Moulakis Lecture on Responsible Engineering
The Moulakis Lecture Series on Responsible Engineering seeks to inspire students to start thinking today about the immense power of engineering and their active role in shaping its future.
Lucky Vidmar and his wife Aubrey Ardema have made possible the Moulakis Lecture Series within the Herbst Program to honor Athanasios "Thanasi" Moulakis, Vidmar's friend and mentor, who was also his teacher in four separate Herbst courses.
Fall 2024
Ashok Srivastava discusses responsible AI and data governance principles to guide ethical development of AI-driven applications at Intuit, where he is Senior Vice President and Chief Data Officer.
Spring 2024
In Glen 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 she argues that teaching ethics in engineering requires a sustained conversation, not a limited module apart from the main course.
Spring 2023
In Carl Mitcham's lecture he argues that engineering is not able to address the fundamental issue of defining what kind of world we want to live in.
Fall 2022
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.
Athanasios "Thanasi" Moulakis
Moulakis 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
[video:https://youtu.be/_saxROK9XwE]
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.
