Prof. Michael Beebe, veteran mechanical engineering leader and educator, joins Dr. Maor Farid to explore how AI is transforming engineering education — not in theory, but in real classrooms.

Drawing on decades of experience in industry and academia, Prof. Beebe shares how he redesigned his curriculum to combine hands-on engineering fundamentals with real-world problem solving. He explains why communication, teamwork, and decision-making matter just as much as equations — and how modern engineers must learn to navigate uncertainty.

The conversation goes deep into AI adoption in academia: how students react to engineering-grade AI tools, why AI should be treated as a “team member” rather than a threat, and what happened when his students redesigned a bridge using Leo AI alongside classical methods.

Prof. Beebe also lays out a clea ...