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INVITED TALKS AT MEETINGS (Selected)

5. Light-switchable rheology in micellar fluids based on common, inexpensive surfactants.
American Conference on Neutron Scattering, Santa Fe, NM (2008)
4. Smart fluids and coatings based on light-sensitive assemblies of amphiphilic molecules.
Smart Coatings Conference, Orlando, FL (2008)
3. Adventures with soft matter: So simple, a child could do it.
Mid-Atlantic Soft Matter Symposium, Georgetown Univ. (2007)
2. Stimuli-sensitive nanoassemblies of amphiphilic biomolecules.
International Congress on Nanobiotechnology: Nanobio 2007, San Francisco, CA (2007)
1. Structure and rheology of viscoelastic micellar fluids useful in shampoo formulations.
Society of Cosmetic Chemists Meeting, Boston, MA (2006)

INVITED TALKS AT UNIVERSITIES (Selected)

5. Adventures with soft matter: From photorheological fluids to blood-gelling biopolymers.
Program in Polymer Science & Technology, MIT, Boston, MA (2009)
4. “Smart” fluids and soft materials assembled the “easy” way.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT (2009)
3. “Smart” fluids and gels created via molecular self-assembly.
Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (2006)
2. Viscoelastic fluids and gels engineered via molecular self-assembly.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (2005)
1. Viscoelastic fluids and gels engineered via molecular self-assembly.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2005)

INVITED TALKS AT NATIONAL LABS (Selected)

3. Thin to thick at the flick of a switch: Light-tunable rheology in micellar fluids.
NIST Center for Neutron Research, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD (2008)
2. Engineering gels and capsules using biopolymers and vesicles.
National Institute for Child Health & Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD (2005)
1. Engineering nanomaterials using biopolymers and vesicles.
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, College Park, MD (2005)

INVITED TALKS AT CORPORATE RESEARCH LABS (Selected)

3. Using light to control fluid rheology and create patternable coatings.
Sherwin Williams Co., Breen Technology Center, Cleveland, OH (2008)
2. Complex fluids research at U. Maryland: Self-assembled viscoelastic fluids and gels.
3M Corporate Research Labs, St. Paul, MN (2006)
1. Complex fluids research at U. Maryland: Self-assembled viscoelastic fluids and gels.
Procter & Gamble Corporate Research Labs, Cincinnati, OH (2006)

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For pdf files of selected talks, click here.

 

Last updated: February 22, 2009

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