Scott White Memorial Symposium incl. the 2018 Annual Grantees’/Contractors’ Meeting of AFOSR M4 Program
August 13-16, 2018
Monday 8/13 | Tuesday 8/14 | Wednesday 8/15 | Thursday 8/16
Day 1: Monday August 13, 2018
| 12:45pm | Registration – Lobby of Auditorium | |
| 1:00pm | Opening Remarks – Nancy Sottos, University of Illinois |
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| Session Chair: Narayana Aluru, University of Illinois |
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| 1:10pm | Introduction to “Bio-inspired Materials” | Narayana Aluru, University of Illinois |
| 1:20pm | Invited Lecture #1: Towards Autonomic Functionality using Bimolecular Material Systems | Donald Leo, University of Georgia |
| 1:55pm | Invited Lecture #2: Biomaterial Design of Nanohelix Actuator (Volticella convallaria) vs. Synthetic Design of Nanohelix Actuator (Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy FePd) | Minoru Taya, University of Washington |
| Session Chair: Eric Brown (Los Alamos National Lab) | ||
| 2:30pm | Introduction to “Self-Healing Materials” | Eric Brown, Los Alamos Nat’l Lab |
| 2:40pm | Invited Lecture #3: Self-Healing Functionality for Metal Asset Protection | Gerald Wilson, Autonomic Materials Inc. |
| 3:15pm | Invited Lecture #4: Thermomechanical Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Polymeric Structures Fabricated With Novel, Multi-Material Filaments | Kevin Hart, Army Research Lab |
| 3:50pm | Break – Room 1005 Beckman Institute | |
| Session Chair: Paul Fenter (Argonne National Lab) | ||
| 4:05pm | Introduction to “Self-Healing Electronics & Batteries” | Paul Fenter, Argonne Nat’l Lab |
| 4:15pm | Invited Lecture #5: Triggered Restoration of Conductivity Using Core-Shell Microcapsules | Susan Odom, University of Kentucky |
| 4:50pm | Invited Lecture #6: Electrochemical Stiffness and Solid State Electrolytes in Lithium Ion Batteries | Andy Gewirth, University of Illinois |
| 5:25pm | Tributes | |
| 6:00pm | Adjournment | |
| 6:30pm | Reception: Beckman Institute Atrium | |
Day 2: Tuesday August 14, 2018
| 8:00am | General Announcements | |
| Session Chair: Jason Patrick (North Carolina State University) | ||
| 8:05am | Introduction to “Microvascular Composites” | Jason Patrick, North Carolina State University |
| 8:15am | Invited Lecture #7: Thinking VaSCular: How Thinking About Biology Inspires Materials | Aaron Esser-Kahn, University Chicago |
| 8:50am | Invited Lecture #8: Microvascular Composites and Their Impact to the Air Force | Jeff Baur, Air Force Research Lab |
| Session Chair: Charles Diesendruck (Technion) | ||
| 9:25am | Introduction to “Mechanochemistry & Frontal Polymerization” | Charles Diesendruck, Technion |
| 9:35am | Invited Lecture #9: Some Polymer Mechanochemistry with Origins tied to Scott White and the Beckman | Stephen Craig, Duke University |
| 10:10am | Invited Lecture #10: Frontal Polymerization for Cure-on Demand Wood Repair and Art | John Pojman, Louisiana State University |
| 10:45am | Break – Room 1005 Beckman Institute | |
| Session Chair: Jerry Qi (Georgia Institute of Technology) | ||
| 11:00am | Introduction to “Additive Manufacturing & Microfabrication” | Jerry Qi, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 11:10am | Invited Lecture #11: Multiscale Design of Active Components and Materials and their Realization via Additive Manufacturing | Martin Dunn, University Colorado |
| 11:45am | Invited Lecture #12: From the Microfabrication of Microvascular Networks to the Additive Manufacturing of Multifunctional Composites | Daniel Therriault, École Polytechnique de Montréal |
| 12:20pm | Lunch: Room 1005 Beckman Institute | |
| Session Chair: Ray Baughman (University of Texas at Dallas) | ||
| 1:20pm | Keynote #1 – Magnetic Resonance Based Analysis of Damage Evolution and Healing in Connective Tissues and Biomaterials | Ellen Arruda, University of Michigan |
| 1:55pm | Invited Lecture #13: Design of Active Reconfigurable Antennas Using Origami Principles | Dimitris Lagoudas, Texas A&M University |
| 2:20pm | (YIP) Integrated Self-Healing and Self-Sensing using Optical Waveguides in Microvascular Fiber-Composites | Jason Patrick, North Carolina State University |
| 2:45pm | Room Temperature Liquid Metal Colloidal Suspensions for Self-Healing and Resilient Electronics | Chris Tabor, Air Force Research Lab |
| 3:10pm | Break – Room 1005 Beckman Institute | |
| Session Chair: John Kieffer (University of Michigan) | ||
| 3:25pm | (CoE) Self-Healing, Regeneration & Structural Remodeling: Transformational Chemistries | Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois |
| 3:50pm | (CoE) Self-Healing, Regeneration & Structural Remodeling: Modeling of Rapid Polymerization Fronts | Philippe Geubelle, University of Illinois |
| 4:15pm | (CoE) Self-Healing, Regeneration & Structural Remodeling: Transient Materials to 4D Printing for Multifunctional Composites | Scott White, University of Illinois |
| Session Chair: Abraham Stroock (Cornell University) | ||
| 4:40pm | (CoE) Self-Healing, Regeneration & Structural Remodeling: Characterization and Analysis of Autonomic Composites | Nancy Sottos, University of Illinois |
| 5:05pm | (CoE) Self-Healing, Regeneration, and Structural Remodeling: Vascular Remodeling and Morphogenic Adaptation | Aaron Esser-Kahn, University of Chicago |
| 5:30pm | (YIP) Bio-inspired Artificial Homeostatic Multifunctional Material Microsystems (AHM3) | Ximin He, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 5:55pm | Adjournment | |
Day 3: Wednesday August 15, 2018
| 8:00am | General Announcements | |
| Session Chair: Kurt Maute (University of Colorado) | ||
| 8:05am | (YIP) Lessons from Bone to Bio-inspired Tough and Self-Remodeling Aerospace Materials | Majid Minary-Jolandan, University of Texas at Dallas |
| 8:30am | (YIP) Bio-inspired Synthesis of Multifunctional Materials with Self-Adaptable Mechanical Properties and Self-Regeneration | Sung Kang, Johns Hopkins University |
| 8:55am | (YIP) Tough Gel: A Perfect Platform for Designing Chemo-Mechano-Chemically Responsive Multifunctional Materials | Yuhang Hu, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 9:20am | Plant-Mimetic Functional Materials for Thermal Management and Suppression of Freezing | Abe Stroock, Cornell University; Noel Holbrook, Harvard University |
| 9:45am | Break – Room 1005 Beckman Institute | |
| Session Chairs: Philippe Geubelle & Ioannis Chasiotis (University of Illinois) | ||
| 10:00am | Mechanically Adaptive Materials: Property Transformation via Continuous Transitions | Rich Vaia and Larry Drummy, Air Force Research Lab |
| 10:25am | Multifunctional Soft Materials and Structures: Modeling, Design and Validation | Liping Liu, Rutgers University |
| 10:50am | Knowledge-Driven Design and Optimization of New Types of Yarn and Fiber Artificial Muscles | Ray Baughman, University Texas Dallas |
| 11:15am | (Invited – Sponsored by ONR Program on Structural Composites & NDE) Synthesis and Mechanics of Metal-Graphene Composites |
Sameh Tawfick, University of Illinois |
| 11:40am | Bridging High Strength and Dissipation in Carbon Nanotube Composites | Walter Lacarbonara and Giulia Lanzara, University Rome |
| 12:05pm | Lunch: Rooms 1005 Beckman Institute | |
| Session Chair: Jeffery Baur (Air Force Research Lab) & James Thomas (Naval Research Lab) | ||
| 1:05pm | 3D Printing of Materials and Devices for Integrated Multifunctionality | Mike Durstock, Dan Berrigan, Benji Maruyama, Air Force Research Lab |
| 1:30pm | 4D Printed Composites for Topology-Transforming Multifunctional Devices | Jerry Qi, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kurt Maute, Martin Dunn, University of Colorado |
| 1:55pm | Programmable Elastic Metamaterials for Unprecedented Wave and Dynamic Control | Guoliang Huang, University of Missouri; C. T. Sun, Purdue University |
| 2:20pm | Damping, Design, Metamaterials | Massimo Ruzzene, Alper Erturk, GA Tech; Paolo Ermanni, ETH Zürich |
| 2:45pm | Electronic Damping in Multifunctional Material Systems | Dan Inman, University of Michigan |
| 3:10pm | Break – Room 1005 Beckman Institute | |
| Session Chair: Mike Durstock (Air Force Research Lab) | ||
| 3:25pm | Nanocomposite Ion Conductors from Branched Aramid Nanofibers for Zn Thin Film Batteries | Nicholas Kotov, University Michigan |
| 3:50pm | (Co-sponsored by Space Power Program, Low Density Materials Program & Structural Mechanics Program) Damage Tolerance and Durability of Structural Power Composites | Emile Greenhalgh, Imperial College; Leif Asp, Chalmers University Technology; Dan Zenkert, KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 4:15pm | Principles for Designing Compliant Multifunctional Wing Structures with Integrated Solar Cells for Micro Air Vehicles | Hugh Bruck, University of Maryland; Satyandra Gupta, University of Southern Calif |
| Session Chair: Somnath Ghosh (Johns Hopkins Univ.) | ||
| 4:40pm | Design of Multifunctional Films for Compliant Interface | Ioannis Chasiotis, University of Illinois |
| 5:05pm | Polymer Composites under Lasers Irradiation: Responsive Interfaces and Nano-scaled Internal Sensing | Josh Kennedy, Greg Ehlert, Jeff Baur, Air Force Research Lab |
| 5:30pm | High Temperature Electronics Module Failure Physics and Design | Ajit Roy, John Ferguson, Steven Fairchild, Air Force Research Lab |
| 5:55pm | Adjournment | |
Day 4: Thursday August 16, 2018
| 8:00am | General Announcements | |
| Session Chair: Leif Asp (Chalmers University of Technology) | ||
| 8:05am | Embedded Carbon Nanotube – Based Airflow Sensors for Adaptive Air Systems | Ben Dickinson, Air Force Research Lab; Greg Reich, Air Force Research Lab; Jeff Baur, Air Force Research Lab |
| 8:30am | (YIP) Super – Expandable Adaptive Sensor Network (SEASN) Enabled by Piezoelectric Polymer Serpentines | Nanshu Lu, University of Texas at Austin |
| 8:55am | (STTR Phase II / MURI’09 Technology Transfer) Flexible Sensor Network and Its Embedded Integrated Circuits for Structural Health Monitoring | Jeffrey Bergman, Acellent Technologies; Boris Murmann, Fu-Kuo Chang, Stanford University |
| 9:45am | Break – Room 1005 Beckman Institute | |
| Session Chair: Fu-Kuo Chang (Stanford University) & Yong Chen (University of California, Los Angeles) | ||
| 10:00am | Integrated Multi-Physics, Multi-scale Computational Modeling Framework for Multifunctional Applications | Somnath Ghosh, Johns Hopkins University |
| 10:25am | Highly Reconfigurable, Multistable Composite with Tunable Morphing Capability | Giulia Lanzara, Walter Lacarbonara, University of Rome |
| 10:50am | (YIP) Co-Continuous Metal-Elastomer Foam Actuators for Morphing Wing Micro Air Vehicles | Rob Shepherd, Cornell University |
| 11:15am | (YIP) Robotic Fabrics: Multifunctional Fabrics for Reconfigurable and Wearable Soft Systems | Rebecca Kramer, Yale University |
| 11:40am | Localized and Rapid Variable Compliance Via Phase Changing Matter and Distributed Computation | Rob Shepherd, Cornell University; Nicolaus Correll, University of Colorado |
| 12:05pm | Lunch: Rooms 1005 Beckman Institute | |
| Session Chair: Jay Kudva (NextGen Aeronautics, Inc.) | ||
| 1:05pm | Briefing on AFOSR Basic Research Initiative ‘16: “Avian-Inspired Multifunctional Morphing Air Vehicles” (2nd Annual Review at Stanford University, Stanford, CA on March 22-23, 2018; U Michigan / Stanford U / UCLA / Texas A&M / U British Columbia / Royal Veterinary College / U Rome / ETH Zürich) (PI: Daniel Inman; Co-PIs: Henry Sodano, David Lentink, Fu-Kuo Chang, Yong Chen, Darren Hartl, Douglas Altshuler, Richard Bomphrey, Jim Usherwood, Giulia Lanzara, Walter Lacarbonara, Andre Studart) (PM: Les Lee; Co-PM’s: Douglas Smith, Patrick Bradshaw, Russell Cummings, David Garner) |
Dan Inman, University of Michigan |
| 1:55pm | Neuromorphic Network Based on Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composite | Yong Chen, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2:20pm | Design of Actively Controlled Microarchitectures with Programmable Mechanical Properties | Jonathan Hopkins, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2:45pm | Bio-inspired Reconfigurable System Design via Topology Optimization | Greg Reich and Philip Beran, Air Force Research Lab |
| 3:10pm | Break – Room 1005 Beckman Institute | |
| Session Chair: Greg Reich (Air Force Research Lab) | ||
| 3:25pm | (Invited – Sponsored by Structural Mechanics Program) Variable Camber Compliant Wing (VCCW) | James Joo, Air Force Research Lab |
| 3:50pm | (Co-sponsored by Structural Mechanics Program) On-demand Stiffness Selectivity for Morphing Systems | Andres Arrieta Diaz, Purdue University |
| 4:15pm | (STTR Phase II) Biomimetic Design of Morphing Micro Air Vehicles | Jay Kudva, Concepts to Systems; Geoffrey Spedding, University of Southern California; Roy Kornbluh, SRI International |
| Session Chair: Dan Inman (Univ. of Michigan) | ||
| 4:40pm | (STTR Phase II) Biomimetic Design of Morphing Micro Air Vehicles | Harry Perkinson, TRI Austin; Peter Ifju, University of Florida |
| 5:05pm | Keynote #2: Multifunctional Design of Autonomic, Adaptive and Self-Sustaining Systems: An Overview | B.-L. (“Les”) Lee, Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| 5:40pm | Closing Remarks – Jeff Moore, University of Illinois |
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| 5:50pm | Adjournment | |
| 6:00pm | Celebration at Beckman Institute Atrium | |