Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/13/2023
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Communicore, C1-15
Today, higher education is facing significant challenges as it tries to prepare its graduates for the growing diversity of post graduate opportunities. Additionally, technology development is evolving at a record pace across disciplines such that society cannot rely on only engaging learners early in their careers. Thus, higher education must reconceptualize its current onramps and form factors to meet these changing needs. In this talk, Aileen will explain how her experience with design, entrepreneurship, education research, and professional practice have influenced her approach to closing the gap between higher education and professional practice. Specifically, she will address how her work has influenced her approach to developing The Roux Institute’s life sciences, health, and engineering programs to attract, retain, and promote talent in the State of Maine.
Bio: Aileen Huang-Saad is the Director of Life Sciences, Health, and Engineering Programs at Northeastern’s Roux Institute (Portland, Maine) and an Associate Professor of Bioengineering. Leveraging her experience with design, entrepreneurship, education research, and industry, she seeks close the gap between higher education and professional practice. Specifically, she is designing interdisciplinary experiential education life sciences, health, and engineering programs to attract, retain, and advance talent in the state of Maine. These programs are designed to re-imagine how higher education and communities can work together to impact economic and talent development. Dr. Huang-Saad currently serves as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s Biomedical Engineering Education and is a member of the Maine State Workforce Board and the National Academies’ Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education. She is also an American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow. Aileen holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, a Doctor of Philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a Master of Business Administration from University of Michigan Ross School of Business.