The Division of Materials Science and the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Program are proud to present the first-ever MRSEC Science Slam. With participants from all 19 MRSECs, the Science Slam will feature five-minute long slams on a research highlight or unique broader impact accomplishment. Creativity is key! Non-NSF audience will vote for the winner. To join, register here.
Co-chaired by: Paul Voyles (Wisconsin), Nadya Mason (UIUC)
MRSEC Slams! - each 5 Minutes + 5 Minutes of Q&A
| Time | Title | Presented By ... |
| 10:30-10:50 EST | DMR/NSF/MRSEC Welcome | Dr. Linda Sapochak Dr. Sean Liam Jones MRSEC PDs: Miriam Deutsch, Cosima Boswell-Koller, & Shadi Mamaghani |
| 10:50-11:00 EST | Delaware MRSEC Slam: "CHARMing Materials" | Matthew Langenstein, Weipeng Wu, Joseph Avenoso |
| 11:00-11:10 EST | Columbia-CCNY MRSEC Slam: "2D Materials from Superatoms" | Amymarie Bartholomew, Wendy He, Elena Meirzadeh, Alex Aydt |
| 11:10-11:20 EST | Illinois MRSEC Slam: "Graphene: The Most Flexible Electronic Material in the World" | Edmund Han |
| 11:20-11:30 EST | Penn State MRSEC Slam: "Atom Dance" | Vin Crespi, Ellie Crespi |
| 11:30-11:40 EST | Wisconsin MRSEC Slam: "Topological Insulators and the Marvel Cinematic Universe" | Randall Goldsmith |
| 11:40-11:50 EST | Washington MRSEC Slam: "Diamonds, Lightsabers, and Levitation" | Chaman Gupta |
| 11:50-12:00 EST | UPenn MRSEC Slam: "Learning Networks on the Radio" | Sam Dillavou |
| 12:00-12:30 EST | Break | |
| 12:30-12:40 EST | UCSB MRSEC Slam: "From Slow to Fast: As Data Drives Us On" | Piper Cooke, Eve Mozur, Ram Seshadri |
| 12:40-12:50 EST | Northwestern MRSEC Slam: "A Cerebral Challenge - The Case for Brainy Electronics" | Stephanie Liu, Matthew Bland |
| 12:50-13:00 EST | Harvard MRSEC Slam: "Shake, Charge, and Nucleate!" | Sarah Battat |
| 13:00-13:10 EST | UT Austin MRSEC Slam: "Gels in Disguise" | Stephanie Valenzuela |
| 13:10-13:20 EST | Cornell MRSEC Slam: "The World Wide (Quantum) Web" | Arjan Singh |
| 13:20-13:30 EST | Princeton MRSEC Slam: "Quantum Materials" | Graciela Villalpando, Robert Kirby |
| 13:30-13:40 EST | Break | |
| 13:40-13:50 EST | Brandeis MRSEC Slam: "A Day at Brandeis" | Robert Keane |
| 13:50-14:00 EST | Chicago MRSEC Slam: "How to Train Your Gluten" |
Savannah Gowen |
| 14:00-14:10 EST | Minnesota MRSEC Slam: "Getting out of a Sticky Situation: What the Hydrogen Economy Can Learn from the Chocolate Industry" | Tristan Truttmann |
| 14:10-14:20 EST | UC Irvine MRSEC Slam: "Shapeshifting Bio- Legos" | Adam Grosvirt-Dramen |
| 14:20-14:30 EST | UCSD MRSEC Slam: "Engineered Living Materials (ELMs): Stimuli Responsive Biosynthetic Materials" | Debika Datta |
| 14:30-14:40 EST | Ohio State MRSEC Slam: "Ferron, A Heat- Carrying Quasiparticle, Can Help Climate Change Crisis!" | Brandi Wooten |
| 14:40-14:45 EST | Voting | |
| 14:45-15:00 EST | Closing Remarks | MRSEC PDs: Miriam Deutsch, Cosima Boswell-Koller, & Shadi Mamaghani |
| 15:00 EST | Adjourn |