University of Florida
Dr.
Yong Huang is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, and materials science and engineering at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Dr. Huang has been studying the three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting process using laser-, inkjet-, and extrusion-based material dispensing approaches during the past decade in addition to his other advanced manufacturing research activities. Supported by NSF, NIH and other federal agencies/foundations, his group have investigated the jet/droplet formation process, the droplet landing/impact process, and the process-induced cell injury during material dispensing-based 3D bioprinting. In particular, the droplet formation study during printing cell-laden bioinks has been highlighted by the American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly PressPac in 2014, and the freeform fabrication of 3D cellular tubes using inkjet and laser has been featured by Wiley's Biotechnology & Bioengineering in 2015 and IOP Publishing in 2016, respectively. He served as the Technical Program Chair for the 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2010) and the 2012 ASME International Symposium on Flexible Automation (ISFA 2012). He received numerous awards including the ASME International Symposium on Flexible Automation Young Investigator Award (2008), the NSF CAREER Award (2008), the SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (2006), the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award (2005), and a few best paper awards. He is a Fellow of ASME.
University of Notre Dame
Dr.
Steven R. Schmid is well-known
in the manufacturing community; he writes the worldĄŻs most popular
manufacturing textbooks (translated into 11 languages to date), and has been
active in the manufacturing research community for decades. He was the first
ASME Federal Fellow at the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office,
and helped to design the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation; he
is also President of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution
of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He performs research in the areas
of additive manufacturing, metal forming, tribology, and orthopedic implant
design.
Dr.
Megan Brewster is a materials scientist and engineer with strong interest in
energy and advanced manufacturing policy. Dr. Brewster currently serves as a
Fellow of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education at the Advanced
Manufacturing Office within the Department of Energy, including a rotation
as Senior Policy Advisor for Advanced Manufacturing to the Office of Science
and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President. Prior to
her current appointment, Dr. Brewster served as a Science and Technology
Congressional Fellow on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, handling portfolio issue areas such as critical minerals,
advanced manufacturing, methane emissions, and the energy-water nexus. Dr.
Brewster previously worked as a Materials Scientist at GE Global Research,
where she supported the GE Durathon battery start-up by investigating
degradation mechanisms and developing next-generation chemistries. Dr.
Brewster earned her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
her B.S from the University of Washington (participation in the Honors
Program), both in Materials Science and Engineering, as well as a Ph.D.
minor in Technology and Public Policy from MIT.