Biomedical Systems Engineer ⁜ U.S. National Academy of Engineering @theNAEng ⁜ 📕 NEW BOOK 📘: WICKED PROBLEMS: How to Engineer a Better World @wwnorton

Washington, DC
Joined May 2011
Guru Madhavan retweeted
Replying to @thechaosledger
Friend @BioengineerGM makes the brilliant point that "engineers are peer-reviewed by reality." – at Sundridge, South East
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(1/3) Guru Madhavan (@BioengineerGM) reverences the world and all that is in it. Guru is an engineer, but his conception of engineering is more vast than we typically assign to the role.
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Guru Madhavan retweeted
In a Perspective, three engineers propose an expansive mode of engineering practice that seeks to reduce conflict. According to the authors, peace engineering requires competence, capability, and character. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/rFW750Y7Fk3
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Guru Madhavan retweeted
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
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BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
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The word 'technology' has become a shield for accountability. Brilliant piece by Guru Madhavan in @FT When we say 'tech is changing an industry,' we erase the human decisions driving that change. We present choices as inevitabilities. The Greeks had a better word: technē. It meant skilled craft, keeping the maker and their purpose in full view. It’s time we brought that precision—and that responsibility—back into the conversation. Thanks @BioengineerGM for this very important article.
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Engineers proudly call themselves problem solvers. That's where the problem begins! @BioengineerGM in conversation with @RebekahFWard @JLFLitfest #Jlfhouston2025 @TeamworkArts @asiasocietytx @InprintHouston – at Houston, TX
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A systems engineer has to embrace a problem with all its contradictions. Engineering like life is not glamorous. You need to design under constraints with the understanding that you r not going to get everything u want out of life. @BioengineerGM with @RebekahFWard @JLFLitfest #Jlfhouston2025 – at Houston, TX
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We’ve stretched the word “technology” so far it’s lost meaning. Once Technē - skilled craft - now it's everything from apps to EVs. Maybe it’s time to retire the word. QEPrize #CreateTheFuture podcast host, @BioengineerGM shares his views in the @FT. buff.ly/DGl8WOS
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It’s time to retire the word ‘technology’ on.ft.com/3IPjcQh | opinion
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#Failures Called @homedepot to ask if the petunias were in yet. The 9th question from their AI : "Do you have a SKU number?" I finally reached a live human... who did not know. Failing systems need analysis. This article with @BioengineerGM is just out [doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pg…]
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A review explores the possibilities and challenges of using AI in engineering. From autonomous vehicles, to robots, to AI-assisted surgery, we are entering an era of machines that can sense, learn, and make decisions without human supervision. PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/s5rO50VoFSu
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📝 My opinion "Ports, Politics, and Peace: The Engineering of Stability" is out in Singapore's @straits_times (straitstimes.com/opinion/por…). Paywalled there, but free via @NUSingapore @nus_ari (ari.nus.edu.sg/app-essay-gur…) and in the image below.
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