Materials Day 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006, 3:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel
Schedule of Events:
Monday, April 10, 2006
- A keynote presentation will open the event followed by a table-top exhibition/reception organized to allow industry, economic development agencies and PSU Centers to showcase their products and activities.
- 3:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., Keynote Presentation
Full-Life Systems Engineering of Structural Metals, Dr. Dennis M. Dimiduk, Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Download Presentation (4153KB PDF)
- 4:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Reception and Table-top Exhibition
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
- Penn State faculty, staff, students and industry will gather to participate in plenary lectures from federal government, industry leaders and commercialization specialists on future material needs, and participate in an interactive poster session on Penn State research programs.
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., Registration
- 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Invited Presentations
- Materials Challenges for the Global Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries, Dr. Thomas F. Degnan, Director of Materials, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
- Carbon: The Wonder Element for Fundamental Science and Profit, Prof. Peter Eklund, Physics Department, Penn State
- Creating Value with Materials: Today, and What's Next, Dr. Gary Calabrese, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Rohm and Haas Company - - Download Presentation (3968KB PDF)
- Defense-Related Materials and Manufacturing Research, Dr. Thomas Donnellan, Associate Director, Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State - - Download Presentation (1030KB PDF)
- Commercialization, Sec. Dennis Yablonsky, Pennsylvania's Secretary of Community and Economic Development
- Materials Challenges for the Global Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries, Dr. Thomas F. Degnan, Director of Materials, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
- 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Interactive Poster Session on Penn State Research Programs
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Interactive Poster Session on Penn State Research Programs
