{"664740":{"#nid":"664740","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Joseph Kern","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETHE SCHOOL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUnder the provisions of the regulations for the degree\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\non Wednesday, January 25\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E, 2023\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E10:00 AM\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nvia\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMicrosoft Teams\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_OWViOTk3NmItMTU3YS00ZTRkLTg1MDYtM2EzMGRiYzRkZjc2%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d1c60b5a-458e-4f48-822d-566212880812%22%7d\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_OWViOTk3NmItMTU3YS00ZTRkLTg1MDYtM2EzMGRiYzRkZjc2%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d1c60b5a-458e-4f48-822d-566212880812%22%7d\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eor in-person in\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELove 210\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewill be held the\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETHESIS PROPOSAL\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nfor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJoseph Kern\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;Design of (De)Polymerizable Polymers Using Machine Learning-Based Predictive Models and Generative Algorithms\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Committee Members:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Rampi Ramprasad, Advisor, MSE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Karl Jacob, MSE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Sunderasan Jayaraman, MSE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Blair Brettmann, ChBE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Chao Zhang,\u0026nbsp; CSE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlastics are an important asset to humanity, particularly for elongating the shelf life of\u0026nbsp; food and preventing bacterial contamination. However, plastic pollution, which has been shown to have negative impacts on both human and environmental health, is becoming a global problem, with micro plastics being found in every corner of the Earth. Unfortunately, modern plastics are rarely recycled due to cost, degradation that occurs during mechanical recycling, and\/or thermodynamic challenges present during chemical recycling. New \u0026quot;green\u0026quot; polymer designs that are non-toxic throughout the polymer life-cycle and that have suitable thermodynamic properties for cost effective recycling are needed to replace existing plastics. To find these designs, machine learning based property predictors will be combined with polymer design techniques to generate novel, hypothetical polymers that have the properties necessary for certain target applications while also being easily depolymerizable (an attribute that will allow the polymer to be recycled without property degradation). This work focuses on designing these plastics for food packaging and service items, which will require suitable mechanical, thermal, solubility and toxicity properties, to name a few. In addition (de)polymerization will be controlled by thermodynamics properties such as the enthalpy and entropy of (de)polymerization and ceiling temperature. Datasets for these properties will be curated and used to produce machine learning models for rapid prediction of the relevant properties. This predictive capability will be used to screen polymers that can undergo ring-opening polymerization (a promising polymerization mechanism for depolymerizable polymers) for those that meet targeted application needs, while also determining chemical guidelines for the design of these green polymers. Close collaborations with experimentalists to validate and realize several aspects of this effort are underway and will be strengthened further.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u201cDesign of (De)Polymerizable Polymers Using Machine Learning-Based Predictive Models and Generative Algorithms\u201d"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2023-01-13 21:07:12","changed_gmt":"2023-01-13 21:07:12","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-01-25T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2023-01-25T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-01-25T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-01-25 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-01-25 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-01-25 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}