About Liquid Crystal Day
Liquid Crystal Day serves to provide platforms
for intellectual and enlightening interactions between students and researchers
from different
academic and
professional areas. This annual event was initiated by Professor L.-C.
Chien in 2004 to continue the LCI's tradition of holding symposia on
liquid crystals.
This one-day symposium and industrial exhibition is free and open to anyone interested in liquid crystals. Best poster awards will be presented to students who submit an abstract to show a poster. Based on the abstract submission, some students will be selected to give an oral presentation.
K-12 students that are interested in liquid crystal science are encouraged to attend and participate. Undergraduate students interested in learning more about the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program are especially encouraged to plan a visit for this day (some travel support available).
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:05 | Welcome/Opening Remarks by Dr. Oleg D. Lavrentovich |
| 9:05 - 9:50 | Alfred Saupe Memorial Presentations
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| 9:50 - 10:25 | Invited Speaker Prof.
Lorenzo Marrucci, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche and CNR-INFM "Coherentia",Universit
degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy |
| 10:25 - 10:40 | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 - 11:15 | Invited Speaker Prof. Robijn Bruinsma, Physics, UCLA, "Chiral Biopolymers" |
| 11:15 - 12:00 noon | Student presentations (~15 minutes each) |
| Lu Lu, CPIP student, "Fast-switching electro-optical films based on polymer encapsulated liquid crystal and carbon nanotube" | |
| Lena Lopatina, CPIP student, “Simulating defect structures in nematic liquid crystal shells” | |
| Hari Atkuri, KSU Physics student, “Monitoring the surfactant coverage on ferroelectric particle during a ball milling process” | |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 - 3:30 | Student Poster Session, Industrial Exhibition, LCI lab tours and demonstrations |
| 3:30 - 4:05 | Prof.
Jim Gleeson,
Dept. of Physics, Kent State University, “Liquid crystals
do that?!” (Alumnus Achievement Award presented) |
| 4:05 - 4:30 | Student Presentations by participants of IRES (CPIP students Jake Fontana, Stephanie Taushanoff and Nick Diorio will speak about their experiences as visiting researchers in Europe) |
| 4:30 - 5:00 | Panel Discussion "From Student to Entrepreneur" Panelists include:
Panel Chair: Prof. Philip Bos |
| 5:00 - 5:15 | Student Awards Ceremony [PDF] Outstanding Poster Awards Undergraduates: Richelle Teeling, Saba Hamidi 1-2 Year Students: Jun Geng 3+ Year Students: John Harden, Mike Dorjgotov Postdoctoral: Michele Moreira, Ke Zhang |
| 5:30 - 7:30 | Mixer at Student Center / Rathskeller (Free pizza and soda provided, cash bar available) Located in the lower level of the Kent Student Center |
Invited Speakers
Robijn Bruinsma
Professor of Physics
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)
http://personnel.physics.ucla.edu/directory/faculty/index.php?f_name=bruinsma
Dr. Juergen Nehring
ABB Research Center
Baden, Switzerland
Prof. Lorenzo Marrucci
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche and CNR-INFM "Coherentia", Universit
degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
http://people.na.infn.it/~marrucci/
Industrial Exhibition
Exhibitors include:
AlphaMicron, Inc.
FlexMatters Accelerator
Kent Displays, Inc.
LXD, Inc.
LCI Industrial Partnership Program
Technology Transfer, Kent State University
If you would like to have an exhibit at Liquid Crystal Day 2009 contact Jim Maxwell maxwell@lci.kent.edu, 330.672.7770. The industrial exhibition will likely start at 1:30 p.m. in the LCI 2nd Floor Atrium.
Scientific Committee
Prof.
Robin Selinger
Prof. Antal Jakli
Prof. L.-C. Chien
Prof. Qi-Huo Wei
Organizing Committee
Chair: Prof. Robin Selinger
Vice-Chairs: Prof.
Antal Jakli and Prof. Qi-Huo Wei
Staff: Jim Maxwell, Leo Holmberg, Betty Hilgert
Student Volunteers: Badel Mbanga, Sarah Hicks, Lena
Lopatina, Jeremy Neal, Hugh Wonderly, John Harden, Lu Lu, Stephanie Taushanoff,
Shin-Ying
Lu, Israel Lazo Martinez, Wilder Iglesias, Lei Zhao, Mike Dorjgotov
Special Needs:
Kent State University is committed to making its activities as accessible
as possible to all persons with a disability. If you need an accommodation
please contact Jim Maxwell at the LCI, 330-672-7770 or email: maxwell@lci.kent.edu
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