This is Lassonde
Bringing you fresh conversations from our School’s community. Each episode will feature stories from our students, profs, alumni and industry partners, who are designing solutions to complex problems and pushing our world forward. Tune in as these stories will engage, inspire and delight you to create human impact through science and engineering.
Episodes
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Anson Thomas and Finding Your “A-ha” Moment
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Anson Thomas is an alumnus from Lassonde’s Civil Engineering program. He is currently working as a project coordinator for light-rail transit (LRT). This week, we sit down to talk with him about how he is applying his Lassonde education in the "real world".
Anson shares his “a-ha" moment with us – a time in his childhood that helped him realize that he wanted to connect people and cities – which led him to pursue civil engineering.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
From York to the Software Industry with Alison Evans Adnani
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Alison Evans Adnani is the senior program lead for the Dev Degree team at Shopify. She has more than 25 years of experience as a developer and lead of education and training for global technology companies.
This week, Alison sits down with us to discuss Dev Degree, a four-year integrated learning program offered by the Lassonde School of Engineering and Shopify, as well as her own journey from computer science at York to the software industry.
About our School
Between now and 2050 we face great challenges: climate change, clean water, energy, cybersecurity, to name a few. The opportunities are even greater: big data, driverless cars, 3D printing, artificial intelligence and much more.
To solve these big problems and to seize these enormous possibilities, the world needs engineers and scientists who are more than just technical experts. The world needs a different kind of engineer, employers want a different kind of engineer and students expect a different kind of engineering education to prepare them for the next 50 years.
At Lassonde, we are shaping the next generation of creators who will tackle the world’s biggest challenges and find creative solutions to global problems through interdisciplinary learning opportunities.