ACS Fall National Meeting
Orlando, Florida

2019 CME NASA Symposium

MPPG: Chemistry for Humanity’s Next Giant Leap

2019. 04. 01-02 Reception at the Kennedy Space Center

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Schedule

Location

Orlando, Florida

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

Abstract

This 2-day symposium is organized by CME and NASA under the sponsorship of the Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group (MPPG) which is the main body of the American Chemical Society (ACS) that selects and plans Society-wide thematic and multidisciplinary programming for ACS National meetings. This symposium was part of the 5-day ACS 2019 Fall National Meeting at the Convention Center of Orlando with typical past attendance of more than 15,000. Over 2,300 STEM professionals and students have attended past CME NASA Symposiums since 2017.

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.

Gallery

2019: CME NASA Lectures at the Orlando Convention Center Valencia Ballroom A. The symposium attracted 1,000 attendees and has the endorsement record of 31 ACS technical divisions.

Event Founder George Rodriguez and NASA Chief Scientist James Green co-organizers of CME NASA Symposiums.

2019: Symposium Reception. Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold (3rd from left), NASA Chief Scientist James Green (5th), four ACS Past Presidents, BASF Bioscience President under the Saturn V rocket.

2019: Dining under the 110 meter-long Saturn V replica, the largest rocket to leave the Earth's surface and allow Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon on July 20, 1969. Weight 3,000 mt.

April 1 - Day 1

NASA Day

AM Session Schedule

Location

8:30 am - 11:45 am
Room W314 A

Session

NASA Research Presentations

Presider

Session Chair: Tara Ruttley

8:30 am

Tara Ruttley
Chief Scientist, Orbital Reef

Introduction

8:40 am

Robyn Gatens
Acting Director, International Space Station

Overview of International Space Station vehicle and science

9:05 am

Michael Meador
Ret. Program Element Manager

How can the chemical sciences support future human exploration of space?

9:30 am

Molly Anderson
Principal Technologist, Next Generation Life Support

Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS)

9:55 am

Intermission

10:05 am

Daniel Dietrich
Project Scientist, Glenn Research Center

Low temperature burning of isolated fuel droplets in microgravity

10:30 am

Peter Voorhees
Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Microgravity materials science: The dynamics of coarsening processes

10:55 am

Richard Quinn
Space Scientist, Ames Research Center

Searching for life beyond Earth: Instruments and methods

11:20 am

Antonio Ricco
Astrobiologist, Ames Research Center

O/OREOS Nanosatellite space-environment effects on microbes and organic biomarkers

AM session chair

Tara Ruttley

Blue Origin

Chief Scientist, Orbital Reef

AM session speakers

Robyn Gatens

NASA

Acting Director, International Space Station

Michael Meador

NASA Glenn

Ret. Program Element Manager
2020 POLY Chair

Molly Anderson

NASA

Principal Technologist, Next Generation Life Support

Daniel Dietrich

NASA

Project Scientist, Glenn Research Center

Peter Voorhees

Northwestern University

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Richard Quinn

NASA

Space Scientist, Ames Research Center

Antonio Ricco

NASA

Astrobiologist, Ames Research Center

PM Session Schedule

Location

1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Room W314 A

Event

NASA Research and PMSE Student & Mentor Award Winner Presentations

Presiders

Session Chairs: Tara Ruttley, Ksenia Takhistova and George Rodriguez

1:00 pm

Tara Ruttley
Chief Scientist, Orbital Reef

Introduction

1:05 pm

Julie Kleinhenz
Research Engineer, Glenn Research Center

In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU): Overview

1:30 pm

Kathleen Van der Kaaden
Planetary scientist, Jacobs

Experimental insights into the geochemistry of Mercury

1:55 pm

George Rodriguez
Argeni Director

Ksenia Takhistova
IP Attorney

CME-sponsored PMSE award presentation: ACS Outstanding Global Student & Mentor Awards in Polymer Science & Engineering

2:10 pm

Seunghyun Sim
Postdoc

Engineering self-assembly of protein polymers for functional materials

2:35 pm

Takuzo Aida
Group Director

Particular noncovalent bondings for self-healable materials

3:00 pm

George Rodriguez
Argeni Director

Award presentation to the International Student & Mentor

3:15 pm

Bas van Genabeek
Researcher

Dispersity under scrutiny: Exploring limits in block copolymer self-assembly

3:40 pm

Bert Meijer
Distinguished Professor

Supramolecular polymerizations – chirality as a muse

4:05 pm

George Rodriguez
Argeni Director

Closing remarks

PM session chairs

Tara Ruttley

Blue Origin

Chief Scientist, Orbital Reef

Ksenia Takhistova

CME Co-Chair & Gen. Counsel

IP Attorney
LCM Biosensor Chief Legal Officer

George Rodriguez

ACS Fellow

Argeni Director
PMSE and POLY Member

PM session speakers

Julie Kleinhenz

NASA

Research Engineer, Glenn Research Center

Kathleen Van der Kaaden

NASA

Planetary scientist, Jacobs

Seunghyun Sim

Caltech

Postdoc

Takuzo Aida

Riken

Group Director
Mentor Honoree

Bas van Genabeek

SyMO-Chem

Researcher

Bert Meijer

Eindhoven University

Distinguished Professor

April 2nd - Day 2

Industry & Academia Day

AM Session Schedule

Location

8:30 am - 11:45 pm
Room W314 A

STEM Talks

NASA Industry Morning

Presiders

James Green, Tara Ruttley and Ksenia Takhistova

8:30 am

James Green
Sr Advisor, Former Chief Scientist

Ksenia Takhistova
IP Attorney

Industry Panel: Future in Space Relies on Advancing Energy, Materials and Life Science

8:40 am

A.N. Sreeram
Chief Technology Officer

New chemistry tools increase the pace and impact of innovations at Dow

8:55 am

Murali Krishnan
President, Electro Optical

Blurred Lines: Applying Technological Leaps Universally

9:10 am

Jon Arenberg
Chief Mission Architect

What can chemistry do to enable the next great leap in space science?

9:25 am

Tony Go
Chief Engineer

ExxonMobil: Finding Opportunities in the Space Era

9:40 am

Rich Tillyer
Global Head, Discovery, Jansenn

Johnson & Johnson: Innovative Medicines & Technologies

9:55 am

James Green
Sr Advisor, Former Chief Scientist

Panel discussion

10:15 am

Intermission

10:25 am

Tara Ruttley
Chief Scientist, Orbital Reef

Introduction: Industry Panel: Research in Space Flight

10:35 am

Erika Wagner
Business Development Manager

Opening the Aperture: Research Opportunities on Blue Origin Commercial Space Platforms

10:50 am

Tara Ruttley
Chief Scientist, Orbital Reef

Panel discussion: Boeing, Blue Origin, Aerospace Corp.

11:40 am

Tara Ruttley
Chief Scientist, Orbital Reef

Ksenia Takhistova
IP Attorney

Concluding remarks

AM session chairs

James Green

NASA

Sr Advisor, Former Chief Scientist
2018 STEM Leadership Awardee for Propelling Science

Tara Ruttley

Blue Origin

Chief Scientist, Orbital Reef

Ksenia Takhistova

CME Co-Chair & Gen. Counsel

IP Attorney
LCM Biosensor Chief Legal Officer

AM session speakers

A.N. Sreeram

Dow

Chief Technology Officer

Murali Krishnan

L3Harris Technologies

President, Electro Optical

Jon Arenberg

Northrop Grumman

Chief Mission Architect
Science and Robotic Missions

Tony Go

ExxonMobil Chemical

Chief Engineer

Rich Tillyer

Johnson & Johnson

Global Head, Discovery, Jansenn

Erika Wagner

Blue Origin

Business Development Manager

PM Session Schedule

Location

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Valencia Ballroom A

Event

Keynote & Lectures

Speakers

Industry thought leaders and Nobel Laureates

12:00 pm

James Green
Sr Advisor, Former Chief Scientist

Bibi Campos-Seijo
Editor-in-chief, CEN VP Media Group

Fireside chat: Keynote James Green and CEN Editor-in-chief Bibi Campos

12:50 pm

George Rodriguez
Argeni Director

Introduction

12:55 pm

Peter Eckes
President Bioscience

BASF: Research Using the First Super-Computer in the Chemical Industry

1:20 pm

Duane Dickson
Vice Chairman, Industrials

American Chemistry: Digitalization and Re-Skilled Human Capital to Shape $0.8 Trillion

1:45 pm

George Rodriguez
Argeni Director

Presentation of STEM Leadership Award

1:50 pm

Frances Arnold
2018 Nobel Laureate

Advances in directed protein evolution

2:20 pm

Eric Betzig
2014 Nobel Laureate

Working Where Others Are Not

2:55 pm

George Rodriguez
Argeni Director

Concluding remarks

3:00 pm

Symposium ends. Reception registrants go to Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral

Afternoon session speakers

James Green

NASA

Sr Advisor, Former Chief Scientist
2018 STEM Leadership Awardee for Propelling Science

Bibi Campos-Seijo

ACS

Editor-in-chief, CEN VP Media Group

Peter Eckes

BASF

President Bioscience

Duane Dickson

Deloitte

Vice Chairman, Industrials

George Rodriguez

ACS Fellow

Argeni Director
PMSE and POLY Member

Frances Arnold

Caltech

2018 Nobel Laureate
2019 Honoree for Inspiring Women in Science

Eric Betzig

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

2014 Nobel Laureate
2019 Honoree for Historic Scientific Achievement

Endorsed by

2019 ACS President (PRES) Bonnie A. Charpentier + 2020 ACS President Luis Echegoyen + ACS national meeting all-time record of 31 ACS Technical Divisions (AGFD, AGRO, ANYL, BIOT, BIOL, BMGT, CARB, CATL, CELL, CHAL, CHAS, CHED, CINF, COLL, COMP, ENFL, ENVR, FLUO, GEOC, HIST, INOR, I&EC, MEDI, NUCL, ORGN, PHYS, PMSE, POLY, PROF, SCHB, TOXI) + the following CME sponsors: