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12:00 PM

WELCOME

Dan Hastings (MIT)

12:05 PM

PATHS TO ACADEMIA PANEL

Chair: Paulo Lozano (MIT)

Chad Jenkins (Michigan)

Mykel Kochenderfer (Stanford)

Kristin Rozier (Iowa)

Namiko Yamamoto (Penn State)

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1:00 PM

JOB TALK STARTS

11 five-minute talks

1:55 PM

BREAK

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2:05 PM

POSTER SESSION

List of poster presenters

3:00 PM

PATHS TO INDUSTRY

Chair: Moe Win (MIT)

Natalya Bailey (Acción)

Swati Mohan (JPL)

John Tracy (Boeing, Ret.)

Mitchell Walker (Georgia Tech)

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3:50 PM

BREAK

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4:00 PM

NETWORKING & MENTORING SESSIONS

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12:00 PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Darryll Pines, Ph.D.

President, University of Maryland, College Park

Glenn L. Martin Professor of Aerospace Engineering

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1:00 PM

JOB TALK STARTS

12 five-minute talks

2:00 PM

BREAK

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2:10 PM

POSTER SESSION

List of poster presenters

3:00 PM

WORK-LIFE BALANCE PANEL

Chair: Nick Roy (MIT)

J-P Clarke (UT Austin)

Moriba Jah (UT Austin)

Ann Karagozian (UCLA)

Kristi Morgansen (UW)

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3:50 PM

BREAK

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4:00 PM

NETWORKING & MENTORING SESSIONS

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12:00 PM

JOB SEARCH & INTERVIEW PROCESS

Chair: Hamsa Balakrishnan (MIT)

Sarah Cusson (Penn State)

Karen Feigh (Georgia Tech)

Richard Linares (MIT)

Ronke Olabisi (UCI)

1:00 PM

JOB TALK STARTS

12 five-minute talks

2:00 PM

BREAK

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2:10 PM

POSTER SESSION

List of poster presenters

3:00 PM

TENURE & PROMOTION PANEL

Chair: Amy Pritchett (Penn State)

Wesley Harris (MIT)

Daniel Hastings (MIT)

Debbie Senesky (Stanford)

Karen Willcox (UT Austin)

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3:50 PM

BREAK

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4:00 PM

NETWORKING & MENTORING SESSIONS

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