Seaver Spotlight
Seaver Spotlight is LMU Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering’s signature speaker series featuring distinguished leaders in STEM who share their experiences and insights as they seek to live lives of meaning and purpose.
Seaver Spotlight: Leaders in Innovation
Tom Mueller, M.S. ’92, alumnus, engineer and entrepreneur, moderates this panel discussion on the exciting new technologies quickly emerging in LMU’s backyard, opportunities on the horizon, important skillsets, and advice for students. Featuring executives with aerospace engineering experience at SpaceX who now lead companies at the forefront of clean technology and innovation, including:
- Doug Bernauer is CEO of Radiant, a clean energy startup based in El Segundo, developing Kaleidos, a portable nuclear microreactor that is an alternative to diesel generators with the potential to bring power to remote parts of the world.
- Erik Palitsch is CEO and co-founder of Freeform, a startup revolutionizing metal 3D printing and scaling it to be a part of mainstream technology. He is driving the development of integrated, autonomous factories that leverage AI, robotics, and advanced metal printing.
Past Speakers
Tom Mueller, M.S. '92
Founder and CEO, Impulse Space
"It IS Rocket Science: An Engineer's Path to CEO"
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024
"Great Minds of STEM"
Traci Minamide, M.S. '87, Chief Operating Officer, City of Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment
Joshua Mosqueira, Game Director, Bad Robot Games
Kirk Tamaddon, Area Medical Director, Chief of Staff, Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles Medical Center
Friday, Oct. 27, 2023
Wanda Austin, Ph.D.
Former President & CEO, Aerospace Corporation
Former Interim President, USC
"Leadership in a Complex World"
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Deepak Srivastava, M.D.
President, Gladstone Institutes
Director, Roddenberry Stem Cell Center, Gladstone Institutes
Attending Pediatric Cardiologist, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
"Hacking the Genetic Code to Treat Human Disease"
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Guy Consolmagno, S.J.
Director, Vatican Observatory
President, Vatican Observatory Foundation
"Your God is Too Small"
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Stephen Speicher, M.D.
Associate Medical Director of Patient Safety Programs, Flatiron Health
"Innovation in the Time of COVID-19"
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski
Retired Four-Star General
"The Only Woman in the Room"
Friday, October 4, 2019
"Electronic Health Records: Past, Present and Future Trends"
Panel Discussion
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Paul Viviano
President and CEO, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Chair, LMU Board of Trustees
"Do You Want to Hear God Laugh?"
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Robert Sclabassi, M.D. '62
CEO, Computational Diagnostics, Inc.
Managing Partner, Clinical Neurophysiological Services, LLC
Director of Intraoperative Monitoring Services, Allegheny Health Network
"Life is Not Linear: How LMU Prepares You for the Curves"
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Annette Walker '79
President of Strategy, Providence St. Joseph Health
Chief Executive, St. Joseph Health
"From Scientist to Strategist: A Mother's Journey"
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Dorota Shortell '98
President, Simplexity Product Development
"Success on Your Own Terms: Seizing Opportunity While Focusing on Your Priorities"
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Christian DeVirgilio, M.D. '82
Surgeon and Professor of Surgery
"From the Classroom to the Operating Room"
Thursday, November 6, 2014