

 

4:00 - 5:30 PM

POSTER SESSION AND INSTRUMENTATION SHOWCASE (North Pre-Assembly Room)

 

Instrumentation Showcase

CHAIR: Erica Martin, Rohm and Haas

 

Poster Session and Reception

Co-CHAIRS: Kathryn L. Beers, NIST and Jeff Linhardt, Bausch & Lomb

 

Mini-Session V

Discussion Leader: Rick L. Beyer, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Sustainable Polymer Chemistry and Technology

 

5:30 - 6:20 PM

Plenary Lecture Joseph M. DeSimone, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Fluoropolymers for use in next generation microfluidic devices, soft lithographic techniques, particle fabrication and as proton exchange membranes and inks for use in fuel cells

 

6:20 - 6:50 PM

Kevin Miller, Rohm and Haas

New sustainable chemistry for adhesives, elastomers and foams

 

7:00 - 8:00 PM Oceanfront Reception

 

TUESDAY, MAY 23

 

7:30-8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast

 

Mini-Session VI

Discussion Leader: Scott R. Trenor, KRATON Polymers

Biomacromolecules

 

8:30 - 9:20 AM

Plenary Lecture David A. Tirrell, Caltech

New ways of thinking about polymers and proteins

 

9:20 - 9:55 AM

Theresa M. Reineke, University of Cincinnati

Synthetic design and biological study of glycopolymers for cellular gene delivery and imaging

 

9:55 - 10:30 AM

Kristi L. Kiick, University of Delaware

Production of advanced materials via a combined biosynthetic and chemical approach

 

10:30 - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

 

Mini-Session VII

Discussion Leader: Edwin Hortelano, Bayer MaterialScience

Macromolecules for Renewable Technologies

 

10:45 - 11:35 AM

Plenary Lecture Richard Wool, University of Delaware

Bio-based Polymers and Composites

 

11:35 - 12:10 PM

Richard A. Gross, Polytechnic University

Enzyme-catalyzed polymer synthesis and modification reactions

 

12:10 - 12:45 PM

Mark F. Mathias, GM Global Alternative Propulsion Center

Polymer electrolyte requirements for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

 

12:45 - 7:00 PM

Afternoon Free

 

Mini-Session VIII

Discussion Leader: S. Richard Turner, Virginia Tech MII

Stimuli Responsive Polymer Technologies

 

7:00 - 7:50 PM

Plenary Lecture John Reynolds, University of Florida

Optimized variable band gap conjugated polymers

 

7:50 - 8:25 PM

Sue A. Carter, University of California Santa Cruz

Doped conjugated polymers for fully printable emissive displays and sensors

 

8:25 - 9:00 PM

Matthew S. Bratcher, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Responsive surfaces and films

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24

 

7:30-8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast

 

Mini-Session IX

Discussion Leader: Kenneth C. Caster, U.S. Army Research Office

Modeling Advanced Technologies

 

8:30 - 9:20 AM

Plenary Lecture Tom McLeish, University of Leeds

Macromolecular engineering of complex flows

 

9:20 - 9:55 AM

Juan J. de Pablo, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dimension-dependent properties of polymers in nanostructures, and consequences for nanofabrication

 

9:55 - 10:10 AM

Coffee Break

 

Mini-Session X

Discussion Leader: Jason Jenkins, Eastman Chemical Company

Catalysis for Novel Polymer Platforms

 

10:10 - 11:00 AM

Plenary Lecture Richard F. Jordan, University of Chicago

Progress on the polar monomer problem

 

11:00 - 11:35 AM

Timothy J. Deming, University of California Los Angeles

Self-assembly of block copolypeptides, the role of chain conformation

 

11:35 - 12:10 PM

Tobin J. Marks, Northwestern University

Multiple Nuclearity Polyermization Catalysts and Enchainment Cooperativty Effects in Olefin Polymerization

 

12:10 PM

Biennial Adjourns