2013 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

2013 GAFOE Program

April 25, 2013
07:30 PM – 09:00 PM
The Garden
Registration/welcome reception at hotel
April 26, 2013
07:00 AM
Buses depart for Beckman Center (departures every 15 minutes until 7:45)
07:10 AM
Dining Room
Breakfast at the Beckman Center
08:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Welcome –
Venkatesh Narayanamurti, National Academy of Engineering
Helmut Schwarz, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Opening Remarks –
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Committee co-chair (US): Dr. Cynthia Barnhart, Chancellor and Ford Professor of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Committee co-chair (Germany): Dr. Peter Moser, Head, Emissions Reduction Technologies, RWE Power AG
09:00 AM
Abstract
Additive Manufacturing
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Session co-chair: Dr. Dietmar Drummer, University of Erlanger-Nurnberg
Session co-chair: Dr. Christopher Bryant Williams, Professor, Virginia Tech
Additive Technologies Focusing on Industrial Applications for Metal and Plastic Parts
Dr. Frank Woellecke, BMW
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Additive Manufacturing: An Expose on the Diversity of Industrial Use
Mr. Tim J. Shinbara, Jr, Vice President & CTO, Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)
Abstract
10:30 AM
Atrium
Break
11:00 AM
Additive Manufacturing (cont.)
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Understanding Process Requirements for Additive Manufacturing on the Example of a Beam-Based Process for Plastic Powders
Dr. Thomas Rechtenwald, R&D manager, Sintermask GmbH
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Design for Additive Manufacturing
Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad, J. Mike Walker Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Abstract
12:30 PM
Dining Room
Lunch
01:30 PM
Atrium & Huntington
Poster Session I
02:15 PM
Atrium & Huntington
Poster Session II
03:00 PM
Atrium
Break
03:45 PM
Abstract
Transport in Complex Systems
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Session co-chair: Dr. Dirk Brockmann, Professor, Humboldt University
Session co-chair: Dr. Ludger Santen, Saarland University
A Multi-Scale Multi-Cultural Study of Commuting and its Applications for Characterizing Road Usage Patterns
Dr. Marta Gonzalez, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
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Collective Motion: From Active Matter to Swarms in Natural Engineered Systems
Dr. Cristian Huepe, Founder, Christian Huepe Labs Inc.
Abstract
05:15 PM
Atrium
Break
06:00 PM
Dining Room
Dinner
07:00 PM
Dinner Speech: Engineering by Evolution
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Dr. Frances H. Arnold, Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry, California Institute of Technology
April 27, 2013
07:00 AM
Buses depart for Beckman Center (departures every 15 minutes until 7:45)
07:10 AM
Dining Room
Breakfast at the Beckman Center
08:30 AM
Transport in Complex Systems (cont.)
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Bioimaging across Scales with a Light-Sheet Microscope
Lars Hufnagel, Group leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
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Intracellular Transport
Dr. Stefan Klumpp, Group leader, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces
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10:00 AM
Atrium
Break
10:30 AM
Presentation on AvH programs
11:00 AM
Abstract
Biomass Conversion
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Session co-chair: Dr. Harald Klein, Professor, TU Munich
Session co-chair: Dr. Nitin H. Kolhapure, R&D/ Technology Manager, DuPont Company
Novel Biorefinery Concepts for a Biobased Economy
Dr. Jochen Schmid, Head of Metabolic Engineering & Microbial Polysaccharides, Technische Universität München
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Catalytic Processes for the Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals from Cellulosic Biomass
George Willis Huber, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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12:30 PM
Dining Room
Lunch
01:30 PM
Biomass Conversion (cont.)
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Production and Utilization of Green Hydrogen
Dr. Mathias Mostertz, Head of Clean Energy Technology Biomass Program, The Linde Group
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LCA, Environmental, and Sustainability Aspects of Emerging Biomass Conversion Technologies
Dr. Sabrina Spatari, Associate Professor, Drexel University
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03:00 PM
Atrium
Break
03:30 PM
Orange County
Tour: Laguna Beach Nature Walk
07:00 PM
Garden Room I & II
Dinner at the hotel
April 28, 2013
07:00 AM
Buses depart for Beckman Center (departures every 15 minutes until 7:45)
07:10 AM
Dining Room
Breakfast at the Beckman Center
08:30 AM
Abstract
Materiomics
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Session co-chair: Dr. Thomas Scheibel, Professor, Chair of Biomaterials, Universität Bayreuth
Session co-chair: Dr. Joyce Y. Wong, Professor, Boston University
Overview of Materiomics and Impact on Biological and Nonbiological Systems
Dr. Markus J. Buehler, McAfee Professor and Department Head, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Bridging the Gap between Self-Assembly and Hybrid Materials: From Particle Dispersions to Rational Arrangements
Dr. Tobias Kraus, Head, Leibniz-Institute for New Materials (INM)
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10:00 AM
Atrium
Break
10:30 AM
Materiomics (cont.)
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Innovative Biomimetic Materials Inspired by Plants
Dr. Robin Seidel, Groupleader Bio-inspired Materials, University of Freiburg
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Ligand-directed Therapy and Molecular Imaging Based on in vivo Phage Display
Dr. Renata Pasqualini, Division Chief, Cancer Biology, Rutgers University
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12:00 PM
Dining Room
Lunch
12:10 PM
Bus leaves for John Wayne Airport
12:45 PM
Bus leaves for hotel