Inventing the Future with Materials: ‘The Backbone of Modern Technology & Innovation'
Abstract:
Technology and innovation enhancements have tremendous potential to transform the way we live, learn, work, and play. These enhancements significantly influence organizations by creating a new playing field, sharply disrupting markets, changing the relative importance of resources, challenging system capabilities, and reorganizing the basis of competition globally. Hence, it is essential to understand and predict how materials interact, specifically for selecting the appropriate material or material system for the targeted application, while maximizing the component's beneficial features. The benefits can range from increasing component life to effectively utilizing the material or material system, thereby translating to reduced component lifetime cost, increased component efficiency, increased flexibility and reliability, or helping with reduced emissions. Real-life case examples, scenarios with material solutions for energy, industry, and healthcare will be presented and discussed.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Navin Manjooran serves as the Chairman of Solve, a global technology and research services company addressing critical energy, industry, medical, and infrastructure challenges. For almost a decade, he was in the global leadership team of Siemens AG with responsibility in management of complex global teams. In this role, he provided leadership from the corporate side for the entire Siemens portfolio, including expanding international collaborations, developing the global strategy, driving revenue growth and ensuring Siemens stays a trend-setter for advanced technology and innovation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT Warangal, India), a master’s degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Florida, and a doctorate in materials science and engineering from Virginia Tech. He also has an MBA from the prestigious Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He also has his executive management education from Harvard University.
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