GRIT-X Talks
Free Event - Reserve Your Spot!
Location
Fine Arts : Recital Hall
Date & Time
October 14, 2023, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Description
Back by popular demand, we invite you to listen and learn as some of UMBC’s most intriguing faculty and alumni minds enlighten us. After the talks, enjoy a post-event reception in the lobby with featured speakers.
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
Melanie Okoro, Ph.D. '11 Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences
Principal, Eco-Alpha Environmental Engineering
Disruptive Thinking -A Bold Business Strategy to Change How We Lead, Innovate, and Transform Companies in the 21st Century
Justin Webster
Associate Professor, Mathematics & Statistics
The Map is Not the Territory- Tales of Interest in Nonlinear Elasticity
Cynthia Matuszek
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Zhensen Huang, M.S. '00, Ph.D. '04, Information Systems
Founder & CEO, Precise Software Solutions
Create Possibility- On Campus and in Business
Mercedes Burns
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Loving the Un loveable - Learning to Appreciate Arachnids
Charles lchoku
Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems, Director of GESTAR II Center
Wildfires, Climate, and People -A Triangular Threat to Global Sustainability
Michelle Scott
Professor, History
Jazz Age Resistance - Economic Empowerment and Entertainment in a Divided Nation
Carlos Romero-Talamas
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
The Fusion Energy Solution - Why Engineering Simplicity Matters
Irina Golubeva
Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics & lntercultural Communication
The Power of lntercultural learning
Videos of past GRIT-X talks are available via UMBCTube
