Annual Meeting
IPRIME Annual Meeting
2025 IPRIME Annual Meeting | May 27-29, 2025
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus
What can you expect at the 2025 Annual Meeting?
- Circularity and Waste Reduction of Materials Workshop, organized by Professors Lynn Walker and Alon McCormick (May 27-28).
- Program Reviews featuring talks from our programs' researchers (May 28-29).
- Poster Session providing the opportunity to meet and have discussions with our researchers and with colleagues from other companies (May 28)
The IPRIME Annual Meeting is free to all member companies. If your company is considering membership, please contact IPRIME Faculty Director, Chris Ellison at [email protected] about attending as an IPRIME guest. All events will take place in Kenneth H. Keller Hall.
Circularity and Waste Reduction of Materials Workshop:
Tuesday, May 27th from 1PM - 4PM and Wednesday, May 28 from 9AM to 11:45AM
Bioplastics Industry Growing Pains and Trends to Watch
Presented by: Steve Davies, CEO, M-SPIREProduct Circularity at Ecolab - A Chemical Company's Approach
Presented by: Jessica Hancock, EcolabBio-Based Materials in Structural Adhesive Development
Prsented by: Dorian Sneddon, PPGLeveraging Physical Phenomena and Material Characterization to Prove Efficacy of Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide as a Sterilant Modality
Presented by: Ioan Gisov, MedtronicAdhesives on Material Circularity and Waste Reduction
Presented by: Adam Pederson, HB FullerSustainable Silicones Shaping the Future
Presented by: Michael Molnar, DowManufacturing Challenges for Circularity in the Built Industry
Presented by Brett Sitter, Andersen WindowsNew Twists on an Old Cycle: Agricultural Feedstock and Side Stream Valorization via Chemical and Bioprocessing
Presented by: Jinping Dong, CargillInnovating for Circularity
Presented by: Ann Meitz, 3M
Biomaterials and Pharmaceutical Materials Program Review:
Wednesday, May 28 beginning at 1:30PM
Crystallization Inhibition in High Drug Loaded Amorphous Solid Dispersions
Presented by: Ronald A. Siegel, Sichen SongBiomaterials for Engineering Disease Models, Embryo Models, and Nanovesicles
Presented by: Wei ShenTabletability Flip in Dry Granulated Systems
Presented by: Ziljan Wang, Tianxiang Gao, Changquan Calvin SunA Biodegradable Epoxy Resin as Implantable Material and Surface Coating
Presented by: Chun WangImplications of Excipient Phase Behavior on Protein Stability
Presented by: Raj SuryanarayananMechanical Characterization of Tissue-Engineered Vein Valve Leaflets
Presented by: Luke Voce, Eric Yu, Tate Shannon, R.T. Tranquillo
Coating Process Fundamentals Program Review:
Wednesday, May 28th beginning at 1:30PM and Thursday, May 29th beginning at 9AM
Scalable Additive Nanopatterning via Roll-toRoll Topographic Discontinuous Dewetting
Presented by: Yidnek Donie (Francis, Frisbie & Ferry groups)Roll-to-Roll Processing of Printed Electronic Circuits using SCALE
Presented by: Jonathan Nguyen (Francis & Frisbie groups)Droplet Evaporation on Mesas
Presented by: Li-Hsuan Chang (Kumar group)The Collapse of a Particle-laden Interface
Presented by: Sungyon LeeMaximum Spreading of Impacting Shear-Thinning and Shear-Thickening Drops
Presented by: Anahita Mobaseri (Kumar & Cheng groups)Die Design and Slot Coating Window of Thixotropic Particle Suspensions
Presented by: Marcio CarvalhoCoating of Shear-Thinning and Shear Thickening Liquids on Rotating Discrete Objects
Presented by: Prateek Gupta (Kumar Group)Dancing Plumes and a Wavy Interface: How Particles Shape Viscous Fingering
Presented by: Parhan Pureslami (Lee group)Evaporating Multicomponent Thin Liquid Films
Presented by: Rayan Barry (Kumar group)Vertical Concentration Gradients of Soluble Surfactant in the Rupture of Thin Liquid Films
Presented by: Shu Yang (Dutcher & Kumar groups)Droplet Sizes in Coalescence Filtration
Presented by: Zak Kujala (Lee group)Stability of Aqueous Films for Fluorine-free Firefighting Foams
Presented by: Pragnya Chatterjee (Dutcher & Zasadzinski groups)Special Presentation: Progress and Prospects of Coating Flow Analysis
Presented by: Takeaki Tsuda, Hirano Tecseed
Data Driven Discovery & Design Program Review
Wednesday, May 28 beginning at 1:30PM
Predicting and optimizing adsorption processes with high-throughput simulations and machine learning
Presented by: Ilja SiepmannBenchmarking Generative AI for Inorganic Materials Discovery
Presented by: Nathan J. Szymanski and Christopher J. BartelSynergistic Copolymer Blending Yields Improved Polymer Formulations for High Performance pDNA Delivery
Presented by: Michael C. Leyden, Felipe Oviedo, Sonashree Saxena, Ramya Kumar, Ngoc Le, and Theresa M. ReinekeTopology-Driven Discovery of Multi-Scale Dynamics in Particulate Gels
Presented by: Alexander Smith and Prodromos DaoutidisDesign of Microgrids with Ammonia-Based Energy Storage via Bayesian Optimization
Presented by: Baiwen Kong, Qi Zhang, and Prodromos Daoutidis
Microstructured Polymers Program Review
Wednesday, May 28th beginning at 1:30PM and Thursday, May 29th beginning at 9AM
Chemical Recycling of Polycaprolactones and Polyurethanes Via Reactive Depolymerization
Presented by: Anubhav SarmahBlock Copolymer Molecular Design to Overcome Practical Challenges in Recycling Polyolefin Blends
Presented by: Shuquan CuiRecyclable Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Combining Metathesis, Transesterification, and Hydrogenation
Presented by: Maren KuenenCompatibilization of Immiscible Polymers Using Graft Multiblock Copolymers
Presented by: Ashutosh NeheteTuning High-Speed Adhesive Fracture Energies of Silicone Release Coatings
Presented by: Deepti KannanPermeability-Strength Tradeoff in Nanoporous Polyethylene Membranes Derived from Etchable Triblock Polymer Precursors
Presented by: Brenden HoehnSelf-Assembly of Frustrated ABC Bottlebrush Block Terpolymers
Presented by: Subrata SantraPolymer Upcycling by Catalytic Hydrogenolysis: The Role of Side-Chain Branching
Presented by: Zach GdowskiEnhancing PLA Degradability with Trace Strong Acid Generators
Presented by: Jinsol YookSynthesis and Characterization of Diverse Water-Soluble Cellulosics
Presented by: Nathan RackstrawDesigning Polymer Excipients for Enhancing Solubilization of Amorphous Solid Dispersion Formulations
Presented by: Kaylee BarrFusion Kinetics in Block Copolymer Micelles
Presented by: Ali SattariSynergistic Polymer Blending for Improved Nucleic Acid Delivery
Presented by: Michael LeydenFiber Absorbents for Fluorinated Water Contaminants
Presented by: Josh Goetze
Nanostructural Materials & Processes Program Review
Wednesday, May 28th beginning at 1:30PM and Thursday, May 29th beginning at 9AM
Engineered Nanomaterials for PFAS Phytoremediation
Presented by: Christy Haynes (Riley Lewis, Cheng-Hsin Huang, and Suman Lata)Interfacial Morphology Characterization of Lung Surfactant on Curved Surfaces using Microtensiometer
Presented by: Ziwen He (Zachary McAllister, Oi Lam Ko, Soyoon Yoon, Joseph Zasadzinski)Predictive Modeling of Emulsion Stability via Hierarchical Machine Learning Based on Emulsion Type
Presented by: Michal Roguski (Sijie Fu, Brooke Cochran, Christopher Stone, Matthew Barker, Sumanth Jamadagni, Eric Johnson, Robert Tilton, Newell Washburn, Lynn Walker)Novel Microfluidic Approaches to Characterize Coalescence in Complex Solutions
Presented by: Cari Dutcher (Musarrat Makhnun, Rana Bachnak)First Functional Line Tension Values on Gel Phase Monolayers Rationalize and Help Predict Monolayer Morphology
Presented by: Zachary McAllister (Cain Valtierrez-Gaytan, Alex Smith, Bjorn Solberg, Aidan Dosch, Joseph Barakat, Benjamin L. Stottrup, Joseph Zasadzinski)Developments in Micro- to Nano-IR Microscopy for Industrial Clients and Collaborators
Presented by: Greg HaugstadMicroplastics in Circular Organic Waste Management: Composting and Anaerobic Digestion
Presented by: R. Lee Penn (Melissa Maurer-Jones, Chan Lan Chun, Eric Sangsaas, Naba Kalita, William Merrill)A Millifluidic Screening Approach for Efficient Characterization of Fluid Properties in Multicomponent Systems
Presented by: Olivia Haider (David Mullaney, Blake J. Bleier, Lynn Walker)Adsorb, Resist, Persist: Surfactants at the Foam Front
Presented by: Meenal Rathi (Joseph Zasadzinski, Cari Dutcher)Microneedle-based Ion-selective Sensors for Continuous Measurements of Biomarkers
Presented by: Andreas Stein (Philippe Bühlmann, Sarah L. Swisher, Yevedzo Chipangura, Vilma S.M. Brandao, Maria Komal, Vivek James, Fairja FarjanaCuS Core-Shell Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Soybean Plant Cultivation
Presented by: Rima Jamous (Beza Tuga, Chaoyi Deng, Zhengyi Tang, Wilanyi R Alvarez Reyes, Andrea Ligocki, Qinag Cui, Jason White, Christy Haynes)Droplet-based Microfluidic Tool to Quantify Viscosity of Concentrating Protein Solutions
Presented by: Lynn Walker (Deyu Yang, Maryam Daviran, Kelly M. Schultz)
Optoelectronics and Metamaterials
Wednesday, May 28 beginning at 1:30PM
Tunable 3D Optical Metamaterials through Templated Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Presented by: Emily K. McGuinness, Benjamin R. Magruder, Kevin D. Dorfman, Christopher J. Ellison, Vivian E. FerryEngineering Chiral Organic Nanostructures via Oblique Angle Deposition and its Application in Circularly Polarized OLEDs
Presented by: Siliang He, Yicheng Liu, Lafe Purvis, Russell J. HolmesIndustrially Relevant OLED Optimization for Low Color Shift Displays
Presented by: Maya Ramamurthy, Abhinav Kapur, Evgeny Pakhomenko, Siliang He, Kyle W. Hershey, Gijun Seo, Ying Zheng, Russell J. Holmes, and Vivian E. FerryExploiting Exciton-photon Coupling for Enhanced Control in Photonic Devices
Presented by: Yicheng Liu, Russell J. HolmesModerate vacuum vapor processing of diverse perovskite chemistries
Presented by: Emma C. Pettit, Wan-Ju Hsu, Russell J. HolmesSemiconductor-Quality Pyrite FeS2 from Minnesota Iron Range Resources
Presented by: Yeon Lee, Chris LeightonQuantum Dot Luminescent Solar Concentrators in Agrivoltaic Systems
Presented by: Kristine Q. Loh, Nathan J. Eylands, Uwe R. Kortshagen, Vivian E. Ferry Kristine Loh, Uwe Kortshagen, Vivian E. FerryConductivity vs Charge Density in Polymer Semiconductors
Presented by: Jiazhen Xu, C. Daniel Frisbie