Please save-the-date for the Burges Endowed Visiting Professor, Dr. Khalid Kadir, who will be giving a virtual lecture on Thursday, November 5 from 3:30-4:30pm, followed by 30-minutes Q&A. The lecture and Q&A will be hosted via Zoom (details on the Zoom link and Zoom passcode below). Dr. Khalid Kadir is a Lecturer at UC Berkeley in the Global Poverty & Practice Program, Political Economy, and the College of Engineering.
Title: Engineering Justice? Rethinking engineering and our positions as engineers in efforts to make the world a better place Talk abstract: We all want the future to be better than the present, and many of us would like to be a part of making that happen. Engineering students, researchers and practitioners are no exception, and are increasingly turning their energies toward "doing good." However, engineering approaches to problem solving generally treat historical, social and political systems as unrelated to good engineering work. Such training leaves engineers unprepared to engage with issues related to social injustice, and often positions engineers as agents of dominant power structures, reinforcing the status-quo. Doing better will require engineers to change not only how we do our work, but to also consider what constitutes "good" engineering and how we as individuals and professionals relate to the problems we are trying to address. Bio: Khalid is the Provost and a Professor at Presidio Graduate School as well as a Continuing Lecturer at UC Berkeley. At UC Berkeley, he teaches courses in the Global Poverty & Practice program, Political Economy and Civil and Environmental Engineering. After completing his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at Berkeley, Khalid focused his research on the complex role that engineering expertise plays in the politics of international development and poverty alleviation, and his current work focuses on the intersection of poverty, expertise and politics. He is a recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Berkeley’s most prestigious honor for teaching. Join Zoom Meeting
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