Roma Agrawal, an engineer, author and broadcaster, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss simple inventions such as the rivet and string that we don’t think of as particularly revolutionary but which carry all the innovations of today on their shoulders.
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Roma Agrawal, an engineer, author and broadcaster, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss simple inventions such as the rivet and string that we don’t think of as particularly revolutionary but which carry all the innovations of today on their shoulders.
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Sara Hendren teaches design for disability at Olin College of Engineering, and she joins us to talk about the idea that disability isn’t about a person, so much as the way a person must navigate an unhelpful world.
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Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of the Girl Scouts, joins us to discuss her personal story and her dreams for girls across America.
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Menzer Pehlivan joins us to talk about how she and her fellow engineers are creating a better world; the subject of the documentary “Dream Big 3D.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about the future of self-driving cars, how these cars will function and how engineers are making them safe with U.C.-Berkeley research engineer Steven Shladover.
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This hour, we’ll talk with Duke University civil engineering professor Henry Petroski about how our economic future is tied to our willingness to shore up our infrastructure.
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Scientists have found the birthplace of stars and planets, begun to understand dark energy and found black holes — all using information from the Hubble Telescope. However, it almost didn’t make it off the ground due to an engineering error. This hour, we’ll talk about how five astronauts risked their lives to repair the telescope.
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