The Spoondrift Asher Leomund

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund speaks with Jessie,
a mechanical engineer who has taken a close look at how to bring diversity and
inclusion into engineering.

Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:
Picture a Scientist: https://www.pictureascientist.com/https://www.pictureascientist.com/
Book: “Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men” by Caroline Criado Pérez
Interview with Caroline Criado Pérez: “Why Everything From Transit to iPhones Is Biased Toward Men”, https://www.wired.com/story/caroline-criado-perez-invisible-women/
Book: “Defined by Design: The Surprising Power of Hidden Gender, Age, and Body Bias in Everyday Products and Places” by Kathryn H. Anthony
NPR Article: “The first female crash test dummy has only now arrived”, https://www.npr.org/2022/11/01/1133375223/the-first-female-crash-test-dummy-has-only-now-arrived
INC article: “Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Use the 3 Percent Rule to Help People Embrace New Ideas, Products, and Processes”, https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/emotionally-intelligent-leaders-use-the3-percent-rule-to-bypass-hesitation-fear-help-people-embrace-new-ideas-products-processes.htmlhttps://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/emotionally-intelligent-leaders-use-the3-percent-rule-to-bypass-hesitation-fear-help-people-embrace-new-ideas-products-processes.html

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses Fast Radio Bursts before identifying different strategies to improve the workplace.



Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:

“Scientists have picked up a radio signal 'heartbeat' billions of light-years away”: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111471532/space-science-stars-radio-waves-signals-galaxy-lightyears-mit

“One Advantage of Trashing Time Sheets: Humanizing Work”: https://www.inc.com/magazine/202205/lindsay-blakely/the-mb-group-employee-benefits.html

“How Great Companies Are Making Work Work”: https://www.inc.com/magazine/202205/inc-staff/office-benefits-best-workplaces.html

“As Knowledge Workers Return to the Office, This Powerful Productivity Tool Is Primed for a Comeback”: https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/as-knowledge-workers-return-to-office-this-powerful-productivity-tool-is-primed-for-a-comeback.html

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses thermal radiation.



Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:

“What Causes Hot Things to Glow?”: https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-in-context/what-causes-hot-things-glow

“What is a pyrometer?” [Video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcBPy9tQeYc

“How Thermocouples Work - basic working principle + RTD” [Video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7NUi88Lxi8

“Introduction to Infrared Pyrometers”: https://es.omega.com/temperature/Z/InfraredPyrometers.html

The Science and Engineering of Materials by Donald R. Askeland and Wendelin J. Wright

In this rerelease of The Spoondrift’s 20th episode of Season 1, host Asher Leomund discusses the question of whether or not you should suppress a sneeze (the short answer is no). He then talks about the Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for research into CRISPR-Cas9.

Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:

Suppressing a Sneeze: https://time.com/3975363/sneezing/

Nobel Prize: CRISPR-Cas9: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/07/921043046/2-female-scientists-awarded-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-for-genome-editing-research

How Genome Editing and CRISPR-Cas9 work: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/genomicresearch/genomeediting/

What is CRISPR?: https://biologydictionary.net/crispr/

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses the history of interracial marriage in the United States of America as well as the recent integration of mental health days into select public school systems.



Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:

“June 12 is Loving Day — when interracial marriage finally became legal in the U.S.”: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/12/1005848169/loving-day-interracial-marriage-legal-origin

“More states are allowing students to take mental health days off”: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/10/1103939937/kids-mental-health-days

Illinois Bill Permitting Mental Health Days: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1577&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102

Constitution of the United States of America: https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/

Advisory on Youth Mental Health Crisis: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/12/07/us-surgeon-general-issues-advisory-on-youth-mental-health-crisis-further-exposed-by-covid-19-pandemic.html

In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses hydrogen fuel cells.



Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:

“How Does a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Work?”: https://www.ecobattsolutions.com/how-does-a-hydrogen-fuel-cell-work/

“Hydrogen Fuel Cell: How It Works” [Video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFb5TKVPSiY

“How Hydrogen Fuel Cells Work – GenCell” [Video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck6lTRvHROg

“Fuel cell stack explained” [Video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5E_MAZdO-k

“Is a cathode positive or negative?”: https://www.quora.com/Is-a-cathode-positive-or-negative?share=1

“Hydrogen may be a climate solution. There's debate over how clean it will truly be”: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/27/1096584260/clean-energy-hydrogen-energy-climate-change