1st Annual SERC Doctoral Students Forum
Monday, February 24, 2014
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Hosted by: Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center
3800 Reservoir Rd NW Washington, DC 20057
The SERC Doctoral Fellows Program was started in 2012 as an evolution of SERC’s unique research collaboration model to allow PhD students at participating organizations to access our Collaborator Universities’ leading systems thinkers as research advisors. The Forum will review our accomplishments over the past year as well as discuss program benefits from the perspective of key stakeholders.
The half-day SERC event will bring together the current and potential SERC Doctoral Fellows Program Sponsors, Collaborators and Participants.
Agenda
| 1.00p–1:15p |
Remarks from the SERC Executive Sponsor Mr. Scott Lucero, Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering |
| 1:15p–2:00p |
Overview of the SERC Doctoral Fellows Program Dr. Dinesh Verma, SERC Executive Director and Dean of the School of Systems and Enterprises, Steven Institute of Technology |
Presentations by selected sponsors in the SERC Doctoral Fellows Program
| 2:00p–2:20p |
The Boeing Company |
| 2:20p–2:40p |
Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) – Picatinny Arsenal |
| 2:40p–3:00p |
The MITRE Corporation |
| 3:00p–3:30p | Networking Break (Salon B) |
Presentations by selected SERC Doctoral Fellows
| 3:30p–4:00p |
Mr. Robert Pitsko, SERC MITRE Fellow |
| 4:00p–4:30p |
Mr. Bill Harkness, SERC Boeing Fellow |
| 4:30p–5:00p |
Mr. Jorge Buenfil, SERC ARDEC Fellow |
| 5:00p–6:00p | Discussion |
| 6:00p–7:00p | Reception (West Lobby) |
| 7:00p–9:00p | Collaborator Dinner (Salon B) |