The show that uncovers why materials science will change the world.
It's a Material World | Materials Science Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Punith Upadhya and David Yeh
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100 episodes
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The show that uncovers why materials science will change the world.
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8/16/2021
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December 25, 2023
126: Racquet Sports Equipment and Materials Testing (ft. Koki Asahina)
Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/2R3o5UMJ0SI When you pick up a racquet at the tennis court, have you ever thought: “this feels great!” Or, “this doesn’t feel so great”? There’s a science to that! Sports equipment companies rely on feedback from amateur players, professionals, customers, and their employees to design better products by translating subjective data into materials engineering problems. This lets them improve on pre-existing designs on sports gear. We are joined by Koki Asahina, an MSE student from Georgia Tech who is currently a racket sports engineering intern at Wilson Sporting Goods Company, who tells us all about how the “feel” is crucial to the design and improvement of sports equipment, and the large role played by materials science in this. 🔹How feedback from players and users are used to improve racquet design 🔹How sports equipment are tested using industry-standard experiments 🔹Why simulations are useful to understand the relationship between material properties and their functions 🔹Why we need a worldwide standard of material specifications 🔹And much more! We hope you enjoy the episode! And as always, let us know what topics you’d like us to cover next! We hope you enjoy the episode! And as always, let us know what topics you’d like us to cover next! Learn more about our MSE Career Development Online Course, which includes more industry-specific information and advice. https://www.mseacademy.com/courses/students-tier-2 Join our Discord community! You can meet other passionate materials scientists and engineers from around the world, discuss the latest breakthroughs in MSE, share materials-related memes, and get career advice from experts in the field. https://discord.gg/49dCV3W4eN Check out our MSE-themed merchandise if you want to support us or simply show off your love of materials science! https://www.itsamaterialworldpodcast.com/shop For shorter segments and full video podcasts, subscribe to our channel on YouTube. For bloopers, audiograms, and interesting materials science articles, follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Feel free to message us on our social media platforms if you have any feedback or recommendations for future episodes, or email us directly at itsamaterialworldpodcast@gmail.com. Finally, reach out to David Yeh and Punith Upadhya on LinkedIn if you'd like to chat about the latest breakthroughs in MSE! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpUXt6ui8iC5npSizlfIJ2A https://www.instagram.com/itsamaterialworldpodcast/ http://linkedin.com/company/it-s-a-material-world-podcast/ https://twitter.com/ItsAMatWorldPod Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed by either guests or hosts in this show are their own, and do not represent the opinions of the companies or organizations for which they are affiliated. #SportsScience #Tennis #Materials ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Timestamps: Teaser (0:00 – 0:41) Intro, life updates, and episode highlights (0:41 – 4:11) Introducing Koki Asahina (4:11 – 4:57) Link between physiology and sports equipment (4:57 - 7:25) Work on Parkinson's rehabilitation (7:25 - 12:16) Developing a simulated tester at Wilson R&D (12:16 - 14:48) Importance of ‘feel’ (14:48 - 17:11) Improving racquets using feedback (17:11 - 25:50) Simulations in racquet design (25:50 - 31:43) Need for standardization for materials testing (31:43 - 36:18) Future of materials engineering in sports equipment (36:18 - 38:41) Conclusion (38:41 – 39:00) MSE Academy (39:00 – 40:04)
November 20, 2023
125: Driving Nuclear Energy: Data-Driven Materials Science (ft. David Pham)
A resume mix-up landed a material scientist into a data scientist role. This happy accident led him to discover how data drives the design and operation of materials and experiments. At its core, nuclear energy is all about generating electricity by converting water to steam to drive a turbine - very, very powerfully. But there’s a ton of data management that goes into its successful operation. Our guest this week is David Pham, a senior materials engineer at TerraPower, who talks about his current projects Natrium, a Gen IV nuclear reactor, and ARMI, their in-house materials database solution. Join us as we also discuss: 🔹How data from materials, mechanical properties, chemical operations dictates the experiments and models in nuclear processes. 🔹 The importance of rigorous record keeping and data management in a sensitive field like nuclear energy. 🔹 The regulatory and auditing challenges in the nuclear industry, and how it departs from traditional sectors like oil and gas. 🔹 How data science will become more and more important for nuclear and material (and any kind of) engineers in the future. 🔹 And much more! We hope you enjoy the episode! And as always, let us know what topics you’d like us to cover next! Learn more about our MSE Career Development Online Course, which includes more industry-specific information and advice. https://www.mseacademy.com/courses/students-tier-2 Join our Discord community! You can meet other passionate materials scientists and engineers from around the world, discuss the latest breakthroughs in MSE, share materials-related memes, and get career advice from experts in the field. https://discord.gg/49dCV3W4eN Check out our MSE-themed merchandise if you want to support us or simply show off your love of materials science! https://www.itsamaterialworldpodcast.com/shop For shorter segments and full video podcasts, subscribe to our channel on YouTube. For bloopers, audiograms, and interesting materials science articles, follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Feel free to message us on our social media platforms if you have any feedback or recommendations for future episodes, or email us directly at itsamaterialworldpodcast@gmail.com. Finally, reach out to David Yeh and Punith Upadhya on LinkedIn if you'd like to chat about the latest breakthroughs in MSE! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpUXt6ui8iC5npSizlfIJ2A https://www.instagram.com/itsamaterialworldpodcast/ http://linkedin.com/company/it-s-a-material-world-podcast/ https://twitter.com/ItsAMatWorldPod Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed by either guests or hosts in this show are their own, and do not represent the opinions of the companies or organizations for which they are affiliated. #NuclearPower #DataScience #Materials ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Timestamps: Teaser (0:00 – 0:48) Intro, life updates, and episode highlights (0:48 – 5:18) Introducing David Pham (5:18 – 5:55) Dispelling myths about nuclear energy (5:55 - 7:29) Data management at TerraPower (7:29 - 8:32) Regulations in the nuclear energy sector (8:32 - 10:06) How data dictates design and operations (10:06 - 12:16) Auditing the data and calculations (12:16 - 15:41) Project Natrium and materials selection (15:41 - 24:10) Importance of data science for materials engineers (24:10 - 28:05) Data sources and quality management (28:05 - 41:18) Advice to data scientists and aspiring engineers (41:10 - 52:05) Conclusion (52:05 – 52:27) MSE Academy (52:27 – 53:33)
November 13, 2023
124: Shape Memory Alloys: Flexing for Safer Innovation (ft. Dr. Habib Alavi)
We hope you enjoy the episode! And as always, let us know what topics you’d like us to cover next! Learn more about our MSE Career Development Online Course, which includes more industry-specific information and advice. https://www.mseacademy.com/courses/students-tier-2 Join our Discord community! You can meet other passionate materials scientists and engineers from around the world, discuss the latest breakthroughs in MSE, share materials-related memes, and get career advice from experts in the field. https://discord.gg/49dCV3W4eN Check out our MSE-themed merchandise if you want to support us or simply show off your love of materials science! https://www.itsamaterialworldpodcast.com/shop For shorter segments and full video podcasts, subscribe to our channel on YouTube. For bloopers, audiograms, and interesting materials science articles, follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Feel free to message us on our social media platforms if you have any feedback or recommendations for future episodes, or email us directly at itsamaterialworldpodcast@gmail.com. Finally, reach out to David Yeh and Punith Upadhya on LinkedIn if you'd like to chat about the latest breakthroughs in MSE! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpUXt6ui8iC5npSizlfIJ2A https://www.instagram.com/itsamaterialworldpodcast/ http://linkedin.com/company/it-s-a-material-world-podcast/ https://twitter.com/ItsAMatWorldPod Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed by either guests or hosts in this show are their own, and do not represent the opinions of the companies or organizations for which they are affiliated.
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