Tim Chambers
Appears in 53 Episodes
Ron Kander: founding engineering dean at Thomas Jefferson University and how design and business fit into an engineering education
Steve and Tim talked with Prof. Ron Kander at the NAMES meeting in Atlanta last month. Ron talked about his experiences creating new engineering programs, first at Ja...
Christian Casper and how Technical Communication shapes our students
Steve and Tim talk with Dr. Christian Casper about how he teaches technical communication to students at the University of Michigan, in particular how we've integrated...
Season 3 of Undercooled
Tim and Steve talk about what is coming up in Season 3 of Undercooled. We will publish our first episode of season 3 on August 31st!You can find the YouTube version o...
Kaitlin Tyler and NAMES 2025
Tim talks with Kaitlin Tyler this week at the ASEE meeting in Montreal. Kaitlin works for ANSYS as an Education Content Developer. We discuss career trajectories in MS...
Bill Callister
Steve and Tim talk with Bill Callister, the author of the best selling introduction to materials science and engineering text book. Bill tells us how he got into mate...
Diran Apelian
Steve and Tim talked with Professor Diran Apelian from UC Irvine. Diran talks about his journey to Materials Science and Engineering through his days at Drexel, MIT, ...
Robert Talbert and Grading for Growth
Steve and Tim talk with Prof. Robert Talbert from Grand Valley State University. Robert is a math professor and has been very influential in inverted or flipped teach...
U. Michigan undergrads go to the TMS annual meeting in Las Vegas
Tim and Steve talk with 4 of the Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate students who got to fly to Las Vegas to attend the TMS annual meeting in April 2025. ...
Christine Viau Haden and Two Step Performance Indicators to Assess Learning Gains
Steve ran into Christina Haden at the 2025 ABET symposium in San Diego two weeks ago. Christina has developed a multi step method of assessing student outcomes using ...
Taylor Sparks and Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast - on location at the TMS 2025 meeting
Steve and Tim ran into Taylor Sparks at the TMS meeting and decided to do a podcast. Taylor is a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at U. U...
Jerry Floro and the MS&E program at U. Virginia
Tim and Steve were at the TMS meeting in Las Vegas and ran into Professor Jerry Floro from the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Virgin...
Adam Hope - Thermo-Calc - at the 2025 TMS Annual Meeting
Steve and Tim were walking through the TMS Annual Meeting Exhibit hall in Las Vegas and stopped to talk to Dr. Adam Hope at the Thermo-Calc booth. Adam is a member of ...
Chris Gordon and the Wilson Student Project Center
Steve and Tim talk with Chris Gordon, the Director of the Wilson Student Team Projects Center at the U. of Michigan. Chris tells us how the Wilson Center got started...
Wenhao Sun: Using Chat GPT to teach students how to use it as a collaborator and solve very hard problems
Tim and Steve talk with Professor Wenhao Sun about the way he is using Chat GPT in his thermodynamics and kinetics classes. Wenhao demonstrates how he teaches student...
Izzy Jaszczak: The Laboratory Experience at Michigan Tech.
Tim and Steve talk with Izzy Jaszczak about Michigan Technological University's metal casting course and the major changes the teaching staff has made to increase the ...
Enze Chen: Teaching MS&E at Stanford University
Tim and Steve talk with Dr. Enze Chen, a Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University. We talk about Enze's unique approach to teaching, his c...
Tim and Steve Recap Teaching Experiences from the Fall 2024 term
In this episode, Steve and Tim reflect on their recent teaching experiences, focusing on Tim's new math course and Steve's grading for growth experiment. They discuss ...
Ellen Solomon and Multidisciplinary Design
Steve and Tim talk with Dr. Ellen Solomon, one of the program managers of the Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP) at the University of Michigan. Ellen graduated wi...
Tresa Pollock: The 2024 Van Vlack Lecturer in MS&E at U. Michigan
Steve and Tim talk with Professor Tresa Pollock from UC Santa Barbara, the 2024 Van Vlack Lecturer in the MS&E department at U. Michigan. Tresa has had a very long an...
Tershia Pinder-Grover and CRLT Engineering: How teaching centers help faculty and students improve learning
Steve and Tim talk with Dr. Tershia Pinder-Grover, the director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering (CRLT-Engin) in the College of Engin...