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  • Episode 139 — Estimation

    June 5, 2018 · 57 min

    Adam, Brian, Carmen, and Jeff discuss the importance of accurately estimating time and budget as a practicing engineer. Brian frequently makes estimates as part of his professional duties. Detrimental effects of our anchoring bias are…

  • Episode 138 — Still Awkward

    December 18, 2017 · 43 min

    We catch up with Sam Feller (who previously joined us in Episode 70), discussing his interests, projects, and latest entrepreneurial ventures. Having left industry to pursue an academic career, Jeff isn’t chomping at the bit to move back…

  • Episode 137 — Late Summer

    December 4, 2017 · 59 min

    In an episode that was recorded in early October, Adam, Carmen, and Jeff reflect on their summer activities, and on plans for the remaining months of 2017. Carmen spent a lot of his summer traveling, both domestically and internationally…

  • Episode 136 — Circle of Competence

    September 27, 2017 · 1 hr 5 min

    Adam, Brian, Carmen, and Jeff consider the boundaries of one’s own competence in this episode of The Engineering Commons. Competencies seem to be driven by past failures, notes Brian. For learning about “magical potions” developed with…

  • Episode 135 — Target Audience

    August 14, 2017 · 59 min

    In this episode of The Engineering Commons, the gang discusses tailoring a presentation to meet the needs and interests of your intended audience. Adam’s favorite form of communication is an old-fashioned face-to-face conversation. The…

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  • Episode 134 — Twenty Forty

    July 26, 2017 · 1 hr 4 min

    Adam, Carmen and Jeff discuss how engineering might change by the year 2040 in this episode of The Engineering Commons. Adam hopes to move a little higher into middle management over the next decade… unless he wins the lottery and can…

  • Episode 133 — Embarrassed Engineer

    June 27, 2017 · 1 hr 13 min

    This episode finds the gang discussing engineering projects that went awry, but did not result in the loss of human life. While map makers include trap streets to catch copyright violators, Adam reassures us he’s never been asked to…

  • Episode 132 — By Any Other Name

    June 5, 2017 · 60 min

    We discuss the case of an Oregon man fined for “practicing engineering without a license” in this episode of The Engineering Commons. Both Jeff and Adam have attended a few plays authored by William Shakespeare. A line from Shakespeare’s…

  • Episode 131 — Five Years

    May 22, 2017 · 1 hr 8 min

    Chris Gammell returns to The Engineering Commons to discuss how his views on engineering education (and the engineering profession) have evolved over the past five years. Jeff is coming to appreciate that learning is a social event…

  • Episode 130 — DC Motors

    May 8, 2017 · 1 hr 29 min

    In this episode of The Engineering Commons, we discuss an electromechanical component commonly used to achieve physical motion; the ubiquitous direct-current (DC) motor. Carmen admits to getting turned on by electricity… and sugar!…

  • Episode 129 — Noticing

    April 10, 2017 · 1 hr 13 min

    We are joined once more by Dave Goldberg, author of A Whole New Engineer, to discuss the critical engineering skills of noticing, listening, and questioning. Brian takes a 50/50 shot at guessing whether President Lincoln faces left or…

  • Episode 128 — Industrial Academic

    March 20, 2017 · 1 hr 22 min

    Dr. Dave Vandenbout offers up his insights on choosing between academic and industrial careers in this episode of The Engineering Commons. Carmen wastes no time in revealing his secret method for stress-testing CMOS chips. X-ray systems…

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Practical insights for the engineering crowd