Podcast The Future of Education and Grand Challenges

Podcast The Future of Education and Grand Challenges Podcast The Future of Education and Grand Challenges Podcast The Future of Education and Grand ChallengesWelcome to the fourth episode ofASME TechCast, a new podcast brought to you by the editors of ASME.org andMechanical Engineeringmagazine that brings you the innovators, innovations, and issues that push the envelope of engineering.This week we speak with Evelyn Wang, who was recently named the head of MITs Department of Mechanical Engineering. We talk about some of the new educational models and grand research challenges shes implementing into the curriculum and how those impact the way mechanical engineering is being taught not only at MIT but in other universities as well.We also feature a segment by Chitra Sethi, Mechanical Engineering magazines managing editor, who reports on MITs new $1-billion Stephen A. SchwarzmanCollege of Computing and how AI, big data and other technologies are changing the curriculum at the some of th e largest colleges in the country.Listen to More ASME TechCastsRoma Agrawal and Building theCase for a Diversified WorkforceRobert Giasolli on How Engineers Close Communication Gaps with New Colleagues