Seminar
16.11.2026
Evanston, IL
Material Characterization Workshop
with a special focus on metal, additive manufacturing
Topics include:
- Innovative materials design-additive manufacturing
- Industry approaches to AI
- Novel materials testing instruments
- Finite element method simulations
Program
Subject to change
| 8.30 a.m. - 9.00 a.m. | Reception, registration and breakfast | |
| 9.00 a.m. - 9.30 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction | Jian Denise |
| 9.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Small scale mechanics and defect metallurgy of alloys and structural ceramics | Prof. Matthew Daly University of Illinois at Chicago, Dep. of Engineering, Materials Engineering |
| 10.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. | Anisotropic Shrinkage of Binder Jetted Components | Prof. Amir Mostafei Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois |
| 10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. | tbd | Dr. Mehdi Dargahi Head of Sales at ZwickRoell North America, Kennesaw |
| 11.00 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 11.15 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. | Innovative materials design-additive manufacturing | Dr. Aziz Asphahani Questek |
| 11.45 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. | tbd | Prof. Vinayak Dravid, Northwestern University |
| 12.15 p.m. - 12.45 p.m. | tbd | Prof. Ping Guo, Northwestern University |
| 12.45 p.m. - 13.30 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 13.30 p.m. - 14.30 p.m. | Key Note | Cedric Xia Apple |
| 14.30 p.m. - 15.00 p.m. | tbd | Prof. Amir Mostafei, IIT |
| 15.00 p.m. - 15.30 p.m. | training/principles overview | |
| 15.30 p.m. - 16.00 p.m. | video demos from Burlington | |
| 16.00 p.m. - 16.30 p.m. | video demos from Burlington |
Date and Location
Monday, November 16, 2026
Northwestern University
2001 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208
Contact & Questions
Maegen Gregory
maegen.gregory@northwestern.edu