STEMxm: The STEM Career Podcast
Science Podcasts
The STEMxm podcast is a show about STEM careers. It is hosted by @MelTheEngineer. Most show episodes will feature a guest interview from a field of Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics and will cover topics such as how to get into that career field, what that path's education requirements are like, and the interviewees recommendations for being successful in that field or sector. Learn more at www.STEMxm.com
Location:
United States
Description:
The STEMxm podcast is a show about STEM careers. It is hosted by @MelTheEngineer. Most show episodes will feature a guest interview from a field of Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics and will cover topics such as how to get into that career field, what that path's education requirements are like, and the interviewees recommendations for being successful in that field or sector. Learn more at www.STEMxm.com
Twitter:
@STEMxmPodcast
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.stemxm.com/
Email:
STEMxm@gmail.com
Episodes
STEMxm 27: Laboratory Research without a PhD with Rosa Hoyle
10/15/2017
Laboratory Research without a PhD, Rosa Hoyle
"Forget about what you think people are thinking about you, and just try your hardest. That's the wonderful thing about science. People respect hard work and your results talk a lot more than your appearance... What people really care about in science is what you're publishing, what you're giving to the scientific community..." -Rosa Hoyle Rosa's LinkedIn Profile The laboratory Rosa works in is Dr. David Holtzman's Neuroscience Lab which is...
Duration:00:46:12
STEMxm 26: Paleo-Oceanography with Jennifer Walker
7/23/2017
Paleo-Oceanography with Jennifer Walker
This is the 4th episode in a series touching on climate change careers and research. Check out the others here:
Episode 23 - Atmospheric Physics with Dr. Joanna Haigh
Episode 24 - Theoretical Ecology with Dr. Emily Moberg
Episode 25 - Ocean Corals and Climate Change with Dr. Jessica Carilli
Envirothon - Environmental resources research competition for highschoolers Related Headline: Sea level rise in 20th century was fastest in 3,000 years,...
Duration:00:47:09
STEMxm 25: Ocean Corals with Dr. Jessica Carilli
6/18/2017
Ocean Corals and Climate Change with Jessica Carilli, PhD
This is the 2nd episode in a series touching on climate change careers and research. Check out the others here:
Episode 23 - Atmospheric Physics with Dr. Joanna Haigh
Episode 24 - Theoretical Ecology with Dr. Emily Moberg
Where Jessica earned a PhD - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Stuff we discussed
-- How are scientists able to "go back in time" to study how the environment was on earth many years ago?
Ocean floor...
Duration:00:59:04
STEMxm 24: Theoretical Ecology with Dr. Emily Moberg
6/4/2017
Theoretical Ecology with Emily Moberg, PhD
This is the 2nd episode in a series touching on climate change careers and research. Check out the others here:
Episode 23 - Atmospheric Physics with Dr. Joanna Haigh
Episode 25 - Ocean Corals and Climate Change with Dr. Jessica Carilli
Emily's blog
Stuff we talked about
FisheryEnvirothonPhytoplanktonMicro-fluidicsNOAAMarine Stewardship CouncilImpacts on fish with Reef focus
Where Emily went to school/did research
Woods Hill...
Duration:00:55:04
STEMxm 23: Atmospheric Physics with Dr. Joanna Haigh
5/21/2017
Atmospheric Physics with Dr. Joanna Haigh
This is the 2nd episode in a series touching on climate change careers and research. Check out the others here:
Episode 24 - Theoretical Ecology with Dr. Emily Moberg
Episode 25 - Impact of Human Activity on Coral Reefs with Dr. Jessica Carilli
Dr. Joanna Haigh has been Co-Director of the Grantham Institute at Imperial College since 2014. For the previous 5 years she was Head of the Department of Physics. Joanna's scientific interests...
Duration:00:53:26
STEMxm 22: Environmental Water Quality with Dr. Tracy Fanara, Part 2
5/7/2017
Environmental Water Quality with Tracy Fanara, PhD
This is the 6th episode in a series on water and wastewater careers. Check out the others here:
Water/Wastewater Treatment Operations with Stacy Passaro, Episode 17
Municipal Water and Wastewater Master Planning with Kristiana Dragash, Episode 18
Drinking Water Treatment with Emily Moore, Episode 19
Green Infrastructure & Stormwater Management with Bethany Bezak, Episode 20
Environmental Water Quality with Tracy Fanara, Part 1,...
Duration:00:25:18
STEMxm 21: Environmental Water Quality with Tracy Fanara
4/23/2017
Environmental Water Quality with Tracy Fanara, PhD
This is the 5th episode in a series on water and wastewater careers. Check out the others here:
Water/Wastewater Treatment Operations with Stacy Passaro, Episode 17
Municipal Water and Wastewater Master Planning with Kristiana Dragash, Episode 18
Drinking Water Treatment with Emily Moore, Episode 19
Green Infrastructure & Stormwater Management with Bethany Bezak, Episode 20
Tracy Fanara's profile on The Science Channel Q&A with Tracy...
Duration:00:46:00
STEMxm 20: Green Infrastructure with Bethany Bezak
4/9/2017
Bezak
This is the 4th episode in a series on water and wastewater careers. Check out the others here:
Water/Wastewater Treatment Operations with Stacy Passaro, Episode 17
Municipal Water and Wastewater Master Planning with Kristiana Dragash, Episode 18
Drinking Water Treatment with Emily Moore, Episode 19
Where Bethany earned her BS - Lawrence Technological University
Where Bethany earned her MS - Virginia Tech University
Terminology:
Green InfrastructureCombined Sewer...
Duration:00:46:20
STEMxm 19: Drinking Water Treatment Design with Emilie Moore
3/26/2017
This is the 3rd episode in a series on water and wastewater careers. Check out the others here:
Water/Wastewater Treatment Operations with Stacy Passaro, Episode 17
Municipal Water and Wastewater Master Planning with Kristiana Dragash, Episode 18
Emilie Moore is an Environmental Engineer with expertise in drinking water treatment process design. Emilie has a BS in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida and a Masters in Engineering Management from the University of...
Duration:00:54:27
STEMxm 18: Municipal Water & Wastewater Master Planning with Kristiana Dragash
3/12/2017
This is the 2nd episode in a series on water and wastewater careers. Check out the others here:
Water/Wastewater Treatment Operations with Stacy Passaro, Episode 17
Drinking Water Treatment Process Design with Emilie Moore, Episode 19
Kristiana Dragash is a licensed professional environmental engineering consultant for Carollo. She has special expertise in municipal water and wastewater master planning, as well as hydraulic modeling. At the time of recording this podcast, Kristiana...
Duration:01:14:56
STEMxm 17: Municipal Wastewater Operations & Treatment Process Design with Stacy Passaro
2/26/2017
This is the 1st episode in a series on water and wastewater careers. Check out the others here:
Municipal Water and Wastewater Master Planning with Kristiana Dragash, Episode 18
Drinking Water Treatment Process Design with Emilie Moore, Episode 19
Stacy Passaro is an environmental engineer based out of Maryland. She has extensive water and wastewater treatment process design experience. Over time, she developed special expertise in the operations of treatment systems. Stacy now owns...
Duration:01:03:09
STEMxm 16: Big Dreams and DiscoverE -- Leading Ladies to STEM
1/29/2017
Dream Big Film | DiscoverE | Bridges to Prosperity
Who was on the episode: Avery Bang trained as a geo-technical engineer at the University of Colorado Boulder before joining Bridges to Prosperity where she now serves as Executive Director. Bridges to Prosperity is a non-profit organization that builds cable-stayed pedestrian bridges throughout the developing world. With design, program development and construction experience in nearly a dozen countries, she has more than doubled the size...
Duration:01:01:27
STEMxm 15: The Coder who can Communicate with Andrea Goulet
1/15/2017
CorgiBytes | Technical? Non-Technical? Both! | Andrea's LinkedIn
Graphene Girl talk barbie :( The Project Management tool we discussed = Slack The Movie - Inception One of the Places Andrea spoke at - Dot Net Fringe Here are some resources about (and how to overcome) Imposter Syndrome: Afraid of Being 'Found Out'? How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome Slate Sources for beginning your journey to learning code: CS50Computer Science for Everyonelocal libraryFree Code CampCode.orgCode CombatKahn...
Duration:01:02:06
STEMxm 14: The World of Geoscience with Dr. Mary Anne Holmes
12/18/2016
Mary Anne Holmes' UNL Profile | University of Nebraska Lincoln
Women in the Geosciences: Practical, Positive Practices Toward Parity by Mary Anne Holmes Core Sample on Wikipedia Interesting Vid about Core Sampling Dr. Holmes mentioned several different types of clay minerals. To learn more about clay minerals, you can start your search here. Where are the Women Geoscience Professors? ADVANCE by NSF - Institutional Transformation (IT) Award Gender differences in recommendation letters for...
Duration:00:57:10
STEMxm 13: Planetary Science & Lunar Geology with Sarah Noble, NASA
12/11/2016
NASA
Sarah's profile at NASA | Sarah on Twitter | Sarah's Interplanetary Art
A closer look at Planetary Geology with Sarah Noble Lunar and Planetary Institute - Lunar and Planetary Conference that Sarah mentioned on the podcast is connected to this Division for Planetary Scientists - American Astronomical Society Association for Women Geoscientists NASA Missions that Sarah is (or has) working on: LADEE - Lunar Atmosphere Dust & Environmental Explorer Mars 2020 Other Stuff Sarah is...
Duration:00:46:52
STEMxm 12: Learning to Love Math with Vanessa Vakharia
12/4/2016
Vanessa's Website: The Math Guru | Math Guru Facebook Page | Vanessa on Twitter | Instagram Read Vanessa's Thesis: Imagining a World Where Paris Hilton Loves Math The JC Penney Shirt Vanessa on She Does the City Vanessa on SavageOM STEMxm is available on iTunes & Stitcher:
Duration:00:53:14
STEMxm 11: Jen Schmidt with another take on Plastics Engineering careers
11/27/2016
Jen Schmidt
Jen Schmidt went to Pen State Behrend, which is the Erie campus. She studied Plastics Engineering technology and graduated in the year 2000. At the time of recording, Jen worked for Beaumont Technologies as a Design Engineer. She is also an expert certified Autodesk mold flows instructor, and she’s been doing that for 10 about years. Stuff we discussed: Mold Flow by Autodesk Finite Element Method (Analysis) The Laundry commercial... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xogBz71IHAo...
Duration:01:10:04
STEMxm 10: Transportation Engineering in NYC with Patricia Valoy
11/27/2016
Patricia (Patty Valoy) is a Latina activist, blogger, and an Engineer/Project Manager promoting STEM education for women and underrepresented minorities. She uses her experiences as a Latina and an engineer to advocate and inspire girls and minorities considering careers in the fields of STEM. She earned a BS in Civil Engineering from Columbia University in 2008. Her work mostly revolves around the Latino/a community, feminism, cultural identity, gender stereotypes, and workplace sexism....
Duration:00:58:05
STEMxm 09: Bias, Sexism, & Bullying in STEM Post-Election, Discussion & Commentary with Mariel Kolker and Dr. Jack Gilbert
11/13/2016
Commentary
Mariel Kolker: Ms. Kolker earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rutgers in 1987. In her early career, she worked for Con Edison in manholes, inside transformers, power plants, substations, and the Emergency Control Center. She went on to earn an MBA in Finance from Fordham in 1995. She worked in finance for Con Edison, and in marketing and operations for PSE&G. She transitioned to a teaching role in the year 2000. Today, Ms. Kolker teaches at Morristown...
Duration:00:57:12
STEMxm 08: BioMedical Engineer, Kayla Carter
11/6/2016
Kayla Carter is a Healthcare Technology Consultant with expertise in the development of electro-mechanical medical device (inclusive of software) and medical device audits. She earned a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Syracuse University, and an MS in Healthcare Technology Management from Marquette University. A the time of podcast publication, Kayla is pursuing a PhD at Purdue University while running her own medical device consulting company.
You can reach out to Kayla on...
Duration:00:53:52