When: Nov 06 2023 @ 8:00 AM - Nov 09 2023 @ 5:00 PM
Where: Hyatt Regency, Orlando, 9801 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819

All events held at Hyatt Regency, Orlando, 9801 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819

Full schedule here.

MONDAY, NOV. 6

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Faculty Candidates in CoMSEF/Area 1a, Session 1, Rainbow Spring I/II: “Spin-Ising Potts Model for Network Structure Prediction in Regular Arrays of Engineered Nanoparticles,” Xingfei Wei (Hernandez Lab)

7 – New Frontiers of Molecular Thermodynamics, Plaza International Ballroom: “Accomplishments, Challenges and Outlook for Accelerating and Optimizing Materials and Processing Discovery Using Machine Learning,” Dr. Paulette Clancy

577 – Sustainability and global impact in the ChE classroom, Bayhill 29 (Lobby Level): Dr. Nagma Zerin

650 – CO2 Upgrading II: Electrochemical Approaches, Plaza International Ballroom D: “Continuous Gas-to-Liquid Conversion for Carbon-Efficient Electroreduction of CO2,” Chengao Zhou (Wang Lab)

10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Undergraduate Poster Session, Regency Ballroom R/S (Dr. Jamie Spangler, chair): “The Effects of Chronological Age on Cell Motility upon 2D Microenvironments,” Anshika Agrawal (Phillip Lab); “A Machine-Learning Approach to Simulate Confined Liquid Lithium Polysulfides for Battery Applications,” Joshua Zhou (Bukowski Lab); “Programmable Dynamic Self-Assembled DNA Nanostructures,” Yuhan Wu (Schulman Lab); “PAL 2.0: A Physics-Driven Machine Learning Algorithm for Material Discovery,” Gigi Wang (Clancy Lab); “Environmental Dependence of Collateral Fitness Effects,” Erh-Yeh Tsou (Ostermeier Lab);

1:40 PM – 1:55 PM

261 – Bio-Inspired Composties, Celebration 14: “Biocompatible Transfer of Nano- and Micropatterns for Three-Dimensional Nano-Bio Interfaces,” Soo Jin Choi (Gracias Lab)

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Graduate Poster Session, Regency Ballroom R/S: “Engineering Bispecific Receptor Decoy Antagonists to Treat Neovascular Eye Diseases,” Emily Arail (Spangler Lab); “Physics-Informed Bayesian Optimization Framework for Material Discovery,” Maitreyee Sharma Priyadarshini (Clancy Lab); “Leveraging Synergy of Hitchhiking Nanocarriers and Chemotherapy to Overcome Delivery Challenges in Glioblastoma,” Aira Sarkar (Sofou Lab); “Combining Targeted α-Particle Therapy with Chemotherapy: A Two-Pronged Approach to Combat Breast Cancer Brain Metastases,” Pooja Hariharan (Sofou Lab); “Probing the Origins of Collateral Fitness Effects​ of Mutations,” Cameron Goff (Ostermeier Lab)

3:30 PM – 6:00 PM

664 – Electrocatalysis & Photocatalysis I: Electrocatalytic CO2 and CO Reduction, Plaza International Ballroom E: “Asymmetrical C–C Coupling for Electroreduction of CO on Bimetallic Cu–Pd Catalysts,” Hao Shen (Wang Lab)

7:30 PM – 10:15 PM

Johns Hopkins University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Reception, Florida Ballroom B

TUESDAY, NOV. 7

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

623 – New approaches for gene and protein regulation; Cell-free systems and DNA assembly platforms, Celebration 2: “Deep Mutational Scanning of the AAV rep Gene,” Shaun Spisak (Ostermeier Lab)

12:30 PM – 3:00 PM

373 – Applied Math for Metabolic and Bioreactor Systems, Bayhill 24: “Data-Driven Disentanglement of Latent variables and Effective parameters for Cellular Trajectories with Manifold Learning and Deep Learning Approaches,” Anastasia Georgiou (Kevrekidis Lab)

579 – Metabolic Engineering: Applications In Health, Celebration 1: “Biomanufacturing: A One Pot Mix of Chemical Engineering, Metabolic Engineering, and Systems Biology,” Dr. Michael Betenbaugh

604 – Microfluidic Cell Culture Platforms and Bioreactors, Celebration 3: “Novel Microfluidic Device to Study the Influence of Electric Field on Cancer Cell Motility Under Confinement and Its Underlying Effect on Cellular Contractility,” Bishwa Ranjan Si (Konstantopoulos Lab)

3:30 PM – 6:00 PM

667 – Electrocatalysis & Photocatalysis IV: Oxygen Electrocatalysis, Plaza International Ballroom E: “A Novel Microfluidic Device to Study the Influence of Electric Field on Cancer Cell Motility Under Confinement and Its Underlying Effect on Cellular Contractility,” Bishwa Ranjan Si (Konstantopoulos Lab)

Nitrogen Chemistry II: Nitrogen Thermochemistry, Plaza International Ballroom D: “First Principles Membrane Catalyst Co-Design for Low Temperature Ammonia Production,” Dr. Brandon Bukowski

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

502 – Decoding the Cell Microenvironment: Chemical and Physical Signaling and Cellular Responses, Celebration 3: “Nuclear Egress of Cytokinetic Proteins Promotes Migration, Invasion and Metastasis,” Avery Tran (Konstantopoulos Lab); “Long-Term Effects of Extracellular Fluid Viscosity As a Mechanical Cue to Increase Cell Motility, Anindya Sen (Konstantopoulos Lab)

12:30 PM – 3:00 PM

553 Engineering Protein Therapeutics, Celebration 1: “Discovery of Antibodies Targeting Multipass Transmembrane Proteins Using a Suspension Cell-Based Evolutionary Platform,” Dr. Jamie Spangler; “Harnessing Multiparatopic Antibodies for Targeted Intracellular Therapeutic Delivery,” Jiacheng Tan (Spangler Lab)

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Graduate Poster Session, Regency Ballroom R/S: “Programmable Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis and Its Optimization,” Arjun Manoj (Kevrekidis Lab)

3:30 PM – 6:00 PM

691 – Microporous and Mesoporous Materials III: Kinetics and Mechanisms, Florida Ballroom C: “Using Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials to Understand Water Structure in Zeolites for Sustainable Fuels,” Mingze Zheng (Bukowski Lab)

394 – Biomolecular Engineering II: The design, modulation, and analysis of engineered proteins and peptides for therapeutic applications, Celebration 4: “Engineering Multiparatopic Antibody-Drug Conjugates to Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy,” Bunyarit Meksiriporn (Spangler Lab)

505 – Computational, Structure, Biophysical Protein Engineering, Celebration 1: “Implicit Model Captures Electrostatic Features of the Cell Membrane Environment,” Rituparna Samanta (Gray Lab)

241 – Advances in Computational Methods and Numerical Analysis – II, Bayhill 24: “Locating Saddle Points of Dynamical Systems: Gentlest Ascent Dynamics & Gradient Extremals on Manifolds Defined By Adaptively Sampled Point Clouds,” Anastasia Georgiou (Kevrekidis Lab); “Data-Driven Bifurcation Diagrams for Neural (Integro-) Differential Equations,” Nikoloas Evangelou (Kevrekidis Lab)

THURSDAY, NOV. 9

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

436 – Biomaterials II: Applications in Healthcare and Beyond, Celebration 13: “3D Printed Microfluidic Platforms for Brain Organoid Culture,” Aishwarya Pantula (Gracias Lab)

12:30 PM – 3:00 PM

542 – Biomimetic Materials, Celebration 12: “Fabrication and Applications of 3D Printed Thermoresponsive Gel Crawlers,” Aishwarya Pantula (Gracias Lab)