Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020
Time: Noon to 2:00 p.m.
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 3
Sponsored by: TMS Materials Innovation Committee
Moderator: Charles Ward, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Explore the concepts and technologies that are revolutionizing the materials and manufacturing arenas at the inaugural Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Spotlight Lecture. Hear perspectives from three respected technical experts and leaders in their fields on three emerging technologies. Registrants can purchase a boxed lunch through the TMS2020 registration form, but anyone can attend the lectures at no cost.
Featured Speakers
Glenn Daehn, The Ohio State University
Presentation Title: "Metamorphic Manufacturing: A New Frontier for Digital Manufacturing"
About the Presentation
Imagine agile, robotic arms able to shape metals into highly precise parts, large and small, with almost no waste. Now, imagine that this methodology can also create new market opportunities and increased economic growth. Metamorphic Manufacturing, a new technology that forges metal objects to precise specifications, takes the skill and force of a human metalsmith and replicates it with a combination of robotic systems, intelligent machines, sensors, and integrated computational learning (i.e., artificial intelligence). Also called robotic blacksmithing, this has enormous potential to be a disruptive manufacturing technology, particularly for the production of highly specialized, complex, customized parts. It can be applied to a variety of metals, and has the ability to control properties with high precision and a low carbon dioxide footprint. Metamorphic Manufacturing will call for new types of training and education and will yield new types of jobs. The first industries most likely to benefit are aerospace, maritime, and automotive, while defense and medical sectors are expected to take great advantage of this technology. Compared with similar technologies, Metamorphic Manufacturing can be cheaper, faster, produce higher quality parts and with a lower carbon output. Join us to learn how this technology could potentially shape the future of advanced manufacturing.
About the Speaker
Glenn Daehn is the Fontana Professor of Metallurgical Engineering at The Ohio State University. His research, education, and service efforts are all related to the interwoven themes of manufacturing revival, which in turn depends on technology development, regional industry, and the development of a world- class workforce. Daehn is active in a number of manufacturing initiatives, including playing key roles in establishing the Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow Manufacturing USA Institute, the Ohio State Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence, and the Ohio Manufacturing Institute.
Maneesh Gupta, Air Force Research Laboratory
Presentation Title: "Synthetic Biology: An Emerging Toolkit for Materials Manufacturing"
About the Presentation
The field of synthetic biology seeks to engineer organisms, unlocking manufacturing capabilities for the production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, materials, sensors, and more. Biological systems have the unique capability to assemble materials from the bottom-up with molecular level precision enabling them to create unrivaled materials using a limited chemical palette.
The U.S. Department of Defense currently faces a broad range of materials challenges. For example, there is a critical need for agile supply chains of critical materials and components. Additionally, the push for miniaturization, light-weighting, and materials with enhanced properties has created a need for rapid development and expanded access to new materials chemistry. Strategic utilization of synthetic biology has the potential to provide new materials capabilities that can address many of these critical challenges. This talk will highlight synthetic biology efforts to enable new solutions to these challenges.
About the Speaker
Maneesh Gupta is a materials scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. His field of expertise is the processing and characterization of bio-inspired protein-based materials with specific emphasis on the ability to produce materials with tunable and graded properties. Previously, Gupta was a posdoctoral fellow with Michael McAlpine at Princeton University, where he developed additive manufacturing methods for the incorporation of controlled release capsules in 3-D printed tissue engineering matrices. He completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology working on responsive nanocomposites with tunable optical properties. He also holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Celia Merzbacher, Quantum Economic Development Consortium
Presentation Title: "Materials for Quantum and Quantum for Materials"
About the Presentation
Quantum technologies are leading to novel applications, including sensors, communications, and computing. Advances in such applications depend on understanding materials and their relationship to device performance. Materials and manufacturing will be essential to transitioning quantum technologies from the early stages to widespread practical application. On the other hand, even relatively primitive quantum computers have the potential to enhance the design and processing of materials. The Quantum Economic Development Consortium, supported by government and industry, is aimed at enabling and growing the quantum ecosystem and related supply chain in the United States and to promote uses, including for design and manufacture of materials for diverse purposes.
About the Speaker
Celia Merzbacher is the Associate Director of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), a consortium that aims to enable and strengthen the U.S. commercial quantum industry. QED-C is supported by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and more than 80 industry members and is managed by SRI International.
Prior to joining SRI, Merzbacher was Vice President for Innovative Partnerships at the Semiconductor Research Corporation, a consortium of the semiconductor industry. From 2003 to 2008, she was Assistant Director for Technology R&D in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Merzbacher began her career as a materials scientist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C., where her research led to six patents and numerous technical publications. She has served as Chair of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, on the Board of Directors of ANSI, and is on advisory boards of several university research centers.
Moderator
Charles H. Ward
Chief of the Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies Division
Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate