The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
1) Soft and Squishy Robots in the Classroom, with Dr. Holly Golecki
Modern robotics can interact with the human body in newer, innovative ways, using flexible materials and compliant actuators. Dr. Holly Golecki, Ph.D., wants to teach young people all about it, recent...Show More
2) Engineering Meat Cruelty-Free, with Dr. Katie Kam
Cultivated meat has the potential to disrupt the meat industry, and engineer Dr. Katie Kam joins the podcast to talk about it. Katie founded BioBQ, her startup that's developing cultivated beef briske...Show More
3) Cybersecurity Awareness Month, with Nicole Bushong
As part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, cybersecurity engineer Nicole Bushong shares essential cybersecurity habits and tools for keeping organizations and individuals safe, as well as hot ...Show More
4) Solve Real Problems and Win Real Prizes, with Autumn and George Dowdy and Ann Woo
The Solve for Tomorrow design competition from Samsung is starting up again, and three guests join the podcast to explain how it works, and why schools and businesses should invest in K-12 STEM educat...Show More
Solve Real Problems and Win Real Prizes, with Autumn and George Dowdy and Ann Woo
56:46 | Aug 10th, 2022
5) Teaching Coding to the Community with a Small Business, with Amy Pirzada
Amy Pirzada started My Coding Place as an educational business focused on teaching coding to kids in Austin. But she soon expanded to teach chess, game design, 3D modeling, 3D printing, and more techn...Show More
6) The Physics Circus Teaches Science, with Joseph Ziegel
The Physics Circus at The University of Texas at Austin tries to attract kids to science using loud and entertaining demonstrations that might not be as accessible to the average school. Led by gradua...Show More
7) The Science Journal for Kids, with Tanya Dimitrova
Do scientific research articles sometimes sound like another language? To K-12 students, very often it's yes. Tanya Dimitrova tried to help solve this problem by founding the Scientific Journal for Ki...Show More
8) Design Biomolecular Circuits, with Dr. Xiaojing Gao
What is synthetic biology? Researcher and professor Dr. Xiaojing Gao introduces this cutting edge field. He explains how his lab at Stanford University engineers biomolecular circuits, which are meant...Show More
9) A Video Game for Designing Robots, with Dan White
Learning in robotics doesn't have to take weeks, if you can design, build, and test a robot in hours in a video game. Dan White, CEO of Filament Games, introduces RoboCo, their game meant to teach pri...Show More
10) Reach Youth by Listening to Them, with Scott Steward
Chicago educator and entrepreneur Scott Steward breaks down his teaching philosophy, rooted in getting to know his students. Steward founded Genius Lab in Chicago, where he teaches young people techno...Show More