Senior undergraduate student Jessica Zamarripa recently attended the Global Grand Challenge Summit in London, UK from September 12-18. The event convened inspirational world leaders with the next generation of engineers and change makers to build a creative collaboration environment to help solve the grand challenges facing our world. The summit focused on answering the questions of whether we can sustain 10 billion people and will AI/other transformational technologies change humanity for the better. She spent her time networking with representatives from industry and academia (including the COE of Deka Research and Development, former president of the National Academy of Engineers, President of the Namibia Society of Engineers, etc.), participated in the student collaboration lab, and attended several seminars that discussed different world issues.
Graduate students Pedro Leal and Patrick Walgren recently attended the Community of Experts (COE) Conference in New Orleans, LA from February 24th-27th. They spent the week networking with industry representatives (including engineers from Boeing, Textron, and Lockheed Martin), volunteering with conference logistics, and participated in an ePoster competition.
