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Eminent Scholars Lecture Series Archive
2020
January 24 Gilda Barabino, Daniel and Frances Berg Professor and Dean of The Grove School of Engineering -
The City College of New York (CCNY)
"Cell Biomechanics: Unlocking Determinants of Human Health and Disease"
February 28 Sharon Walker, Distinguished Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering and
Dean of the College of Engineering - Drexel University
"A New Frontier for Engineering Education Predicated on Peace"
April 10 Kevin L. Moore, Vice Provost and Dean - Colorado School of Mines CANCELLED
"Perspectives and Connections: From Control Theory to Intelligent Robots to Cooperative
Autonomy"
2019
February 1 G. Ravi Ravichandran, John E. Goode, Jr., Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering - California
Institute of Technology
"Imagining and engineering the future"
March 1 Stephanie Adams, Dean of Batten College of Engineering & Technology
Old Dominion University
"Transforming Engineering: Improving the Landscape Through Research Based Practices
& Systems Thinking"
April 19 M. Katherine Banks, Vice Chancellor of Engineering and National Laboratories
The Texas A&M University System
"Transforming Engineering Education: Opportunities and Challenges"
2018
January 26 Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of California - Davis
Dean, College of Engineering
"Toward Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes"
February 9 Lance Collins, Cornell University
Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering
"Cornell Tech – A new campus in New York City focused on digital technology for the
21st century"
February 23 Wayne Clough
Secretary Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution | President Emeritus of the Georgia
Institute of Technology
"Is Climate Change a Science Problem or an Engineering Problem?"
March 9 Julia Ross, Virginia Tech
Paul and Dorothea Torgersen Dean of Engineering
"Our World is Changing ... Are We?"
March 30 Justin Schwartz, Penn State University
Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering
"Redefining Engineering in the Modern Age"
2017
January 13 Robin Coger, North Carolina A&T University
Dean, College of Engineering
"Transforming Research: A Perspective"
January 27 Louis A. Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Dean, College of Engineering
"Engineering Research and Education; Past, Present and Future Perspective"
February 3 Liesl Folks, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
"Growing Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Disciplines; What will it take?"
March 31 Darryll Pines, University of Maryland, College Park
Nariman Farvardin Professor and Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering
"Evolving to a New Normal in Engineering Education"
2016
January 29 John R. English, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Dean, Professor & Irma F. Raymond F. Giffels Endowed Chair in Engineering
"Qualities of Leadership"
February 5 Gary S. May, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Dean and Southern Company Chair College of Engineering
"Innovation in the Engineering Curriculum through Active Learning"
March 4 Gregory Washington, University of California, Irvine
Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering
"Wearable Electronics: The Next Growth Engine for the U.S. Economy"
April 22 Ranu Jung, Florida International University, Miami
Professor and Interim Dean, and Wallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholars Chair in Biomedical
Engineering
"Adaptive Neurotechnology for Restoring Neural Function"
2015
January 23 Nicholas Abbott, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Sobota Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
"Design of Biotic-Abiotic Interfaces Using Liquid Crystals"
February 6 Joan Brennecke, Notre Dame University
Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical Engineering
"Ionic Liquids: From CO2 to Capture Electroplating"
March 20 Peter Siegel, Visiting Associate in Engineering and Applied Science California Institute of Technology
Senior Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
"From THz Imaging to Millimeter-Wave Stimulation of Neurons: Is there a Killer Application
for High Frequency RF in the Medical Community?"
2014
January 24 Alexis T. Bell, University of California, Berkeley
National Academy of Engineering member, The Dow Professor of Sustainable Chemistry
"Control of Catalyst Activity and Selectivity by Modification of Active Site Composition,
Structure, and Confinement"
January 29 Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Professor of Environmental Biotechnology, Member of Dutch Academy of Engineering
"Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox) Technology: Science, discovery and commercialization"
February 14 Anil K. Jain, Michigan State University
University Distinguished Professor in Computer Science & Engineering
"Biometrics: Technology for Human Recognition"
April 25 Vijay John, Tulane University
The Leo S. Weil Professor in Engineering, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
"Exploiting Biopolymer Stickiness at Interfaces – Oil Spills to Drug Delivery"
2013
February 15 John White, University of Arkansas
Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering and Chancellor Emeritus
"Leadership Matters"
March 22 Michael Reiter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lawrence Sifkin Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
"Defending Against Client Compromises in Client-Server Applications"
March 29 H. Vincent Poor, Princeton University
National Academy of Engineering member, Michael Henry Strater University Professor
of Electrical Engineering; Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
"Games, Privacy and Distributed Algorithms for the Smart Grid"
April 19 Nancy Love, University of Michigan
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
"At the Confluence of Nutrients, Pharmaceuticals and Sustainability: Emerging Issues
in Wastewater Management"
2012
January 27 William M. Shepherd
Capt. USN, ret.
"Technical and Operational Aspects of Building the International Space Station"
March 30 Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder
Professor of Civil Engineering and founder of Engineers Without Borders
"Role of Engineers in Poverty Reduction: Challenges and Opportunities"
April 13 Rafael Bras, Georgia Institute of Technology
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
"Complexity and Organization in Earth Systems"
2011
January 21 John R. Delaney, University of Washington
Professor of Oceanography
"Next Generation Science, Engineering, and Education in the Ocean Basins: Sensor-Robotic
Networks Communicating at the Speed of Light"
February 4 David Dzombak, Carnegie Mellon University
Senior Professor of Environmental Engineering
"The Need and Challenge of Alternative Sources of Water for Use in Electric Power
Production"
February 18 Dan Sperling, University of California, Davis
Professor of Civil Engineering & Environment Science & Policy
Expert in transportation and co-author of "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability"
April 1 Neville Hogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Director, Newman Laboratory
"Contact robotics—close physical contact and cooperation between robots and humans—is
an emerging frontier of engineering innovation."
April 15 Fan-Gang Zeng, University of California, Irvine
Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
"Man-machine interface: Lessons learned from bionic ears"
2010
February 12 Jerald Schnoor, The University of Iowa
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
"Environmental Grand Challenges"
February 26 Norman Augustine
Retired CEO & Chairman, Lockheed Martin Corporation
"Global Competitiveness"
March 26 Mark Somerville, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
"Rethinking Engineering Education"
April 12 Ramesh Jain, University of California, Irvine
Donald Bren Professor, in Information Monday and Computer Sciences
"Emergence, Entrepreneurship and Web"