25th Anniversary Sukant Tripathy Memorial Symposium

Sukant Tripathy, Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, died on December 12, 2000 in a swimming accident in Hawaii after lecturing at a conference of the Polymer Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. In 1985, he joined the chemistry faculty at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He founded and served as director of the Center for Advanced Materials from 1992. He also served the University as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs from 1994 to 1996.
  • Date: Friday, December 5, 2025
  • Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Where: UMass Lowell, University Crossing, Moloney Hall Suite 203, 220 Pawtucket Street, Lowell, MA 01854
  • Cost: Free!

Faculty and industry researchers will present their latest work on advanced materials.

The University of Massachusetts Lowell honors the memory of the late Prof. Sukant Tripathy at the annual symposium. Sukant was a renowned researcher and former director of the Center for Advanced Materials, university provost and vice chancellor.

If you or your group are interested in presenting a POSTER at the Symposium this year, please submit by email your: 

  • Title, 
  • Author(s)
  • Brief Abstract

Please submit no later than November 18th, 2025 to Susan_Damore@uml.edu and be sure to register for the Symposium.

The poster size is 42"W x 36"H.

Register for the 2025 Sukant Tripathy Memorial Symposium

Preliminary Program

Morning Session

TimeEvent / SpeakerTopic
8 - 8:30 a.m.Registration and Coffee
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.Welcome
8:45 - 9:30 a.m.Ammu Mathew, Ph.D., U.S. Army DEVCOM Soldier Center, Natick, Mass.TBA
9:30 - 10:15 a.m.Professor (Prof.) Alfred Crosby, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Mass.TBA
10:15-10:30 a.m.Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15 a.m.Prof. Jeong OK Lim, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NCTBA
11:15 a.m. – NoonProf. Suri Iyer, Chemistry Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Mass.TBA
Noon – 1:30 p.m.Lunch and Poster Session

Afternoon Session

TimeEvent / SpeakerTopic
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.Prof. Gary Wnek, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OHTBA
2:15 – 3 p.m.Aneil Tripathy, Ph.D., Ceres, Research Affiliate, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, MIT Sloan School of ManagementTBA
3 – 3:15 p.m.Coffee Break
3:15 - 4 p.m.Prof. Archana Kamal, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, ILTBA
4 - 4:15 p.m.Prof. Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Co-Director of HEROES and Fabric Discovery Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Mass.Closing Remarks