10:30 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. – Welcome
14th Floor Auditorium
- Jen Gilburg, Deputy Secretary for Technology & Entrepreneurship, PA Department of Community and Economic Development
10:35 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. – Industry Keynote
14th Floor Auditorium
- Chris Scafario, President and CEO, Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC)
11:20 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. – Manufacturing Fellows Panel
14th Floor Auditorium
- Moderator: Jen Gilburg, Deputy Secretary for Technology & Entrepreneurship, PA Department of Community and Economic Development
- Panel: Kristopher Connelly, Robert Morris University; Madison Haraschak, Penn State University, Berks; Trent Vacula, University of Pittsburgh
11:45 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. – Manufacturing Innovation Program Update
14th Floor Auditorium
- Jennifer Leinbach, Executive Director, PA Department of Community and Economic Development
11:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. – Photo of Fellows
14th Floor Auditorium
12:00 p.m. – Lunch & Student Poster Session/Manufacturing Showcase
12th Floor Atrium and Room 1205
- 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Student Poster Session
- 12:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Manufacturing Showcase
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. – Lightning Talks on Manufacturing Innovations
Materials Development
Room 1153
- Session Chair: Ronald Kander, Dean & Senior Associate Provost, Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, Thomas Jefferson University
Synthesizing High Value Materials from Agricultural Biomass
- Ronald Kander, Thomas Jefferson University
CleanGraphene: Physical Characterizations and Performance Evaluations
- Randy Vander Wal, Professor, Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State University
Manufacturing Lightweight Aggregate from Synergistic Integration of Significant Pennsylvania Solid Waste Streams including Coal Combustion Ash, Fiberglass-polymer Composite, and Soda-lime Glass
- Yaghoob (Amir) Farnam, Associate Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
Multifunctional Magnesium Oxide Cement Composites for Building Products
- Christopher Kitchens, Professor and Chair, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Villanova University
In-line Laser-based Advanced Manufacturing of Nanocrystalline Alloys for Electrification Applications
- Paul Ohodnicki, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh
High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage: Future Outlook and Key Challenges
- Animesh Kundu, Research Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University
Additive Manufacturing & Smart Manufacturing
Room 1146
- Session Chair: Sandra DeVincent Wolf, Executive Director, Manufacturing Futures Institute and NextManufacturing Center; Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Additive Manufacturing Overview
- Todd Palmer, Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State University
Exploring Next Generation Laser Sources for Advanced Manufacturing
- Todd Palmer, Penn State University
Innovations and Challenges in Additive Manufacturing: Toward Smart and Adaptive Materials
- Babak Eslami, Associate Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering, Widener University
Human-AI Collaboration for Optimized Manufacturing Processes in Smart and Modular Production Systems
- Pingbo Tang, Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Applying the Digital Twin Model
- Charles Stricker, Assistant Teaching Professor, Engineering, Penn State University, Berks
2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. – Celebrating Collaboration with Cookies
12th Floor Atrium and Room 1205
This program is funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development.