Speakers


CDFAM 23 is proud to present a distinguished lineup of speakers who will be sharing their wide range of knowledge and expertise in computational design and advanced manufacturing.

Our speakers include leading academics, researchers and engineers in the field, representing top universities and companies.

Keynote Speakers


Prof. Neil Gershenfeld

Roadmap to Replicators

Prof. Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, where his unique laboratory is breaking down boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, from pioneering quantum computing to digital fabrication to the Internet of Things. He’s the founder of a global network of over two thousand fab labs in 125 countries, chairs the Fab Foundation, and leads the Fab Academy.

Ronald Rael

Muddy Robots

Professor Ronald Rael is the Eva Li Memorial Chair in Architecture at the University of California Berkeley. He is an architect, author, and thought leader in additive manufacturing, borderwall studies, and earthen architecture. He is the co-founder of Emerging Objects, a creatively-driven design consultancy specializing in innovations in 3D printing architecture, building components, environments, and products; and FORUST, a company focused on 3D printing wood, and his new initiative is, Muddy Robots, is a new paradigm in building construction, coupling humankindโ€™s oldest building material with advanced additive manufacturing technology to create housing that can save the planet.

His work is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco, the Cooper Hewitt, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery has acquired their series, Bad Ombres v.2. Rael has authored several books, including Printing Architecture: Innovative Recipes for 3D Printing and Earth Architecture

He has also presented a TED talk on โ€˜Borderwall as Architectureโ€™ and has been the subject of several documentary films including those produced by The Museum of Modern Art, KQED, The New Yorker, and Mud Frontier: Architecture at the Borderlands  bythe Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.


Nina Korshunova

Director of Technology
Hyperganic

Mark Burhop

Principal Investigator
Siemens

Chris McComb

Director, Human+AI Initiative
Carnegie Mellon University

Onur Yuce Gun

Director of Computational Design
New Balance

Jose Luis Garcรญa del Castillo y Lรณpez

Lecturer in Architectural Technology
Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Matt Shomper

Director of Engineering 
Not a Robot

Ryan McClelland

Research Engineer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Nathan Shirley

Lead Computational & Industrial Designer
HP Computational Design

Thomas Dโ€™Huyvetter

Product Manager
Twikit

Chelsea Cummings

Senior Additive Manufacturing Engineer
The Barnes Global Advisors

Wes John-Alder

Director of Engineering
Citrine Informatics

Behrooz Jalalahmadi

VP of Additive Manufacturing & Life Prediction Technologies
Sentient Science

Kirill Volchek 

Chief Technology Officer 
Oqton

Dr. Natalie Alima

Computational Designer
BioLab
Adidas

Prof. Tim W. Simpson

Professor
Penn State University

Prof. A. John Hart

Professor
MIT

Ryan Carter 

Research Engineer
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Andrรฉ A.R. Wilmes

CEO
Rafinex

Francis Bitonti 

CEO
Lexset AI

Alex C Roschli

R&D Staff
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jaideep Bangal 

Director, Simulation Driven Design and Manufacturing
Altair

Ronnie Parsons

CEO
Mode Lab

Karl D.D. Willis 

Senior Research Manager, Autodesk Research
Autodesk

Lieven Vervecken

Founder & CEO 
Diabatix

Trevor Laughlinย 

VP of Product
nTop

Hardik Kabaria

Head of Software Engineering
Carbon

Michael Smell 

Sr. Product Manager 
Autodesk

Daniele Panozzo 

Associate Professor
NYU

Rhushik Matroja 

CEO
Cognitive Design Systems

Adam Wentworth

Senior Clinical Engineer
Mayo Clinic

Marek Moffett 

Co-Founder & CINO 
General Lattice

Daniel Hambleton

CTO
Metafold

Mike Grau 

Pre-Sales Engineer 
Synera

Satish Rao

Chief Product Officer, Newlab
 

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