Hume Seminar Series: AMA with Alumna Dr. Valerie Browning & Students featuring Lockheed Martin Overview
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Date: April 25, 2023
Time: 12:00pm
Location: Hybrid. In-Person at Kelly Hall Room 210. Via Zoom with link after registration.
Seating is limited.
Open to students, faculty, and alumni from Virginia Tech and all other IC CAE institutions and CCI affiliations.
About the Event
In this Ask Me Anything event Dr. Valerie Browning will speak to her experience as a Hokie Alumna and her career path. Free lunch and IC CAE swag will be provided at this event.
About the Speaker
Dr. Valerie Browning
Dr. Valerie Browning is currently serving as the Acting Director of Defense Research & Engineering for Research & Technology (DDR&E(RT)). In this role, she provides leadership across DoD’s S&T enterprise efforts to rapidly develop, mature and protect key technologies and ensure U.S. warfighter dominance. Prior to this role she served as the Director of DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office (DSO) where she was responsible for all aspects of management and execution for a broad portfolio of high-risk, high payoff research initiatives focused on game-changing technologies for U.S. national security.
Dr. Browning has more than 35 years of experience in managing and executing defense-related research and development. Prior to her most recent DARPA appointment in December of 2017, she worked as an independent consultant providing subject matter expertise and strategic planning support to the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and other government clients in the areas of advanced materials and alternative energy. She also served as Chief Technology Officer for HELM System Solutions, Inc., a woman-owned small research and development (R&D) business. Dr. Browning also serves as a board member of the Virginia Tech National Security Institute.
Dr. Browning also served as a program manager in DSO from 2000-2007, where she initiated and managed a diverse R&D portfolio in areas that included metamaterials, bio-magnetics, unmanned underwater vehicle energy storage, portable power, thermoelectric materials and others. She also worked as a research physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory from 1984 to 2000 where her primary areas of research included thermoelectric materials, superconductors, magnetics, and magnetic oxide materials.
Dr. Browning earned a doctorate in physics from The Catholic University of America, a Master of Science degree in physics from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Virginia Tech.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Sarah Downer at humecenter@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.