Talks and presentations

Various presentations I've contribued to over the years and sessions chaired at the at American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) annual meetings can be found at the following links with 3 subtle variations of my name:

• www.aiche.org/proceedings/people/christopher-r-iacovella-13
• www.aiche.org/proceedings/people/chris-iacovella
• www.aiche.org/proceedings/people/christopher-iacovella
• www.aiche.org/search/site/iacovella

Invited Contributions

• Ismail AE, Iacovella CR (presenting author), Klein C, Sallai, J (2016) Validation of Computational Models and Codes, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Iacovella CR, Varga G, Sallai J, Ledeczi A, McCabe C, Cummings PT (2015) Application of concepts from modeling integrated computing for the design of soft materials, The Materials Society (TMS) 2015 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Orlando, Fl 2015
• Iacovella CR, French WR, Cummings PT (2014) Structure-Conductance Relationships in Atomic-Scale Junctions: Insights from Reactive Molecular Simulation, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
• Iacovella CR (2014) Structure-Conductance Relationships in Atomic-Scale Junctions: Insights from Reactive Molecular Simulation Aachener VerfahrensTechnik (Aachen Chemical Engineering Department Seminar), RWTH Aachen, Aachen Germany, January 15, 2014
• Iacovella CR (2014) Improved Computational Models via Synthesis Mimetic Simulation: Applications to Nano Confined Systems I3MS Seminar Series, Aachen Institute for Advanced STudy in Computational Engineering Science, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, January 13, 2014
• Iacovella CR, French WR, Cummings PT (2011) Flexible order parameters for quantifying the rate-dependent energy release mechanism of Au nanowires (poster) Department of Energy Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) Conference, Denver, CO
• Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC (2011) Self-Assembly of Complex Crystals and Quasicrystals from Patchy and Polymer-Tethered Nanoparticle Shape Amphiphiles American Chemical Society, National Meeting, Anaheim, CA
• Iacovella CR (2011) Self-Assembly of Patchy Particles and Polymer-Tethered Nanoparticle Shape Amphiphiles Colorado University at Boulder, Department of Chemical Engineering, Jayaraman Research Group, Boulder, CO
• Iacovella CR, Keys AS, Glotzer SC (2009) Controlling the Assembly of Tethered Nanoparticles Through Building Block Architecture (Applications of Shape Matching Techniques) University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Chemical Engineering, Peters Research Group, Santa Barbara, CA
• Iacovella CR, Keys AS, Glotzer SC (2009) Application of Shape Matching Techniques to the Complex Phases of Polymer Tethered Nanoparticles Vanderbilt University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Cummings Group, Nashville, TN
• Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC (2008) Using Anisotropy to Self-Assemble Nanoparticles: The Utility of Simulation Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science, Stellacci Group, Boston, MA
• Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC (2007) Emergence of order in nanoparticle assemblies by exploiting building block anisotropy American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
• Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC (2007) Forward and inverse design of hierarchically-ordered functional assemblies from anisotropic nanocolloids American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
• Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC (2007) Self assembly of tethered-nanoparticle "shape amphiphiles": A new class of complex fluids American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Presenting Author Contributions

• Quach CD, Gilmer JB, Pert D, Mason-Hogans A, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT, McCabe C, (2022) High-Throughput Screening of Tribological Properties of Monolayer Films using Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Machine Learning, Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulations (FOMMS) 2022, July 20, 2022
• Iacovella CR, Shamaprasad P, Frame CO, Bunge AL, McCabe C, (2021) Development of Coarse-Grained Forcefields for the Self-Assembly of Ceramide-Based Lipid Membranes, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 11, 2021
• Iacovella CR, Shamaprasad P, Frame CO, Bunge AL, McCabe C, (2020) Multiscale Modeling of Stratum Corneum Lipid Membranes, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, virtual, 2020
• Iacovella CR, Summers AZ, Gilmer JB, Cummings PT, and McCabe C, (2019) Examination of the Relationships between Terminal Group Chemistry and Tribological Properties in Monolayer Films through Molecular Dynamics Screening, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 14, 2019
• Gilmer JB, Klein C,, Summers AZ, Thompson MW, Volgyesi P, McCabe C, Cummings PT, Sallai J, Iacovella CR (2019) Foyer: A Framework for Defining Force Field Usage Semantics and Atom-Typing Molecular Systems, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 12, 2019.
• Iacovella CR, Moore TC, Shamaprasad P, Bunge AL, McCabe C, (2019) Examination of the role of ceramide headgroup chemistry and chain length on stratum corneum lipid bilayers, Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Barrier Function of Mammalian Skin, Waterville Valley, NH, August 11, 2019
• Iacovella CR, Summers AZ, Cummings PT, and McCabe C, (2019) Screening Structure-Property Relationships in Lubricating Monolayer Films through Molecular Dynamics Simulation, International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design (PPEPPD), May 14, 2019
• Iacovella CR, Moore TC, Shamaprasad PK, Bunge AL, McCabe C, (2018) Multiscale Modeling of Stratum Corneum Lipid Mixtures, Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulations (FOMMS) 2018, Delavan, WI, July 16 2018
• Cummings PT, Gilmer JB, Klein C, Sallai J, Summers AZ, Iacovella CR (presenting author), Ledeczi A, Volgyesi P, and McCabe C, (2018) MoSDeF: Molecular Simulation and Design Framework for Transparent, Reproducible, Usable By Others, Extensible Simulations (TRUE), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 1, 2018.
• Summers AZ, Iacovella CR (presenting author), Cummings PT, McCabe C, (2018) Screening Structure-Property Relationships in Lubricating Monolayer Films through Molecular Dynamics Simulation, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 28, 2018.
• Iacovella CR, Klein C, Gilmer JB, Summers AZ, Black JE, Sallai J, Volgyesi P, McCabe C, Cummings PT, (2018) Foyer: A Framework for Defining Force Field Usage Semantics and Atom-Typing Molecular Systems, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 29, 2018.
• Iacovella CR, Moore TC, Shamaprasad P, Bunge AL, and McCabe C, (2018) Mulitscale Modeling of Stratum Corneum Lipid Mixtures, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2, 2018.
• Klein C, Russell WL, Iacovella CR (presenting author), McCabe C, Cummings PT (2017) Hydration Structure and Dynamics of Poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
• Klein C, Sallai J, Summers AZ, Iacovella CR, Ledeczi A, McCabe C, Cummings PT, (2017) Hands-on Molecular Simulation Workshop: Mosdef: Molecular Simulation and Design Framework, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
• Iacovella CR, Klein C, Jones TJ, McCabe C, Cummings PT, (2017) Screening Self-Assembled Monolayers for Lubrication Properties: Trends and Pitfalls, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
• McCabe C, Klein C, Summers AZ, Cummings PT, Sallai J, Iacovella CR (presenting author), (2017) Foyer: A Framework for Defining Force Field Usage Semantics and Atom-Typing Molecular Systems, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
• Iacovella CR, Moore TC, Hartkamp R, McCabe C (2016) The Influence of Lipid Tail Length and Cholesterol Content on the Structure of Model Stratum Corneum Bilayers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Klein C, McCabe C, Cummings PT, Sallai J, Iacovella CR (presenting) (2016) A Logic-Based Framework for Defining Force Field Usage Semantics and Atom-Typing Molecular Systems, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Klein C, Iacovella CR (presenting), Sallai J, Ledeczi A, McCabe C, Cummings PT, (2016) Application of Concepts from Modeling Integrated Computing for Molecular Simulation for Workflow Encapsulation, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Iacovella CR, Klein C, Sallai J, Nordin N, Ledeczi A, McCabe C, Cummings PT, (2015) mBuild: A Hierarchical , Component Based Molecule Builder, Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation (FOMMS), Mt. Hood, OR 2015.
• Iacovella CR, Moore TC, Guo S, McCabe C, (2014) Simulation Study of the Impact of Cholesterol on Ceramide-Based Lipid Bilayers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 2014.
• Iacovella CR, Guo S, Moore TC, McCabe C (2014) Simulation Study of the Morphology of Ceramide and Cholesterol Bilayers, Biomolecular Structure, Dynamics, and Function: Membrane Proteins Conference, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• Iacovella CR, Guo S, Moore TC, McCabe C (2013) A Comparative Study of Gromos- and Charmm-based Force Fields for the Simulation of Non-Hydroxy Ceramide Bilayers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• French WR, Iacovella CR* (presenting author), Cummings PT (2013) Investigating Structurally Realistic Molecular Transport Junctions via Atomistic Simulations and Conductance Calculations, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Mukherjee S, Haley JD, Iacovella CR* (presenting author), McCabe C, Cummings PT (2013) Calculation of the Vapor-Liquid Phase Coexistence of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Iacovella CR, Moore TC, McCabe C, (2013) Coarse-grained Potential Derivation via Multistate Iterative Boltzmann Inversion, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Iacovella CR, Docherty H, Gebbie MA, Valtiner M, Banquy X, Israelachvili JN, and Cummings PT (2012) The Structural Ordering of Ionic Liquids Nanoconfined Between Charged Walls, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA
• Iacovella CR, Varga G, Mukherjee S, Ledeczi A, Cummings PT, (2012) Calculation of the percolation and vapor-liquid coexistence of alkane-tethered nanoparticles: a model-integrated computing approach, Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation (FOMMS), Mt. Hood, OR
• Iacovella CR, Keys AS, Glotzer SC (2012) Self Assembly of Soft Matter Quasicrystals and Their Approximants American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA
• Iacovella CR, French WR, and Cummings PT (2011) Formation of Polyhedral Structures in Elongated Gold Nanowires, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
• Iacovella CR and Cummings PT (2011) Simulation of Nano-confined Fluids and Colloids Using GPUs, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
• Iacovella CR, Keys AS, Glotzer SC (2011) Self Assembly of Soft Matter Quasicrystals and Their Approximants, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
• Iacovella CR, French WR, and Cummings PT (2010) Formation of Polyhedral Structures in Elongated Gold Nanowires, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
• Iacovella CR, Rogers RE, Glotzer SC and Solomon MJ (2010) Pair Interaction Potentials of Colloids by Extrapolation of Confocal Microscopy Measurements of Collective Structure, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
• Iacovella CR, Keys AS and Glotzer SC (2010) Creating Flexible Order Parameters Using Shape Matching I: Applications to Self-Assembly, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
• Iacovella CR, French WR, Pu Q, Leng Y, and Cummings PT (2009) Structural Characterization of the Rate-Dependent Energy Release Mechanism of Gold Nanowires Under Elongation, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN
• Keys AS, Iacovella CR* (presenting author), and Glotzer SC (2009) Characterizing Structure in Particle Systems Using Shape-Matching, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN
• Iacovella CR, Keys AS, and Glotzer SC (2009) The Self-Assembly of Entropy Stabilized Quasicrystals, Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation (FOMMS), Blaine, WA
• Iacovella CR and Glotzer SC (2008) Self-Assembly of Ditethered Nanospheres and Comparison with Triblock Copolymer Mesophases, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
• Iacovella CR, Vanipalli SA, Sung KE, Mukhija D, Millunchick JM, Burns MA, Solomon MJ, and Glotzer SC (2008) Fluidic Assembly and Packing of Microspheres in Confined Channels, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
• Iacovella CR, Horsch MA, and Glotzer SC (2008) Local Ordering of Tethered Nanospheres and Nanorods and the Stabilization of The Gyroid Phase, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
• Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC, Keys AS, L.M. Bartolo and C.S. Lowe (2007) Emerging Cybertools for Soft Matter Education Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston, MA
• Iacovella CR Horsch MA, Zhang Z-L, and Glotzer SC (2007) The Phase Behavior Of Mono And Ditethered Nanospheres: Effect Of Particle Size And Tether Placement, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
• Iacovella CR, Horsch MA, Keys AS, Zhang Z-L, and Glotzer SC (2007) Local Ordering Of Tethered Nanospheres And Nanorods and the Stabilization Of The Gyroid Phase, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
• Iacovella CR, Keys AS, Solomon MJ, M.A. Burns, and Glotzer SC (2007) Molecular Simulation Modules In Undergraduate And Graduate Education: Examples From Molecular Engineering, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
• Iacovella CR, Keys AS, Horsch MA, and Glotzer SC (2007) Icosahedral Packing of Polymer-Tethered Nanospheres and Stabilization of the Gyroid Phase, American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Denver, CO
• Iacovella CR, Keys AS, Horsch MA, and Glotzer SC (2006) Icosahedral Packing of Polymer-Tethered Nanospheres and Stabilization of the Gyroid Phase, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Iacovella CR, Horsch MA, Z-L Zhang, and Glotzer SC (2005) Phase diagrams of self-assembled mono-tethered nanospheres from molecular simulation and comparison to surfactants, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH
• Iacovella CR, Horsch MA, Z-L Zhang, and Glotzer SC (2004) Packing in Self-Assembled Tethered Nanospheres: Role of Geometry and Topology, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Austin, TX
• Iacovella CR, Horsch MA, D.A. Kofke, and Glotzer SC (2004) Teaching molecular simulation and its use as a research tool, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Annual Meeting, Austin, TX
• Iacovella CR, Horsch MA, Z-L Zhang, and Glotzer SC (2004) Self-Assembly of Tethered Nanoparticles, Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Conference, Buffalo, NY
• Iacovella CR and Glotzer SC (2003) Phase separation in the Etomica molecular simulation environment utilizing dissipative particle dynamics, Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience Workshop Series; Electronic, Atomistic, and Mesoscale Simulation Methods for Nanoscience Applications, Oak Ridge, TN 2003.
• Singh JK, Iacovella CR, D.A. Kofke (2003) Etomica, an API for Molecular Simulation (poster) Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation, Keystone, CO