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Leigh McCue hosts The Mason Mechanical Engineer, a news show with 31 episodes published.
Stephanie Butron, a Virginia Tech alum and current Mason student, joined me for this episode of the Mason Mechanical Engineer. She is brilliantly combining her passions for aerospace engineering and rhetoric, to dig into
The 2026 Department of Mechanical Engineering Capstone Day was held on May 4. As usual, the students' work was incredibly impressive. I would have loved to interview every team, but time limited the interviews to the fol
In a recent episode , Alex Sprintson and I started chatting about the benefits of bachelor's to accelerated master's programs (BAM). With that in mind, Rachel Cameron, Mason’s College of Engineering and Computing graduat
When I learned that Mason's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Chair Alex Sprintson has a mechanical engineering degree, I had to get him on the podcast! Give it a listen to hear his perspective on multi-disc
Grant Miller was a student leader during his time on campus, exemplified by his work to grow Patriot Motorsports. After graduation, he landed at RoviSys Building Technologies doing automation and controls work for new co
Lauren Hanyok, former Director of the Capital Tech Bridge came on the podcast to talk about her career trajectory starting as a civilian engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division , her metal band ,
Greg Opas from Oceaneering recently joined me on the podcast to talk about model-based systems engineering, digital twins, and the future of naval engineering. If you like what you hear and are interested in pursuing a c
Mike Briscoe (Ph.D., GMU CEHD, 2024) sat down with me the other day to chat about STEM activities hosted by the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) including the FLEET program , a gamified approach to teaching nav
Philip and I particularly enjoy getting to catch up with alums doing great things, and we’d been trying to get Daniel Scott Mitchell on the show for a while. Between stints at Form Labs, Tesla, Rivian, and now launching
In this episode, we feature Rachel Yoho from the Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning. She invited Philip and I to be on her podcast, Keystone Concepts in Teaching , and in the process we were fascinated to learn mor
In this episode I caught up with Brooke Mayer from Marquette. Water is essential for our survival. Prof. Mayer is doing high impact research on water quality and working closely with industry to make sure that research f
Phil and I recently had the opportunity to chat with Edwin Wallis from Maritime Academy Charter School in Philadelphia. In this episode he shares some tricks of the trade for recruiting and coaching a rookie SeaGlide und
Capstone Day 2025 was held in conjunction with the Department of Mechanical Engineering's 10th Anniversary Celebration on May 5th. As icing on the cake, the festivities took place in George Mason's brand new Life Science
In this episode, Phil and I chat with Zach Lenkay from Ulliman Schutte Construction to learn about construction of water treatment facilities. You’ve probably seen news coverage of water supplies gone wrong; in this epis
It’s always a great day when we can spotlight a former student on the podcast. For today’s episode we are joined by alum Mohammad Khogiani, who seems to be loving his time at MTSI. To make it all the more special, he bro
I am so honored to chat in this episode with Farrell Davis, a scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, and fisherman. Listen on to learn a bit about his background and what's led him to his position as a Fisheries Technologist
On the day of Mason’s career fair, Phil and I caught up with a favorite alum Dhiambi Otete as she was back on campus recruiting for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. In our chat we covered everything
Philip Wilkerson and I had the opportunity to chat with CAPT Brad Baker, USN (Ret.) about his Navy career, his transition to the private sector at Energetics Technology Center, and building the naval engineering workforc
Angela Moran joined us last week to talk about naval STEM outreach, and we could not contain our enthusiasm, jumping right into conversation before we even got to introductions! Her story is so inspirational, it is no su
For this episode, RJ Santucci invited me to visit him at the Naval Research Laboratory. Before embarking on a lab tour, we chatted about materials science as an enabler for “stuff you do work with” – whether it’s “sailin
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