5th Annual Raytheon Day Fall 2025 Symposium

University of Arizona – Program in Applied Mathematics

Raytheon - Systems Effectors: Processing, Guidance, and Controls

Fall 2025 Symposium

Friday September 19th, 2025

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Location:  TBD

Zoom: TBD Password: RTX


2:00-2:20 Welcome  
TBD (University of Arizona)
Luis Ortiz (Senior Director, Systems Engineering, Raytheon)

2:20-2:30  Refreshments (coffee, tea, cookies)

2:30-3:30 Applied Mathematics Colloquium: Credible Defense Aquisition Using the Language of Probability
Terri Hurst (Senior Technical Fellow, Raytheon)

3:30-3:40  Break

3:40-4:20 Common Mistakes in Using Pseudo-Random Number Generators and How to Avoid Them
Bill Fries (Senior Simulations and Analysis Engineer with Honors, Raytheon)

4:20-4:45 Topological Data Analysis for Detection
Blake Bates & Ian Luff (Graduate Students,  Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona) 

4:45-4:55 Break

4:55-5:35 Introduction to Robotics
Ahmed Abdelmawgoud (Senior Manager, Systems Engineer, Raytheon) 

5:35-6:00 TBD
TBD (University of Arizona) 

6:00 Closing 
Patrick Shipman (Acting Chair of Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona)

Social Hour with Raytheon Staff