Engineering Word Of The Day
113 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsAn 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.
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debounce
June 11, 2022 00:55 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBTo shrink the number of our faulty counts, you have to learn how to debounce. This is Episode 105 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Originally published April 16, 2021.
anti-pattern
June 11, 2022 00:54 - 7 minutes - 10.6 MBMy code is as long as here to Saturn, but condensed and confused in an anti-pattern. This is Episode 104 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Originally published March 26, 2021.
zip tie
June 11, 2022 00:53 - 5 minutes - 7.19 MBThey told me, "Let 'er rip, guy!" "Tighten up that zip tie!" This is Episode 103 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Originally published January 13, 2021.
Maillard
June 11, 2022 00:49 - 4 minutes - 6.56 MBThe chemical reaction we smell from afar that gives satisfaction is named Maillard. This is Episode 102 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Powered by Pios Labs: https://pioslabs.com/ Originally published January 4, 2021.
interstory drift
June 11, 2022 00:48 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBDo wooden planks below my feet not splinter while they shift during monumental bends and strains from interstory drift? This is Episode 101 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Powered by Pios Labs: https://pioslabs.com/ Originally published December 17, 2020.
jerk
June 11, 2022 00:48 - 5 minutes - 8.05 MBMechanical engineers must work to eliminate excessive jerk. This is Episode 100 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Powered by Pios Labs: https://pioslabs.com/ Originally published December 14, 2020.
quoin
June 11, 2022 00:46 - 3 minutes - 4.55 MBStack your your stones and let walls join to make an old-school building quoin. This is Episode 99 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Powered by Pios Labs: https://pioslabs.com/ Originally published December 1, 2020.
currying
June 11, 2022 00:40 - 8 minutes - 11.5 MBYou might see some programmers scurrying when trying to implement a little currying. This is Episode 98 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Originally published November 13, 2020.
skunkworks
June 11, 2022 00:36 - 5 minutes - 6.89 MBEvery product has flaws and some quirks, but are products better if they come from skunkworks? This is Episode 97 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Originally published November 5, 2020.
ADA
June 11, 2022 00:35 - 6 minutes - 9.45 MBEngineers, don't be shady, eh? Design it with the ADA. This is Episode 96 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published October 14, 2020.
bioreactor
June 11, 2022 00:34 - 4 minutes - 6.33 MBGet an engineer and a chiropractor if you're going to move that bioreactor. This is Episode 95 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published October 8, 2020.
op amp
June 11, 2022 00:32 - 7 minutes - 10.7 MBA real electrical top champ is the multitalented op amp. This is Episode 94 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published September 29, 2020.
fenestration
June 11, 2022 00:31 - 4 minutes - 6.1 MBTo prevent your frustration have good fenestration. This is Episode 93 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published September 22, 2020.
stress
June 11, 2022 00:30 - 5 minutes - 6.93 MBMaterials at their best will take a lot of stress. This is Episode 92 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published September 15, 2020.
RUD
June 11, 2022 00:28 - 6 minutes - 9.02 MBIf I total my car, you see, I'll just call it an RUD. This is Episode 91 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published September 10, 2020.
ohm
June 11, 2022 00:27 - 6 minutes - 8.62 MBAn engineer will feel at home when surrounded by many an ohm. This is Episode 90 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Listen to the latest episodes, ad-free: http://engineeringwordoftheday.com/ Catch past episodes on Anchor and PRX: https://anchor.fm/engineering-education Originally published September 1, 2020.
actuator
June 11, 2022 00:26 - 4 minutes - 6.28 MBTo control and steer kinetic energy is an actuator's ultimate apogee. This is Episode 89 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published August 7, 2020.
NIST
June 11, 2022 00:25 - 6 minutes - 9.4 MBIs there a standard I may have missed? Time to consult the engineers at NIST. This is Episode 88 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally created July 19, 2020.
tensile
June 11, 2022 00:25 - 2 minutes - 4.03 MBA robot arm may have a prehensile length that should be tested for its tensile strength! This is Episode 87 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published March 21, 2020.
FMEA
June 11, 2022 00:24 - 4 minutes - 6.59 MBYou want to prevent catastrophe, eh? Well, engineers, do FMEA. This is Episode 86 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published March 20, 2020.
acetal
June 11, 2022 00:23 - 3 minutes - 4.7 MBEngineers take a ton of tests. They're thinking: Can I pass it all? They do, and they build tons of things, and some are made of acetal. This is Episode 85 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published February 25, 2020.
resonance
June 11, 2022 00:22 - 4 minutes - 6.58 MBIf you can't decide, and you're on the fence, get knocked right off, by some resonance. This is Episode 84 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published February 18, 2020.
potentiometer
June 11, 2022 00:21 - 4 minutes - 6.85 MBAh, potentiometers. So much potential use, right? This is Episode 83 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. *Note: To be more specific, current is a flow of charge. But a flow of electrons is close enough for a lot of engineers. Originally published February 11, 2020.
sontimeter / centimeter
June 11, 2022 00:20 - 6 minutes - 8.49 MBIf your client calls a centimeter a "sontimeter," I'll assume they're medical and you've got a leader. This is Episode 82 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published February 7, 2020.
GPS [Guest: Hugo Fruehauf]
June 11, 2022 00:18 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBHugo Fruehauf, one of the co-inventors of GPS, explains the nitty-gritty of what GPS is. He also details his critical engineering work on the GPS subsystem of the atomic clock. Hugo was one of four recipients of the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, along with Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Professor James Spilker, and Richard Schwartz. Related to this episode: • Hugo’s website: hugofruehauf.com/ • Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: qeprize.org/ This is Episode 81 of Engineering W...
calculus
June 11, 2022 00:16 - 6 minutes - 9.15 MBThis challenge will not tackle us; we'll tackle it, we'll win, this calculus. This is Episode 80 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published November 11, 2019.
diamagnetic
June 11, 2022 00:15 - 6 minutes - 8.47 MBThat frog is not frenetic; it floats and is diamagnetic. This is Episode 79 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published September 20, 2019.
perovskite
June 11, 2022 00:14 - 4 minutes - 6.65 MBEngineers, unite! Harness the power of perovskite. This is Episode 78 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Cover art by Cadmium at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2527511 Originally published July 29, 2019.
MVC
June 11, 2022 00:14 - 5 minutes - 7.17 MBIt's the real MVP of simplifying user interfaces in some programming languages these days. This is Episode 77 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published May 1, 2019.
CRISPR
June 11, 2022 00:13 - 4 minutes - 6.1 MBI like my definitions to be CRISPR and clearer. This is Episode 76 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published April 2, 2019.
fugacity
June 11, 2022 00:09 - 4 minutes - 6.75 MBMessing with this gas of a word isn't ideal. This is Episode 75 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published March 15, 2018.
metaprogramming
June 11, 2022 00:08 - 3 minutes - 5.26 MBProgramming programs to program their own programs. This is Episode 74 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published February 25, 2019.
zero-indexed
June 11, 2022 00:06 - 3 minutes - 5.1 MBOne is fun, and zero is a hero, in our engineering programming languages. This is Episode 73 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published October 18, 2018.
trochoidal
June 11, 2022 00:04 - 2 minutes - 3.9 MBWhip your brain into shape by studying trochoidal things.This is Episode 72 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published August 17, 2018.
Six Sigma
June 11, 2022 00:03 - 5 minutes - 7.39 MBLet's take a crack at this jargon from quality and reliability engineering (but don't crack your products). This is Episode 71 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published September 9, 2018.
Kalman filter
June 11, 2022 00:02 - 6 minutes - 8.27 MBKeep your data streams from going helter skelter with the help of a Kalman filter. This is Episode 70 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published August 1, 2018.
tare
June 10, 2022 23:59 - 3 minutes - 4.83 MBForget to get your tare, and you might shed a tear. This is Episode 69 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published July 11, 2018.
crazing
June 10, 2022 23:57 - 4 minutes - 6.8 MBI tried ceramic glazing / The result was quite amazing / When I saw it cool / I touched not a tool / The surface showed cracks and crazing. ***This is Episode 68 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. June 26, 2018.
negative testing
June 10, 2022 23:56 - 4 minutes - 6.07 MBAlways think positive, unless you're doing negative testing. This is Episode 67 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published June 19, 2018.
enantiomer
June 10, 2022 23:55 - 3 minutes - 5.05 MBShe thought it was very fancy of her / to separate the two enantiomers / She looked in the mirror / It couldn't be clearer / The left one was better and handsomer. ***This is Episode 66 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published June 11, 2018.
breakpoint
June 10, 2022 23:53 - 4 minutes - 5.61 MBStop everything! We've hit a breakpoint, and things are gonna get dicey. This is Episode 65 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published May 28, 2018.
corrosion
June 10, 2022 23:44 - 3 minutes - 5.42 MBIf you have some metal, in a pot or a kettle, on this you can trust: over time it'll rust. This is Episode 64 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published May 22, 2018.
TRIZ
June 10, 2022 23:42 - 5 minutes - 8.18 MBIf I read through a thousand invention patents, I hope I'd learn something, too. This is Episode 63 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published May 7, 2018.
hardness
June 10, 2022 23:41 - 3 minutes - 4.78 MBIf you can resist concentrated attack and damage, maybe you've got some engineer-level hardness. This is Episode 62 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published April 23, 2018.
camber
June 10, 2022 23:40 - 5 minutes - 7.19 MBCool as a cucumber curved with quite the camber. This is Episode 61 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published April 12, 2018.
tribology
June 10, 2022 23:39 - 4 minutes - 5.93 MBEngineers who study this know how to rub you the right way. This is Episode 60 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phrases used in various engineering disciplines. Originally published April 2, 2018.
RTOS
June 10, 2022 23:38 - 4 minutes - 6.63 MBWish I handled the dishes in real time, too. Originally published March 26, 2018.
gigawatt
June 10, 2022 23:37 - 3 minutes - 5.15 MBPicture this: a lightning bolt shoots out about 10 gigawatts of power. Subscribe today: www.engineeringwordoftheday.com Originally published March 18, 2018.
quaternion
June 10, 2022 23:35 - 5 minutes - 6.91 MBQuarter for your thoughts about quaternions? Originally published March 11, 2018.
poll
June 10, 2022 23:33 - 5 minutes - 7.06 MBLet's take a poll. Who knows what this engineering word means? Originally published February 26, 2018.