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interviewed Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences聽Babak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., about the growing demand for well-trained engineers. Engineering firms across the country and on Long Island are challenged with a shortage of experienced engineers,聽spurred by factors such as a workforce nearing retirement, a nationwide decline in students pursuing engineering degrees, and growing competition from the technology sector鈥檚 artificial intelligence (AI) boom.

Beheshti noted that, while 蘑菇传媒鈥檚 engineering programs continue to see healthy enrollment, the 鈥渧isibility and cool factor鈥� of computer science, thanks to the prominence of big tech companies and popular culture, has resonated with a larger audience than engineering. 鈥淲ith AI, gaming, apps, and social media鈥�naturally, high school students get exposed a lot more to [computer science],鈥� he said.