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.
Fall 2024 Seminars begin at 3:30 PM on WEDNESDAYS in 56-114, except Tues 9/10 (in Room 66-110) and Mon 10/28 (in Room 4-237) Email ppsm-www@mit.edu with any questions.
Tuesday, September 10
“Molecular Assembly of Living Materials“
Prof. Seunghyun (Seu) Sim
Department of Chemistry
University of California/Irvine
SPECIAL ROOM (This seminar only): 66-110
Wednesday, October 2
“Multi-scale modelling of particle-membrane interactions for biomaterial designs”
Prof. Qin (Maggie) Qi
MIT Department of Chemical Engineering
Wednesday, October 16
POSTPONED-TBA
Prof. Francesco Stellacci
School of Engineering
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Wednesday, October 23
“Multi-layered Multifunctional Materials for Advanced Manufacturing via
Ultrafine Fibers and 3d Printing“
Prof. Jay H. Park
Department of Plastics Engineering
University of Massachusetts/Lowell
Monday, October 28
“Soft Materials in Wireless, Skin-Integrated Medical Devices”
Prof. John A. Rogers
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
SPECIAL ROOM (This seminar only): 4-237
Wednesday, December 4
“π-Liquids and π-Gels Toward Deformable Electrets Devices”
Prof. Takashi Nakanishi
National Institute for Materials Science (Japan)
Division of Soft Matter
Hokkaido University