Searching for a Better Future through Sustainable Materials

Dr. Ulven has been a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department at North Dakota State University since August of 2005. He has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Engineering. He has been involved in the research of polymer matrix composites (PMCs) for various commercial and defense applications for the past 15 years with over a 100 publications describing the results of his work. He has co-authored 4 patents which have led to 2 spin-out companies (c2renew and c2sensor). He will be talking about his first spin-out, c2renew, where this company is gaining traction in the market place, and what they have been doing in the 3D printing space.

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