Mechanical Engineering Leadership Series
2008 ME Leadership Seminar Series
A Mechanical Engineering Leadership Seminar series is scheduled for every Tuesday afternoon throughout Winter Quarter 2008. All seminars are held from 3:30–4:20 p.m. in Room 238 of the ME building, followed by pizza and soft drinks. Seminar speakers are shown below. A list of seminar speakers from Winter Quarter 2007 is available HERE.
The primary goal of the Leadership Seminar Series is to demonstrate the depth and breadth of career opportunities available to mechanical engineering graduates. Note that collectively our seminar speakers represent a broad range of interests, industries, and professions. Also note that most speakers are graduates of the UW-ME Department and hence, a secondary goal of the series is to more fully involve our alumni in the life of the department and curriculum and to provide opportunities for current ME students and alumni to connect.
Each speaker is free to use the seminar as he or she chooses. For example, some speakers recount the evolution of their professional career since completing their degree, speculate on what they see as the future of a specific area or profession, or describe details of a particular technical topic. An informal dialogue between speaker and attendees occurs in all cases.
| Date | Speaker(s) | Grad Year | Title, Company/ Organization | Industry Affiliation |
| 1/15/08 | Vesna Savic | MSME 1995; PhD ME 2000 | Senior Project Engineer, General Motors Corporation | Transportation/Auto |
| 1/22/08 | Benjamin Jones | MSME ’87, |
Micro Encoder, Inc. | Measurement Systems |
| 1/29/08 | Loern Halverson | BSME 1993; MSME 1999 |
Engineering Manager, MagnaDrive Corporation | Manufacturing/Transportation/Marine Engineering |
| 2/5/08 | Ron Crockett | BSME 1962 | CEO, Emerald Downs | Transportation/Aircraft Recreation |
| 2/12/07 | Brian Horman | Director of Capital Projects, Amgen, Inc. | Biotechnology | |
| 2/19/08 | Frank Robinson | BSME 1957 | CEO, Robinson Helicopters | Transportation/Aircraft |
| 2/26/08 | David Melin | BSME 1979 | Software/Manufacturing | |
| 3/4/08 | Jim Skaggs | BSME 1959 | (retired) CEO, Systems Development Corporation & Tracor, COO of AMEX Systems | Computer Software/Hardware |
| 3/11/08 | Dwayne Arola | BSME 1989; MSME 1991; PhD 1996 | Associate Professor, University of Maryland – Baltimore County | Academia |
