Materials Day

Self-driving labs (SDLs) are powerful tools for materials research in which experiments are performed by robots and chosen by machine learning or artificial intelligence. This combination makes them highly effective at rapidly executing many consistent experiments that are intelligently chosen to best achieve a user-specified goal. This field has rapidly progressed with advances in machine learning algorithms, the automation powering the experiments, and ultimately the discovery of new materials. However, realizing a new self-driving lab still requires a tremendous investment in terms of equipment and expertise, which limits their ubiquity. This workshop is organized to bring together developers of SDL hardware, SDL software, and users of SDLs to share success stories, lessons learned, and collaboratively build a community of practice that spans the academy, national labs, and industry. The workshop will feature eight keynote speakers, lightning talks from trainees, and networking events. The event is co-hosted by the Boston University Division of Materials Science and Engineering and the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science and Engineering.

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Please join us as we celebrate the contributions of Dr. David K. Campbell, Professor of Physics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering and University Provost (2005-2010), to the Boston University College of Engineering and College of Arts and Sciences — and to the field of nonlinear science and novel electronic materials at large.

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Title: C³, The Chaotic Career of Campbell
Day 1: Thursday, October 10, 2024, 1:00-5:35PM
Day 2: Friday, October 11, 2024, 8:15-4:00PM
Host: Professor David Bishop, Division Head, Division of Materials Science & Engineering

Speakers

10/10

• Giorgios Tsironis, University of Crete
• Irving Bigio, Boston University
• Sergej Flach, Institute for Basic Science
• Shan-Wen Tsai, University of California, Riverside
• Leon Glass, McGill University
• Rajarsh Roy, University of Maryland
• Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois

10/11

• Arianna Montorsi, Polytechnic University of Turin
• Ka-Ming Tam, Louisiana State University
• Alan Newell, University of Arizona
• Zenan Qi, Wells Fargo
• Nahom Yirga, Boston University
• Elizabeth Bradley, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Predrag Cvitanovic, Georgia Tech
• Charles Tresser
• Gemunu Gunaratne, University of Houston
• Robert Ecke, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Philip Phillips, University of Illinois

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Title: Cardiac Bioengineering: Approaches to Advance Study and Treatment of Cardiac Diseases
Date: Friday, October 27, 2023
Host: Professor Chris Chen
Sponsors: the Boston University Division of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and the NSF Engineering Research Center in Cellular Metamaterials (CELL-MET).

Speakers

• Aitor Aguirre, Michigan State University
• Brendon Baker, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
• Nenad Bursac, Duke University
• Emma Lejeune, Boston University
• Jennifer Lewis, Harvard University
• Charles E. Murry, University of Washington
• Kevin Kit Parker, Harvard University
• Beth L. Pruitt, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Ellen Roche, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jeffrey Saucerman, University of Virginia
• Kricket Seidman, Harvard University
• Wolfram Zimmerman, Göttingen University Medical Center

Title: Simulation and Modeling of Extended Materials: Connecting Scales for Practical Applications
Date: Friday, October 14, 2022
Host: Professor Sahar Sharifzadeh
Event Website: Recordings Posted 11/17/2022

Speakers

• Enrico Bellotti, Professor, Boston University
• James Chapman, Assistant Professor, Boston University
• Ismaila Dabo, Associate Professor, Penn State University
• Elif Ertekin, Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Giulia Galli, Liew Family Professor, University of Chicago
• Vikram Gavini, Professor, University of Michigan
• Heather J. Kulik, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Nicola Marzari, Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
• Tod Pascal, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
• Tess Smidt, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Kristian Sommer Thygesen, Professor, Technical University of Denmark

Title: Science & Technology of the Casimir Effect
Date: Friday, October 15, 2021
Co-Hosts:Professor David Bishop, Professor David Campbell
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Speakers

• Vladimir Aksyuk, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Giuseppe Bimonte, Università Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico II
• Ho Bun Chan, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Ricardo Decca, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• Mehran Kardar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Galina L. Klimchitskaya, Russian Academy of Sciences; Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University
• Ulf Leonhardt, Weizmann Institute of Science
• Umar Mohideen, University of California, Riverside
• Jeremy Munday, University of California, Davis
• Alexander Stange, Digital Healthcare Group at Analog Devices; Boston University
• Lilia Woods, University of South Florida
  

Title: Design and Fabrication of Tissue Architectures
Date: Friday, October 23, 2020
Hosts: General Chair, Professor Alice White; Co-Chairs: Professor David Bishop, Professor Christopher Chen
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Speakers

Keynote Speaker Jennifer A. Lewis, Harvard University & Wyss Institute, Jianming Yu Professor of Arts and Sciences, Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Treena Livingston Arinzeh, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Jason Burdick, University of Pennsylvania, Professor, Department of Bioengineering

Mark Grinstaff, Boston University, Distinguished Professor of Translational Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Division of Materials Science and Engineering

Joerg Lahann, University of Michigan, Wolfgang Pauli Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Director of the Biointerfaces Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Shulamit Levenberg, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Jennifer West, Duke University, Fitzpatrick Family University Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Associate Dean for Ph.D. Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Chemistry

Title: (Nano)Materials for Biosensing and Diagnostics
Date: Friday, September 27, 2019
Host: Professor Allison Dennis
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RUSS ALGAR, University of British Columbia, Associate Professor, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Scholar, Canada Research Chair in Bio/Chemical Sensing

TRISHA ANDREW, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Director, Wearable Electronics Lab

HEATHER CLARK, Northeastern University, Professor of Bioengineering, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

ALLISON DENNIS, Boston University, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

NIKO HILDEBRANDT, Université de Rouen and Université Paris-Saclay, Professor

SAMIR MITRAGOTRI, Harvard University, Hiller Professor of Bioengineering and Hansjorg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering

HADI SHAFIEE, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine

HADLEY SIKES, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor

Title: Novel Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage: Emerging opportunities and challenges
Date: Friday, October 26, 2018
Host: Professor Srikanth Gopalan
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Scott Barnett, Northwestern University, Professor Of Materials Science And Engineering

Meilin Liu, Georgia Institute Of Technology, Regent’s Professor Of Materials Science And Engineering

Arumugam Manthiram, University Of Texas At Austin, Texas Materials Institute Director, Materials Science And Engineering Program Director, Cockrell Family Regents Chair In Engineering, And Professor

Lincoln Miara, Samsung Research America Senior Staff Engineer

Emily Ryan, Boston University, Assistant Professor Of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science And Engineering

Harry Tuller, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, R.P. Simmons Professor Of Ceramics And Electronic Materials

William Woodford, Form Energy, Co-Founder And Cto

Title: Integrating Metamaterials with Quantum Materials: A Design Paradigm for 21st Century Science & Technology
Date: Friday, September 29, 2017
Host: Professor Xin Zhang
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Professor Richard D. Averitt, University of California, San Diego

Professor Seth R. Bank, University of Texas, Austin

Professor Dmitri N. Basov, Columbia University

Dr. Hou-Tong Chen, Los Alamos National Lab

Professor Daniel M. Mittleman, Brown University

Professor Willie J. Padilla, Duke University

Professor David R. Smith, Duke University

Professor Xin Zhang, Boston University

Professor Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, Virginia Tech

Title: Nanomaterials in Medicine: Improving Healthcare Through Small Innovations
Date: Friday, September 25, 2015
Host: Professor Tyrone Porter
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Speakers

Vladimir Torchilin, Ph.D., Northeastern University, Distinguished Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine

Muthiah Manoharan, Ph.D., Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc., Senior Vice President of Drug Discovery

Heather Maynard, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Mark Grinstaff, Ph.D., Boston University, Distinguished Professor of Translational Research
Professor, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, and Materials Science & Engineering, Director, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Patrick Stayton, Ph.D., University of Washington, Washington Research Foundation Professor, Bioengineering, Director, Institute for Molecular Engineering and Sciences, Director, Center for Intracellular Delivery of Biologics

Niren Murthy, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley,Professor, Bioengineering

Anna Moore, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Professor, Radiology
Director, Molecular Imaging Laboratory at the MGH/MIT/HMS

Andrew Tsourkas, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, Associate Director, Program in Targeted Therapeutics, Institute of Translational Medicine and Therapeutics

Allison Dennis, Ph.D., Boston University, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering