Engineering 101: the Friday talks
Course structure
- Engineering 101 meets twice a week:
- ongoing team lab project(s);
- Friday guest talks.
- Lab projects are run entirely separately from Friday talks.
- Many students take Engineering 101 as part of FIQWS 100.26, the freshman
inquiry writing seminar for engineers.
- Friday talks:
- Hosted by Sam Fenster.
- Evaluation sheets give us
(the GSoE)
feedback about each talk. Turn them in at the end of class.
- They are also used to record your attendance, which will count toward
your final grade.
- Questions are encouraged at the end of each talk.
The talks
PDF and MP3 files can be downloaded by right-clicking or (on a Mac)
ctrl-clicking on a link, and choosing “Save” or
“Download”.
- Aug. 28th:
Sam Fenster,
on Computer Science &
Computer Engineering.
Slides [PDF].
Audio [MP3, 19 Meg].
- Sep. 4th: Prof.
Beth
Wittig,
Civil Engineering (with a chemical engineering background),
on pollution control, student involvement, and Engineers Without
Borders.
Slides [PDF].
Audio [MP3, 18 Meg].
- Sep. 11th: Prof.
Maribel
Vazquez
of Biomedical Engineering.
Prof. Vazquez' background is in mechanical engineering. Her lab, in which
she
mentors grads and undergrads, uses nanotech devices to track the
migration of cells, including cancer cells, and the chemicals transmitted
among them.
Slides [PDF].
Audio [MP3, 17 Meg].
- Sep. 18th: No classes at CCNY.
- Sep. 25th: Prof.
Jeff
Morris,
of Chemical Engineering, on interdisciplinary engineering research for oil
drilling.
Slides [PDF, 5 Meg].
Audio [MP3, 13 Meg].
- Oct. 2nd:
Stephen
Unger
of Columbia University, an expert on ethical issues in the engineering
profession.
References: [link].
Audio: [MP3, 19 Meg].
- Oct. 9th: Prof.
Ali Sadegh,
of Mechanical Engineering, on what the field of M.E. is about.
- Oct. 16th:
Tony Aiuto, software engineer at
Google.
- Oct. 23rd: Prof.
Fred
Moshary, director of the
Earth Science
Systems & Environmental Engineering major.
- Oct. 30th: Prof.
Robert
Paaswell,
former CEO of the Chicago Transit Authority,
on his career as a Civil Engineer.
- Nov. 6th: No class.
- Nov. 13th: George Wilson, mechanical engineer
from Honeywell,
on design, manufacturing and engineering at Honeywell.
- Nov. 20th: Anthony Cartolano,
a Senior Engineer in chemical engineering at
Air Products.
- Nov. 27th: CCNY closed.
- Dec. 4th:
Andrew Podell, an electrical engineer at
Loral Electronics Systems,
Lockheed Martin, and
Comverse,
where he was the company's director of research
and development, retired young and now teaches in our own Engr101
and at the High School for Math, Science and Engineering.
Check back here weekly for:
- additional material on past talks;
- next week's talk;
- room changes and cancellations.