2025 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit

Industry Track: Sustainability in Applied Technology

Collaborative discussions at the intersection of materials science and industry are critical in driving sustainable innovations. To foster these connections, MRS introduces the Industry Track: Sustainability in Applied Technology at the 2025 Spring MRS Meeting. The inaugural Industry Track presents a cohesive program of talks curated to resonate researchers interested in industrial applications and challenges.

The 2025 theme, Sustainability in Applied Technology, features distinguished talks integrated across symposia from leading researchers and industry experts covering the development of safer and more durable materials, critical material management and substitution, circular economy and waste management, and advances in materials for climate change mitigation.  

Meet with peers and explore the Industry Track program below to learn more about advancements driving sustainability across industry and applied research. View the program or Meeting app for the most current version of presentation schedule and location.

Industry Keynote Session

Join us for a special Industry Keynote Session on Monday, April 7 to kick off the Industry Track featuring distinguished speakers Cathy Tway, bp, S. David Roh, LG Innotek, and 2019 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Sir M. Stanley Whittingham, Binghamton University.

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Symposia Sessions

Monday

EN01 | Lithium-Ion Batteries and BeyonD

Innovation in Long-Duration Energy Storage: Tackling Today’s Challenges to Enable Tomorrow’s Successes

Presenter: Erik Spoerke, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity

EN01 | Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond

How MXenes Assist in Storing Electrical Energy

Presenter: Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University

EL01: Emerging Solution-Processable Nanomaterials for Optoelectronics and Photonics

Optimizing Sunlight With Quantum Dots

Presenter: Hunter McDaniel, UbiQD, Inc

EL01: Emerging Solution-Processable Nanomaterials for Optoelectronics and Photonics

Where Are the Traps? In-Depth Characterization of QD-Based Photodetectors for SWIR Imaging

Presenter: Maria Isabel Pintor Monroy, imec

EN01 | Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond

Polyoxometalates as an Alternative Coating Strategy for Layered Ni-Rich Oxide Cathodes in Liquid- and Solid-State Batteries

Presenter: Barbara Nunes, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Tuesday

QT02: Advanced Quantum Magnets and Related Technologies Toward Energy-Efficient Computing

Voltage and Current Controlled Nanomagnetism for Memory and Logic

Presenter: Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Rice University; University of California, Berkeley

SB06: Biopolymer Solutions for Climate Change

Biopolymer Study for Surface Erosion Resistance and Slope Stability of Levees

Presenter: Lucas Walshire, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

EL09: Stability of Metal Halide Perovskites—From Materials to Devices

Field-Relevant Degradation Mechanisms in Metal Halide Perovskite Modules

Presenter: Laura Schelhas, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Wednesday

BI01: Critical Raw Materials in Emerging Technology

Sustainability of Tomorrow's Magnets and Their Applications

Presenter: Oliver Gutfleisch, TU Darmstadt

QT02: Advanced Quantum Magnets and Related Technologies Toward Energy-Efficient Computing

Building AI Hardware with Oxide Quantum Materials and Devices Integrated on Microelectronic Platforms

Presenter: Shriram Ramanathan, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

SU02: Enabling Sustainable Polymers—A Holistic View from Feedstock and Synthesis to Application and End-of-Life

Sustainable Adhesive Design Using Biomimicry and Targeting Market Impacts

Presenter: Jonathan Wilker, Purdue University

EN07: Solid-State Alkali-Metal Batteries

All Solid-State Batteries Utilizing Sulfide and Halide Based Electrolytes

Presenter: Jagjit Nanda, SLAC National Laboratory,Stanford University

SF09: Aerospace Materials in Extreme Environments

Materials and Processes for Sustainable Aviation—Opportunities Across the Product Life Cycle

Presenter: Jill Seeburgh, Boeing Research & Technology

SF09: Aerospace Materials in Extreme Environments

Development of Sustainable Composites and Manufacturing Technology for Future Air Mobility

Presenter: Sang-Hyon Chu, NASA Langley Research Center

EN04: Concentrating Solar Thermal Materials for Industrial Decarbonization and Heat Storage

High Performance Materials for Solar Supercritical CO2 Plants with Solid Particles as Heat Transfer and Storage Medium

Presenter: Benedikt Koelsch, DLR Solar Research Institute

EN04: Concentrating Solar Thermal Materials for Industrial Decarbonization and Heat Storage

Innovative Silicone-Based Heat Transfer Fluids—Pushing Concentrated Solar Power to New Temperature Limits

Presenter: Kai Schickedanz, WACKER Chemie AG

SU03 | Sustainable Batteries—Recycling and Utilizing Earth-Abundant Materials

Repairing and Upcycling of Electrode Materials from Spent Lithium Ion Batteries

Presenter: Guangmin Zhou, Tsinghua University

SU03 | Sustainable Batteries—Recycling and Utilizing Earth-Abundant Materials

Scalable Direct Recycling Techniques for Battery Materials— Bridging Laboratory Research and Commercial Applications

Presenter: Weikang Li, ExPost Technology

Thursday

BI01: Critical Raw Materials in Emerging Technology

Clean Energy Technologies Deserve Greener Critical Materials

Presenter: Yoshiko Fujita, Idaho National Laboratory

SU01: Solid Materials for Sustainable Cooling—Caloric Effects and Devices

Solid-State Compact Cooling Devices Based on Electrocaloric Polymers

Presenter: Qibing Pei, University of California, Los Angeles

SU01: Solid Materials for Sustainable Cooling—Caloric Effects and Devices

Applications for Elastocaloric and Magnetocaloric Heat Pumps

Presenter: Julie Slaughter, Ames Laboratory

EN05: Thin-Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics

Advances of CdTe Photovoltaics

Presenter: James Becker, First Solar

SU01 | Solid Materials for Sustainable Cooling—Caloric Effects and Devices

Multi-Caloric Cooling for Room Temperature and Cryo-Applications

Presenter: Oliver Gutfleisch, TU Darmstad

SU04 | Protons in Solids, Fluids and Molecules

HydroGEN Consortium—Advancements in Renewable Hydrogen Production

Presenter: Huyen Dinh, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Friday

EL03: Progress in van der Waals Heterostructures for Sustainable Electronics

Novel Synthetic Approaches for High-Mobility Graphene—From Decoupled Graphene on Cu/Sapphire to Artificial Intelligence Assisted Growth

Presenter: Camilla Coletti, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

EL06 | Novel Perovskite Semiconductors and Optoelectronics

Advancing Sustainable Perovskite Photovoltaics Through Innovative Green Halide Chemistry

Presenter: Senol Oez, Solaveni GmbH

SU04 | Protons in Solids, Fluids and Molecules

Materials Discovery Through Interpretation—Decoding Proton Conductivity with Small Experimental Datasets

Presenter: Yoshihiro Yamazaki, Kyushu University


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