Make plans to attend the student and young professional events shown below! Pre-register for these events when you submit your registration for PACRIM16/GOMD25.
Student and Young Professional Networking Event, sponsored by Owens Corning
Monday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.- 9 p.m.
The Student and Young Professional Networking Event sponsored by Owens Corning will be Monday, May 5 from 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Have a drink and pizza on us as you network with other young professionals at this PACRIM/GOMD event!
GOMD Kreidl Award Luncheon
Tuesday, May 6, 12 p.m.- 1:15 p.m.
The GOMD Kreidl Award Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, May 6 from 12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Network with colleagues and enjoy the presentation and box lunches provided by AGC. Pre-registration is required for this event.
Our Past and Future with Glasses and Ceramics: Young Professionals Luncheon, sponsored by Owens Corning
Thursday, May 8, 12 p.m.- 1:15 p.m.
This luncheon event, sponsored by Owens Corning, will take place on Thursday, May 8 from 12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. and is for young professionals to discuss both the past and future of glass and ceramics. The event will begin with a group activity to place into context the past of glass and ceramics. Lunch will start with a discussion of the future of glass and ceramics with invited panelists.
The event will be first come, first served with pre-registration requested. If you have already registered for PACRIM/GOMD, please contact Yolanda Natividad to request addition to the luncheon.
The following panelists will be in attendance:
Morten M. Smedskjaer, Aalborg University, Denmark
Morten M. Smedskjaer is Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience at Aalborg University, Denmark. He received his PhD degree in materials chemistry from the same university in 2011, and worked as a research scientist at Corning Inc. from 2011 to 2012. His current research focuses on the structure and mechanical properties of oxide and hybrid glasses. He is an editor of Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids and editorial board member of Physical Review Materials. Morten has ten patent applications (five granted) and over 250 journal articles. He received an ERC Consolidator Grant in 2022 and is a fellow of both the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences and Danish Academy of Natural Sciences. His awards include Vittorio Gottardi Prize, Sir Alastair Pilkington Award, Elite Research Prize, Grundfos Prize, and Best PhD Award from the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences.
Prof. N. M. Anoop Krishnan, IIT Delhi, India
Prof. N. M. Anoop Krishnan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi with a joint appointment in the Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence. Anoop completed his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in 2015, after which, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in University of California Los Angeles from 2015 to 2017. Prior to this, he completed his B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology Calicut in 2009. He works at the intersection of materials, mechanics, simulations, and AI and ML with the goal of accelerating materials modeling and discovery. He has published more than 120 international peer-reviewed journal publications and has 2 granted patents. He has won several awards including Sir A. Pilkington Award by Society of Glass Technology, UK (2024), Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2023) for experienced researchers, Google Research Scholar Award (2023), W. A. Weyl International Glass Science Award by International Commission on Glass (2022), Indian National Academy of Engineering Young Engineer Award (INAE YAE 2020), BRNS-DAE Young Scientist Award (2021), Indian Academy of Sciences Associateship (2022), and National Academy of Science India Young Scientist Award (NASI YSA 2021).
Sushmit Goyal, Corning, Inc., USA
Sushmit Goyal earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, specializing in glass-polymer nanomaterials. Since 2015, he has been contributing to Corning, where he initially applied atomistic simulations to explore glass-polymer interfaces and glass mechanical properties. Currently, Sushmit leads an atomistic modeling group that pioneers novel methods to enhance our understanding of interfaces, aimed at developing advanced functional coatings and interfaces.
Bryan D. Huey, University of Connecticut, USA
Professor Bryan Huey has been the Department Head for Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut since 2018, and a UConn faculty member since 2004. He is an expert in the development and application of advanced variations of Atomic Force Microscopy for studying piezoelectrics, multiferroics, photovoltaics, MEMS, and biological cells and tissue. This includes simultaneous AFM and 3-D fluorescence, high speed AFM, and a recent focus leading advances in Tomographic AFM. He is the immediate past chair for the nationwide association of MSE department heads (UMC), previously chaired the 1200 person Basic Science Division of the American Ceramic Society, was one of five overall organizers for the 7000 attendee 2019 MRS Fall Meeting, and co-organized previous EMA and US-Japan Dielectrics conferences. Huey is a fellow in the American Ceramic Society, and the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, and is the co-chair for the 2025 PacRim conference.
Daniel Edson, Owens Corning, USA
Daniel Edson earned his PhD in Glass Science from Alfred University in 2002. He is currently a Senior Scientist for Owens Corning working on improved glass compositions for fiber glass and mineral wool insulation materials. Prior to joining Owens Corning, Dan spent ten years with Momentive where he led manufacturing process improvements for fused quartz and fused silica products for the semiconductor and solar markets. Dan also spent four years developing ceramic injection molding processes for substrate manufacturing for applications in the solid oxide fuel cells, ballistic armor and graded nanostructured filters at MetaMateria Partners.
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