Engineering Word Of The Day

Series produced by Pius Wong

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An informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Hosted by interdisciplinary engineer Pius Wong.

An informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Hosted by interdisciplinary engineer Pius Wong, also host of The K12 Engineering Education Podcast. Produced by Pios Labs. Support the podcast by donating to Pius's studio on Patreon: www.patreon.com/pioslabs

Find the latest episodes at www.engineeringwordoftheday.com, or subscribe to the podcast. Hear all past episodes by listening to the Engineering Word Of The Day Archive (EWOTD Archive), available on iTunes and on Google Play through Pios Labs on Anchor.


105 Pieces

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iterate
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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An introduction to this series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 2
brainwriting
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Explaining the collaborative idea generation technique of brainwriting.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Wronskian
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Discussing the "Wronskian" of differential equations.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
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eutectic
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Talking about eutectic points of solid mixtures.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:48
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SWE
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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SWE wants to "stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders," among other goals.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:05
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adiabatic
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Compare and contrast: "adiabatic" versus "a diabetic"?

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
polymorphism
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not to be confused with biological polymorphism, polymorphism in programming languages can add robustness to your engineering code.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
revolute
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Describing revolute joints.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:52
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magic smoke
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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All hail and all fear the magic smoke!

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
autogyro
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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How is an autogyro different from a helicopter?

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Kelvin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Discussing this scale to measure average kinetic energy of matter.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
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strangler
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not just a murderer, folks, as automotive engineers and technologists know.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
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brogrammer
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Is being a brogrammer a good thing?

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
tappet
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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No, it's not an alternative slang form of "tap that," but it is a part that really gets us going.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
daemon
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Is there a program called Matt Daemon that secretly translates everything you say around your computer into a Boston accent?

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
valence
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Atomic poetry in the electron cloud model.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:51
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validation [Special Guest: Pat Sweet, P.Eng.]
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Engineering and business consultant Pat Sweet, P.Eng., guests on this episode to discuss the critical engineering design concept of validation. You...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 1
verification [Special Guest: Pat Sweet, P.Eng.]
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Special guest engineer an business consultant Pat Sweet, P.Eng., joins the EWOTD podcast for another episode to talk about the important concept of...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 11:03
  • Purchases: 1
breadboard
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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You use it to help design devices that end up in more than your kitchen.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
UX
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Another design buzzword? Or important field? Both?

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1