Ann Arbor Regent Hotel and Suites

Arrival Day - Check-in and Registration

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Welcome Reception

University of Michigan

6:00 am - 7:45 am

Breakfast at Hotel

8:30 am - 9:15 am

Welcome, Symposium Overview, and Participant Introductions

Gilda A. Barabino, PhD
Daniel and Frances Berg Professor & Dean of The Grove School of Engineering
The City College of New York

Alec D. Gallimore, PhD
Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering
University of Michigan

Participant Introductions

9:15 am - 10:15 am

Plenary Session I

Jack Hu, PhD
Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering; J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing; and Vice President for Research
University of Michigan

Sridhar Kota, PhD
Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Herrick Professor of Engineering; and Executive Director, MForesight- Alliance for Manufacturing Foresight
University of Michigan

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Workshop I: Strategies of Engagement: How Racialized Faculty Negotiate the University System

Carl E. James, PhD
Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora
York University, Toronto, CA

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Working Lunch - Affinity Groups

Facilitator: Donnie Perkins, Chief Diversity Officer, College of Engineering Office of Diversity Outreach and Inclusion, The Ohio State University

1:45 pm - 3:30 pm

Administrators Panel

Moderator: Mitchell Walker, PhD, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech

Gilda Barabino, PhD
Daniel and Frances Berg Professor & Dean of The Grove School of Engineering
The City College of New York

Alec Gallimore, PhD
Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering
University of Michigan

Tonya Peeples, PhD
Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion & Professor of Chemical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm

Break

3:45 pm – 5:15 pm

Un-conference Sessions I

Career Development and Progression

6:15 pm

University Hosted Dinner with Keynote Speaker

University of Michigan

6:00 am - 7:45 am

Breakfast at Hotel

8:30 am - 10:00 am

Plenary II

Dawn Tilbury, PhD
Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Chair, Steering Committee on Advanced Manufacturing; Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of Michigan

Pierre Ferdinand Poudeu, PhD
Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
University of Michigan

Max Shtein, PhD
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
University of Michigan

Brigid Mullany, Program Director, Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation (ENG/CMMI)
NSF

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Workshop II: Building your Professional Brand
Robbin Chapman
Associate Provost and Academic Director of Diversity & Inclusion, and Lecturer of Education
Wellesley College

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Working Lunch - Affinity Group

Facilitator: Donnie Perkins, Chief Diversity Officer, College of Engineering Office of Diversity Outreach and Inclusion, The Ohio State University

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Workshop III: Developing Big Ideas & Assembling a Collaborative Team

Gregory E. Triplett, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Electrical and Computer Engineering Director, Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program
VCU College of Engineering

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Research & Career Advancement - Faculty Interest Group Connections

6:30 pm - 8:30

Dinner with Keynote

University of Michigan

6:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast at Hotel

8:30 am - 10:15 am

Plenary III

Overview of Advance Biomanufacturing
Kaiming Ye, PhD
Professor and Director, Center of Biomanufacturing for Regenerative Medicine
Binghamton University, SUNY

National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing
Frank W. Gayle, ScD
Deputy Director, National Advanced Manufacturing Office
NIST

NSF Strategy for Advance Manufacturing and Funding Opportunities
Brigid Mullany, PhD
Program Director, Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation (ENG/CMMI)
NSF

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Un-Conference Session II

12:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Keynote Lunch

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm

Closing Remarks & Wrap-Up