Robert E. Martinson ‘65 Engineering and Liberal Education Symposium

• Acknowledgements

  We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Laurence W. Levine ’52 and Barry Traub ’53 Endowed Lecture Fund on the Liberal Arts and Engineering.

Friday, September 22

• [11:00 a.m.] Registration Opens

  Registration opens

  Wold Atrium

• [11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.] - Lunch

  Lunch

  Wold Atrium

• [1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.] - Break - Registration moves to O'Brien

  Transition to O'Brien 117 for opening remarks. Registration will be moved to O'Brien Center.

  O'Brien Center

• [1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.] - Welcome & Opening Remarks

  Welcome & Opening Remarks

  O'Brien 117

• [1:30 - 2:45 p.m.] -Lightning Talks: Round 1: Exploring opportunities and grappling with risks of artificial intelligence

  Lightning Talks: Round 1: Harnessing the power of collaboration with arts and humanities

  Presenters:

  Ashraf Ghaly - Genuine Human Intelligence Versus Synthetic Artificial Intelligence

  Maurice Aburdene - "Is it Live or is it Memorex?" And does it matter?

  Jacky Doll - Detecting Rapport from Non-verbal Behavior in Group Interaction

  O'Brien 117

• [2:45 p.m. - 3 p.m.] - Break

  Refreshments provided.

  O'Brien Downstairs Lobby

• [3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.] - A Guided Conversation: Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division within ASEE and Beyond

  A Guided Conversation: Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division within ASEE and Beyond

  Marie Stettler Kleine - LEES/ASEE

  O'Brien 117

• [4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.] - Free Time

  Networking Opportunities

  Transition to Nott Memorial

• [5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.] - Keynote Reception & Poster Session

  Keynote Reception & Poster Session

  Nott Memorial

• [6:00 - 7:15 p.m.] - Keynote Address with Opening Remarks by President Harris

  Dr. Francesca Rossi will present her Keynote Address: Artificial Intelligence: latest advances, ethics issues, and impact on education

  To learn more about our 2023 Keynote Speaker Dr. Rossi, please visit our 2023 Keynote Speaker page.

  Nott Memorial

• [7:30 - 9:00 p.m.] - Keynote Dinner

  Keynote Dinner

  College Park Hall

Saturday, September 23

• [7:45 a.m.] - Registration

  O'Brien Upstairs Lobby

• [8:00 - 9 a.m.] - Breakfast

  Breakfast in O'Brien before Saturday Sessions

  O'Brien Downstairs Lobby

• [9:00 - 10:30 a.m.] - Lightning Talks: Round 2: A New Civic Engagement: Risk, Resilience & Empathy for Sustainable Future(s)

  Lightning Talks: Round 2: A New Civic Engagement: Risk, Resilience & Empathy for Sustainable Future(s)

  Presenters:

  Angela Commito - Urban infrastructure, biography, and transformation: Lessons from an ancient Greek city

  Sam Keene & Ben Aranda - Generative algorithms for Art and Architecture

  Desen Ozken - Engineered objects to thread the sociotechnical via narrative, history and design

  O'Brien 117

• [10:30 - 10:45 a.m.] - Break

  Refreshments provided.

  O'Brien Downstairs Lobby

• [10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.] - Lightning Talks: Round 3: Reflecting on the ethical considerations and impacts of a rapidly changing society

  Lightning Talks: Round 3: Reflecting on the ethical considerations and impacts of a rapidly changing society

  Presenters:

  Erhardt Graeff - Educating Engineers for Civic-mindedness

  Davis Chacon Hurtado - Engineering for Human Rights: Five Principles to Guide Engineering Work for Equitable and Sustainable Communities

  Andrew Guswa - A learning community to strengthen ethics across the engineering curriculum

  O'Brien 117

• [12:00 - 12:15 p.m.] - Transition to Wold

  Lunch in Wold Atrium

  Wold Atrium

• [12:15 - 1:15 p.m.] - Lunch

  Lunch.

  Wold Atrium

• [1:30 - 2:45 p.m.] - Lightning Talks: Round 4: Harnessing the power of collaboration with arts and humanities

  Lightning Talks: Round 4: Exploring opportunities and grappling with risks of artificial intelligence

  Presenters:

  Tomas Dvorak & Ashok Ramasubramanian - Using a Student Investment Fund to Integrate Engineering and the Liberal Arts

  Cherrice Traver & Christopher Chandler - From Circuit Boards to Compositions: A Collaboration Between Music and Engineering

  Robert Dell - Engineering and the Arts, a New Reality

  O'Brien 117

• [2:45 - 3:30 p.m.] - Closing Remarks

  Feedback Playback & Closing Remarks

  Symposium Retrospective

  Moderated by David Hans