24th Annual Sukant Tripathy Memorial Symposium
- Date: Friday, December 6, 2024
- Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Where: UMass Lowell, University Crossing, Moloney Hall Suite 203, 220 Pawtucket Street, Lowell, MA 01854
- Cost: Free!
Faculty and industry researchers will present their latest work on advanced materials.
The University of Massachusetts Lowell honors the memory of the late Prof. Sukant Tripathy at the annual symposium. Sukant was a renowned researcher and former director of the Center for Advanced Materials, university provost and vice chancellor.
For more information contact Susan D'Amore by email: Susan_Damore@uml.edu.
Preliminary Program
Morning Session
| Time | Event / Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 8 - 8:30 a.m. | Registration and Coffee | |
| 8:30 - 8:45 a.m. | Welcome | |
| 8:45 - 9:30 a.m. | Prof. Ambika Bajpayee, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Molecular Bio-electrostatics and Drug Delivery Laboratory, Northeastern University - Bajpayee Lab | Bioelectricity for Drug delivery and Imaging |
| 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. | Prof. Naveen Kumar Tailor, Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University | Halide Perovskites Crystals: Beyond Solar Cell Applications |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. | Prof. Michael Dickey, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor and University Faculty Scholar, North Carolina State University | Shaping a Soft Future |
| 11:15 a.m. – Noon | Prof. Ertan Agar, Associate Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell | Toward Next-Generation Flow Batteries: Enhancing Performance for Grid-Scale Energy Storage |
| Noon – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch and Poster Session | |
Afternoon Session
| Time | Event / Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. | Jason Parker, Ph.D. , Research Mechanical Engineer at U.S. Army DEVCOM Soldier Center, Natick, Mass. | Role of Microstructure on the Dynamic Behavior of Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) Composites |
| 2:15 – 3 p.m. | Prof. James Walsh, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Materials Discovery at Extreme Pressures |
| 3 – 3:15 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 3:15 - 4 p.m. | Prof. Atul Thakur, Associate Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna | Robotics Across Scales: Lizard-Inspired Climbing Robots and Microrobots that Measure Biomechanics of Zebrafish Embryos |
| 4 - 4:15 p.m. | Prof. Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Co-Director of HEROES and Fabric Discovery Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Mass. | Closing Remarks |