Program

4:00 P.M.

WELCOME REMARKS

  • Pradeep K. Khosla

    Chancellor, UC San Diego

  • Elizabeth Simmons

    Executive Vice Chancellor, UC San Diego

  • Steven Boggs

    Dean, Division of Physical Sciences

  • Albert P. Pisano

    Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering

4:20 P.M.

IMDD OVERVIEW

  • Shirley Meng

    IMDD Director

    Will share her vision for the Institute.

  • Michael Sailor

    IMDD Co-Director

    Will introduce the new UC San Diego MRSEC

4:30 P.M.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

  • M. Stanley Whittingham

    2019 Nobel Laureate,

    Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Binghamton University

4:50 P.M.

SHORT DYNAMIC TECH TALKS

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    Tod Pascal

    Assistant Professor of NanoEngineering

    Computational; Materials on Demand, from the Bottom Up: The Santa Clause with a Supercomputer 

     

  • Nicole Steinmetz

    Professor of NanoEngineering

    Biomaterials: Nanoengineering Gone #viral

  • Ivan Schuller

    Professor of Physics

    Quantum Materials: Revolutionary Science Leading to Disruptive Technology

  • Jungwoo Lee

    CTO, South 8 Technologies

    Liquefied Gas Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries

5:18 P.M.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

  • Prab Bandaru

    Director of the Materials Science Program and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department

    Will introduce a student feature.

5:23 P.M.

CLOSING REMARKS AND TOAST

  • Shirley Meng

    IMDD Director, IMDD

  • Michael Sailor

    IMDD Co-Director, IMDD

5:30 - 6:00 P.M.

Breakout Rooms

- Living Materials
   Jon Pokorski, Professor of NanoEngineering, MRSEC research thrust co-lead

- Predictive Assembly
   Andrea Tao, Professor of NanoEngineering, MRSEC research thrust co-lead

- Hierarchical Assembly of Functional Biomaterials
   Akif Tezcan, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry