Speakers

David Liaw is the Corporate University Relationship Manager for the Southern California Region for Northrop Grumman Corporation. David Liaw joined Northrop Grumman in 2013 through the Future Technical Leaders program, a featured rotational program. Within the FTL program, he has progressed from working in business process development and user interface development on a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contract to working in Systems Engineering Integration & Test on a large classified program in Redondo Beach, California. Prior to joining Corporate University Relations, David worked in the Corporate Engineering office directly supporting the Corporate Director of Engineering and the Vice President of Corporate Programs, Quality, and Engineering. In this role he developed, strengthened, and executed the Corporate Engineering strategy, priorities, and initiatives with a strong focus on Systems Engineering.David earned Bachelor’s of Science, Master’s of Science, and Doctorate Degrees from the University of Michigan in Electrical Engineering with a focus in Electromagnetics with research conducted in Space Sciences and Plasma Sciences. His graduate work focused on particle in cell simulations of charged particle thrusters and other microthrusters for nanospacecraft.