October 20-21, 2022

8:30 a.m.  ET
Outside Alumni Hall

Registration opens
 

9:00 a.m. ET
Auditorium

Welcome to Materials Day
Clive Randall, Director Materials Research Institute, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET
Auditorium

KEYNOTE I:  UN International Year of Glass – Historical Perspective and Trends in Glass Research
John Mauro, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

10:00  a.m. - 10:45 a.m. ET
Auditorium

KEYNOTE II:  Key Roles of Materials in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Daniel Hayes, Professor of Biomedical Engineering

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET

Break

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Alumni Hall

Poster Session 1 and Industry Tabletops
Posters 1 - 80 (session 1)

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Alumni Hall
Lunch
1:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. ET
Alumni Hall 

Poster Session 2 and Industry Tabletops
Posters 1 - 80 (session 2)

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET
233B HUB 

CHIPS for America Act
Daniel Lopez Nanofabrication Laboratory Director, Liang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
James Alexander Liddle, Scientific Director of the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, NIST

The CHIPS for America Act is due to inject millions of research dollars into growing the semiconductor industry supply chain in the US. Universities are expected to play a role. Join this vibrant discussion to learn how Penn State lines up for participation in funded programs.

4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET
Millennium Science Complex (MSC)
3rd Floor Commons
 

Networking and Awards

6:00 p.m. ET
 3rd Floor Commons, MSC
Roy Awards
 

*Agenda subject to change.

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET Breakout Sessions I
8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. ET
MSC 3rd floor N-308A/B

Materials and Processes Challenges and Opportunities in the Transformation of Carbon and Hydrogen Economies  
Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE)
Materials Research Institute (MRI)

There is increasing awareness of our carbon footprint as we fight global warming. This session will focus on ways to reduce carbon emissions as we generate the energy needed for a productive society.

Panelists:

  • Ezra Clark, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Ismaila Dabo, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Juan Pablo Gevaudan, Assistant Professor Architectural Engineering
  • Mike Hickner*, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Corning Faculty Fellow
  • Gina Noh Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering
  • Juliana Vasco-Correa*, Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. ET
MSC 3rd floor W-306A/B

Wearables and Implantables for Health
Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
Materials Research Institute (MRI)

Healthcare is being reshaped by the availability of devices that a person can wear to monitor and share vital signs and other indicators of their health. This session will focus on programs that use IoT and other devices to improve health, healthcare, and wellbeing.

Panelists:

  • Timothy R. Brick, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
  • Larry Cheng, James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
  • Saptarshi Das, Associate Professor of Engineering, Science & Mechanics
  • Marty Sliwinski, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
  • Josh Smyth*, Distinguished Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Medicine
  • Susan Trolier-McKinstry* Evan Pugh University Professor and Steward S. Flaschen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. ET

Break

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. ET
MSC

Breakout Sessions II
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. ET
 MSC 3rd floor
W-306A/B

Regenerative Medicine and Engineering
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (HUCK)
Materials Research Institute (MRI)

We have become a disposable society that discards old items in favor of new ones. The medical field has done this historically using procedures such as joint replacement and use of prosthetics. This session will discuss the possibility of generating new body parts when old ones fail.

Panelists:

  • Dan Hayes, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Nanotherapeutics and Regenerative Medicine
  • Camelia Kantor, Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives; Associate Research Professor
  • Deb Kelly, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Director, Center for Structural Oncology
  • Xiaojun (Lance) Lian, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Alison MartinezSenior Technology Licensing Officer
  • Zoubeida Ounaies* Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  • Jian Yang*, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. ET
 MSC 3rd floor N-308A/B

Artificial Intelligence for Accelerating Materials Discovery, Design, and Synthesis
Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
Materials Research Institute (MRI)

Computing power has come a long way since we put a man on the moon. Whereas a smartphone is many times more powerful than computers were in 1969, new computers rival the human brain in scientific processes. This session will discuss applications of new computing technologies to shorten the time required to develop new materials.

Panelists:

  • Vin Crespi*, Distinguished Professor of Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, and Chemistry
  • Vasant Honavar*, Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology
  • John Mauro, Dorothy Pate Enright Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Education
  • Vijay Narayanan, A. Robert Noll Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering
  • Wes Reinhart, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Co-hire
  • Adri van Duin, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET

Lunch - 3rd Floor Commons, MSC
The objective of these sessions is to develop requests for proposal (RFP) in each area for Seed Project funding from the Institutes. The panelists from each session will return to the rooms listed below for further discussion and fine tuning of the proposals.  All are welcome to attend and provide input.

Working Lunch Discussions
N308: Regenerative Medicine and Engineering
W306: Artificial Intelligence for Accelerating Materials Discovery, Design and Synthesis
N201: Materials and Processes challenges and opportunities in the transformation of Carbon and Hydrogen Economies
N203: Wearables and Implantables for Health

1:30 p.m. Materials Day Ends

*Agenda subject to change.