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Panelists in this session will discuss the importance of engineering education and current trends in preparing engineers for the future. The Engineers of the 2030s and beyond must be prepared to lead their immediate engineering communities across other disciplines and in their greater communities. Engineers improve the environment and world in which we live. We must prepare future engineers to appreciate, include, and better understand the perspectives and needs of people. As stewards of the engineering profession ourselves, our empathy enables human-centered design, understanding stakeholder needs, and co-designing with the community. By taking steps to position people at the center of innovation, we build an inclusive environment and better future engineers. What steps do we need to make this happen?

This session will cover the following aspects:
* Impact of Technology in the Current Educational System
* Importance of Experiential Learning
* Engineering for All
* Opportunities Through Inclusive Engineering Education
* Needs of Community-College-Industrial-Government Partnerships to prepare engineers for the future
* Creating Resilient and Sustainable Educational Systems for the Future
* Skills Required to Address the Challenges Facing Future Engineers

For those interested in: Academia-Industry Connections

Moderated by

1. Dr. Bala Maheswaran

Speakers

1. Dr. Bala Maheswaran

   Northeastern University

   Bala Maheswaran is currently a senior faculty in the College of Engineering, Northeastern University. He has contributed and authored over one hundred publications consisting of original research and education-related papers, and conference proceedings. He has over twenty years of experience in teaching at Northeastern University. He is the Chair of the Engineering Physics Division, ASEE, Chair and executive board member, ASEE NE Section; the co-chair of TASME Conference (Technological Advances in Science, Medicine and Engineering, Toronto, Canada), Academic Member and the Unit Head, Electrical Engineering, ATINER (Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece). A charismatic educator, Dr. Maheswaran has received several awards including the Northeastern University first-year Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award twice, the ASEE-Northeast Section Outstanding Teaching Award, the ASEE Division Distinguished Educator and Service Award. He was also the nominee for the ASEE National Outstanding Teaching Medal and nominated to be the ASEE Fellow. Honoring his outstanding contribution, the TASME presented an award in his name at the 24th year award ceremony: “Dr. Bala Maheswaran Junior Faculty Award 2020 for Excellence in Science Education”, and awarded him the Life Time Achievement Award in 2021.

2. Mr. Richard R Harris

   Northeastern University

   Dr. Harris is the Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Diversity Programs
   Director of NU Program in Multicultural Engineering, NUPRIME
   Affiliated Faculty, Department of Africana Studies, College of Social Sciences & Humanities

3. Dr. Micah Lande

   South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

   Micah Lande, PhD is an Assistant Professor and E.R. Stensaas Chair for Engineering Education in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota Mines. Dr. Lande directs the Holistic Engineering Lab & Observatory. He teaches human-centered engineering design, design thinking, and design innovation courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and making processes to their work. He is interested in the intersection of designerly epistemic identities and vocational pathways. Dr. Lande received his B.S. in Engineering (Product Design), M.A. in Education (Learning, Design and Technology) and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Design Education) from Stanford University.