EDGE in Tech: Advanced Manufacturing in the 21st Century

How can IT help balance economic and environmental sustainability in manufacturing? The huge strides in advanced manufacturing in the 21st century have led to complete paradigm shifts in product development and distribution. Technologies such as digital twins and 3D printing are now leading to operational restructuring and accelerated product development, raising a number of associated issues and implications.

Moderator:
Daniel Lim, Graduate Student on behalf of Grace Gu, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Panelists:
Paula Bielski, Manufacturing Engineer Agilent
Xueying Zhao, Product Engineer Lam Research
Learie Hercules, CEO Heft IQ
Andi Morey Peterson, Director of TD Data Science and PCS Micron Technology

Panel organized and convened by the Professor Grace Gu, Berkeley Engineering and the CITRIS team at UC Berkeley. Berkeley Engineering is consistently ranked among the top engineering schools in the nation and the world by many measures. Our individual disciplines also maintain top rankings among all engineering programs.
Speakers

Now in its seventh year, the annual Diversity in Tech Symposium (formerly Women in Tech) highlights the experiences of experts working to build smarter tech for a resilient future. Panels span aviation, manufacturing, water management, indoor air quality, national security, transportation, smart cities and semiconductors. This event also features the EDGE in Tech Initiative Athena Awards, recognizing those who have championed the advancement of women and people of color in technology.

Thank you to the symposium sponsors and supporters: Lam Research, Siemens, Agilent, Sandia National Labs, UC Davis College of Engineering and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, UC Santa Cruz’s Baskin Engineering, the IoT4Ag Program at UC Merced, and the Institute for Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley, and philanthropist Carla Itzkowich, who made a generous contribution in honor of her father.

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The EDGE in Tech Initiative at the University of California (EDGE in Tech) is committed to addressing the challenges faced by women and other under-included identities in engineering and computer science fields by serving as a trusted center and resource that integrates research with action. The initiative is run by CITRIS and Banatao Institute.