About this event
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming how design professionals work, collaborate, and deliver projects. This presentation will explore how AI tools are being adopted in architecture and engineering design to enhance creativity, speed up documentation, automate repetitive tasks, and even influence the design and development of physical products. We’ll also explore the emerging legal and ethical considerations around AI-generated content—especially in contracts and design authorship.
- Identify the core AI platforms currently used in architecture and design workflows and discuss primary day-to-day use cases.
- Assess how generative tools are reshaping the whole design process, client communication, and product specs.
- Analyze the immediate ethical and legal boundaries tied to AI integration, such as design authorship, client contracts, and intellectual property rights.
- Formulate a plan to safely integrate an AI-driven workflow to increase efficiency and streamline repetitive tasks.
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Presenter – Chad Bouchard is the AI and Academic Initiatives Coordinator at the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA). Since joining UMA’s Academic Services Unit in June 2025, he has focused on building AI literacy, creating resources and guidelines for the ethical use of artificial intelligence, facilitating discussion among faculty and students, covering fast-breaking developments in the technology, and sharpening users’ critical eye for AI outputs.
Before working for UMA, Chad spent 20 years in the journalism industry, where he honed his skills as what he calls an “integrity worker.” His journalism career included four years based in Jakarta, Indonesia, reporting for NPR News and other clients, and later conducting investigative work on global corruption for the journalism nonprofit 100Reporters. He also worked for 11 years in New York City with the Overseas Press Club of America to support international journalists in technology and awards management.
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