May 14-15, 2025 in Geneva, NY
Clarkson University’s Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) looks forward to seeing you at the 2025 CAMP Annual Technical Meeting at the 41 Lakefront Hotel in Geneva, NY (https://41lakefront.com).
The meeting will provide a platform for industrial representatives to interact with faculty and research students/postdocs to learn about their research work and network with representatives from Clarkson, industry, and NY State.
Please reach out to Leila Boyea at the CAMP office (lboyea@clarkson.edu), CAMP Director Devon Shipp (dshipp@clarkson.edu), or CAMP Business Development Director Eric Xu (ericxu@clarkson.edu) if you have questions.
Keynote Speaker
We are very pleased to announce that the 2025 Technical Meeting keynote speaker will be Hannah Henley, President of INFICON Intelligent Sensor Solutions (in Syracuse, NY).
Other speakers are listed below.
Registration Closed!
If you have any questions about registration, please contact Leila ASAP (lboyea@clarkson.edu). (Note that registration includes all food from breakfast on Wednesday (4/14) through to lunch on Thursday (4/15), including the symposium dinner on Wednesday night.)
Registration information:
Industry attendee: $395
Clarkson University Staff: $95
Clarkson University Student: $45
Speakers: $0
Accommodation:
Clarkson Faculty, Students, & Staff: contact Leila to reserve a room (lboyea@clarkson.edu). Students must register using the link above and are expected to share a room (information about roommates will be sent out after registration has finished).
All others should book directly with the 41 Lakefront Hotel. Call (315) 789-0400 (then option 1 for front desk).
Session Themes
Advanced Materials for Sensing Technology & Digital Transformation
Materials Characterization for Defense & Aerospace
Particles & Surfaces for Optical & Semiconductor Applications
Materials for Construction & Infrastructure
Agenda
(Format and Details Subject to Change)
Tuesday, May 13
3:00 pm – Registration for early arrivals
3:00 – 4:00 pm CAMP Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) meeting (invitation only)
6:30 – 9:00 pm Dinner for IAB and Faculty Advisory Board (FAB) Members (invitation only)
Wednesday, May 14
7:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet, Seneca Terrace Tent
8:30 am – 8:40 am Welcome Remarks, Devon A. Shipp, Director, CAMP
SESSION I: Advanced Materials for Sensors/Sensing Technologies & Digital Transformation (Ballroom)
Chair: Michael Herman, Vice President, Ames Goldsmith Corp.
8:40 am – 9:00 am QCM Sensor Technology for Semiconductor Process Monitoring and Endpoint Detection, Chunhua Song, Application Research Manager, INFICON
9:00 am – 9:20 am OPERA: A New Platform for Next Generation Aerosol Sensing, Suresh Dhaniyala, CEO, TelosAir
9:20 am – 9:40 am Sensors for Water Contaminants: Translational Opportunities from Lab to Field, Silvana Andreescu, Professor, Clarkson University
9:40 am – 10:00 am AI-driven Hybrid Framework for Restoration of Grain Orientation Maps, Prashant Athavale, Associate Professor, Clarkson University
10:00 am – 10:20 am Unraveling the Hidden Synergy between Mechanical Forces and Chemistry in Biomaterials and Living Systems, Xiaocun Lu, Associate Professor, Clarkson University
10:20 am – 10:40 am Break (20 min)
SESSION II: Materials Characterization for Defense & Aerospace (Ballroom)
Chair: Patrick Spencer, Specialty Engineering Staff Engineer, L3Harris
10:40 am – 11:00 am Towards Earth 2.0, Exoplanets and Future Space Technologies, Matthew East, Mission Architect, L3Harris
11:00 am – 11:20 am Combining Coatings and Traditional Methods for a Low Energy Ice Protection System, Nick Tepylo, Assistant Professor, Clarkson University
11:20 am – 11:40 am The Art of Disruptive Materials, Ed Marin, President, Gradients LLC, and DARPA, Subject Matter Expert
11:40 am – 12:00 pm Sticky Situations: Bonding Materials… What Could Possibly Go Wrong?, Marcias Martinez, Professor, Clarkson University
12:10 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
SESSION III: Panel Discussion (Ballroom)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Shaping the Future: Materials Innovations for Semiconductor Manufacturing
Panelists: Kim Lloyd (FuzeHub), Bill Taylor (Legate Consulting), Wei-tsu Tseng (IBM), Moderated by Eric Xu (Clarkson University)
SESSION IV: Research and Technology Showcase (Hotel Promenade)
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Poster session and technology showcase by Clarkson students & postdocs
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Pre-Dinner Reception, F2T Kitchen & Bar
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm 2025 CAMP Annual Technical Meeting Dinner & Keynote Address
(Ballroom) Keynote Speaker: Hannah Henley, President of INFICON Intelligent Sensor Solutions, Connect the Invisible, introduced by Clarkson University President, Dr. Michelle B. Larson
Thursday, May 15
7:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet, Seneca Terrace Tent
SESSION V: Particles & Surfaces for Optical & Semiconductor Applications (Ballroom)
Chair: Snehal Shah, Vice President – R&D, The Estee Lauder Companies
8:30 am – 8:50 am Overview of the Critical Aspects of Reliability Characterization of High-voltage, High-power Gallium Nitride (GaN) Devices, Dimitrios Ioannou, Principal Member of Technical Staff, GLOBALFOUNDRIES
8:50 am – 9:10 am Green Approaches to Chemical Mechanical Planarization for Advanced Semiconductors, Jihoon Seo, Assistant Professor, Clarkson University
9:10 am – 9:30 am The Need for Holistic Approaches to Post CMP Clean, Wei-tsu Tseng, Research Staff Member, IBM
9:30 am – 9:50 am Degradation of Semiconductor-Derived PFAS in Water Using Electrical Discharge Plasma Technology, Selma Mededovic, Professor, Clarkson University
9:50 am – 10:10 am Developing Thin Glass Interposers for Advanced Packaging Application, Nick Stucchi, R&D Scientist, Mosaic Microsystems
10:10 am – 10:30 am Break (20 min)
SESSION VI: Materials for Construction & Infrastructure (Ballroom)
Chair: Sulapha Peethamparan, Professor, Clarkson University
10:30 am – 10:50 am Formulating Cementitious Tile Adhesives, Brandon LeBlanc, R&D Engineer, Schluter Systems
10:50 am – 11:10 am The State of Glass Pozzolans in New York and the Market, Jacob Kumpon, COO & Co-Founder, KLAW Industries
11:10 am – 11:30 am Ground Improvement for Infrastructure Resilience – Addressing Geotechnical Challenges, Nathan McLean, Regional Sale Engineer, Menard Group USA
11:30 am – 11:50 am Space Concrete: The Final Frontier, Robert Thomas, Associate Professor, Clarkson University
11:50 am – 12:00 pm Closing Remarks, Devon A. Shipp, Director, CAMP
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch (Seneca Terrace Tent) & Depart
CAMP is a New York State Designated Center for Advanced Technology (CAT)
Find out more about CAMP at our main website: https://www.clarkson.edu/academics/research/labs-centers/camp
Find out more NYSTAR’s Centers of Advanced Technologies (CATs): https://esd.ny.gov/doing-business-ny/centers-advanced-technology