NSF Minority Faculty Development Workshop presents the 2017 Symposium:
Engineering A World of Difference: Academic-Industry Connections
Preliminary Agenda
September 20th -23rd, 2017
Houston, Texas
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| Wednesday, September 20, 2017 | |
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Houston, Texas |
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Arrival Day |
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| Thursday, September 21, 2017 | |
University of Houston, Texas |
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7:30 am - 8:15 am |
Breakfast at Eric's Hilton Hotel |
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8:30 am - 9:15 am |
Welcome, Symposium Overview, and Introductions Gilda A. Barabino, Berg Professor & Dean of The Grove School of Engineering |
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9:15 am - 10:15 am |
Plenary Session |
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10:15 am - 10:30 pm |
Break |
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10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Senior Administrators Panel Moderated By Gilda Barabino, Berg Professor & Dean of The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York |
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12:15 pm - 1:30 pm |
Working Lunch Affinity Group Discussions |
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1:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
Workshop I PANEL: A Career Worthy of the NAE |
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3:30 pm – 4:00 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions I |
| Friday, September 22, 2017 | |
University of Houston, Texas |
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8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast at Eric's Hilton Hotel |
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8:30 am - 10:00 am |
Workshop II IP and Tech Transfer |
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Break |
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10:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Workshop III Building Research Relationships with Industry |
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12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
Working Lunch Affinity Group Discussions |
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2:15 pm - 3:45 pm |
Un-Conference Session I |
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3:45 pm - 4:00 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Un-Conference Session II |
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6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
Dinner Keynote: Karan L. Watson, PhD, Former Provost of Texas A&M University |
| Saturday, September 23, 2017 | |
University of Houston, Texas |
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast at Eric's Hilton Hotel |
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8:30 am - 10:30 am |
Concurrent Session II |
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10:30 am - 11:45 am |
Break |
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Un-Conference Session III |
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12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
Keynote Lunch Reginald DesRoches, PhD, F ASCE, F SEI |
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2:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Closing Remarks & Wrap-Up |