Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Faisal El Hussein, a fourth-year Management Engineering student, placed second in the Sandford Fleming Technical Speaking Competition and was awarded a $400 prize. Faisal's presentation was on the state of conversational intelligence (commonly known as chatbots), a topic he has experience with through a prior co-op term.
The Sandford Fleming Technical Speaking Competition is open to all undergraduate engineering students. Participants present on topics they are familiar with, either through co-op or independent research. The presentations are judged based on the societal impact of the chosen engineering topic, the quality of the engineering design and/or analysis, and the overall presentation quality.