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2025 Engineering Deans

Public Policy Colloquium (PPC)

February 3 - 5, 2025
NW, Washington, DC - Washington Marriott Capitol Hill

 

Monday, Feb 3rd

Tuesday, Feb 4th

Wednesday, Feb 5th

 

Registration 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM 

Visits on Capitol Hill

8:00 AM

 

Breakfast

8:30 AM

9:00 AM

Session 1

COGR and Addressing Red Tape Affecting Research

Speaker: Matt Owens, President COGR

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

Networking Break

10:30 AM

Session 2

Identity-Focused Workforce Sustainment Advocacy: Progress and the Path Ahead

Speakers:

Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers, Director of Research and Impact

Rochelle Williams, Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity, Executive Director

Travis York, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Director of Inclusive STEM Ecosystems for Equity and Diversity


11:00 AM

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

Networking Lunch

Speakers: Darryll Pines, President, University of Maryland

Stacy Klein-Gardner, Executive Director of Engineering for US All

12:30 PM

1:00 PM

Session 3

What Deans Need to Know About the Changing Landscape of College Athletics

Speakers:
Karen Weaver, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education
Darryll Pines, President, University of Maryland
Gregory Washington, President, George Mason University

1:30 PM

2:00 PM

2:30 PM

Session 4

NSF Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA) Overview


Speaker: Pramod Khargonekar, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California, Irvine

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

Deans Forum: New, Recent and Curious

(Burnham Ballroom)

Speakers: Sam Easterling, Iowa State University; ASEE Public Policy Committee Chair

Sharon Walker, Drexel University; ASEE Engineering Deans Council Chair

Networking Refreshment Break

4:00 PM

Session 5

The Nuclear Engineering Gap


Speakers:

Opening Remarks: The Honorable Mike Simpson, U.S. Representative, Idaho, introduced by Suzie Long

Panel Moderators:

Aaron Bobick, Washington University in St. Louis
Anthony Marchese, University of Rhode Island

Panelists:

Suzie Long, Dean of Engineering, University of Idaho
Ashley Finan, Chief Science Officer, National and Homeland Security Program, Idaho National Lab

Amber Johnson, Director of the Research Reactor and Radiation Facilities, University of Maryland, College Park

4:30 PM

5:00 PM

5:30 PM

 

6:00 PM

Opening Reception

(Burnham Ballroom Pre-Function Space)

Speaker:

Sharon Walker, Drexel University; ASEE Engineering Deans Council Chair


Closing Reception







6:30 PM

7:00 PM

7:30 PM