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Dr. Holly Golecki, a professor in the Bioengineering department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talks about using soft robotics ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 48:22
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Cultivated meat has the potential to disrupt the meat industry, and engineer Dr. Katie Kam joins the podcast to talk about it. Katie founded BioBQ...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:20
Caption: Pictured counterclockwise from top-right: George Dowdy, Autumn Dowdy, and Ann Woo.
The Solve for Tomorrow design competition from Samsung is starting up again, and three guests join the podcast to explain how it works, and why sch...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 56:46
Caption: Physics Circus presenters light up a pickle with electricity., Credit: The Physics Circus
The Physics Circus at The University of Texas at Austin tries to attract kids to science using loud and entertaining demonstrations that might not ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:29
Caption: Tanya Dimitrova, founder of Science Journal for Kids, Credit: Courtesy of Tanya Dimitrova
Do scientific research articles sometimes sound like another language? To K-12 students, very often it’s yes. Tanya Dimitrova tried to help solve...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 48:59
Caption: Screenshot of the game RoboCo., Credit: Filament Games
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 G...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2021
  • Length: 51:41
Caption: Richard Rusczyk, from Art of Problem Solving
Math is fundamental to engineering education and other disciplines. That’s part of why Richard Rusczyk wants to teach kids harder math than they o...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:36
Caption: Two books on 3D Printing by David Seto and Michael Welch.
Kids can learn CAD for 3D printing, but teaching it doesn’t have to be a hassle. David Seto and Michael Welch wrote a set of books to make teachin...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 49:38
Caption: Rosemary Kamei of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation., Credit: Silicon Valley Education Foundation
The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is a nonprofit running several programs in K-12 STEM education, including its Computer Science Insti...

  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 35:39
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STEM curriculum specialist Dr. Corey Hall shares tips and resources for teaching engineering effectively at the K-12 level in 2021, both during and...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 45:50
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The nonprofit Beyond Benign specializes in developing and disseminating educational resources in green chemistry – like how to create bioplastics, ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2020
  • Length: 51:47
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As a biomedical engineer in orthobiologics, Neil Thompson still had to do a lot of public speaking. He was a self-professed awful public speaker, ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 31:48
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Distributed systems rule much of new technology today, as software programs exist across multiple computers, servers, phones, and smart devices. Ho...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 27:55

  • Added: May 27, 2019
  • Length: 27:35
Caption: Picture book and a chessboard designed by participants in the Build a Better Book project, as shown during SXSW. Both were designed to preserve function and aesthetics even when the reader or player can’t see., Credit: Pius Wong
How can you teach universal design to kids and teens? Have them build accessible games and books, according to The Build a Better Book project, fr...

  • Added: May 19, 2019
  • Length: 22:35
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Now that states have written engineering into K-12 science and technology learning standards, more institutions are thinking about how to run stand...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:02
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Marshall Escamilla is part of a team of podcasters who create Tumble, a science podcast for kids and their families. With a background in music and...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 39:29
  • Purchases: 1
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How can we deal with data better? How can we teach kids to deal with data better? Sarah Morris from the nonprofit Nuclear Learning Network has some...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 25:06
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Dr. Jenni Buckley and Dr. Amy Trauth-Nare from the University of Delaware talk about Orthopaedics in Action (OIA), their curriculum in biomechanics...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2017
  • Length: 34:54
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Challenging the notion of mind itself - Teaching mindfulness, aided by EEG - Religious love in the Indian tradition - Finding a work/life balance -...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
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Challenging the notion of mind itself - Teaching mindfulness, aided by EEG - Religious love in the Indian tradition - Finding a work/life balance -...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, KEDT, WCWP and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
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Prefab kitchens might be the future of construction - Teaching science through discovery - Using robots for dangerous inspections - Getting kids ex...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WJCU


  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
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Prefab kitchens might be the future of construction - Teaching science through discovery - Using robots for dangerous inspections - Getting kids ex...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KREV-LP, WTJU, WCWP and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 11
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Prefab kitchens might be the future of construction - Teaching science through discovery - Using robots for dangerous inspections

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Using twins to study genetic disorders - The artificial pancreas offering peace of mind to diabetes sufferers - Getting messy with hi-tech simulato...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1