Guru Madhavan | Norman R Augustine Sr. Scholar & Sr. Director of Programs, US National Academy of Engineering
- Guru is the Norman R Augustine Senior Scholar and Senior Director of Programs at the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.
- He has contributed to the research and development of cardiac surgical catheters for ablation therapy and neuromuscular stimulators for improving blood circulation.
Podcast
Overview
In India, the youth is pushed to pursue engineering without really understanding the power of impact it has on society. Often considered as boring, when looked deeply, it showcases the wonders it has done and can do. In today’s episode, we discuss the complexities of collaboration in engineering when driving changes and the core purpose that the field offers.
[00:34] – About Guru Madhavan
- Guru is the Norman R Augustine Senior Scholar and Senior Director of Programs at the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.
- He has contributed to the research and development of cardiac surgical catheters for ablation therapy and neuromuscular stimulators for improving blood circulation.
- He has served as a vice president of IEEE USA and was a founding member of the Global Young Academy.
- Guru has been named as a distinguished young Scientist by the World Economic Forum and has been awarded, felicitated and recognized several times.
[03:07] – Tell me about your focus on the field of complex systems and how they interact with humans.
- In my early engineering career, we focused on the kind of the themes of control systems; how do you make a refinery run efficiently, how do you think of a manufacturing system that produces toothbrushes to cars, how do we really organise the systems that are goal bounded and deeply constrained by cost schedule technical requirements.
- We were looking at the controllable principally and in some instances they need not involve humans at all.
- After I came into the United States and pursued my graduate and industry work, I realised that bulk of our systems are more complex than the ones that can be easily controlled.
- The trouble begins when you treat a complex system that adapts and behaves, has its own strategies, and you try to control it.
[09:11] – How do you see collaboration?
- A fundamental challenge is our familiarity with hypercognition—being accustomed to the overwhelming influx of information.
- However, our competencies are inherently limited by our ability to conceive.This leads us to apply familiar frameworks without questioning, hindering our progress.
- Consider the early 1800s when introducing ice blocks to Martinique confused the islanders, resulting in the melting of the icebox.
- Now, we recognize the value of ice blocks and their impact on the refrigerated grocery industry. It takes time for us to gain clarity on such matters.
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- Guru is the Norman R Augustine Senior Scholar and Senior Director of Programs at the U.S National Academy of Engineering.
- He has contributed to the research and development of cardiac surgical catheters for ablation therapy and neuromuscular stimulators for improving blood circulation.
- He has served as a vice president of IEEE USA and was a founding member of the Global young Academy.
- Guru has been named as a distinguished young Scientist by the World Economic Forum and has been awarded, felicitated and recognized several times.
