Shock Talk Podcast

Michael Staab ’13, fault management and system autonomy engineer with Blue Origin, talks with hosts Jacob O’Connor and Jon Peterson, both of Wichita State’s Office of Tech Transfer and Commercialization, about a galaxy of topics, including returning humans to the moon, 20 hours on the road to Denver, space treaties, Jeff Bezos, colonizing Mars, skiing, and so much more. Note: Views and opinions voiced by the hosts of any Shock Talk Podcast (STP) episode are not necessarily those held by the WSU Alumni Association or its STP partners, including the WSU Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization.

This week's Comm Report, with Connie White, Bernice Barnes and Adriana Ramos, covers current alumni and university news, including the Shocker men's bowling team’s most recent victory in the PBA Collegiate Invitational held on March 20.

This week’s Comm Report, with Connie White and Adriana Ramos, covers current alumni and university news, including the new role Kaye Monk-Morgan will be taking up in April. 

The Shock Talk Podcast (STP) Comm Report covers Shocker news and personalities each week, as reported by WSUAA communication staffers: Connie White, director of communications, and student interns Bernice Barnes and Adriana Ramos. This week, Usha Haley, WSU professor of management and W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business, professional basketball player and former Shocker standout Toure' Murry, and Karen Lee Born ’94, novelist, are in the news. Plus, Shocker basketball fans are invited to an All-American Alumni Party next week at the AAC basketball championship tournaments in Fort Worth.

The Shock Talk Podcast (STP) Comm Report covers Shocker news and personalities each week, as reported by WSUAA communication staffers: Connie White, director of communications, and student interns Bernice Barnes and Adriana Ramos. This week, J. Robert “Bob” Young ’61 and Eddie Sandoval ’17 are in the news.

The Shock Talk Podcast (STP) Comm Report covers Shocker news and personalities each week, as reported by WSUAA communication staffers: Connie White, director of communications, and student interns Bernice Barnes and Adriana Ramos. This episode features the WSUAA’s announcement of the 66th Class of Wichita State University Alumni Awards honorees. Congratulations, Scott Stucky, Bob Strattan, John Tomblin, Elaine Bernstorf, Manny Villarreal-Barboza, and Paul Harrison and Rick Stephens.

Host Jacob O’Connor, along with Jon Peterson, both of Wichita State’s Office of Tech Transfer and Commercialization, react to Michael Staab’s discussion of his new position at Blue Origin. Staab ’13, an engineer formerly with NASA is now working at the privately funded aerospace company as a fault management and system autonomy engineer within the company’s advanced programs development division. (Bonus: learn how a Shocker aerospace engineer de-stresses from his high intensity job. Is it baking? Knitting? Playing Metallica tunes on the guitar?) Note: Views and opinions voiced by the hosts of any Shock Talk Podcast (STP) episode are not necessarily those held by the WSU Alumni Association or its STP partners, including the WSU Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization.

The Shock Talk Podcast (STP) Comm Report covers Shocker news and personalities each week, as reported by WSUAA communications staffers: Connie White, director of communications, and student interns Bernice Barnes and Adriana Ramos. This episode features Stephanie Dawkins Davis ’89, who has been nominated by President Joe Biden to the U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit. Amplify your mind, Shockers: listen in!

Host Jacob O’Connor, along with Jon Peterson, both of Wichita State’s Office of Tech Transfer and Commercialization, react to Michael Staab’s review of two key career highlights at NASA. Staab ’13, an engineer formerly with NASA now with Blue Origin, was involved in the Cassini mission to Saturn and the Mars explorations by the spacecraft rover named “Opportunity.” In Part 2, to air Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, O’Connor and Peterson will talk about Staab’s exciting new phase of his engineering career as he takes up a new position at Blue Origin, a privately funded aerospace company. For more about Staab and the aerospace adventures he has had at NASA, read “Wherever I May Roam,” from The Shocker alumni magazine archives.