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The Journey from Engineering Utilitarian Endeavors to Artistic Ones
Send us a textIn this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, we take you on a journey from working on projects that have utility, or known value, to the more abstract world of art. This story is told through the lens of Gustave Eiffel, French Engineer and bridge builder! You know his tower, but this story is an imaginative telling of how he went from someone focused on practical structures like railway bridges, to building icons, much of his inspiration stemming from a project he was selected to work on previously! It uses some historical information from the small amounts available about the personal life of Eiffel, along with a little bit of fantasy to fill in the gaps. Join me and learn how someone like Eiffel, a man of calculation and precision, could change his personality and risk it all on a gamble!If you find yourself a bit reserved in your risk-taking, but you know you want to create something great, this is an episode for you. Let's take that journey together. Climb aboard now and listen!The Engineering Passion Express is about growing knowledge and the passion for engineering. It is my hope, that this grows into a powerful community where people share knowledge, or their passions and find happiness in their pursuits of making things better by thinking like an engineer. Thanks for listening,Brandon DonnellyPlease connect with me on linkedin @ linkedin.com/in/brandondonnelly
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The Journey from being the right person to finding the right people
Send us a textIn this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, we take you on a journey from having all the right technical skills to do a project, to being the person who has to manage a combination of similarly talented people for a larger scale project. This story is told through the lens of Daniel Burnham, Architect and one of the first urban planners! Daniel didn't set out to build the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, but when it was offered to him in recognition of his skill, he accepted the challenge.Join me and learn where Daniel Burnham and the fair struggled, how he overcame hurdles, many of which were personal and how the fair would impact the world in decades to follow!Show Notes and LinksIf after listening to the episode, you want to learn a bit more about the details of the fair, a great book is "The Devil in The White City" by EriK Larson. Here is a link to it - https://amzn.to/42rF8sc Note: Devil in the White City is two books in one. It's about the fair, but also about a serial killer lurking at the same time. They are separated by chapters, and I found the engineering and architecture chapters far more engaging, so if you don't like horror stories, you can skip the H.H. Holmes chapters.Send us a textThe Engineering Passion Express is about growing knowledge and the passion for engineering. It is my hope, that this grows into a powerful community where people share knowledge, or their passions and find happiness in their pursuits of making things better by thinking like an engineer. The Engineering Passion Express is about growing knowledge and the passion for engineering. It is my hope, that this grows into a powerful community where people share knowledge, or their passions and find happiness in their pursuits of making things better by thinking like an engineer. Thanks for listening,Brandon DonnellyPlease connect with me on linkedin @ linkedin.com/in/brandondonnellyThe Engineering Passion Express is about growing knowledge and the passion for engineering. It is my hope, that this grows into a powerful community where people share knowledge, or their passions and find happiness in their pursuits of making things better by thinking like an engineer. Thanks for listening,Brandon DonnellyPlease connect with me on linkedin @ linkedin.com/in/brandondonnelly
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The Journey from Academic to Entrepreneur
Send us a textIn this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, we take you on a journey from a time when there were no reliable weather forecasts. Ships, planes and even family vacations were ruined by the lack of understanding how weather systems form and evolve.This story is told through the lens of Lewis Fry Richardson, one of the academic pioneers who worked on the mathematical foundations of weather prediction. He is a good foil to John Davis from episode 1 who invented the lane machine!Join me and learn where Lewis Fry Richardson failed, and how he had come up with a fantastical factory concept for predicting the weather at a time when the idea of the modern computer hadn't yet been invented!In this episode you'll get insight on how our values, and identities shape the kinds of problems we solve. Show Notes and LinksSend us a textThe Engineering Passion Express is about growing knowledge and the passion for engineering. It is my hope, that this grows into a powerful community where people share knowledge, or their passions and find happiness in their pursuits of making things better by thinking like an engineer. The Engineering Passion Express is about growing knowledge and the passion for engineering. It is my hope, that this grows into a powerful community where people share knowledge, or their passions and find happiness in their pursuits of making things better by thinking like an engineer. Thanks for listening,Brandon DonnellyPlease connect with me on linkedin @ linkedin.com/in/brandondonnelly
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The Journey from Lane Oil Chaos to Perfect Patterns
Send us a textIn this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, we take you on a journey from a time when no two bowling lanes played the same due to hand cleaning and oiling inconsistencies, to an era where precise patterns could be put down using machinery, and those patterns would determine how the game should be played on a given night. It's a study in picking the right problems to solve and finding a life's work where no one else may be looking.This episode is about the invention of the lane oil machine for bowling alleys. If you are a bowler, you are likely equipped to understand all the topics in this episode, if not, you don't necessarily need bowling knowledge as the key items you may not understand are explained. If you have no clue what bowling even is, as a passionate bowler myself, I would encourage you to learn more about the game!For this episode, I'm speaking to Don Agent, long-time employee of Kegel, the leading lane oil machine manufacturer in the world. He shares his insights of working with Kegel's founder John Davis, as they traveled the world, showing bowling proprietors how to improve the sport through use of specialized equipment and the creation of standards. Show NotesHere is a link to Kegel - https://www.kegel.net/Here is an example of a lane oil patternHere is what a modern lane oil machine looks like.Here is an article about lane topographyHere is a quick video demonstration of topographical effects on a bowlers shotYou can find a picture of the initial product, "The Key", here. Scroll down to the bottom under the year 1981.The Engineering Passion Express is about growing knowledge and the passion for engineering. It is my hope, that this grows into a powerful community where people share knowledge, or their passions and find happiness in their pursuits of making things better by thinking like an engineer. Thanks for listening,Brandon DonnellyPlease connect with me on linkedin @ linkedin.com/in/brandondonnelly
Why does this podcast sound like a train name?When you were a kid, it wasn’t electromechanical devices that peaked your interest in engineering, it was boats, planes, cars, trains, or other big interesting things. Those items triggered a passion for engineering that led you to where you are today, but what is going to carry you further than that?Knowledge. Passion. Momentum. Knowledge itself is like a train, with each discovery connected to those before it, the train grows longer. Passion is the fuel of that train. A drive to understand, improve, and consider more than you could even perceive in the past. And finally, as knowledge and passion grow, the weight and speed of that train increases and so does the momentum carrying us into a brighter future. This is not a podcast about trains, but it is a podcast about engineering topics that increase knowledge or passion for engineers in a short and concise format, generally between 30-60 minutes.In every bright future I can envision, engineers play a role to make things better for people, so my hope is this podcast helps makes things better for engineers everywhere. I’m looking forward to sharing with you, so please hop aboard The Engineering Passion Express to begin our journey.
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