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Interviews practicing science, technology, engineering, and math professionals to help students ignite their passion in STEM... more
FAQs about STEM on FIRE:How many episodes does STEM on FIRE have?The podcast currently has 98 episodes available.
February 17, 201976: Environmental Engineer in Sustainable Chemicals at Nike – Joy MarsallaJoy Marsalla earned a master’s degree inEnvironmental Engineering degree from Arizona State and is a sustainable Chemicals Manager at Nike. [1:05] Why Joy chose more of an industrial route vs a remediation route with her Environmental Engineering Degree. She had no idea that a company like Intel, or any big company, had a need for…...more21minPlay
February 10, 201975: Civil Engineer Struggled with ADD and Depression in College – Liz WellsLiz Wells earned Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from UW-Platteville and works for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. [2:10] Progression of career at the WI-DOT- entry level – design or construction are options. In the construction side you are typically on-site. Liz is focused on highway construction now as a project leader. There is…...more28minPlay
February 03, 201974: Planetary Science – Harriet BrettleHarriet Brettle earned Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and pursued finance before following her passion for space and going back for a masters in Planetary Science at Cal Tech and is now a Business Analyst at Astroscale . [0:52] After having a career in finance she decided to go back to school for planetary science…...more22minPlay
January 27, 201973: Innovation Program Manager at Nike – Mechanical Engineer – Jill MurfinJill Murfin earned Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Portland State University and is a Manufacturing Innovation Program Manager at Nike and is the president elect for the Society of Women Engineers SWE. [1:08] Journey from Mechanical engineering into manufacturing. – There are so many opportunities for mechanical engineers and most desire to…...more21minPlay
January 20, 201972: Software Engineering at Google – Matthew CastelazMatthew Castelaz earned Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin – Platteville and is technical solution consultant at Google. [0:56] Describes the difference between Software Engineering and Computer Science – computer science is more software classes and software engineer is more system design type classes but both will typically…...more19minPlay
January 13, 201971: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Applied to Medicine – Elizabeth NanceElizabeth Nance earned a PHD Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from John Hopkins and is an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington focused on nanotechnology – you can see here page here at Nance Lab. [0:37] Elizabeth did not always know she wanted to go into engineering, in high school she looked…...more21minPlay
January 06, 201970: Chemical Engineering and Author of the book “STEM Gems” – Stephanie EspyStephanie Espy earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from Berkley in California as well as a Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from Emory University. Stephanie worked at Merck for a couple of years but went on to pursue her…...more24minPlay
December 16, 201869: Industrial Engineering directly into Semiconductor Sales – Owen DeLeonOwen DeLeon earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida and a Master’s Degree in Business from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Per his linked in profile – he is the Eastern Area Sales Director for Intel PSG products (FPGAs). [1:20] Started out at the University of Miami in…...more18minPlay
December 09, 201868: Game Designer – Martin GriderMartin Grider went to college for an english degree with a creative writing focus and is a freelance software developer focused on game development and you can see his website at Abstract Puzzle and also Chesstris. [1:20] how Martin got into game development – even though he was an English major he started doing web…...more21minPlay
December 02, 201867: Biomedical Engineer focused on drug delivery – Brittney PachuckiBrittney Pachucki earned a BioMedical Engineering Degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and is a pharmaceutical device engineer atMedImmune. [0:50] Why Brittney took the path of Bio-Materials and Tissue Engineering – she thought she was going into pre-med and be a doctor – but she realized she liked the hand on. She liked the fact that…...more17minPlay
FAQs about STEM on FIRE:How many episodes does STEM on FIRE have?The podcast currently has 98 episodes available.