This week: April 3, 2026 - Cees Roels  - Geopolitical Developments: The Middle East and Russia’s Role (Zoom Only)
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April 3: Cees Roels  - Geopolitical Developments: The Middle East and Russia’s Role (Zoom Only)
April 10: Bita Golshan Lotfi   - Attorney, Private Practice
April 17: Brian Hyland  - Museum of the Bible
May 1: Karen Willetts - Classification Talk

where?
(New location)

Informal Zoom Roundtable

April 26th

We cover any last-minute details on Charter Night, updating the club website, and recruiting new members. 
No physical meeting this morning!

Landrum Beard – Rock Creek’s Extreme Cleanup

April 19th

Landrum is the Community Engagement Coordinator at Rock Creek Conservancy. He manages watershed related volunteer programs and connecting communities with the great outdoors.

The Conservancy’ programs include the Extreme Cleanup, which our club has joined for several years, invasive weed program, and summer youth employment.

Vijay Kowtha – Montgomery Blair High School’s Robotics Program 

April 12th

Vijay is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland in College Park with interests in sensor development, computational neuroscience, and robotics. He is a strong and visible leader in the support and encouragement of young people in their studies in Engineering and specifically in formulating areas of responsive research. Dr. Kowtha has organized STEM events promoting basic research at the USA science festivals. Recently he formed a new non-profit called MASER (Mentors Advancing STEM Education and Research) with local universities. Dr. Kowtha has also mentored high school students in robotics competitions for two decades. These teams have won national level competitions and many students have graduated and are now gainfully employed in the federal workforce.

He is a member of the College Park Rotary Club and active in the Montgomery Blair High School Robotics Team.