Welcome to the CIMM Symposium Michael Khonsari Louisiana EPSCoR Project Director Associate Commissioner for Sponsored Programs Research & Development, Louisiana Board of Regents

NSF RII Award 2015-2020 Statewide research focus Partnering Institutions:

Enterprise Participants 155 Total participants 38 Faculty 6 Support Staff 5 Post Docs 41 Graduate Students 35 Undergraduate Students 21 REU 9 RET 155 Total participants

CIMM Proceedings 48 papers Available on CIMM Hub

External Review Board Jian Cao Perla Balbuena John Hutchinson Assistant Vice President for Research & Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering Northwestern University Perla Balbuena Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Texas A&M University John Hutchinson Abbott and James Lawrence Research Professor of Engineering & Gordon McKay Research Professor of Applied Mechanics Harvard University Harold Silverman Retired State University of New York System Susan Sinnott Department Head and Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Pennsylvania State University

Diversity Advisory Council Stephanie G. Adams Dean of Frank Batten College of Engineering & Technology Old Dominion University Jenna P. Carpenter Dean, School of Engineering Campbell University Sheila Edwards Lange President Seattle Central College Sara Xayarath Hernández Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student Engagement Graduate School Cornell University DiOnetta Jones Crayton Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Director of the Office of Minority Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gloria Thomas Executive Director of Research, Education and Mentoring Programs Louisiana State University Michael Cunningham Associate Provost, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Tulane University

Industry Industrial Advisory Board Chair Rick Neff Cincinnati, Inc. (BAAM) Industrial Advisory Board Chair Art Kracke AAK Consulting, LLC Tim Caffrey Seventh Son LLC R. Scott Hyde Timken Company

Save The Date October 19, 2017 Lod Cook Hotel

Agenda AM PM 8:00 9:50 Research overview CUF status CIMM Hub and ICME efforts CIMM WFDD efforts Break Graduate Student Retreat report External evaluation report Panel Discussion: Implicit Bias (DAC) Lunch 12:00 Poster Session STT1 Research Presentations STT2 Research Presentations Break and Boards Deliberations Feedback from Board Reception and discussion on Retention recruiting/retention strategies 1:30 2:30 3:18 10:30 4:15 4:45 5:00 Closing remarks 11:30