Dayton Engineering
Sciences Symposium
Keynote
Dr. Kevin Hallinan
"AI in Engineering Education -
The Here and Now and the Future: Discussions and Demonstrations"
of Impact Mining, Synota.io
AI is here. It's certain that employers are increasingly demanding student preparation for AI Engineering skills. But, the response by universities has been relatively slow. This talk will showcase the way that AI is being used now for education and the impact it has had on students and faculty. For students its use has included AI supported learning experiences, AI tutoring, AI career and life mentoring, AI supported design and other experiential projects. Educators have employed it to design learning experiences, creative experiential learning opportunities for students, design assessment rubrics, provide tutoring to students, and even grading.
The future, while not completely certain, almost certainly will be such that students will be able to take far greater ownership of their learning. It also will require that students be capable of 'engineering' AI integrated systems.
This talk seeks to demonstrate the potential of each of these uses.
Dr. Kevin Hallinan currently works as an AI Educational Consultant - helping K-12 schools in the Dayton city and primarily local universities and colleges integrate AI into their education. Through Synota.io he is also working to enable investment in AI supported education in sub-Saharan Africa. Previously, he served 36 years at the University of Dayton as a Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in various roles, including serving as Department Head for 12 years, and as the founding Director for the Renewable and Clean Energy Master's program.
Interesting article in which Dr. Hallinan is interviewed about AI:
The good, the bad, and the possible loss of humanity