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8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
HUB: Outside Alumni Hall		 Registration 
Refreshments and coffee
 
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. ET
HUB: Heritage Hall		 Welcome to Materials Day
Clive Randall, Director, Materials Research Institute, 
Evan Pugh University Professor of Materials Science and Engineering 
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET
HUB: Heritage Hall

External Keynote:  
Manufacturing Innovation for America’s Clean Energy Future
Introduction: Clive Randall, Director, Materials Research Institute, Evan Pugh University Professor of Materials Science and Engineering 

Dr. Christopher J. Saldaña, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. ET
HUB: Heritage Hall

External Keynote:  
Achieving Manufacturing Resilience 
Introduction: Daniel Lopez, Liang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Director of the Nanofabrication Lab

Federico Sciammarella, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at MxD (Manufacturing times Digital)
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET
HUB: Alumni Hall		 Poster Session I & Industry Tabletops
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
HUB: Heritage Hall		 Lunch

12:45 p.m.- 1:15 p.m. ET

HUB: Heritage Hall

 State of MRI
Clive Randall, Director, Materials Research Institute, 
Evan Pugh University Professor of Materials Science and Engineering 
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET
HUB: Alumni Hall		 Poster Session II & Industry Tabletops
3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. ET
HUB: HUB Heritage Hall

Penn State Keynote
(Re)Focusing on the Human Dimension: How Immersive Technologies and Human-centered Design Can Advance Materials Research
Introduction: Zoubeida Ounaies, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Director, Materials Research Institute

Jessica Menold, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Scarlett Miller, Professor in Engineering Design and Manufacturing
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
HUB: Alumni Hall

Reception with Hors D' Oeuvres and Beverages:
Industry Tabletops, Posters from Penn State Organizations, and Awards (awards include winning posters and Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials awards)

4:15 p.m. Reception Welcome by Andrew Read, Senior Vice President for Research, Evan Pugh University Professor of Biology and Entomology

4:25p.m.  Roy Awards, Best Posters, and Materials Day Bingo Drawing 

 
8:00 a.m. ET
Millennium Science Complex (MSC)		 Registration 
Coffee service
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET
MSC N-308A/B		 BREAKOUT SESSION I
Critical Minerals: Exploring AI applications, health implications, sustainability, and socio-political considerations
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET
MSC N-203A/B		 BREAKOUT SESSION I
Recycling and reusing of composites
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. ET
MSC 3rd Floor Commons		 Break, coffee, and networking
10:30 a.m. - 12 noon ET
MSC N-308A/B		 BREAKOUT SESSION II
Additive and digital manufacturing of multimaterial systems
10:30 a.m. - 12 noon ET
MSC N-203 A/B		 BREAKOUT SESSION II
3D printed biofunctional implants and materials at the human health interface

12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. ET

MSC 3rd Floor Commons

 Working Lunch & Team Forming Networking Session
An RFP for seed projects in the areas covered by the breakout sessions will be announced in November 2024 and PSU faculty teams will be required to propose seed projects.  Take this time to meet others in your field and form teams to propose projects.
1:30 p.m. ET
 		 Materials Day Concludes