Prelude

• Marsha Freeland, Director, Faculty Success Programs, College of Engineering

CLOSED SESSION:
Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

CLOSED SESSION:
How Did I Get to Where I am Today and What Are My Expectations for the BTE Workshop?
Presented by each BTE Fellow (5 mins. /each)

Moderator:

• Tahira Reid Smith, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Phillip S. Dunston, Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of Construction Engineering and Management

Session Break

• Marsha Freeland, Director, Faculty Success Programs, College of Engineering

PANEL 1: Why Choose an Academic Career in Engineering?

Introduction of the Moderator by:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

Moderator:

• Brandon Pitts, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering

Panelists:

• Toyya Pujol-Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering
• Margaret Gitau, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
• James Gibert, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Q&A Session with BTE Fellows
(Panel 1: Why Choose an Academic Career in Engineering?)

Moderator:

• Brandon Pitts, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering

Session Break

• Marsha Freeland, Director, Faculty Success Programs, College of Engineering

PLENARY PANEL: Social Impact of Black Trailblazers in Engineering

Welcome and Introduction of Dean Mung Chiang by:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

Introduction of Barrett Caldwell by:

• Mung Chiang, The John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering, Roscoe H. George Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Introduction of the Moderator by:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

Moderator:

• Barrett Caldwell, Professor of Industrial Engineering, and Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics (By Courtesy), Director, NASA Indiana Space Grant Consortium

Panelists:

• Virginia Booth Womack, Director, Minority Engineering Program, Purdue University
• Christine Grant, Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement in the College of Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University
• Anthony Harris, President and CEO, Campbell/Harris Security Equipment Company (CSECO)
• Mamon Powers Jr. , CEO, Chairman of the Board, Powers & Sons Construction Company

CLOSED SESSION:
Collaboration with Plenary Panelists

Moderator:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

CLOSED SESSION:
BTE Fellows Networking and Social Hour (Optional)

Prelude

• Marsha Freeland, Director, Faculty Success Programs, College of Engineering

PANEL 2: Heads' Roundtable: How to Prepare for Job Market in Academia?

Introduction of the Moderator by:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

Moderator:

• Luciano Castillo, Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy and Power Systems in Mechanical Engineering

Panelists:

• William Crossley, J. William Uhrig and Anastasia Vournas Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Eckhard Groll, William E. and Florence Perry Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering, Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Makarand Hastak, Professor and the Dernlan Family Head of Construction Engineering and Management and Professor of Civil Engineering
• Nathan Mosier, Head of the School of Agricultural & Biological Engineering; LORRE, Indiana Soybean Board Professor
• Dimitri Peroulis, Michael and Katherine Birck Head of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Q&A Session with BTE Fellows
(Panel 2: Head’s Roundtable: How to Prepare for Job Market in Academia?)

Moderator:

• Luciano Castillo, Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy and Power Systems in Mechanical Engineering

Session Break

• Marsha Freeland, Director, Faculty Success Programs, College of Engineering

PANEL 3: Head’s Roundtable: How to Interview, Negotiate Salary and Start-Up Package?

Introduction of the Moderator by:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

Moderator:

• Barrett Caldwell, Professor of Industrial Engineering

Panelists:

• David Bahr, Head and Professor of Materials Engineering
• Abhijit Deshmukh, James J. Solberg Head and Tompkins Chair of Systems, School of Industrial Engineering
• Rao S. Govindaraju, Bowen Engineering Head of the School of Civil Engineering and Christopher B. and Susan S. Burke Professor of Civil Engineering
• Sangtae Kim, Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of the School of Chemical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
• Seungjin Kim, Capt. James McCarthy, Jr. and Cheryl E. McCarthy Head of the School of Nuclear Engineering and Professor of Nuclear Engineering
• Donna Riley, Kamyar Haghighi Head of the School of Engineering Education
• George Wodicka, Dane A. Miller Head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Q&A Session with BTE Fellows
(Panel 3: Head’s Roundtable: How to Interview, Negotiate Salary and Start-Up Package?)

Moderator:

• Barrett Caldwell, Professor of Industrial Engineering

Session Break

• Marsha Freeland, Director, Faculty Success Programs, College of Engineering

CLOSED SESSION:
PANEL 4: BTE Fellows with National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Student Chapter

Introduction of the Discussion Leader by:

• Virginia Booth Womack, Director, Minority Engineering Program, Purdue University

Discussion Leader:

• Christina Core, President National Society of Black Engineering Chapter at Purdue University

Participants:

• NSBE Local Chapter Members

Dinner and Session Break

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Proof of Excellence -The Path of Three Black Aerodynamicists

Introduction of the Moderator by:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

Moderators:

• Tahira Reid Smith, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Michael T. Harris, Robert B. and Virginia V. Coval Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering (by Courtesy)

Speaker

• Wesley Leroy Harris, C.S. Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

CLOSED SESSION:
Q&A Session with BTE Fellows
(Keynote Address 1)

CLOSED SESSION:
BTE Fellows Networking and Social Hour (Optional)

Prelude

• Marsha Freeland, Director, Faculty Success Programs, College of Engineering

KEYNOTE PANEL: How to Get Early Career Research Funding?

Moderator:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

12:05-12:25 PM | Presentation by: National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Ronald D. Joslin, Program Director, Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport (CBET) System, National Science Foundation

12:25-12:45 PM | Presentation by: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

• Ellen M. Robinson, Program Coordinator for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s (AFOSR) Science and Engineering Division, Physical and Biological Sciences Branch; and the Department of Defense (DoD) Program Manager for the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) Program

12:45-1:05 PM | Presentation by: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Joan M. Greve, Scientific Program Manager, Division of Interdisciplinary Training (DIDT) at National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

1:05-1:25 PM | Presentation by: Office of Naval Research (ONR)

• Thomas C. Fu, Head, Mission Capable, Persistent and Survivable Naval Platforms Department of the Office of Naval Research (ONR); Acting Director, Advanced Naval Platforms Division within the Mission Capable, Persistent and Survivable Naval Platforms Department, Office of Naval Research

Q&A Session with BTE Fellows
(Keynote Panel: How to Get Early Career Research Funding?)

Session Break

• Marsha Freeland, Director, Faculty Success Programs, College of Engineering

BTE Lightning Pitches
Presented by each BTE Fellow (4 mins. /each)

Moderator:

• Tahira Reid Smith, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Dinner and Session Break

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey: From College Drop-out to Dean

Introduction of the Moderator by:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

Moderator:

• Phillip S. Dunston, Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of Construction Engineering and Management

Speaker:

• Stephanie G. Adams, Dean and Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair at the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas

CLOSED SESSION:
Q&A Session with BTE Fellows
(Keynote Address 2)

CLOSED SESSION:
BTE Fellows Networking and Social Hour (Optional)

Prelude

• Marsha Freeland, Director, Faculty Success Programs, College of Engineering

CLOSED SESSION:
Success Strategies for New Faculty Members

Introduction of the Facilitators by:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

Facilitators:

• Rebecca Brent, President, Education Designs, Inc., Cary, North Carolina
• Richard M. Felder, Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University

Conclusion | Introduction | Announcements | Final Remarks

BTE Committee

Introduction of the Planning Committee by:

• Arvind Raman, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty and Staff, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)

Planning Committee:

• Virginia Booth Womack, Director, Minority Engineering Program, Purdue University
• Luciano Castillo, Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy and Power Systems in Mechanical Engineering
• Christina Core, President National Society of Black Engineering Chapter at Purdue University
• Russell Kyles-Flewellen, Co-Chair, NSBE4Change Committee
• Michael T. Harris, Robert B. and Virginia V. Coval Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering (by Courtesy)
• Phillip S. Dunston, Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of Construction Engineering and Management
• Tahira Reid Smith, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Marsha Freeland, Director, Faculty Success Programs, College of Engineering
• Maria Longoria-Littleton, Assistant Director, Faculty Success Programs

CLOSED SESSION:
BTE Fellows Networking and Social Hour (Optional)

Moderator:

• Tahira Reid Smith, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering