Into the Data Mines with Dr Dan Hirleman - Director, Data Mine of the Rockies

Welcome back to T3 Talks! In this episode, Sam and Austin talk to Dr Dan Hirleman, Purdue Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Data Mine of the Rockies. Dan teaches us about the genesis of the Data Mine program at purdue and the importance of "building programs and experiences that are transformative and unique for students." We also discuss changes in academia and pedagogy over Dan's 45+ year career, building international engineering partnerships, and the upcoming Space Information Dominance Expo at the Innovation HubEffort sponsored in whole or in part by the Air Force ResearchLaboratory, USAF, under​ PartnershipIntermediary Agreement No. FA9550-22-3-0001. The U.S. Government is authorizedto reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes notwithstandingany copyright notation thereon.The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors andshould not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies orendorsements, either expressed or implied, of the Air Force ResearchLaboratory.