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  • Oct
    2

    National Manufacturing Day at Northwestern University

    Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation

    8:15 AM 2001 Sheridan Road

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    Manufacturing with Embodied AI

    Celebrating manufacturing-related R&D achievements and their business impacts on National Manufacturing Day!

    Leadership Remarks
    -Northwestern University President Mung Chiang
    -National Center for Manufacturing Sciences President and CEO Lisa Strama
    -Northwestern University Provost Erik Luijten

    Corporate Panel, Stan Rendon, 3M VP of R&D, Yu Cao, Applied Materials Chief AI Officer and Amey Deosthali, AMD Head of Robotics, Industrial & Healthcare (Physical AI)

    NU Faculty Panel, Prof. Jian Cao, Prof. Ed Colgate, Prof. Mark Hersam, Prof. John Rogers

    Founders/SME Panel, Jason Sebastian, Executive VP QuesTek Innovation, Demeng Che, co-Founder & CEO Converge Lab, Gino Domel, CEO HiDeNN-AI, Joe Mullenbach, co-founder Fluid Reality

    Ecosystems Panel, Tom Kurfess, CTO, NCMS & Executive Director of Mfg Institute at Georgia Tech, Berardino Baratta, CEO MxD, Allison Fisher, Chief of Staff mHUB

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    TIME Friday, October 2, 2026 at 8:15 AM - 5:00 PM

    LOCATION 2001 Sheridan Road    map it

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    CONTACT Maegen Gregory    maegen.gregory@northwestern.edu EMAIL

    CALENDAR Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation

  • Sep
    29

    MSE Colloquium: Fine Lecture – Harry Atwater

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    4:00 PM L211, Technological Institute

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    TIME Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

    LOCATION L211, Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Allison Macknick    allison.macknick@northwestern.edu EMAIL

    CALENDAR Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

  • Oct
    6

    MSE Colloquium: "From Dislocations to Luminescence: Heteroepitaxy of Dissimilar Semiconductors for Infrared Optoelectronics"

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    4:00 PM Technological Institute

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    TIME Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    LOCATION Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Allison Macknick    allison.macknick@northwestern.edu EMAIL

    CALENDAR Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)