January 28: 18:83 Speaker Series feat. Dr. Ryan Adams
Event Details
- Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
- Time: 12:30 p.m.
- Location: Memorial Union, Social Staircase
About Dr. Ryan Adams
Dr. Adams currently serves the College of Engineering and Mines as Dean. He has previously served UND as Associate Dean for National Security and Director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as the University of North Carolina Charlotte as a faculty member and Associate Department Chair for Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has served his country as an active duty member of the U.S. Air Force where he was a program manager with the Space and Missile Systems Center, and an aircraft maintenance technician. Dr. Adams’s research interests include Electromagnetic wave propagation in complex media including ferrites, metamaterials, and chiral media; antenna design for both cellular and medical applications; and numerical schemes for the simulation of wave propagation in a variety of scenarios.
About the 18:83 Speaker Series
The 18:83 Speaker Series – named for UND’s founding year and the length of its talks – hosts University and community leaders in a “TED Talk” format to share lessons in leadership. Each week, a campus or community leader is invited to talk about how today’s student can develop their leadership skills as well as other advice regarding personal and professional development.
