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Jacob Kelter and the NetLogo approach to writing a materials textbook
Steve and Tim talked with Jacob Kelter, the Executive Director of the NetLogo Center at Northwestern University, about how he is using atomistic simulations of fundame...
Reg Rogers: Mentoring at University of Missouri and Developing a New Masters Program
Tim and Steve talked with Professor Reg Rogers from University of Missouri in the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering department about his mentoring of students, his b...
Jerry Bourne and Bladesmithing at Colorado School of Mines
Tim and Steve talk with Jerry Bourne from Colorado School of Mines about his bladesmithing class in the Materials and Metallurgy department at Colorado School of Mines...
S3E20 Liz Holm and Thermodynamics
Steve and Tim talk with Professor Liz Holm about teaching thermodynamics, life as a department chair, and the future of Materials Science and Engineering. The YouTube ...
S3E19 Loulou Batta: perspectives of a graduate student
Tim and Steve talk with Dr. Loulou Batta about her experiences as a grad student and her thoughts about her future now that she is getting her PhD in the week we filme...
Alan Taub
Tim and Steve talk with Professor Alan Taub, the director of the University of Michigan EV Center and former Vice President of General Motors, director of global R&D f...
Ashwin Shahani and teaching Kinetics with Vibe Coding
Steve and Tim talk with Professor Ashwin Shahani about his role as undergraduate chair, how he approaches teaching kinetics with ChatGPT and vibe coding, as well as hi...
Avi Bregman
Tim and Steve caught up with Dr. Avi Bregman at the TMS meeting. Avi is at the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins University. He is the section supervisor for Mater...
Steve and Tim talk sustainabilty stories
Steve and Tim talk about how to use stories of successful sustainability projects in the curriculum of second to fourth year engineering courses. They explain how the...
Joel McDonald: What Dow Chemical Co. looks for in MS&E hires and how they approach sustainability
Steve and Tim talk with Dr. Joel McDonald, the Technical Director for Mobility products at Dow Chemical company. Joel was Steve's PhD student and an Applied Physics g...
Patrick Shamberger and MS&E at Texas A&M
Steve and Tim talk to Prof. Patrick Shamberger from the MS&E department at Texas A&M. He tells us the story of how he helped build a new materials department and crea...
Dr. Paul Krajewski: Sustainability, Manufacturing, and more at General Motors
Tim and Steve talked with Dr. Paul Krajewski, the Director of Materials and Manufacturing Research at the General Motors Global Research and Development Center, about ...
Rob Beck - Materials and Archaeology
Steve and Tim talk with Professor Rob Beck at the University of Michigan. Rob and Steve teach a joint course combining MSE with Archaeology & Anthropology to teach ma...
Tricia Nguyen-Embroidery and Materials Science
Tim and Steve interview Dr. Tricia Nguyen about her career in textiles that evolved from her degrees in Materials Science & Engineering. She currently owns and operat...
Ivan Baiges Creating a Sustainability Engineering degree
Steve and Tim talked with Professor Ivan Baiges from University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez about the new undergraduate program he and his team developed called Sustaina...
David Srolovitz - Materials Science and Engineering - research and teaching from a theorist's perspective
Professor David Srolovitz has made many important contributions to materials science and engineering during his career. He is a member of the National Academy of Engi...
John Allison and ICME
Steve and Tim talked with Professor John Allison about Integrated Computational Manufacturing Engineering (ICME) and his PRISMS center. John talked about how creating...
Lily Turaski
Tim and Steve talked with Lily Turaski from Georgia Tech at the NAMES conference in August, 2025. Today's episode focuses on engineering education research. We discu...
Alison Polasik
Steve and Tim caught up with Professor Alison Polasik at the 2025 NAMES meeting in Atlanta. We talked about what it is like to teach at a small school, Campbell Unive...
Reinventing the Materials Curriculum
Steve and Tim talk about reinventing our Materials curriculum based on what we have learned in the past year. AI has had a profound effect on the job market in areas ...