The Make it Yourself Podcast CAMID

In this episode, we meet a few of the newest members of CAMID: Paulina, Finn, Adam, and Faisal. We also discuss cyber security, teaching concepts, design projects, and even dive into a discussion about ChatGPT and its implications on society, ethics, and our future. 

In this episode, Jared Campbell and Marifer Sagastume discuss Florida Tech’s 2022 Northrop Grumman Student Design Showcase, held on April 22, 2022. We talked with different students about their Projects. We also spoke with the Director of Operations and Projects, Peter Zappala, about his role in the showcase. Dr. Juan Avendano, Director of The Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design, talked about the culture of innovation at Florida Tech. We also spoke with one of Jared’s favorite mentors, Gordon Shupe from Stone Magnet Middle School. We had a lot of fun in this episode. We want to thank our guests who made this episode possible: Oji Farrier, Faisal Alyahya, Ryley Griffin, Dylan Huss, Seng Jhing Goh, Julian Robledo, Alexa Langley, Angel Hetton, Natalie Hill, Peter Zappala, Dr. Juan Avendano, Gordon Shupe, Carlo Campanini, Ruhan Shaw, Maggy Szymanski, Christian Pagel, Alice Pennings, Zack Graves, Brian Samayoa, Evie Minet, Lauren Parent, and Kaya Shipkowski.  

In this episode, Jared talks with Wayne Weinberg from the Florida First Robotics Education as well as many different high school students competing in the First Orlando Regional Competition. This is an international competition where teams of high school students, coaches, and mentors work together during a 6 week period in order to build a robot that competes in different challenges based upon the theme for the year. This year’s theme explored the future of transportation and the challenges addressed such things as the shipment of packages in rural and urban areas, disaster relief delivery, and high-tech air transit. 
To find out more about First visit www.firstinspires.org. To learn more about the Orlando First Regional Competition visit www.orlandofrc.org  

In this episode "Nico" Jaramillo and Jared talk to Andre Farina and Javier Botella about their real-time American Sign Language mobile translator that they built with their teammates Mariam Naiga, Fahad Algahtani, and Sukinah Alnumer. Their project will be on display at the 2022 Northrop Grumman Student Design Showcase. 

Manufacturing can be a slow process but not the folks who sat down with us this time. In this episode, we interview Chris Larsen of Larsen Motorsports, Mike Pagano of Seems Legit Garage, and Nico Jaramillo of HRBerformance about their experiences in the world of motorsports manufacturing.

Use these links to learn more about Larsen Motorsports:
Website: https://www.lmsjets.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LarsenMotorsports
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/larsen-motorsports/
Instagram: @lmsjets

Use these links to learn more about Seems Legit Garage:
Website: https://www.seemslegitgarage.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeemsLegitGarage
Instagram: @seemslegitgarage

Use these links to learn more about HRBerformance:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hrberformance
Instagram: @hrberformance

Florida Tech's Center of Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design is a unique place where the STEAM rises to the top! Come meet Juan, Marifer, Christian, and Jared and listen to what they think this center is all about.