Frontiers in New Manufacturing Program

May 4  |  9 AM–1 PM
Photonics Building, Room 206
8 St. Mary’s Street, Boston, MA

Opening

8:30–9 AM  |  Breakfast
Buffet available in the second-floor lobby

9–9:15 AM  |  Welcome & Opening Remarks

Elise Morgan
Dean, College of Engineering, Maysarah K. Sukkar Professor of Engineering Design and Innovation

Gerald Fine
Symposium Facilitator, Former Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering, Director of Engineering Product Innovation Center (EPIC), Executive Director of Innovate@BU

9:15–9:30 AM  |  Keynote Introduction & Tribute

Paul Karger (ENG’00)
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, TwinFocus

Featured Talks

9:30–9:45 AM  |  Turning Instability into Functionality

Doug Holmes
Ted de Winter Faculty Fellow, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering

9:45–10 AM  |  Mentorship in Real-World Engineering

Rabia Yazicigil
Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

10–10:15 AM  |  Single Piece Flow in Aerospace Manufacturing

James Florio (ENG’07)
Compressor Airfoils Operations Leader, GE Aerospace

10:15–10:30 AM  |  Additive Manufacturing of Electronic Skins and Musculofascial Multifunctional Structures

Will Boley
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering

10:30–10:45 AM  |  Manufacturing and Moore’s Law

Mike Messina
Manufacturing Engineering Department Manager, ASML

10:45–11 AM  |  Break

Student Presentations

11 AM–12 PM  |  Senior Design Team Presentations

Moderator:
Mike McCullough (ENG’03)
Vice President, Corporate Development, Thermo Fisher Scientific

11–11:10 AM — Presentation #1
11:10–11:20 AM — Presentation #2
11:20–11:30 AM — Presentation #3
11:30–11:40 AM — Presentation #4
11:40–11:50 AM — Presentation #5
11:50 AM–12 PM — Presentation #6

Afternoon Talks

12–12:15 PM  |  DAMP Lab: Designing Biology

Doug Densmore
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering

12:15–12:30 PM  |  Metamaterials and Mechanical Performance

Keith Brown
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Physics

12:30–12:45 PM  |  EPIC: In Pursuit of Excellence

Steve Chomyszak
Professor of the Practice, Mechanical Engineering Director of EPIC

Closing

12:45–1 PM  |  Student Awards

Neha Burke
General Manager, Specialty Grains & Powders, Saint-Gobain Ceramics

1 PM  |  Closing Remarks

Elise Morgan
Dean, College of Engineering, Maysarah K. Sukkar Professor of Engineering Design and Innovation

1–1:30 PM  |  Lunch

Second-floor lobby