Penelope Brown
May 19, 2021Penelope Brown has had a front-row seat to manufacturing’s digital transformation for the last 15 years. In her role with the Manufacturing Leadership Council, the digital transformation division of the National Association of Manufacturers, she is the managing editor for the bimonthly Manufacturing Leadership Journal and directs the Manufacturing Leadership Awards program. She develops research…
Detlef Zühlke
May 19, 2021Detlef Zühlke received the MS in electrical engineering and computer sciences and his PhD in robotics both from RWTH Aachen/Germany. Until his retirement in 2017 he was Professor for Production Automation at the University of Kaiserslautern and Director of the research department Innovative Factory Systems (IFS) at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).
Val Zanchuk
May 19, 2021Val Zanchuk is the majority owner of Graphicast, Inc., a Jaffrey, N.H., manufacturer of precision-machined zinc alloy castings. The company has been an Inc. 5000 company, a two-time recipient of the Manufacturing Leadership Award, and named one of the best companies to work for in New Hampshire twice since 2009. Prior to Graphicast, Val was…
Jay Lee, Ph.D.
May 19, 2021Dr. Jay Lee is Clark Distinguished Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Univ. of Maryland College Park. Previously, he served as an Ohio Eminent Scholar, L.W. Scott Alter Chair and Univ. Distinguished Professor at Univ. of Cincinnati. He was Founding Director of National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University…
