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Update: Seven AMPT students selected for Lightning Round
The AMPT Center is pleased to announce that the following presentations have been selected for the Graduate Student Lighting Round at the 2nd Annual AMPT Symposium on Friday, January 22:
- Reactive Binder Infiltration to Mitigate Distortion in Sintering Binder Jet 3D Printed Ceramics – Lynnora Grant (Ph.D. May 2022, Materials Science & NanoEngineering, May 2022)
- Numerical Simulation of Interfacial Fluid Flow in Binder Jet 3D Printing – Josh Wagner (Mechanical Engineering, Dec. 2021)
- Optimization of Functionally Graded Lattices for Biomedical Additive Manufacturing – Ata Babazadeh-Naseri (Ph.D. May 2021, Mechanical Engineering)
- Thermal Spray Coating Analysis via Sparse Image Curve Methodologies – Senyo Ahadzie (Ph.D. Dec. 2024, Mechanical Engineering)
- Energy-based Backbone Curve for Studying Full-field Dynamics of Nonlinear Jointed Systems – Debasish Jana (Ph.D. May 2022, Civil & Environmental Engineering)
- Strain-Sensing Smart Skin for Structural Health Monitoring – Wei Meng (Ph.D. May 2022, Civil & Environmental Engineering)
- Crosslinked Conductive Polymer Thin Film Electrode for Microbial Bioelectronics – Chia-Ping (Andy) Tseng (Ph.D. May 2022, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering)
The original plan was to select six talks, but upon reviewing the applications, the selection committee felt that seven should be selected. The Lightning Round takes place between 2:30 and 3:45 PM on Friday January 22. Zoom access information for the speakers and all other Symposium registrants will be provided by email 1-2 days beforehand.
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Invitation
The AMPT Center invites Rice graduate students to give 6-minute presentations to industry representatives during the 2nd Annual AMPT Symposium on Friday, January 22, 2021.
Application Process
- Eligible graduate students should apply via this link: https://forms.gle/nYnU34erE5VDD7zz7
- Apply by Sunday, January 17, 2021.
- Selections will be made based on applications submitted. The selection committee for this opportunity consists of the Faculty Directors of the AMPT Center: Professors Fred Higgs and Matthew Brake.
Eligibility
- Open to Rice graduate students doing work related to the AMPT Center research areas of additive manufacturing, advanced materials, tribology, dynamics, performance modeling and characterization, and the application of data, machine learning, and other techniques to these problems.
Format and Prizes
- Presentations will take place on Friday January 22 between 2:30 and 3:30 pm via Zoom. Logistical details will be sent to the selected presenters.
- The total time for each presentation, including Q&A, is 6 minutes.
- Prizes will be award to the top 3 presentations as judged by industry representatives:
- First prize: $100 gift card
- Second price: $75 gift card
- Third prize: $50 gift card
Questions?
Please contact George Webb, AMPT Center Industry Liaison at (713) 348-2704 • gwebb@rice.edu
About the AMPT Center
- Following its successful launch in 2019, the AMPT Center is on pace to be the leading multi-disciplinary research center in the United States on the problems of advanced additive manufacturing, materials performance and characterization, tribology and tribomechadynamics, and the application of data, machine learning, and other innovative techniques to drive engineering solutions.
- The 2nd annual AMPT Symposium is a fully online event showcasing the current work of the AMPT Center to industry representatives. The Symposium culminates in a generative discussion of opportunities for industry-academic collaboration in 2021 and beyond.
