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Dr. Feruza Amirkulova is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at San Jose State University (SJSU). She graduated from Rutgers University with a Ph.D. and MSc in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Previously, she completed her Ph.D. in Technique, specializing in Civil Engineering from Samarkand State University. She received her BSc and MSc in Mathematics from Samarkand State University, graduating with honors. Dr. Amirkulova is the recent recipient of the Guidry Family Faculty Teaching Fellow appointment at SJSU. Dr. Amirkulova’s research interests are focused on computational modeling, simulation, and deep learning assisted design of metamaterials that exhibit extraordinary wave bearing properties.

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Dr. Lalita Oka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering at the California State University, Fresno. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Geotechnical Engineering. Her research interests include experimental geotechnics, numerical modeling, liquefaction assessments, and dam safety. She is also interested in issues related to women in engineering and has published numerous articles in ASEE conferences.

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Dr. Arezoo Sadrinezhad is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering in the Lyles College of Engineering at Fresno State. Her research interest is in the area of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. She is also active in Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion research in the Engineering discipline. Dr. Sadrinezhad holds a PE licence in the State of California.

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Sue Rosser has been the Provost Emerita at San Francisco State University since 2020. From 1999 - 2009, she served as Dean of Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. She has published 14 books and more than 150 journal articles on the theoretical and applied aspects of gender, science, and technology.

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Dr. Kimberly Stillmaker is an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at CSU, Fresno in the area of structural engineering and the director of the Lyles College of Engineering Foundations for Success Program. She attained her PhD in Civil Engineering at UC Davis. Her research interests include structural steel welded connections and gender equity in engineering. She is a Co-PI on an NSF ADVANCE Partnership grant titled Kindling Inter-university Networks for Diverse "KIND" Engineering Faculty Advancement in the California State University System.

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am an Associate Professor in Computer Engineering at San Jose State University. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 2010. I obtained an award of excellence as a distinguished faculty mentor for the SJSU Student Research Competition in 2017. I was selected for the Kordestani Endowed Chair in the College of Engineering in 2016 and 2017 as a distinguished research professor. I also received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the College of Engineering at SJSU in 2018. I am the President and Founder of SVCSI (Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Institute), a non-profit organization in Silicon Valley. I was a visiting professor at IBM Almaden Research starting from July 2019 to August 2020 and I was Vice-chair of IEEE Computer Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter for one year in 2021. My primary research interests are in network and system security. My research has been funded by many local industries and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Lizabeth is the director of General Engineering and professor n Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Cal Poly, SLO. Her research interest is in inclusive pedagogies, Change management and institutional transformation. She is working on multiple NSF grants all focused on changing Engineering Education to be more welcoming.

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