Welcome Remarks

John Junkins (TAMU, Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Director, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, NAE)

Karen Wooley (TAMU, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, W. T. Doherty-Welch Chair in Chemistry, NAS)

Keynote Lecture Session 1

Brett Giroir (Altesa Biosciences, CEO) "No Playbook: Reflections on fighting COVID from the front lines to the White House"

Emily Pentzer (TAMU, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Chemistry) "Architecting Hybrid Materials for Energy Applications"

Keynote Lecture Session 2

Guy Bertrand (UC San Diego, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, HIAS Fellow) "Carbenes as Precious Metal Surrogates"

Colin Brown (Five Tribes Ltd, Director) "Ensuring Engineering Skills Supply"

Keynote Lecture Session 3

Kevin Bowcutt (Boeing Research & Technology, Senior Technical Fellow & Chief Scientist of Hypersonics, HIAS Fellow, NAE)
"Flying at the Edge of Space: The Challenges and Opportunities of Hypersonic Flight"

Jaime Grunlan (TAMU, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Leland T. Jordan ’29 Chair Professor)
"Extreme Heat Shielding, Flame Resistance and Gas Barrier from Water‐based Nanocoatings"

Alan Needleman (TAMU, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, HIAS Fellow, NAE)
"Roughness, Toughness and the Possibility of Crack Path Engineering"

Keynote Lecture Session 4

Jeffery Tomberlin (TAMU, Professor of Entomology, AgriLife Research Fellow)
"Harnessing Natural Processes to Enhance Circular Economies Globally: A Case for the Black Soldier Fly"

Julia King (Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS, member of the House of Lords, HIAS Fellow)
"Carbon Capture and Storage: A good business or a get out of jail free card?"

Mark Holtzapple (TAMU, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Cathy and Dennis Seith ‘79 Faculty Fellow)
"Carboxylate Platform: Economical production of chemicals and fuels from biomass"