Mechanically Incorrect

Mechanically Incorrect

A podcast about the failures that lead to successes in mechanical engineering research and academia.

Episodes

July 15, 2025 55 mins

This was a great conversation that I unfortunately missed due to travel.  Professor Taylor Higgins, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering (ME), hosted Prof. and Chair Marcia O'Malley.  She is the Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering in the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University.  Her research is in the are...

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I hope you enjoy my conversation with Prof. Jonathan Clark.  He's an expert in developing some of the fastest legged robotic systems that can navigate various complex terrains including climbing and amphibious terrains.

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I had a great conversation with a good friend, Prof. Mark Sheplak, from the University of Florida.  As a Professor in both Electrical & Computer Engineering and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida, he is an expert in the field of MEMS sensing.  I learned a lot about how he has transitioned research out of the laboratory and into the field of sensing aerodynamic loads and acoustics in high speed e...

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August 9, 2024 93 mins

I got to sit down with Daniel Parker, our new undergraduate coordinator, to learn about his background of service and leadership that led him to where he is today. Despite knowing him for many years, I learned a lot about different cultures, writing, and service to our different communities.

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June 24, 2024 86 mins

We had a great conversation with Jacob Schmitt, recent senior from FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.  We discussed his experience as part of the Senior Design AIAA Rocket Team.

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May 30, 2023 116 mins

We had a great conversation with our newest faculty member at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Taylor Higgins.  She is an expert in the field of exoskeletons for many applications associated with rehabilitation and novel human-machine interface concepts.  I hope you enjoy our discussion.

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January 19, 2023 98 mins

We decided to do a debrief on the semester.  I opened up my student evaluations for our graduate Mechanical Engineering seminar.  I thought there were some interesting lessons learned on where leadership may or may not fit into engineering.

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January 9, 2023 100 mins

We had a great conversation with Prof. Jesse Grizzle from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Michigan.  Our own Prof. Christian Hubicki from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering also joined us.  We had lots of interesting discussions about advances and applications of legged robots.  I learned a lot.

 

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November 22, 2022 78 mins

Great conversation with Prof. Dan Quinn from the University of Virginia.  If you want to learn more about what film school, museums, fluid dynamics, and robotic fish have in common, check it out.

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September 4, 2022 104 mins

This podcast is a debrief of a recent workshop between faculty within our FAMU-FSU Mechanical Engineering department at the FSU Center for Advancement of Teaching.  We discuss some techniques from cognitive science to help our students accelerate learning difficult engineering topics.  Our guest is Dr. Shayne McConomy, a faculty within our department who has been very successful implementing many new techniques to accelerate learni...

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August 25, 2022 124 mins

This is our introduction into the Podcast World.  Our goal has been to discuss all the failures in engineering that ultimately lead to success.  Episode 1 is our first attempt.  We hope there will many more to come.

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