Events

Past Events

REACT events all have been completed. REACT members continue to work on Extreme Urban Heat. Visit our Heat page for heat-related events.

French-American Workshop 2022

June 30, 2022

Grenoble-INP Phelma

GIANT’s International Internship Programme’s annual scientific event.  REACT students present posters. Prof. Lee presents one of the keynote talks.

Group photo of GIANT’s International Internship Programme


REACT@Penn 2022

February 7, 2022

Philadelphia, PA

The 2022 REACT@Penn event, held at the University of Pennsylvania and over Zoom, connected students, alums and research partners from California to Grenoble, France.

Program & Videos


REACT@Penn 2021

January 12, 2021

Session 1 – NSF Engineering Research Center for the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture (IoT4Ag): An Example of Convergent Research
January 12, 2021, 9-11:15 am ET

Session 2 – US-International STEM Collaborations
January 14, 2021, 9-11 am ET

Group picture, January 12, 2021

Program & Images


REACT@Zoom 2020

July 17, 2020

US and French REACT Trainee Presentations and Research Discussion

Program

Screen shot from REACT@ZOOM 2020


REACT@Penn 2020

January 13, 2020

3205 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Global Pathways to enable Innovative Materials Solutions for Urban Challenges

How can science and technology help cities solve their problems?  Are there common urban air, water and energy challenges for science to tackle?

Program and Videos

group photo


REACT@GIANT 2019

June 4, 2019

GIANT in Grenoble, France

The annual REACT Meeting held at GIANT in Grenoble, France. Note that the meeting will be June 4 to coincide with the French-American Workshop, which will be held June 7, 2019.


REACT@Penn 2019

January 14, 2019

The annual REACT Meeting held on January 14, 2019, at the University of Pennsylvania.

Program and Videos

group photo


REACT@GIANT 2018

June 19, 2018

The annual REACT Meeting held at GIANT in Grenoble, France. Note that the meeting will be June 19 to coincide with the French-American Workshop, which will be held June 21-22, 2018.


REACT@Penn 2018

January 8, 2018

Singh Center for Nanotechnology
3205 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA, 19104

The annual REACT Meeting held at the University of Pennsylvania.

Program and Videos

group photo


REACT@GIANT 2017

June 20, 2017

Grenoble, France

June 20, 2017

The annual REACT Meeting held at GIANT in Grenoble, France.


REACT@PENN 2017

January 9, 2017

Singh Center for Nanotechnology
3205 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA, 19104

The annual REACT Meeting held at the University of Pennsylvania.

Program and Videos


REACT@GIANT 2016

June 17, 2016

Building 44 (BCC) – 7th Floor – Room 934
Virtual; UPenn: Room 311, Towne Bulding

REACT summer PI meeting will start at 9 AM Grenoble time with discussion about progress of the project in the past year and presentations on research and education by PIs and ACT leaders. The afternoon session will be held jointly between Grenoble participants and US partners and will be focused on planning of next scientific orientations for the upcoming year.


Talk: C. Picart, "Biomimetic coatings and free-standing membranes"

April 15, 2016

231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Surface coatings are important in various application fields as they allow to provide “bulk materials” with specific surface properties. In biomedical devices for in vitro diagnosis and in the design of implantable biomaterials, surface coatings are key to control the interactions between devices/biomolecules and implants/soft or hard tissues. I will present our work on the engineering of thin surface coatings and free-standing membranes made by the layer-by-layer assembly of polypeptides and polysaccharides. [full abstract]


REACT Spring Symposium 2016

March 31, 2016

3205 Walnut St, Philadelphia PA 19104

The REACT Symposium on March 31, 2016 will start with morning project meetings and lunch for the PIRE REACT team. The afternoon activities are open to the public (1:30 – 3:00 pm Poster Session, 3:00 – 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:30 – 4:30 pm Talk “Engineered glass surfaces: surface chemistry, nanostructures and applications” by Wageesha Senarante, Senior Research Scientist, Corning Inc.).


REACT Kick-Off Symposium

December 7, 2015

Singh Center for Nanotechnology
3205 Walnut St, Philadelphia PA 19104

REACT Kick-Off SymposiumThe Kick-Off Symposium was a public celebration of the start of the PIRE REACT project. This half-day event included overviews of the REACT research areas, REACT education programs, and introductions to REACT international and industry partners. The event was opened and closed by Penn leaders and visitors from the French Embassy and CNRS, one of France’s research agencies. Dr. Harvey Rubin gave an inspirational keynote talk about global engineering for impact on some of the world’s most challenging problems. Click on the Symposium link above for the schedule, video footage and photos.

Program and Videos