Shows
Engineering Industry Insights & TrendsWhy gallium nitride is the next big thing in semiconductorsWide band gap semiconductors like gallium nitride appear to be a case where you can have your cake and eat it too. With a high breakdown voltage, and a higher switching frequency compared to silicon, the technology would lend itself to multiple applications, but GaN devices also offer higher power density and high thermal conductivity, making them uniquely adaptable to both power and signal applications.EEworldonline.com editor-in-chief Aimee Kalnoskas explains how and why it works in conversation with engineering.com’s Jim Anderton.* * *engineering.com produces a number of video programs for th...
2025-07-2522 min
R&D 100 – The PodcastR&D 100 Episode 10In this, the tenth episode of the R&D 100 Podcast, we examine the latest technology in superconducting magnets. These magnets have existed since the 1960s, but the field available has been limited by the properties of superconducting materials. So, VP, Editorial Director Paul J. Heney and Senior Editor Aimee Kalnoskas of R&D World spoke with experts at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University about their award-winning 32 T superconducting magnet, which won an R&D 100 Award in 2022. Designed and built at the National Magnetic Field Laboratory, this instrument is giving scientists unprecedented insights into the electronic...
2023-08-1037 min
R&D 100 – The PodcastR&D 100 Episode 9R&D World editors Paul Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas are back, and this time they’re discussing a lot of news, in addition to the technology of the day. First, they delve into some important updates about the R&D 100 Awards for 2023 — and then dip their toes into the strange new world of AI images. See if you can beat Aimee’s guesses as to which press release images are real and which are AI generated. Then, it’s on to the main event, a look at the development of Tescan’s UniTOM HR, a 2022 R&D 100 Awards winner. This product is...
2023-04-0742 min
EE EntrepreneursPodcast with Ralf Klaedtke of TE Connecivity on sustainabilityEE World Senior Technical Editor Martin Rowe interviews Ralf Klädtke from TE Connectivity on connectors and sustainability.
2023-02-1417 min
R&D 100 – The PodcastR&D 100 Episode 8R&D World editors Paul Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas have their minds blown — multiple times! — in this episode, which delves into Certara’s Simcyp COVID-19 Vaccine Model, a 2021 R&D 100 Awards winner. Paul interviews Piet van der Graaf, SVP and Head of Quantitative Systems Pharmacology for Certara and learns about the genesis of the model, as well as some stunning possible future uses for it.
2022-06-3034 min
EE EntrepreneursSemtech's Raza Khan discusses PAM4 with EE WorldInterview with Raza Khan of Semtech on optical data transmission using PAM4.
2022-05-2623 min
R&D 100 – The PodcastR&D 100 Episode 7Co-hosts Paul J. Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas, editors with R&D World magazine, talk pain in this episode — chronic pain and some new innovations in treating it. They hear from Lee Hartley and Jonathan Ruais of Nalu Medical about the development of the miniature implantable pulse generator (mIPG), a 2021 R&D 100 Award winner. Plus, there's information about the 2022 R&D 100 Awards competition as well as some of the latest content on the R&D World website.
2022-04-2847 min
R&D 100 – The PodcastR&D 100 Episode 6Co-hosts Paul J. Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas, editors with R&D World magazine, make some avocado toast (!) to get them in the mood to discuss the fascinating technology behind Apeel, a 2020 R&D 100 Award winner. This innovation helps fruits and vegetables last longer, using a nature-derived solution. Plus, hear more about a special award that this podcast recently won, as well as details about the upcoming 2021 R&D 100 Award winner announcement.
2021-09-1434 min
R&D 100 – The PodcastR&D 100 Episode 5Co-hosts Paul J. Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas, editors with R&D World magazine delve into the incredible technology behind Abbott’s Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder, a 2020 R&D 100 Award winner. It is a self-expanding, wire mesh device that is inserted through a small incision in a newborn's leg and guided through vessels to the heart. There, it fixes a problem called patent ductus arteriosus. Hear more about how this technology came to be and how it's working in the real world.
2021-04-1932 min
R&D 100 – The PodcastR&D 100 Episode 4Join our co-hosts, Paul J. Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas, editors with R&D World magazine, as they talk about foiling cyber sleuths via some innovative technology that was created at Sandia National Laboratories. On this episode, they discuss a 2017 R&D 100 Award winner, HADES, which isn't just a traditional honeypot, but oh-so-much-more. Paul and Aimee also chat about the upcoming 2021 R&D 100 Awards program and review some recent comments on R&D investment by noted engineer and innovator, Dean Kamen.
2021-03-0140 min
R&D 100 – The PodcastR&D 100 Episode 3Co-hosts Paul J. Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas, editors with R&D World magazine, are day drinking — in the name of science! On this fascinating episode, they delve into a 2020 R&D 100 Award winner, Persedo, which has developed an innovative technology that produces an ultra-premium spirit at a much lower cost than standard methods. Paul and Aimee not only hear from Persedo's Ricky Ford and Greg George on the genesis of this technology, but they try before and after samples of distilled spirits that have gone through the process.
2020-12-0243 min
R&D 100 – The PodcastR&D 100 Episode 2Co-hosts Paul J. Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas, editors with R&D World magazine, talk about the first year of the publication's revamped website and then delve into RETRO Rx, a 2019 R&D 100 Award winner from Los Alamos National Laboratory. RETRO Rx was developed for responding to infectious disease outbreaks and re-emergence events, a very timely topic here in Covid-world.
2020-10-1340 min
R&D 100 – The PodcastR&D 100 Episode 1Join co-hosts Paul J. Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas, editors with R&D World magazine, as they explore the development of the CBCS, a bio-containment system that was an R&D 100 Awards winner in 2016. They talk with MRIGlobal about how this product, developed in response to the 2016 Ebola crisis, was put into action at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. CBCS units safely brought home sick Americans who were trapped overseas after getting sick aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, a wonderful proof of concept.
2020-08-1128 min
EE EntrepreneursSujit Banerjee: Lab to fab to energy efficient Silicon Carbide semisDr. Sujit Banerjee arrived in the U.S. from India wanting to make a difference. And now, this CEO of Monolith Semiconductor(part of Littelfuse Inc.)has done just that starting with the release of a 1200V, ultra-low on-resistance SiC MOSFET.
As one of the wide-bandgap frontrunners in the power semiconductor space, what place does Silicon Carbide hold in energy efficiency applications now and in the future? Listen to the guy who crossed continents to make a difference and is doing it.
2018-11-0749 min
EE EntrepreneursPODCAST: Damon de Laszlo: a Renaissance chairMan embraces a world of interconnectionsThe more you learn about Harwin Plc CEO Damon de Laszlo, the more you recognize that crossing multiple disciplines with an intensity of fascination, emotion, and dedication is not only his approach to life but his approach to business.
From chairman of the Economic Research Council to chairman and co-founder of the Bradshaw Foundation to a major shareholder in a Hungarian wine company to the director and founder of a multitude of companies, de Laszlo career spans decades, disciplines, and interests.
Listen to how this industrialist approaches running a successful, privately-owned interconnect and PCB hardware firm combining lessons of the...
2018-09-2428 min
EE EntrepreneursDianne Kibbey: Emboldening women to become elemental forces in techWhen Dianne Kibbey obtained her undergraduate degree, she constituted fifty percent of the total number of women in her computer science graduating class.
Now, as the Global Head and VP of Community and Social Media at Newark element14, Dianne is becoming yet another powerful driving force promoting opportunities for women in technology. Learn how and where she draws the energy, support and inspiration to speed up that movement.
2018-07-2633 min
EE EntrepreneursPodcast: Seed River: Master Electronics' new hotbed of entrepreneurshipPassion for an idea, a product, and getting that product to market — all hallmarks of an entrepreneur. But the reality of bringing that innovation to life often requires skillsets that aren't necessarily a core competency of even the best of them.
Enter entrepreneur and president of Master Electronics, Jamil Nizam, and a new Master subsidiary, Seed River. Nizam formed Seed River to assist entrepreneurs, start-ups, and early-stage companies bring their innovations to market.
With 32 years of experience, Nizam has obviously beaten the odds with Master Electronics and its divisions — and he wants others to beat the odds, too. Hear how his...
2018-02-2719 min
EE EntrepreneursPODCAST Dr. Marie Johnson: Innovator for and from the heartIt’s called the widow maker for a reason as Dr. Marie Johnson experienced when her 41-year old, seemingly healthy husband died suddenly from Coronary Artery Disease or CAD — the number one killer among both men and women. And predicting a heart attack using standard risk factors is generally insufficient.
Learn how Dr. Johnson went from tragedy to innovation to launching AUM Cardiovascular with CADense, a non-invasive acoustic and ECG device designed to help physicians detect physiological and pathological heart murmurs.
2017-08-2131 min
EE EntrepreneursPODCAST Balu Balakrishnan: Integrating energy efficiency into a new power-world orderLeading the charge for energy efficiency designs through unique power conversions systems is less of a power play for this CEO and President than it is a way of life.
Power Integrations' Balu Balakrishnan has followed an entrepreneurial path lined with seemingly distracting detours but which eventually led to new innovations in power conversion.
And he seems to get a charge out of it — even when he talks about those times he was wrong.
2017-06-1528 min
EE EntrepreneursPODCAST Santiago Gutierrez: A doggone Smart Pet way to be humaneEngineer (and SPCA advocate) Santiago Gutierrez was looking for a way to exercise his dog while Santiago worked long hours as an engineer at a semiconductor company. Since he couldn’t find anything, he invented something — the GoBone. This electronic “smartbone” incorporates algorithms that learn about your dog’s specific play patterns, helping to keep your pet mentally and physically active whether you are with your dog or not.
Learn how Gutierrez took his passion for dogs and engineering and set about to take a big bite out of the new Smart Pet market.
2017-05-0918 min
EE EntrepreneursPODCAST Umesh Mishra: GaN and power to the people and planetTransphorm's CTO and Founder Dr. Umesh Mishra started his first company in 1996 developing GaN LEDs and transistors. This IEEE David Sarnoff Award winner for “The Development of Gallium Nitride Electronics” is passionate about the economic prospects of GaN — and even more passionate about how the efficient power conversion enabled by GaN can lead to better living in a cleaner world.
2017-04-1926 min
EE EntrepreneursAvi Yaron: an engineering entrepreneurial venture into the potential and joy of emotional wellnessThe brain of an engineer with a tumor and no technology in sight to completely remove it. A terrible thing to waste and a completely unacceptable situation for engineer entrepreneur Avi Yaron. Four surgeries and an invention later, this Joy Ventures CEO and founder of more than a couple of companies — and the chairman of several others — is on a quest to more closely connect science and emotion for better wellness.
Listen in as we discover how desperation became a catalyst for inspiration for his startups and for the desire to support other startups willing to exploring "neuro wellness".
2017-03-2729 min
EE EntrepreneursDonning digital health: IoT, the Cloud, and predicting seizuresBioLert Ltd.’s actionable seizure alert system is the brainchild of inventors and serial entrepreneurs with expertise in healthcare, IT, medical devices, mobile technology, and software.
In this inaugural podcast of EE Entrepreneurs, we talk with BioLert CEO and engineer Debasish “Ron” Nag about the technology behind the BioLert system, and how his 30-year technology career and passion for innovation inspired a startup focused on improving people's lives.
To learn more about BioLert, go to www.bio-lert.com.
2017-03-1026 min
EE EntrepreneursWelcome to EE Entrepreneurs PodcastEEWorld Online editor Aimee Kalnoskas offers a quick recap of what to expect from this new podcast series from WTWH Media, LLC.
Go ahead, click!
2017-03-0801 min