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Agenda

*Agenda is tentative — all dates and times are subject to change. Times are listed in Eastern Standard Time.

To access the Zoom link, please check your inbox for the email titled “NSF Workshop—Important Information!”


Dec. 14, 2020 — Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing and Data Science

11:00am to 2:00pm  ET

11:00am – 11:10am – Welcome and Opening Remarks
11:10am – 12:10pm – Panelist Presentations in Zoom
(Panelists: Jeffrey Snyder, Amir Barati Farimani, Peyman Givi, Simon Phillpot, Austin Minnich |
Moderators: Matteo Bucci, Yan Wang)
12:10pm – 1:00pm – Virtual Networking and Poster Presentations in Gathertown
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Breakout Sessions in Zoom



Dec. 15, 2020 — Thermal Management

11:00am to 2:00pm ET

11:00am – 12:30pm – Panelist Presentations in Zoom
(Panelists: Samuel Graham, Mark Spector, Ajit Roy, Evelyn Wang, Tim Fisher, Sumanta Acharya
Moderators: Damena Agonafer, Xiaojia Wang, Justin Weibel)
12:30pm – 1:00pm – Virtual Networking and Poster Presentations in Gathertown
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Breakout Sessions in Zoom



Dec. 16, 2020 — Health and Sustainability

11:00am to 2:00pm ET

11:00am – 12:00pm – Panelist Presentations in Zoom
(Panelists: John Bischof, Mehmet Toner, Esther Beltran, John Lienhard, Howard Stone, Cynthia Hipwell |
Moderators: Fatemeh Hassanipour, Dion Antao)
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Virtual Networking and Poster Presentations in Gathertown
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Breakout Sessions in Zoom


Jan. 4, 2020 — Manufacturing

11:00am to 2:00pm ET

11:00am – 12:00pm – Panelist Presentations in Zoom
(Panelists: Karen Thole, Yung Shin, Kirk Rogers, Michael Ohadi, Bill Obricht |
Moderators: Edward Kinzel, Saniya Leblanc)
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Virtual Networking and Poster Presentations in Gathertown
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Breakout Sessions in Zoom



Jan. 5, 2020 — Energy

11:00am to 2:00pm ET

11:00am – 12:30pm – Panelist Presentations in Zoom
(Panelists: Ravi Prasher, Sven Mumme, Gang Chen, Matthew Bauer, Pramod Reddy, Terry J. Hendricks, Peter De Bock |
Moderators: Zhiting Tian, Iryna Zenyuk, Kareem Ahmed)
12:30pm – 1:00pm – Virtual Networking and Poster Presentations in Gathertown
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Breakout Sessions in Zoom



Jan. 6, 2020 — Program Managers Panel, Reports from Moderators and Discussions

11:00am to 2:40pm ET

11:00am – 12:00pm – Program Managers Panel 
(Panelists: Michael Ohadi, Sven Mumme, Peter De Bock, Matthew Bauer, Ying Sun)
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Virtual Networking in Gathertown
1:00pm – 2:30pm – Reports from Moderators, and Discussions
2:30pm – 2:40pm – Closing Remarks

NSF Virtual Workshop

We are pleased to announce that the NSF workshop, New Frontiers of Thermal Transport, has been rescheduled as a virtual workshop that will take place in December 2020 and January 2021. We will post updates on the conference throughout the semester, so please check back often. We appreciate your support of this virtual event.

Dates

December 14 - 16, 2020

&

January 4 - 6, 2021

About this workshop

This workshop brings academicians, industry experts, researchers from national labs and program managers to brainstorm and develop a shared vision and a roadmap for the community

Panels of industry experts, researchers and program managers will discuss emerging challenges that will need to be resolved to enable future technological advancement

Outcome from participants breakout sessions and discussions will be presented and program managers will then have the opportunity to brainstorm about potential roadmaps

Workshop Organizers

Yoav Peles

Chair of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Central Florida

Jonathan Malen

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

Xiulin Ruan

Professor
Purdue University

Ying Sun

Program Director, CBET
National Science Foundation

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