JANUARY MEETING: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 5:45pm (US Central)

LOCATION:
In person: Chambers Hall, Lower Level
600 Foster Steet, Evanston Campus

AGENDA:
5:45pm - Meet and Greet
6:00pm - Talk by Shivani Kozarekar, PhD Candidate, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Maya Milrod, PhD Student, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
6:45pm - Q&A

ABSTRACT:
Predicting Ceiling Temperature for Recyclable Polymer Design Using Machine Learning
The rapid rise in plastic production and low recycling rates have driven the need for sustainable, recyclable materials like intrinsically circular polymers (ICPs), which can be easily recycled back to their building blockss. Predicting a system's ceiling temperature (Tc), a key indicator of its intrinsic recyclability, is challenging due to complex thermodynamic interactions. I'll share work on machine learning models that estimate Tc by predicting enthalpy and entropy of polymerization and how they are combined with chemical network expansion tools to identify novel ICPs and support plastic waste reduction efforts

DATA SCIENCE NIGHTS are monthly talks on data science techniques or applications, organized by Northwestern University graduate students and scholars. Aspiring, beginning, and advanced data scientists are welcome! For more information: http://bit.ly/nico-dsn

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