Beers with Engineers
by Bert Uschold
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Greg Roche: Networking 101 – People Not Circuits
Greg Roche: Networking 101 – People Not Circuits
About this podcast
Many times I have said ”that would be interesting to talk about over a beer or two.” So here it is. Over real or virtual beers, conversations with engineers about why they are an engineer, what they like about it, and some tips that they would share with others. And then anything else interesting or humorous that comes up...
Episodes
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- Greg Roche: Networking 101 – People Not Circuits · 1 h 1 min · Episode 76#75 – Greg Roche: Networking 101 – People Not Circuits Likes 1890 Amber beer from the local brewer, Locawore Beer Works. English major from Texas A&M. While there, managed a…
- Nikki Maginn: An Extroverted Engineer. Really. · 1 h 5 min · Episode 75#74 – Nikki Maginn: An Extroverted Engineer. Really. Nikki is University of Tennessee grad and football fan. Ben Frankllin effect and cognitive dissonance – very clever strategy…
- Amrit Robbins: Cool Global Cooling Cat · 1 h 5 min · Episode 74Show Notes #73 – Amrit Robbins: Cool global cooling cat. San Jose’s and San Francisco’s weather are very different. “Cat” is timeless within jazz music. CFBR means commenting…
- Oliver Dewey: Using Beer to Make Carbon Nanotubes · 1 h 7 min · Episode 72Show Notes #72 – Oliver Dewey: Using Beer to Make Carbon Nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes are not carbon fibers And they have been made from beer Arnold Brewing founded in 1994…
- Danno Cabeza: Engineer, Author, Army football fanatic. · 1 h 1 min · Episode 71Show Notes #71 – Danno Cabeza: Engineer, Author, Army football fanatic. Has written two books. 2nd one, “The Return of Dr. Necropolis”, comes out Dec. 29, 2026. Has a process…
- Chuck Beardslee: The Beer Engineer · 1 h 10 min · Episode 70#70 – Chuck Beardslee: The Beer Engineer Drinking one of his own beers that he calls Chuck Light Cincinnati has drive through beer and wine stores. Balloonist in the joke is…
- Brendan Conboy: Buffalo Engineers · 1 h 10 min · Episode 70#69 – Brendan Conboy: Buffalo Engineers The old grain elevators in Buffalo, New York are painted to look like a 6-pack of Labatt’s Blue. Can you pronounce Scajaquada Highway in…
- Maria Shcherbakova: Brains, blood, and boats · 1 h 4 min · Episode 68#68 – Maria Shcherbakova: Brains, blood, and boats Maria is a neuroengineer in Philadelphia, from Luxembourg Petrichor – that smell after it rains (sometimes) Maria likes…
- Rachel Cox: UFOs, Aliens, and Em Dashes · 1 h 4 min · Episode 69Show Notes #67 – Rachel Cox: UFOs, aliens, and em dashes.. Engineer turned writer who considered art. Kelly Slater is a surfer Co-oped and worked for NASA and worked on a lunar…
- Topher Anderson: Textiles are Everywhere · 1 h 3 min · Episode 68#66 – Topher Anderson: Textiles are Everywhere Topher is short for Christopher: Textile Topher. FYI, Bert is short for Robert. Likes to drink Westvleteren 12, a Belgian beer…
- Jay Patel: DFV - Design for Volatility · 60 min · Episode 67#65 – Jay Patel: DFV – Design for Volatility CEO of Amtech – a family business started by his parents. Not a beer drinker – enjoys Arnold Palmers SMART goals - Specific…
- Justin Finke: Astrophysics at the Improv · 1 h 10 min · Episode 64#64 – Justin Finke: Astrophysics at the Improv Justin works for Naval Research Laboratory, so this is the first podcast with a disclaimer. “Ways and Means” and “Monumental” are…
- Amy Barrickman: Feng Shui? No way! · 1 h 3 min · Episode 63#63 – Amy Barrickman: “Feng Shui? No way!” Amy studied interior design, acting, and a little improv comedy. Likes a beer brewed with raspberries called framboise. Amy thought it…
- Jeff Kildow: Engineering Menaces · 1 h 0 min · Episode 62#62 – Jeff Kildow: Engineering Menaces Jeff is a retired aerospace engineer turned author. He writes alternate history novels. His latest is Nazi Menace. Get it at Amazon. As a…
- Irene Chan: Planning NASA Space Flights · 1 h 1 min · Episode 61#61 – Irene Chan: Planning NASA Space Flights Irene is a flight planning engineer at a NASA supplier who drinks stout. Teachers encouraged her to try a career in math. Fear of…
- Elliot McAllister: Butterfly net for alien microbes · 1 h 1 min · Episode 60#60 – Elliot McAllister: Butterfly net for alien microbes Elliot McAllister, founder and CEO of Skyphos Technology in Blacksburg, Virginia, and winner of a Beers with Engineers…
- Brogan Miller: Being Uncomfortable is Good · 1 h 1 min · Episode 59#59 – Brogan Miller: Being Uncomfortable is Good Brogan Miller is the founder of Doula Studios where he bills himself, accurately I might add, as a doula for early stage hardware…
- Wyatt Bonicelli: Birds - Natural and Manmade · 1 h 2 min · Episode 58#58 – Wyatt Bonicelli: Birds – Natural and Manmade Wyatt is a structural engineer for Boeing in Oklahoma, helping maintain the KC-135 fleet. Unsurprisingly, he enjoys military…
- Dave Cooper: Navigating from student to engineer · 60 min · Episode 57#57 – Dave Cooper: Navigating from student to engineer Dave Cooper went from barely graduating high school to teaching university engineering students. In between, he was a…
- Doug Katz and Gordon Downey: The Tony Stark of Adaptive Products · 1 h 3 min · Episode 56#56 – Doug Katz and Gordon Downey: The Tony Stark of Adaptive Products Merchandise - www.beerswithengineers.shop Nulu Knives: https://nuluknives.com/ BWENULU2026 to save on a…
