BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:The Ohio University Alumni Association is excited to introduce you to the next installment in our virtual series\, Empower Hour! Beginning in 2021\, this event takes place once a month on the third Wednesday from 1-2 p.m. EDT.\n\n \n\nEmpower Hour is a program that explores important and relevant topics centered around the theme of continued personal growth and education. We want to equip OHIO alumni with the knowledge they need to be come their best selves!\n\n \n\nThis Empower Hour segment is called "Assemb ling Our Team: Esports at OHIO". A visit to esports at OHIO. Dive into the academic side from the McClure School\, technology challenges\, OHIO's new facility and Bobcat Esports.\n\n \n\n\n\nIvy O'Shaughnessy graduated from O U in 2020 with a major in Communications and minor in business. They were o ne of 3 students who founded Bobcat Esports\, Ohio University's primary esp orts organization on campus\, and Ohio's largest esport club in the state. Ivy is currently an Esports Resident for OHIO and assists in developing OU' s brand-new state of the art esports facility and varsity program. Ivy is a lso currently the Partner Success Manager for GGLeagues\, a company focused on bringing esports to different cities and park districts within the US. Outside of work\, Ivy is an avid gamer and participant in the esports commu nity.\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nJulio Aráuz is an Associate Professor and the Direct or of the J. Warren McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies a t Ohio University. He obtained both a Masters in Telecommunications and a P h.D. in Information Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh. He is also an EcoDistricts Accredited Professional\, a credential for developing socia l-good oriented solutions in urban and rural communities. Before joining Oh io University\, he was a Research Scientist at NEC Network Laboratories in Heidelberg\, Germany. At NEC he worked at the Mobile Wireless Communication s Division designing and modeling scheduling algorithms for commercial base stations. His research interests include wireless systems\, cyberphysical systems\, applied machine learning and the use of technology for social goo d.\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nDr. Hans Kruse is a Professor Emeritus of Emerging Comm unication Technologies. Prior to his retirement in 2020\, he was Director o f the J. Warren McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies. He l ed the integration of the McClure School (formerly Information and Telecomm unication Systems) and the GRID lab\, creating an academic unit focused on network technology\, game design\, and virtual/augmented reality applicatio ns. Dr. Kruse created the esports certificate in collaboration with the Spo rts Administration department.\n\n \n\nHe teaches graduate and undergraduat e courses covering voice and data networks and applications\, Voice over IP (VoIP)\, wireless networks\, and network design. His research areas includ e network design problems\, data communication protocols\, and network mana gement. He is currently working on satellite-based internet communication s ystems and disruption-tolerant networking (DTN)\, in collaboration with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, where he serves as co-Director of the Inter-Networking Research Group. His DTN research is pr imarily funded by NASA\, in particular the Jet Propulsion Lab and the Glenn Research Center. He is also working on extending the use of DTN technologi es to terrestrial sensor networks.\n\n \n\n \n\nYou will receive a confirma tion email upon registration that will include details on how to join this virtual event.\n\n \n\nIf you have any questions\, please email Associate D irector\, Alumni Experiences\, Caleb Beasecker at beasecker@ohio.edu. DTEND:20210421T180000Z DTSTAMP:20241114T060205Z DTSTART:20210421T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Empower Hour - Assembling Our Team: Esports at OHIO UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_36387479249282 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/empower_hour_-_assembling_our_team_espo rts_at_ohio END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR