ISTEP Speaker Series – Prof. Susan McCahan

Online , Canada

The emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence over the past year has brought awareness of the capabilities of this technology and AI more generally. One of the questions that often gets asked is; “will this technology transform, or displace jobs?”. It has been recently reported by Goldman Sachs, Brookings, and others that Engineering, and specifically some […]

ISTEP Speaker Series – Kathryn Johnson

GB202 - Gailbrath Building - Room 202 35 St George St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Title: Illuminating the Sociotechnical in Engineering Education and Practice   Abstract I was trained as a technically-focused electrical engineer working on control of wind energy systems. Although I enjoyed that work (and still practice in that area), I began to realize that the world’s wicked problems, including climate change – a big motivator for me – […]