Graduate Seminar Series

September 01, 2023

12:00 p.m. ET

Scaife Hall 105

sdwolf.pngSandra DeVincent Wolf, Carnegie Mellon University 

Sandra DeVincent Wolf is the executive director of the CMU Manufacturing Futures Institute where she works to identify, connect, leverage, and accelerate research in manufacturing across campus and with industry and government partners to support innovation that will accelerate the path of discovery to commercialization to increase US competitiveness and drive economic development in the Pittsburgh region. She is additionally the executive director of the CMU NextManufacturing Center for additive manufacturing research where she leads the activities and partnerships of the center and its consortium. Wolf originally joined the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in 2015 as Director of Research Partnerships, responsible for facilitating research partnerships and the growth of new initiatives, centers and institutes, and industrial consortia. She continues to lead partnership growth in support of manufacturing at CMU.

Prior to joining CMU, Wolf spent 15 years in research, development, engineering, and management in advanced materials and manufacturing working in national laboratories, a start-up manufacturing company and large corporations. Her technical work experience was followed by over 10 years in executive management of nonprofits where she was responsible for leading initiatives from conception through implementation and assessment, internal and external communications, strategic planning and operational implementation, program management, corporate and government relations, education and outreach, and staff/volunteer engagement and development. 

Upcoming Events

  • September 20 2024

    12:45 PM ET

    Materials Science and Engineering

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    Wean Hall 7500

  • September 23 2024

    1:00 PM ET

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    2327 Wean Hall, Mehl Room

  • September 26 2024

    9:30 AM ET

    Materials Science and Engineering

    Ph.D. Thesis Defense

    Shear-induced Fiber Alignment in Synthetic and Biological Systems to Enhance 3D Anisotropic Properties Using FRESH 3D Printing, presented by Neeha Dev Arun

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  • September 27 2024

    12:45 PM ET

    Materials Science and Engineering

    Graduate Student Seminar

    "Unveiling the Future of Color Matching: PPG Digitization, Color Physics, and AI insights," presented by Chris Childs, PPG

    Wean Hall 7500

  • October 4 2024

    12:45 PM ET

    Materials Science and Engineering

    Graduate Student Seminar

    "Deconstructing Meritocracy: Unpacking Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion," presented by John Herbert, Ohio State University

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  • October 11 2024

    12:45 PM ET

    Materials Science and Engineering

    Graduate Student Seminar

    Seminar presented by Zakaria Al Balushi, University of California, Berkley

    Wean Hall 7500