Research Week: AI Workshops
Four St. Thomas Librarians will be leading staff and faculty centered zoom workshops for Research Week 2026. Explore the new AI components of your favorite databases and learn how to use new tools that support research!
Dr. Thomas Secord, Associate Professor and M.S. Mechanical Engineering Program Director, explores adaptive building facades for energy efficiency, reflects on his medical device industry background, and considers AI’s growing role in engineering research
Professor Amir Mohammad, Senior Teaching Professor of Communication Studies at the Dougherty Family College, discusses how being the child of immigrants shapes his research on belonging and inclusive classrooms.
Mr. Nick Doten draws on his background as a first-generation college student, Army Reserve veteran, and fraternity member, and discusses his upcoming doctoral work about how fraternity involvement influences students’ religious and spiritual development.