Recent Invited Presentations:

•  “Improved Dispersion in Polymer Nanocomposites by Incorporating Specific interactions”, Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston, TX, Oct 2006.
  
• “Designing Better Plastics: Understanding and Improving Polymer Mixtures”, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fl, Oct. 2006.
  
• “Improving and Controlling Interfaces in Multi-component Polymer Systems”, Annual Meeting of the International Society for Polymer Analysis and Characterization, Oak Ridge, TN, June 2006.
  
• “Impact of Polymer Architecture on the Properties of Multi-component Polymer Systems”, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, May 2006.
  
• “Dynamics of Copolymers in Homopolymer Matrices”, 3rd International Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement, Grenoble, France, March 2006
  
• “Dynamics and Dispersion in Multi-component Polymer Systems: Rational Design of Materials with Targeted Properties”, Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France, Jan 2006
  
• “Improving the Dispersion of Polymer Nanocomposites for Electro-Responsive Materials”, Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 2005.
• “Controlling Dispersion in Multi-Component Polymer Systems: Rational Design of Materials with Targeted Properties”, Polymer Science Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nov 2005
  
• “Controlling Dispersion in Multi-component Polymer Systems: Rational Design of Materials with Targeted Properties”, Polymer, Fiber, and Textile Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, Oct., 2005
  
• “Controlling Dispersion in Multi-component Polymer Systems: Rational Design of Materials with Targeted Properties”, Marshall Laboratory, DuPont, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 2005
  
• “Understanding the Mechanism of Cyanoacrylate Polymerization in the Fuming of Latent Prints”, Meeting of the International Association of Identification, Dallas, TX, Aug. 2005.
  
• “Controlling Dispersion in Multi-component Polymer Systems: Rational Design of Materials with Targeted Properties”, Rohm & Haas, Spring Hill, PA, Aug. 2005
  
• “Dynamics and Dispersion in Multi-component Polymer Systems:Rational Design of Materials with Targeted Properties”, Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA November, 2004.
  
• "Dynamic Behavior of Branched Copolymers ", ACS Branched Polymers for Performance Workshop, Williamsburg, VA, May 2004.
  
• "The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Multicomponent Polymer Systems", Chemistry Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT April, 2004.

Selected Presentations:

• “Polymer Nanotube Nanocomposites: A Recipe to Control Properties”, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., August 2005 (Asif Rasheed, Graduate Student, Presenter)
  
• “Density profiles of “looped” polymer brushes at the liquid-solid interfaces by neutron reflectivity measurements” National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 2006 (Zhenyu Huang, Postdoctoral Associate, Presenter)
  
• “Self Assembly of Poly (2-vinylpyridine)-polystyrene- poly (2-vinylpyridine) triblock copolymers at the solid-fluid interface” National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 2006 (Zhenyu Huang, Postdoctoral Associate, Presenter)
  
• “Polymer-nanotube Composites: Controlling Properties by Controlling Interaction” National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 2006 (Asif Rasheed, Graduate Student, Presenter)
  
• “Multiple Loop Formation by Polystyrene Telechelics on SAM of 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid” National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 2006 (Rujul Mehta, Postdoctoral Associate, Presenter)
  
• “Effect of Backbone Type and Branch Length on the Dynamics of Branched Copolymers in a Homopolymer Matrix” National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 2006 (Sudesh Kamath, Postdoctoral Associate, Presenter)
  
• “Enhanced Dispersion in Polymer Nanocomposites by Optimized Hydrogen Bonding”, National Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, March 2006. (Asif Rasheed, Graduate Student, Presenter)
  
• “The Kinetics of the Reaction of Telechelics at a Soft Polymeric Interface by Neutron Reflectivity”National Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, March 2006.
  
• “The Impact of Sample Preparation on Polymer Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites” National Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, March 2006. (Chang-Uk Lee, Graduate Student, Presenter)
  
• “The Effect of Copolymer Composition on the Dynamics of Random Copolymers in a Homopolymer Matrix.” National Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, March 2006. (Sudesh Kamath, Postdoctoral Associate, Presenter)
  
• “Enhanced Dispersion in Polymer Nanocomposites by Optimized Hydrogen Bonding”, National Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, March 2006. (Asif Rasheed, Graduate Student, Presenter)
  
• “Density profiles of “looped” polymer brushes at the solid-liquid interface”, HFIR/SNS Users Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, October 2005 (Zhenyu Huang, Postdoctoral Associate, Presenter)
  
• “Monitoring the reaction of telechelics at a soft polymeric interface by neutron reflectivity”, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., August, 2005 (J. Kevin Rice, Graduate Student, Presenter)
  
• “Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Blends Containing a Liquid Crystalline Polymer” National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., August, 2005 (Rujul Mehta, Postdoctoral Associate, Presenter)
  
• “Polymer Nanotube Nanocomposites: A Recipe to Control Properties”, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., August 2005 (Asif Rasheed, Graduate Student, Presenter)
  
• “Dynamics of Multi-component Polymer Systems” X-rays and Neutrons: Essential Tools for Nanoscience Research; National Nanotechnology Initiative Conference, Washington, D.C. June 2005 (Sudesh Kamath, Postdoctoral Associate, Presenter)
  
• “Effect of Clay Surfactant on the Ability of Intermolecular Interactions to Improve the Dispersion of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites” 6th National Graduate Research Polymer Conference, Amherst, MA, June 2005 (Deepali Kumer, Graduate Student, presenter)
  
• “Long-Range Order in Cylindrical Block Copolymer Thin Films using Graphoepitaxy”, National Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA, March 2005
  
• “Controlling the Dispersion and Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Nanocomposite”, National Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA, March 2005 (Asif Rasheed, graduate Student, Presenter)
  
• “Formation and Properties of Molecular Loops at Polymeric Interfaces”, National Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA, March 2005 (J. Kevin Rice, graduate Student, Presenter)
  
• “Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies on Blends of Poly (Styrene-ran-Vinyl Phenol) with Liquid Crystalline Polyurethane”, National Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA, March 2005 (Rujul Mehta, Postdoctoral Associate, Presenter)
  
• “Grafting and Loop Formation of Telechelic Polymers at Interfaces Monitored by Fluorescence Labeling”, National Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA, March 2005 (Zhenyu Huang, Postdoctoral Associate, Presenter)
  
• “Reactive modification of polymer interfaces: Formation of loops”, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2005 See also Polymer Preprints, 165 (2005).
  
• “Using Neutron Reflectivity to Monitor the Dynamics of Copolymers: Effect of Sequence Distribution”, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2005 See also Polymer Preprints, 165 (2005).