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