NSF Workshop:
Faculty Development Needs for Advanced Manufacturing in the USA
Located at the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA on January 9th and 10th, 2014
Khershed P. Cooper Ph.D.
Program Director for the Nanomanufacturing Program
National Science Foundation
Dr. Khershed P. Cooper is Program Director for the
Nanomanufacturing Program at NSF. He also serves as Program
Officer for the Manufacturing Science Program at ONR and is
Senior Materials Scientist in the Materials Science and Technology
Division of NRL. His research and programmatic interests are
advanced materials processing and manufacturing, specifically
additive and nano-manufacturing. He is an advisor to the Rapid
Prototyping Journal and the Solid Freeform Fabrication
Symposium. He is a member of NSTC’s NSET sub-committee as
NSF representative and as co-chair of the Nanotechnology
Innovation, Liaison with Industry (NILI) working group. He has
organized and participated in several workshops and symposia in
additive and nano-manufacturing. He is a Fellow of ASM
International, and a recipient of ASM’s Burgess Memorial award,
several Best Paper awards and Society citations. He has nearly
140 publications, nearly 150 invited talks and nearly 70 contributed
presentations.
Nanomanufacturing Program at NSF. He also serves as Program
Officer for the Manufacturing Science Program at ONR and is
Senior Materials Scientist in the Materials Science and Technology
Division of NRL. His research and programmatic interests are
advanced materials processing and manufacturing, specifically
additive and nano-manufacturing. He is an advisor to the Rapid
Prototyping Journal and the Solid Freeform Fabrication
Symposium. He is a member of NSTC’s NSET sub-committee as
NSF representative and as co-chair of the Nanotechnology
Innovation, Liaison with Industry (NILI) working group. He has
organized and participated in several workshops and symposia in
additive and nano-manufacturing. He is a Fellow of ASM
International, and a recipient of ASM’s Burgess Memorial award,
several Best Paper awards and Society citations. He has nearly
140 publications, nearly 150 invited talks and nearly 70 contributed
presentations.
