Awards, Plenary, and Keynote Speakers Announced
Award of Excellence Symposium
Mousumi De Sarkar, Denka Corporation, Chair
Anil Bhowmick, University of Houston (Award of Excellence Recipient)
Hatsuo Ishida, Case Western University
Namita Roy Choudhury, RMIT University
Ngon Tran, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
(Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award Recipient)
Plenary Speakers
Kate Beers, National Institute of Standards and Technology
L. Catherine Brinson, Duke University
Hans-Jürgen Butt, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Keynote Speakers
Christopher Bates, University of California, Santa Barbara
Tal Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University
Christopher Ellison, University of Minnesota
Ryan Hayward, University of Colorado Boulder
Tomonori Saito, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Vivek Sharma, University of Illinois Chicago
Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Northwestern University
Christopher Wohl, NASA Langley Research Center
Technical Topics and Organizers
Program Chair
Chelsea Davis, University of Delaware
Program Vice-Chair
Christopher So, US Naval Research Laboratory
Topics
• Sustainability and Adhesion
• Novel Approaches
Bioadhesion Division Chair
Alex Nyarko, Avery Dennison
Soft Adhesives Division Chair
Gabriel Sanoja Lopez, University of Texas Austin
– Tools and Methods for Characterization
– High Throughput Analysis and Machine Learning
– Challenges in 3D Printing and Automation
– Adhesion Chemistry, Additives, and Synthesis
– High Throughput Analysis and Machine Learning – NEW
– Design with Adhesives – NEW
• Bioadhesion and Bioadhesives
– Organismal and Biomimetic Adhesives
– Biomedical Adhesives
– Underwater Adhesion
– Bio-sourced Adhesives and Bio-degradation
Registration Fees
Registration Fees - if you are attending the short course only or short course + annual meeting, please process your registration under the course:
Standard Registration ......................................
Standard Registration after Jan. 10
Fellow Registration
Retiree
Student & Postdoc Registration
$900
$1,080
$525
$300
$400
Student & Postdoc Registration after Jan. 10 .....
Regular One-Day Registration
Student One-Day Registration
Guest Registration ............................................
$480
$350
$225
$300
• Reversible, Smart, or Switchable Adhesives
• Soft Robotics and Electronics
• Soft Adhesives
– Pressure Sensitive Adhesives, Laminate Adhesives, and Viscoelasticity
– Elastocapillarity and Wetting
– Gels, Elastomers and Hybrids
– Contact Mechanics
• Structural Adhesives
– Fracture Mechanics
– Adhesives in Transportation, Electric Vehicles, and E-mobility
– Contamination by Ice, Water, and Insects
– Adhesion and Fracture in Extreme Environments: Wind, Extraterrestrial, etc.
Hotel information
InterContinental New Orleans
444 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 800-439-4745
Room Rate: $195 single/double
Click here to book your room today! GROUP DEADLINE IS JANUARY 23, 2025
Early bird registration deadline is January 10, 2025. Regular registration deadline is January 26, 2025.
CALL FOR SHORT ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
DEADLINE
Abstract Deadline is September 27, 2024.
We strongly encourage you to submit an abstract for the 2025 Annual Meeting being held on February 16-19, 2025. You can submit an abstract at www.adhesionsociety.org.
For questions regarding the program, contact Chelsea Davis at chelsead@udel.edu or Christopher So at christopher.r.so.civ@us.navy.mil. For registration questions, contact Malinda Armstrong at adhesionsociety@ascouncil.org.
Peebles & Poster Awards – see website for submission and qualifications.
