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Track Plenary

Track 8: Energy Track 11: Materials: Genetics to Structures
8-18-2: PLENARY SESSION 2 11-1-2: PLENARY SESSION II
Tuesday, November 15, 10:30AM–12:15PM Monday, November 14, 1:30PM–3:15PM
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Metal Oxide-Based Thermochemical Redox Processes for Producing Architectures of soft robotic locomotion enabled by simple mechanical
Solar Fuels and Storing Thermal Energy principles
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Dr. James Miller Prof. Xi Chen
Sandia National Laboratories Columbia University

Biography: Dr. James E. Miller (Jim) is a chemical engineer who has been Biography: Dr. Xi Chen received his Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics from Harvard
involved in energy, materials, and chemical processing research at Sandia University in 2001. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard from 2001-
National Laboratories for almost 25 years. His work has touched on 2003. He joined Columbia University in 2003 as an Assistant Professor
diverse topics ranging from hydroprocessing, to oxidation, lignin depolym- and was promoted to an Associate Professor in 2007. He uses multiscale
erization, treatment of radioactive waste and automobile exhaust, and theoretical, experimental, and numerical approaches to investigate various
desalination. research frontiers in materials addressing challenges in energy and
environment, nanomechanics, and mechanobiology. He has published
over 250 journal papers with a h-index over 42. He received the NSF
CAREER Award in 2007, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists
Track 11: Materials: Genetics to Structures
11-1-1: PLENARY SESSION I and Engineers (PECASE) in 2008, ASME Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career
Award in 2010, SES Young Investigator Medal in 2011, ASME Thomas J. R.
Monday, November 14, 10:30AM–12:15PM
Hughes Young Investigator Award in 2012, and a number of international
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recognitions from Japan, Korea and China. He is a Fellow of ASME.
Electrochemical stiffness in lithium-ion batteries – a new concept for
understanding electrode response
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Track 12: Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids
Prof. Nancy Sottos 12-25-1: PLENARY AND SPECIAL LECTURES
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Tuesday, November 15, 10:30AM–12:15PM
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Biography: Nancy Sottos is the Donald B. Willet Professor of Engineering
Mechanics of Soft Composites: The Interplay between Geometrical
in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University
Structuring and Large Deformation to Achieve Novel Behavior
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is also a co-chair of the Molecular and
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Electronic Nanostructures Research Theme at the Beckman Institute.
Sottos started her career at Illinois in 1991 after earning a Ph.D. in Prof. Mary Boyce
mechanical engineering from the University of Delaware. Her research Columbia University
group studies the mechanics of complex, heterogeneous materials such
as self-healing polymers, advanced composites, and battery electrodes, Biography: Mary C. Boyce is Dean of Engineering at The Fu Foundation
specializing in characterization of deformation and failure in these material School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University in the
systems. Sottos’ research and teaching awards include the ONR Young City of New York and also the Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of
Investigator Award (1992), Outstanding Engineering Advisor Award (1992, Engineering. Prior to joining Columbia, Dean Boyce served on the faculty
1998, 1999 and 2002), the R.E. Miller award for Excellence in Teaching of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for over 25 years,
(1999), University Scholar (2002), the University of Delaware Presidential leading the Mechanical Engineering Department from 2008 to 2013. Dean
Citation for Outstanding Achievement (2002), the Hetényi Best Paper Boyce leads the education and research mission of Columbia Engineering
Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics (2004, 2016), with more than 185 faculty, 1500 undergraduate students, 2500 graduate
Scientific American’s SciAm 50 Award (2008), the M.M. Frocht and B.J. students, and 100 postdoctoral fellows. She is committed to facilitating
Lazan awards from the Society for Experimental Mechanics (2011), and the and celebrating the creativity and innovation of students and faculty, and
Daniel Drucker Eminent Faculty Award (2014). She is a Fellow of the enabling collaborations across the University. Her research focuses on
Society of Engineering Science and the Society for Experimental materials and mechanics, particularly in the areas of multi-scale mechanics
Mechanics and serves on the editorial boards for Experimental Mechanics of polymers and soft composites, both those that are man-made and those
and Composites Science and Technology. formed naturally. Her leadership in the field of mechanics of materials has
expanded understanding of the interplay between micro-geometry and
the inherent physical behavior of a material, which has led to innovative
hybrid material designs with novel properties. She has been widely
recognized for her scholarly contributions to this field, including election
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