TAPPI Nano 2020 Virtual Conference

Took place on July 22 - 23, 11:30 – 3:00 EST

 

What took place:

  • Topics covered such as composites, mediated assembly, health & safety, standards, electronics, and biomedical
  • Student poster presentation
  • Updates from the Nano Producers Committee and Nano Division
  • 15 minute coffee/wine break during the conference
  • 2020 Nano Division Award Winners Announcement

 

Student Poster Presentation: 

Caroline Ezequiel anf Ramakrishna Trovagunta are the winners of the TAPPI Nano Student poster competition. They presented their work during day 2 of the TAPPI Nano virtual conference 2020. See their work on the TAPPI Nano Students Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/TAPPINanoStdnts

Virtual Conference Presentation Schedule:

(Presentation times include Q&A)

 

Day 1 - 22 July                   Presentation Presenter
11:30 - 12:00 Welcome & Awards Robert Moon USDA Forest Service
12:00 - 12:20 Direct Writing Materials with Tunable Properties                          Gilberto Siqueira EMPA
12:20 - 12:40 Nanoscale Cellulose for Components of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Kati Miettunen Aalto University
12:40 - 1:05 What’s New in Commercial Production of Nanocellulose? Lars Axrup Stora Enso
1:05 - 1:20 Coffee/Wine Break
1:20 - 1:40 Light-triggered Tuning of Mechanical Properties  in 3D Printable Cellulose Nanocomposite Luca Mueller EMPA
1:40 - 2:00 Continuous Processing of High Strength Cellulose Nanofiber Sheets Jeffrey Youngblood Purdue University
2:00 - 2:20 Have we Established the Safety of Cellulose Nanomaterials? Jo Anne Shatkin Vireo Advisors, LLC
2:20 - 2:40 Modifying Hard Materials  Johan Foster University of British Columbia
Day 2 - 23 July
11:30 - 11:50 Nano Cellulose Vehicle Hiroyuki Yano Kyoto University
11:50 - 12:10 Wood MicrostructuresTuning for High Performance Ecological Materials Mingwei Zhu Nanjing University
12:10 -12:30 Nanocelluloses: Next generation Aqueous-based Universal Adhesives for Particulate Composites Bruno Mattos Aalto University
12:30 - 12:50 FinnCERES Materials Cluster Tekla Tammelin VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
12:50 - 1:05 Coffee/Wine Break
1:05 - 1:25 Conductive Elastic 3D Printed Composites Based on Nanocellulose for Controlled Drug Release Rubina Ajdary Aalto University
1:25 - 1:45 Speed Presentations from TAPPI Student Winners of Twitter Poster Competition Meghan Roberts/Sara Roldan Velasquez
1:45 - 2:05 Standards Collen Walker/Linda Johnston
2:05 - 2:25 Assembly of Nano-polysaccharides and Plant Polyaromatics at Interfaces Orlando Rojas University of British Columbia and Aalto University
2:25 - 2:40 TAPPI Nano Division Leadership and TAPPI Nano 2021 Heli Kangas

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd