Donald Ford
President · Training Education Management LLC
Expert speaker who explains the people side of organizations with humor and insight.
High Performance Leadership Strategic Human Resource Management Becoming A Mega-Learner
Karl Ludvigsen
Partner · Ludvigsen Partners
Draws compelling and fascinating lessons from a lifetime in the world car industry.
Vital Need for Customer Care Careers of Great Racing Drivers and Designers Professional Life in the World of Cars
Dr. Marianne Mader
Managing Director, Earth & Space/Fossils & Evolution, Royal Ontario Museum · Co-Founder & Board Member, STEAMLabs Community Makerspace
Cultivating curiosity. Inspiring passion for exploration. Empowering people to engage with science & tech. www.mariannemader.com
Space Exploration Planetary Science Science Communication Maker Culture STEAM Education
Ruixin Niu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Secure Signal Processing Statistical Signal Processing and Communications Data Fusion and Distributed Signal Processing in Sensor Networks Dectection Estimation and Tracking Dynamic Resource Management in Networked Systems
Fabrizio Poli
Founder · Orville Aviation
Aviation Entrepreneur, Jet Captain, Author & Keynote Speaker
Social Media Marketing private jet fractional ownership Pilot Training private Jet Sales Private Jets
Rachel Mandelbaum
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Rachel Mandelbaum's research interests are predominantly in the areas of observational cosmology and galaxy studies.
Galaxy Studies Observational Cosmology Astronomical Surveys Space
Karen Hamberg
Vice President, Strategy · Westport Fuel Systems
Clean-technology and clean transportation executive
Clean Tech Alternative Fuels for Transportation Clean Fuels Policy Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector Heavy-Duty Transportation
Don Platt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | Director of the Spaceport Education Center · Florida Tech
Dr. Platt's work has involved developing, testing and flying different types of avionics, communications and rocket propulsion systems.
Space Systems Rocket Propulsion Systems Deep Space Exploration Satellite Design Astrodynamics
Joshua W. Walker, PhD
President & CEO · Japan Society
Walker leads Japan Society to create deep bonds between the US & Japan through programs in culture, education, business, policy & technology
UN Conflict Diplomacy Asia Minor Japanese Language
Klaus Ley, MD
Founding Director · Immunology Center of Georgia
Klaus Ley is exploring the role our immune response plays in atherosclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.
T lymphocytes Immunology Vaccines atherosclerosis Integrins
Edward F. Schultz
Author & Counselor to Business · Business Performance Group
Edward Schultz, Business Consultant
Business Analysis Business Development Project Management Services ISO Certifications GAP Analysis & Process Mapping
Howie Choset
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Howie Choset's research reduces complicated high-dimensional problems found in robotics to low-dimensional simpler ones.
Field & Service Robotics Applied Mathematics Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles Computer Science Mechanical Systems
Jean-Paul Pinelli, Ph.D.
Professor | Mechanical and Civil Engineering · Florida Tech
Dr. Pinelli studies wind-structure interaction, hurricane field and lab experimentation, hurricane risk analysis and vulnerability models.
Storm Mitigation Measures Insurance Loss Data Management Rain Interior Damage Vulnerability Models
Magnus Egerstedt
Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering · UC Irvine
Magnus Egerstedt is a leading research on control theory, complex networks and robotics.
Multi-system robots Mobile Sensor Networks Complex networks (e.g., optimization and control, resource sharing, dimension reduction) Control Theory Robotics
Richard J. Addante, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | School of Psychology · Florida Tech
Dr. Addante researches the cognitive neuroscience of memory, brain states and metacognition, and analog missions for space exploration.
Space Psychology Metacognition Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience Human Memory
Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D.
Engineering Foundation Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Professor Atulasimha researches nanomagnetic/spintronic memory and neuromorphic computing devices.
Spintronics and Nanomagnetism Exploratory neuromorphic devices Straintronics: Strian mediated electric field control of magnetism Electric field (VCMA) control of skyrmions Magnetic and multiferroic materials
Joao S. Soares, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Engineered Tissue Multiscale Mechanics & Modeling Laboratory (ETM3)
Functional tissue engineering Thrombogenicity of cardiovascular medical devices Drug delivery devices Polymer degradation and erosion Continuum mechanics and its application to non-linear materials
Meredith Carroll, Ph.D.
Professor | College of Aeronautics · Florida Tech
Dr. Carroll's research focuses on decision-making in complex systems, human-machine teaming, performance assessment and adaptive training.
Training Fidelity Analysis Adaptive Training Individual Differences Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Cybersecurity
Luigi Vanfretti
Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Modeling and Simulation for Cyber-Physical Power and Energy Systems and Electrified Systems
System Identification Synchrophasor Measurements, PMU, Synchrophasor Technologies Power Systems, Power Grid Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Systems Electric Power Engineering
Gonzalo Garcia, Ph.D. AE
Postdoctoral Fellow · VCU College of Engineering
Conduct experimental, theoretical, modeling and simulation research in the area of autonomous vehicles and robots.
Artifical Intelligence Autonomous and Connected Vehicles Nonlinear Controls Optimal Control Reinforcement Learning