The Department of Mechanical Engineering organized an interaction with Mr John Rodrigues, Mechanical Engineering-SJEC Alumnus from the Batch of 2016, who was recently featured in the reputed New York Times – United States, for his innovative CoffeeBot – a bot that delivers Coffee within office space and controlled via smartphone. Mr Clarance, Alumnus from Electronics and Communication Engineering of SJEC from the Class of 2016 also joined in the interaction. The interaction was held on 8 th August 2017 at Bishop Aloysius Paul Hall. In a brief presentation, John spoke about his experiences in developing the CoffeeBot and introduced the Collaborizm – a kickstarter-esque website in New York that offers mentorship to innovators. Drawing on his experiences of working on many innovative designs and product developments over the past years, John motivated the students to pursue innovation.
The presentation was followed by an Q&A where John took on the queries from students.
