RESURGE

Time	Agenda Item
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast/Morning Networking Meet-and-Greet
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.	Welcome Remarks and Introduction to RESURGE Sarbajit Banerjee (TAMU, Professor of Chemistry, Davidson Chair in Science, RESURGE co-PI) Chavis Stackhouse (TAMU, National Science Foundation, MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemistry, RESURGE Senior Personnel) Karen Wooley (TAMU, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, W. T. Doherty-Welch Chair in Chemistry, RESURGE PI, NAS)
9:00 – 9:20 a.m. 9:20 – 9:40 a.m. 9:40 – 10:00 a.m. 10:00 – 10:20	Invited Talk Session 1 Tim Bremner (Advanced Sealing Technologies - A Michelin Company, Materials Technology Director) "Confident Replacement of Engineering Polymers with Sustainable Solutions" Samantha Kristufek (Texas Tech University, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry) "A Multi-Prong Approach to Creating Materials towards a Sustainable World" Rob Keiser (Orsted Onshore North America, Vice President, Asset Management) "Our Green Business Transformation. What we did and lessons learned" Faruque Hasan (TAMU, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Kim Tompkins McDivitt ’88 and Phillip McDivitt ’87 Faculty Fellow, TAMU Energy Institute Assistant Director of Decarbonization) "Designing Materials and Processes Together: An Inverse Multiscale Approach"
10:20 – 10:40 a.m.	Morning Break
10:40 – 11:00 a.m. 11:00 – 11:20 a.m. 11:20 – 11:40 a.m. 11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Invited Talk Session 2 Carl McAfee (McAfee Consulting, LLC & ProChemist.com, Founder and CEO) "Rubber & Plastic Composites from Repurposed Materials for Transportation Applications" Lei Fang (TAMU, Associate Professor of Chemistry) "Bottom-Up Innovations on Organic Functional Materials for Sustainable Chemical Separation" Lora Urbaniak (Sustainable Solutions Corporation, Senior Project Manager of the Sustainable Operations Division) "Decarbonization: Roadmap to a resilient and sustainable future" David Germack (Kraton Corporation, R&D Technical Team Lead for Analytical Services) "Lessons for Future Sustainable Innovations from a Track Record of Success"
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm	Boxed Lunch (Chicken Caesar Wrap or Veggie Spinach Wrap)
1:00 – 1:20 p.m. 1:20 – 1:40 p.m. 1:40 – 2:00 p.m. 2:00 – 2:20 p.m. 2:20 – 2:40 p.m.	Invited Talk Session 3 Neil Mendes (Alpine Polytech, CEO) "Science and Entrepreneurship within an Expanding Ecosystem" Andrea Ashley-Oyewole (PVAMU, Assistant Professor of Chemistry) "Creating a Sustainable Vanadium Supply Chain in Texas through Innovation with Foresight" Jeremy Bartels (ChampionX, Hydrates Program Leader) "Sustainable Anti-agglomerant Technologies for Deployment in Restrictive Regions " Kirt McGhee (Pura Vida Bioplastics & Pura Vida Hemp Co., CEO) "Bioplastic Manufacturing and Sales" Marco Giles (PVAMU, Assistant Professor of Chemistry) "Leveraging Carbonyldiimadazole for Greener Syntheses of Polyurethane and Polycarbonate Materials"
2:40 – 3:10 p.m.	Breakout Discussion/Interview Sessions
3:10 – 3:30 p.m.	Afternoon Break
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.	Breakout Discussion/Interview Sessions
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.	Guided Discussion & Closing Remarks
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.	Closing Reception

Primary Contact: Karen L. Wooley (Lead PI, TAMU Chemistry, TAMU Chemical Engineering, TAMU Materials Science and Engineering, wooley@tamu.edu), for more information on the project or upcoming events.

Co-PIs: Sarbajit Banerjee (TAMU Chemistry); Bjorn Birgisson (UGA Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering); Michael de Miranda (TAMU Education and Human Development); Arnold Vedlitz (TAMU Bush School of Government and Public Service).

Senior Personnel: Ankur Dayal (TAMU Innovation Partners), Mark Holtzapple (TAMU Chemical Engineering), Benjamin Kalscheur (TAMU Office of Sustainability), Sivaranjani Kumarsrinivasan (TAMU Chemistry), Kayla Rollins (TAMU Education and Human Development), Chavis Stackhouse (TAMU Chemistry), Jacqueline Stillisano (TAMU Education and Human Development) and Jeffery Tomberlin (TAMU Entomology).