The cMDIS Annual Research Symposium will be held on Friday 10 November 2017, between 8:30am-5:00pm, at the Heffner Alumni House.
The event showcases and celebrates research in the Rensselaer Center for Materials, Devices and Integrated Systems (cMDIS). All members of cMDIS (graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, visiting scientists - if you are not a member we welcome you to join – please contact Jennifer Tedesco at tedesco@rpi.edu) are invited to submit abstracts to share their research through oral and poster presentations.
The program will include oral and poster sessions, an “Art-in-Science” competition, and a networking session. Breakfast, light refreshments and lunch will be provided.
Venue
Heffner Alumni House
Date
November 10, 2017 - Friday
Time
8:30am - 5:00pm
Abstract Submission and Registration Deadline:
November 1, 2017 - Wednesday
The scope of this symposium is to showcase and celebrate research conducted by cMDIS researchers.
Presentations on research in all areas of the physical and chemical sciences and engineering are encouraged. Highlighted areas will include reseach themes established by student-led cMDIS Research Focus Groups.
These include but aren't limited to: Electrochemical systems, nanofabrication, polymers and nanocomposites, electron and ion beam methods, atomistic modeling methods, thin films, 2D materials, optical characterization and fabrication.
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration and breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome Robert Hull Director, Center for Materials, Devices and Integrated Systems |
| 9:15 – 10:30 | OP.01 | Dustin Andersen Distributions of Kinetic Pathways in Strain Relaxation of Heteroepitaxial Thin Films OP.02 | Nathaniel Anderson Synthesis and Characterization of Porphyrin-DNA Constructs for the Self-Assembly of Modular Energy Transfer Arrays OP.03 | Sagar Bhatt Physical System modeling and simulation using HPC OP.04 | Daniele Cheniak H, d, and He Diffusion in Diamond - Experimental and Computational Studies OP.05 | Michael Deagen Residual-Layer-Free Transfer Molding of Mesoscale Periodic Structures |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 10:50 – 12:05 | OP.06 | Debjit Ghoshal Comprehending the Substrate-Independent Vertical Growth of ReS2 Nanosheets OP.07 | Tushar Gupta Phosphorus Nanoparticles Embedded in a Reduced Graphene Oxide Matrix for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes OP.08 | Jennifer (John) Howell-Clark Impurity Control for High Performance Gallium Nitride Device OP.09 | Apostolos A. Karanastasis Super-resolution nanoscopy study of crosslinking density variations in PNiPAm-based microgels OP.10 | Lu Li Development of Chemically Immobilized Sulfur Cathodes for Lithium Sulfur Batteries |
| 12:05 – 12:15 | Center Group Photo (outside) |
| 12:15 – 1:30 | Poster Session and Lunch (Great Room) |
| 1:30 – 1:45 | Art-in-Science Contest |
| 1:45 – 3:00 | OP.11 | Aaron Littlejohn van der Waals Epitaxy of Large VS2 Nanoflakes on Muscovite Mica OP.12 | Wei Peng Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Rheological and Dynamic Properties of Polymer Nanocomposite System with Thermal Stiffening Behaviors OP.13 | Ainsley Pinkowitz Radiolysis-Influenced Localized Corrosion in the Liquid Cell Transmission Electron Microscope PP.10 | Lingjun Jiang Integrated Cascaded Bragg Gratings for On-Chip Optical Delay Lines OP.15 | Siddharth Sundararaman New Optimization Scheme for Potential Development for Multi- component Oxide Glasses |
| 3:00 – 3:20 | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 3:20 – 4:35 | OP.16 | Yixuan Tan Forward and Inverse Simulations of Heat Transfer and Grain Growth in Thin Films OP.17 | Melih Turkseven Magnetically Active Tactile Displays for Virtual Reality Applications OP.18 | Hari Vijayamohanan Spirothiopyran based photoresists for large area sub-diffraction nanopatterning OP.19 | Yiping Wang Toward-Wafer Scale Ionic Epitaxy of Halide Perovskite Single Crystalline Thin Film Carrying Hidden Carrier Dynamics OP.20 | Shuman Yu Numerical Simulation of CO2 Injection Induced CH4 Production from Gas Hydrate-bearing Sediments |
| 4:35 – 5:30 | Concluding Remarks / Awards Happy Hour (IDs required) |
Please follow this link to register. Registration is free for all attendees.
Abstract Submission Deadline: November 1, 2017
Please see the abstract template at the end for instructions.
A scientific committee will review the abstracts and you will be notified one week after submission deadline for the duration and time of your presentation or dimensions of poster board. It is typically 12-15 min oral presentations. All abstracts will be compiled as an abstract booklet and made available to the participants at the symposium.
Abstracts must be prepared as a .pdf file for electronic submission.
For a successful abstract submission and to avoid errors:
- Use the template provided.
- Spell check your abstract
- Check the spelling of contributors’ names
- Check your abstract length
- Decide on the theme
- Decide on the presentation type (Oral or Poster Presentation or Any)
Awards
Monetary prizes will be awarded at the symposium for one oral presentation and one poster presentation.
Visualization of data is a powerful way to convey complex information. In the contest, submissions of artwork that express scientific principles, concepts, ideas, processes and/or structures will be evaluated. The contest is not limited to micrographs or images; any printable artistic representation of scientific data is relevant.
Judging will be based on both scientific significance and artistic impact of the work. All images should have a connection to your scientific research.
Submission information:
1. All images are required to be electronically submitted as .pdf or .tif file by November 1, 2017.
2. All images submitted must include a title.
3. You will be notified of further instructions to display your work. A short description (50 words or less) of the technique used, the object that was imaged, and any special conditions will be presented with the image.
Awards:
A monetary prize will be awarded at the symposium for one work.