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August 23rd Route to and from The McNAIR Center WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24 2PM B2B Event* 12PM - 6PM Exhibitor Move In Ballroom 4PM - 6PM Open House USC’s McNAIR Center** MC of the day: Ann Marie Stieritz, President & CEO, Bio *Separate Registration Required South Carolina Council on Competitiveness Page **1000 Catawba Street, Suite 120, Columbia SC 29201 August 24th Opening Remarks Zafer Gürdal, Director of USC’s McNAIR Center for Aerospace Innovation & Research 8:30AM Registration Open Joan Gabel, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and 9AM - 5PM Expo Hall Open Provost for the University of South Carolina 10:00- 10AM-5PM Conference Sessions Bobby Hitt, Secretary of Commerce, South Carolina Department of Commerce 28 - 33 10:30am , Executive Director, SC Aeronautics Commission 5:30PM - 6:30PM Wine Reception James Stephens Don Purcell, President, SC Aviation Association 6:30PM - 8PM Dinner Welcome Address August 25th Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin, City of Columbia 8:30AM Registration Open Headline Speaker 9AM - 1PM Expo Hall Open 10:30 – , Vice President and General Manager, 9AM - 12:30PM* 10:45am Joan Robinson-Berry 15 Conference Sessions Boeing South Carolina, Boeing Commercial Airplanes * ADCP Technical Workshop will run until 5PM

10:45 - Keynote Speaker 18 11:15am William Garvey, Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation, Aviation Week Network

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24 General and Industry Sessions Technical Symposium

Bio ACE’16 Session I - Carolina Room - Bio General Session - Ballroom - Pg. Chair: Lingyu Yu, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, USA Pg. Panel Session: Higher Education 11:15am Opening by Ramy Harik, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, USA 51 Moderator: Anita Zucker, CEO & Chairperson, The InterTech Group – 11:20am Anand Gramopadhye, Professor & Dean, College of Engineering, 11:20am Keynote: Novel Thermoplastic Structures for Aerospace Computing and Applied Sciences, Clemson University 17 11:15am – 11:55am Andries Buitenhuis, Chief Engineer, Fokker Aerostructures BV, The Netherlands – 12:15pm Hossein Haj-Hariri, Dean, College of Engineering and Computing, The University of South Carolina 34-37 11:55am Developments on Thermoplastic induction Welding Dan Mooney, V.P. South Carolina Engineering Design Center, The Boeing Company 52 – 12:20pm Jeroen de Vries, Commercial Manager, KVE Composites Group, The Netherlands Susan Pretulak, Vice President for Economic Development, SC Technical College System 12:20pm Network Lunch in the Exhibit Hall Mary Thornley, President, Trident Technical College - 1:20pm 12:15pm Networking Lunch in Exhibit Hall ACE’16 – Session II - Carolina Room - – 1:00pm Chair: Ramy Harik, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, USA Update Economic Impact Study Results 1:00am Keynote: Efficient Manufacturing through Process Joseph Von Nessen, Research Economist, Darla Moore 1:20pm – 1:30pm 40 18 School of Business, University of South Carolina - 1:55pm Simulation in the NASA Advanced Composites Project Brian Grimsley, NASA Langley Research Center, USA 1:30pm Data Results of the Manufacturing Workforce Survey 40 1:55pm Cost Reducing Processes & Materials in Aerospace Sandwich Structures - 2:00pm Carole Hedden, Executive Editorial Director, Aviation Week Executive Intelligence 52 - 2:20pm Amy Boyd, Aerospace Business Development Manager – Americas, DIAB, USA

Response and Reflection from Industry Leaders TX1100 Dry Tape for Resin Infusion: 2:20pm 53 Moderator: Steve Townes, CEO Ranger Aerospace (and) Chairman, SC Aerospace - 2:45pm A Novel Product for Automation and Integration Panel Members: 24 Alejandro Rodriguez, Application Engineer, Cytec, USA Nelson Lindsay, Director, Global Business Development, SC Department of Commerce 2:45pm 2:00pm Development, SC Department of Commerce Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall - 2:30pm - 3:15pm Rebecca Ufkes, President, UEC Electronics 41-42 James Stephens, Executive Director, SC Aeronautics Commission 3:15pm Lockheed Martin South Carolina Update – Lexington Room - 33 James Clark, President, South Carolina State University - 3:45pm Donald Erickson, Site Director, Lockheed Martin Greenville Operations Deborah Cameron, Director of Aerospace Initiatives, SC Council on Competitiveness ACE’16 – Session III - Carolina Room - 50 2:30pm Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall Chair: Addis Kidane, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, USA - 3:15pm

3:50pm Keynote: Unmanned Aviation: Past, Present and Future Industry & Business Development Sessions - Lexington Room - 19 - 4:25pm Paul Morgan, Executive Vice President for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, VX Aerospace, USA

3:15pm Lockheed Martin South Carolina Update 33 4:25pm Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Related Activities at NC State University - 3:45pm Donald Erickson, Site Director, Lockheed Martin Greenville Operations - 4:50pm Larry Silverberg, Professor, NC State University, USA

Increasing the Industrial Adoption of Additive Manufacturing 4:50pm 53 - 5:15pm Rani Richardson, Composites and Additive Manufaturing 5:30 - 8:30 Wine Reception and SC Annual Dinner Industry Consultant , Dassault Systemes

Winston Scott, Former NASA Astronaut 5:15pm Wrap-up by Chair

5:30 - 8:30 Wine Reception and SC Annual Dinner Winston Scott, Former NASA Astronaut THURSDAY AUGUST 25 THURSDAY AUGUST 25 General and Industry Sessions - Carolina Room - Technical Symposium

ACE’16 – ADCP 2016 Workshop Bio 9:00 Opening by Chair 54 - Ballroom - – 9:10am Michel van Tooren, Professor, University of South Carolina, USA

Industry & Business Development Sessions Bio 9:10 Keynote Automation in the Aerospace Industry 21 – 9:55am Don Farr, Technical Fellow, BR&T – Boeing Research & Technology, USA MC of the Day James Stephens, Executive Director, 33 South Carolina Aeronautics Commission 9:55 Pyndl, a bridge between Python and the Gendl KBE System 55 9:00 Welcome and Kick Off – 10:30am 24 Dave Cooper, Founder and Head of Product Development, Genworks, USA – 9:15am Steve Townes, CEO Ranger Aerospace (and) Chairman, SC Aerospace 10:30 Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall Keynote Speaker – 11:00am 9:15 Patricia Watts, FAA COE National Program Director, 20 – 10:00am 11:00- Factory of the Future - Ballroom - FAA Air Transportation Centers of Excellence 45 11:30am Jeffrey Estes, Director, Okuma America Corporation

10:00- New USC/IBM Analytics center Keynote Aircraft Wing Design via Numerical Optimization: 45 11:35 10:30am , World Wide Sales Executive - Software Group Aerospace & Defense, IBM 23 David Reese – 12:20pm Are we there yet? Joaquim Martins, Professor, University of Michigan, USA 10:30 Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall – 11:00am ParaPy: the user-friendly Knowledge Based 12:20 55 – 12:55pm Engineering platform to automate virtual design processes 11:00- Factory of the Future 45 Reinier van Dijk, CEO ParaPy B.V., The Netherlands 11:30am Jeffrey Estes, Director, Okuma America Corporation 12:55pm Lunch Break - Lexington Room - - 1:30pm 11:30 Update McNAIR Center 31 – 12:00pm Zafer Gürdal, Director of McNAIR Center for Aerospace Innovation & Research Keynote A NASA Langley Perspective on Space Technology 1:30pm – Driving Success Through Collaboration 22 - 2:15pm David Dress, Associate Director for Space Technology and Advanced Panel Discussion: Defense Diversification Success Stories and Strategies Development Programs, Langley Lead for Advanced Manufacturing Fred Gassaway, Defense Diversification Manager, Space Technology and Exploration Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center 12:00 South Carolina Department of Commerce 46-47 - 12:30pm , CEO/President 2:15pm Towards Improvement of Epoxy-Thermoplastic Joints Chuck Spangler 56 South Carolina Manufacturers Extension Program (SCMEP) - 2:50pm Igor Luzinov, Professor, Clemson University, USA Drew Weston, Director of Sales and Marketing, CodeLynx Health Monitoring and Smart Predictive System 2:50pm 12:30pm Wrap-up & Closing by James Stephens 33 throughout Products Life Cycle 56 - 3:25pm Abdel-Moez E. Bayoumi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Egineering, End of Program and Director of the USC Center for Predictive Maintenance, University of South Carolina, USA 3:25pm Refreshment Break - 3:40pm Automatic Product Configuration in SME’s: Data, 3:40pm 58 – 4:15pm Knowledge and IT Organization Giorgio Colombo, Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

4:15pm Overview of RF Antennas in Composite Materials and Structures 57 – 4:50pm Mohammod Ali, Professor, University of South Carolina, USA

Machine Work Space Planning in Additive 4:50pm- 58 5:25pm Manufacturing for Single-part-layer Case Yicha Zhang, Research Associate, IRCCyN, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France 5:25pm Closing by Chair End of Program Convention Center Map Exhibitors

Exhibitors

Advanced Material Coatings - 16 AIAA - USC Brach - 59 Ambrell Corporation - 38 American Tool & Die - 54 Celebrate Freedom Foundation Champion Aerospace LLC - 24 Charleston Southern University - 67 Cinch Connectivity Solutions - 14 Creform Corporation - 42 Custom Equipment Company Inc. - 30 DIAB Americas - 6 Gilbert Industrial Inc. - 25 Greenville Technical College - 60 Heat Treating Services Unlimited - 39 Integrated Media Publishing - 47 Machine Specialties Inc. - 20 MAU Workforce Solutions - 49 McAngus Goudelock & Courie - 72 Midlands Technical College - 65 MPW Industrial Services - 48 Phoenix Specialty MFG. Co. - 51 Pittsburg Institute of Aeronautics - 63 S2TEM Centers SC - 62 SAMPE - 35 SC Council on Competitiveness - 1 SiMT at Florence-Darlington - 57 South Carolina Aeronautics Commission - 4 South Carolina Aviation Association - 3 South Carolina Department of Commerce - 5 Southern Industrial Constructors - 68 Southern Carolina Alliance - 28 SpaceTEC - 69 Staubli - 19 TAG Pavillion - 31-34/43-46 TPM - 27 Trident Technical College - 64 UEC Electronics - 50 USC McNAIR Center - 2 USC College of Engineering and Computing - 61 USC Moore School of Business - 66 Veritiv Corporation - 58 Wells Fargo - 21 Xceldyne Technologies - 17 Yusen Logistics (Americas) - 10 Zeus - 26

Updated Expo Map can be seen in the Exhibit Hall throughout the conference

9 2016 Annual Aerospace Dinner

Don’t miss the chance to see former astronaut Winston Scott speak at Winston Scott the SC Aerospace Dinner! Former NASA astronaut

Wednesday August 24 6:30pm - Ballroom -

The benefits of going into space far exceed the risks. I believe it is important that humans continue to reach, and to grow. It is only through exploration and growth in knowledge that we are able to provide a better life for everyone.” —Winston Scott

Thank you to our table sponsors

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14 Winston Scott, former NASA astronaut 15 Joan Robinson-Berry, Boeing SC 16 William Garvey, Aviation Week 17 Andries Buitenhuis, Fokker Aerostructures 18 Brian Grimsley, NASA Langley Research Center 19 Paul Morgan, VX Aerospace 20 Patricia Watts, FAA 21 Don Farr, Boeing Research & Technology 22 David Dress, NASA Langley Research 23 Joaquim Martins, University of Michigan 24 Steve Townes, Ranger Aerospace

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events that occurred during his two The former Executive Director of the the supply chain providing more than Top 100 Leaders in Supplier Diversity. She space missions as a NASA astronaut Florida Space Authority, Scott has $8 billion of non-production goods and received the Women of Color Professional aboard the space shuttles Endeavor also served as Vice President and services for The Boeing Company. Achievement Award in 2015. She received and Columbia. Reflections is Scott’s deputy general manager of the NASA the Career Communications Group 2007 way of sharing some of the experiences engineering and science contract for Earlier in her career, she was director of Black Engineer of the Year Achievement that drove him to overcome his life’s the space shuttle, International Space Phantom Works Supplier Management Award and was inducted into their obstacles and become one of the select Station and project Constellation. For for the Boeing Defense, Space & Security Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012. Robinson- few who journeyed into outer space. the past four years he has served as (BDS) division and had responsibility for Berry was recognized in 2011 and 2012 Dean of the College of Aeronautics at implementing supplier management by Uptown Professional magazine as one In 1992, Winston Scott began an the Florida Institute of Technology and strategy and execution in support of the Top 100 executives in America. accomplished career as an astronaut was recently promoted to Senior Vice of the development of advanced with the National Aeronautics and President for External Relations and concepts and technologies. Robinson-Berry holds a Master of Science Space Administration. He served as Economic Development. In addition degree in Engineering Management & a mission specialist on the STS-72 to his administrative duties, Scott Before that, Robinson-Berry was director Business Administration and a Bachelor Endeavour mission in 1996 and the teaches and performs with the Florida of Small/Diverse Business & Strategic of Science degree in Engineering Winston Scott STS-87 Columbia mission in 1997. Tech Jazz Syndicate and leads the Joan Robinson-Berry Alliances for BDS and ensured BDS fulfilled Technology. Robinson-Berry is an AIAA Former NASA Astronaut The Endeavour flight was a nine-day ‘Winston Scott Cosmic Jazz Quintet’. Vice President and General Manager its contractual obligations. Robinson- – Associate Technical Fellow and an Boeing South Carolina groundbreaking excursion in which Boeing Commercial Airplanes Berry also represented Boeing as its African Scientific Institute Fellow. the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit Scott graduated from Coral Gables High Small Business Liaison Officer and was satellite, deployed and retrieved the School and received a B.A. in music responsible for integrating more than Winston Scott’s journey to the stars OAST- Flyer satellite, and conducted from Florida State University. He went Joan Robinson-Berry began service as five billion dollars in goods and services as a NASA astronaut is a testament two spacewalks to demonstrate and on to earn an M.S. in aeronautical vice president and general manager of purchased annually from small and diverse to the power of perseverance and evaluate techniques to be used in the engineering from the U.S. Naval Boeing South Carolina in June 2016. In suppliers. In this role she helped establish vision. Raised in Miami, Scott’s largely assembly of the International Space Postgraduate School. He resides this position, she has overall leadership the local supplier network for BSC. segregated education provided little Station. During this breakthrough in Florida with his wife Marilyn. responsibility for Boeing’s South Carolina access to resources, but his own mission, Scott logged more than 214 facilities in North Charleston and reports to Robinson-Berry has also served as director of determination combined with the hours in space. In 1997, he followed up Ray Conner, president and chief executive Technical Workforce Excellence, overseeing dedication of his teachers set him with the STS-87 Columbia flight, which officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Technical Affiliations, Fellowship Programs on an inspiring path of achievement. featured the difficult manual capture and University Technical Relationships and Since retiring from NASA Scott has of a Spartan satellite, in addition to Boeing South Carolina’s (BSC’s) airport as director of Engineering Processes, Tools remained an active pilot and his the testing of tools and procedures campus is home to 787 Aftbody and and Skills for the Space and Communications work in space is now regarded as a for future space station assembly. Midbody Operations, 787 Final Assembly business. Prior to that position, she served as case study in leadership and expert and Delivery operations, as well as program manager of the MD-80/-90 Twinjet communication, qualities most clearly Before joining NASA, Scott earned an Engineering Design Center and IT Programs for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. exhibited in the much-publicized a distinguished record of service Centers. BSC’s north campus includes manual capture of the Spartan satellite as a Captain in the United States the Interiors Responsibility Center South Robinson-Berry has received extensive in the 1997 Columbia mission. Navy. Throughout his career as a Carolina, Propulsion South Carolina, and recognition for her work in science, Naval Aviator, Scott accumulated a Boeing Research & Technology Center. technology, engineering and mathematics Continuing to excite readers, Scott’s more than 5,000 hours of flight time from global organizations, including book, Reflections From Earth Orbit, in over twenty different military Previously, Robinson-Berry served as vice the National Society of Black Engineers Wednesday August 24 is not your typical “how do you go to and civilian aircraft, and more president of the Shared Services Group and various members of Congress. the bathroom in space” book. Rather, than 200 shipboard landings. Wednesday August 24 (SSG) Supplier Management organization 10:30am - 10:45am it is a book about life as told through 6:30pm - 8:00pm where she led the strategy, contracting, In 2016, Robinson-Berry was recognized - Ballroom - the reflections of Scott, prompted by - Ballroom - daily management and development of as one of the Women’s Enterprise USA’s

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Immediately prior to his appointment as Editor- Andries Buitenhuis (Amsterdam, The in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation in Netherlands, 1968) started working in Wednesday August 24 2000, Bill served as Managing Editor of Aviation aerospace in 1989 on a bush airplane Week Television where he wrote and appeared called ‘Angel’ in IA, USA. After his MSc. 10:45am - 11:15am in more than 100 videos. Before that he was the thesis and graduation from the Delft - Ballroom - top editor for both Flying and Professional Pilot University of Technology, Department of magazines, as well as a member of the senior Aerospace Engineering in 1992 specializing e d i t o r i a l s t a ff a t R e a d e r ’ s D i g e s t . H e a l s o m anged in the field of computational mechanics communications for FlightSafety International. (buckling and postbuckling of composite He began his career as a newspaper reporter on structures) he joined Fokker Aircraft. Long Island in 1968 and joined the Associated Press as writer/editor in its Miami bureau in 1970. After a first few years on the Fokker jetline program in the wing and tail structures Bill has authored or co-authored three group he transitioned to ‘other programs’ aviation books, was an essayist for National at Fokker, supporting the design and Public Radio, wrote aviation documentaries build of major structural components for for The Discovery Channel, and has written other OEM’s as a lead stress engineer. for numerous publications including The This included the composite elevators New York Times, Smithsonian Air & Space, and rudder of the Gulfstream V. Popular Mechanics and The Associated Press, among others. During his stewardship In 1998 he was appointed Chief Engineer at Business & Commercial Aviation, the for the Airbus A340 / A380 ‘J-Nose’ wing monthly magazine has received dozens fixed leading edge projects at Fokker. The of awards for editorial excellence. 500kg structure on the A380 presented a weight reduction of more than 150kg He is the recipient of the Lifetime relative to competing designs. Achievement in Journalism Award from the National Business Aviation Association; In 2007 he was appointed Chief Engineer the Aviation Journalism Award from the for the Gulfstream programs at Fokker, National Air Transportation Association; including the development of the G650 and an Aerospace Journalist of the Andries Buitenhuis fuselage and empennage with a carbon/ Year Award for Business Aviation. epoxy horizontal stabilizer and carbon/ Chief Engineer, Fokker Aerostructures BV PPS thermoplastic elevators and rudder. The Netherlands An active aviator, he holds a Commercial From 2009 onwards he is responsible Pilot license, along with multiengine, for the wing and tail structures group at instrument, seaplane and glider ratings. Fokker, including helicopter applications.

Wednesday August 24 William Garvey 11:20am - 11:55am Editor-in-Chief, Business & Commercial Aviation - Carolina Room - “Inside Business Aviation,” columnist, Aviation Week & Space Technology

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He has published over fifty conference and journal Paul is the co-owner of VX Aerospace in Morganton, articles ranging in subject matter from the development North Carolina. VX Aerospace specializes in of carbon nanotube polymer matrix composites to the design and manufacture of composite materials development of out-of-autoclave composite processes for aerospace applications as well as other for fabrication of full-scale space flight vehicles. commercial and Department of Defense markets.

He is currently the sub-project manager for technical Paul had 26 years of professional experience with challenge 3 (TC3) of NASA’s Advanced Composites Project in government and industry at key leadership and the Advanced Aeronautics Vehicle Program. The overarching management positions during his career as a U.S. Brian Grimsley goal in ACP-TC3 is to develop physics-based predictive tools Naval officer and naval aviator, culminating in the to reduce manufacturing/processing defects and thereby attainment of the rank of Captain. With broad, NASA Langley Research Center, USA decrease the timeline for development and certification hands-on experience in all facets of naval operations of composite structure in future aeronautic vehicles. and program management, he has had extensive leadership experience in the U.S. Navy, including, Program Manager, Chief Engineer, Operational Flight Test, Commanding Officer and Personnel Manager.

Paul’s final tour in the Navy was as the Program Wednesday August 24 Manager of the Navy’s Unmanned Aviation organization, PMA-263, leading and overseeing 1:20pm-1:55pm multiple Unmanned System efforts for all U.S. - Carolina Room - Navy and Marine Corps unmanned aviation vehicles and systems across all Classes of UAS.

Brian Grimsley is a composites processing Paul is also an expert at commercial uses research engineer in the Advanced Materials of Unmanned Systems and commercially and Processing Branch at NASA Langley operates UAS throughout the United States. Research Center in Hampton, VA. He received his Masters of Science in Materials Paul holds a BS in Economics and a BA in Science and Engineering from Virginia International Studies from the University of Polytechnic Institute and State University Paul Morgan South Carolina as well as an MS in Systems under the mentorship of Professor Al Loos. Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University. Executive Vice President His career includes over twenty years of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, VX Aerospace, USA materials and processing development at Intel Corporation, NAVSEA, and NASA.

Wednesday August 24 3:50pm - 4:25pm - Carolina Room -

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Dr. Watts serves as the National Program Don Farr is a Technical Fellow for Boeing Director and Grants Officer for the FAA Research and Technology Support and Thursday August 25 Air Transportation Centers of Excellence Analytics Integrated Technology Team (COE) Program. FAA COEs are multi-year, in Huntsville, Alabama. He is working 9:15am - 10:00am public/private partnerships established on advanced technology in Model Based - Ballroom - to conduct mission-critical research System Engineering applied to the digital while training a pool of professionals thread throughout the life cycle of platform to serve the aviation community of the development, shifting the emphasis in future. COEs maximize federal resources design to account for the manufacture through matching contributions provided and assembly of the products. by 100+ academic institutions, state and local governments, and industry. Don has over 25 years with The Boeing Company working on various programs FAA sponsors have funded more than 500 and projects. He started his career on research projects while supporting more than the Comanche program in Philadelphia 1,000 students under the guidance of senior with avionics and embedded sensors in faculty. COE faculty and students focus on the composite structures. After 10 years long-term aviation related research topics that on the Comanche program, leading many currently reflect a $600 million level of effort, development and integration efforts funded through federal grants, contracts, (including first flight), Don began work on the and matching contributions. Important COE newly defined Network Centric Operations research outcomes have been documented Thrust in St. Louis Missouri. He spent the in more than 2,000 publications, reports next 5 years developing and integrating and master and doctoral level theses. System-of-System technologies that enabled the integration of dozens of platforms (F-15, Dr. Watts has been appointed to various A/F-18, Apache, Tanker, and the like). federal, state and local advisory boards and has been honored with various FAA Don’s first assignment in Huntsville was awards and other important distinctions. developing and integrating an advanced These include the FAA Administrator’s discrimination technology into the Missile Award for her COE outreach efforts and Don Farr Defense architecture. This technology the White House Hammer Award for spurred significant changes to the radar, Technical Fellow, BR&T streamlining government. Dr. Watts was Command and Control, and Ground- Boeing Research & Technology, USA recently recognized by the National Council Based Mid-course Defense fire control of University Administrators with the 2016 systems, including the interceptors. Joseph F. Carrabino Award for distinguished public service and extraordinary contributions Don earned his Bachelor of Science in to government – university relationships. Electrical Engineering at Lamar University in Thursday August 25 Beaumont, Texas. He went on to complete 9:10am - 9:55am an advanced degree in Electrical Engineering Patricia Watts at the University of Delaware in Newark. FAA COE National Program Director - Carolina Room - FAA Air Transportation Centers of Excellence

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David Dress is the Associate Director for Space Joaquim R. R. A. Martins is a Professor Technology and Advanced Development at the University of Michigan, where Thursday August 25 Programs in the Space Technology and he heads the Multidisciplinary Design 1:30pm - 2:15pm Exploration Directorate at NASA Langley. Optimization Laboratory (MDO Lab) in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. - Carolina Room - David leads the advocacy, customer interface, integration, formulation, and His research involves the development implementation of NASA Langley’s broad and application of MDO methodologies portfolio of projects supporting the NASA to the design of aircraft configurations, Space Technology Mission Directorate. In with a focus on high-fidelity simulations addition, David is the Center Programmatic that take advantage of high-performance Lead for Advanced Manufacturing. parallel computing. Before joining the University of Michigan faculty in September Previously, David was the Center Focal for 2009, he was an Associate Professor at the Level II Constellation Program activities University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace and the Lead for the Mission and Technical Studies, where from 2002 he held a Tier II Integration Group (Johnson Space Center) Canada Research Chair in Multidisciplinary in Systems Engineering and Integration Optimization. Prof. Martins received his for the Constellation Program where he undergraduate degree in Aeronautical served as the SE&I Mission Lead for the Engineering from Imperial College, London, Ares I-X Test Flight. Previous jobs from with a British Aerospace Award. He obtained 2003 to 2007 included Deputy Director both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from for Experimental Research Services and Stanford University, where he was awarded Head of the Research Facilities Branch. the Ballhaus prize for best thesis in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. From 1994 to 2003, David served as Facility Manager of the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel He was a keynote speaker at the International and the 14- by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel. Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural From 1981 until 1994, David was a researcher Dynamics in 2007 and the Aircraft Structural with expertise in advanced experimental Design Conference in 2010. He has techniques. This included cryogenic Joaquim Martins received the Best Paper Award in the AIAA testing, magnetic suspension and balance Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Professor systems, adaptive wall technologies, and Conference four times (2002, 2006, 2012, University of Michigan, USA high speed dynamic stability testing. and 2014). He is a member of the AIAA MDO Technical Committee and was the technical David received his B.S. degree in Aerospace co-chair for the 2008 AIAA Multidisciplinary and Ocean Engineering from Virginia Tech Analysis and Optimization Conference. and a Master’s degree in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences from George Washington Thursday August 25 He has served as Associate Editor for University. David has published over 40 the AIAA Journal, and is currently an David Dress papers and is an Associate Fellow in the AIAA. 11:35am - 12:20pm Associate Editor for the Journal of Aircraft, Associate Director for Space Technology and - Carolina Room - Optimization and Engineering, and Structural Advanced Development Programs and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Langley Lead for Advanced Manufacturing Space Technology and Exploration Directorate NASA Langley Research Center

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Steve Townes is the founder and CEO of Ranger Aerospace in Greenville. Townes is an engineering graduate of West Point, where he won the Eisenhower Award upon graduation in 1975. He served in the 1st Ranger Battalion as a young officer. He has 36 years’ experience in the aerospace, aviation, and defense industry segments.

He came to South Carolina in 1990 as the Exec VP/ COO of Stevens Aviation, helping to lead it through a successful turnaround and resurgent growth. Townes founded Ranger Aerospace in 1997, and since that time, his company has employed thousands of people in a successful series of Private Equity consolidation platforms. Since inception, Ranger has transacted over $490 Million in various buying- and-selling successes as the management stewards of several large-scale enterprises such as “ASIG,” Keystone Helicopter, and Ranger International.

Ranger’s latest acquisition commenced in 2016 and is one of its largest, ACL Airshop, a global air cargo products and services company with headquarters in South Carolina and operations at 32 of the world’s Top Fifty air cargo hub airports.

Townes is also the inaugural chairman for SC Aerospace – a statewide public/private partnership that unites and advances the aerospace growth Steve Townes interests of industry, academia, and government. CEO of Ranger Aerospace LLC (and) Chairman of “SC Aerospace”

Thursday August 25 9:00am Welcome and Kick Off - Ballroom -

24 25 02 GENERAL SESSION SPEAKERS

28 Stephen Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia 29 Robert Hitt, SC Department of Commerce 30 Joan Gabel, University of South Carolina 31 Zafer Gürdal, USC McNAIR Center 31 Don Purcell, SC Aviation Association 32 Ann Marie Stieritz, SC Council on Competitiveness 33 James Stephens, SC Aeronautics Commission 33 Donald Erickson, Lockheed Martin 34 Anita Zucker, The InterTech Group, Inc. 35 Hossein Haj-Hariri, University of South Carolina 35 Mary Thornley, Trident Technical College 36 Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University 37 Daniel Moody, Boeing 37 Susan Pretulak, SC Technical College System

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Robert “Bobby” M. Hitt III was appointed by Promise Zone. He also served as City, Mayor Benjamin introduced the Governor Nikki Haley to serve as Secretary a founding member of Choose “Justice for All” initiative in 2014, which of Commerce in January 2011. Hitt, the Children First and chief legal counsel implements training, competitive pay, previous manager of corporate affairs for Midlands Crimestoppers. diverse representation and community at the BMW Manufacturing Company in engagement to strengthen the Spartanburg, brings a wealth of economic In 2009, Benjamin drew national foundation of trust and accountability development experience to the Department attention by representing prominent that exists between our communities of Commerce and has personally worked with radio host Tom Joyner and securing and law enforcement agencies. the previous five commerce secretaries. a pardon for Joyner’s great uncles wrongfully convicted in the death of President Obama’s administration has Under his leadership as Secretary of Commerce, a 73-year-old Confederate veteran also commended Mayor Benjamin on South Carolina has become a leader in economic and executed in 1913. In a landmark his work on behalf of My Brother’s development recruiting more than $23 billion decision, the South Carolina Keeper (MBK) efforts in the nation. in capital investments and 86,000 new jobs Board of Paroles and Pardons The city’s MBK efforts, in addition to to the state. Throughout Hitt’s tenure, South voted unanimously to grant the Mayor Benjamin’s leadership, have led Carolina has consistently ranked number one in posthumous pardon, the first for to Columbia being seen as a nationwide the export of both completed passenger motor Stephen K. Benjamin South Carolina in a capital case. leader in implementing and upholding vehicles and tires. In three of the last four years, Mayor the missions of the program. the state has also led the nation in jobs created City of Columbia Reelected by a 30 percent margin in from foreign direct investment, per capita. November 2013, Mayor Benjamin’s The Mayor was asked to speak Since being elected mayor in a record administration has been characterized at the 2016 Democratic National Before his time at Commerce and BMW, turnout election in April 2010, Mayor Steve by his firm belief in Columbia’s Convention, where he talked about Hitt served as the director of planning Benjamin has made it his mission to create potential and intense focus on job the importance of instilling in his and development for the Nelson Mullins in Columbia the most talented, educated creation. In his first term alone, his daughters they can do anything they Riley & Scarborough law firm and and entrepreneurial city in the Southeast. leadership helped cut unemployment set their minds to, even becoming worked for 17 years at The State and The in the metro by roughly half and President of the United States. Columbia Record newspapers, serving as His service in Columbia started back in 1992 secured billions of dollars in new managing editor of both publications. when he served as student body president regional capital investment in the In addition to serving as Mayor of at the University of South Carolina, later midst of a national recession. Columbia, Mayor Benjamin also Hitt is a native of Charleston and is a graduate becoming the Student Bar Association serves as Second Vice President of of the University of South Carolina. He and President at the USC School of Law. Combined with the rebirth of Main the U.S. Conference of Mayors and his wife Gwen have two sons, Lucas, and Street, these accomplishments as Chairman for Municipal Bonds for Robert Paul and one grandson, Ben. At 29 years old in 1999, Benjamin was have drawn national attention America. He currently teaches a class appointed to Governor Jim Hodges’ cabinet and accolades including his being at the University of South Carolina Robert M. Hitt III as director of the state’s second largest law awarded an Aspen Rodel Fellowship Honors College titled “Columbia, Secretary of Commerce enforcement agency, the Department of and receiving an Honorary Doctor South Carolina: Building a Great City” South Carolina Department of Commerce Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. of Humanities from Francis Marion and is a member of Kappa Alpha University. He has twice been named Psi and Sigma Pi Phi fraternities. Mayor Benjamin has continued his to The Washington Post’s “The Root service to the community in serving 100 List” (2011 and 2013) as well as Mayor Benjamin is married to the on numerous boards for nonprofit the 2014 GRIO 100 and was honored Honorable DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, organizations such as the Columbia to receive a 2014 Triumph Award from Chief Administrative Judge (General Wednesday August 24 Urban League, Benedict College, the National Action Network as their Sessions) for South Carolina’s the Greater Columbia Chamber 2014 Public Servant of the Year. Fifth Judicial Circuit. The two are 10:00am Opening and Welcome Session of Commerce and as a founding the proud parents of daughters - Ballroom - board member of the Eau Claire As part of his commitment to fostering Bethany (11) and Jordan Grace (9). a world class police department in the

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Prof. Gürdal is the inaugural with manufacturing emphasis. His holder of the Ronald E. McNair research has largely been funded by Endowed Chair at University of NASA Langley Research Center and Joan T.A. Gabel is the Executive Vice President South Carolina. Prior to joining the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for Academic Affairs and Provost for the University of South Carolina, he held in the US, and EU Research Frame University of South Carolina. Joining the the Chair of Aerospace Structures work programs in Europe, as well university in August of 2015, Provost Gabel and Computational Mechanics at as major Aerospace OEM in the US oversees sixteen schools and colleges. She is TU Delft, The Netherlands. He and in Europe. He was the principal also responsible for the university’s graduate also holds Professor Emeritus investigator and co-investigator and undergraduate academic programs, appointment at Virginia Tech, where of more than 60 research grants, curriculum development, program assessment, he was a Professor jointly appointed majority of which on methodologies university accreditation, systemwide academic between the Aerospace and Ocean for composite laminate design and affairs policies, faculty development, and the Engineering, and Engineering Science novel structural configurations, as stewardship of resources in support of the above. and Mechanics Departments. well as experimental verification of composites structures research. Prior to joining the University of South Carolina, Prof. Gürdal graduated from Middle Gabel served as the Dean of the Robert J. East Technical University of Turkey Prof. Gürdal’s research contributions Trulaske, Sr. College of Business at the University with a Bachelor of Science degree resulted more than 300 publications, of Missouri. Under her leadership, the college in Mechanical Engineering, from nearly half are refereed journal rebranded under the award-winning “We’ll Illinois Institute of Technology publications. He is a co-author Show You” campaign and then marked its with a Master of Science degree of 4 books. He has delivered Centennial Celebration with a year of reflection, Zafer Gürdal in Mechanical and Aerospace keynote speeches and plenary celebration, and a look into the future. She Director McNAIR Center for Engineering, and was awarded addresses at 14 internationally improved inclusion among diverse populations Aerospace Innovation & Research a Ph.D. in Aerospace and Ocean recognized conferences. through key hires and strategic programming. Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Gabel worked collaboratively to secure a private/ Institute and State University. Prof. Gürdal served as the graduate public partnership that generated $20 million thesis advisor for more than 65 which helped in establishing the groundbreaking Wednesday August 24 Prof. Gürdal’s research interests are masters and 34 doctoral students. He Applied Learning Center, a home for high- in structural and multidisciplinary is a Lifetime member and Associate touch, experiential learning methods. She also 10:00am Opening and design and optimization, design Fellow of the AIAA, and member of served as a board member for the Association to Welcome Session and optimization of composite the International Society for Structural Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). - Ballroom - materials and structures, and and Multidisciplinary Optimization. computational methods for design Named a “shining star” by The Wall Street Joan Gabel Journal, she is the recipient of numerous awards, Don Purcell is the President of Purcell is interested in the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and including the Charles M. Hewitt Teaching Award, Spring Valley Auto Group. He is a continued development of Provost of the University of South Carolina the Kay Duffy Service Award and the Bunche, Commercial Instrument pilot and a aviation in South Carolina and Kemper and Holmes-Cardozo Awards for past chairman of Richland County in working with others in the Excellence in Research. Her work has been placed Airport Commission. Currently aviation community to increase its on the National Law Journal’s “Worth Reading” he serves as President of SCAA. awareness and value to the public. list and she served as editor-in-chief of the Wednesday August 24 American Business Law Journal and the Journal Other volunteer leadership of Legal Studies in Business. She earned her 10:00am Opening and Welcome Session positions include past chairman bachelor’s degree from Haverford College and and board member Greater - Ballroom - her juris doctor from the University of Georgia. Columbia Chamber of Commerce, past chairman and current board member North East Area Council of the Columbia Chamber, past board Don Purcell member and Executive Committee President member of the Richland- South Carolina Aviation Association Lexington Cultural Council.

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Planning and the Founding Director of Ann Marie is committed to community James Stephens began his aviation After being away from the Apprenticeship Carolina™ which has service and has served in leadership James Stephens career with Rhino Aviation in airport side of the industry been recognized as a national model. roles and on numerous boards, Greenville, SC as an aircraft for six years, James returned Executive Director She also led the establishment of including the United Way of the mechanic, and in 2003, James was to airports by accepting a South Carolina Aeronautics Commission South Carolina’s 12 Regional Education Midlands, the American Red Cross- referred for an airport manager’s position as Airport Development Centers created under the SC Central SCChapter, the Columbia position in McMinnville, Tennessee. Program Manager for the SC Education and Economic Development Rotary Club, and the American Heart Aeronautics Commission, and in Act (the EEDA) that are now part of Association’s “Go Red for Women” Upon arriving in TN, he was 2014, James was appointed by the SC Department of Commerce. campaign. She was recognized by given the opportunity to manage Governor Nikki Haley to Executive the Girl Scouts of South Carolina all of the daily operational Director of the Commission. Outside of South Carolina, Ann as a “Woman of Distinction,” as a responsibilities of the airport as Marie’s experience encompasses an Guatemala Literacy Fellow Rotary well as the FBO services, the tenant James holds a BS in Aviation international focus. She has worked International, and is a recipient of agreements, and all budgetary Management and an Associate’s in the Federated States of Micronesia the United Way of the Midlands’ components of the airport. degree in Aircraft Maintenance as well as in the Islamic Republic of Alyce Kemp DeWitt award—that from Bob Jones University. He also Ann Marie Stieritz Mauritania; promoted international organization’s most prestigious From TN, he was recruited is a licensed Airframe &Powerplant President & CEO trade opportunities for the State of volunteer award for long-term service back to Greenville, SC to open mechanic and Private Pilot. South Carolina Council New Jersey; and served as a Political to the agency and the community. a sales department for the on Competitiveness Analyst for the Consulate General She is a graduate of the S.C. Technical Special Services Corporation of New York, advising Japanese College system’s Leadership Academy whose offerings include aircraft Ann Marie Stieritz serves as the government officials concerning and the Diversity Leadership Institute management, maintenance and President & CEO of the South Carolina U.S. political developments. of Furman University. Ann Marie is a charter, and aircraft sales. Council on Competitiveness. She fellow in the 11th class of the Liberty accepted this position in July 2014 and Ann Marie earned a B.A. Summa Cum Fellowship and a member of the brings over 18 years in economic and Laude from Xavier University and a Aspen Global Leadership Network. workforce development to her work. Don Erickson is the Site Director at Mr. Erickson joined Lockheed Martin in Diplôme d’études from the l’Université Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Greenville 1991 after 12 years supporting MMRO de Paris, la Sorbonne as well as Immediately prior to accepting where he is responsible for all activities activities with a commercial airline. an M.A. and an M. Phil. in political the role as President & CEO of the associated with aircraft modification, During the past 22 years, he has held science from New York University. Council, she served as the Deputy maintenance, repair, overhaul (MMRO) a variety of technical and leadership Executive Director of the University and final assembly services, and company positions supporting system integration of South Carolina’s Office of Economic management system (CMS) compliance. and the sustainment of a broad range Engagement, fostering economic The Greenville site provides complex of commercial and military aircraft. growth across the state of South aircraft modifications, maintenance, In 1998, he served as the Project Carolina by connecting new and mission system and technical upgrades. Manager for the Greenville SAP/ERP existing businesses with university The facility comprises 276 acres implementation successfully executing resources. Ann Marie previously served with 16 hangars, support shops and three separate releases as part of the as the Vice President for Economic warehouse space. The customer base company’s Y2K transition. In 2008, and Workforce Competitiveness for includes the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, he accepted a rotational corporate Donald Erickson the SC Technical College System, U.S. Coast Guard, Homeland Security assignment as the Ethics Officer for Site Director, Lockheed Martin overseeing the System’s nationally and multiple International operators. Sustainment Services supporting Greenville Operations recognized economic and workforce operations at Greenville, Kelly Aviation development programs–readySC™ Prior to his appointment as Site Center in San Antonio and multiple Field and Apprenticeship Carolina™–as Director in February 2012, Mr. Erickson Team Sites throughout the world. well as other statewide initiatives was the Site Integrator, responsible Wednesday August 24 aimed at increasing the state’s for overseeing all aspects of Quality Mr. Erickson holds a Bachelor of Industrial competitiveness through education and Mission Success, Supply Chain Engineering degree from the Georgia 3:15pm Lockheed Martin and training. She was the technical Management, Process and Technical Institute of Technology. He is married to - Lexington - college system’s first Associate Vice Integrity, Facilities, and Environmental, Sue Erickson and has a daughter and son. President for Strategic Priorities and Safety and Health (ESH) functional organizations at the Greenville site.

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Dr. Hossein Haj-Hariri earned A distinguished engineering his undergraduate and researcher with experience in Anita Zucker currently serves as the Chair and Chief Executive graduate degrees from MIT. forming industry partnerships, Officer of South Carolina based global conglomerate, The Haj-Hariri’s own research is in InterTech Group, Inc. (TIG). As one of the largest private He joined the faculty at University the field of fluid dynamics, which companies in the United States, TIG and its affiliates operate of Virginia in 1988 and most has many practical applications in a diverse group of industries ranging from aerospace and recently served as professor in the aerospace field. specialty chemicals to real estate and entertainment. In and chair of the Department addition to its wholly-owned entities, TIG and its affiliates are of Mechanical and Aerospace He is currently the Dean of substantial investors in a large number of public companies. Engineering. He also served the College of Engineering and TIG and its affiliates hold substantial investments in a as a visiting faculty member Computing at the University diverse portfolio of equity, debt and real estate holdings. at Arizona State University of South Carolina, and is also and Stanford University. a USC Educational Foundation In 2008, Zucker became the first female Governor Distinguished Professor. (Chair) of The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) in HBC’s 338 year history. The $6 Billion HBC had been acquired Hossein Haj-Hariri Dean, College of Engineering and by TIG in a public-to-private transaction in 2006. Computing, University of South Carolina

Zucker has served as president of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Education Foundation. She is a former member and past chairperson of the Trident Technical College Foundation Board and Executive Board and Dr. Mary Thornley has been Executive Officer Award from the serves on the Trident Technical College Governing Board. president of Trident Technical Association of Community College Zucker is currently a Trustee at the University of Florida. College since 1991. She truly believes Trustees, Trident United Way in the transformational power Women’s Leadership Award, The Free Zucker has been a leader in the Charleston area and of education and is passionate Enterprise Foundation Ethics and South Carolina for numerous organizations. She served about the community college’s Civics Responsibility Award, ThinkTEC as chairperson of the Board of Governors of the School role in making our communities Outstanding Leadership in Advancing of Business at the College of Charleston; she also served and our nation stronger, more the Knowledge Based Industry in on the Advisory Boards of the School of Humanities and adaptable, and better able to face the Region Award, Special Award Anita Zucker Social Sciences and Jewish Studies Program and she served the challenges of the future. Recognizing 10 years of Economic Chair & CEO on the board of the Addlestone Hebrew Academy (past Development Leadership from the The InterTech Group, Inc. board chair), Porter Gaud and Ashley Hall Schools. Zucker Dr. Thornley holds a doctorate Charleston Regional Development is past chair of the Medical University of South Carolina of education in curriculum and Alliance, the Service and Leadership Foundation Board. Zucker currently serves on the President’s instruction from the University Award for Promoting Access and Initiatives Committee of the University of South Carolina. of South Carolina; a master of Equity in Higher Education from arts in teaching English from the the South Carolina Commission on Zucker is the recipient of numerous awards including University of North Carolina at Higher Education, the Citadel’s School the “Order of the Palmetto” presented by South Carolina Chapel Hill; and a bachelor of arts of Business Leadership of Principal Governor David Beasley for her dedication to education, in English and French from Mars Award, the Charleston Regional the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University Hill College, North Carolina. Business Journal’s Influential Women of Florida and the Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Vision Award for Mary Thornley in Business Award, The Citadel School Model Corporate Citizenship. Zucker is a recipient of The President She has received numerous awards of Business Leader of Principal Wednesday August 24 Tom Glaser Leadership Award presented by Conexx. Trident Technical College and recognitions including the Joseph Award and Hall of Fame Induction, P. Riley Leadership Award from the Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Vision Award 11:15 am Higher Education Panel Zucker earned a B.A. in education from the University of the Charleston Metro Chamber of and the Septima P. Clark Charleston - Ballroom - Florida and a Master’s of Education from the University Commerce, the Shirley B. Gordon Branch NAACP Education Award. of North Florida and holds Honorary Doctorate degrees Award of Distinction from Phi Theta from Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson Kappa, the Southeast Region Chief University, The Citadel, College of Charleston, the University of South Carolina and Yeshiva University.

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Prior to coming to South Carolina, 757-300 programs. He also served as Mooney served as the vice president of the Commercial Airplanes technical Gramopadhye joined Clemson centers to address STEM – science, Aviation Safety and Engineering, where representative in Washington D.C. University in 1992, as an assistant technology, engineering and math he was responsible for engineering As the director of aviation affairs, professor. He was named chairman of - issues to meet the needs of South functional organizations and design he was the technical liaison to U.S. the industrial engineering department Carolina’s 21st century knowledge centers, product safety activities government agencies such as NASA in 2003, and assistant to the dean economy. The CUCWD is home to for all commercial airplanes, as well and the Federal Aviation Administration of the College of Engineering and the National Science Foundation as the continuous improvement as well as to aviation trade associations Science in 2010. In 2011, he was Advanced Technical Education Center and utilization of the technical and professional societies. appointed associate vice president for Automotive and Aviation Education. workforce and for supply chain for workforce development. management for technical services. Before that, Mooney was involved Gramopadhye‘s research focuses with the design and analysis of Under his leadership, the industrial on solving human-machine system Prior to this position, he was vice advanced composite structures. He engineering department increased design problems and modeling human president of 787-8 Development, where worked on a number of advanced in enrollment, research and performance in technologically he led the technical team developing composite development projects, scholarship. It embarked on several complex systems, such as health Daniel P. Mooney the first member of the all-new 787 including the 777 empennage and Vice President of Engineering strategic educational and research care, aviation and manufacturing. Engineering Design Center – South Carolina Dreamliner family. Previously, Mooney the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft wing. initiatives in supply chain, logistics He has been principal investigator Boeing Commercial Airplanes served as vice president of Regulatory and optimization; a health systems for more than 75 research grants Affairs for Commercial Airplanes, Mooney joined Boeing in 1980 as research initiative; and additional and awards, generating more than with responsibility for key activities a stress analyst and spent his first Dan Mooney has served as the vice applied research in global geographic $45 million in funding. Research associated with government oversight year with the company at the Boeing president of Engineering for the Anand Gramopadhye areas, including India, China and partners include the National and regulation of Boeing airplanes. Helicopters division in Philadelphia. Professor & Dean, College of Engineering Design Center – South the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. Institutes of Health (NIH), National Engineering, Computing and Applied Carolina since June 2013. Mooney is Science Foundation (NSF), Federal Mooney has served in several Mooney has a Bachelor of Science Sciences, Clemson University responsible for guiding the growth As Associate Vice President Aviation Administration (FAA), the U. positions throughout his career at degree in civil engineering from and the capability of the Design for Workforce Development, S. Departments of Energy (DOE) and Boeing, including vice president of Pennsylvania State University. He is a Center, as well as overseeing all Gramopadhye helped create the Labor (DOL), the National Aeronautics the 747/747-8 program, vice president Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society Anand Gramopadhye assumed the aspects of the engineering statement Clemson University Center for and Space Administration (NASA), of product development and chief and an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. position of Dean of the College of of work for Boeing South Carolina. Workforce Development (CUCWD). The and numerous corporate partners. project engineer for the 767 and Engineering and Science on July 1, center partners with statewide K-12 2013. He now oversees 15 academic institutions, technical colleges, industry Gramopadhye has more than 300 departments, which have an and other academic institutions and publications and is a Fellow of the Susan Pretulak is the Vice President of information and technical assistance enrollment of about 6,700 students. Institute of Industrial Engineers. Economic Development and Workforce they need to create demand-driven Susan Pretulak He was recognized twice by the Competitiveness for the SC Technical registered apprenticeship programs. Vice President of Economic Development and National Academy of Engineering College System. She is responsible Since its launch, the number of registered Workforce, SC Technical College System through the Frontiers in Engineering for the oversight of both nationally apprenticeship programs in the state Program as one of the Top 60 recognized programs – readySC™ and has more than tripled as have the total engineers in the country, and is the Apprenticeship Carolina™. readySC™ number of active apprentices. Prior to editor-in-chief of the International is the System’s flagship training and this role, Susan served as Senior Director Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. recruiting program helping thousands of for readySC™ overseeing day-to-day South Carolinians each year find new and operational and tactical aspects of He earned a bachelor’s degree in better jobs. The program’s customized all readySC™ projects in the Upstate. production engineering in 1987 services are an attractive incentive to Susan holds a B.A. from Gettysburg from the University of Bombay, businesses interested in relocating to College. She is also a graduate of the India, and a master of science in or expanding in the state. readySC™ University of South Carolina’s Leadership 1989 and a Ph.D. in 1992, both in consistently earns South Carolina a in Community College Higher Education industrial engineering, from the State top-five national ranking of states with certificate program as well as the South University of New York, Buffalo. the best workforce training programs. Carolina Economic Developers School.

Launched in 2007, Apprenticeship Carolina™ makes certain all employers in South Carolina have access to the

36 37 03 INDUSTRY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS 40 Carole Hedden, Aviation Week 40 Joseph Von Nessen, University of South Carolina 41 Rebecca Ufkes, UEC Electronics, LLC 41 Nelson Lindsay, SC Department of Commerce 42 James Clark, SC State University 43 Steve Prout, Solar Atmospheres Southeast 43 Philip R. Morgan, SC Department of Commerce 44 Deborah Cameron, SC Council on Competitiveness 45 David Reese, IBM 45 Jeffrey Estes, Okuma America Corp. 46 Drew Weston, CodeLynx, LLC 46 Fred Gassaway, SC Department of Commerce 47 Chuck Spangler, SC Manufacturers Extension Program (SCMEP)

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Rebecca A. Ufkes is the President of UEC Electronics, LLC, a subsidiary of the Arotech Corporation. UEC is an ISO 9001 and AS9100 registered engineering, design, 1,200 program managers across the prototyping, and manufacturing provider located in commercial, defense and space sectors. Charleston, South Carolina. UEC, founded in 1995, provides product development and comprehensive Aviation Week’s Workforce Study, manufacturing services to aerospace, defense, medical, launched in 1997, serves as the and industrial markets. Rebecca was selected as the 2010 industry’s single source for data SBA South Carolina Small Business Person of the Year and about the aerospace and defense was subsequently honored as a National Award Winner at workforce and its employers to include the 2010 SBA National Small Business Week Conference in demographics, age distribution, hiring Washington, DC. Early 2012, Rebecca was recognized as a plans, professional development “Champion of Change” at the White House for Innovation and compensation. AIA is Aviation and Manufacturing in the hybrid and renewable energy Week’s partner in this study. In 2013, market. UEC was also awarded the distinguished Aviation Week added to this effort our Nunn-Perry Award for their accomplishments in the Twenty20s program that identifies top DoD Mentor Protégé program with Raytheon. Carole Rickard Hedden engineering students on the basis of Joseph Von Nessen Executive Editorial Director their academic acumen and research, Research Economist, Rebecca serves on the South Carolina Aerospace Aviation Week Executive Intelligence but also their commitment to the Darla Moore School of Business, Advisory Board, the Board of Directors of the Charleston community beyond the classroom. University of South Carolina Metro Chamber of Commerce, as well as The Citadel’s AIAA is Aviation Week’s partner in the School of Engineering and Michigan Technological Twenty20s/Future Leaders program. University Presidential Council of Alumnae Boards. Carole Rickard Hedden joined the Dr. Joseph C. Von Nessen is a Nelson Lindsay Director, Global Business Development Aviation Week team in 1996 to provide Research Economist in the Division of Prior to joining Aviation Week, Hedden Rebecca holds a Masters in Business Administration from South Carolina Department of Commerce financial and business analysis and Research at the Darla Moore School worked for 20 years in the news media The Citadel and a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical has held a variety of roles over the of Business where he specializes in and as a corporate communications Engineering from Michigan Technological University. Prior past two decades. In September 2013 regional economics, regional economic leader for Austin Peay State University, to founding UEC Electronics, Rebecca was employed by she stood up Aviation Week’s new forecasting, and housing economics. Nelson Lindsay joined the South Carolina Department Honeywell Defense Avionics, and Kaman Aerospace and Sikorsky Aircraft, respectively. business unit, Aviation Week Executive He regularly conducts a wide variety of Commerce as the Director of Global Business Corning Incorporated. Hedden is Intelligence, to deliver custom news of economic impact analyses, Development in October of 2015. In this role, Lindsay will the founder of East Mountain High coverage and analysis for industry feasibility studies, and independent be responsible for all project management activity and for School, a charter high school ranked executives. She also leads Aviation market research projects for clients the recruitment of new industry to South Carolina. He will number one in New Mexico for its Week’s annual Workforce Study, in both the private and public sector. also work with existing industry to further assist in their students’ academic achievements. the Program Excellence initiative, In addition, he is responsible for the growth. A South Carolina Certified Economic Developer, and Executive Roundtables. preparation and presentation of the Lindsay most recently served as Richland County’s first University of South Carolina’s annual director of economic development. In this capacity, he The Program Excellence initiative statewide economic forecast, serves worked to recruit new industry to the community as well seeks to identify lessons learned and on the advisory committee for the as assist existing industry with expansions. Prior to this best practices in the art of program South Carolina Board of Economic appointment, Lindsay served as the director of economic leadership, while also providing a Advisors, and is a frequent speaker development for Kershaw County for more than 14 process for developing future program for business and government leaders years. Lindsay holds a bachelor’s degree in History from executives. Program Excellence is a Wednesday August 24 throughout the Southeast - providing Wofford College, and a Master of Public Administration collaboration of industry program 1:00pm-2:30pm information and consultation degree from the University of South Carolina. He is also executives, as well as representatives about business, markets, and local a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the of the Defense Acquisition University, Manufacturing Workforce economies. He also makes frequent University of Oklahoma. He is married with three children. NASA and academia. As of 2015, media appearances to discuss various Rebecca Ufkes Study & Economic Impact President of UEC Electronics, LLC Program Excellence has evaluated local economic topics of interest. Dr. more than 330 system and sub-system of Aerospace in SC Von Nessen earned his B.A. at Furman level programs and established a - Ballroom - University and his Ph.D. in economics professional community of more than at the University of South Carolina.

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A resident of Columbia, SC, Clark has served as vice president of a $1- billion division of AT&T which he converted from a money-losing division into the most profitable division in AT&T’s computer business. Clark also worked with Gould Incorporated, General Electric, Gillette, and Exxon International. To these positions, Clark brought a wealth of expertise as a successful relationship builder, mentor, and team motivator who is highly respected for his ability to develop consensus among diverse functional groups.

Clark served on the Benedict College Board of Trustees for 18 years, and he has been Chair of the University of South Carolina Research Foundation for three terms. He has also served as an SC State Board member during the past year where he chaired the Finance and Management committee. He also served as an Executive Director of the prestigious Bell Lab, the most respected research institution in the world at the time.

Along with his passion for education, Clark has a passion for building and flying aircraft. He is an active member of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Board of Steve Prout Philip R. Morgan James E. Clark Directors, and has performed as an Air Show Performer. As President Senior Project Manager President an engineer and a pilot, he brings the intricacy of “attention Solar Atmospheres Southeast South Carolina Department of Commerce South Carolina State University to detail” and the critical aspect of its effect on success.

Clark holds a Master of Science Degree in Management Steve Prout – President, Solar Atmospheres Southeast Philip Morgan serves as Senior Project Manager in the Global South Carolina State University’s 12th President, Mr. (Marketing) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology joined Solar Atmospheres in the Fall of 2013 to establish Business Development Division of the South Carolina Department James E. Clark is a native of Quincy, Florida. Referring Sloan School of Management (M.I.T.); a Bachelor of Science Solar’s newest vacuum heat treating facility in Greenville, of Commerce. Since joining the department in 2012, Morgan has to his parents as “the smartest people I know,” they Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science South Carolina. This facility gained Nadcap (National been active in the recruitment of new business and expansion instilled in him the value of a good education, hard from M.I.T.; and further studies in Global Leadership Aerospace and Defense Accreditation Program) of existing business in the state. In his time with Commerce he work, and discipline. His father Edmon had a second and Senior Management Development programs at accreditation within 90 days of start-up in September, has worked with companies from around the world to create grade education and his mother Annie, a sixth grade the University of Michigan and Indiana University. 2015 and AS9100 approval shortly thereafter. Solar jobs and invest in South Carolina, recruiting 4,000 jobs and education, but they wanted more for Clark and his specializes in vacuum heat treatments and is capable of $1.5 billion in capital investment to the Palmetto State. siblings. His father became his first role model as supporting research and development activity through a well-respected businessman within the farming large scale production. Solar also operates a 24 foot Prior to his position with Commerce, Morgan served community and Clark followed in his footsteps, with long vacuum furnace in the Greenville facility, the largest as an economic developer at the local level in Shelby expanded opportunities he could have only imagined. Wednesday August 24 vacuum furnace in the US Southeast. Steve started County, Alabama where he accumulated four years of his career in commercial heat treating and brazing in experience in the profession. He holds a juris doctor from An accomplished visionary with a stellar career, 1:00pm-2:30pm 1996 and has held a variety of positions in the heat The University of Alabama School of Law and received his Clark brings to the presidency a results-oriented, treating world before coming to Solar. These roles undergraduate degree from Florida State University. business approach that launches and drives positive Manufacturing Workforce include Production Manager, Plant Manager, Business outcomes. His proven experiences in leading Fortune Study & Economic Impact Development Manager, and General Manager for 5-500 companies has prepared him to provide the organizations such as Paulo Products Company, Bluewater leadership necessary to move SC State University of Aerospace in SC Thermal Solutions and Bodycote. Steve is a member of forward to the next level. Clark firmly believes that - Ballroom - the ASM International, the Metal Treating Institute and solid business practices of the institution is critical to Wednesday August 24 serves on the Business Advisory Board for his alma mater its operations, success, and brand enhancement. Bryan College in Dayton, TN as well as serving on the 3:45pm-5:00pm Doing Business in SC Board for Coldstream Christian Camp in Adams, TN. - Lexington Room -

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Mr. Reese leads IBM’s Analytics and and Boeing. He was the creator of IBM’s Cognitive Solutions Unit for Aerospace Aerospace Competency Center, which & Defense. He is focused on how was tasked with transforming IBM’s cognitive computing and analytics can approach to the marketplace. Under bring business insights to challenges his leadership this center pioneered in Engineering Manufacturing, Supply integrating IBM’s Middleware, Chain and Aftermarket operations. Collaboration and Analytics products He has over 18 years of industry into the Industry process. experience focusing on Analytics, Product Lifecycle Management, For the last several years he has Integration and supply chain been leading the charge, aligned solutions. Prior to his current role, with ISV partners, to transform again IBM’s go to market model around Mr Reese has held various technical Industry aligned solutions. Mr. Reese and leadership positions at IBM. He has delivered solutions to a broad started his career in client facing range of industrial clients and has consulting roles in engineering an extensive background in the development process optimization, development of business strategies David Reese configuration management, and supply in the aerospace industry. He has a Chain optimization – as an Associate proven track record of working to World Wide Sales Executive - Software Partner in IBM’s consulting group. craft solutions that meet business Group Aerospace & Defense, IBM He was the Executive IT Architect for requirements and achieve return on Boeing worldwide and was a key leader investment objectives. He holds a of the early partnership between IBM degree in Mechanical Engineering. Thursday August 25 10:00am-10:30am IBM Analytics Deborah has led the Council’s While at TVA she served as a target & Cognitive Solutions aerospace activities since 2014. market specialist where her primary Deborah Cameron She has both a personal and responsibility was the recruitment - Ballroom - Jeffrey D. Estes professional passion for aviation of data centers and technology Director of Aerospace Initiatives, Thursday August 25 Director and aerospace. Since joining the projects to the seven-state TVA region. SC Council on Competitiveness Okuma America Corporation Council’s team, Deborah has Deborah also worked previously 11:00am-11:30am Factory of the Future worked to bring together the state’s for the Maryland Department of aerospace companies, suppliers Business and Economic Development, - Ballroom - and support chain to continue to where she supervised existing grow the state’s aerospace cluster. business services, a staff of over 20 people, and administered state Jeff has 16 years of experience Management and Finance. Prior to moving to South Carolina workforce development funds. with Okuma and over 35 years in 2013, Deborah served as the of manufacturing leadership Jeff’s has held leadership roles at Director of Business Development Deborah earned an MBA from Johns and engineering experience. fortune 100 companies, including for the Colorado Office of Economic Hopkins University and a bachelor’s United Technologies and Siemens, Development where she lead a team degree in political science from the He started his career after completing and has been Okuma’s Director of business recruiters and guided University of Maryland. She is certified an Engineering Apprenticeship with of Partners in THINC since 2007. projects through the site selection by the Community Development a heavy equipment manufacturer. Recently, he concluded a 20 year and incentive approval process. Institute. She and her husband Mark, a He is a Certified Industrial Engineer term as an adjunct Professor at private pilot, live in Columbia with their and holds degrees in Business and the University of North Carolina Deborah also worked seven two yellow labs and are building an RV Industrial Engineering Technology, – Charlotte teaching Operations years with the Tennessee Valley 10 and enjoy flying their experimental with a MBA in Operations and Logistics Management. Authority (TVA) in their economic airplane around the state. development organization.

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Thursday August 25 Drew Weston Director of Sales and Marketing 12:00pm-12:30pm Defense Diversification CodeLynx, LLC - Ballroom -

Drew Weston has been the Director of Sales and Marketing for CodeLynx, LLC since 2015. Prior to taking on the current role Drew served as Chief Financial Officer and Contracts Manager for CodeLynx since 2010.

In his current role Drew is working to grow the client base and commercial lines of business for CodeLynx. This includes rolling out two suites of new products and offering new lines of services to commercial customers. CodeLynx is also leveraging its expertise acquired performing work for the U.S. Department of Defense to bring change to the software and security industries in the public and commercial space.

Prior to joining CodeLynx Drew served for six years at Blackbaud, Inc. in various sales roles domestically and internationally including an expatriate assignment in Sydney, Australia. He earned a Bachelor of Science in International Business from the College of Charleston and is working towards a MBA at The Citadel. Chuck has over 30 years of experience trained manufacturing and technical in a variety of different industries, specialists can quickly identify the Chuck Sprangler CEO/President including Milliken & Company, top two to three issues that have South Carolina Manufacturers Michelin, Willis Hosiery, and the South the greatest impact on a company’s Extension Program (SCMEP) Carolina Manufacturing Extension competitiveness and profitability. Fred Gassaway is the Defense Fred holds bachelor’s and master’s Fred Gassaway Partnership (SCMEP). He has been It has helped develop holistic Industry Diversification Manager at degrees from Clemson University Defense Diversification Manager with SCMEP for 23 years in a variety improvement plans for over 1,800 the South Carolina Department of in Agricultural Economics. He South Carolina Department of Commerce of roles including Manufacturing manufacturing clients since 1996. In Commerce. In this capacity, Fred received a commission through Specialist, Field Manager, Chief recognition of these achievements, assists defense contractors that have Clemson’s ROTC program and Operating Officer, and now President. Chuck was selected Practitioner of the been impacted by sequestration to served 28 years in the U.S. Army Year at the 2001 Modernization Forum, secure training in order to diversify Reserve in various command and As President, Chuck develops the annual MEP conference attended and expand their business operations staff positions. He participated in strategy, manages the organization’s by centers across the country. into new and growing markets. Desert Storm as Chief of Operations, budget, and develops new G-5, 18th Airborne Corps and programs to promote growth. He Chuck serves as a Board Member Fred has over 43 years in economic retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. is also responsible for cultivating a on the Advisory Committee of development, most recently serving network of resources throughout Workforce and Development at as Executive Vice President for He has served on numerous boards South Carolina which include the Clemson University as well as the Marketing at the South Carolina devoted to promoting economic SC Department of Commerce, Editorial Board for South Carolina Power Team with responsibilities development, especially in rural economic developers, Chamber of Manufacturing. He holds a bachelor’s for recruiting national and areas of South Carolina. He is Commerce, and private consultants. degree in Textile Management from international manufacturing and married with one child and in 2014, North Carolina State University distribution companies to the was awarded the Order of the In 2015, SCMEP had a statewide and is married with three boys. service area of the state’s 20 electric Palmetto by Gov. Nikki Haley. impact of $1.083 billion and cooperatives and Santee Cooper. served over 320 manufacturers in South Carolina. A champion in the development of the Competitiveness Review (CR) assessment tool,

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 50 Lingyu Yu, University of South Carolina 50 Addis Kidane, University of South Carolina 51 Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina 52 Jeroen de Vries, KvE Composites Group 52 Amy Boyd, DIAB 53 Alejandro Rodriguez, Cytec 53 Rani Richardson, Dassault Systèmes 54 Michel van Tooren, University of South Carolina 55 David Cooper, Jr., Genworks International 55 Reinier van Dijk, ParaPy B.V. 56 Igor Luzinov, Clemson University 56 Abdel Bayoumi, University of South Carolina 57 Mohammod Ali, University of South Carolina 58 Giorgio Colombo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy 58 Yicha Zhang, IRCCyN, Ecole Centrale de Nantes

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courses in Design and Manufacturing. He was/is the advisor of the IIE-LAU and SAMPE-USC student clubs. Dr. Harik collaborated with Dassault Aviation and Dassault Systèmes while working on his PhD which substantially increased his industrial experience: He designed a computer aided process planning software that automates subtractive manufacturing of complex 5axis structural mechanical parts.

Dr. Harik works closely with industrial partners from The Boeing Company, Dassault Systèmes, Ingersoll Machine Tools and KUKA Robotics. His passion lies in discovering next generation manufacturing solutions that integrates seamlessly within design systems and tools. Dr. Harik was the chair of multiple international conferences (CAD’10, OARC’12, ACE’15, ACE’16 and PLM’16).

He has been a program co-chair on CAD’15 and CAD’16. Dr. Harik is also the program director McNAIR Advance. The program aspires to lead workforce development in the United States. McNAIR Advance brings state of the art industrial expertise to support the rising southeast in the fields of design, robotics, structural health Lingyu Yu Addis Kidane Ramy Harik monitoring, composites manufacturing and testing. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor University of South Carolina, USA University of South Carolina, USA University of South Carolina, USA Wednesday August 24 Dr. Addis Kidane is an assistant professor of Mechanical ACE ‘16 Session II Chair Dr. Lingyu Yu’s research interests include structural Engineering at the University of South Carolina. His Dr. Harik is an Assistant Professor of Aerospace - Carolina Room - health monitoring (SHM) and nondestructive evaluation research focuses on, multifunctional materials, materials Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing in the (NDE) using ultrasonic guided waves supported by active behavior at extreme conditions and Fracture and failure Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University sensor technology, theoretical modeling, advanced of materials at different length and time scale. Dr. Kidane of South Carolina (USC). He is a resident researcher signal processing and data analysis; damage diagnosis obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island in at the McNAIR Center for Aerospace Innovation and in complicated structures; scanning laser vibrometry 2009. He spent two years (2009-2011) as a postdoctoral Research. His education joins Mechanical Engineering for guided wave propagation; and mechatronics. fellow at the California Institute of Technology. (MS), Automated Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MS) and Industrial/Mechanical Engineering (PhD). Dr. Kidane is a recipient of many wards including: Current research efforts include developing a multi- scale damage detection approach on composite 1.) The ORR award from ASM Materials Divisions, 2016 His research is in the areas of Automated Fiber structures, developing imaging strategies for permanently Placement, Shape Recognition, Automation of Process 2.) The AFOSR Young Investigator Research installed SHM system to perform in-situ damage Planning and Flank Milling. Dr. Harik is published Program (YIP) Award, in 2014. detection, and exploiting advances made in other areas in multiple journals such as CAD (Computer Aided to introduce innovative methods into SHM/NDE. 3.) the Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grants Design), CAD&A (Computer Aided Design and from ASME Applied Mechanics Division in 2013, Applications), RPJ (Rapid Prototyping Journal), IJPR (International Journal of Production Research) and JIM 4.) Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants (Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing). He is a member Wednesday August 24 in Engineering (BRIGE) Award, from NSF in 2013. ACE ‘16 Session I Chair of the CAD’xx (Computer Aided Design Conference - Carolina Room - and Exhibition), PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Thursday August 25 and AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and ACE ‘16 Session III Chair Astronautics) scientific communities. He mainly teaches - Carolina Room -

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Jeroen de Vries Amy Boyd Alejandro Rodriguez was appointed structures, modeling and simulation Applications and Research Engineer of polymer composite fabrication, Commercial Manager, Aerospace Business Development Alejandro Rodriguez in the Research and Innovation evaluation of composite manufacturing KVE Composites Group, The Netherlands Manager – Americas, DIAB Applications and Research team at Cytec Solvay Composite risks, effects of defects in composite Engineer, Cytec Materials division in 2015. performance, and nanocomposites.

Prior to this position, Dr. Rodriguez His experience also covers FAA worked at Bombardier Aerospace as certification methods for composite a Materials and Processes Engineer materials and adhesives and working on research, development, determination of A- and B-basis certification, design for manufacturing, allowables for structural design. and improvement of yield of primary and secondary composite structures for aircrafts since 2011. Dr. Rodriguez received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from Wichita State University in 2010. Wednesday August 24 His expertise is in the development 2:20pm “TX1100 Dry Tape for of processes and characterization Resin Infusion: A Novel Product Amy is the Aerospace Business Development Manager of polymer composites, robust for Automation and Integration” for the leading core material manufacturer, Diab. manufacturing of monolithic and - Carolina Room - Her experience in various departments such as sandwich composite parts for aircraft Engineering, Sales and Marketing, and now Business Development, allow her to provide valuable insight to both clients and partners in the composites industry. Jeroen de Vries, as commercial manager, is responsible Rani Richardson brings technical Prior to Dassault Systèmes, Ms. for sales and marketing activities at KVE Composites Amy received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from the expertise and extensive real-life Richardson worked for nearly Rani Richardson where he joined in 2002. During his time at KVE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she mechanical engineering experience a decade at Magestic Systems, Composites and Additive Composites Jeroen was involved in many development, was able to cultivate her passion for solving complex which includes composites and a leader in nesting and laser Manufacturing Industry Consultant engineering and manufacturing projects, including the problems. She was recruited by Diab to help clients additive manufacturing design and projection solutions, where she induction welding development at KVE Composites. design the ideal composite laminate schedule for their manufacturing to her position as was the Director of Operations. Dassault Systèmes dynamic applications, as well as provide on-site process a Business Experience Consultant In this technical / business role Jeroen gained training. After a few years of engineering and project at Dassault Systèmes. experience in the aerospace and defense markets, management, Amy felt a passion for working with diverse as well as in the medical technology. In addition, teams and moved into a Territory Sales role. Shortly after In this role she is responsible for Jeroen is also responsible for contracts management receiving her M.B.A. in Strategy from Southern Methodist leading all activities related to the and (export) compliance management. University in Dallas, TX, she moved into her current CATIA brand for Composites and position solely focusing on the Aerospace industry. Additive Manufacturing in North Jeroen received his M. Sc. degree in Chemical engineering America. Rani consults with Dassault from University of Technology Delft. Before joining From her collegiate years to present, she has been Systèmes customers, particularly KVE, Jeroen worked in technical sales functions in an active in the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and the industry-leading aerospace and engineering software company in the chemical industry. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process automotive companies, concentrating Engineering (SAMPE). In her free time, she enjoys on implementation, education, Wednesday August 24 road cycling with her husband and spending time demonstrations, and business Wednesday August 24 11:55am “Developments on Thermoplastic with their Boston Terrier, Oliver, and Husky, Jaxx. development for the CATIA V5 4:50pm “Increasing the Industrial and 3D Experience Solutions. Adoption of Additive Manufacturing” Induction Welding” Wednesday August 24 - Carolina Room - - Carolina Room - 1:55pm “Cost Reducing Processes & Materials in Aerospace Sandwich Structures” - Carolina Room -

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David J. Cooper JR. Reinier van Dijk Advanced Design Concepts and Practice Workshop (ADCP) Founder, CEO, and Director of Technology CEO ParaPy B.V., The Netherlands Genworks International

This year, the SC Aerospace challenges and advancements with Engineering and automatic Conference and Expo offers focus on computational design and product configuration, meta- the Advanced Design Concepts evaluation methods and tools. The materials, health monitoring and Practice (ADCP) Workshop workshop used to be organized and smart predictive systems an unique opportunity to join as part of a project involving an will be presented. forces with the ACE’16 Technical international innovation team Symposium, connecting both initiated by Tsinghua University. Sponsors: MOE Joint Laboratory platforms to exchange knowledge of Innovative Design and and experience. The ADCP This year, as part of the SC Manufacturing of Advanced workshop will make its U.S. debut Aerospace Conference, ADCP Mechanical Systems, China this year, having previously been focuses on challenges in Aircraft held in Europe and China. Design Autmation and Space National Natural Science Technology. Solution strategies Foundation Committee of China ADCP2016 offers a forum for involving Multidisciplinary Design industry and academia to discuss Optimization, Knowledge Based Chairs: Professor Michel van Tooren University of South Carolina Professor JI Linhong, Tsinghua University Co-Chair: Dr. Hou Yuemin, Tsinghua University Dave Cooper is the founder, CEO, and Director of Mr. Reinier van Dijk is co-founder and CEO of ParaPy Technology at Genworks International, a KBE software B.V., the company that develops and sells the ParaPy Michel van Tooren provider. Genworks is located in SE Michigan. The company software. The ParaPy language and toolkits enable Michel van Tooren is Professor specialized in Aircraft Design, Flight Professor markets and supports its KBE technology throughout the engineers to rapidly build software applications Aerospace Systems Design Mechanics and Multi-disciplinary University of South Carolina, USA United States, Western Europe and the UK. Mr. Cooper that automate virtual design processes. and Structures at the College Design Optimization. This group holds 3 degrees from the University of Michigan, including of Engineering and Computing became well-known for its work in a B.S and M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering. ParaPy B.V. has recently been admitted to YES!Delft, (CEC) of the University of South MDO, Aircraft Design, KBE and Truck the number 4 tech incubator in Europe. Reinier is at Carolina and deputy director of Aerodynamics. He combined the the final stages of completing a PhD in aerospace the Ronald E. McNAIR Center for research activities with a position in Thursday August 25 engineering at Delft University of Technology. His Aerospace Innovation and Research. the management team of the faculty 9:55am “Pyndl, a bridge between Python research is focused at tools and methods that make Michel has a BSc, MSc and PhD of Aerospace Engineering as vice dean. and the Gendl KBE System” Knowledge Based Engineering and Multidisciplinary in Aerospace Engineering and All this followed a previous ten years - Carolina Room - Design Optimization more accessible to industry. joined CEC in September 2013. of research, education and innovation in design of composite structures. Before joining USC he worked for Fokker Aerostructures in the His research focus at CEC is on design Thursday August 25 Netherlands as Manager New Concept and manufacture of composites 12:20pm “ParaPy: the user-friendly Development. He combined this structures. In addition he serves Knowledge Based Engineering platform position in industry with a part-time as the Program Director Aerospace to automate virtual design processes” appointment at the Faculty of Engineering Studies for CEC. As of - Carolina Room - Aerospace Engineering of the Delft August 16, 2015 he was appointed University of Technology. Prior to that as SmartState endowed chair in the he worked ten years as professor Center for Multifunctional Materials Systems Integration Aircraft at the and Structures. He will continue same University, building a group his roles in the McNAIR Center.

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Dr. Igor Luzinov is a Professor of the materials. Dr. Luzinov has published Mohammod Ali received the B.Sc. Dr. Ali is the recipient of the 2003 Department of Materials Science more than 170 referred journal articles degree in electrical and electronic National Science Foundation Igor Luzinov and Engineering, Clemson University and book chapters. 14 PhD and 5 engineering from the Bangladesh Faculty Career Award. He is also Professor (South Carolina). Dr. Luzinov received a MS students have completed their University of Engineering and the recipient of the College of Clemson University, USA BS/MS. degree in Chemical Engineering research projects under his primary Technology, Dhaka, in 1987 and the Engineering and Computing Young and Technology in 1985 and a Ph. supervision. In addition, more than M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, both Investigator Award, Research Progress D. degree in Polymer Chemistry 30+ undergraduate students have in electrical engineering, from the Award and the Samuel Litman in 1990 from Lviv Polytechnic worked in his Clemson lab. During University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Distinguished Professor Award from National University (Ukraine). Prior the years at Clemson he has been Canada, in 1994 and 1997, respectively. the University of South Carolina in to joining the faculty of Clemson involved, as PI and co-PI in work on From January 1998 to August 2001, 2006, 2009, and 2011 respectively. University in Fall of 2000, he served more than 45 research grants. The he was with Ericsson Inc., Research as a Senior Research Scientist at grants/awards represent: federal Triangle Park, NC. Since August 2001, Prof. Ali was the Technical program Physical Chemistry Institute (National agencies such as NSF, NASA, Defense he has been with the Department Co-Chair of the IEEE Antennas and Academy of Science of Ukraine), NATO Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), of Electrical Engineering, University Propagation Society’s International Research Fellow at Center Education Homeland Security Advanced of South Carolina at Columbia Symposium in Charleston, SC in and Research on Macromolecules Research Projects Agency (HSARPA), where currently he is a Professor. 2009. He was an Associate Editor (University of Liege, Belgium) and DOE, DoD, US Army Research Office, of IEEE Antennas and Wireless Postdoctoral Research Associate at US Air Force, and the Department He had held appointment as a Visiting Propagation Letters from 2008-2013. Iowa State and Western Michigan of Commerce; corporate sources Research Scientist with the Motorola Universities. Dr. Luzinov is a specialist (Edmunds Optics, Intel Corporation, Corporate EME Research Laboratory, He is the author/coauthor of over in polymer science and engineering Sealed Air, BMW, Honda, Sematech Plantation, FL, during June to August 160 publications and 8 US patents. with emphasis on synthesis, International, Biophoretics, Kimberly Mohammod Ali 2004. More recently in the summers His specific research interests are in fabrication and characterization Clark, Pfizer, Kemet Electronics, Professor of 2010 and 2011 Dr. Ali was a Faculty the fields of: conformal antennas; Thursday August 25 of thin polymer films, engineered Sage Automotive, Walmart). University of South Carolina Fellow at the Air Force Research reconfigurable antennas, novel 2:15pm “Towards Improvement interfaces, and multicomponent Laboratory (AFRL) at the Wright materials (structural composites, of Epoxy-Thermoplastic Joints” Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB). He fabrics, liquid metal) and their - Carolina Room - Thursday August 25 also spent a year on sabbatical leave exploitation to design antennas, DC 4:15pm “Overview of RF at the AFRL at WPAFB from 2013-2014. bias networks, and power supply Abdel E. Bayoumi Antennas in Composite routes; 3D printing of metamaterials Professor and Associate Dean Materials and Structures” for antennas as well as radomes. Dr. Bayoumi has over 35 years teaching His research activities have been University of South Carolina - Carolina Room - and research experience. Currently focused in predictive maintenance, he is Director of the USC Center for big data analytics and predictive Predictive Maintenance, Associate maintenance, mechanical behavior Dean for Corporate Relations and of materials, manufacturing, design, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and health monitoring systems. and Biomedical Engineering. He has published 3 book chapters, Before joining USC, he was Professor of over 100 papers and supervised more Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering than 15 PhD and 40 MS students. at North Carolina State University, a project manager at Hewlett- Packard Company, and Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Thursday August 25 at Washington State University. 2:50pm “Health Monitoring and Smart Predictive System He has been actively involved throughout Products Life Cycle” in developing strong programs - Carolina Room - in mechanical, nuclear and biomedical engineering.

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Dr. Giorgio Colombo obtained a MSc projects and was the national in Mechanical Engineering from coordinator of a project on virtual Giorgio Colombo Politecnico di Milano in 1988. He reality and haptic systems. Dr. Professor began his scientific activity in 1989 Colombo was or is responsible of at ITIA-National Research Council many research contracts with primary Politecnico di Milano, Italy in Milan and then he was Assistant national companies, such as Pirelli Professor at the University of Parma Tyres, Artsana, Zoppas Industries, and Associated Professor at the Epta. He is a member of editorial Politecnico di Milano. Now he is board of international journals on Professor of “Design and Methods CAD and related technologies, and is of Industrial Engineering” at the author of more than one hundred and Department of Mechanical Engineering thirty scientific papers published on of Politecnico di Milano (Italy). international and national journals, books and conference proceedings. In his research he has addressed issues concerning parametric CAD methods, Knowledge Based Engineering, numerical simulations Thursday August 25 and optimization methods, computer 3:40pm “Automatic product graphics and virtual reality, robotics, configuration in SME’s: data, TRIZ for systematic innovation, human knowledge and IT organization” body modeling. He partecipated to - Carolina Room - some European and Italian research

Dr. Yicha ZHANG is currently a EU-funded H2020 projects in the research engineer in IRCCyN, (Institut scope of industry 4.0, design for and Yicha Zhang de Recherche en Communications exploitation of Additive Manufacturing Research Engineer et Cybernétique de Nantes) which in aerospace and medical application is a research unit of CNRS (Frentch domains, intelligent computing, IRCCyN, Ecole Centrale de Nantes National Scientific Research Center). data analytics/mining, decision making for complex problems from He got his PhD degree in 2014 from interdisciplinary design, manufacturing Ecole Centrale de Nantes in France system and PSS development, etc. with a topic on design and process planning for Additive Manufacturing. He published many papers in peer- reviewed journals (RPJ, RCIM, After PhD study, he joined a IJCIM, JIMs, CIRP Journal, etc.) and research team, IS3P (Systems conferences, e.g. CIRP series, in Engineering: Products, Performance, the manufacturing domain. Perceptions), in IRCCyN. Thank you from the SC Aerospace His recent research activities include Conference and Expo Organizers: PSS (Product-Service-System) design for serving two undergoing Thursday August 25 4:50pm “Machine Work Space Planning in Additive Manufacturing for Single-part-layer Case” - Carolina Room -

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