2018 CME NASA Symposium
PMSE: Advances in Human Space Exploration
2018. 08. 21 Reception at the Westin Boston Waterfront
Location
Boston, MA
Event times (ET)
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Morning Session
1:00 - 4:30 pm
Afternoon Session
Event fees
Only for registrants of the National Meeting at ACS.org
This 1-day symposium is organized by CME and NASA under the sponsorship of the Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Division (PMSE) of the American Chemical Society (ACS). This symposium was part of the 5-day ACS 2017 Fall National Meeting at the Convention Center of Boston, MA, with typical attendance of more than 15,000. Over 600 STEM professionals and students attended the 1-day CME NASA Symposium in 2018.
The CME NASA STEM Symposiums focus on bringing together industry, academia, government and the public to enlarge and enhance the global STEM talent pool. It will feature the resiliency of science cutting-edge developments in chemical sciences to advance human space travel and translate them into new knowledge to improve the lives of people and make their dreams a reality. Two days packed with inspirational research, industry, jobs and new STEM career paths.
August 21
1 Day Symposium
8:30 am - 11:50 am
Room: Marriott Marquis, Shaw
NASA Research Presentations
Session Chairs: Qinghuang Lin
Qinghuang Lin
IBM
Master Inventor
2016 PMSE Chair
Michael Meador
National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
Former Director
2020 POLY Chair, ret. NASA Glenn Game Changing Mgr.
Jillian Buriak
University of Alberta
Professor
Joseph Wang
UCSD
Distinguished Professor
SAIC Endowed Chair
Paul Weiss
UCLA
Professor
Nanoscientist
Michael Sailor
UCSD
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Rigoberto Advincula
Oak Ridge National Lab, University TN
Governor's Chair
August 21 - Day 1
NASA Day
1:00 pm - 3:40 pm
Room: Marriot Marquis, Shaw
Afternoon Research & Industry Session
Session Chairs: Peter Dorhout & Charles Brumlik
Charles Brumlik
CME Past Chair 2016-2020
Nano-Biz President
Peter Dorhout
2018 ACS President
KSU Dean, Arts & Sciences
T. Randall Lee
University of Houston
Cullen Distinguished University Chair
NSM Associate Dean for Research
Younan Xia
Georgia Tech
Chemist, Materials
Bioengineer
Bibi Campos-Seijo
ACS
Editor-in-chief, CEN VP Media Group
Torrey Radcliffe
Aerospace Corporation
Principal Director Technology
Joseph Cassady
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Executive Director Space Programs
Washington, DC Operations
August 21 - Day 1
NASA Day
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Room: Marriot Marquis, Independence D/E
Afternoon CME Lectures and Awards
Session Chairs: Tom Connelly & George Rodriguez
George Rodriguez
ACS Fellow
CME STEM Programming
Argeni Director
Thomas Connelly
ACS
Executive Director
Robert Langer
Koch Institute MIT
Most Cited Engineer
2018 Honoree for Historic Scientific Achievement
Emily Carter
Princeton University
School of Engineering Dean
2018 Honoree for for Interdisciplinary Innovation
James Green
NASA
Sr Advisor, Former Chief Scientist
2018 STEM Leadership Awardee for Propelling Science
Sponsored and endorsed by
Principal National Meeting Sponsor: ACS Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Division (PMSE). Organizers: NASA and CME. Media Sponsor: ACS Publications. Endorsers: ACS Presidents (Donna Nelson-2016, Allison Campbell-2017, Peter Dorhout-2018) + 24 additional ACS Technical Divisions (AGFD, ANYL, BIOT, BIOL, BMGT, CELL, CHAL, CHAS, CHED, CINF, COLL, COMP, ENFL, ENVR, FLUO, GEOC, INOR, MEDI, NUCL, ORGN, PHYS, POLY, PROF, and SCHB) + the following CME sponsors:
