The Job Everyone Loves to Hate: Leadership and Diversity in Department Chairs.
2004
Dr. Caroline Baillie
Queens University; materials engineering
Different or equal: Transforming Science and Engineering Education.
2005
Ms. Donna Francher
SU alum; pharmaceutical research in oncology
My Own Science: Science Creativity and Entrepreneurship.
2006
Dr. Deborah Pearce
CEO of LeaJames
How to Succeed in the corporate science & engineering context.
2007
Dr. Judy Vance
Program Director at NSF; Iowa State University; Mechanical Engineering
Do You Know Where You are Going?
2008
Dr. Valerie Davidson
University of Guelph, Canada
Achievements, Challenges and Future Directions as the Ontario Chair for Women in Science and Engineering.
2009
Dr. Ellen Martin
Associate Professor, University of Florida – Gainesville, Geology Dept.
Grow of Ice Sheets of Antarctica: Climate Change 40 million years ago.
2010
Dr. Susan Jerger
Ashebel Smith Professor at the University of Texas in Dallas, School of Brain & Behavioral Sciences
Perceiving and Remembering Speech: Hearing Things Not as They Are, But As We Are.
2011
Dr. Catherine Badgley
Assist Professor of Biology, University of Michigan
Feeding a Hungry Planet: Crisis and Opportunity.
2012
Dr. Mimi Koehl
Professor of Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Swimming in Turbulent Waves: How do tiny larvae settle onto coral reefs?
2013
Dr. Laurie Leshin
Dean of the School of Science at RPI
Science on Mars Time: Roving the Red Planet with Curiosity.
2014
Dr. Patricia J. Culligan
Professor, Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Columbia University in NYC
Green Roofs and Urban Stormwater Management.
2015
Dr. Noelle Eckley Selin
Engineering Sys & Atmospheric Chem at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; jointly appointed in Engineering Sys Division & Dept of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sci.
Mercury Pollution: Tracking Emissions to Impacts.
2016
Dr. Marcia McNutt
Editor-in-Chief of Science/AAAS and President Elect of National Academy of Science
Climate Intervention: Promise and Peril.
2017
Dr. Brigid Hogan
George Barth Geller Professor and Chair of the Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center
How Embryos Build Organs to Last A Lifetime.
2018
Dr. Nora S. Newcombe
Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University
Spatial Learning for STEM Success
2019
Dr. Kelly Benoit-Bird
Marine Biologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Echoes from the Deep
2020
Canceled due to COVID-19
2021
Dr. Ahna Skop
Professor of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison