Basic Research Innovation and Collaboration Center (BRICC)
4075 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 350
Arlington, VA 22203
AGENDA Day 1 – Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Time
Title of Project
Speaker
7:30-8:15
Registration and Speaker Setup
8:15-8:45
Welcome/Programmatic Matters/Q&A
Joycelyn Harrison
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
8:45-9:15
(FY 12 Young Investigator Award) Manipulation of Electrons, Ions
and Photons in Nanostructured Paper
Liangbing Hu,
University of Maryland
9:15-9:45
Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Nanocellulosic Materials:
Integrated Modeling and Experiments
Ashlie Martini, UC Merced
Jeff Youngblood and Robert Moon,
Purdue University
9:45-10:15
Nano-Zirconium Tungstate Reinforced Liquid Crystalline
Thermosetting with Near Zero Thermal Expansion
Michael Kessler,
Washington State University
10:15-10:45
BREAK
Molecular Design and Mechanical Behavior of Low-Density
Multifunctional Hybrid Materials
Reinhold Dauskardt,
Stanford University
11:15-11:45
Tu(R)Ning Weakness to Strength: Mechanomutable Bioinspired
Materials
Markus Buehler,
MIT
11:45-12:15
Understanding Self-Strengthening Mechanisms in Composites
Jun Lou, P. Ajayan,
Rice University
10:45-11:15
12:15-1:30
LUNCH
1:30-2:00
Electroactive, Radiation-Shielding Boron Nitride Polymer Composites Cheol Park, National Institute of
Aerospace
Alex Zettl, UC Berkeley
2:00-2:30
(FY11 Young Investigator Award) Multi-Scale Experimental Study of
Mechanical Properties of Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanotubes and
their Composites
Changhong Ke,
State University of NY, Binghamton
2:30-3:00
(AOARD Award) Computational Studies Towards Metal Matrix
Composite Reinforcement using Boron Nitride Nanotubes
Debra J. Bernhardt and Qiao Sun,
The University of Queensland
3:00-3:30
BNNT Growth in a Fluidized Bed Reactor
Donald Lyons and Calvin Lowe,
Hampton University
3:30-3:45
BREAK
3:45-4:15
Autonomous Intelligent Experimentation and Nanomaterials
Synthesis with ARES
Benji Maruyama,
AFRL/Materials & Mfg Directorate
4:15-4:45
Engineering Viscoelastic Behavior of Deployable FRP Composites
Taha Mahmoud,
University of New Mexico
4:45-5:15
Quantification of Nonlinear Degradation of Thin Films from Space
and Ground Testing
Derek Doyle and Ryan Hoffman,
AFRL/Space Vehicles Directorate
5:15-5:45
Adaptive Origami for Efficiently Folded Structures
James Joo, Richard Vaia, et.al.,
AFRL/Material & Mfg and Aerospace
Structures Directorates
5:45
ADJOURN FOR THE DAY
Basic Research Innovation and Collaboration Center (BRICC)
4075 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 350
Arlington, VA 22203
AGENDA Day 2 – Thursday, June 12, 2014
Time
Title of Project
Speaker
7:30-8:00
Registration and Speaker Setup
8:00-8:15
OPENING REMARKS
Joycelyn Harrison
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
8:15-8:45
Recent Developments in PAN and PAN/CNT Carbon Fiber Research
Satish Kumar,
Georgia Tech
8:45-9:15
Advanced Single-Polymer Nanofiber-Reinforced Composite: Towards Yuris Dzenis, University of Nebraska
Next Generation Ultralight Superstrong/Tough Structures
Stephen Cheng, University of Akron
9:15-9:45
Optimizing Glassy Polymer Network Morphology for Nano-particle
Dispersion, Stabilization
Jeffrey Wiggins,
University Southern Mississippi
9:45-10:15
(FY13 Presidential Early Career Award; FY12 Young Investigator
Award) Characterization of Nanostructured Polymer Films
Rodney Priestley,
Princeton University
10:15-10:45
BREAK
Macroscopic Crosslinked Neat Carbon Nanotube Materials
Richard Liang, Florida State University
Ben Wang, Georgia Tech
11:15-11:45
Bonding Unidirectional Carbon Nanotube with Carbon for High
Performance, Low Density Composites
Yuntian Zhu and Phillip Bradford,
NC State University
11:45-12:15
Studying the Dependency of Interfacial Formation with Carbon
Marilyn Minus,
Northeastern University
10:45-11:15
12:15-1:30
LUNCH
1:30-2:00
Predictive Design of Interfacial Functionality
John Kieffer,
University of Michigan
2:00-2:30
Multiscale Modeling of Graphite/CNT/Epoxy Hybrid Composites
Gregory Odegard,
Michigan Tech
2:30-3:00
ABC Stochastic Multiresolution Theory for Microstructure Based
Predictive Materials Science: Application to Multiphase Polymer
Systems
Cate Brinson, Daniel Apley, Wei Chen,
and Wing Liu,
Northwestern University
3:00-3:30
BREAK
SPECIAL GUEST PRESENTATIONS & DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTING AIR FORCE MISSION NEEDS
3:30-4:00
4:00-4:30
4:30-5:30
Research Perspectives on Materials and Processing of High
Temperature Polymer Composite Materials
Jeffery Baur,
AFRL/Materials and Mfg Directorate
Low Density Material Needs in Aerospace
Andrew Williams
AFRL/Space Vehicles Directorate
Discussion
5:30
ADJOURN FOR THE DAY
7:00
NO HOST GROUP DINNER
Basic Research Innovation and Collaboration Center (BRICC)
4075 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 350
Arlington, VA 22203
AGENDA Day 3 – Friday, June 13, 2014
Time
Title of Project
Speaker
7:30-8:00
Registration and Speaker Setup
8:00-8:15
OPENING REMARKS
Joycelyn Harrison
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
8:15-8:45
Multiscale Mechanics of Bond Scission and Interfacial Properties of
Polymer Composites
Tim Brietzman and Rajiv Berry,
AFRL/Materials & Mfg Directorate
8:45-9:15
Carbon Nanotube Assemblies-Modeling the Key Behaviors for
Structural Properties
Boris Yakobson,
Rice University
9:15-9:45
Carbon Nanotube Sheet Scrolled Fiber Composite for Enhanced
Interfacial Mechanical Properties
Samit Roy,
University of Alabama
9:45-10:15
(FY 11 Young Investigator Award) Interfacial Engineering for Low
Density Graphene Nanocomposites and Fluids
Micah Green,
Texas Tech University
10:15-10:45
BREAK
10:45-11:15
(STTR Ph 2) Porous Hybrid Composite for Enhanced Thermal
Protection Systems
Shiv Joshi,
NextGen Aeronautics, Inc.
11:15-11:45
(STTR Ph 2) Heterogeneously Structured Conductive Resin
Matrix/Graphite Fiber Composites
Joseph Koo and Richard Liang,
Koo & Associates International, Inc. and
Florida State University
12:00
MEETING ADJOURNED