Overall Conference Program

7:00 am – 5:00 pm – Registration
8:00 -9:45 am – Parallel Sessions
10:00 – 10:10 am – Conference Chair Remarks – Dr. Devdas Shetty, UDC
10:10 – 10:20 am – IEOM Society Remarks – Prof. Don Reimer
10:20 -11:00 am – Keynote Speaker I: Dr. Eric Moore, Deputy to Commanding General, US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Aberdeen, MD
11:00 – 11:40 am – Keynote Speaker II: Javad Mokhbery, CEO, FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc., Irvine, California, United States
11:40 am – 12:20 pm –Keynote Speaker III: Dr. Vivek Dwivedi, Associate Division Chief, Mechanical Systems, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
12:20 – 1:00 pm – Keynote Speaker IV: Mr. Matthew Stepura, APEO (T&E), Head, Systems Engineering, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
1:00 pm – Lunch Welcome Address – Maurice D. Edington, Ph.D., President, University of the District of Columbia
1:00 – 2:00 pm – Lunch
2:00 – 3:45 pm – Parallel Sessions
4:00 – 5:45 pm – Parallel Sessions

7:00 am – 5:00 pm – Registration
8:00 -9:30 am – Parallel Sessions
10:00 -10:40 am – Keynote Speaker V: Jonathan Conradt, Principle AI Researcher – Amazon, Reston, Virginia, United States
10:40 – 11:20 am – Keynote Speaker VI: Dr. Christopher Cox, P.E., Faculty, Construction Management, College of Engineering and Technology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA
11:20 – 11:40 am – Break
11:40 am -12:20 pm – Keynote Speaker VII: Rachel R. Hughes, Department Head, MITRE
12:20 – 1:00 pm – Keynote Speaker VIII: Khershed P. Cooper, Ph.D., FASM, FSME, Program Director, Advanced Manufacturing Program, Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI), National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, USA
1:00 – 2:00 pm – Lunch
2:00 – 5:00 pm – Poster Session at Foyer
2:00 – 3:45 pm – Parallel Sessions
4:00 – 5:45 pm – Parallel Sessions

7:00 am – 5:00 pm – Registration
8:00 -9:30 am – Parallel Sessions
10:00 -10:40 am – Keynote Speaker IX: Robert J. Wenier, Global Head of Cloud and Infrastructure, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
10:40 – 11:20 am – Keynote Speaker X: Dr. Victor McCrary, Member, National Science Board, Vice President of Research, University of District of Columbia
11:20 – 11:40 am – break
11:40 -12:20 pm – Keynote Speaker XI: Dr. Wesley L. Harris, Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Vice President of National Academy of Engineering
12:00 – 12:40 pm – Keynote Speaker XII:
1:00 – 2:00 pm – Lunch
2:00 – 3:45 pm – Parallel Sessions
4:00 – 5:45 pm – Parallel Session
6:00 – 9:00 pm – Conference Awards Ceremony