Engineering Word Of The Day

Series produced by Pius Wong

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An informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Hosted by interdisciplinary engineer Pius Wong.

An informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Hosted by interdisciplinary engineer Pius Wong, also host of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast. Produced by Pios Labs. Support the podcast by donating to Pius's studio on Patreon: www.patreon.com/pioslabs

Find the latest episodes at www.engineeringwordoftheday.com, or subscribe to the podcast. Hear all past episodes by listening to the Engineering Word Of The Day Archive (EWOTD Archive), available on iTunes and on Google Play through Pios Labs on Anchor.


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Stop everything! We've hit a breakpoint, and things are gonna get dicey. This is Episode 65 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on fav...

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  • Added: May 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
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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...

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  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:57
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If I read through a thousand invention patents, I hope I'd learn something, too. This is Episode 63 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal sho...

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  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 05:57
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If you can resist concentrated attack and damage, maybe you've got some engineer-level hardness. This is Episode 62 of Engineering Word Of The Day,...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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Cool as a cucumber curved with quite the camber. This is Episode 61 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or f...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 05:14
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Engineers who study this know how to rub you the right way. This is Episode 60 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascin...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:18
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Wish I handled the dishes in real time, too. This is Episode 59 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 04:49
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Picture this: a lightning bolt shoots out about 10 gigawatts of power. This is Episode 58 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favor...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:44
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Quarter for your thoughts about quaternions? This is Episode 57 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2018
  • Length: 05:01
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Let's take a poll. Who knows what this engineering word means? This is Episode 56 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 05:08
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Have you heard our GNU software engineering word of the day? This is Episode 55 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fasci...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 05:55
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For those situations when you just can't let go. This is Episode 54 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or f...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
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Why Would Somebody Insist We Yank Goats? That's not what WYSIWYG stands for. This is Episode 53 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:35
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Submitting a 510(k) might be like saying you're qualified for college because your fraternal twin is already there. This is Episode 52 of Engineeri...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 06:06
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The delicious flavor of a 0% manufacturing defect rate can come from fresh poka-yoke. This is Episode 51 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:36
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New year, new Engineering Word Of The Day. Or in this case, new acronym of the day, standing for "new product development". This is Episode 50 of E...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:07
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As amazing as hexadiagonal flamshooter energy. This is Episode 49 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or fun...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:21
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Not a doodie cycle, but a duty cycle. Episode 48 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phra...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:51
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Grow, make, and eat your own dogfood -- I mean products. Episode 47 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or f...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
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This is not normal. This is episode 45 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:51
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