Media Appearances
Students discuss ethical dilemmas in a fictional trial (magazine article)
7 June 2025
Prosecutors, defenders, witnesses, a jury, and a chairperson – about 20 students took on roles in a large lecture hall transformed into a courtroom at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE). They held fictional trials about the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on design education and the professional practice of industrial designers. The two trial sessions were part of the MSc elective course “Design Justice and Emerging Technologies,” taught by Fernando Secomandi…
Read the full article at DelftMatters.nl
How a mock trial teaches IDE students to think about justice (newspaper article)
5 March 2025
Acting as prosecutors and defenders, Industrial Design Engineering students faced off in the ‘courtroom’ this January. Lecturer Fernando Secomandi saw how his mock trial method forced students to think deeply. “This could work in other faculties too.”…
