Events
Upcoming Event
National Manufacturing Day at Northwestern University
Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation
8:15 AM
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2001 Sheridan Road
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Manufacturing with Embodied AI
Celebrating manufacturing-related R&D achievements and their business impacts on National Manufacturing Day!
Leadership Remarks
-Northwestern University President Mung Chiang
-National Center for Manufacturing Sciences President and CEO Lisa Strama
-Northwestern University Provost Erik Luijten
Corporate Panel, Stan Rendon, 3M VP of R&D, Yu Cao, Applied Materials Chief AI Officer and Amey Deosthali, AMD Head of Robotics, Industrial & Healthcare (Physical AI)
NU Faculty Panel, Prof. Jian Cao, Prof. Ed Colgate, Prof. Mark Hersam, Prof. John Rogers
Founders/SME Panel, Jason Sebastian, Executive VP QuesTek Innovation, Demeng Che, co-Founder & CEO Converge Lab, Gino Domel, CEO HiDeNN-AI, Joe Mullenbach, co-founder Fluid Reality
Ecosystems Panel, Tom Kurfess, CTO, NCMS & Executive Director of Mfg Institute at Georgia Tech, Berardino Baratta, CEO MxD, Allison Fisher, Chief of Staff mHUB
Time
Friday, October 2, 2026 at 8:15 AM - 5:00 PM
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Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation
MPD2 Online Information Session
Master of Product Design and Development Management (MPD²)
6:00 PM
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Join us for an online information session to learn how you can become a senior leader in creating advanced and ground-breaking new products with the Master of Product Design and Development Management at Northwestern (mpd2).
Time
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Master of Product Design and Development Management (MPD²)