The听Moulakis Lecture Series on Responsible Engineering seeks to inspire听students to start thinking today about the immense power of engineering and their active role in shaping its future.听
Lucky Vidmar and his wife Aubrey Ardema have made possible the Moulakis Lecture Series听within the Herbst Program to honor Athanasios "Thanasi" Moulakis, Vidmar's friend and mentor, who was also his teacher in four separate Herbst courses.
Spring 2024
In Glen听Miller's lecture he discusses how new technological developments and social changes affect what is required for technical competence, protecting the public, and satisfying employer and client expectations.
Fall 2023
In Cynthia Finelli's lecture听she听argues that teaching ethics in engineering requires a sustained conversation, not a limited module apart from听the main course.听
Spring 2023
In Carl Mitcham's lecture he argues that听engineering is not able to address the fundamental issue听of defining what kind of world we want to live in.听
Fall 2022听
In Vidmar's lecture, "Technology is a very human activity" he rejected the argument that engineers are tool-makers absolved of responsibility for what results from their projects downstream.
Left to Right: Sven Steinmo, Athanasios "Thanasi" Moulakis, Lucky Vidmar, Erin Nickerson and Clancy Herbst, 1996.
Moulakis, photo by Diane Walker.听
Athanasios "Thanasi" 惭辞耻濒补办颈蝉听
惭辞耻濒补办颈蝉听overcame fierce opposition to engineers reading classical literature, and led the Herbst Program for 11 years. Later, Moulakis championed the same cause in other institutions, languages and countries before his untimely passing in 2015.
1992 Herbst Lecture Series
A six-part lecture series from Herbst from over 30 years ago on some of the same ethical quandries we face today, headed by Thanasi.
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