ECE Tech Talk

Randy Marchany - Hacking, volleyball, and the coolest instrument you've never heard of

We're back!! Today our new hosts (Evan Allen and Gwyn Steel) interview Randy Marchany, Director of Virginia Tech's Information Technology Security Lab and Chief Information Security Officer. Randy is a true renaissance man, coaching volleyball for Virginia Tech and playing in a band when he's not protecting VT from hackers. He held Steph Curry as a baby. If you want to know what Randy's mystery instrument sounds like, here's a great link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6QOr-oCTwU We hope you enjoy the podcast - let us know what you think!

Steven Bathiche, A Microsoft Fellow

In this episode, we bring you Steven Bathiche, A Virginia Tech alumnus and A Microsoft fellow. Steven shares his background and early education experiences through some great storytelling. He also goes on to talk in-depth about his time at Virginia Tech and his relationship with Dr.Dessy. He shares his journey to becoming a Microsoft fellow, an honor only shared by 20 other people in the history of the company. Steven Bathiche leaves us with the same advice Dr. Dessy gave him. Enjoy!

McPherson's Quotes

In this episode of ECE Tech Talk, we interview David McPherson to find out about his time at Virginia Tech and why he is so loved amongst his students. We also stumble upon McPherson's career and to top it off he reads his Mcpherson's Quotes from the CS discord server. Enjoy!

The Return of Dr.Buehrer

Dr. Buehrer returns to the podcast to talk about Virginia Tech sports and spring 2021.  He also adds a teacher's point of view on a virtual semester and offers some words of advice for students on how to make the most of it. Dr. Buehrer also shares his observations of how Covid-19 has affected graduate studies.

Dr.Talty's random walk of life

In the latest episode of ECE Tech Talk, Dr.Talty describes his random walk of life. He provides detailed memories of his time at GM and Ford and how he ended up there. Dr.Talty also shares how he finds working at a university the closes thing to a fountain of youth. Mayank and Dhwan also promise Dr.Talty that after the pandemic they will gather and play darts. Enjoy!