Tripathy Memorial Symposium

This one-day symposium is normally held on the Friday following Thanksgiving week, to coincide with the MRS Conference in Boston. This symposium focuses on current trends in a wide range of materials sciences research being conducted in universities and industry. Eight accomplished experts in their respective fields are invited to make presentations. Student researchers and post-doctoral fellows participate in a poster presentation section. 

Following is a list of previous symposium speakers:

2010

Gary Wnek, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Zhenan Bao, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Robert Miller, Genzyme Corporation, Waltham
Thomas P. Russell, UMass Amherst
David Gracias, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Paula Hammond, MIT, Cambridge
Yang Yang, UCLA, Los Angeles
Russell Gaudiana, Konarka Technologies Inc.

2009

Randy Holmes-Farley, Genzyme Corporation
Kamil Ekinci, Boston University
Xiaogong Wang, Tsinghua University, China
Valtencir Zucolotto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sergio Grandos-Focil, Clark University
Thomas Seery, University of Connecticut
S. Thayumanavan, University of MA Amherst
Kethinni G. Chittibabu, Konarka Technologies Inc.

2008

Peggy Cebe, Tufts University
Paul Calvert, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Dhandapani Venkataraman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Wen-Bin Lin, University of North Carolina
Mrinal Thakur, Auburn University
Thomas Jozefiak, Genzyme Corporation
Jeong Ok Lim, Kyungpook Nat'l Univ School of Medicine, S. Korea
Russell Gaudiana, Konarka Technologies Inc.

2007

Todd Emrick, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Bruce Foxman, Brandeis University
Russell Gaudiana, Konarka Technologies Inc.
Xinqiao Jia, University of Delaware
Sanjeev Manohar, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Robert Miller, Genzyme Corporation
Anil Netravali, Cornell University
Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos, University of Connecticut

2006

Kirpal Bisht, University of South Florida
Russell Gaudiana, Konarka Technologies Inc.
Randy Holmes-Farley, Genzyme Pharmaceutical
Zakya Kafafi, Naval Research Laboratory
David Kaplan, Tufts University
Gregory Sotzing, University of Connecticut
Bal Ram Singh, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Phillip Westmoreland, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

2005

Richard McCullogh, Carnegie Mellon University 
Samuel Gido, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 
Jonathan Lindsey, North Carolina State University
Vasilis Gregoriou, FORTH/ICE-HT, Patras, Greece
Michael Rubner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Miller, Genzyme Drug Discovery & Development Inc.
Anthony-Guiseppi-Elie, Clemson University 
Ashok Cholli, Polnox Corporation

2004

Dong-Yu Kim, Kwang-Ju Institute of Science & Technology, Korea
Randy Holmes-Farley, Genzyme Pharmaceuticals
Serdar Sariciftci, University of Linz, Austria
Takeshi Ogawa, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
Mary Galvin, University of Delaware
Dong-Young Kim, Korea Inst of Technology, Korea
Russell Guadiana, Konarka Technologies Inc.
John Warner, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

2003

Kenneth Wynne, Virginia Commonwealth University
Paula Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Woohong Kim, Naval Research Laboratory
Russell Gaudiana, Konarka Technologies Inc.
Gary Wnek, Virginia Commonwealth University
Gordon Wallace, University of Wollongong, Australia
Yang Yang, University of California, Los Angeles
John Reynolds, University of Florida

2002

Mark Green, Polytechnic University
Michael Rubner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Warren Herman, University of Maryland
Vaman Naik, University of Michigan
Anthony Guiseppi-Eli, Virginia Polytechnic University
Mrinal Thakur, Auburn University
Russell Gaudiana, Konarka Technologies Inc.

2001

David Kaplan, Tufts University
Helmut Strey, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Jeung-Soo Huh, Kyungpook University, Korea
Kalle Levon, Polytechnic University
Bruce Foxman, Brandeis University
Fotis Papadimitrakopoulos, University of Connecticut
V.S. Parmar, University of Delhi, India
Russell Gaudiana, Konarka Technologies Inc.

A special memorial Issue of the Journal of Macromolecular Science is published based on papers presented in this symposium.

The past guest editors for these special issues are listed below:

2001     Ashok Cholli, UMass Lowell
2002     Daniel Sandman, UMass Lowell
2003     Lynne Samuelson, U.S. Army Natick Center, Natick
2004     Jayant Kumar, UMass Lowell
2005     Michael Rubner, Mass. Institute of Technology
2006     Arthur Watterson, UMass Lowell
2007     James Whitten, UMass Lowell
2008     Ashok Cholli, UMass Lowell
2009     Ramaswamy Nagarajan, UMass Lowell

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