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  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Beyond the Label: AI Techniques for Healthier Beauty Choices
    Location: MCCNO 228-230
    Speaker: Shriya Joag – MathWorks Inc
    Speaker: Hira Sardar (she/her/hers) – MathWorks
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Sustainability: The Pathway to Profitability
    Location: MCCNO 206-207
    Speaker: Rochelle Samuel (she/her/hers) – Saint-Gobain/CertainTeed
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    11:05 AM - 11:25 AM CT
    Is Your Technology Human Ready?
    Location: MCCNO 217-219
    Speaker: Zaineb Ahmad – Collins Aerospace
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    11:05 AM - 11:25 AM CT
    Spooky Action at a Distance: Quantum Entanglement Swapping in Space
    Location: MCCNO 220-222
    Speaker: Julie Fisher – Boeing
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Dirt, Diamonds, and Dumpsters: Careers You Didn’t See Coming
    Location: MCCNO 243-245
    Moderator: Amy Isenberg – Geo-Logic Associates
    Moderator: Grace Herrmann, PE – Geo-Logic Associates
    Speaker: Meghan J. McDonald, P.E. – New Mexico Abandoned Mine Land Program
    Speaker: Kate Logan – Waste Connections
    Speaker: Trika Graham – Freeport - McMoRan
    Speaker: Anna McMullen (she/her/hers) – Freeport - McMoRan
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    11:55 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Practice Safe AI: Protecting Privacy, Preventing Bias
    Location: MCCNO 220-222
    Speaker: Deepika Devarajan – Matthews International
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    11:55 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Semiconductor = Kind-of Conductive? Demystifying the Industry
    Location: MCCNO 217-219
    Speaker: Lauren Getz – Teradyne
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    1:45 PM - 2:05 PM CT
    Unlocking the Potential of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
    Location: MCCNO 220-222
    Speaker: Jakki R. Kielty, MBA – Endress+Hauser
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    A-Eye: Leveraging Computer Vision in Railroad Maintenance Equipment
    Location: MCCNO 343-345
    Speaker: Pan Dimitroulis, PhD – Wabtec Corporation
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Harnessing Machine Learning (ML) to Measure Access to Health Care
    Location: MCCNO 271-273
    Speaker: Xueying Zhao, PhD – BD
    Speaker: Ann Liu-Ferrara, PhD – BD
    Speaker: Walter Leo, MRes – BD
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:10 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Configuring Lunar Landers: Importance of Configuration Management in Space Vehicles
    Location: MCCNO 220-222
    Speaker: Sarah I. Zimmerman, MLISc – Blue Origin
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Role of Computer Vision in Automating Supply Chains
    Location: MCCNO 260-262
    Speaker: Arifa Sultana – Walmart Inc
    Speaker: Swetha Mahadevan – Walmart Inc.
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    From Sketches to Shelves: Engineering a Consumer Packaged Good
    Location: MCCNO 208- 210
    Moderator: Emma Kayton – Newell Brands
    Speaker: Katie Musser (she/her/hers) – Newell Brands
    Speaker: Christine Cole – Newell Brands
    Speaker: Daily L. Gist – Newell Brands
    Speaker: Kizmet Charles – Newell Brands
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Unlocking Potential Using Generative AI: Oil and Gas Industry
    Location: MCCNO 265-268
    Speaker: Laura Bandura – Chevron Corporation
    Moderator: Ashley Livings (she/her/hers) – Chevron Corporation
    Speaker: Erica Charlton (she/her/hers) – Chevron Corporation
    Speaker: Caitlin Lien (she/her/hers) – Chevron Corporation
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    3:25 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Plastics Recycling: Busting Myths, Boosting Impact!
    Location: MCCNO 217-219
    Technical Aspects
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    4:00 PM - 4:45 PM CT
    Teaching AI That Doctors Aren’t Just Men: Building Unbiased AI
    Location: MCCNO 353-355
    Speaker: Gunjan Sethi – CNH Industrial
    Technical Aspects
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Breaking Stereotypes: The Hidden Engineering Skills in Feminine Hobbies
    Location: MCCNO 208- 210
    Speaker: Diane L. Peters – Kettering University
    Speaker: Anne M. Lucietto, PhD, F.SWE, Sr.IEEE – Purdue University
    Technical Aspects
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    How Sweet It Is: Engineer by Day, Sugarmaker by Night
    Location: MCCNO 252-254
    Speaker: Tracey Hunt – GlobalFoundries
    Technical Aspects
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    AI in Action: Engineering the Future of Medical Devices
    Location: MCCNO 278-282
    Moderator: Julia Mach – Boston Scientific
    Speaker: Sruthi Pisipati (she/her/hers) – Boston Scientific
    Speaker: Chloe Zaborney Kline – Boston Scientific
    Speaker: Sylvia Wu – Boston Scientific
    Speaker: Avery Headley – Boston Scientific
    Technical Aspects
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    11:55 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Human-Centered Design: How Prosthetics Have Failed Women
    Location: MCCNO 220-222
    Speaker: Claire E. Mikkelson – Coapt LLC
    Speaker: Kate Winslow, BSE – Coapt LLC
    Technical Aspects
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    From Riverboats to Railroads and Beyond!
    Location: MCCNO 208- 210
    Speaker: Christie Drabic – Wabtec Corporation
    Speaker: Christina Bottomley – CSX
    Technical Aspects
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Your Story, Your AI: Embracing Adaptive Agentic Workflows
    Location: MCCNO 353-355
    Speaker: Eniko Rozsa – IBM
    Speaker: Sneha Varghese – IBM
    Technical Aspects
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    More Than Just Toys: How Additive Manufacturing is Advancing Healthcare
    Location: MCCNO 271-273
    Speaker: Madison Duensing (she/her/hers) – Stratasys
    Technical Aspects
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    3:25 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Designed to Engage: The Psychology Behind Products People Love
    Location: MCCNO 220-222
    Speaker: Grace Montoya – GE Aerospace
    Technical Aspects
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Impactful Tech Careers: Exploring the Unknown World of "Process Industries"
    Location: MCCNO 278-282
    Technical Aspects
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    4:25 PM - 4:45 PM CT
    Navigating AI in Cybersecurity
    Location: MCCNO 220-222
    Speaker: Diana Vicezar – Microsoft
    Technical Aspects
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Trust Issues? Unlocking the Secrets to Device Authentication
    Location: MCCNO 275-277
    Speaker: Cynthia Mehl (she/her/hers) – HP Inc.
    Technical Aspects
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    11:15 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Accessibility First: Designing Mobile Apps for Everyone
    Location: MCCNO 260-262
    Speaker: Angel Han – Bank of America
    Technical Aspects
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    BRAT: Best Readable and Accessible Text
    Location: MCCNO 265-268
    Speaker: Meghan Flynn – Bank of America
    Speaker: Barbara P. González-Rivera – Bank of America
    Technical Aspects
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Sustainable Choices as a Designer or Consumer
    Location: MCCNO 275-277
    Speaker: Martine Stillman – Synapse Product Development, a Capgemini Company
    Technical Aspects
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Unlock Data's Power: Six Sigma Is Key to Problem Solving
    Location: MCCNO 353-355
    Speaker: Leann Vaive (she/her/hers) – Whirlpool Corporation
    Speaker: Lesa K. Tran (she/her/hers) – Daikin
    Technical Aspects
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    2:35 PM - 2:55 PM CT
    Impact of AI on Human Cognitive Ability
    Location: MCCNO 220-222
    Speaker: Sumit Dubey
    Speaker: Sakshi Dubey
    Technical Aspects
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Watt’s Next? AI’s Disruptive Role in Energy and Industry
    Location: MCCNO 243-245
    Moderator: Mollie Garvey – Siemens
    Speaker: Nefeli Moridis – NVIDIA
    Speaker: Angela E. Scott – Siemens
    Speaker: Ella Zhou – Siemens
    Speaker: Melissa C. Smith, PhD (she/her/hers) – Clemson University
    Technical Aspects
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    3:25 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Pixels to Progress: The Art and Science of Image Processing
    Location: MCCNO 220-222
    Speaker: Jenna R. Necaise (she/her/hers) – Tulane University
    Technical Aspects