Distinguished Lecture Series
Catalysts for Change: Visionaries in Engineering and Computing Education
September 17, 2025
Louisiana State University
Emerita Professor, Retired Assistant Vice Chancellor
SSA Auditorium
Teaching Students
October 17, 2025
Univ. Minnesota/ Purdue University
Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering and Engineering Education
ECSS 2.415
Engineering Education Shifts
December 5, 2025
UT Dallas
Former President, Eugene McDermott Distinguished University Chair of Leadership
ECSS 2.415
Art & Technology
January 30, 2026
Dr. Guru Madhavan in Conversation with Dr. Karan Watson
ECSS 2.102
Wicked Problems (book by Dr. Madhavan)
February 20, 2026
Dr. Fay Cobb Payton
Rutgers University
Special Advisor, Chancellor for Innovation Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science Director, Institute for Data, Research and Innovation Science
TBD
AI
March , 2026
Dr. Mary Besterfeld Sacre
Univ. of Pittsburgh
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Nickolas A. DeCecco Professor, Director of the Engineering Education Research Center
ECSW 1.355
First Year Programs
April 17, 2026
Dr. Carlotta Berry
Rose Hulman Institute
Lawrence J. Giacoletto Chair and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department/s: Electrical & Computer Engineering
TI Auditorium ECSS 2.102
Robotics