James I. Mueller Memorial Award

8:50 a.m.; Coquina Salon D/E

Jonathan Salem, Materials Research Engineer in the Ceramic and Polymer Composites Branch, NASA-Glenn Research Center, USA

Title: Testing and design of ceramic structural materials and components at NASA

Read Dr. Salem's bio and abstract here.

 

 

ECD Bridge Building Award

9:30 a.m.; Coquina Salon D/E

 

Paolo Colombo, Professor of Materials Science and Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy

Title: Additive manufacturing of ceramics from liquid feedstocks

Read Prof. Colombo's bio and abstract here.

 

Plenary Speakers

10:40 a.m.; Coquina Salon D/E

 

Rita Baranwal, Chief Technology Officer, Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, USA

Title: Westinghouse fuel innovation leveraging advanced ceramics

Read Dr. Baranwal's bio and abstract here.

 

 

11:20 a.m.; Coquina Salon D/E

Huisuk Yun, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) Department Head of Advanced Biomaterials Research, and Professor of Materials Science, University of Science & Technology (UST), Korea

Title: New challenges for ceramic additive manufacturing

Read Prof. Yun's bio and abstract here.

 

 

Global Young Investigator Award

1:30 p.m.; Coquina Salon C

Chenxu Wang, Assistant Professor in the School of Physics at the Peking University, China

Title: MAX phases in extreme environments

Read Dr. Wang's bio and abstract here.