Make the Future - Ottawa's Tech Podcast

Make the Future - Ottawa's Tech Podcast

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  • S2-E2 - Diversity in Tech Teams with Julia Elvidge, Parinaz Sobhani and Thusha Agampodi

    This episode of the Make the Future podcast on equity, diversity and inclusion features:

    • Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85
  • Thusha Agampodi, Co-host of the Make the Future podcast, Engineering Manager at Magnet Forensics
  • Dr. Parinaz Sobhani, Director of Machine Learning at Georgian Partners, uOttawa alumna, Ph.D. in Computer Science, machine learning and natural language processing, 2017
  • Julia Elvidge, Board Member of CYBERNETIQ, Advisor for Invest Ottawa, Activator for SheEO, Former President of Chipworks
    • 28 min
  • S2-E1 - Building a More Inclusive Society with Julia Elvidge, Parinaz Sobhani and Thusha Agampodi

    This episode of the Make the Future podcast on equity, diversity and inclusion features:

    • Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85
  • Thusha Agampodi, Co-host of the Make the Future podcast, Engineering Manager at Magnet Forensics
  • Dr. Parinaz Sobhani, Director of Machine Learning at Georgian Partners, uOttawa alumna, Ph.D. in Computer Science, machine learning and natural language processing 2017
  • Julia Elvidge, Board Member of CYBERNETIQ, Advisor for Invest Ottawa, Activator for SheEO, Former President of Chipworks 
    • 32 min
  • S2-E3 - Teaser with Eli Fathi, CEO of MindBridge Ai

    Quote by Eli Fathi, CEO of MindBridge Ai, University of Ottawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ81 and Bachelor of Science (BASc) ʾ78 in Electrical Engineering.

    Excerpt from episode 3 of season 2 of the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast. 

    1 min
  • S1 - Épisode spécial avec notre équipe de course de voitures électriques!

    Ceci est un épisode spécial avec deux membres de l'équipe de course de voitures électriques de l'Université d'Ottawa! Joignez-vous au doyen de la Faculté de génie et à son coanimateur, Patrick Dumond (conseiller technique de JMTS et professeur adjoint à la Faculté de génie), pour discuter de courses de voitures électriques avec Justine Boudreau (coordonnatrice du Makerlab et pilote de l’équipe) et Benoit Rousseau (Chef de l’équipe de course).

    19 min
  • S1 - Special Episode with our Rocketry Club!

    This is a special episode with two members of our Rocketry Club! Join the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and his co-host Patrick Dumond (Technical Advisor at JMTS and an Assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering) as they chat Rockets with Manit Ginoya (Co-founder of the Rocketry Club) and Andrew Zavorotny (Aerostructures Design Lead of the Rocketry Club).

    30 min
  • S1 - Special Episode with uOttawa’s Electric Car Racing Team

    This is a special episode with two members of uOttawa's Electric Car Racing Team ! Join the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and his co-host Patrick Dumond (Technical Advisor at JMTS and an Assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering) as they chat electric car racing with Justine Boudreau (Makerlab coordinator and Team driver) and Benoit Rousseau (Lead of the Electric car Racing team).

    15 min
  • S1-E11 - 2019 Convocation- Experiences- Before, during and after uOttawa with Sarah De Carufel, Jerry Fengwei Zhang, Anita Popescu and Humam Abdul Karim Shwaikh
    Episode 11

    Today will be our final episode of this season. As we approach this year’s convocation we'll be discussing with several of our recent graduates and future graduates.   

    To offer students a look into what awaits them, we met with two of this year’s graduating cohort, one of our 2014 alumna and one of our current students. We got their view on what they expect to come next ,how they’ve fared so far with their professional experiences and what they would like to have known when they started their university journey.

    Time Stamp Episode 11

    3:25- Why go into engineering? How did you see it then, how do you see it today?

    13:18- For Jerry: where does his interest in podcast come from and why did he start his own tech Podcast?
    20:40- How do you deal with the heavy tech focus in Silicone Valley? Are you able to have other hobbies?
    22:50- For Sarah: were you able to maintain that sport-life-work balance now that you’re working?
    23:46- For Humam: how is your own work-life balance as a current student?
    24:40- For Jerry: how different is it to start your own company than working for others?
    27:00- For Jerry: how did you recruit engineers to be part of your start-up?
    28:30- For Sarah: how is the diversity aspect within your team?
    32:00- Talk about diversity within a construction-based company.
    34:30- For the Dean: has the amount of women applying to engineering gone up?
    35:30- For Humam: is there a lot of diversity within the Brunsfield Center (Mechanical shop).
    38:30- For all: what would you tell yourself when you started engineering I university?

     

    Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering.

    Make The Future

    46 min

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