2018 Southeast Polymer Faculty Forum

The 2018 Southeast Polymer Faculty Forum will take place at the Georgia Institute of Technology on June 3 -5, 2018. We expect lively and informative discussion with faculty from colleges and universities throughout the southeast so please come join us. The venue is the Technology Square Research Building – Bldg#175 on Tech Square.

Register here (on the STAMI main site)

Technical Program 

Sunday, June 3, 2018

  • 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Registration and Reception
  • Dinner on your own

Monday, June 4, 2018

  • 8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast and Registration
  • 9:00 am Welcome and Introduction – John Reynolds
  • 9:05 am Technical Program Overview - Seung Soon Jang
  • 9:15 am Topic 1 - Introduction to Polymers in Functional Nanoparticles
  • (Zhiqun Lin)
  • 9:50 am Topic 2 - Introduction to Polymers for Energy Conversion and Storage
  • (Mark Dadmun)
  • 10:25 am Break
  • 10:40 am Topic 3 - Introduction to Polymers in Additive Manufacturing 
  • (Jerry Qi)
  • 11:15 am Overview of Computational Research on Topics (Seung Soon Jang)
  • 11:45 am Break Out (1 – 3 sections)
  • 12:45 pm Lunch
  • 2:00 pm Topical Faculty Presentations
  • Topic 1: MG Finn (GT), Greg Liu (VT), Gila Esther Stein (UTK) 
  • Topic 2: Paul Kohl (GT), Robert Moore (VT), Joshua Sangoro (UTK) 
  • Topic 3: Suman Das (GT), Chris Williams (VT), Chad Duty (UTK)
  • 3:30 pm Break
  • 3:45 pm Brainstorming
  • 5:30 pm Open time
  • 6:30 pm Dinner/Banquet – Hosted by the Georgia Tech Polymer Network

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

  • 8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
  • 9:00 am – 9:45 am Topical Groups Summary Preparation
  • 9:45 am Topic 1 – Report to the Forum
  • 10:30 am Break
  • 10:45 am Topic 2 - Report to the Forum
  • 11:30 am Topic 3 - Report to the Forum
  • 12:15 pm Closing Remarks – John Reynolds

Register here (on the STAMI main site)