STEM Events and Workshops Fall 2026
Thursday, October 1, 1-2 p.m.
Pathway to Local Public Health
Location: Charlestown Campus, B-329
Presenter: Amy McInerney, Massachusetts Health Officers Association
Amy McInerney is the Assistant Director for the Pathway to Local Public Health program, a long-term traineeship for community college students to learn how to become Health Inspectors within Massachusetts' town health departments. Amy has previously worked as a health inspector herself, and prior to that obtained a B.S. in Public Health from UMass Lowell and a Master's of Public Health from Boston University. Amy loves the field of local public health and is excited to open more people up to this great career!
Tuesday, October 6, 1-2 p.m.
Artificial Intelligence
Location: Charlestown Campus, B-329
Presenter: Jeffrey Bardzell, Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, WPI
Jeffrey Bardzell is Peterson Family Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he provides leadership in higher education strategy, liberal arts in polytechnic contexts, and AI in teaching and learning. Internationally recognized for his interdisciplinary scholarship, Bardzell was originally trained in comparative literature and philosophy and subsequently transitioned to informatics, human-computer interaction, and design research. Before joining WPI, Bardzell served as both dean and vice provost at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, with a portfolio that bridged institutional planning, research-driven academic strategy, and curriculum-wide AI implementation. Bardzell is also an active writer and public scholar, maintaining a Substack that explores higher education leadership, AI in academia, and the future of liberal arts education.
Thursday, October 15, 1-2 p.m.
CIT Alumni Panel
Panelists:
Amy Lara, SOAR Engineer, National Grid
Ron Keler, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Cleartelligence
STEM Week (October 19–23)
Monday, October 19, 8:30-11 a.m.
Open Labs
Location: Charlestown Campus, B-331
Presenter: Erik Siggelkoe
Tuesday, October 20, 1-2 p.m.
Note taking Workshop
Location: Charlestown Campus, B-329
Presenter: William Pendergast
Wednesday, October 21, 8:30-11 a.m.
Open Labs
Location: Charlestown Campus, B-331
Presenter: Erik Siggelkoe
Thursday, October 22, 5-6 p.m.
NESBE Engineering Panel
Panelists: NESBE Engineering Professionals
Friday, October 23, 12-1 p.m.
Environmental Science
Presenter: Hayley Schiebel, Suffolk University
Tuesday, October 27, 1-2 p.m.
Halloween Themed STEM Advising Session
Location: Charlestown Campus, D-310
Guest Speakers: STEM Faculty members
Thursday, October 29, 1-2 p.m.
Engineering and Robotics
Location: Charlestown Campus, B-329
Guest Speaker: Nicolas Bira, Fleet Robotics