Chris Sievers
University Partnership Manager and Research Coordinator at John Deere; Iowa State University mechanical engineer with 17+ years of product design and engineering experience.
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Jun 4, 2026
Rick SandersHOST
Clearly, it's a, it's a place you have a special affinity for, but walk us through all of that.
Chris SieversGUEST
So, uh, my time at Iowa State started in 2003 as an undergrad student in mechanical engineering.
Chris SieversGUEST
Uh, really connected with the faculty there and my advisors and, and focused a lot of my efforts on product design.
Chris SieversGUEST
And so when you talk about product design at Iowa State in the Midwest, John Deere is kind of that pinnacle experience.
13 MINS LATER
Rick SandersHOST
Tell us how, how AI is impacting the world that John Deere works in and, and what you see coming down the pathway.