PCCM hosts an Industrial and Government Lab Seminar Series that provides an opportunity for students and postdocs to meet with industry and government lab leaders who discuss their fields and the intersection of science, industry, and government research. Designed by PCCM Industrial Outreach Director, Professor Nan Yao, the seminars began with the 2016-2017 academic year and since then have enrolled over 896 attendees in the series history (117 attendees in 2023-2024). The program's goals include:
- Establish and advance communications networks among PCCM faculty, students, external research partners and visiting collaborators.
- Reciprocal hosting of members of PCCM with industry and other sector collaborators.
- Promote high value collaborations between industry & government labs and the broad materials expertise of PCCM faculty.
- Capitalize outreach projects with industry and other sectors to instill interaction and training of PCCM students interested in pursuing careers in the business sector.
- Create valuable intellectual property assets and effective technology transfer emanating from outreach and collaboration activities.
- Expand utilization, membership, and education programs to external users of the Imaging Analysis Center (IAC) shared access facility.
The PCCM industrial outreach program targets companies that overlap with research underway in the IRGs and seeds. Areas of particular interest include magnetic and semiconductor materials, molecular interfaces, self-assembled nanostructure and quantum materials and structures. In coordination with the Princeton Materials Institute (PMI), we are able to expand our industrial collaborations. PCCM makes use of the PMI industrial affiliates program to offer a multi-tiered, flexible membership agreement with categories of general member, partner, affiliate and non-profit/government.
Seminar Series (Fall 2024 / Spring 2025):
12 pm, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024
Location: Andlinger Center, Room 103
Title: Innovations in the development of small molecule pharmaceuticals
Professor Jean W. Tom
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University,
Executive Director, Development Engineering Chemical Process Development, Global Product Development & Supply, Bristol Myers Squibb (retired)
12 pm, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024
Location: Andlinger Center, Room 017
Title: Andiamo: My scientific journey from academia to a national laboratory
Dr. Judith Yang is a group leader in electron microscopy at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, a former William Kepler Whiteford professor at the University of Pittsburgh, and a program director at the National Science Foundation.
12 pm, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024
Location: Andlinger Center, Room 103
Title: Do you really want to start a battery company?
Dr. Andrew Wang
Co-founder & CEO of Standard Potential, featured in the C&EN, August 15, 2024.
12 pm, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
Location: Andlinger Center, Room 103
Title: Five years to massive impact: the PhD to CEO track
Dr. Sudharsan Dwaraknath
Co-founder and CEO, Quorum Bio, Activate Entrepreneurial Fellow, featured in the C&EN, August 15, 2024.
12 pm, Friday, March 14, 2025
Location: Andlinger Center, Room 103
Title: An R&D Innovation Career in Industry: A Journey of Lifelong Learning, Problem-Solving with Business Impact
Dr. Neena Tierney, Senior Director, E2E Global Clinical Operations, Kenvue.
12 pm, Friday, April 4, 2025
Location: Andlinger Center, Room 103
Title: Product Development using Specialty Polymers
Dr. Raleigh Davis, Technology Manager, Circular & Aesthetic Solutions, Specialty Polymers, Syensqo.
12 pm, Friday, April 25, 2025
Location: Andlinger Center, Room 103
Title: How did I get here? A nonlinear path from astrophysics to science journalism
Dr. Regina Barber, Ph.D. in Physics
Host and reporter, Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. Executive Producer of the podcast Spark Science, featuring interviews with STEM professionals.
Previous Seminars/Agendas:
Seminar Series (Fall 2023 - Spring 2024)(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Seminar Series (Fall 2022 - Spring 2023)(Link downloads document)
Seminar Series (Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)
Seminar Series (Fall 2020 - Spring 2021)
Seminar Series (Fall 2019 - Spring 2020)
Seminar Series (Fall 2018 - Spring 2019)
Seminar Series (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)(Link opens in new window)
Seminar Series (Fall 2016 - Spring 2017)
PCCM visits Industrial Collaborators
MSE 505 class and PCCM graduate students visit ExxonMobil
On April 20, 2017, the MSE 505 class and PCCM graduate students participated in a tour at the ExxonMobil research center in Annandale, New Jersey.
