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.

6
MAR

Interactive Language Agents: Training, Evaluation, and Interface

Dr. Alane Suhr

EECS Department, UC Berkeley, CA

20
MAR

Unscripted Grounded Visual Learning

Dr. Stella Yu

EECS Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Past Lectures

Date	Speaker	Speaker Affiliation	Lecture Title
September 1, 2016	Mr. Roger Nichols	5G Program Manager Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA	5G Mobile Communications: The Vision for 2020 and Beyond (2016)
April 21, 2016	Dr. Sara Kassis	Lecturer ES Department, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA	Material Characterization Techniques Using the Keck Microanalysis Laboratory
April 7, 2016	Dr. Rajiv Dighe	Sr. Product Line Manager Broadcom	FTTX: Key Market and Technology Trends
March 10, 2016	Dr. Jane Gu	Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis	THz Interconnect, the Last Centimeter Communication (2016)
March 3, 2016	Dr. Audrey Bowden	Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering, Stanford University	Optical Coherence Tomography - Lighting the Path to Better Healthcare
February 18, 2016	Mr. Chuck Corley	Principal Digital HW Engineer National Instruments	Bleeding Edge FPGA and Digital Design: New Challenges At High Gigabit Rates
February 4, 2016	Dr. Forrest Kellert	Order Fulfillment Manager Keysight Technologies	Fabrication and Testing of High Frequency/High Speed ICs
November 19, 2015	Dr. Sayeef Salahuddin	Associate Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley	Negative Capacitance Transistors
November 5, 2015	Mr. Drew Fischer	Staff Hardware Engineer RF Microwave R&D, National Instruments	Overview of Distributed RF/Microwave Filters and Design for RF Systems in the AWR Design Environment
October 15, 2015	R.K. Koslowsky	Consultant	Innovation and Utility in Engineered Solutions - The Cerent Story
October 1, 2015	Daniel Soto	Assistant Professor Environmental Studies and Planning, SSU	Estimation of Rural Electricity Demand
September 17, 2015	Dr. Saif Islam	Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis	Peeling Atoms via Ultrasharp Nanostructures for Bio-Chemical-Environmental Sensing and Pollution Control
September 3, 2015	Dr. Steve Chen	R&D Section Manager EEsof EDA Division, Keysight Technologies	Trends and Innovations in Electronic Design Automation Software
April 16, 2015	Drs. Nancy & Todd Reed	Depts of CS & EE, University of Hawaii at Manoa	Augmented Phonocardiogram Acquisition and Analysis
April 2, 2015	Mr. Jim Eyer	Senior Analyst and Principal E&I Consulting and Senior Advisor California Energy Storage Alliance	The Electrical Grid of the Future Featuring Smart Grid, Distributed Resources and Energy Storage
March 12, 2015	Ms. Heidi Barnes	World Wide Applications Engineer EEsof EDA, High Speed Digital, Keysight Technologies	What is Signal and Power Integrity in Digital Systems and How is it Changing Our World
March 5, 2015	Dr. Robert Sargent	Director, Research and Development Optical Security and Performance Products, JDSU	Optical Filters and Their Applications (2015)
February 19, 2015	Dr. Omeed Momeni	Associate Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering, UC Davis	Terahertz and mm-Wave Signal Generation, Synthesis and Amplification: Reaching the Fundamental Limits
February 5, 2015	Mr. Henri Komrij	General Manager Performance Network Analyzers, Component Test Division, Keysight Technologies	New Developments in mm-Wave and THz; Markets, Technologies, and Measurements
November 20, 2014	Dr. Shahab Ardalan	Assistant Professor EE Dept., San Jose State University	Design of Secure and Anti-Counterfeit Integrated Circuits