2017 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Program

March 30, 2017
07:30 PM – 09:00 PM
Martin Ballroom Prefunction
Registration/welcome reception at hotel
March 31, 2017
06:00 AM
Restaurant
Breakfast at the hotel
08:00 AM
Buses depart from hotel for GE Learning Center
08:30 AM
Moss Hall
Welcome and Opening Remarks
C.D. Mote, Jr. , President, National Academy of Engineering
Eric Ducharme , General Manager, Advanced Technology Operation, GE Aviation
Thomas Hesse , Deputy Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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Co-chair: Dr. Dennis E. Discher, Robert D. Bent Professor Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Co-chair: Dr. Joerg Schulze, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Institute of Semiconductor Engineering, University of Stuttgart
09:00 AM
Abstract
Gene Editing and Applications
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Dr. Oscar Ortiz Sanchez, Senior Scientist, Merck KGaA
Dr. Lei Stanley Qi, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Footprint-Free Gene Editing Using CRISPR/Cas9 and Single-Cell Cloning of Edited Human iPS Cells
Dr. Montserrat Morell Fernandez, Scientist II, Takara Bio
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Targeting Gene Editing in Pluripotent Stem Cells: X-SCID Disease Now in a Dish
Dr. Jamal Alzubi, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Freiburg
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10:30 AM
Group photo
10:45 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Gene Editing and Applications (cont.)
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Tailor-Made Plants Using Next-Generation Molecular Scissors
Dr. Luisa Bortesi, PhD, RWTH Aachen
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Bacterial Viruses Thwart CRISPR-Cas9
Dr. Joseph Bondy-Denomy, Faculty Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
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12:30 PM
Runway Cafe
Lunch
01:30 PM
Presentation on AvH Programs
02:00 PM
Moss Hall
Flash Slide Presentations
03:00 PM
Rowe Hall
Poster Session I (odd numbers)
03:45 PM
Rowe Hall
Poster Session II (even numbers)
04:30 PM
Break
04:45 PM
Abstract
Advanced Manufacturing
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Dr. Matthias Brockmann, Managing Director, RWTH Aachen University
Dr. Alexander Kimberley Simpson, Executive - Engineering, GE Aviation
Superior Surface Integrity by Knowledge-based Manufacturing – Recent Advances
Dr. Daniel Meyer, Chief Engineer, University of Bremen
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Virtual Advanced Manufacturing – Capabilities and Challenges of Process Simulations
Dr. Petra Wiederkehr, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Inform., TU Dortmund
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06:15 PM
Break
06:30 PM
Dinner
07:30 PM
Dinner Speech: Accelerating the Additive Revolution
Greg Morris , Strategy and Growth Leader, GE Additive
April 1, 2017
06:00 AM
Breakfast at the hotel
08:00 AM
Buses depart from hotel for GE Learning Center
08:30 AM
Advanced Manufacturing (cont.)
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Additive Manufacturing Ecosystem
Dr. Luana Iorio, General Manager, GE Aviation
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Engineering Robotic Co-Workers
Dr. Waleed Farahat, Vice President, KUKA North America
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10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Abstract
Industry 4.0 vs. Industrial Internet of Things
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Dr. Tobias Meisen, Chair of Technologies and Management of Digital Transformation, University of Wuppertal
Dr. Chonggang Wang, Principal Engineer, InterDigital Communications Inc.
I4.0@Bosch – Central Challenges and Opportunities in Realizing the Connected Industry
Dr. Daniel Ewert, Research Engineer, Robert Bosch GmbH
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Data Predictive Control - Bridging Machine Learning with Controls for Volatile Energy Markets
Dr. Rahul Mangharam, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
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12:00 PM
Lunch
01:00 PM
Industry 4.0 vs. Industrial Internet of Things (cont.)
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Internet of Vehicles
Dr. Fan Bai, Staff Researcher, General Motors
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Interoperability of Heterogeneous Systems – Standardization Roadmap vs. Adaptive Integration
Dr. Daniel Schilberg, FH Bochum
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02:30 PM
Break
02:45 PM
Tour of GE Aviation
04:45 PM
Buses to Great American Ball Park
05:15 PM
Tour of Great American Ball Park and Hall of Fame
06:30 PM
Dinner at Moerlein Lager House
08:00 PM
Buses return to hotel
April 2, 2017
06:00 AM
Breakfast at the hotel
08:00 AM
Buses depart from hotel for GE Learning Center
08:30 AM
Abstract
Streams of Water and Information: Managing Water Supply, Treatment, and Delivery in the 21st Century
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Dr. Meagan Stumpe Mauter, Associate Professor, Stanford University
Dr. Martina Scheer, Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing., Ingenieurbuero Scheer
Building Smarter Water Systems
Dr. Branko Kerkez, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
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Managing Water for Integrated Climate, Water, Energy, and Food Systems
Dr. Jochen Hack, Deputy Head, Engineering Hydrology and Water Management, TU Darmstadt
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10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Streams of Water and Information: Managing Water Supply, Treatment, and Delivery in the 21st Century (cont.)
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The Value of Water Quality Improvements – An Economic Perspective
Dr. Alexandra Dehnhardt, Dr. rer. oec; Dipl.-Ing.agr., TU Berlin
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Maintaining a Safe Water Supply in an Era of Aging Infrastructure and Compromised Sources
Dr. Chad Seidel, President, Corona Environmental Consulting, LLC
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12:00 PM
Bag Lunch
12:10 PM
Buses depart for CVG