I enjoy presenting at conferences because I get to combine some of the creative and social aspects of my research while also sharing my work with others.

Often before I write, I will adopt and/or create some type of a metaphorical image, drawing, or diagram that I develop and interact with as I write. I also enjoy occasional white board rants across a range of resilience concepts. Conferences force me to make presentations for broader audiences, and I enjoy making the slides because it provides me with a way to express my research with art.

The social aspect of conferences provides me the opportunity to combine my creativity with presentation. The social dynamic of presenting my work to peers and taking questions afterwards is invigorating for me. I always have fun presenting, and I enjoy connecting with others and learning about their perspectives and research in resilience. Conferences provide me with a way to extend academic and professional connections beyond the university and meet new colleagues, scholars, and leaders in related fields.

The following are some of the presentations I’ve given over the past few years.

Conferences and Invited Presentation

• American Society for Engineering Management, Madison, WI (October 2026). SETS-RAFT: Social, Ecological, and Technical System Resilience Assessment and Framework Tool.
• American Society for Engineering Management, Boise, ID (September 2025). Two presentations, Digital Transformation in Engineering Management Education and A Holistic Approach to Assessing Critical Infrastructure Resilience.
• American Society for Engineering Management, Virginia Beach, VA (November 2024). Resilience Engineering and Leadership in Crisis.
• International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, Fort Collins, CO (June 2023). Invited guest speaker: Resilience Engineering in Higher Education, what it is and why it matters now.
• International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE (August 2022). Invited speaker, Infrastructure Protection and Recovery Working Group, and Chesapeake Chapter.
• International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, Portland, OR (June 2019). Paper presentation and workshop leader: Meaning Making is Critical for Critical Infrastructure Systems.
• International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, Phoenix, AZ (May 2016); Dearborn, MI (May 2015). Paper presentations on resilience frameworks for coupled social, ecological, and technological systems, and discussion panel participant.
• The Infrastructure Security Partnership (April 2016 and April 2015). Paper presentations on holistic approaches to critical infrastructure and human resilience in the design of engineered systems.
• Pathways to Resilience III, Halifax, Canada (June 2015); Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (April 2015). Paper presentations and discussion panel participant.