Presenter:  Dr. Therice Morris, Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Exponent

Technical and scientific consulting at Exponent sits at the intersection of scientific research, engineering, and real‑world problem solving. In this talk, Dr. Therice Morris will describe what it means to be a consultant in a multidisciplinary firm like Exponent – how they combine rigorous scientific methods with practical constraints to help clients make decisions about safety, performance, and risk. She will share the career path that led her into technical consulting, including how her training in electrical engineering and experience in graduate school translated into a client‑facing role and a different style of scientific impact.
 While Exponent is widely known for forensic and failure analysis, a growing part of their work is proactively helping clients prevent failures before they happen. Therice will highlight how Exponent partners with companies to identify risks, interpret complex data, and build more robust systems. Attendees will gain an inside look at technical consulting as a career path for scientists and engineers, and how rigorous science and engineering can directly shape products, policies, and outcomes in the real world.

Dr. Therice Morris is a Senior Manager in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science practice at Exponent. She got her Ph.D. from Stanford in electrical engineering, focusing on optics and photonics for sensing applications. At Exponent, she has built extensive experience in computer and data sciences including complex data management, analytics, and visualization for many contexts, such as asset evaluation and management for electric utilities, user experience studies, health sciences, and consumer software/electronics.

Hybrid:
In person at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Thomas Building, Sze Conference Room
1305 Ward St., Seattle, WA 98109
Free parking available in any Fred Hutch surface parking lots (garage is closed).

Online via Registration