Technical Program

9/29/2021

All Eastern Standard Time

10:00 AM

10:15 AM

Welcome and Introductions- UEF Funded PACE Workshop

10:15 AM

10:45 AM

How do we Address the Challenges? "Modular Solutions for Resilience – A RAPID CTO perspective"

Keynote: Ignasi Palou Rivera (RAPID)

10:45 AM

11:15 AM

What is the Problem? "The 2019 SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (COVID-19): History, Models, Observations, Sustainability Implications, and Prospects"

Keynote: Heriberto Cabezas (Professor, Research Institute of Applied Earth Sciences, University of Miskolc, Hungary; Senior Science Advisor (Ret.), Land and Material Management Division US Environmental Protection Agency)

11:15 AM

11:45 AM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Debalina Sengupta (TAMU)

11:45 AM

12:05 PM

Break

12:05 PM

12:45 PM

Mobilizing the Industrial Sector

12:05 PM

12:15 PM

Work Flexibility and the Future of Work

Tapas K Ray (Assistant Coordinator, Healthy Work Design and Well Being Program, National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health)

12:15 PM

12:25 PM

Advanced manufacturing - Reaction path synthesis using AI

Venkat Venkatasubramanian (Columbia University)

12:25 PM

12:45 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Maithreyi Thukaram (AIChE)

12:45 PM

1:05 PM

Break

1:05 PM

2:05 PM

Medical Care/Infrastructure Resilience

1:05 PM

1:15 PM

Protection of Healthcare Workers from Respiratory Viral Transmission

Helen Nguyen (Ivan Racheff Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Affiliate, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne)

1:15 PM

1:25 PM

Keeping the workers safe from Covid-19 infection using IoT ( Internet of Things) based automation : Tools & Technology for Covid Safety

Biplab Pal (CTO and Co Founder, Opteev Inc)

1:25 PM

1:35 PM

Flexible Oxygen Concentrators for Medical Applications

Faruque Hasan (TAMU)

1:35 PM

1:45 PM

It's Time to Talk about Chlorine Dioxide.Studies Show Low Level Chlorine Dioxide Fumigation Mitigates Virucidal and Bacterial Load on Both Surfaces and in the Air.

Eric Johnson (University of Florida)

1:45 PM

2:05 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Maithreyi Thukaram (AIChE)

2:05 PM

2:25 PM

Break

2:25 PM

3:05 PM

Development of Novel Materials

2:25 PM

2:35 PM

Nanotechnology Enabling the Next Generations of Materials based on Carbon Nanotubes

Kurt Swogger (CEO Molecular Rebar Design, LLC, USCWT, LLC, BioPact Ventures, LLC, Black Diamond Structure, LLC (Exec. Chairman))

2:35 PM

2:45 PM

Supply chain, materials technology, and or Manufacturing Issues, and Challenges for Covid-19 Pandemic Response

Michael Berrigan (Corporate Scientist 3M Central Research Process Laboratory)

2:45 PM

3:05 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Maithreyi Thukaram (AIChE)

3:05 PM

3:25 PM

Closing Statements