Tom Costabile and Roy Firestone interview mechanical engineer Ian Davis to discover how he used 3D printing to create his own prosthetic hand.

Unconventional Engineering Episode 1 - Ian Davis

MIT researchers have now incorporated certain social interactions into a framework for robotics, enabling machines to understand what it means to help or hinder one another, and to learn to perform these social behaviors on their own.

Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2021/robots-social-skills-1105

Audio Article: Giving robots social skills

Learning in robotics doesn’t have to take weeks, if you can design, build, and test a robot in hours in a video game.  Dan White, CEO of Filament Games, introduces RoboCo, their game meant to teach principles of robotics to players, from the mechanical design all the way to testing in the 3D world.  Dan discusses cofounding Filament Games with partners Dan Norton and Alex Stone, what constitutes a good or bad learning game, plans for integrating RoboCo into educational curricula, and more.

Related to this episode:  
• Filament Games: https://www.filamentgames.com/
• RoboCo: https://www.roboco.co/
• Meaningful Gaming in Education, PAX presentation from Ashley Brandin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk1pkwi7X8w
• iCivics: https://www.icivics.org/
• Roblox: https://www.roblox.com/
• Besiege: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besiege_(video_game)
• Space Engineers: https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/
• Minecraft Edu: https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/homepage
• ‘RoboCo’ Looks to Fuel Interest in STEM by Letting You Build Useful (and Crappy) Robots: https://www.roadtovr.com/roboco-looks-fuel-interest-stem-letting-build-useful-crappy-robots/
• FIRST Robotics: https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc
• Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/
• Civilization: https://civilization.com/
• Micro, by Michael Creighton and Richard Preston: https://www.michaelcrichton.com/micro/

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A Video Game for Designing Robots, with Dan White

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Today we’re talking pickups, and not the four wheel drive variety. The pickup in this episode is the single device, the inductive pickup, that would enable the electric guitar to propel rock-n-roll into an entire new genre of music. Enjoy!

ELECTRIC FEEL

Ellen Roche is an associate professor of mechanical engineering and the associate head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Her research team develops new devices and therapeutic strategies for repairing the heart and other tissues. Here, she speaks with MIT President Sally Kornbluth about her work, the advantages of taking a nonlinear route to one’s chosen career, and the importance of saying "yes" to unexpected opportunities.

Links:
- Ellen Roche: https://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/etr@mit.edu
- Therapeutic Technology Design and Development Lab: https://ttdd.mit.edu
- Video: Patient-specific, 3D-printed, soft-robotic hearts: https://youtube.com/watch?v=52qNGqBbTQA
- Dassault Systèmes: https://3ds.com/3dexperience
- Institute for Medical Engineering and Science: https://imes.mit.edu

Timestamps:
03:35 - Potential for 3D-printing hearts 
08:14 - Hydrogels
17:33 - On AI

Show notes and transcript:
https://news.mit.edu/podcast/podcast-curiosity-unbounded-episode-6-healing-ailing-heart 

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The Curiosity Unbounded podcast brings you behind the scenes at MIT through conversations between MIT President Sally Kornbluth and the people working in its labs and in the field. Along the way, Sally and her guests discuss pressing issues, as well as what inspires the people running at the world’s toughest challenges at one of the most innovative institutions on the planet.

Curiosity Unbounded

Curiosity Unbounded, Ep. 6: Healing the ailing heart

The ability to be intentional with our own career path requires a certain amount of objectivity that’s not always easily attainable. Jeff Perry works with engineers to find ways to sustain their career development using a unique toolkit of training and coaching techniques. His ultimate goal is to help engineers unlock their unique potential, today and well into the future.

Unconventional Engineering Episode 15 - Discovering “The Intentional Engineer” with Jeff Perry

الحلقة الأولى مع المهندس محمد مقبول

Professor Karen Holford 
Pro-Vice Chancellor for Physical Sciences and Engineering at Cardiff Unviersity
Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor Karen Holford

In this episode of Engineering Career Conversations, hosts Christa Downey and Traci Nathans-Kelly speak with Robert Boehringer ’82, Vice President of Process Management Services at Orion Development Group. With more than 30 years of experience, he has helped leaders and professionals improve quality and productivity. In addition to process improvement methodologies and focused automation, he facilitates process mapping—the de facto standard in the industry—and has provided services to more than 40,000 professionals in both the private and public sectors over the past three decades.

Transcript Link: https://tinyurl.com/ECCtranscript1

Editor: Melissa Bazley

Building Value Across Industries: Robert Boehringer ‘82

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THE MECHANIC

ASME's Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile welcomes guests from across the world of mechanical engineering to discover the interesting and unconventional ways they are using their skills to advance engineering for the benefit of humanity.

We celebrate excellence and innovation among engineers whose impact contributes to a healthier, more equitable, and more sustainable world.

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