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Complex Active and Adaptive Material Systems

Gordon Research Conference

Exploiting the Functionality of Soft Materials

January 27 - February 1, 2019

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Chair Julia M. Yeomans

Vice Chair Richard A. Vaia

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Ventura Beach Marriott

2055 Harbor Boulevard

Ventura, CA, US

Venue and Travel Information

Venue

Office Manager: Nicole McAdams

Office Manager Email: VenturaBeach_SM@grc.org

Office Phone: 805-275-1161

Application Information

The application deadline for this meeting was December 30, 2018. You may still submit an application, which may be considered by the conference chair if there is still room available.

Conference Description

We will bring together a cross-disciplinary community of researchers, with the common aim of exploiting the power and complexity of non-equilibrium systems to forge a new generation of functional materials and soft machines that can self-assemble and adapt in response to their environment. Together physicists, chemists and material scientists at the forefront of soft matter science will discuss novel routes for capitalizing on the rich properties of soft and biological systems from micro- to macro-scopic length scales. With engineers and technologists from academia and industry, we will exchange our perspectives on employing advanced materials for soft robotics, sensors, smart structures and adaptive surfaces. The aim of our GRC is to convene this diverse group of people to generate ideas to bridge interdisciplinary boundaries and to establish a innovative community at the forefront of materials research.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Complex Active and Adaptive Material Systems (GRS)" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Building with Structured Fluids Discussion Leader: Ajay Gopinathan (University of California, Merced, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm	Nicholas Abbott (Cornell University, USA) "Liquid Crystalline Materials that Self-Report and Self-Regulate Their Interaction with Living Systems"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm	Ivan Smalyukh (University of Colorado, USA) "Collective Dynamics of Topological Solitons"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Responsive Materials Discussion Leader: Eleni Katifori (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Dirk Broer (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) "Skin-Like Liquid Crystal Coatings Adapt Shape and Secrete Fluids"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Anna Balazs (University of Pittsburgh, USA) "Designing Active Systems with Specified Functionality"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Francesc Sagues (University of Barcelona, Spain) "Active Nematics: An Admirably Responsive Material"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Power Hour The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring. Organizer: Linda Hirst (University of California, Merced, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Self-Assembly Discussion Leader: Christian Santangelo (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm	Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle (Advanced Science Research Center, Graduate Center, CUNY, USA) "Liquid Phase Separation and Disordered Proteins"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	Daniela Kraft (Leiden University, The Netherlands) "Reconfigurable Colloidal Structures"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Taming Active Matter Discussion Leader: Guillaume Duclos (Brandeis Univiersity, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Patrick Oakes (University of Rochester, USA) "Reorganization of the Cytoskeleton in Response to Mechanical Cues"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Masaki Sano (University of Tokyo, Japan) "Extracting Dynamics from Data in Active Matter: Force and Tissue Dynamics"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Anupam Sengupta (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) "Of Simple Microbes and Simpler Cues: Lessons on Emergence from Natural Microbial Populations"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Soft Robots Discussion Leader: Zuankai Wang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm	Nikolaus Correll (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) "Wireless Robotic Materials"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	John Rogers (Northwestern University, USA) "Multifunctional 3D Materials Systems by Mechanically Guided Self-Assembly"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Structuring Surfaces Discussion Leader: Ryan McGorty (University of San Diego, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Michael De Volder (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) "Hierarchical Carbon Nanotube Structures"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Jennifer Lewis (Harvard University, USA) "Digital Assembly of Active Soft Matter"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Doris Vollmer (Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Germany) "Flow over Lubricant Impregnated Surfaces: Failure and Replenishing"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Early-Career Investigator Presentations Discussion Leaders: Tyler Shendruk (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) and Nicholas Tito (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	The Cellular Machine Discussion Leader: Giorgio Volpe (University College London, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Andrew Pelling (University of Ottawa, Canada) "Controlling the Morphology and Function of Augmented Living Cellular Systems with Physical Cues"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Manu Prakash (Stanford University, USA) "The Wonderland of Living Soft Matter"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Peer Fischer (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany) "Synthetic Active Matter and Chemical Swimmers: From Molecules to Materials"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Using Novel Materials Discussion Leader: Linda Hirst (University of California, Merced, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm	Jayanth Kudva (NextGen Aeronautics, Inc., USA) "Multifunctional Materials and Biomimetic Designs for Shape Changing Aircraft"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	Itai Cohen (Cornell University, USA) "Atomic Origami: A Technology Platform for Nanoscale Machines, Sensors and Robots"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

Contributors

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science under Award Number(s) [DE-SC0019502]. This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.

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Diversity Funding

Financial assistance is available for qualified applicants through the GRC Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship Program. This program provides a grant to underrepresented minority graduate students, postdocs, faculty and scientists to help fund their attendance at their first GRC meeting. Learn more.

Registration Fees

Conferee Single Room:

$1,360.00

Conferee Shared Room:

$1,140.00

Conferee Off-Site:

$800.00

Guest Single Room:

$1,180.00

Guest Shared Room:

$960.00

Guest Off-Site:

$620.00

Child 4-12 yrs Shared Room:

$480.00

Child 4-12 yrs Off-Site:

$310.00

Child Under 4 yrs Shared Room:

Free

Child Under 4 yrs Off-Site:

Free

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