Past Sotak Lecture Information

2023:

  • Derrick Dean, PhD
    • Professor and Director of Biomedical Engineering, Alabama State University
    • Fabrication and Cell Interactions of Bioactive Polymeric Scaffold

2022:

  • Aaron Kyle, PhD
    • Senior Lecturer and Director, Hk Maker Lab, Columbia University
    • HK Maker Lab, Engendering Engineering Identity in Underrepresented Minority High School Students
    • Sotak Poster 2022

2021:

  • Ronke Olabisi, PhD
    • Samueli Development Chair and Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
    • Using Secrets of the Maya to Control Bone Formation
    • Sotak Poster 2021

2019:

  • Gilda Barabino, PhD
    • Dean, Grove School of Engineering at City College of New York
    • Cell Biomechanics: Unlocking Determinants of Human Health and Disease
    • Sotak Poster 2019

2018:

  • Curtis R. Carlson, PhD
    • Founder and CEO, Practice of Innovation
    • President and CEO, SRI International 1998-2014
    • The Convergence of Education and Innovation: How the Discipline of value creation can transform education, R&D, and commercialization
    • Sotak Poster 2018

2017:

  • Michael B. Smith, PhD
    • Consultant/Imaging, Drug Discovery, Technology, and Design
    • Enhanced Drug Discovery through a Bioengineering Approach
    • Sotak Poster 2017