Planning to attend in person? Please note: There are three airports that service the Baltimore/Washington D.C. region (Dulles, Reagan National and BWI).
Parking on campus can be a bit tricky, however, policies are a bit more relaxed during the summer!
- Follow this link to the UMD DOTS website to learn more about parking, and how to avoid pesky citations.
- You may download a visitor parking map here. Note: The Xfinity visitor parking is the closest to JM Patterson Hall.
Stan Whittingham, Binghamton University & Nobel laureate
Eric Shields, DoD senior battery policy advisor
Eric Shields is a Senior Battery Advisor for the Policy, Analysis & Transition organization of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Resilience. He worked in operational energy for 15 years in the Navy and Marine Corps, including lithium battery safety, expeditionary renewables, hybrid and microgrid systems, human energy behavior and efforts to improve common DoD power sources. Mr. Shields holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland.
Alex Schlichting, MITRE Labs
Mahnaz Khan, Silverado Policy Accelerator
Brian Engle, Amphenol & NAATBatt
Kyeongjae Cho, University of Texas at Dallas
