Penn Stater Conference Center
 

2018 industryXchange Enhancing Health

Building on the success of the inaugural industryXchange from last spring and positive feedback received from industry, we are excited to announce this year’s event focusing on the theme of Enhancing Health on May 14 at The Penn Stater.

To present a holistic picture of Penn State’s expertise and capabilities to the industry, we are expanding this year’s event to include faculty across colleges and campuses within Penn State. We are also inviting government agencies to enable you to explore joint proposal submission opportunities with industry.

The topics below have been planned for the afternoon break-out sessions.

  1. Data Analytics and Machine Learning
    Session Chairs:
    Dr. Conrad Tucker, associate professor of engineering design and industrial and manufacturing engineering, College of Engineering
    Dr. Prasenjit Mitra, professor of information sciences and technology, College of Information Sciences and Technology
  2. 3-D Printing/Bio-Manufacturing
    Session Chair:
    Dr. Guha Manogharan, assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering, College of Engineering
  3. Autonomous Vehicles
    Session Chair:
    Dr. Amy Pritchett, department head of aerospace engineering, College of Engineering
  4. Regenerative Medicine
    Session Chairs:
    Dr. Justin Brown, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering
    Dr. Dan Hayes, associate professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering
  5. Bio-Medical Imaging/Diagnostic Technology
    Session Chairs:
    Dr. Nanyin Zhang, professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering
    Dr. Raj Kothapalli, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering
  6. Immuno-therapy
    Session Chairs:
    Dr. Justin Pritchard, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering
    Dr. Scott Medina, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering
  7. Wearables and Mobile Devices
    Session Chair:
    Dr. Sven Bilén, head of SEDTAPP and professor of engineering design, electrical engineering, and aerospace engineering, College of Engineering
  8. Drug Delivery
    Session Chair:
    Dr. Siyang Zheng, associate professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering
  9. Bio-Mechanics
    Session Chairs:
    Dr. John Elfar, vice chairman, orthapaedic surgery and rehabilitation, College of Medicine
    Dr. Meghan Vidt, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering

For more information about focus of each break-out session, refer to this document.

If you have any suggestions for topic areas and/or companies you’d like to invite, please reach out to Priya Baboo at pzb104@psu.edu.