Lectures & Workshops
Engineering Lecture Series
Each spring and fall, the Engineering Department at SSU presents a series of colloquia on a wide range of engineering topics and trend of technologies. The talks are generally very high-level and designed for the general audience. The Engineering Colloquium was established in Fall 2006 and was initially sponsored by former Agilent Technologies (now Keysight Technologies) and local industries.
Days & Dates: First and Third Thursday of every month
Zoom ID:
https://SonomaState.zoom.us/j/87287592076, Passcode: 2009A
and/or Cerent Engineering Science Complex, Salazar Hall 2009A, Campus Map
Lecture: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. including Q &A
Attendance is open to students, faculty and staff of SSU and other members of the community, in general. A parking permit is required to park on campus, and is available for $5.00 at machines in the parking lots. Talks are otherwise free.
For more information, please contact the Engineering Department at (707) 664-2030 or engineering@sonoma.edu.
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EECS Department, UC Berkeley, CA
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EECS Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Past Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Asad Abidi | Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCLA, CA | Powering Inaccessible Circuits and Communicating with them through Coupled Inductors | |
| Ms. Liz Ruetsch | General Manager of Quantum Engineering Solutions Business Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA | A Quantum Computing Industry Overview – challenges and opportunities on the road ahead | |
| Mr. Ed Boyd | Vice President Engineering & CTO, Co-Founder Tibitcom | The Future of Fiber Optics to the Home | |
| Mr. Shivakumar Mathapathi | Co-Founder and CTO Xtrans Solutions LLC | The convergence of Internet of things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) | |
| Mr. Casey White | Senior Engineering Project Manager Viavi Solutions, Santa Rosa, CA | Optical Filters and Their Applications (2021) | |
| Mr. Tom Greer | CEO Gizmo Design, Santa Rosa, CA | Using 3D Computer Aided Design to Bring Your Ideas to Life | |
| Dr. Jane Gu | Professor ECE Department, UC Davis, Davis, CA | THz Interconnect, the Last Centimeter Communication | |
| Dr. Nina Marhamati | CS Department, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | Reflecting What AI Perceives from Human Interaction | |
| Dr. Xiaokun Yang | University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX | FPGA Acceleration on Artificial Intelligence | |
| Dr. Arman Sargolzaei | Assistant Professor ME Department, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TE | Security of Networked Control Systems | |
| Professor Bala Ravikumar | Professor, Chair Department of Computer Science, SSU, Rohnert Park, CA | Probabilistic and Approximate Computation in Software and Hardware Models | |
| Professor Houman Homayoun | Associate Professor Dept. of ECE, UC Davis, Davis, CA | Towards Hardware Cybersecurity | |
| Dr. Pelin Salem | Senior Test Development Engineer Cisco, San Jose, CA | Supply Chain - New Product Introduction Process | |
| Mr. Jay Alexander | CTO Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA | Trends in Electronic Measurement | |
| Mr. Mark Baldassari | Director of Codes and Standards Enphase Energy, Petaluma, CA | Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Systems | |
| Professor Katie Wilson | Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA | Sometimes you can't see the signal for the trees | |
| Mr. Mark Thoren | System Design Engineer Analog Devices, Santa Clara, CA | Power Electronics and its Trends | |
| Dr. Loren Betts | R&D Manager Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA | Aerospace/Defense Measurement Applications | |
| Dr. Kaiman Zeng | Assistant Professor EE Department, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR | How Machines 'See' the World | |
| Mr. Roger Nichols | 5G Program Manager Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA | 5G Mobile Wireless: A 5G Overview and Market Update |