KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Elizabeth Weinberg
Keynote: Wednesday, April 1st from 5-6 PM in Student Center Ballroom A
Reception to Follow
Elizabeth Weinberg is a queer science communicator and writer based in Portland, Oregon. They are the author of Unsettling: Surviving Extinction Together, a collection of essays examining climate change and wilderness from a queer, anticolonial perspective. Her writing has also appeared in or is forthcoming in High Country News, Identity Theory, Buckman Journal, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Additionally, they have spent the past decade working as a professional science communicator, helping federal agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations share the importance of science, conservation, and curiosity. Weinberg holds a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from Williams College and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Washington.
WORKSHOPS
DAY TO DAY SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026
| Time | Event | Location |
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS:Energy and Mechanical Systems; Fundamental, Discovery, and Molecular Sciences | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 10:30 – 11:30 AM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Energy and Mechanical Systems; Fundamental, Discovery, and Molecular Sciences | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | WORKSHOP: Financial & Economic Literacy for Scientists and Engineers with Dr. Dan Jarrett | Ballroom A |
| 1:00 – 2:00 PM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Energy and Mechanical Systems; Fundamental, Discovery, and Molecular Sciences | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 2:30 – 3:30 PM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Energy and Mechanical Systems; Fundamental, Discovery, and Molecular Sciences | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 5:00 – 6:30 PM | KEYNOTE: “Warp and Weft: Weaving Together Science and Community” with author and queer science communicator, Elizabeth Weinberg!
Reception to follow, RSVP HERE! |
Ballroom A |
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2026
| Time | Event | Location |
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Earth and Environmental Systems, Resources, and Subsurface Engineering; Materials, Processing, and Manufacturing Sciences | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 10:30 – 11:30 AM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Earth and Environmental Systems, Resources, and Subsurface Engineering; Materials, Processing, and Manufacturing Sciences | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
WORKSHOP: How to Be More Employable in Industry with Dr. David Giltner |
Ballroom B |
| 1:00 – 2:00 PM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Earth and Environmental Systems, Resources, and Subsurface Engineering; Materials, Processing, and Manufacturing Sciences | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 2:30 – 3:30 PM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Earth and Environmental Systems, Resources, and Subsurface Engineering; Materials, Processing, and Manufacturing Sciences | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 3:30 – 5:30 PM | POSTER SESSION: All disciplines, happy hour to follow! | CoorsTek Atrium |
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2026
| Time | Event | Location |
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Computing, Data, Modeling, and Robotics; Technology, Policy, Health and Human Systems | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 10:30 – 11:30 AM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Computing, Data, Modeling, and Robotics; Technology, Policy, Health and Human Systems | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PM | ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Computing, Data, Modeling, and Robotics; Technology, Policy, Health and Human Systems | Ballrooms C, D and E |
| 1:30 – 3:00 PM |
WORKSHOP: ScienceRiot presents Sharing STEM with General Audiences |
Ballroom B |
| 3:00 – 3:45 PM | 3-Minute Thesis | Ballroom A |
| 3:45 – 4:30 PM | Awards Ceremony | Ballroom A |
