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National Engineers Week Alumni Panel

Event Type
Webinar
Sponsor
The Grainger College of Engineering Office of Advancement
Date
Feb 21, 2024   1:00 pm  
Registration
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Contact
Jerilyn Hutson
E-Mail
jhutson@illinois.edu
Phone
217-300-2656
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Celebrate National Engineers Week! We're bringing together four accomplished Grainger Engineers who are leaders in their fields. Join Dean Rashid Bashir and our virtual alumni panel to learn more about how our alumni are shaping the future of engineering.

Ugwem Eneyo (CEE - BS '13)
Ugwem is a Nigerian-American engineer, inventor and entrepreneur, serving as the co-founder and CEO of SHYFT Power Solutions, a venture-backed, award-winning energy technology company. She has been recognized as Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy, Climate & Capital Media’s Ten to Watch and Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy Honors, among other recognitions.

Omar Joya (ECE - BS '17)
Omar is a senior program manager at Microsoft, working in manufacturing engineering for their Surface and Xbox portfolio. In his day-to-day work, he is proud to collaborate with engineers from across the world to solve cutting-edge problems in consumer electronics and to keep up with new innovations.

Lawrence Humphrey (CS - BS '16)
Lawrence is an engineer, designer, consultant and entrepreneur. He worked at IBM for six years, then at a high growth startup before co-founding his own company, Pearl. 

Lauren White (ECE - BS '13)
Lauren is a senior manager, leading Splunk's enterprise cybersecurity engineering team across the Midwest. From her role as a systems engineer to first line engineering leader, she has experience in driving business transformation for Fortune 100 companies. 

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