“Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship,” Invited Lecture, IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group in Humanitarian Technology), Madras Section, India, Dec 2014
“Human-Centered and Context-Driven Design for Developing Communities,” Invited Lecture, IIT-Madras, Chennai, India, Dec 2014
“Human-Centered and Context-Driven Design for Developing Communities,” Keynote Lecture, World Usability Day (WUD) Silesia, Katowice, Poland, Nov 2014
“Working Across Disciplines and Cultures” Invited Workshop, World Usability Day (WUD) Silesia, Katowice, Poland, Nov 2014
“From Humanitarian Engagement to Sustainable Impact” Opening Plenary, IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, San Jose, Oct 2014
“Why to Technology-Based Social Ventures in Developing Countries Fail?,” Invited Talk, Social Enterprise World Forum, Seoul, Korea, Oct 2014
“Human-Centered and Context-Driven Design for Developing Communities” Invited Lecture, Seoul National University, Seoul, Oct 2014
“Radical Collaboration for Sustainable Impact” Invited Lecture, CAFNR, University of Missouri – Columbia, Sept 2014
“We Are! Unlocking the Power of Social Entrepreneurship” Invited Lecture, Huddle with the Faculty, Penn State Alumni Association, Sept 2014
“Affordable Greenhouses: Improving Livelihoods while Fostering Food Security,” Invited Pitch, World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden, Sept 2014 (http://www.securingwaterforfood.org/worldhope/)
“The Problem with the Potential Solution,” 2013 Discovery-U: Where Genius meets Imagination, November 2013. Transcript (Why Ideas Fail) published in The Penn Stater, Jan 2014
“Sustainable Agriculture in Kenya – Mavuuno Greenhouses,” Silver Spring GreenFest: From Awareness to Action for a Sustainable Future, Silver Spring, MD, Oct 2013
“Transforming Community Health Workers from Volunteers to Entrepreneurs” JHPIEGO Brown Bag Seminar. Baltimore + Streamed to Country Directors across 60+ countries, Sept 2013
“The Kochia Chronicles: Double Disease Burden and Community Health Innovations” Center for Biomedical Innovation and Design (CBID), Johns Hopkins University, Sept 2013
“The Double Disease Burden and Community Health Innovations” Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (CIDD) Seminar, Penn State, Sept 2013
“Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship,” Cameroon Christian University, July 2013
“Developing Educational and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems to Actualize Social Ventures in Developing Countries,” Lunch Plenary Speaker, 2013 Engineering Sustainability Conference, Pittsburgh, April 2013
“Leveraging University and External Resources to Build Lean and High-Impact Social Entrepreneurial Ecosystems,” 2013 OFC Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar, Atlanta, GA, April 2013
“Cross Sector Collaboration to promote sustainable development” The United States-India Relationship in the 21st Century: Challenges for Strategic Leaders; Opportunities for Cross-Sector Collaboration to Promote Sustainable Development, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, March 2013
“Choosing a Program: Structures and partners,” Sustainable Vision Connect 2013, NCIIA Annual Meeting, Washington DC, March 2013 (Unpanel with Carl Hammerdorfer)
“Strengthening Humanitarian Ventures through Concurrent Research Initiatives” Webinar on Engineering 4 Change, February 2013
“Solar Stews and Digital Funerals: Stories from East Africa,” Forum Speech, Bluffton University Arts and Lecture Program, December 2012
“Technology-Based Social Ventures in East Africa: Lessons from the Field,” Ohio Northern University, December 2012
“Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Partnerships,” Africa Collaboration Colloquium, Global Knowledge Initiative / Penn State University, August 2012
“We Milked the Rhino! Student ventures that integrate indigenous knowledge to empower communities“, ICIK seminar series, Penn State, February 2012
“Student Engagement in Developing Countries: Practical Lessons, Tools, and Resources for Advisers,” Advising for the Global Community, 10th Professional Development Conference on Academic Advising, October 2011
“Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship Ventures in East Africa,” Lecture Series – Countries of Focus: Kenya and Tanzania, Penn State New Kensington, October 2011
“Diversifying Undergraduate Instruction Exploring New Curricular Models for Global Engagement,” Instructional Development Workshop, The Commission on Racial/Ethnic Diversity (CORED), Penn State, September 2011
“Convergence and Emergence: Student Contributions to Academic Leadership,” Academic Contributions to Student Leadership Development Conference, Penn State, Sept 2011
“eplum Model of Student Engagement: Assessment Results,” Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, Penn State, April 2011
“Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship“, Nationally promoted Webinar, Design for the Majority Section, Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), Feb 2011
“Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship Program“, National Engineers Week Celebrations, Philips Healthcare, Reedsville, Feb 2011
“International Research + Entrepreneurship = Chaos in the Ivory Tower?“, Scholarship and Research Integrity (SARI) Brown Bag Series, Feb 2011
“Behind the Scenes: HESE in Kenya“, Keynote Speech, International Education Week, Penn State University, November 2010 (Celebrating 100 years of internationalization at Penn State)
“HESE at Penn State: Let’s Collaborate!” Union College, Schenectady, October 2010
“Applying Technology in Developing Nations: A Multi-Year Program“, Plenary Talk, Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Annual Conference, State College, PA, October 2010
“Ethical Challenges in Research with Developing Communities“, Scholarship and Research Integrity (SARI) Brown Bag Series, October 2010
“Humanitarian Engineering“, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, October 2010
“Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship“, ECE Colloquium, Villanova University, March 2010
“Social Entrepreneurship and Integrated Engineering Design“, Keynote Presentation, National Engineers Week 2010 Luncheon, Penn State Berks and Berks County Technical Societies, Feb 2010
“Cellphones, Social Networks and Development: Stories from Africa“, Annual General Meeting Presentation, United Nations Association of the United States of America, Centre County, Dec 2009
“Mashavu: Networked Health Solutions for the Developing World“, Keynote Speech, National Instruments Annual Conference, Austin, August 2009
“Mashavu project and Social Entrepreneurship,” Interview by Cornell E-Clips, March 2009
“Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship: Opportunities for Bioengineers“, Bioengineering Colloquium, Penn State University, January 2009
“Social Entrepreneurship and Indigenous Knowledge“, Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK), Penn State University, October 2008
“Social Entrepreneurship“, Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Honor Society Annual Banquet, Penn State University, April 2008.
“Energy Solutions for Developing Countries“, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) Annual Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, September 2006.
“A Multidisciplinary Service-Learning Model applied in Kenya“, Poster at Conference for Service Learning in Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Washington DC, May 2006
“How Practical Academic Learning in Community Service Overseas Reflects Our Global Interdependence“, Roundtable at Schreyer Honors College, Penn State University, September 2006