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The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!
Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM
- Added: Apr 06, 2020
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
Is washing our hands with soap really the best we can do to protect ourselves from coronavirus? Let's take a look at the history and chemistry of s...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM
- Added: Apr 06, 2020
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM
- Added: Apr 06, 2020
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
Loh Down on Science host Sandra Tsing Loh intros the Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM
- Added: Apr 06, 2020
- Length: 02:40
- Purchases: 1
You want to prevent catastrophe, eh?
Well, engineers, do FMEA.
This is Episode 86 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fa...
- Added: Mar 30, 2020
- Length: 04:48
The South-by-Southwest education conference for 2020 is cancelled, due to emergency declarations related to COVID-19. Pius and Rachel discuss what...
- Added: Mar 15, 2020
- Length: 32:30
Engineers take a ton of tests. They're thinking: Can I pass it all?
They do, and they build tons of things, and some are made of acetal.
This is...
- Added: Feb 25, 2020
- Length: 03:25
If you can't decide, and you're on the fence, get knocked right off, by some resonance.
This is Episode 84 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an info...
- Added: Feb 18, 2020
- Length: 04:47
Ah, potentiometers. So much potential use, right?
This is Episode 83 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...
- Added: Feb 11, 2020
- Length: 04:59
How do you “develop your practice” as a teacher and administrator? Rachel and Pius discuss this question and share their thoughts on going deeper i...
- Added: Jan 26, 2020
- Length: 18:29
This challenge will not tackle us; we'll tackle it, we'll win, this calculus.
This is Episode 80 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show...
- Added: Nov 07, 2019
- Length: 06:39
Engineers, unite! Harness the power of perovskite. This is Episode 78 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or...
- Added: Jul 29, 2019
- Length: 04:50
I like my definitions to be CRISPR and clearer. This is Episode 76 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or fu...
- Added: Apr 02, 2019
- Length: 04:26
Messing with this gas of a word isn't ideal. This is Episode 75 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...
- Added: Mar 15, 2019
- Length: 04:55
Programming programs to program their own programs. This is Episode 74 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 03:50
Engineers Sadhan and Pius continue an ongoing series of discussions on the fundamentals of mechanical engineering. Today they talk about what they ...
- Added: Dec 14, 2018
- Length: 41:26
One is fun, and zero is a hero, in our engineering programming languages. This is Episode 73 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on fa...
- Added: Oct 18, 2018
- Length: 03:42
Whip your brain into shape by studying trochoidal things. This is Episode 72 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinat...
- Added: Aug 17, 2018
- Length: 02:50
Keep your data streams from going helter skelter with the help of a Kalman filter. This is Episode 70 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal s...
- Added: Aug 01, 2018
- Length: 06:01
Forget to get your tare, and you might shed a tear. This is Episode 69 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...
- Added: Jul 11, 2018
- Length: 03:31
What’s so great about the human eye? Can we build something just like it? When would we need to design something better? Sadhan joins the podcast a...
Bought by KWMR
- Added: Jul 07, 2018
- Length: 19:47
- Purchases: 1
I tried ceramic glazing / The result was quite amazing / When I saw it cool / I touched not a tool / The surface showed cracks and crazing. ***This...
- Added: Jun 26, 2018
- Length: 04:57
She thought it was very fancy of her / to separate the two enantiomers / She looked in the mirror / It couldn't be clearer / The left one was bette...
Bought by Enchantment Radio
- Added: Jun 12, 2018
- Length: 03:40
- Purchases: 1
If you have some metal, in a pot or a kettle, on this you can trust: over time it'll rust. This is Episode 64 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an in...
Bought by Enchantment Radio
- Added: May 22, 2018
- Length: 03:57
- Purchases: 1
What is mechanical engineering? Engineer Sadhan Sathyaseelan joins the show again from The University of Texas to wonder out loud about all the imp...
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 42:04
