UT Hosted Industrial Advisory Board in Conjunction with Ma2JIC
About one year ago the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, became the newest site of the Manufacturing and Materials Joining Innovation Center (Ma2JIC). Ma2JIC is a NSF funded Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC), established six years ago with Colorado School of Mines, Lehigh University, Ohio State University (OSU), and the University of Wisconsin as the original sites.
In early August 2016, UT hosted the semi-annual Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), bringing over 100 participants from industry, national laboratories, and academia to Knoxville.
Faculty associated with the UT Knoxville site include Suresh Babu (MABE), Bill Hamel (MABE), Hahn Choo (MSE), Yanfei Gao (MSE), Madhu Madhumakar (MABE), Dr. Dayakar Penumadu (CEE), Claudia Rawn (MSE), and Stephanie TerMaath (MABE).
Students funded by the site projects are working on precompetitive research supported by industry and the focus of the meeting is on student presentations, both oral and posters, updating the IAB on project progress. One important goal of the I/UCRC program is to produce students trained for the specific needs of industry and students are mentored both by faculty that participate in the program and industrial members.
