The 2024 Doctoral Ceremony for the School of Engineering and Applied Science will be held on Thursday, May 16, at the Irvine Auditorium from 4:00 – 5:15 pm. The doors open at 3:30 pm. The Irvine Auditorium is located at 3401 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The keynote speaker and Penn Engineering alumna, Dr. Michelle Parker, is Vice President for the Space Mission Systems organization within Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS). She received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University, as well as both a master’s and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from Penn Engineering. Her doctorate was earned as a Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellow while at Boeing. She is also a graduate of Harvard Business School’s General Management program.