This all-day event will include speakers, presentations and lab tours highlighting how New York’s Capital Region is advancing technology. Please register online. 

October 25, 2023

8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Heffner Alumni House

1301 Peoples Ave.

Troy, NY 12180

Breakfast  |  8 - 9 a.m. 

Keynote | 9 - 9:30 a.m.

Martin A. Schmidt '81, Ph.D.

President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Research & Collaboration Opportunities | 9:30 a.m.- Noon

Aerospace Engineering Program R&D Overview

Matt Oehlshlaeger

Nuclear Engineering Program R&D Overview

Wei Ji

Mechanical Engineering Program R&D Overview

Theo Borca-Tasciuc

GE Collaboration

Diana Borca-Tasciuc & Jim Olson

Projects with Local Industry

Dan Walczyk

Boeing, Ross & HVCC Robotics

Johnson Samuel

MIMIC/NYSERDA

Theo Borca-Tasciuc

Lunch | Noon - 1 p.m.

Keynote | 12:30 - 1 p.m. 

Mark Little, Ph.D. '82

Retired Chief Technology Officer of General Electric, RPI Board of Trustees Member

Regional Industry Leaders | 1- 2:30 p.m.

Eben Bayer

Ecovative

Christina Gilliland

Corning

Bill Ross

Ross Precision Manufacturing, Ross Valve

Don Rohr

Plug Power

Poster and Demo Session | 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

MANE Faculty and Students

Guest Speaker | 3:30 - 4 p.m.

John T. McDonald III

New York State Assemblyman 

Networking Session with Musical Entertainment | 4 - 5 p.m.

Lab Tours | 5 - 6:30 p.m.

Center for Flow Physics and Control

Miki Amitay

Energy Conversion Lab

Diana Borca-Tasciuc

Thermal System Lab

Theo Borca-Tasciuc

Advanced Materials for Energy Storage Laboratory

Fudong Han

Intelligent Structural Systems Lab (ISSL)

Fotis Kopsaftopoulos

Energy Materials and Device Lab (EMDL)

Nikhil Koratkar

Additive Manufacturing Laboratory

Sandipan Mishra

Robotic Wire-Arc Metal Additive Manufacturing Facility

Samuel Johnson

Thermal-Hydraulics Lab

Shanbin Shi

Thermo-Fluids Teaching Lab

Fred Willett

Gaerttner Electron Linear Accelerator (LINAC) Center

Yaron Danon