Samuel Labi, Professor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue

Join us as we celebrate both the 2020 and 2021 Outstanding Industrial Engineers.

This webinar brings together subject matter experts to discuss the areas at the convergence of techno-socio-economic inequity and inequality, frugal innovations and their drivers, national and global impact through accessibility to establish a dialogue to kick-off a theme of resilient innovations for social equity (RISE) for highly desired impact for the citizens of the US and the world.

Dr. Anu Ramaswami
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Director, Chad Center for Global India
Sanjay Swani '87 Professor of India Studies
Princeton University

Uttara Tipnis, Ph.D. Candidate

Purdue IE faculty member, Barrett Caldwell, moderates a panel with Purdue IE alumna, Virginia Booth Womack, and others for a panel where Black engineering academics and entrepreneurs, trailblazers in their own right, discuss what leadership looks like in 2020 and beyond. These thought leaders will share stories of triumph and resilience, and offer thoughts on how Black engineers can continue to lead and advance - even in uncertain times.

Purdue industrial engineering professors, Toyya Pujol and Mario Ventresca, serve on a panel for this event highlighting how technology and the pandemic will change healthcare in a post-pandemic, AI world.

Dr. Roger Narayan, Professor
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University

Rahul Sucharitha, Ph.D. Candidate

Bryan Chong, Ph.D. Candidate