Kenneth Hyatt Distinguished Leadership Speaker Series

Spring 2021 Speaker:

	Reggie DesRoches *Provost* *Rice University* February 23 \| 11 a.m. \| Virtual Register for the Hyatt Lecture
Reginald DesRoches is a leader in academia and a nationally recognized expert on earthquake resilience. He is the Provost at Rice University, where he also serves as a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and mechanical engineering. DesRoches has strong ties to Georgia Tech, where he was the Karen and John Huff School Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering until 2017. His primary research interests are in design of resilient infrastructure systems under extreme loads and the application of smart materials. DesRoches served as the key technical leader in the United States’ response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, taking a team of 28 engineers, architects, city planners and social scientists to study the impact of the earthquake. DesRoches will present a lecture entitled "The 10 C's of Academic Leadership." Click to read DesRoches' full bio

The Hyatt Distinguished Leadership Speaker Series brings a distinguished leader to campus each fall and spring who can share wisdom and insight with the School's students and the wider Georgia Tech community. It is made possible by the generous support of Kenneth Hyatt, CE 62, MS IM 66.

HYATT LECTURES ARCHIVE


		Fall 2020 Speaker Stacie Sire Director of Structures Engineering, Boeing Commerical Airplanes Soar in Your Career and Change the World September 17, 2020 Watch
		Spring 2020 Speaker Bill Higginbotham President and CEO, ET Environmental Corporation Engineering a Career in Small Business February 6, 2020 Watch
		Fall 2019 Speaker John Huff Chairman, Oceaneering International Inc. Lessons in Leadership October 3, 2019 Watch
		Fall 2018 Speaker Wassim A. Selman President, Infrastructure – North America, Arcadis Including People in All Equations October 2, 2018 Watch

		Spring 2018 Speaker William "Bill" Calhoun Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President, Clark Construction Group Practical Advice on Leadership February 15, 2018 Watch

		Fall 2017 Speaker Andy Phelps Retired Principal Vice President, Bechtel Corp. Building Big October 3, 2017 Watch

		Spring 2017 Speaker Suzanne Shank Chairwoman, CEO and Co-Founder, Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. Connections: The Characters and Context that Create Great Leaders February 21, 2017 Watch

		Fall 2016 Speaker Emmy Montanye, P.E., LEED AP Senior Vice President, Kimley-Horn and Associates Engineering and Leadership: A Formula for Success and Satisfaction September 20, 2016 Watch

		Spring 2016 Speaker Charles "Wick" Moorman Retired Chairman and CEO, Norfolk Southern A Helluva Way to Run a Railroad March 9, 2016 Watch

		Fall 2015 Speaker Gen. Philip Breedlove NATO Supreme Allied Commander A Perspective on Leadership in the 21st Century October 26, 2015 Watch

		Inaugural Speaker G. Wayne Clough, Ph.D., P.E. President Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology Secretary Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution From the Eocene to the Anthropocene: An Engineer’s View of Climate Change March 24, 2015 Watch