Keynote Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Renée DiResta

Technical Research Manager
Stanford Internet Observatory

Topic: Detecting Misinformation in the Information Age

Renée DiResta is the Technical Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory. She investigates the spread of malign narratives across social and other media networks. Renée’s areas of research include disinformation and propaganda by state-sponsored actors, and health misinformation and conspiracy theories. Renée has advised Congress, the State Department, and other academic, civic, and business organizations, and has studied disinformation and computational propaganda in the context of pseudoscience conspiracies, terrorism, and state-sponsored information warfare.

Renée regularly writes and speaks about the role that tech platforms and curatorial algorithms play in the proliferation of disinformation and conspiracy theories. She is an Ideas contributor at Wired and The Atlantic. Her tech industry writing, analysis, talks, and data visualizations have been featured or covered by numerous media outlets including the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Politico, TechCrunch, Wired, Slate, Forbes, Buzzfeed, The Economist, Journal of Commerce, and more. She is a 2019 Truman National Security Project security fellow, a 2019 Mozilla Fellow in Media, Misinformation, and Trust, and a Council on Foreign Relations term member. Renée is a co-author of The Hardware Startup: Building your Product, Business, and Brand, published by O’Reilly Media.

Ann Lee-Karlon, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President
Genentech

Topic: Engineers and the Future of Biotech

Ann Lee-Karlon is senior vice president and head of Portfolio Management and Operations for Genentech Research and Early Development. Leaders in her group oversee more than 30 drug development teams across oncology, immunology, ophthalmology, infectious diseases, and neuroscience.

Ann holds a BS in bioengineering from UC Berkeley, MBA from Stanford University, and PhD in bioengineering from UC San Diego, where she was a National Science Foundation Fellow. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at University College London as an NSF International Research Fellow.

She served as president and board chair for the Genentech Patient Foundation (2016-2019), providing medicines to uninsured and underinsured patients. Ann was elected president and board chair for the Association of Women in Science (2014-2016), based in Washington, D.C. She was honored by the UC President’s Office as one of the Remarkable Women of the University of California.

Ann is a board member for Eko Health, a startup focused on AI-driven software, advanced stethoscopes, and telemedicine for cardiopulmonary medicine. She is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Jessica J. Marquez, Ph.D.

Human-Systems Engineer
NASA Ames Research Center

Topic: On the Roadway to the Moon and Mars

As a Human-Systems Engineer at NASA Ames Research Center in the Human Systems Integration Division, Dr. Marquez’s research interests include human-automation integration, human-computer interaction, crew autonomy, and space human factors engineering. Throughout her career, she has contributed to various research projects ranging from lunar lander cockpit to planetary spacewalks to concepts of operations for deep space missions. Currently, she is the SPIFe (Scheduling & Planning Interface For exploration) team lead within the Human-Computer Interaction Group. The SPIFe team has developed and deployed planning and scheduling software tools for several space missions, including International Space Station and Mars rovers. This team is developing the next-generation of planning and scheduling systems, Playbook, a web-based, mobile timeline and execution aid. She lends her subject matter expertise to the Human Research Program and the Space Technology Mission Directorate. Over the last two decades, she has supported and conducted research on various Earth analog missions around the globe. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University, a SM in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Human-Systems Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Agenda

8:30 – 9:30 am

Welcome and Opening Keynotes


Welcome and Opening Keynotes

Topic: Engineers and the Future of Biotech
Ann Lee-Karlon, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Genentech

Topic: Detecting Misinformation in the Information Age
Renée DiResta
Technical Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory

9:45 – 10:45 am

Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions:

● Renewable Energy: Devices and Systems
● AI and Deep Learning Applications
● Sensors and Biomedical Devices
● Advancements in VR/AR

Professional Development Concurrent Sessions:

● Becoming a Leader
● Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Tech

Concurrent Session A

Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions

A1 ● Renewable Energy: Devices and Systems

Session Chair: 
Lili He
Professor, Electrical Engineering, San José State University 
Session Summary:
Renewable energy is from an energy resource that is replaced by a natural process such as power generated from the sun or from the wind. Most renewable forms of energy ultimately come from the Sun. Solar power is the widely studied and used renewable energy. Solar electric power has entered our daily lives. One of the best power choices is renewable batteries used to equip modern vehicles which effectively eliminate carbon emissions. The renewable energy industry not only brings a healthier lifestyle, it also opens opportunities for a huge job market for today’s engineering workforce. In this technical session, we bring three experts from advanced solar cell and system research and renewable battery materials.

From the Lab to the Roof: Innovation within 10+ Years Old Industry
Gabriela Bunea
Sr. Vice President – Solar Research & Development
GAF Energy
Manufacturing Better Energy Storage for the Future
Shelby Neaville
Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer
Sila Nanotechnologies
A New Era for Solar
Sarah Kurtz
Professor
University of California Merced
A2 ● AI and Deep Learning Applications

Session Chair:
Feruza Amirkulova
Assistant Professor,  Mechanical Engineering,  San José State University
Summary:
In recent years, we are experiencing the rebirth of AI and deep learning which drive innovation. Due to broader access to computing resources and large datasets, AI and deep learning are widely adopted in many industries. In this session, we have invited Dr. Jianghao Wang from MathWorks to talk about how deep learning can improve automated inspection and defect detection, and to show various deep learning based approaches to detect and localize different types of anomalies leading to a high throughput quality control in production systems;  and Dr. Yunyao Li from IBM Research to discuss the open challenges in supporting universal natural language understanding and to share their work at IBM addressing these challenges, in particular, she will demonstrate how universal semantic representation of natural languages can enable cross-lingual information extraction in concrete domains and  will show ongoing efforts towards seamless scaling existing NLP capabilities across languages.

Towards Universal Natural Language Understanding
Yunyao Li
Senior Research Manager
IBM Research
Automated Optical Inspection and Defect Detection with Deep Learning
Jianghao Wang
AI Academic Liaison
MathWorks
A3 ● Sensors and Biomedical Devices

Session Chairs:
Fariah Mahzabeen,
Assistant Professor, Aviation and Technology, San José State University 
Yun Wang
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
The session brings together professionals in the biomedical arena, who will focus on their experiences in navigating uncertainties and career changes in “Re-imagining the future”, while thriving in the field and working on breakthrough biomedical innovations.

Grounding in the Present to Impact Change for the Future
Angela DiCiccio
Product Design Engineer, Technical Program Manager
Verily Life Sciences
Engineering for Food Safety
Shannon McGraw-Manza
Research Bioengineer
US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center
From an Uncertain Undergrad to a Mechanical Engineer in the Medical Device Field – How I Navigated My Career Path
Daisy Yuen
Mechanical Engineer
Intuitive Surgical
A4 ● Advancements in VR/AR

Session Chair:
Liat Rosenfeld
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering,  San Jose Staté University
Session Summary:
When we talk about Virtual Reality (VR), many of us think of science fiction films like ‘Minority Report’. However, the truth is that nowadays, this technology completely blends in with our daily lives. Video games, medicine, education… Virtual Reality is here to stay. According to the IDC, worldwide spending on AR/VR technology will increase from $12 billion in 2020 to $72.8 billion by 2024 and account for two-thirds of all consumer electronic goods. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many to adopt remote work and home lifestyles. As a result, many consumers invested in AR/VR technology as a way of socially distant interaction. The Consumer Technology Association predicts that in 2021 AR/VR technology will dominate in various industries as people continue to explore different means of engaging with others and the world while maintaining socially distant and remote lifestyles. In this session we will host three industry leaders in the area of AR/VR who will discuss the recent advancements in the area.

AR/VR devices: Silicon challenges and Research directions
Edith Beigné
Research Director
Facebook
Conversational AI: Past, Present and Future from the ML lens
Sonal Gupta
Research Scientist Manager
Facebook
Design Principles for Building VR: Translating Optics and Sensor Technologies into Products Consumers Love
Caitlin Kalinowski
Director, VR Hardware
Facebook
A Journey Into Virtual Worlds
Nanci Solomon
Co-founder
Xulu Entertainment

Concurrent Session A

Professional Development Concurrent Sessions

A5 ● Becoming a Leader Link
Link

Session Chair:
Jorjeta Jetcheva
Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering,  San José State University
Session Summary:
Technology fields are exciting and full of many opportunities.  But how can you navigate the different choices you will face and succeed as a leader?  Come join us for a panel discussion with women leaders and find out what it takes to be a leader and how you too can get on the path to leadership.

Panelist
Rose Castanares
VP of Business Management
TSMC
Panelist
Erica Lockheimer
VP Software Engineering
LinkedIn Learning
Panelist
Sonar Thekdi
Vice President of Operations, Products and Cloud Services
VMware
A6 ● Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Tech

Session Chair:
Heidi Livingston Eisips
Adjunct Faculty, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Marketing & Business AnalyticsSan José State University
Session Summary:
Bias is natural and unavoidable. The human brain is hard-wired to organize social worlds by categorizing. Everyone holds both conscious and unconscious beliefs about various social and identity groups. Unfortunately, this implicit bias can lead to less-than-optimal hiring practices and business, scientific, and technical decision-making. Come hear from four amazing women from the tech and engineering fields who will discuss real-world anecdotes and strategies for overcoming bias.

Panelist
Manisha Gambhir
Senior Principal Analog Engineer, Central Engineering
Marvell
Panelist
Cristina Jocson
Senior Manager, Research & Development
Sleep Number Labs
Panelist
Joni Podolsky
Director, Global Inclusion & Diversity
KLA
Panelist
Charla Serbent
Vice President, Product Operations Security and Applications
Supply Chain Operations, Cisco Systems

10:45 – 11:00 am

Break


Break

11:00 – 12:00 pm

Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions:

● Water Management
● AI in FinTech
● Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing
● Innovative Transportation

Professional Development Concurrent Sessions:

● Job and Internship Search during Covid-19 and beyond
● Entrepreneurship

Concurrent Session B

Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions

B1 ● Water Management

Session Chair:
Olivia Yip
Assistant Professor, Civil and Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
With the increasing emphasis on the impact of climate change on infrastructure in the U.S., there is an increased focus on creating sustainable and resilient water infrastructure. In this session, we will have a discussion on regional water resources planning for future generations, adapting to sea level groundwater rise, and utilizing recycled water locally in the Bay Area. Each of our panelists will share experiences of working in the water resources industry to give attendees a real-world perspective on different career options. The session will conclude with a Q&A time.

Regional Water Resources – Planning for Future Generations
Nina Hawk
Bay-Delta Initiatives Policy Manager
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Adapting to Sea Level Rise and Rising Shallow Groundwater
Kris May
Principal
Silvestrum Climate Associates LLC
Utilizing Recycled Water in the East San Francisco Bay
Kristine Yung
Associate Engineer
East Bay Municipal Utility District
B2 ● AI in FinTech

Session Chair:
Jorjeta Jetcheva
Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering,  San José State University
Session Summary:
In recent years, AI has emerged as a key innovation enabler of financial technology (FinTech) which drives the digital transformation of the financial services sector responsible for maintaining the stability and efficient functioning of our local and global economies.  In this session, our speakers will discuss the role of AI in a broad range of FinTech domains, including venture capital decision making, energy market efficiency, and digital payment fraud risk assessment.

Using AI to Manage Fraud Risk
Bingjie Bai
Senior Director, Global Fraud Risk
PayPal
AI in Venture Capital
Winnie Cheng
Director, AI Lab
PwC
AI Challenges and Applications in the US Energy Market
Maryam Kazerooni
Associate
Citadel LLC
B3 ● Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing

Session Chair:
Fatemeh Davoudi
Assistant Professor, Aviation And Technology, San Jose Staté University
Session Summary:
The forefront of research for operations and manufacturing engineering and systems management has been the novel applications of predictive analytics. The ability to access, analyse, and manage big volumes of data with the support of robust information architecture to improve the performance of manufacturing organizations has generated enormous interest  and opportunities for predictive analytics among academia and industry. This session presents some main aspects regarding the applications of predictive analytics in manufacturing. In addition, the session includes presentations and discussion from three invited speakers with valuable experience in the field of artificial intelligence and predictive modelings in different aspects of manufacturing firms. 

Intel In Healthcare
Nooshin Nabizadeh
AI Solution Architect
Intel
AI Applications in the Semiconductor Industry
Andrea Wang
Senior Electrical Engineer
Lam Research
Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing – Finding the right business use case
Ming Tze Yeoh
Global Supply Chain Program Office Manager
Agilent Technologies Singapore
B4 ● Innovative Transportation

Session Chair:
Maria Chierichetti 
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, San José State University 
Session Summary:
Advances in autonomous mobility: This session will cover current transformations in autonomous driving and urban air mobility. It will investigate how transportation is changing toward a more green, autonomous, safe system. We are assisting to a revolution of how we conceive land and air transportation, and how smart and sustainable approaches to these technological challenges can lead to better services for our communities. Speakers from Zoox, Joby Aviation, and Waymo will showcase how advancements in technology can lead to a smarter, safer and more sustainable world, where transportation of people is optimized.

A New Way Forward in Mobility
Francesca Favaro
Senior Safety Best Practices Specialist
Waymo
Urban Air Mobility
Maryam Khoshlahjeh
Propeller Integrity Lead
Joby Aviation
Building for Autonomy from the Ground Up
Sarah Tariq
Senior Director, Perception
Zoox/Amazon

Concurrent Session B

Professional Development Concurrent Sessions

B5 ● Job and Internship Search during Covid-19 and beyond Link
Link

Session Summary:
Everyone is familiar with the big job boards – Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn. Come learn how to optimize your searches as well as other methods to increase your chances of landing a job or internship that will be the right fit for you. 

Presenter
Kelly Masegian
Career Counselor
SJSU Career Center
B6 ● Entrepreneurship

Session Chair:
Magdalini Eirinaki
Professor and Associate Chair,  Computer Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
Do you have the entrepreneurship bug but don’t know where to start? Join us in this panel discussion with women leaders who will share their experiences and expertise on what it takes to start your own company.

Panelist
Kirsti Chou
Angel investor
Panelist
Maha Ibrahim
General Partner
Canaan Partners
Panelist
Tracy Young
Builder

12:00 – 12:25 pm

Lunch Break


Lunch Break

12:25 – 1:00 pm

Lunch Keynote


Lunch Keynote

Topic: On the Roadway to the Moon and Mars
Jessica J. Marquez, Ph.D.
Human-Systems Engineer, NASA Ames Research Center

1:00 – 1:30 pm

Lunch Roundtable Discussions


Lunch Roundtable Discussions

1:45 – 2:45 pm

Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions:

● Sustainable Environment
● Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
● Robotics and Intelligent Systems
● Engineering Solutions to COVID-19

Professional Development Concurrent Sessions:

● Employer Perspective: Top Tips on Job & Internship Success
● Career Stories and Strategies

Concurrent Session C

Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions

C1 ● Sustainable Environment

Session Chair:
Indu Jeyachandran
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering,  San José State University
Session Summary:
Creating a Sustainable Environment to live in, requires protecting and using our natural resources effectively, and resorting to renewable energy sources. This session features three talks centering on the broader theme of Sustainable Environment. Rajani Nair from City of San Jose will provide an overview of history to current actions taken to protect our waterways from national to local perspective. In addition, Rajani Nair will share San Jose’s current progress, challenges and opportunities for the future in protecting our waterways. Aarti Sankrithi from RIC Enterprises, will share strategies she has employed to weave her passion for sustainability during her career, including working at a non-profit that is focused on designing and developing a new vertical-axis wind turbine technology that promises to be a good alternative energy source in the Arctic. Damaris Villalobos-Galindo from Santa Clara Valley Water District, will talk about the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project, and the role of engineers in planning such a challenging public works project. Further, Damaris Villalobos-Galindo will talk about the participation of community members and stakeholders in the Flood Protection Project.

Protecting and sustaining our waterways in City of San Jose.
Rajani Nair
Deputy Director
City of San Jose
Crafting A Career in Sustainability
Aarti Sankrithi
Engineering Design Partner
RIC Enterprises
Planning a Flood Risk Reduction Project in a Heavily Urban Setting
Damaris Villalobos-Galindo
Associate Civil Engineer
Santa Clara Valley Water District
C2 ● Machine Learning for Cybersecurity

Session Chair:
Younghee Park
Associate Professor, Computer Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
Machine learning (ML) has become a vital technology for cybersecurity to protect our assets from cyber threats. Through intelligent and automatic pattern analyses, ML-based security defense methods enable us to detect real-time cybercrime and attacks to bolster our infrastructure securely. In this session, with two industry speakers, we demonstrate the current security applications based on ML and then discuss current challenges and future directions for ML-based cybersecurity. 
 

Machine Learning for Cyber Security – Applications from Research to Industry
Malek Ben Salem
Director, Security R&D
Accenture
Machine Learning Powering Cybersecurity
Qian Xiong
Software Engineer, Machine Learning
Google
C3 ● Robotics and Intelligent Systems Link
Link

Session Chair:
Wencen Wu
Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department, San José State University
Session Summary:
Robotics and Intelligent systems are revolutionizing a wide variety of industries. A large range of technologies such as machine learning, edge computing, and control and automation are used to help improve the efficiency, quality, and flexibility of the underlying systems. In this session, Ms. Lee from Microsoft will discuss intelligent digital technologies including intelligent edge & cloud, Ms. Kashikar from Arevo will introduce robotics and intelligent systems in manufacturing, and Ms. Tan from Agilent will share her experience about the challenges of taking up an internal start-up category in robotics and automation. 

Intelligent Edge & Intelligent Cloud
Jenna Lee
Head of IoT & Mixed Reality – Asia
Microsoft Corporation
Robotics and Intelligent Systems in Manufacturing
Archana Kashikar
Senior Robotics Engineer
Arevo Inc.
Challenges of Taking Up an Internal Start-up Category: Robotics and Automation
Diana Tan
Category Manager
Agilent Technologies Singapore (International) Pte Ltd
C4 ● Engineering Solutions to COVID-19

Session Chair:
Dahyun Oh
Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
COVID19 has changed our daily lives significantly. About 490,000 deaths were reported due to COVID19, close to 85% of the population of the least populous state in the United States. This session focuses on how engineers are helping the fight against the COVID. We invited three inspiring women engineers who immediately responded to this global pandemic by designing the most economical ventilators, unraveling transmission mechanisms, and developing a potential treatment method.

MIT E-Vent Ventilator Project
Kimberly Jung
Chief Financial Officer
Solar Service
Measurement of Aerosol SARS-CoV-2 Virus
Pat Keady
Entrepreneur, Co-founder
Aerosol Devices, Inc.
Engineering therapeutics for Cancer and Covid
Sachi Rahman
Scientist and Manager
IGM Biosciences, Inc

Concurrent Session C

Professional Development Concurrent Sessions

C5 ● Employer Perspective: Top Tips on Job & Internship Success

Session Chair: 
Kelly Masegian
Career Counselor, SJSU Career Center
Session Summary:
Hear from company representatives about how to best approach all aspects of the job search from applying to interviewing to career growth.

Panelist
Sarah Peck
Recruiter & Program Specialist
Google
Panelist
Lyndsi Parker
Director, ASIC Design Services
Marvell
Panelist
Tina Revels
University Relations Manager
KLA
C6 ● Career Stories and Strategies

Session Chair:
Sheryl Ehrman
Don Beall Dean, Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
This session will provide conference attendees with an opportunity to gain professional and personal insights from women technical leaders who are not only highly accomplished in their respective fields of endeavor, but also passionate in their advocacy of women as leaders and innovators in technology careers. Each of our panelists will share experiences of working in their respective industries to give attendees a real-world perspective on different career options. They will also share personal and professional challenges faced, lessons learned, and successes achieved during their college years and careers. They will highlight what employers are looking for and how to land that first job as a college graduate.

Panelist
Laura Guio
General Manager
IBM
Panelist
Sonar Thekdi
Vice President of Operations, Products and Cloud Services
VMware
Panelist
Bernadette (Bernie) Valencia
Vice President and General Manager – Guam and Micronesia
Matson Navigation

2:45 – 3:00 pm

Break


Break

3:00 – 4:30 pm

Concurrent Career Panels:

● Software and Information Technology
● Electronics and Semiconductor Equipment
● Biomedical and Biotech
● Aerospace and Aeronautics
● Building, Infrastructure, and the Environment

Concurrent Career Panels

I. ● Software and Information Technology

Session Chair:
Xiao Su
 Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research,  College of EngineeringSan José State University

Panelist
Siri Balaji
Sr. Product Manager – Tech
Amazon
Panelist
Pinar Donmez
Engineering Manager
Facebook
Panelist
Yanbing Li, Ph.D
VP of Engineering and Product, Enterprise Services Platform
Google Cloud
Panelist
Aida Rivas
Sr Program Manager
VMware
II. ● Electronics and Semiconductor Equipment

Session Chair:
Birsen Sirkeci
Professor, Electrical Engineering,  San José State University
 

Panelist
Ribi Leung
Senior Manager of Application Engineering
KLA Corporation
Panelist
Yujun Li, Ph.D
Director, High Performance Computing Platform
TSMC
Panelist
Radha Nayak, PhD
Vice President, Bus. Dev. & Marketing, CSBG Spares
Lam Research
Panelist
Julie Willey
Senior Systems Design Engineer
Meta
Panelist
Zhan Yu
Senior Director
Marvell Semiconductors
III. ● Biomedical and Biotech

Session Chair:
Katy Kao
Associate Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, San José State University

Panelist
Judy Chou, PhD
President, CEO, and Board Member
AltruBio, Inc.
Panelist
Noemi (Nicky) Espinosa
General Counsel, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
HeartFlow, Inc.
Panelist
Christina Lu
Senior Director, DevSci Informatics
Genentech
Panelist
Elizabeth Pham
Senior Scientist
Amgen Inc
IV. ● Aerospace and Aeronautics

Session Chair:
Tina Panontin
Professor, San José State University

Panelist
Maria Bualat
Intelligent Robotics Group Lead
NASA
Panelist
Tyler Ngo
Manager, Systems Engineering
Universities Space Research Association
Panelist
Alison Nordt
Research Scientist Sr Manager – Astrophysics
Lockheed Martin
Panelist
Michal Raviv Sayag
Senior Program Manager
LTA Research and Exploration
V. ● Building, Infrastructure, and the Environment

Session Chair:
Laura Sullivan Green  
Associate Professor, Civil & Environ Engineering, San José State University

Panelist
Jazlyn Carvajal
Sr. Project Manager
Webcor
Panelist
Raissa Ferron
Associate Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
UT Austin
Panelist
Bhavani Yerrapotu
Deputy Operating Officer
Valley Water
Panelist
Marisa Williams
Assistant Project Manager
Swinerton

4:30 – 4:45 pm

Break


Break

4:45 – 6:00 pm

Sponsors

Title Sponsor

Mark and Carolyn Guidry Women in Engineering Program Fund

Carolyn Guidry (1937-2009) was born in Mississippi and spent her childhood in the Deep South. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Louisiana State University in 1959. One week after graduation, she married Mark Guidry (1937-2020), a fellow electrical engineering major she met at LSU. Carolyn began her career at Boeing, but soon put her career on hold and devoted 20 years to raising their three children. She returned to school and earned her Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from SJSU in 1979. She joined Hewlett-Packard and was directly responsible for the development of a new flexible interconnect cable and the microcode for a new computer.

In partnership with Mark, Carolyn founded two successful companies in semiconductor design software and semiconductor product development. Both companies were later acquired and became leaders in their respective fields. After the second company was acquired by Integrated Circuit Systems in 1993, she founded the Mark and Carolyn Guidry Foundation and managed all aspects of the organization. She received an Award of Distinction from SJSU Davidson College of Engineering in 2006. Both she and Mark were inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction in 2001.

Mark was a Louisiana native. After receiving his BSEE from LSU, he took a position at Boeing. He subsequently earned an MSEE from University of Washington and a Ph.D. from Iowa State University. He taught at LSU, where he conducted research in semiconductor technology, laser technology and radio wave propagation. Prior to founding their companies, Mark worked at Fairchild Semiconductor in Palo Alto, a small San Diego company and Texas Instruments in Houston.

All three of Carolyn and Mark’s children graduated with degrees in engineering. The Guidry family strongly believes in the power of education and the importance of developing engineering education in the U.S. for what lies ahead. The Mark and Carolyn Guidry Foundation has been a long-time leader in supporting women in engineering at SJSU. Its commitment and on-going support have made the Silicon Valley Women in Engineering program a model of success for educating new woman innovators regionally and nationally.

Champion Sponsors

Google

Google Roundtable

Excited to meet with you all throughout the showcase! Fill out this form if you are interested in receiving additional information, resources, and opportunities (goo.gle/2022WiE). Questions? Reach out to hsistudentquestions@google.com.

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone. Check out our career opportunities at careers.google.com.

Lam Research

NETGEAR

NETGEAR Walkthrough and Summer Internship Program

Since 1996, NETGEAR® (NASDAQ: NTGR) has been the innovative leader in connecting the world to the internet with advanced networking technologies for homes, businesses, and service providers around the world. As staying connected has become more important than ever, NETGEAR delivers award-winning network solutions for remote work, distance learning, UHD streaming, online game play and more. By enabling people to collaborate and connect to a world of information and entertainment, NETGEAR is dedicated to providing a range of connected solutions from easy-to-use high-performance Orbi Mesh WiFi systems, the Nighthawk portfolio of WiFi routers, cable modems and mobile wireless, cloud-based subscription services for enhanced control and security, to smart networking products and video over Ethernet for Pro AV applications.

TSMC

TSMC Career Talk Sessions

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited engages in the computer aided design, manufacture, packaging, testing, sale, and marketing of integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices. The company is also involved in the research, development, design, manufacture, and sale of solid-state lighting devices and related applications products and systems, and renewable energy and efficiency related technologies and products, as well as manufactures masks. In addition, it provides customer and technical support services; and sells and markets solar related products. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited operates in Taiwan, the United States, Asia, and internationally. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

TSMC North America is the sales and service organization for the world’s largest semiconductor foundry with headquarters based in Taiwan. TSMC NA works with customers in the technology business that manufactures and sells products that run on our chips and cutting-edge technology.

vmware

VMware is a leading innovator in enterprise software. We power the world’s digital infrastructure. Our cloud, app modernization, networking, security and digital workspace platforms form a flexible, consistent digital foundation on which to build, run, manage, connect and protect applications, anywhere.

Advocate Sponsors

Agilent

How to Get Hired at Agilent!

We are hiring for interns and upcoming graduates! Stop by our booth to learn more about our opportunities and make sure you speak to our Recruiters at the Innovation Showcase to get the latest updates and ask any questions you may have!

Agilent is a global leader in laboratory technologies for the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, delivering insight and innovation that advance the quality of life. It is the quality of our products and services, our intense focus, and our uncompromising integrity that enable our customers to discover new frontiers and make continuous advancements in areas such as: cancer research and diagnostics, drug development, food safety and their labs’ performance and efficiency . Whatever the challenge, our One Agilent global team is dedicated to delivering trusted answers to our customers’ critical questions in our collective quest to improve the world around us.

Applied Materials

Career & Internship Opportunities at Applied Materials!

Join this session to learn more about career opportunities and Summer 2022 Internships at Applied Materials!

IBM

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Creating AI models for Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks remains a daunting task for many, requiring significant technical expertise, efforts, and resources. In this demonstration, we provide an overview of Watson Discovery – a low code AI-powered text-analytic platform & showcase its Pattern Induction feature – a human-in-the-loop text extraction system that lowers the barrier of entry to AI by allowing line-of-business users to quickly generate high-performance information extraction models. Through Pattern Induction, line-of-business users can quickly extract entities that follow common semantic or syntactic patterns from business documents without the need to provide pre-labeled data or write code.

Accelerated Discovery – how to speed up material design

It can take over 10 years to design new materials. At IBM Research, we’re looking to accelerate the discovery process using new AI methods, robotics, the hybrid cloud, and quantum computers. Our goal is to unlock new properties and materials to address global challenges in sustainability, health and computing.

Working at IBM – How to look for internships and more

KLA

Augmented Reality Training Demo

The future is ours to create. Whether it’s a driverless car, VR experience, or factory robotics, we help turn theory into possibility. We help create technological devices and ideas that transform our future and shape our current life. KLA is proud to be part of the most significant technological breakthroughs. Virtually no laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. We are a multinational company with over 10,000 employees and offices all around the world. We believe that innovation thrives in a diverse environment built on communication, understanding, global culture, skills and knowledge. We take on complex technical challenges that often take years to solve. We work on the edges of deep science, exploring electron and photon optics, sensors, machine learning and data analytics. The innovative ideas and devices that are transforming our world all begin with research, development and inspiration. Last year we invested 15% of sales back into R&D, exceeding industry standards. That’s a measure of our commitment to solving the most daunting technical challenges. We believe in our people and make it our target to promote from within. Our CEO started as a KLA engineer. That’s pretty good proof that we’re a company of opportunity.

Erica Lockheimer (SJSU BS ‘00, Computer Engineering)

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Marvell

● How to get hired at Marvell!
● Marvell Technology

Be sure to join one of Marvell’s Innovation Showcase sessions and enter a raffle for a chance to win some Marvell swag!

To deliver the data infrastructure technology that connects the world, we’re building solutions on the most powerful foundation: our partnerships with our customers. Trusted by the world’s leading technology companies for 25 years, we move, store, process and secure the world’s data with semiconductor solutions designed for our customers’ current needs and future ambitions. Through a process of deep collaboration and transparency, we’re ultimately changing the way tomorrow’s enterprise, cloud, automotive, and carrier architectures transform—for the better. To learn more, visit:www.marvell.com.

Synopsys

● The World’s First AI-Designed Chip Will Land in your Phone Soon!
● Women in Engineering @ Synopsys
● InternX – The Synopsys Internship Experience

Synopsys technology is at the heart of innovations that are changing the way people work and play; Self-driving cars; Machines that learn; Lightning-fast communication across billions of devices in the datasphere. These breakthroughs are ushering in the era of Smart Everything―where devices are getting smarter and connected, and security is becoming an integral part of the design. Powering this new era of innovation are high-performance silicon chips and exponentially growing amounts of software content. Synopsys is at the forefront of Smart Everything with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design, verification, IP integration, software security and quality testing. We help our customers innovate from silicon to software so they can bring amazing new products to life.

Using AI in chip design can significantly boost productivity, enhance design performance and energy efficiency, and focus expertise on the most valuable aspects of chip design. Synopsys’ DSO.ai solution is an artificial intelligence and reasoning engine capable of searching for optimization targets in very large solution spaces of chip design, massively scaling the exploration of options in design workflows while automating less consequential decisions. The technology continuously builds on its own training data and applies what it has learned to accelerate tapeouts and achieve power, performance, and area (PPA) targets.

Discover more at Synopsys.com and start your AI innovation journey today. www.synopsys.com

Valley Water

Valley Water invites you to a virtual tour of the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center. This award-winning facility uses advanced technologies to purify secondary treated wastewater (water used indoors that goes down the drain) and provides clean high-quality water through three processes: microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet light disinfection. The result is 8 million gallons a day of highly purified water that meets and even exceeds California drinking water quality standards. Join us to learn more about the technology and Valley Water’s work to develop a locally managed, drought resistant water supply for a sustainable tomorrow.

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