P1Panel: Industry Focus on Preparing the STEM Workforce of the future
Monday, September 11, 9:30 am – 10:30 am: Swanson AuditoriumM
Panel Description: A panel of industry and educational leaders evaluates the importance of educating, training, hiring and developing the next generation of engineers and engineering leaders.
Moderator: Phillip Carter, External/Community Relations Coordinator, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Panelists:
- Alex Flamme, UNL COE alum, Huffman Engineering engineer
- Ross Baron, Nebraska State Bridge Engineer, Nebraska Department of Roads
- Theresa Luensmann, UNL College of Engineering, interim director of Career Services
- Meghan Berens-Kleinschmidt, Human Resources, NPPD
- Taylor Sutton, UNL COE alum, NPPD civil engineer
P2Panel: Improvisation Skills for Complete Engineers
Monday, September 11, 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm: UnityM
Panel Description: Panelists will review improvisation fundamentals that strengthen communication skills and how those can be beneficial to engineering students, share data from previous offerings of this class at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, run through sample improvisation exercises with attendees, and share resources to help other engineering programs implement similar classes.
Moderator: Dr. Lily Wang, Director, UNL Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
Panelists:
- Dr. Mark Riley, Associate Dean for Research, UNL College of Engineering
- Julie Uribe, Lecturer, and Improvisation Specialist, UNL College of Business and College of Engineering j
- Dada Zhang, Graduate Student, UNL College of Engineering
P3Panel: Increasing Women’s Representation in Engineering
Monday, September 11, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: UnityM
Panel Description: Panelists will share various initiatives and their own experiences related to increasing women’s representation in engineering, highlight tactics and strategies that they have found useful, and brainstorm on how to bring about more systemic change to increase women’s representation in the field of engineering.
Moderator: Dr. Lily Wang, Director, UNL Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
Panelists:
- Cece Abbey, Assistant Director of Student Success Programs, UNL College of Engineering
- Dr. Yusong Li, Associate Dean for Faculty and Inclusion, UNL College of Engineering
- Katie Mowat, Graduate Student, UNL College of Engineering
- Dr. Emmeline Watson, Assistant Professor of Practice, UNL Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
P4Panel: The Impact of AI on Workforce readiness- Are our STEM graduates ready?
Tuesday, September 11, 9:30 am – 10:30 am: UnityM
Panel Description: This panel of Industry professional, undergraduate and graduate STEM students share their perspectives on challenges and opportunities that STEM graduates may face given the ever-changing landscape of the job market. Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting academia, industry, and the workforce. With most recent online tools at their fingertips, how can STEM graduates navigate workforce readiness. The discussion will address ways in which current AI and technological advancements influence current STEM curricula, curriculum design, transformative learning, skills requirements, job prospect, graduate employability etc.
Moderator: Oghenetega Allen Obewhere, PhD student Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Panelists:
- Payal Chaudhary, PhD student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Michael Oluwaseyi Akinseloyin, PhD student, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University
- Carson Emeigh, MS student, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Nyawa Allieu, Undergraduate Student (senior), Construction Management (double minor in Architectural Studies and Business), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Elena Butler, Undergraduate Student (senior), Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Bridger Corkill, Engineer – Permitting and Engineering Division, Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE)