Meet Our Speakers

Speakers

Dr. Steve Watkins

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

Marcus Huggans

2026 IEEE President-Elect

Logan Wilcox

Ultrasonics NDE Engineer

Jim Jefferies

2026 IEEE-HKN President

Nishad Mendis

Manager Renewable Energy Advisory, Bureau Veritas at Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd

Sean Bentley

2025 IEEE-HKN President

Greg Byrd

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State University

Dr. Ann Lazare

Display Software Supervisor at John Deere

Hanane Oudli

Electrical Engineer | Principal Consultant at Hanane Global Advisory Inc.

Jeffry Handal

Principal Solutions Engineer at Cisco Systems

Jill Gostin

2026 IEEE President-Elect

Jessica Bian

CTO of RAS Fusion

Rod Pyle

Ad Astra Editor-in-Chief, Author, Host of “This Week in Space”

Neeli Prasad

CEO & Co-Founder of SmartAvatar B.V.

William Bartholomew

Director of Public Policy of Microsoft

John McDonald

Founder & CEO, JDM Associates, LLC IEEE-HKN Governor At-Large

Burt Dicht

National Space Society (NSS) Managing Director of Membership and Office Manager at the Kennedy Space Center

Dr. Azadeh Yadollahi

Senior Scientist, KITE | Toronto Rehab | University Health Network