Speakers Bureau

Our mission is to capitalize on the unique talents of the Rose-Hulman community to inspire high school students to pursue a future in STEM. To do this, we want to build strong relationships with area high school teachers and bring STEM lectures and demonstrations to their classrooms. Most importantly, we hope to inspire young people about science, engineering, and mathematics and help them begin to imagine their full potential. 

Our guest speakers offer active lectures, demonstrations, and lab activities on topics aligned with the Advanced Placement high school curriculum in biology, chemistry, physics, and calculus, and the Project Lead the Way engineering curriculum. Your students will enjoy an exciting and interactive STEM lecture that will spark creativity and fuel their STEM passion!

For more information and to add your school to our schedule, email us at RoseSpeakersBureau@rose-hulman.edu.

Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Topics include chemistry of life, cell structure and function, cellular energetics, cell communication and cycle, heredity, gene expression and regulation, natural selection, ecology and human motion (including how muscles, bones, tendons, and ligaments work together to produce movement), sports biomechanics, musculoskeletal mechanics, and total joint replacement design and development.

Stephanie Hill

Jennifer O’Connor

Renee Rogge

Business Topics

Topics include starting a business, entrepreneurship, finance, manufacturing, service industry, publishing a book.

Tom James

Chemical Engineering

Topics include atomic structure and properties, molecular and iconic compound structure and properties, intermolecular forces and properties, chemical reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics, equilibrium, acids and bases, and securing critical infrastructure like power plants, chemical plants, dams, from cyber attacks.

Dave Henthorn

Adam Nolte

Irene Reizman

Marissa Tousley

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Topics include atomic structure and properties, molecular and iconic compound structure and properties, intermolecular forces and properties, chemical reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics, equilibrium, and acids and bases.

Rebecca DeVasher

Alex Kamasah

Jason Pflueger

Fumie Sunahori

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Topics Include environmental engineering, including biomimetic membranes for desalination, drinking water and wastewater treatment, and environmental remediation.

Michelle Marcinel Payne

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Topics include programming, objects, Boolean expressions, if statements, iteration, classes, arrays, primitive types, inheritance and recursion.

Matthew Boutell

Sriram Mohan

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Topics include digital electronics, combinational logic, sequential logic, energy, power, control systems, electric circuits, and engineering design.

Carlotta Berry

Daniel Chang

Deborah Walter

Mathematics

Topics include limits and continuity, differentiation, integration, differential equations, parametric equation, inductive nature of statistics and the discovery process, and infinite sequences and series.

Josh Holden

Leanne Holder

Mike DeVasher

Wayne Tarrant

Tracy Weyand

Yosi Shibberu

Physics and Optical Engineering

Topics include astronomy, relativity, electrostatics, conductors, capacitors, dielectrics, magnetic fields, and electromagnetism.

Hossein Alisafaee

Sudipa Kirtley

Kosta Popovic

Maarij Syed

Dan Marincel