In the (Fume) Hood

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ITFH 21: Margot Vigeant Has Food For Thought Feb 16, 2021

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Margot Vigeant, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University, joins Matt to talk about food science and her new article series on the topic in the journal Chemical Engineering Education, applications of entropy to whiskey, and what turns out to be their shared fondness for the band They Might Be Giants.

ITFH 20: Lucas Landherr, Comic Book Hero Jan 12, 2021

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Season 2 kicks off with the first-ever ITFH interview! Matt talks with Professor Lucas Landherr (Northeastern University) about being CEE's comic mastermind, his recent AIChE process control conceptual testing presentation and '90s alternative music. Bonus dirt on the family lives of Carnot and Bernoulli too!

ITFH 19: Listener Mailbag May 26, 2020

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In the Season 1 finale, Matt and Jason answer questions from listeners and get into discussions about easter eggs in textbooks, policies grading exams, Rankine, Kelvin, Joule, pro wrestling, cooking, aspic (aka beef jelly), Jello molds, advice for faculty, and a nickname for ITFH listeners.

ITFH 18c: HW Problems Part 3 (The Dessert) May 19, 2020

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In the final episode of a three part series, Matt and Jason further discuss HW problems and a whole lot more. Topics include: orange juice, infomercial science, TVs in hotel bathrooms, absorption-stripping, Whizzo(!), Deacon Process, chlor-alkali, dilution of emissions, losing weight by eating ice, fuel vs. food, and corn on the cob. We will wrap up Season 1 next week with a Q&A session!

ITFH 18b: HW Problems - Part 2 (The Main Course) May 15, 2020

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In the second of a three part series, Matt and Jason get into discussing HW problems and a whole lot more. Topics include: leaching oil from soybeans, egg sorting, old-timey baseball names, The Simpsons softball episode, making jam, food science, coffee and espresso, Guinness, golden rice, GMO foods, tomatoes, tomacco, artificial flavors, bananas and avocados.

ITFH 18a: HW Problems - Part 1 (The Appetizer) May 12, 2020

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The first season is drawing to a close, but we've still got a few episodes left. In this first of a three part series, Matt and Jason discuss finishing the semester, thermodynamics textbooks, acronyms, In Living Color, David Alan Grier, Tenacious D, High Fidelity, student comments in course evaluations, engineering estimations, sometimes there is no exact answer.

ITFH 17: Combustion Reactions May 05, 2020

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This week, Matt and Jason discuss final exams, breakfast and eggs, hydrogen, fuels, air, combustion, mobile apps for ChemEs, publishing journal articles, reality vs. textbook, "human error", how much catalyst to use, and why this summer already feels different.

ITFH 16a: Out the Fume Hood Apr 30, 2020

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A quick bite of extra material that didn't make the cut for Episode 16. Matt and Jason's discussion about catalysts quickly morphs into reminiscing about Mr. T and the 1980s. Also some observations about grocery shopping during Covid-19 shutdowns.

ITFH 16: Separation and Recycle Apr 28, 2020

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This week, Matt and Jason discuss propylene and propane, IUPAC names for chemicals, recycle loops, separations, the Amazon reviews for FRB book, purge streams, and recycling of aluminum vs. plastics.

ITFH 15: Working from Home Apr 21, 2020

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This week, Matt and Jason record from home for the first time during the Covid-19 shutdown. Topics include the challenges of working and teaching from home, more discussion about balancing reactions, Matt's "instant nickname generator algorithm", learning styles, and what an engineer should know.

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