university Experts

Sreedevi Rajagopalan, PhD

Director, MIT Sustainable Supply Chain Lab | Research ScientistMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Rajagopalan studies supply chain sustainability in large firms and AI-enabled transformation of micro firms in emerging markets.

Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh

Assistant Professor of Structural EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Rafael Quirino

Associate ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Professor Quirino focuses on the use of triglycerides as starting materials for different chemistries.

Bridge Zhao

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Develops human-centered AI for safer, more sustainable mobility—from human behavior to intelligent vehicles and transportation networks.

Rip Gerber

Best-Selling Author, Musician and InnovationsistSecret Equations, LLC

Founder, CEO, and Chief Location Officer

Yue Hillon

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Yue Hillon's research interests include strategy, socio-economic performance management and action research.

Shekhar Garde

Dean, School of Engineering & Elaine S. and Jack S. Parker Professor, EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Leads the largest of the five schools at Rensselaer and conducts research in statistical mechanical theory and molecular modeling

Sean T. Dempsey, S.J.

Associate ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Aditya Balaram, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

David Davila

Assistant Professor of Theatre ArtsLoyola Marymount University

Playwright, Screenwriter, Poet, Dramaturg, Director, Musical Theatre Writer, and Performer