June 4 - 5, 2019 | Buffalo, NY
This annual symposium is dedicated to the late Erich Bloch, former director of the National Science Foundation who helped endow the Department of Materials Design and Innovation at UB.
2018 Erich Bloch Symposium at Jacobs School of Medicine
2019 Erich Bloch Symposium
Discovering Pathways to Innovation
Event Schedule
2019 Erich Bloch Symposium: Discovering Pathways to Innovation
Tuesday, June 4 | Davis Hall, North Campus, University at Buffalo
Student posters will be up all day for viewing in the Bansal Atrium
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast and registration |
| 9:00 - 9:05 a.m. | Opening Remarks | Krishna Rajan, Erich Bloch Chair, Department of Materials Design and Innovation |
| 9:05 - 9:15 a.m. | Introduction | Grace Wang, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, State University of New York; Professor, Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo. |
| 9:15 - 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Speaker | James Kurose, Assistant Director, Computer Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Response | Liesl Folks, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo |
| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Break | |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Session I | Water, Materials and the Environment
Session Coordinator: Prathima Nalam, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo |
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| Keynote Speaker | Yoram Cohen, Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles | |
| Panel | Bob Shibley, Dean, School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo
D. Scott MacKay, Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo
Jill Jedlicka, Executive Director, Buffalo Waterkeepers
David Castillo, Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures; Director, Humanities Institute, University at Buffalo
John Atkinson, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Structural, Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo | |
| 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch and group photo | |
| 1:45 - 3:00 p.m. | Session II | AI, Materials and the Economy
Session Coordinator: Kristofer Reyes, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo |
| Keynote Speaker | Peter Warrian, Senior Research Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto | |
| Panel | Joanne McLaughlin, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University at Buffalo
Sage Green, Community Energy Planning Specialist, PUSH Buffalo
Lauren Asplen, Director, Healthy Sustainability Program, BlueGreen Alliance
Alexandra McPherson, Principal, Niagara Share | |
| 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. | Session III | Materials for Solar Technology
Session Coordinator: Fei Yao, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo |
| Keynote Speaker | Vikram Dalal, Thomas Whitney Professor and Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Iowa State University | |
| Panel | Sheila Davis, Executive Director, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Mark Rossi, Executive Director, Clean Production Action
Alexandra McPherson, Principal, Niagara Share
Olga Wodo, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Design & Innovation, University at Buffalo | |
| 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. | Reception |
Wednesday, June 5 | Davis Hall, North Campus, University at Buffalo
Student posters will be up all day for viewing in the Bansal Atrium
| 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:45 - 9:30 a.m. | "What's Next?" Enabling the 4th Industrial Economy in Erich Bloch's Legacy | |
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| Introduction | Bill Harris, President and CEO, Science Foundation Arizona
Bryan Berry, Assistant Director of Technology and Business Innovation, New York State Energy Research and Development | |
| 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Session IV | Materials and the 4th Industrial Economy
Session Coordinator: Baishakhi Mazumder, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo |
| Keynote Speakers | Paul Smith, Vice President and Center Director, Xerox Canada, Inc.
Matthew Hull, Associate Director for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Virginia Tech National Center for Earth and Environmental Nanotechnology Infrastructure, Virginia Polytechnic Institute | |
| Panel | E. Frits Abell, Founder and Managing Director, Impact Industries
Christina Orsi, Associate Vice President for Economic Development, University at Buffalo
Nate Cady, Professor of Nanobioscience, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Charles Ruffing, Director, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology | |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Session V | Workforce for the 4th Industrial Economy
Session Coordinator: Jung-Hun Seo, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo |
| Keynote Speakers | Ramesh Sitaraman, Professor, College of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Robin Schulze, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo | |
| Panel | Erik Einarsson, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo
Meera Sampath, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, State University of New York
Tyra Johnson Hux, Founder and President, Blue Sky Design Supply
Abani Patra, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo | |
| 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. | Student Poster Presentations (during lunch) | Molecules to Neighborhoods
Session Coordinator: Scott Broderick, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo |
The MDI Summer Institute is an extra-mural program of UB’s Department of Materials Design and Innovation that supports a broad range of outreach activities to promote research and education platforms in materials design. Its flagship event is the annual Erich Bloch Symposium.
The events
The Summer Institute includes additional events in conjunction with the Erich Bloch Symposium. Following the symposium, on June 5, 2019, the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Economy (CoRE) will host a workshop – the CoRE Solar Summit, and will continue through June 6th, 2019. Attendance to this event is by invitation.
Location
This year's symposium will be held at Davis Hall, University at Buffalo, North Campus.
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