Engineering Word Of The Day: ARCHIVE

Engineering Word Of The Day: ARCHIVE

Archive of the "Engineering Word Of The Day" podcast, an informal show on engineering jargon. Powered by Pios Labs. Also playing short clips previewing other projects from Pios Labs.

Episodes

April 15, 2022 1 min

Explosions for kids? Yep! 💥 Joseph from The Physics Circus talks about their setup for wow-ing the kids with science, in the latest episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast: https://k12engineering.net/episodes/115

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Do scientific research articles sometimes sound like another language? To K-12 students, very often it’s yes. Tanya Dimitrova tried to help solve this problem by founding the Scientific Journal for Kids, where her team of writers, designers, and teachers translates articles from scientific research journals into more kid-friendly language. Learn more about it in the latest episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast 🎧 whereve...

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Hear about how to program molecules to do what you want inside a cell! This Stanford professor explains biomolecular circuits and his lofty goals in chemical engineering and bioengineering. Listen to the full talk 🎧wherever you get your podcasts: https://k12engineering.net/episodes/113

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Filament Games CEO Dan White talked about the difficulty in assessing how well an #educationalgame teaches something, on an episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast on virtual robotics: https://k12engineering.net/episodes/112

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He teaches mobile app development to kids and teens -- and his priority in class before everything else is to get to know his students. Meet Scott Steward, business & tech 💰‍💻teacher for 15 years at Chicago Public Schools and founder of Genius Lab. This is a preview of an episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or right here: https://k12engineering.net/episodes/111

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This is a preview of an episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast with guests David Seto and Michael Welch, authors of The 3D Printing Cookbook.  Listen to the full episode: https://k12engineering.net/

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Listen to the full episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast for more: https://k12engineering.net/episodes/107

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Nonprofit officer Rosemary Kamei discusses bringing more Computer Science education to Silicon Valley. Listen to the latest episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast: https://k12engineering.net/

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April 16, 2021 8 mins

To shrink the number of our faulty counts,
you have to learn how to debounce.

This is Episode 105 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines.

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March 26, 2021 7 mins

My code is as long as here to Saturn, but condensed and confused in an anti-pattern.

This is Episode 104 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines.

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs

Listen to the latest episodes, ad-free: http://engineeringwordoftheday.com/

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March 5, 2021 53 mins

LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, have changed the world – and continue to do so.  This energy-efficient electronics technology came from decades of design and discovery in engineering. Dr. Russell Dupuis is one of the engineers behind LEDs, and he recently was one of five winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for his work in this technology. Dr. Dupuis explains his contribution to creating thin-film electronics n...

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This a preview of a talk with Dr. Russ Dupuis, one of the inventors of LEDs.  Listen to the full episode, coming soon on The K12 Engineering Education Podcast: https://k12engineering.net/

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This is a preview of a new episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast, with former middle school teacher and current tech worker Sam Taylor, who authored The Coding Workbook.  Listen to the full interview wherever you get your podcasts: https://k12engineering.net/

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This is a preview of a new episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast, with aerospace engineer Mishaal Ashemimry.  Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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January 13, 2021 5 mins

They told me, "Let 'er rip, guy!"

"Tighten up that zip tie!"


This is Episode 103 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines.


Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs

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January 4, 2021 4 mins

The chemical reaction we smell from afar

that gives satisfaction is named Maillard.


This is Episode 102 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines.


Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs

Powered by Pios Labs: https://pioslabs.com/

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December 17, 2020 6 mins

Do wooden planks below my feet not splinter while they shift

during monumental bends and strains from interstory drift?


This is Episode 101 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines.


Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs

Powered by Pios Labs: https://pioslabs.com/

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December 14, 2020 6 mins

Mechanical engineers must work

to eliminate excessive jerk.


This is Episode 100 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines.


Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs

Powered by Pios Labs: https://pioslabs.com/


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December 1, 2020 3 mins

Stack your your stones and let walls join 

to make an old-school building quoin.


This is Episode 99 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines.


Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs

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Preview of an episode of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast, with guests from Army Futures Command and Austin Community College.  Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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