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Conference Agenda

The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center

State College, Pennsylvania | June 14–18

Sunday, June 14

  • NAMRI Board of Directors Meeting (8 a.m.–4 p.m.)
  • Tutorials 1 and 2 (9–11 a.m.)
  • Tutorials 3 and 4 (12:30–2:30 p.m.)
  • Tutorials 5, 6, and 7 (2:45–4:45 p.m.)
  • ASME MED Executive Committee Meeting (3:15–5:15 p.m.)
  • Lab Tour (5–6 p.m. in 230)
  • Welcome Reception (6:30–8 p.m.)

Monday, June 15

  • Breakfast (7–8 a.m.)
  • Welcome Plenary (8–9:30 a.m.)
  • Poster Session Open (All Day)
  • Student Manufacturing Design Competition (10:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m.)
  • MSEC Technical Sessions (9:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m.)
  • NAMRC Paper Sessions (9:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m.)
  • Technical Writing Workshop (10:35–11:50 a.m.)
  • Lunch & Keynote (noon–2 p.m.)
  • NAMRI Scientific Committee (noon–1:45 p.m.)
  • Career Fair (2:30–3:30 p.m.)
  • Poster Session (3:45–5:45 p.m.)
  • JMSE Editorial Board Meeting (3:45–4:30 p.m.)
  • State of ASME NAMRI Member Meeting (4:45–5:15 p.m.)
  • State of ASME MED Member Meeting (5:15–5:45 p.m.)
  • Networking Reception and Engineering Lab Tours at West Campus (6–8 p.m.)

Tuesday, June 16

  • Breakfast (7–8 a.m.)
  • Welcome and Keynote (8–9 a.m.)
  • Poster Session Open (All Day)
  • SME Journals Meeting (7:30–9:30 a.m.)
  • AI for Manufacturing Panel (9–10:15 a.m.)
  • MSEC Technical Sessions (9:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m.)
  • NAMRC Paper Sessions (9:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m.)
  • Manufacturing Workforce Development Panel (10:30–11:45 a.m.)
  • ASME MED Award Lunch and Speaker (noon–2:30 p.m.)
  • Blue Sky Sessions (1:45–4:30 p.m.)
  • Women in Advanced Manufacturing Forum (4:45–6 p.m.)
  • Xact Metal Tour (5–6 p.m.)
  • NSF Early Career Forum (6–8 p.m.)
  • SME Journal Reception (6–7:30 p.m.)

Wednesday, June 17

  • Breakfast (7–8 a.m.)
  • Welcome and Keynote (8–9 a.m.)
  • Poster Session Open (All Day)
  • Doctoral Symposia (9 a.m.–6 p.m.)
  • Federal Agency Roundtable (9–10:15 a.m.)
  • MSEC Technical Sessions (9:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m. in Rooms)
  • NAMRC Paper Sessions (9:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m. in Rooms)
  • International Collaborative Research and Education Session (ICRE) (10:30–11:45 a.m.)
  • SME/NAMRI Award Lunch (noon–1:30 p.m.)
  • Chill Out with SME Membership Meeting (1:45–3 p.m.)
  • Industry Faculty Roundtable (1:45–3 p.m.)
  • Blacks in Advanced-Additive Manufacturing (3:15–4:30 p.m.)
  • Critical Research Gaps in Manufacturing from Industry Perspective Panel (4:45–6 p.m.)
  • Banquet (6:30–8 p.m.)

Thursday, June 18

  • Breakfast (7–8 a.m.)
  • Founders Lecture (8–9 a.m.)
  • Manufacturing Education Workshops (9–10:15 a.m.)
  • MSEC Technical Sessions (9:30–11:45 a.m.)
  • NAMRC Paper Sessions (9:30–11:45 a.m.)
  • Boxed Lunches (noon–1 p.m.)
  • Lab Tours (1–2:30 p.m.)