Rethink What's Possible

Graduate student and alumnus Hugo Garrido-Lestache and Dr. Jeremy Kedziora, associate professor and PieperPower Endowed Chair of Artificial Intelligence, discuss their collaborative research project that gained national attention and Hugo’s inspiration from the MSOE 2025 Rosie Supercomputer Super Challenge.

Nancy Connolly, president of Hammes Healthcare, and Sarah Alt, CIO for Phelps Dunbar, join the podcast to share how careers are now being shaped by AI, and give advice for students approaching the workforce.

Luke Leonhard ’04, a chief of staff within Google DeepMind, shares AI insights from the speech and audio teams that work on Gemini models used across Google products and that serve users across the world. An MSOE alumnus, Luke also shares about his experience as a student offering advice for current Raiders.

Tina Austin, founder of GAInable.ai, AI ethics consultant and biomedical researcher, discusses the importance of ethics in AI and what AI is revealing to us about education. 

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph. D. is a research scientist at MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group and a visiting faculty researcher at Google. She has over 15 years of experience in developing and designing end-to-end brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). She joins the podcast to talk about her research, MSOE AI Week presentation and how we can create a partnership between AI and human intelligence. 

Andrew B. Williams, Ph. D., dean of engineering at The Citadel, and Amy Bires, a computer science and digital learning consultant for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, sit down and discuss the implementation of AI in K-12 and higher education after their time presenting at MSOE’s AI Week.

Alumnus Matt Mundt shares his experience starting his own company, HugSleep, and how swimming with the sharks on Shark Tank helped propel his business forward.  

Industry experts Dr. Carol Sabel, MSOE School of Nursing chairperson, and Sue McKenzie Dicks, vice president of healthy culture at Rogers Behavioral Health, discuss the importance of mental health with recent graduate Jake Egan, who shares his own personal mental health journey.  

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming prominent in more and more industries each day, including health care. Listen to Dr. Sheila Ross, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department chairperson; Dr. John Bukowy, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department assistant professor; and student Ethan Hindes discuss the advancements of AI, its impact on their research on kidneys wit...

Seandra Mitchell, vice president of student affairs and campus inclusion, and Liz Taylor, director of STEM, dive into the importance of diversity in STEM and MSOE’s efforts to offer STEM experiences to shape a more equitable future.

Learn more about what’s to come in the first season of Rethink What’s Possible.