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.