Spring 2022 Seminar Series

PPSM sponsors a series of seminars covering a broad range of topics of general interest to the polymer community, featuring speakers from both on and off-campus. We invite the polymer community at MIT and elsewhere to participate. For further information, contact Professor Ariel L. Furst at afurst@mit.edu.

MIT PPSM YouTube Channel

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The remaining Spring 2022 PPSM seminars will be presented as follows:

WEDNESDAY MAY 18th Prof. Jia Niu (Boston College) 3:30 PM

TUESDAY JUNE 7th Prof. Ken Albrecht (Kyushu University) 4:00 PM

BOTH OF THE ABOVE WILL BE PRESENTED LIVE IN PERSON IN 66-110, AND VIRTUALLY (Attendance Link TBA)

MIT COVID19 safety protocols and event policies in effect on the seminar date will be enforced.

Connect by 3:25 PM–Seminar Begins 3:30 PM / Email ppsm-www@mit.edu with any questions.

To receive Tuesday and Wednesday email announcements of the next upcoming PPSM seminar, please email your request including your email address to:  ppsm-www@mit.edu

 

 

PREVIOUS SPRING 2022

 

FEBRUARY

JeffreySMoore

 23

“Polymeric Materials for Lifecycle Control”

Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

FORMAT: VIRTUAL ONLY

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

 

MARCH

YeongseonJang=3-2-2022

 2

“Engineering Supramolecular Biomaterials Made of
Recombinant Fusion Proteins for Synthetic Cell Applications”

Prof. Yeongseon Jang

Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Florida

FORMAT: HYBRID (IN PERSON 56-114 and ZOOM)

VIDEO (MIT ONLY): https://mit.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=a2ad6e49-69cc-4b05-9e52-aec20167f63e

LaurenMarbella

 9

“Simultaneously characterizing interphase architecture  and interfacial Li transport in Li metal batteries”

Prof. Lauren Marbella
Department of Chemical Engineering
Columbia University

FORMAT: HYBRID (IN PERSON 56-114 and ZOOM) 

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/58sS8DFILJk
Thomas Epps - Chemical Engineering

30

 

“Advancing Sustainability: Small Molecules and Polymers from Biomass and Plastics Waste”

Prof. Thomas H. Epps, III
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Delaware

FORMAT: ZOOM ONLY

VIDEO: WATCH THIS SPACE FOR LINK 

 

APRIL
 sMatthewTirrell

6

“Hetero-charged polymer systems with applications from marine biology to biomedicine”

Prof. Matthew V. Tirrell
Dean, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
University of Chicago

NOTE SPECIAL ROOM THIS SEMINAR ONLY: 66-110

FORMAT: HYBRID (IN PERSON 66-110 and ZOOM)
MIT PGSA Logo

20

Polymer Day 2022 ZoomWaitingRoom

• RESEARCH POSTER COMPETITION

Open to Graduate, Undergraduate Students, and Post-Docs!

• CAREER FAIR

• NETWORKING LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY SPONSORS

• ALUM CAREER PANEL

 

APRIL
 TheresaMReinke=4-27-2022

27 

“Tunable Multifunctional Macromolecules
via Parallel Experiment and Computation:
from Drug and DNA Delivery Vehicles
to Sustainable Polymers”

Prof. Theresa M. Reineke

Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota

VIDEO: WATCH THIS SPACE FOR LINK 

 

 

MAY
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4

“Engineering how cells sense and interpret mechanical cues”

Prof. John T. Ngo
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Boston University

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SHvnViv3vJY

 
 JiaNiuHeadshot

18

“Sustainability-Oriented Approaches to Precision Main-Chain Macromolecules”

Prof. Jia Niu

Department of Chemistry
Boston College

FORMAT: HYBRID (IN PERSON 66-110 and ZOOM)

 

 

JUNE
 KenAlbrechtKyushuUniversity

TUES  7

“Unique electronic structure and photonic functions of head-to-tail type p-conjugated dendrimers”

Prof. Ken Albrecht
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering
Kyushu University

FORMAT: HYBRID (IN PERSON 66-110 and ZOOM)

 

NOTE SPECIAL START TIME: 4:00 PM

 

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