Seminar

16.11.2026

Evanston, IL

Material Characterization Workshop

Metals and Additive Manufacturing

sponsored by NETZSCH

Highlighting material development and material characterization for metal, additive manufacturing.

Topics include:

  • Innovative materials characterization
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Industry approaches to AI
  • High-precision materials testing instruments

Look forward to exciting presentations by renowned speakers:

  • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Cedric Xia, Distinguished Engineer & Director at Apple Inc., Hardware Engineering
  • Dr. Aziz Asphahani, Questek
  • Dr. Denise Beitelschmidt, NETZSCH Instruments North America LLC
  • Prof. Matthew Daly, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Engineering, Materials Engineering
  • Prof. Vinayak Dravid, Northwestern University, Department Materials Science and Engineering
  • Prof. Ping Guo, Northwestern University, Department Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. Amir Mostafei, Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering
  • Dr. Charlie Wood, Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Product Management, Digital Product Management, Caterpillar, Inc

Date and Location

Monday, November 16, 2026

Northwestern University
2001 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208

Contact & Questions

Maegen Gregory
maegen.gregory@northwestern.edu 

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