Symposium Schedule:

Session I              Wednesday February 22, 8:30 am-12:00 pm
8:30	Welcome and Opening Remarks Prof. Jamil Baghdachi, Chair, Eastern Michigan University, USA
8:45	Ionic Liquids in Electro-active Polyurethane Coatings Prof. Timothy Long, Virginia Tech, USA
9:30	Nature Inspired Surface Coatings Prof. Michael Rubner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
10:15-10:30	Coffee break
10:30	Facile Fabrication of Transparent, Thermally Stable, and Mechanically Robust Superhydrophobic Surfaces from Hollow Silica Particles Prof. Hans-Jürgen Butt, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
11:00	Generation of Functional PET Microfibers via Surface-Initiated Polymerization Prof. Richard Spontak, North Carolina State University, USA
11:30	Smart coatings for a safety and high voltage energy storage devices Prof. Takaya Sato, Tsuruoka National College of Technology, Japan
12:00-1:30	Lunch Break
Session II                 Wednesday February 22, 1:30 pm-4:45 pm
1:30	Interface Modification in Organic Photovoltaic Devices Prof. Bernard Kippelen, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
2:00	Smart Coatings on Carbon and Metals by Electrografting Prof. C. Jérôme, University of Liège, Belgium
2:30	Micro and Nanostructure in Hybrid POSS-PCL Polyurethane Nanocomposites: An X-ray Scattering Study Prof. Angel Romo-Uribe, Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Mexico
3:00-3:15	Coffee Break
3:15	Superoleophobic Coatings Made of Magnetic Nanowires Prof. Sergiy Minko, Clarkson University, USA
3:45	Surface Coatings in Fabrication of Composite Nanostructures Prof. Hua Chun Zeng, National University of Singapore, Singapore
4:15	The Stretchable Conductor Based on Carbon Nanotube Coated Polyurethane Web Dr. Min Park, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

Session III                  Thursday February 23, 8:30 am-12:00 pm
8:30	New Polymers for Electronics Manufacturing and Beyond Dr. Robert Allen, IBM, Almaden Research Center, USA
9:00	Plasmachemical Deposition of Well-Defined Functional Nanocoatings Prof. J. P. S. Badyal, Durham University, UK
9:30	Rethinking the Idealized Morphology in Organic Photovoltaics Dr. Seth B. Darling, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
10:00	Coffee Break
10:30	Smart coatings for Early Detection of Metal Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention Prof. Marshall Ming, Georgia Southern University, USA
11:00	Semi-crystalline Supramolecular Rubbers for Hot-melt Adhesives and smart coatings. Prof. François Tournilhac, Matière Molle et Chimie, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles, France
11:30	Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-acrylic Acid Microgel/Au Assemblies as Color Tunable Materials and Sensors Prof. Michael J. Serpe, University of Alberta, Canada
Session IV              Thursday February 23, 1:30 pm-4:45 pm
1:30	Materials for Organic Photovoltaics: Non-Fullerene Based Solution Processed Organic Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies Approaching 3% Prof. Alan Sellinger, Stanford University, USA
2:00	Bio-Inspired, Smart, Multi-scale Interfacial Materials Prof. Lei Jiang, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China Surface
2:30	A Silyl Ester for Self-healing Anticorrosive Coatings: Proof of Concept by Local Electrochemical Techniques Prof. S.J. García, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
3:00	Coffee Break
3:15	Three-Dimensional Coating and Patterning of Porous Materials Using Vapor Phase Polymerization Prof. Malancha Gupta, University of Southern California, USA
3:45	Anti-Fouling Coatings Prepared with PEG-Silane Amphiphiles – Marine and Medical Applications Prof. Melissa A. Grunlan, Texas A&M University, USA