Penn Engineering Events
Technology, Business and Government Distinguished Lecture Series
Recognizing an increasingly significant inter-relationship between the rapid growth of new technologies and the business and governmental sectors, this lecture series brings distinguished individuals to Penn Engineering to interact with students and faculty on broad issues affecting technology and science, research and policy.
Featured Lecture
“NSF Engineering: Transforming our World for a Better Tomorrow”
Dr. Susan S. Margulies, Assistant Director of NSF, Engineering Directorate;
Professor of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory School of Medicine; GRA Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Location: This event will be held in a hybrid format in the Wu and Chen Auditorium in Levine Hall (3330 Walnut Street).
This event was not recorded.
Past Speakers
Monday September 13, 2021: Dr. Arvind Krishna, “The Future of Business Tech: Accelerating Discovery and Innovation With Hybrid Cloud, AI and Quantum Computing”
Monday March 22, 2021: Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, “STEM and the Future of Work”
Tuesday, February 18, 2020: Dr. Darryll J. Pines, “Aerospace Prizes Inspire the Five I’s of Success”
November 16, 2018: Gregory Powers, “Oil and Gas: Environment and Efficiency Require More Innovation Than Ever”
October 22, 2018: Thomas Kalil, “Science and Technology Policy @ the White House”
October 9, 2018: Ralph Izzo, “The Future of Energy”
April 17, 2017: J. Michael McQuade, “Moving the World Forward”
April 3, 2017: Patrick T. Harker, “Fintech: Revolution or Evolution?” [watch the archived live stream]
November 30, 2016: Vijay Kumar, Geoffrey Garrett, Theodore Ruger, “Predicting the Future: What Will the Next Four Years Bring?” [watch the archived live stream]
November 15, 2016: Arati Prabhakar, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), “Postcards From the Future: A DARPA Perspective” [watch the archived live stream]
October 15, 2015: Matthew S. Grob, Executive Vice President Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Chief Technology Officer – “Your Smartphone is Your Next Robot”
February 1, 2012: David S. Bem, Global R&D Director, The Dow Chemical Company – “Materials Innovation at Dow Impacting the Future of Energy and the Environment”
April 27, 2011: Arun Majumdar, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) -“ARPA-E: Catalyzing Energy Breakthroughs for a Secure American Future”
November 16, 2010: Robert S. Fredell, Managing Director, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) – “Critical Issues in Accreditation and Engineering Education”
December 3, 2009: Mark Zandi, Chief Economist and Cofounder, Moody’s Economy.com – “The New Economic Normal: The Role of Technological Change and Universities”
February 19, 2009: Garrete E. Resiman, NASA Astronaut – “Living Aboard the International Space Station – One Quaker’s Journey”
November 13, 2007: James R. Wiemels, Vice President, Global Manufacturing Engineering, General Motors Corporation – “The Journey to a Global Company”
March 20, 2006: James C. Greenwood, President, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), and Former Congressman, US House of Representatives – “Living in the Biotechnology Century”
April 7, 2005: Hital R. Meswani, Executive Director of Reliance Industries Limited – “Ideas that Worked: Creation of World–class Businesses through Management of Technology”
March 15, 2005: Siegfried Bocionek, Chief Operating Officer of Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services – “The Digital Hospital: Development of Metrics-Driven Efficient Software”
March 18, 2004: Paul M. Horn, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, IBM Corporation – “Innovation in the Information Technology Industry”
December 2, 2003: Richard A. Clarke, Chairman, Good Harbor Consulting, and former Senior White House Advisor – “Critical National Infrastructure”
March 4, 2003: Richard F. Rashid, Senior Vice President of Research, Microsoft Corporation – “The Digital Experience: Emerging Technologies to Improve the Way We Live and Learn”
February 3, 2003: Congressman Curt Weldon, 7th Congressional District – “Homeland Security and the Role of Government”
March 6, 2002: Alan I. Taub, Executive Director – Science, General Motors Research and Development – “Automotive Research – The Technical Challenges and the Role of Universities for GM”
April 24, 2001: Irwin Mark Jacobs, Chairman and CEO, Qualcomm – “Wireless Access to the Internet, the Technology and the Business”
October 16, 2000: Joseph P. Nacchio, Chairman and CEO, Qwest Communications International, Inc. – “Business in the Information Age: What’s New, What’s Not”
October 13, 1999: George Heilmeier, Chairman Emeritus and former Chairman and CEP Telcordia Technologies – “From Pots to Pans.com – Information Systems and Technology for the Next Decade and Beyond”
April 14, 1999: Joseph Bordogna, Deputy Director Nominee and Chief Operating Officer of the National Science Foundation – “Trajectories, Inflections, and Innovation: Trends in Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy”
February 24, 1999: David J. Farber, the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunication Systems – “The University in the Information Age: A Technologist’s Look at the Future Directions in Computing and Communications and its Impact on the University”
February 1, 1999: Congressman Curt Weldon, 7th District, Pennsylvania, Senior Member of the House Committee on Science, Chairman of the Military Research Committee – “Technology and Business in the Twenty-first Century: A Congressional Perspective”