The Pressing Engineering Mandate: Charting a Flight Path to Cross-Disciplinary Innovation
What are some key national and regional economic trends?
How will these trends impact our workforce supply and demand patterns?
What are the associated implications in the engineering fields; why interdisciplinary skills will matter?
What will be the Implications for businesses, hiring managers and jobs seekers?
Hrishue Mahalaha
Executive Director, Aerozone Alliance
In a world facing urgent challenges—from climate change to workforce disruption—engineering can no longer operate in silos. This presentation explores how interdisciplinary collaboration is becoming essential to solving the complex problems of our time. Highlighting the work of the Aerozone Alliance in Northeast Ohio, Hrishue Mahalaha shares how aerospace innovation could be used as a catalyst to convene public, private, and academic partners across sectors. We hope to leave attendees inspired to think beyond their disciplines and engage engineering as a tool for regional transformation and human progress.