Registration opens AUGUST 1, 2024

Tentative agenda subject to change without notice.

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 Director
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET
HUB: Heritage Hall		 External Keynote:  
Talk Title TBD 
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 
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 Director
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: Auditorium

Penn State Keynote I:   
Talk Title TBD
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
4:15 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)

4:45 p.m. Recognitions & Awards Announcement

 
8:00 a.m. ET
Millennium Science Complex (MSC)		 Registration 
Refreshments and coffee
 
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET
MSC W-306A/B		 BREAKOUT SESSION I
Critical minerals with a focus on AI, health, and social acceptance
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET
MSC N-308A/B		 BREAKOUT SESSION I
Recycling, reusing of composites and life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA)
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-201		 BREAKOUT SESSION II
Digital twinning with a focus on materials design and manufacturing and additive manufacturing processes
10:30 a.m. - 12 noon ET
MSC N-203		 BREAKOUT SESSION II
3D printing bio-functional implants and materials at the human health interface

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

MSC

 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