React Kick off meeting has been sponsored by Solvay
December 7, 2015
Singh Center for Nanotechnology
3205 Walnut St, Philadelphia PA 19104
REACT participants working meetings
9 am – 1 pm (Glandt Forum and Singh Conference Rooms – 035, 221, 313)
Additional funding by the School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Public Kick-Off Symposium
Glandt Forum
1:00 pm Opening
Russ Composto, Director of REACT 
Vijay Kumar, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science
1:30 Overview of ACTs 1-3
- Act 1 Hierarchical Structures for Water Management – Shu Yang/Rob Riggleman
- Act 2 Prevention of Infection Transmission– Daeyeon Lee/Mamie Coats
- Act 3 Self-assembled Nanomaterials for Energy Generation and Storage– Zahra Fakhraai/KarenWiney/Chris Murray
2:30 Break – coffee/tea
3:00 International Partnerships and Education
- GIANT – Francine Papillon/Patrice Rannou
- Solvay – Ryan Murphy/Jean-Yves Delannoy
- Education – Kristin Field
3:30-4:30 Keynote – Harvey Rubin, “Can We Improve the Human Habitat with Global Engineering: Water, Infection and Energy?”
4:30 Closing
Xavier Morise, Director of Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Washington, DC
Hervé Martin, Attaché for Science and Technology, Embassy of France in the United States
Dawn Bonnell, Vice Provost for Research, University of Pennsylvania
5-6 pm Reception in the Singh Galleria
