Tue, 9 August 2005 In this edition of Radio Fireball, biomedical engineer
Kim Jones explains body voodoo and tissue engineering and our street
smart student Sheila Cruz takes in the ethnic wonderland that is James
Street North. Next up, you'll hear a new track from the Hamilton band,
Poisoned Aeros.
Then, we'll tell you all about how McMaster's engineering faculty and staff are geared up for your success when you first get here. Wayne chats with the Associate Dean of Engineering Peter Smith and first year engineering student Dan Borrelli who both talk about what you can expect when you step into the world of engineering at McMaster. Comments[42] |
Wed, 6 July 2005 In this podcast, Wayne MacPhail interviews Assistant Professor of Engineering Physics, Andy Knights,
about how Meccano and a bongo player made him fall in love with
photonics, Sheila Cruz kicks back in Hess Village, you'll learn how 100
high school students made a wind turbine from a pop bottle and some
magnets, engineering student Joel Hilchey fills you in on Engineers Without Borders and the Hamilton band Holding Sky serves up a cool new track. Comments[48] |
Fri, 27 May 2005 In this podcast, Wayne MacPhail interviews Assistant Professor of Computing and Software Engineering, Jacques Carette, about how games can save the world from bad interface design, Sheila Cruz takes us on a tour of downtown Hamilton, you get to learn all about co-op at at McMaster
from co-op student Akash Mayur and co-op head Anne Markey, hear a track
from the Hamilton band The Fifties and meet up with fifth-year
Engineering student Lauren D'Amico. Comments[40] |
Mon, 25 April 2005 In this podcast, host Wayne MacPhail interviews Material Engineering Professor Nick Provatas about why colour copies cost so much, Sheila Cruz takes us on a tour of Westdale, we go on a "soundseeing" tour of the on-campus "East Meets West" bistro, hear a track from the Hamilton band The Ride Theory, and meet up with third-year Engineering student Ayesha Hashambhoy. Comments[35] |
Sun, 24 April 2005 Subscribe? Yes. Using a piece of software called a podcast aggregator,
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It's a cross-platform podcast tool that's easy to use. Here's how to subscribe using iTunes. Click on this subscription button You'll see a page of ugly looking code. Don't worry, this is normal, and you don't have to know anything about it. Now, copy the URL of that page. Next, open up iTunes. In the top menu you'll see an "Advanced" menu item. Click on that and select "Subscribe to Podcast". Paste the URL of the subscription page into the box provided. That's it. From now on, when a new Radio Fireball show is posted here, it will automatically be sent to your iTunes in the Podcast folder. Sometimes the web's just magic, isn't it? Category: general -- posted at: 3:37 PM Comments[42] |
Sat, 23 April 2005 Welcome to
Radio Fireball. These podcasts will give you an audio sampling of the Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University and Hamilton. They feature interviews, "soundseeing" tours, music and more. Each podcast is just under 30 minutes long, but it's packed with audio delights. Just download each podcast and listen on your PC or your MP3 player. That's right, you don"t need an MP3 player to listen to a podcast, any PC with speakers (or headphones plugged in) will do. We hope this innovative medium inspires you to discover the advantages of a McMaster Engineering education. Hang on to your earphones. We're goin' in! Category: general -- posted at: 6:02 AM Comments[36] |

