Princeton Materials Institute Symposium

Princeton Materials Institute -- the interdisciplinary center for materials science and engineering research, education,
and outreach at Princeton University -- invites you to attend our upcoming annual research symposium. Registration is required.

Program Speakers Parking

Day One, April 2, 2025

*Program

*Program subject to change

Time	Wednesday, April 2
8:00 a.m.	Registration and Check-In Maeder Hall, 86 Olden Street (map)
8:30 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks Richard A. Register, Director, Princeton Materials Institute. Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University. Peter Schiffer, Dean for Research and Vice President for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Class of 1909 Professor of Physics, Office of the Dean for Research, Princeton University. Andrea J. Goldsmith, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science. Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University.
9:00 a.m.	Session I: Advances in Quantum Technologies and Imaging Atomically Thin Films and Heterostructures for Electronics Saien Xie, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University. Re-inventing 2D Nanochemistry and A New Path to Quantum Device Engineering Sanfeng Wu, Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University.
10:00 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.	Session II: Introducing New PMI Faculty and Affiliated Faculty Molecular Tuning Knobs for Quantum Materials Lilia Xie '14, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and the Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University. Discovering Unique Electronic Structure Properties in Solid-State Materials via High-Throughput Simulations Andrew S. Rosen, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University. Imaging the Ultrafast Photochemistry of Working Catalyst Surfaces Alice Kunin, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University. Revealing Thermodynamic and Kinetic Landscapes for Ion Transport in Engineered, Ion-Selective Materials Ryan S. Kingsbury, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University.
11:30 a.m.	Session III: Photonics and Metamaterials Lightning talks from Advancing Photonics Technologies (APT) companies Fiber Amplifiers and Laser Innovations at Cybel-LLC Aydin Yeniay, Director of Technology, Cybel, LLC. Analog Quantum Optimization Machines for NP-hard Problems and Machine Learning Tasks Lac Nguyen, Quantum Technology Lead, Quantum Computing, Inc. (QCi)
12:00 p.m.	Lunch, Friend Center Convocation Room
1:15 p.m.	Session III: Photonics and Metamaterials OLEDs of the Future: Beyond Materials Design Michael Fusella 17, Principal Research Scientist, Universal Display Corp. Quantum Cascade Lasers Designed Using Machine Learning* Claire F. Gmachl, Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Associate Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Head of Whitman College, Princeton University. Designing Optical Materials for Passive Thermoregulation of Buildings Jyotirmoy Mandal, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University.
2:45 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:00 p.m.	Session III: Photonics and Metamaterials Ultrafast Plasma Optics for Materials Science Julia Mikhailova, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University. Ultrafast Sensing of Electrical Switching and Heat Dissipation at the Nanoscale Aditya Sood, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University.
4:00 p.m.	Session III: Photonics. Introducing APT and WFD Introducing APT Christine Galib '08, Director, Office of Innovation, Princeton University. Robert Chimenti, Assistant Professor, Photonics Coordinator, Rowan University. Tech Connect and Photonics Dalia Yablon, Founder, SurfaceChar. Panelists: Katie Hosey, Data and Research Lead, Delaware Workforce Development Board. Sydney Couval, Investor, Newbound Venture Capital. Pavithra Lakshminarayan, Sector Strategist, NJ Department of Labor. Wayne Barz, Chief Investment Officer, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA.
5:00 p.m.	Reception and Poster Session, Bowen Hall

Day Two, April 3, 2025

*Program

*Program subject to change

Time	Thursday, April 3
8:00 a.m.	Registration and Check-In Maeder Hall, 86 Olden Street (map)
8:30 a.m.	Session IV: Breakthroughs in Characterization Techniques for Complex and Challenging Systems Seeing the Unseen: Picometer-Scale Exploration of Defects, Bonds, and Electron Orbitals Nan Yao, Director, Imaging and Analysis Center. Professor of the Practice in Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University. Operando Synchrotron Imaging for Next Generation Energy Materials Kelsey B. Hatzell, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University. In-Line Metrology for Sub-2nm Technology Nodes Daniel Schmidt, Manager and Senior Engineer, IBM Research.
10:00 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.	Session V: Advanced Manufacturing of Soft Materials Directed Self-Assembly of Nanostructured Polymers via 3D Printing Emily C. Davidson, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University. Softer, Better, Faster, Stronger: Elastomer Lattices Manufactured at Scale Matthew Menyo, Head of Product, Carbon, Inc.
11:30 a.m.	Session VI: Plasma Applications Across Materials Science Modeling and Simulation of Plasma-Surface Interactions in Nanofabrication David B. Graves, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University. Elucidating Complex Interactions in Non-thermal Plasma-assisted Reactions on (supported) Porous Catalysts Michele L. Sarazen, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University.
12:30 p.m.	Final Remarks Richard A. Register, Director, Princeton Materials Institute. Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University.
12:45 p.m.	Lunch, Friend Center Convocation Room
2:00 p.m.	(Optional) Tours of the Micro/Nanofabrication Center (MNFC) and Imaging and Analysis Center (IAC)
3:00 p.m.	Closed Session: Student-Industry Career Workshop, Bowen Hall Auditorium (This session is organized by students, and attendance is by invitation only)