In partnership, the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) and the Engineering Education Research Program (EER) will be hosting a dynamic Virtual Mentoring Workshop Series. The aim of this series is to help foster an engaging and inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff.

Workshop sessions will feature guest speakers across industry, research and DEI professions, and the special series itself is designed with a specific focus to facilitate conversations, build connections and empower self-reflection opportunities to support students’ journeys within the mentoring process as a whole.

This series is open to all College of Engineering students, faculty and staff. Registration is required. Please RSVP early to attend and the Zoom information will be sent prior to the event.

Title:
Journey to a PhD in Industry: IOE, Healthcare, Community

Bio:
Donald Richardson is currently a Health Systems Engineer at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Lab (JHU/APL) where he applies operations research techniques to various healthcare and defense domains. Recently his work has focused on COVID-19 response efforts. He also has served in leadership and supportive roles in various projects across the lab. Prior to working at JHU/APL, Donald completed his Ph.D. under Dr. Amy Cohn in the U-M Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) at the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS). Broadly his research focused on applying optimization, simulation, and predictive modeling in healthcare.

Please Note:
The event will be held from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. EST with the following options to attend:
Seminar Talks will take place during the first hour 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions will take place during the second hour 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

*This workshop series is supported by a Michigan Engineering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) faculty grant.