Mpact Lecture Series

The Mpact Lecture Series brings prestigious thought leaders from across the country to discuss key issues that fall under the NAE's 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering.

Livestream Archive

Dr. Stephen Trimberger played a pivotal role in creating many generations of field programmable gate array (FPGA) architectures and the electronic design automation software to design and program those devices.

Engineers have the unique capability to innovate and design novel systems and products that improve lives throughout communities and the world. Our ultimate goal: transforming fearless ideas into innovations that benefits millions. This is what we call Mpact.

Upcoming Lectures

February 18, 2025

What Lies Ahead for Next Generation Urban Transportation and Urban Living?
Kumares C. Sinha

Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University

Past Lectures

March 8, 2023

Engineering 21st Century Security
Steven H. Walker
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin

April 12, 2022

Showing Up: Toward Social Justice in Engineering
Dr. Donna Riley
Kamyar Haghighi Head and Professor, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University

November 19, 2019

An Innovative Energy Solution for a Carbon Constrained World
Dr. José Reyes
National Academy of Engineering member
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, NuScale Power

April 23, 2019

Fire in Paradise: Aging Infrastructure, Climate Change, and Inequality
Dr. Deb Niemeier
National Academy of Engineering member
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Education and Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California at Davis

October 4, 2018

Three Ages of FPGAs: A Retrospective on the First Thirty Years of Field Programmable Gate Array Technologies
Dr. Stephen Trimberger
National Academy of Engineering member
Program Manager, Microelectronics Technology Office, DARPA
Visiting Research Engineer, Institute for Systems Research

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