Engineering Nano-Scale Structures for Advanced Battery, Electronic and Optical Applications
A Mini-Conference Sponsored by The Coherent/II-VI Foundation
Hosted Virtually by The University of Michigan
May 10, 2024
8:45 am Welcome and Introduction: Rick Purnell, Executive Director Coherent / II-VI Foundation
8:50 am Opening Remarks: Rear Admiral Marc Pelaez, US Navy Retired,
Chairman Coherent / II-VI Foundation
Additive Manufacturing Session (Moderated by Alan Hedges)
9:00 am Additive Manufacturing of Thermally Stable Freeform Optical Reflectors Through Engineered Composites, University of Virginia, Jerrold Floro and Ji Ma, Co-PIs
Presenters: Haobo Wang and Prosenjit Biswas
9:35 am Questions and Discussion
10:00 am Personal Break
10:05 am Controlling Stress and Defects in Optical Surfaces by Hybrid Additive Manufacturing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Kyle Saleeby, PI
Presenter: ???
10:40 am Questions and Discussion
11:05 am Personal Break
11:15 am Student Interaction Discussion / Lunch (Moderated by Al Burk & Alan Hedges)
Taxonomy of Metasurfaces (Moderated by Alan Hedges)
12:15 pm Fundamental Principles and Taxonomy of Metasurfaces, University of Rochester, Jannick Rolland and Nick Vamivakas, Co-PIs
Presenter: Ao Sun
12:50 pm Questions and Discussion
1:15 pm Personal Break
Advanced Battery Development (Moderated by John Spitznagel)
1:20 pm Enabling High-Energy-Density All-Solid-State Batteries via Sulfur-Based Solid Electrolytes, University of Chicago, Shirley Meng, PI
Presenters: Hedi Yang and Jaehee Park
1:55 pm Questions and Discussion
2:20 pm Personal Break
2:25 pm In Situ/Operando Analysis of Metal Anode/Solid Electrolyte Interfaces, University of Michigan, Neil Dasgupta, PI
Presenters: Davy Zeng, Alexis Luglio, and Daniel Liao
3:00 pm Questions and Discussion
3:25 pm Concluding Remarks: Alan Hedges, Rear Admiral Marc Pelaez
3:35 pm Close of the Mini-Conference – Thank you for participating
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