Presenter: Meghdad Hajimorad, California State University, Chico

Discribtion: In this talk, some opportunities that engage students in activities where storytelling can arise will be presented. Stories can serve as a useful tool towards allowing students to make sense of their experiences and to integrate new ideas. This not only has the potential to lead to more student engagement, but also increase the interest of diverse students (especially when students can see themselves in the story). In the second part of the talk, we will discuss one of these activities. That being, the journey of evidence-based customer discovery applied to the validation of a project's value proposition.

About the Speaker: Meghdad ("Amin") Hajimorad is a faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at California State University, Chico. He completed his Ph.D. and M.S. in EECS at UC Berkeley and his B.Sc. in EE at Iowa State University. At Chico State, Amin has taught undergraduate courses in various ECE areas to diverse student populations. During the summer periods, he has also taught at organizations that work to introduce/excite diverse students to areas such as coding, finance, and synthetic biology.

Hosted by: ECE Department

Zoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/95632543529?pwd=Q1NnR0RmRm92RUtiNmZFVmxPc1QvQT09