Episode 10
For this episode, we’re doing a special LIVE recording of the Make the Future podcast at the University of Ottawa’s Kanata North offices in front of a wonderful audience to discuss one of our favorite subjects, combining engineering and arts, more precisely: Creativity, VR and Engineering Design!
We’re joined once again by Hanan Anis, Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Ottawa, by Chantal Rodier the Faculty of Engineering’s Artist-in-Residence and Elisha Pruner, a two-time uOttawa Engineering alumna part of the first CEED cohort who currently works as a Software Developer in Machine Learning and Virtual Reality at the Ottawa Hospital.
Time Stamp Episode 10
2 :41- Why engineering design is important to students and industry. 4:40- A question for Elisha about the experience of being part of the first Makerspace cohort at uOttawa. 6:40- The usefulness of having a client based experience as a student. 10:10- The need for a multidisciplinary focus in the training of tech students. 12:20- How having this multidisciplinary experience helped Elisha outside of the university. 13:45- A description of this year’s Makerspace challenge VR challenge at uOttawa. 19:00- A look at the need for the mix between art and tech. While things may be functional, they can be “ugly”. 22:40- A client based VR experience for cancer patients. 24:34- Questions from the crowd
 
Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering.
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