Dionne Aleman - Pandemic modeling, multidisciplinary minors and more

Dean Yip sits down with Professor Dionne Aleman from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering for a wide-ranging conversation. They discuss her work in applying operations research and machine learning to improve medical and healthcare decision-making, including the development of pandemic models. They also discuss the importance of giving engineering students a broad background, the Engineering Positive Space committee, and Professor Aleman's love of classic American muscle cars. Podcast transcripts can be downloaded at ⁠⁠uofteng.ca/podcast⁠⁠.