Industry Track | 2025 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit

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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 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

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

EN01 | Lithium-Ion Batteries and BeyonD

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

How MXenes Assist in Storing Electrical Energy

EN01 | Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond

Presenter: Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University

Optimizing Sunlight With Quantum Dots

EL01: Emerging Solution-Processable Nanomaterials for Optoelectronics and Photonics

Presenter: Hunter McDaniel, UbiQD, Inc

Where are the traps? In-Depth Characterization of QD-Based Photodetectors for SWIR Imaging

EL01: Emerging Solution-Processable Nanomaterials for Optoelectronics and Photonics

Presenter: Maria Isabel Pintor Monroy, imec

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

EN01 | Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond

Presenter: Barbara Nunes, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Tuesday

Voltage & Current Controlled Nanomagnetism For Memory and Logic

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

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

Biopolymer Study for Surface Erosion Resistance and Slope Stability of Levees

SB06: Biopolymer Solutions for Climate Change

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

Field-Relevant Degradation Mechanisms in Metal Halide Perovskite Modules

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

Presenter: Laura Schelhas, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Development and Testing of Novel Biodegradable Polyelectrolytes

SB06: Biopolymer Solutions for Climate Change

Presenter: TBD

Wednesday

Sustainability of Tomorrow's Magnets and Their Applications

BI01: Critical Raw Materials in Emerging Technology

Presenter: Oliver Gutfleisch, TU Darmstadt

Building AI hardware with oxide quantum materials and devices integrated on microelectronic platforms

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

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

Sustainable Adhesive Design Using Biomimicry and Targeting Market Impacts

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

Presenter: Jonathan Wilker, Purdue University

Materials & Processes for Sustainable Aviation: Opportunities across the Product Life Cycle

SF09: Aerospace Materials in Extreme Environments

Presenter: Jill Seeburgh, Boeing Research & Technology

Development of Sustainable Composites and Manufacturing Technology for Future Air Mobility

SF09: Aerospace Materials in Extreme Environments

Presenter: Sang-Hyon Chu, NASA Langley Research Center

High performance materials for solar supercritical CO2 plants with solid particles as heat transfer and storage medium

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

Presenter: Benedikt Koelsch, DLR Solar Research Institute

Innovative Silicone-Based Heat Transfer Fluids – Pushing Concentrated Solar Power to new Temperature Limits

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

Presenter: Kai Schickedanz, WACKER Chemie AG

Repairing and Upcycling of Electrode Materials from Spent Lithium Ion Batteries

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

Presenter: Guangmin Zhou, Tsinghua University

Thursday

Clean Energy Technologies Deserve Greener Critical Materials

BI01: Critical Raw Materials in Emerging Technology

Presenter: Yoshiko Fujita, Idaho National Laboratory

Biosourced Materials for Organic Electronics: Harnessing Nature's Potential for Sustainable Technology

SU06: Degradable Materials and Devices

Presenter: TBD

Solid-State Compact Cooling Devices Based on Electrocaloric Polymers

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

Presenter: Qibing Pei, University of California, Los Angeles

Applications for Elastocaloric and Magnetocaloric Heat Pumps

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

Presenter: Julie Slaughter, Ames Laboratory

Advances of CdTe Photovoltaics

EN05: Thin-Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics

Presenter: Gang Xiong, First Solar

Balancing Efficiency and Sustainability: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Perovskite and Chalcogenide Solar Cell Technologies

EN05: Thin-Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics

Presenter: Shahab Resalati, Oxford Brookes University

Multi-Dimensional Approaches Towards a Practical Use of Sulfide Solid Electrolytes

EN07 | Solid-State Alkali-Metal Batteries

Presenter: Chisu Kim, Hydro-Québec

Multi-Caloric Cooling for Room Temperature and Cryo-Applications

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

Presenter: Oliver Gutfleisch, TU Darmstadt

Friday

Novel synthetic approaches for high-mobility graphene: from decoupled graphene on Cu/sapphire to artificial intelligence assisted growth

EL03: Progress in van der Waals Heterostructures for Sustainable Electronics

Presenter: Camilla Coletti, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Advancing Sustainable Perovskite Photovoltaics Through Innovative Green Halide Chemistry

EL06 | Novel Perovskite Semiconductors and Optoelectronics

Presenter: Senol Oez, Solaveni GmbH

HydroGEN Consortium—Advancements in Renewable Hydrogen Production

SU04 | Protons in Solids, Fluids and Molecules

Presenter: Huyen Dinh, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Interested in other events relevant to Industry? See what else MRS has to offer:

Materials Needs for Energy Sustainability by 2050 panel
Materials Opportunities in Microelectronics Packaging and Heterointegration Workshop
Meet the New Research Hires Poster Session
Symposium BI01: Critical Raw Materials in Emerging Technology
Session EN05.11: Thin-Film Photovoltaics Industry Session
Symposium EL02: Innovations in Directed Self-Assembly for Next-Generation Nanomanufacturing
Session QT01.04: Innovative Fabrication Techniques for 2D Materials I