Engineering and Science Education

What Are ‘Critical Transformations’ in University Mathematics and How Can We Achieve Them?

Presenter: Jess Ellis Hagman, Associate Professor in theDepartment of Mathematics at Colorado State University February 7, 2025, 11:15 am-12:05 pm Abstract: In this talk, I will define what my research team means by “criticaltransformations” in mathematics department, why we need them, some tensions that wehave witnessed and experienced ourselves while working with 3 mathematicsdepartment to […]

Title: Educating ethical (and socially responsible!) engineers

Presenter: Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Abstract: In today’s society, the need to graduate engineers who are conscious of their ethical and professional responsibilities is more important than ever. This is especially difficult given the current media environment that publicizes reports of algorithmic bias, drone-based surveillance, and emissions falsification (among other issues) but provides few […]