SPRING 2020 PPSM SEMINAR SERIES SUSPENDED

Starting with our March 18th event, due to COVID-19 concerns all remaining PPSM Seminars and the April 8th MIT Polymer Day event have been cancelled.

We regret this unfortunate necessity but look forward to presenting a full calendar of exciting guest speakers in Fall 2020 (including as many as possible of the cancelled Spring 2020 speakers), after the current public health crisis subsides.

AUGUST 2020 UPDATE:

MIT Polymer Day will not be held in 2020, but will instead be held either in a live in-person format, or in a virtual format in March or April 2021. Choice of format will be contingent upon prevailing COVID-19 conditions on Feburary 1st, 2021.

February 12

“Molecular Engineering of Polyelectrolyte Complex Materials

Prof. Sarah Perry
Department of Chemical Engineering
U.Mass./Amherst

February 26

“Membranes with controlled selectivity and fouling resistance through polymer self-assembly”

Prof. Ayse Asatekin 
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Tufts University

March 4

“Programmable Self-Assembly with DNA and PNA for Nanobiosensing, Robotics and Manufacturing”

Prof. Rebecca Taylor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

March 11–RESCHEDULED TO SEPTEMBER 30th, 2020

“Adaptable Hydrogels for Organoid Culture”

Prof. Sarah Heilshorn
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford University

March 18–RESCHEDULED TO DECEMBER 9th, 2020

“Surface Forces and Stratification in Micellar Foam Films”

Prof. Vivek Sharma
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Illinois/Chicago

April 15–RESCHEDULED TO SEPTEMBER 9th, 2020

“Organic/Polymeric Materials – Design Strategy for New Optoelectronic Materials and Post-Functionalization of Waste Materials”

Prof. Colleen Scott
Department of Chemistry
Mississippi State University

May 6–CANCELLED

Prof. Guoliang (Greg) Liu
Department of Chemistry
Virginia Tech