Lock The Quill

Community, Excellence, & Service: The CEO for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Janeen Uzzell, comes to MIT - EP 17

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 NSBE 50th celebration in Chicago and check-in with a few students and alumni.  Janeen is awesome - she also lectured for our 2.009 students and MIT community about boots-on-the-ground field work in product development and delivery, and the importance of diverse development teams.  Thank you Janeen!  https://nsbe.org/ https://convention.nsbe.org/ Podcast specific: Podcast Instagram: @lockthequill [https://www.instagram.com/lockthequill/] Comments or questions: lockthequill@mit.edu The Lab at MIT: Pappalardo Lab Instagram: @pappalardolab [https://www.instagram.com/pappalardolab/] Comments or questions: pappalardolab@mit.edu Pappalardo Lab website [http://web.mit.edu/pappalardolab/]

Professor Ely Sachs on Guided Discovery, Plus a Trip to Lobby 7 - EP 16

We take our mobile studio to Lobby 7 and kibitz with students, while Bill recruits unsuspecting visitors (with mixed results). MIT Professor Ely Sachs, the pioneer in 3-D printing, then spends time with us in the lab talking about education, learning, and his over two decades developing Guided Discovery - his pedagogy that has been foundational at MIT MechE and beyond, guiding students to encounter the wonders of key scientific principles.    Podcast specific: Podcast Instagram: @lockthequill [https://www.instagram.com/lockthequill/] Comments or questions: lockthequill@mit.edu The Lab at MIT: Pappalardo Lab Instagram: @pappalardolab [https://www.instagram.com/pappalardolab/] Comments or questions: pappalardolab@mit.edu Pappalardo Lab website [http://web.mit.edu/pappalardolab/]

Talking with the Engineer About Poetry: L.S. McKee on Creature, Wing, Heart, Machine and a Dept Head PSA - EP 15

L.S. McKee joins us in the lab to talk about her new collection of poetry, Creature, Wing, Heart, Machine. Laura and I taught 2.009 together for a few years before she moved down south. Laura was a lecturer in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication Program at MIT before moving on to UGA, Athens, where she is Coordinator for Writing Across the Curriculum in the English Department. https://lsmckee.com/index.html [https://lsmckee.com/index.html] https://www.english.uga.edu/directory/people/laura-s-mckee [https://www.english.uga.edu/directory/people/laura-s-mckee] Also, writer and educator, Stacy Mattingly, of BU and Berklee College of Music joins the conversation https://www.stacymattingly.com/ [https://www.stacymattingly.com/] We start with an announcement from Department Head, Professor John Hart on the MechE 150 celebration.  Enjoy! Podcast specific: Podcast Instagram: @lockthequill [https://www.instagram.com/lockthequill/] Comments or questions: lockthequill@mit.edu The Lab at MIT: Pappalardo Lab Instagram: @pappalardolab [https://www.instagram.com/pappalardolab/] Comments or questions: pappalardolab@mit.edu Pappalardo Lab website [http://web.mit.edu/pappalardolab/]

Sudden Cardiac Arrest and the Avive Story, Lock the Quill Office Hours - EP 14

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, received Class III Premarket Approval from the FDA. Avive is the youngest team to receive such a PMA and their founders were selected for the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30. Their Automated External Defibrillator, the Avive Connect AED, is the first major innovation in the space for decades, and will, no doubt, save lives. https://avive.life [https://avive.life] IG: @avive_solutions ...but we start with Lock the Quill Office Hours.      Podcast specific: Podcast Instagram: @lockthequill [https://www.instagram.com/lockthequill/] Comments or questions: lockthequill@mit.edu The Lab at MIT: Pappalardo Lab Instagram: @pappalardolab [https://www.instagram.com/pappalardolab/] Comments or questions: pappalardolab@mit.edu Pappalardo Lab website [http://web.mit.edu/pappalardolab/]

Professor Gilbert Strang: A Birthday, Conversation, and Greatest Hits - EP 13

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 with a heart of gold. Professor Strang retired last spring (2023). His last 18.06 lecture was to a packed standing room of students, staff, faculty, friends, and family. We are privileged to have him visit the lab for this conversation. ...and Happy Birthday Professor!! Podcast specific: Podcast Instagram: @lockthequill [https://www.instagram.com/lockthequill/] Comments or questions: lockthequill@mit.edu The Lab at MIT: Pappalardo Lab Instagram: @pappalardolab [https://www.instagram.com/pappalardolab/] Comments or questions: pappalardolab@mit.edu Pappalardo Lab website [http://web.mit.edu/pappalardolab/]