Moulakis Lecture on Responsible Engineering

TheÌýMoulakis Lecture Series on Responsible Engineering seeks to inspireÌýstudents to start thinking today about the immense power of engineering and their active role in shaping its future.Ìý

Lucky Vidmar and his wife Aubrey Ardema have made possible the Moulakis Lecture SeriesÌýwithin 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 GlenÌýMiller'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 lectureÌýsheÌýargues that teaching ethics in engineering requires a sustained conversation, not a limited module apart fromÌýthe main course.Ìý

Spring 2023

In Carl Mitcham's lecture he argues thatÌýengineering is not able to address the fundamental issueÌýof defining what kind of world we want to live in.Ìý

Fall 2022Ìý

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.

Thanasi Moulakis leans against a tree in black and white, wearing a suit and a striped tie, staring at the viewer, a half-smile on his lips
Moulakis, photo by Diane Walker.Ìý

Athanasios "Thanasi" ²Ñ´Ç³Ü±ô²¹°ì¾±²õÌý

²Ñ´Ç³Ü±ô²¹°ì¾±²õÌýovercame 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.

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Left to Right: Sven Steinmo, Athanasios "Thanasi" Moulakis, Lucky Vidmar, Erin Nickerson and Clancy Herbst, 1996.