The Mercer X Seminar and Workshop on the Future of Engineering and the Role of Universities will be held Monday, April 15th, 12 noon-1:30 p.m. in EMPAC Studio Beta.
Please RSVP by April 12th.Faculty are also invited to a pre-meeting at 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Please indicate your interest in the form.
Darshan Karwat is an unexpected academic and assistant professor at Arizona State University. There, he runs re-Engineered, an interdisciplinary group that embeds environmental protection, social justice, and peace in engineering. He’s happy to talk you about space, environment, soccer, and food. He’s also happy to discuss his experiences in government, non-profit organizations, and professional societies. If you, too, are passionate about a different kind of engineering future, he wants to hear from you.
Darshan Karwat is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and The Polytechnic School at ASU, where he runs re-Engineered, an interdisciplinary group that embeds peace, social justice, and environmental protection in engineering. He is originally from Mumbai, India, but feels equally at home in Michigan or Washington, D.C. (and now, the Valley!). Karwat studied aerospace engineering (specializing in gas dynamics and combustion) and sustainability ethics at the University of Michigan. He then spent three years as a AAAS Fellow in Washington, D.C., first at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the Innovation Team, where he worked on climate change resilience and low-cost air pollution sensors; and then at the U.S. Department of Energy in the Water Power Technologies Office, helping design and run the Wave Energy Prize.