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SPRING 2024

FAQ document: Current students, please refer to this document if you have questions pertaining to seminars.

This list of seminars is subject to change without notice. The engineering department is dependent on the availability of the speakers. There are times when a guest speaker may need to cancel or reschedule.


Date

Time

Location

Title (Topic)

Speaker

Tuesday, Jan. 16 12:30 p.m. CFAC Auditorium January Series: From Bach to Natural Machines: Algorithms as the Shapers of Music Dan Tepfer
Monday, Jan. 29 12:30 p.m. CFAC Auditorium January Series: Technology, Luddites, and the Future of Work Jacob Goldstein
Thursday, Feb. 1 12:30 p.m. CFAC Auditorium January Series: What's Becoming of Us? Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Church Tim Dalrymple
Thursday, Feb. 1 3:05 p.m. SB 010 Data-Driven Approaches for Safe and Secure Cyber-Physical Systems Paul Griffioen
Wednesday, Feb. 7 4:00 p.m. SB 010 Consulting Engineering: Recent Grads’ Learnings From the Field  Ryan MacIntyre and John Macy  - TAS Consultants
Wednesday, Feb. 14 4:00 p.m. SB 010 Integration of Regulatory Compliance and Sustainability into Facilities Projects and Planning Jennifer Ambrose - Calvin University
Thursday, Feb. 15 4:00 p.m. SB 010 The Versatility of an Engineering Degree Peter J. Ryan
Wednesday, Feb. 21 4:00 p.m. SB 010 Using an Engineering Degree in the Legal Profession Nathan Sportel - Husch Blackwell
Wednesday, Feb. 28 4:00 p.m. SB 010 Polaris’ Multi-Modal EV Charging Infrastructure Pilot Project in Ontonagon County, MI Eric Geerlings - Polaris
Wednesday, March 13 4:00 p.m. SB 010 Modeling Fatigue Damage Over the Lifetime of a Product John Van Baren - Vibrations Research
Monday, Mar. 18 4:00 p.m. SB 010 Building Sparse Mass-Constrained Predictive Models from Noisy Data Samuel Adeyemo - Chemical Engineer
Wednesday, Mar. 20 7:00-9:00 a.m. Prince Conference Center Executive Breakfast Series - The Future of Solar Energy (Requires Registration before March 12) Dr. Jeffery Christians
Monday, Mar. 25 12:30 p.m. CFAC Recital Hall Learn to Fly Dr. Wendy Okolo - NASA
Thursday, Apr. 11 4:00 p.m. SB 010 Leadership – A Critical Enabler to Career Success Rear Admiral Dean VanderLey - US Navy
Saturday, Apr. 20

Presentations 2:00-3:30 p.m.

 Spoelhof Fieldhouse Senior Design Open House Calvin University Class of 2024
Thursday, Apr. 25 4:00 p.m. SB 010 What's Next in Batteries? Alan Weimer - University of Colorado Boulder

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