Episodes

  • S3, Bonus Episode: Curious by Design
    Dec 6 2022

    Podcast host EbaNee Bond is a 2018 graduate of UA, a changemaker, rhetorician, customer development and start-up consultant, and a “30 for the Future” award winner. In this final farewell episode, Diverse Engineering podcast host, EbaNee explains how she lives life authentically curious and creative, and explores the importance of being different while recognizing her contributions as a human from the perspective of a young, powerful, and intelligent black woman. She dedicates this episode to her peers who challenged her, enriched her, and were in the trenches with her!

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • S3, E6: Many Rivers Crossed
    Nov 29 2022

    Dr. McKenzie is no stranger to asking “why?” His curiosity about the world around him led to his career as a polymer engineering professor and researcher. His path was anything but a straight line. Listen to what he has learned from his winding journey and his hopes for the future.

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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • S3, E5: Second Choices, Best Choices
    Nov 22 2022

    As the recipient of the UA College of Engineering and Polymer Science 2022 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, would you believe that biomedical engineering was not Dr. Nguyen’s first choice? Hear how her plan B has given her remarkable opportunities in the classroom and has inspired her to develop the next generation of engineers.

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    49 mins
  • S3, E4: Impossible to Remarkable
    Nov 15 2022

    As a child, Dr. Elbuluk lived in a small village in rural Africa. He rose to become one of the top students in his country through hard work and practice and succeeded in becoming the first person from Sudan to attend M.I.T. Learn about his path to The University of Akron and how his life’s work has earned him recognition as one of the top 2% of researchers in the world.

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    49 mins
  • S3, E3: “Seas”ing Success
    Nov 8 2022

    Dr. Hoo Fatt faced adversity as a minority engineering student while attending M.I.T. Learn how she used this experience to become a world-renowned mechanical engineering researcher and how her research will help the navy during this period of climate change.

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    46 mins
  • S3, E2: Strong Foundations
    Nov 1 2022

    Originating from humble beginnings in Venezuela as one of the youngest of 10 children, electrical engineering professor Dr. De Abreu-Garcia has a fascinating story to tell. Hear how his father’s work ethic fueled Dr. De Abreu-Garcia’s passion in engineering education and how his innovative ideas in electrical control systems are making the world a better place.

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    58 mins
  • S3, E1: East Meets West
    Oct 25 2022

    Dr. Guo-Xiang Wang, associate mechanical engineering professor, explores the differences in educational culture between students from the world’s eastern universities versus those from the west. Listeners will hear about his amazing journey as an internationally known researcher and his passion for teaching the next generation of engineers, particularly those from underrepresented groups.

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    55 mins
  • S2, E8: Look Mom, I Graduated…Now What?
    Dec 7 2021

    Do you need to have it all figured out by the time you graduate? Debroah Falokun thought so. This episode features Deborah, B.S. Biomedical Engineering ’20, and her journey from depressed college graduate to a sustaining engineer at Cook Medical in Bloomington, Indiana.

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    30 mins