| Time |
Description |
| 8 to 9 a.m. |
Registration and Check In
Continental Breakfast Provided |
| Opening Remarks, Welcome, and Event Overview |
| 9 to 9:20 a.m. |
Opening Remarks
Ron Daniels, President, Johns Hopkins University
Ed Schlesinger, Benjamin T. Rome Dean, Whiting School of Engineering
Welcome and Event Overview
Mitra Taheri, Director, Materials Characterization and Processing Facility; Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Welcome to the MCP and Discussion of Workshop Themes for the Next Generation Facilities in the Age of the MGI and AI-Infrastructure: Sustainability, Supply Chain Resilience, Materials Discovery and Technology Acceleration |
Morning Presentations Based on Theme:
The Future of Materials Genome Initiative and the Role of Facilities in Realizing MGI Vision
Session Chair
David Elbert, Research Scientist, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), Johns Hopkins University
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| 9:25 to 9:45 a.m. |
Andrew Minor, Interim Director, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley |
| 9:45 to 10:05 a.m. |
Eric Stach, Robert D. Bent Professor of Engineering; Scientific Director, Singh Center for Nanotechnology; Director, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:05 to 10:25 a.m. |
Taylor Sparks, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah; Director, ReUSE REU |
| 10:25 to 10:35 a.m. |
Morning Coffee Break |
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Morning Flash Talks and Panel Discussion Based on Theme:
Opportunities for Academic and Federal Partnerships in Responding to Grand Technological Challenges
|
| 10:35 to 11:45 a.m. |
Panelists
Mark Benedict, Senior Scientist, Convergent Manufacturing, Air Force Research Laboratory
Theresa Cole, Director, Incubation Specialists, AI + Quantum, Microsoft
Cosima Boswell-Koller, Program Director, Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation
Aisha Haynes, Principal Director for Advanced Materials, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Tyrel McQueen, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University
Christopher Spadaccini, Division Leader, Materials Engineering Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
James Warren, Director, Materials Genome Program, National Institutes of Standards and Technology
Judith Yang, Group Leader, Electron Microscopy, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Discussion Leaders:
Melissa Griffith, Lecturer, Technology and National Security, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
Robert Rallo, Division Director, Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Lab |
| 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Lunch, Demos, and Tours of MCP and Related Facilities |
Midday Presentations Based on Theme:
Interdisciplinary, Accelerated, and Sustainable Materials Design and Manufacturing in the Age of AI and Machine Intelligence
Session Chair
David Shifler, Engr ’90 (MSE), ’93 (PhD), Program Officer, Office of Naval Research
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| 1 to 1:20 p.m. |
Markus Buehler, Jerry McAfee (1940) Professor in Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Center for Materials Science and Engineering and Center for Computational Science and Engineering, MIT |
| 1:20 to 1:40 p.m. |
Diran Apelian, Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine; Co-Founder and Board Chair, Solvus Ventures and Solvus Global; Co-Founder of Ascend Elements |
| 1:40 to 2 p.m. |
Nick Birbilis, Executive Dean, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Built Environment, Deakin University; Honorary Professor, Australian National University |
Midday Flash Talks and Panel Discussion Based on Theme:
The Role of AI, Agility, in Industry 4.0 and the Factories and Labs of the Future |
| 2:05 to 3 p.m. |
Panelists
David Allen, Director of Emerging Technology and Business (US Cellular)
Carelyn Campbell, Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group Leader, Materials Science and Engineering Division, Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dhanush Mariappan, Technology Manager, GE Vernova Advanced Research
Jeffrey Marks, Vice President, Government and Policy Advocacy, Ericsson
Anil Sachdev, Principal Technical Fellow and Lab Group Manager General Motors Company (ret.)
Steven Shooter, Senior Subject Matter Expert, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Venkat Vedula, Executive Director, Advanced Materials & Manufacturing, RTX Technology Research Center
Johan Vermij, Senior Research Analyst, 451 Research Internet of Things, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Joseph Zaccaria, Manager, Industry-Academia, Rockwell Automation
Discussion Leaders:
Benji Maruyama, Autonomous Materials Lead, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Ben Mintz, Director, Interconnected Science Ecosystem (INTERSECT), Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 3 to 3:10 p.m. |
Afternoon Coffee Break |
Afternoon Presentations Based on Theme:
Landscapes for Technology Transfer and Innovation — Successes and Challenges of University-Industry-Government Partnerships
Session Chair
Timothy Rupert, Engr ’07, 07 (MSE), Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Director, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI)
|
| 3:10 to 3:30 p.m. |
John Burer, Founder and CEO, American Center for Manufacturing & Innovation |
| 3:30 to 3:50 p.m. |
Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto; Research Scientist, Natural Resources Canada |
| 3:50 to 4:10 p.m. |
Isik Kizilyalli, Senior Director of Technology, Sustainability Accelerator, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University |
Afternoon Flash Talks and Panel Discussion Based on Theme:
How to Cross the Valley of Death in Technology Innovation and the Future of Cross Technical Readiness Level Research |
| 4:15 to 5:10 p.m. |
Panelists
Neil Cohen, Engr ’83, Chairman and Founder, Emerald Development Managers LP
Emily Kinser, Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Melanie Lang, Co-Founder and CEO, FormAlloy
Ken Malone, Executive Officer, Early Charm Ventures, LLC
David Nackashi, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Protochips, Inc.
Bryan Reed, Chief Technology Officer, Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions, Inc.
Jason Sebastian, Executive Vice President, Market Operations, QuesTek Innovations LLC
Navneet Vishwanathan, Senior Investment Associate, Squadra Ventures
Discussion Leaders:
Rob Carter, Director of Engineering, The Barnes Global Advisors (TBGA)
Jonah Erlebacher, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University |
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Poster Session, Reception, and Tours of MCP and Related Facilities
Session Chairs
Kenneth Livi, A&S ’91 (MS), ’95 (PhD), Associate Research Scientist and Director of Facilities Operations, Materials Characterization Processing Facility, Johns Hopkins University
Ian Dobbie, Reseach Professor, Department of Biology; Director, Johns Hopkins Integrated Imaging Center
Duncan Sousa, Operations Director, Beckman Center for Cryo-EM at Johns Hopkins
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| 5:20 to 6:30 p.m. |
Poster Session Based on Themes:
- Regional Science: Highlights from UMD, UMBC, Morgan State University
- Partnerships and Cross-Disciplinary Work
Tours of MCP and Related Facilities |
