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Interviews and antics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Mechanical Engineering Pappalardo Lab - the most wicked lab on campus.
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Signup to Generate a PitchInterviews and antics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Mechanical Engineering Pappalardo Lab - the most wicked lab on campus.
Lock The Quill is hosted by MIT Mechanical Engineering Pappalardo Lab. The show has published 19 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Community, Excellence, & Service: The CEO for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Janeen Uzzell, comes to MIT - EP 17" (21 February 2025, 47 minutes), "Professor Ely Sachs on Guided Discovery, Plus a Trip to Lobby 7 - EP 16" (2 November 2024, 52 minutes), and "Talking with the Engineer About Poetry: L.S. McKee on Creature, Wing, Heart, Machine and a Dept Head PSA - EP 15" (13 May 2024, 52 minutes).
Lock The Quill publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 43 minutes across 19 episodes.
Booking probability for Lock The Quill is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Lock The Quill requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Lock The Quill's contact route on record: verified email.
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MIT Mechanical Engineering Pappalardo Lab hosts Lock The Quill, a technology podcast with 19 episodes published.
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Episode #2
<p>The CEO of the National Society of Black Engineers, Janeen Uzzell, heads to the lab at MIT to chat about her early years at NC A&T, the NSBE mission, programs, leadership, and family. We also hear about the upcoming...
Episode #1
<p>We take our mobile studio to Lobby 7 and kibitz with students, while Bill recruits unsuspecting visitors (with mixed results).<br/><br/>MIT Professor Ely Sachs, the pioneer in 3-D printing, then spends time with us...
Episode #3
<p>L.S. McKee joins us in the lab to talk about her new collection of poetry, Creature, Wing, Heart, Machine.<br/>Laura and I taught 2.009 together for a few years before she moved down south. Laura was a lecturer in...
Episode #2
<p>Three alumni stop by the lab to tell the story of how they took a class assignment at 2am, developed it into their senior capstone project, and ultimately founded a medical device company that, six years later...
Episode #1
<p>One of my favorite professors, Gilbert Strang, comes by the lab to talk about his time at MIT since 1952. Anyone who knows professor Strang knows him to be one of the best mathematics teachers and a prolific writer...
Episode #0
<p>After President Kornbluth's inauguration, end-of-year projects, finals, commencement, and a long summer break, we've ramped up for a second season. <br/><br/>A three minute review of the more frivolous moments of...
Episode #12
<p>As campus prepares for inaugural events, MIT's 18th President, Dr. Sally Kornbluth, visits the lab to talk with us about her move from Provost at Duke University in Durham NC to President of MIT. We talk about...
Episode #11
<p>MIT mechanical engineering professor Sangbae Kim drops by after 2.007 lecture to talk about the virtual / physical divide and his concept of physical intelligence - the seemingly impenetrable category of subconscious...
Episode #10
<p>Professor Maria Yang comes to the lab to talk about the early years at MIT and Stanford, and her research in design processes. We also chat about the discipline, and she shares the latest scuttlebutt on the...
Episode #9
<p>We first met Kait when she was an undergrad with us at MIT, and now she's back home as Professor Becker with the Department of Mechanical Engineering.<br/>We talk about her experiences with the MIT Glass Lab and...
Episode #8
<p>We intercepted Sanjay Sarma before he took off for Logan Airport and meet in building 35 to discuss his book, Grasp - the Science Transforming How We Learn, education, and MIT.<br/>Professor Sarma recently stepped...
Episode #7
<p>Alex Slocum comes by the lab before we head out to a talk. We chat about mentors, influential professors, and his early days at the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST). Alex takes us on his journey bouncing...
Episode #6
<p>MIT alumna and friend of the lab, Lauren Hernley, recounts her path to finding a job with a design consultancy, after encountering some speed-bumps along the way. Hear from Lauren and industry leaders about the...
Episode #5
<p>We have a conversation with Mechanical Engineering Professor Amos Winter and some friends to talk about his experiences at Tufts University and MIT. Professor Winter takes us on an international tour and discusses...
Episode #4
<p>Dr. Thorndike-Breeze of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT joins us to talk about her journey to MIT, the importance of self-expression in her work, strength and resilience through collaboration and...
Episode #3
<p>We sit down with Peko Hosoi, the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Join us as Peko talks about her move from west to east to middle to east to west and back to east. She talks about...
Episode #2
<p>Professor Steven Leeb drops by the lab to talk about some key moments as an undergraduate and graduate student at MIT. We find ourselves on the topic of 80s nerd movies, but get back to talking about research and MIT...
Episode #1
<p>Professor Ellen Roche shares her journey to MIT from Galway, and we talk about her cardio-vascular device design and computational modeling research. Ellen gives the thumbs up to The Cranberries and The Coronas, and...
Episode #0
<p>We're a group of shop nerds at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering Pappalardo Lab - machinists, engineers, scientists, & designers - and are sitting down with (sometimes standing or chasing) colleagues...
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Vice President, tenx strategies
Germeshausen Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Global Engineering and Research Center
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