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SUMMARY:National Engineers Week Banquet
DESCRIPTION:Since 2016\, the Sweet Briar College Engineering Program has sponsored the annual Lynchburg Area Engineering Week Banquet. Each year\, engineers\, high school and college students\, educators\, and members of the public from Lynchburg and the Shenandoah Valley gather with us to celebrate engineering in our region and enjoy an evening of networking.\n\n\n\nThis year's featured speaker is Tara Vatcher\, vice president of software development and architecture for Stellantis\, a leading global automaker and provider of mobility solutions.\n\n\n\nOur past featured speakers were: \n\n\n	2020: Dr. Kevin Kochersberger\, programmatic lead for the first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) in Malawi and professor at Virginia Tech\n	2019: Kip S. Thorne\, theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. One of the world's leading experts on the astrophysical implications of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity\n	2018: Christine Darden\, retired NASA aeronautical engineer\, data analyst and mathematician featured in "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race"\n	2017: Antoine Picard\, lead software engineer at Google\n	2016: Kathryn Thornton\, former NASA astronaut\, and Assoc. Dean at the University of Virginia\n\nAs part of our National Engineers Week celebration\, we invite high school girls (grades 9-12) from across the region to join us for Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at Sweet Briar. Participants will make a fun\, hands-on project together and\, with the help of Sweet Briar engineering professors and students\, explore campus and meet professional engineers later that evening at the banquet.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:#000000">Since 2016\, the</span> <a href="https://sbc.edu/stem/engineering-at-sweet-briar-college/">Sweet Briar College&nbsp\;Engineering&nbsp\;Program</a> <span style="color:#000000">has sponsored the annual Lynchburg Area&nbsp\;Engineering&nbsp\;Week Banquet. Each year\, engineers\, high school and college students\, educators\, and members of the public from Lynchburg and the Shenandoah Valley gather with us to celebrate&nbsp\;engineering&nbsp\;in our region and enjoy an evening of networking.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">This year&rsquo\;s featured speaker is&nbsp\;</span><strong>Tara Vatcher</strong><span style="color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">\, vice president of software development and architecture for <a href="https://www.stellantis.com/en">Stellantis</a>\, a leading global automaker and provider of mobility solutions.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:#000000">Our past featured speakers were:</span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent">&nbsp\;</span></span></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">2020:&nbsp\;<strong>Dr. Kevin Kochersberger\,</strong>&nbsp\;programmatic lead for the first African Drone and&nbsp\;</span><span style="background-color:transparent\; color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">Data Academy (ADDA) in Malawi and professor at Virginia Tech</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">2019:&nbsp\;<strong>Kip S. Thorne</strong>\, theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. One of the world&rsquo\;s&nbsp\;</span><span style="background-color:transparent\; color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">leading experts on the astrophysical implications of Einstein&rsquo\;s Theory of&nbsp\;</span><span style="background-color:transparent\; color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">General Relativity</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">2018:&nbsp\;<strong>Christine Darden</strong>\, retired NASA aeronautical&nbsp\;engineer\, data analyst and&nbsp\;</span><span style="background-color:transparent\; color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">mathematician featured in &ldquo\;Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the&nbsp\;</span><span style="background-color:transparent\; color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the&nbsp\;Space Race&rdquo\;</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">2017:&nbsp\;</span><strong>Antoine Picard</strong><span style="color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)">\, lead software&nbsp\;engineer&nbsp\;at Google</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent">2016: <strong>Kathryn Thornton</strong>\, former NASA astronaut\, and Assoc. Dean at the&nbsp\;University of Virginia</span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:transparent\; font-family:arial">As part of our National&nbsp\;Engineers&nbsp\;Week celebration\, we invite high school girls (grades 9-12) from across the region to join us for <a href="https://sbc.edu/stem/introduce-a-girl-to-engineering-day/">Introduce a Girl to&nbsp\;Engineering&nbsp\;Day</a> at Sweet Briar. Participants will make a fun\, hands-on project together and\, with the help of Sweet Briar&nbsp\;engineering&nbsp\;professors and students\, explore campus and meet professional&nbsp\;engineers&nbsp\;later that evening at the banquet.</span></span></span>
LOCATION:Upchurch Field House at Sweet Briar College
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URL:https://business.lynchburgregion.org/events/details/national-engineers-week-banquet-02-24-2022-7333
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