Graduate Seminar 3/25/24, 4-5pm 256 CB
On Becoming an Engineer of Influence - Innovation, Leadership and Social Awareness
BYU graduates have great opportunities – and obligations - to be an influence for good in the world. Graduate school allows a chance to sharpen those skills and attitudes needed to make that influence effective. In this interactive presentation Professor Magleby draws on decades of experience to explore three areas: Innovation, Leadership and Social Awareness. Along the way he will explore research in origami-based design, practices for innovation and experiences with engineers and society. Bring questions about your education, future and place in society.
Spencer Magleby is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University with decades of contributions as an educator, researcher, leader, visionary and innovator. Dr. Magleby has taught design at the graduate and undergraduate level, and is a co-founder of the BYU Capstone Program and the engineering-business graduate program. In the Honors Program he led redesigns of the curriculum and taught courses on Interdisciplinary Thinking. Over the past 25 years his research in product design and technology development has focused on developing new technologies and applications related to compliant mechanisms and the use of origami to inspire innovative product design resulting in hundreds of publications and dozens of patents. His work has been sponsored by NASA, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Air Force, the State of Utah, Ford Motor Company and a variety of other industries, consortiums and entrepreneurs. He served 11 years as associate dean for the College of Engineering, and six years as the University Honors Program director and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education gaining a reputation for bringing diverse people together to pursue common goals. He led efforts to expand study abroad programs and create innovative learning spaces including the new Engineering Building and the remodeled Maeser Building.