Engineering Honors Colloquium Lectures
Below is the current spring 2008 schedule of guest speakers for the Engineering Honors Colloquium (ENGR 100) course. These lectures are open to Honors Program students currently enrolled in ENGR 100 as well as Viterbi faculty and staff who are interested in the particular topic being presented. All lectures are held in OHE 122 and run from 1-1:50 P.M.
To find out about speakers and topics offered in previous semesters of the Colloquium, click on the one of the links to the right.
January
18th |
“Virtual Animals and Humans: From Biomechanics to Intelligence”
Dr. Demetri Terzopoulos, Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science
UCLA
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January
25th |
“What Else Can You Do With Engineering?”
Mr. Arnab Chanda, Director, US Equity Research-Semiconductors
Deutsche Bank
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February
1st |
“Desalination Helps Meet Southern California’s Water Demands”
Mr. Steve Tedesco, Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Group
and Dr. Mark Wilf, Director of Membrane Technology
Tetra Tech, Inc., |
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February
8th |
"UAVs Not Powered by Fossil Fuels"
Mr. Wyatt Sadler, Chief Test Pilot
Aerovironment Inc. |
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February
15th |
“The 21st Century Oil Refinery”
Mr. Omar Hamid, Senior Process Engineer
Jacobs Engineering |
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February
22nd |
"Engineering your Future - Rules of the Game"
Dr. Charles Massey, Director of Ports and Maritime Security
Alion Science and Technology |
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Febraury
29th |
“What Is A Black Hole”
Dr. Curt J. Cutler, Senior Research Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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March
7th |
"Computational Neuroscience and Robotics"
Dr. Laurent Itti, Associate Professor of Computer Science
USC |
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March
14th |
"Revolutionizing Access to Space"
Mr. Jeff Ward, Vice President of Avionics
Space Exploration Technologies |
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March
21st |
Spring Break
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March
28th |
“How Life Began in Our Water World Over 4 Billion Years Ago”
Dr. Michael Russell, Senior NASA Research Fellow
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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April
4th |
TBA
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April
11th |
Mr. David M. Bowman
Vice President & C-17 Program Manager
The Boeing Company, Global Mobility Systems |
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April
18th |
TBA
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April
25th |
Hardware Solutions for Multi-Dimensional Signal Processing"
Dr. Dejan Markovic, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
UCLA |
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May
2nd |
Semester-End BBQ |
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