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Putting the AI in Aviation

Season 1, Ep. 5

Somewhere, in a parallel universe, there is an Ella Atkins who happily does her research on autonomy in aerial vehicles, licenses software to aircraft companies and generally makes airspace a safer place. In our universe, aerospace hasn’t been ready for her. In this episode of RE: Engineering Radio, hear how Professor Ella Atkins is persuading a field to face its future.


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5/6/2020

Disappearing Pioneers

Season 2, Ep. 3
When women and underrepresented minorities make important contributions to science or technology, why do they later disappear from history? It’s a phenomenon that Lynn Conway, University of Michigan professor emerita of electrical engineering and computer science, has documented since her own erasure. Conway was a driving force in the very-large-scale integration, or VLSI, revolution which triggered the expansion and impact of Silicon Valley, and is credited with making modern digital systems such as cell phones and laptops possible.In this episode of RE: Engineering Radio, she reconstructs how her own contributions faded over time and why “others” lose credit.Enjoying RE: Engineering Radio so far? Rate, review and subscribe to receive notifications when new episodes go live!Apple Podcasts:https://umicheng.in/EngineeringPodSpotify:https://umicheng.in/EngineeringPodSpotifyGoogle Play:https://umicheng.in/EngineeringPodGoogle
4/1/2020

Restoration

Season 2, Ep. 2
Mind-controlled prosthetics—we’ve all seen them in movies, right? They feel like something we should already have, but so far they've been out of reach. The problem isn’t that scientists and engineers can’t make them. It’s that the crucial link between artificial limb and mind needs to be restored, in a way that turns that hardware into humanware.University of Michigan researchers are harnessing brain signals via a groundbreaking interface between man and machine that could give amputees back more of themselves.Enjoying RE: Engineering Radio so far? Rate, review and subscribe to receive notifications when new episodes go live!Apple Podcasts:https://umicheng.in/EngineeringPodSpotify:https://umicheng.in/EngineeringPodSpotifyGoogle Play:https://umicheng.in/EngineeringPodGoogle
3/4/2020

Launching Solar Orbiter

Season 2, Ep. 1
For more than a decade, a global alliance of engineers developed the unprecedented scientific payload aboard Solar Orbiter. A team from the University of Michigan helped lead that journey.In this episode of RE: Engineering Radio we join them on launch night—a defining moment for them, for solar science, and for our future as a spacefaring species.Enjoying RE: Engineering Radio so far? Rate, review and subscribe to receive notifications when new episodes go live!Apple Podcasts:https://umicheng.in/EngineeringPodSpotify:https://umicheng.in/EngineeringPodSpotifyGoogle Play:https://umicheng.in/EngineeringPodGoogle