We Need Better Engineers!

We are at an exciting time in the design and construction profession! With increasing technology developments in AI/Machine learning, computational design and automation, we provide more and better technical information for projects than ever before. However, with that, we require a different skill set from engineers; one which the typical academic degree and subsequent PE exam does not currently provide. In this video, I provide a review of automation and its effect on the engineering profession, examples of current computational automation of engineering tasks, examples of AI/Machine Learning in engineering, and thoughts on where education and training for engineers should go from here.

Btw, the full title of this video (thumbnail and listed title) are actually from Chris Wise's excellent 2007 article in The Guardian which you can find here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...

About Me:
Hi, I'm Paul Kassabian. I'm a structural engineer and a Principal at SGH in Boston, MA. Being a structural engineer is my fulltime job and I’ve also I taught full courses to graduate students at MIT for nine years, Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD) for five years and at RISD (Fall 2023). These are videos based on my structural design projects and years of teaching structures to students.

Some legal/professional stuff:
As of this video, I’m a:
• Licensed Structural/Civil Engineer in 26 US States including my home state of Massachusetts.
• Professional Engineer in British Columbia
• Chartered Structural Engineer in the UK (both ICE and IStructE)
So my full designations are: Paul E. Kassabian, P.E., P.Eng (BC), C.Eng MICE MIStructE