26th Annual Sukant Tripathy Memorial Symposium
- Date: Friday, December 4, 2026
- Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Where: UMass Lowell, Meehan Student Center, Moloney Hall Suite 203, 220 Pawtucket Street, Lowell, MA 01854
- Cost: Free!
Faculty and industry researchers will present their latest work on advanced materials.
The University of Massachusetts Lowell honors the memory of the late Professor Sukant Tripathy at the annual symposium. Sukant was a renowned researcher and former director of the Center for Advanced Materials, university provost and vice chancellor.
Poster Submission
If you or your group are interested in presenting a poster at the Symposium this year, please submit by email your:
- Title
- Author(s)
- Brief Abstract
Please submit no later than November 19, 2026 by email to: Susan_Damore@uml.edu and be sure to register for the Symposium.
The poster size is 42" wide x 36" high.
26th Annual Sukant Tripathy Memorial Symposium Tentative Schedule
| Time | Event Information |
|---|---|
| 8 to 8:30 a.m. | Registration and Coffee |
| 8:30 to 8:40 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks |
| 8:40 to 8:45 a.m. | Honoring the Sukant Tripathy Graduate Fellowship Awardees |
| 8:45 to 9:30 a.m. | "Engineering Hope: From Scientific Discovery to Global Health Innovation" Professor Solomon A. Mensah Professor of biomedical engineering, Global School, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts and founder and Chief Executive Officer of Therapeutic Innovations |
| 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. | "Presentation Title To Be Announced" Professor Murugappan Muthukumar Wilmer D. Barrett Distinguished Professor, Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts |
| 10:15 to 10:30 a.m. | Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. | "Presentation Title To Be Announced" Professor Archana Kamal Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois |
| 11:15 to noon | "Understanding the Influence of Polymer Mechanical Properties on Mechanochromic Behavior of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal" Doctor Timothy Lawton Research Chemist on the Material Development and Integration (MDI) Branch of the Soldier Protection Directorate at the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center, Natick, Massachusetts |
| Noon to 1:30 p.m. | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. | "Dynamism in Polyanhydrides" Professor Devon A. Shipp Director, Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation / Director of Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Clarkson, Potsdam, New York |
| 2:15 to 3 p.m. | "Soft Microfluidics for Wearable and Point-of-Care Diagnostics" Professor Amay J. Bandodkar Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 3 to 3:15 p.m. | Afternoon Coffee Break |
| 3:15 to 4 p.m. | "Epitope-Imprinted Polymeric Nanogels as Synthetic Antibodies for Selective Sequestration of Proteins" Doctor Pradeep K. Dhal Ventry Biopharma Solutions, LLC, Lexington, Massachusetts |
| 4 to 4:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks |