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Episode summary introduction: Professor Lall joined academia so he could keep learning new things, and inspire new generations of students.
\\nProfessor Upmanu Lall is the Chair of the Earth and Environmental Engineering Department at Columbia University, NY.
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\\nOur Guest: Professor Upmanu Lall is the Chair of the Earth and Environmental Engineering Department at Columbia University, NY. Prof Lall is a graduate of IIT Kanpur with a degree in Civil Engineering. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Prof Lall is the Director of the Columbia Water Center and Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering.
\\nMemorable Quote: Professor Lall on the promise of Peer Learning under the remote learning construct: \\u201cWhen someone is lecturing, it is one directional assimilation and regurgitation, but when interacting with others the freedom to ask and pace yourself and come back and ask [questions] is much, much higher\\u201d.
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