Previous Speakers
- Fall 2023 Speakers
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Hal Alper, Kenneth A. Kobe Professor of Chemical Engineering and Executive Director, Center for Biomedical Research Support at The University of Texas at Austin - Engineering biology to develop “a taste for waste”
Dominic Bednar - Assistant Professor of Infrastructure Equity Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy at UC Irvine
Dr. Roberto C. Andresen Eguiluz - Revealing biomolecular mechanism for controlling aqueous adhesion and lubrication
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- Spring 2023 Speakers
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Ahoura Zandiatashbar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, San José State University - Introduction to Spatial Analytics and Visualization Institute (SAVI) at SJSU; Mapping the public health and economic outcomes of the built environment
Colleen Josephson, Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz - Enabling sustainable sensor networks with RF backscatter
Venkattraman Ayyaswamy, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Merced - Versatility of low-temperature plasmas: From tunable electronics to agriculture
Alex Mejia, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies - Latino/a/x engineering students’ Conocimiento: La facultad and seeing deeper realities of surface phenomena
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- Fall 2022 Speakers
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Dr. Bruk Berhane, Ph.D. - Untapped Potential: Leveraging the Diversity of Community Colleges to Broaden Participation in Engineering
Dr. Eric Pop - What Are 2D Materials Good For?
Anita D. Bhappu, Ph.D. - Organization-Sponsored Sharing Platforms: Designing Technology-Enabled Service Systems That Engage Employees
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- Spring 2022 Speakers
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Dr. Idalis Villanueva - University of Florida: Race re-imaging academic mentoring: An exploration of the complex identities and experiences of womxn scientists and engineers
Dr. Sam Markolf - UC Merced: Toward Resilient Social-Ecological-Technological Systems in a Changing World
Dr. Adrian Sescu - Mississippi State University: Computational Studies of High-Speed Shear Flows
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- Fall 2021 Speakers
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Alonso Vera - Chief, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center - Engineering Systems Around Human Capabilities
Haruko Wainwright - Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Digital Twin for Watersheds: Improving Watershed Systems Predictability Through Co-Design
Gavin Jones, PhD - Manager, Research Staff Member, Quantum Applications, IBM Quantum - Quantum Computing Applications for Chemistry
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- Spring 2021 Speakers
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Deb Banerjee, Mechanical Engineering Professor, Texas A&M University: Meanderings of a Mechanical Nano-technologist: from Engineering-Ethics to Engineering-Medicine
Dr. Min Hwan Lee, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced: Atomic/Nano-scale Surface and Interfacial Engineering for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Dr. Naira Hovakimyan, Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC: Robotics: Safe Learning and Control with L1 Adaptation
Kevin Fogarty, Astrophysicist, Space Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center: Directly Imaging Exoplanets with Coronagraphy
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- Spring 2020 Speakers
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Dr. Jennifer Lu, UC Merced - Cutting Edge Research in Nanomaterials for Energy and Sensing and Student Research Opportunities
Dr. Kacey Beddoes, SJSU - Promoting Successful Teamwork through Interdisciplinary Teamwork Artifacts and Shared Mental Models
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- Fall 2019 Speakers
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Dr. Tarek Zohdi, UC Berkeley - Modeling and Simulation of Tools for Advanced Manufacturing
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