Leadership

Principal Investigators

Principal Investigator (PI): Glenn Daehn, The Ohio State University

Co-PI: John Lewandowski, Case Western Reserve University

Co-PI: Jag Sankar, North Carolina A&T University

Co-PI: Jian Cao, Northwestern University

Co-PI: Tony Schmitz, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Program Director: Glenn Daehn, The Ohio State University

Chair, Council of Deans: Ayanna Howard, The Ohio State University

ERC Operations Director: Nate Ames, The Ohio State University

ERC Industry Liaison Director: Kathryn Kelley, The Ohio State University

ERC Administrative Director: Kathleen Babusci, The Ohio State University

Convergent Research Lead: Jian Cao, Northwestern University

PET-FABS Lead: Matthew B.A. McCollough, North Carolina A&T University

Point-Of-Care Manufacturing Lead: David Dean, The Ohio State University

Numerical Forming Lead: Jennifer L.W. Carter, Case Western Reserve University

Additive + X Lead: Bradley Jared, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Workforce Development Lead: Michael Groeber, The Ohio State University

Diversity & Culture of Inclusion Lead: La'Tonia Stiner-Jones, The Ohio State University

Innovation Ecosystem Lead: Ned Hill, The Ohio State University

Design Leads: Wei Chen, Northwestern University & Xun Liu, The Ohio State University

Tools and Process Convergence Leads: Tony Schmitz, University of Tennessee, Knoxville & Sun Yi, North Carolina A&T University

Material State Awareness Leads: Stephen Niezgoda, The Ohio State University & Aeriel Leonard, The Ohio State University

Control, Intelligence, and Autonomy Leads: Robert Gao, Case Western Reserve University & Samantha Krening, The Ohio State University