Symposium Agenda

91��ý Innovation in Materials Science Symposium
Monday August 17, 2026

8:30 – 9:20�� Plenary Session, JSCBB A115, Butcher Auditorium
- Prof. Stephanie Bryant, Presiding
- 8:00 – 8:10 ��Introduction and Welcoming Remarks,��Prof. Stephanie Bryant
- 8:10 – 9:45 ��Towards a Net Zero World: Developing and applying new tools to understand how materials for Li and “beyond-Li” battery technologies function, Clare Grey, Cambridge University
- 8:45 – 9:20 ��TBD, Gregg Beckham, National Laboratory of the Rockies
9:20 – 9:30�� Break and Transition
9:30 - 10:50�� Parallel Sessions, JSCBB A115 and JSCBB A108��

Parallel Sessions

JSCBB A115��Materials-Based Start ups, TBD, Presider
- 9:30 – 9:50 �� Tynt - Enabling the Intelligence for Glass, Tyler Hernandez, Tynt
- 9:50 – 10:10 ��Parallax Volumetric Additive Manufacturing, Johnny Hergert, Manifest
- 10:10 – 10:30 ��Prometheus Materials: From Concept to Commercialization, Wil Srubar, CU Professor and Prometheus
- 10:30 – 10:50 ��Peter Hosbein,��Mana Battery: Commercializing Materials Science Innovations in Sodium Batteries
JSCBB A108 Polymeric Materials, TBD, Presiding
- 9:30 – 9:55 �� From foundational research to global standards: How NIST is enabling adoption of photopolymer additive manufacturing at scale, Callie Higgins, NIST��
- 9:55 – 10:10 ��Student/Postdoc Presentation
- 10:10 – 10:35 ��Molecular Design Strategies for Mechanochemically Active Polymers, Prof. Max Robb
- 10:35 – 10:50 ��Student/Postdoc presentation

Parallel Sessions

JSCBB A115��Polymeric and Other Materials, TBD, Presider
- 11:10 – 11:35 ��Catalytic Chain Transfer Photopolymerization (CCTP^2): I gotta figure out how to make money on this thing. It’s simply too good, Prof. Brady Worrell, Denver University
- 11:35 – 11:50 ��Student/Postdoc presentation
- 11:50 – 12:15 ��Material innovations needed to achieve ultrahigh selectivity in practical nanoporous polymers, Prof. Cody Ritt, University of Colorado
- 12:15 – 12:30��Student/Postdoc presentation
- 12:30 – 12:45 ��Student / Postdoc presentation
JSCBB A108 Biomaterials and Materials Characterization, TBD, Presiding
- 11:10 – 11:35 ��Leveraging Fundamental Chemical Insights for Chemical Probe Development, Prof. Dylan Domaille, Colorado School of Mines
- 11:35 – 11:50 ��Student / Postdoc presentation
- 11:50 – 12:15 Preparing selective catalysts for fine chemicals production using self-assembled monolayers, Prof. Will Medlin, University of Colorado
- 12:15 – 12:30 ��Student / Postdoc presentation
- 12:30 – 12:45 ��Student / Postdoc presentation

Parallel Sessions

JSCBB A115�� Materials Development and Characterization, TBD, Presiding
- 1:45 – 2:10 �� Anion Redox for Next-Generation Battery Cathodes, Prof. Kim See, University of Colorado
- 2:10 – 2:25 �� Student / Postdoc presentation
- 2:25– 2:50�� Piezoelectric Biomaterials for Biomedical Devices: Design and Discovery through Unconventional 2D and 3D Printing, Prof. Jun Li, University of Colorado
JSCBB A108 Membrane and Other Materials, TBD, Presiding
- 1:45 – 2:10 �� TBD, Prof. Virginia Ferguson
- 2:05 – 2:25 �� Student / Postdoc presentation George��
- 2:25 – 2:50 �� TBD

2:30 – 2:45�� Break and Poster Setup
2:45 ��- 4:00 �� Poster Session (Poster presenters with last names starting with A-K present from 3:00 – 3:45; Poster presenters with last names starting with L-Z present from 3:45 – 4:30)
4:00 – 5:00�� Plenary Session, JSCBB A115, TBD, Presiding
4:00 – 4:30��Low-Dose Non-Destructive Soft X-ray Imaging of Polymers and Nanomaterials, Prof. Margaret Murnane, University of Colorado
4:30 – 5:00��Chemically Recyclable Multiblock Polymers, Prof. Garret Miyake, Colorado State University

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