2024 ERN Conference Plenary Session Recordings

Opening Plenary Session – March 14th, 2024

Speakers: 

Opening Remarks: Dr. Travis T. York, Director of ISEED, AAAS

NSF HBCU-UP Remarks: Dr. Carleitta Paige-Anderson, HBCU-UP Lead, NSF

NSF ENG Remarks: Dr. Susan Margulies, Assistant Director, Engineering Directorate, NSF

Moderator: Dr. Charles Ramey, II – Assistant Director Office of Undergraduate STEM Education, AAC&U

Panelists:
• Dr. Gawain Kiffin, Nashville Healthcare System
• Dr. Amy Wat, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
• Dr. Sydney M. Gibson, IQVIA
• Nora Gilliam, MD-PhD Candidate, Univ. Rochester
• Dr. Jacob Misch, Postdoc, GA Tech

Conference Overview/Announcements: Dr. Iris. R. Wagstaff, AAAS STEM Program Director, NSF PI, ERN Conference Lead

 

Plenary Session 2 – March 15th, 2024

Speakers: 

Moderator: Dr. Camille McKayle, Provost & VP for Academic Affairs, Professor of Math, USVI

Panelists:
• Dr. Brooke Coley, Founding Executive Director, Center for Research Advancing Racial Equity, Justice, and
Sociotechnical Innovation Centered in Engineering and Director, The Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes and
Cultures in Engineering Lab
• Dr. Kiruba Krishnaswamy, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Food Systems Engineering, and Founder,
FEAST Lab, Univ. Missouri-Columbia
• Dr. Terrell Morton, Assistant Professor of Identity and Justice in STEM Education, Univ. Illinois-Chicago

Announcements:  Dr. Iris. R. Wagstaff, STEM Program Director, AAAS NSF PI, ERN Conference Lead

 

Plenary Session 3 – March 15th, 2024

Speakers: 

Moderator : Heather Metcalf, PhD, Director of Research Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN), PI, ARC Network, Co-PI, ACCESS+ 

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Juan Gilbert, Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor & Chair Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering University of Florida 

Announcements : Dr. Iris R. Wagstaff, STEM Program Director, AAAS, NSF PI, ERN Conference Lead

 

 Plenary Session 4 – March 16th, 2024

Speakers: 

Welcome: Dr. Shirley Malcom, Advisor to the CEO and Executive Director, SEA Change, AAAS  

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Aprille Ericsson,  Inaugural Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and    Technology  

Presentation of Student Oral and Poster Winners : 

ERN: 

  • Dr. Jonathan Lambright, Lead Judge – Professor, Engineering Technology, Savannah State University  
  • Dr. Patrick Dean, Assistant Judge – Outreach & Career Development Office College of Sciences and Technology, Savannah State University  

REM: 

  • Dr. Sohi Rastegar – Head, Office of Emerging Frontiers & Multidisciplinary Activities, Directorate for Engineering, NSF  

 Acknowledgements and Adjourn: Dr. Iris R. Wagstaff – STEM Program Director, AAAS, NSF PI and ERN Conference Lead