YEAR

ENGINEERING WEEK BANQUET SPEAKER

SPEAKER'S TITLE

SPEAKER'S TOPIC

1

1990

Jay Apt

NASA Astronaut

Transfer of Space Technology to Commercial Industry

2

1991

Anthony L. Redwood

University of Kansas

Kansas and the European Economic Community - 1992

3

1992

Roy Beckemeyer

Director of Wichita 777 Program - The Boeing Co.

Boeing 777 and the Evolution of the Engineering Process

4

1993

John Vostrez

Director of Research & Technology - Intelligent Vehicle Highway Society of America

Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems - What are they? What will they do for Highway users? When will they be available?

5

1994

Bill Koch

1992 America's Cup Winner

Winning with American Talent, Teamwork, and Technology

6

1995

Paul R. Dye

NASA Mission Flight Director

Flying the Space Shuttle and How It Works - along with covering The Russian Space System Integration for Shuttle/ MIR Mission

7

1996

Phil Condit

President - The Boeing Co.

Engineering Education - Life Long Learning

8

1997

Paul C. Sheldon

CEO - Sheldon Works

International Technology Broker and inventor of the Giddings & Lewis Variable "virtural-axis" machining center - Industrial Technology Revolution

9

1998

Mike Mullane

NASA Astronaut & Retired AF Col

Stories from Space

10

1999

Brian Pettey

Entrepreneur

Brian Thomas Robotics - Education Processes Involved with Robotics

11

2000

Moderator: Larry Hatteberg    Panelist: Lionel Alford, Dr. Bill Wentz, Students- Danny Ball, Janna McKenna, Maggie Nguyen, Renaud Rebours

Hatteberg - KAKE

Alford - former Sr. VP of Boeing

Wentz - Director Emeritus NIAR, WSU

Ball, McKenna, Nguyen, Rebours - WSU Engr Students & 1999 Mars Rover Design Team

Engineering - The Past, Present, and Future

12

2001

Dr. Al DeSena

President - Exploration Place

Exploration Place - Planning through Construction

13

2002

Dr. Gene Corley, PE

Sr. VP of Construction Technology Labs and Leader of World Trade Center & Pentagon Structural Damage Study Team - ASCE

Rise & Fall of the World Trade Towers

14

2003

Brenda S. Jackson

Director of Strategy and Marketing, Raytheon First Responder Group

Homeland Security - The First Responder

15

2004

Richard Nailen, PE

Engineering Editor, Electrical Apparatus Magazine

Power Grids and Blackouts:  Where do we go from here?

16

2005

Doug Shane

Test Pilot & Mission Director for Space Ship One, Scaled Composites, LLC

Space:  The Private Frontier

17

2006

Fred Mann

Panelist: Bill Wentz,

Jim Ploger,

Les Evans

Mann, Wichita Eagle

Wentz, WSU Wind Generation Project

Ploger, Kansas Energy Office

Evans: Wind Power Engineer

Wind Generated Energy:  Do you think it is cost effective in Kansas?

18

2007

Todd Barber

Senior Propulsion Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Mars Exploration Rove1

19

2008

Ron Williams

Ron Williams is an aviation attorney with Stinson, Morrison, Hecker LLP,

Lawyers and Engineers – Will it Fly? 

20

2009

Steven E. Rus

Steven E. Rus, a professional engineer with Black and Veatch

The Future of Nuclear Power