C. Grant Willson Reunion & Retirement Celebration
Friday, June 7, 2019
Engineering and Education Research Center (EER)
Mulva Auditorium – Level 0
2501 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Opening comments Tom Edgar, on behalf of Alan Campion |
| 9:20 AM | Christopher M. Bates, Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara Timeless Insight from GW: The Power of Chemistry in Materials Science |
| 9:40 AM | Christopher Ellison, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Collaboration + Grant = Winning! |
| 10:00 AM | Keith Keitz, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin Making Polymers with Electroactive Bacteria |
| 10:20 AM | BREAK |
| 10:40 AM | Tim Dallas, Professor, Texas Tech University Small World |
| 11:00 AM | Xinyu Gu, Materials Scientist, Carbon, Inc Fabricating with Light – A Continuous Journey |
| 11:20 AM | Michael Dickey, Alcoa Professor, NC State University Unconventional Patterning: A Tribute to Grant Willson |
| 11:40 AM | David Meideros, Senior Director of Patterning, Global Foundries Grant Willson, Chemically Amplified Resists and the Impact on the Semiconductor Industry |
| 12:00 PM | LUNCH |
| 1:00 PM | Scott Grayson,Professor, Tulane University The Synthesis of a Few Macromolecules |
| 1:20 PM | Brian K. Long, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee From one UT to Another: Science and Scientists Inspired by Prof. C. Grant Willson |
| 1:40 PM | Matt Colburn, Research Manager, Facebook Reality Labs (Life) Lessons from Graduate School |
| 2:00 PM | Roger T. Bonnecaze, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin My Journey in Microelectronics with Grant Willson |
| 2:20 PM | BREAK |
| 2:40 PM | Nathaniel Lynd, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries |
| 3:00 PM | Tsutomu Shimokawa, Professional of Strategic Research and Intellectual Property, JSR Corp., Yokkaichi Japan JSR Longhorns – Willson Collaboration Memory |
| 3:2o PM | Michael Hale, Senior Director at The Boston Consulting Group & Dominic Clausi, Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil Chemical Blowing Stuff Up |
| 3:40 PM | BREAK |
| 4:00 PM | C. Grant Willson |
| 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks |
*Walk to Etter-Harbin Alumni Center for reception.