D-Squad Pro Files
These short videos are profiles of real engineers who showcase diverse and creative career paths in engineering.
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PETER BETHUNE
Former oil engineer, Pete Bethune, goes green by designing the world's first high-speed powerboat—fueled entirely by biodiesel. Listen in as Pete lays out his plan to circumnavigate the globe in his clean, green machine—EarthRace.
Related Episode: The Need for Speed
AMANDA BLIGH
Hasbro toy engineer Amanda Bligh demonstrates how work can be play when you spend your day designing products like Nerf Hoops and Nerf Blaster.
Related Episode: Rock On!
JENNIFER NAKAYAMA
Jennifer Nakayama of SeaWorld puts to use her skills as an environmental and civil engineer to create a cool new habitat for warm weather Humboldt penguins.
Related Episode: DS Unplugged
AMY KUKULYA
An oceanographic engineer at Woods Hole, Amy helps build and operate torpedo-shaped robots to map terrain under water.
Related Episode: Got Game?
DEBBIE THEOBALD
A mother of three, Debbie Theobald knows all about coming to the rescue. Watch how Debbie and a team of engineers bring to life BEAR, a robot designed to remove people from dangerous settings and situations.
Related Episode: A Collective Colloaration
EVAN THOMAS
Employing the same skills he uses in his work at NASA, Evan Thomas, a volunteer working with Engineers Without Borders, designs water recovery and purification systems for use in the arid country of Rwanda.
Related Episode: A Collective Colloaration
CHRIS FIDLER AND SCOTT KELLER
Burton snowboard gurus, Scott Keller and Chris Fidler, fill us in on how they design bindings that really click and boards that excel on any snowy terrain. It's a process of ups and down, leaps and landings as the Burton boys carve up the slopes.
Related Episode: Just for Kicks
HOWARD PRYOR
Medical science meets tissue engineering as Dr. Howard Pryor develops an implantable device designed to help people suffering from liver disease.
Related Episode: Functional Fashion
PETE GOSSELIN
Talk about a sweet gig: Working with the innovative ice cream recipes of Ben & Jerry's food scientists, mechanical engineer Pete Gosselin creates specialized machinery to produce the perfect balance of Chunky and Monkey.
Related Episode: Batter Up
SARAH GRENIER
Mechanical engineer Sarah Grenier fulfills her need for speed by transforming her beat up VW into a sleek, slick racecar...and races it herself.
Related Episode: Pumped
LT. DARRIN BARBER
Electrical engineer Lt. Darrin Barber plumes the depths of sonar technology in his work on the U.S. Navy's newest—and most high-tech—submarine, the USS Texas.
Related Episode: Bodies Electric