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Engineering Misjudgment

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Exposing disasters that shape culture

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Texas Tech Chemistry Lab

Texas Tech 2010 chemistry lab explosion Make sure to follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @eng_misjudgment for pictures for each episode. Sources: Health, Safety and Environment at U of A. (2012, January 20). Texas Tech Lab Explosion . Youtube. Retrieved March 10, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjDdl_d8br8 Kemsley, J. N. (2010, August 23). Texas Tech Lessons . C&EN. Retrieved March 9, 2022, from https://cen.acs.org/articles/88/i34/Texas-Tech-Lessons.html NASA. (2012, July)...

Mar 10, 202229 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Alphabet Soup: NOAA

Learn more about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association in this episode of Alphabet Soup Proof of baby Shannon competing at the NOSB. http://nosb.org Sources: DORIAN Graphics Archive: 5-day Probability of Tropical-Storm-Force-Winds . NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER and CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER. (n.d.). Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2019/DORIAN_graphics.php?product=wind_probs_34_F120 Freedman, A., & Samenow, J. (2020, June 16). NOAA leaders Viol...

Jan 20, 202229 min

Fracking w/Why Not? A Podcast

Discussing the worst methane leak at the Marcellus Shale with guest Thomas Marshall III & Caleb Todd. Go check their podcast and blog here: https://www.whynotapodcast.com . Sources Mufson, S. (2019, December 16). A blowout turned an Ohio natural gas well into a methane 'super-emitter' . The Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/a-blowout-turned-an-ohio-gas-well-into-a-methane-super-emitter/2019/12/16/fcbdf622-1f9e-11ea-bed5-88026...

Jan 13, 202244 minSeason 1Ep. 5

Alphabet Soup: EIA

Learn more about the U.S. Energy Information Administration in this episode of alphabet soup. Sources: A&E Television Networks. (2010, August 30). Energy Crisis (1970s) . History.com. Retrieved January 6, 2022, from https://www.history.com/topics/1970s/energy-crisis Grunwald, M. (2015, June 24). Why are the government's energy forecasts so bad? The Agenda. Retrieved January 6, 2022, from https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/06/why-are-the-federal-governments-energy-forecasts-so-bad-000...

Jan 06, 202217 min

Alphabet Soup: EPA

Learn more about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in this bonus episode Cable News Network. (n.d.). 1969: An eventful summer . CNN. Retrieved December 28, 2021, from https://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/09/summer.1969.timeline/index.html Environmental Protection Agency. (2016, August 11). Indiana and federal EPA announce issuance of nation's first wastewater permits . EPA. Retrieved December 28, 2021, from https://archive.epa.gov/epa/aboutepa/indiana-and-federal-epa-announce-issuance-nations-f...

Dec 29, 202121 min

Cuyahoga Fires

1969 Cuyahoga River Fire Make sure to follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @eng_misjudgment for pictures for each episode. Sources: Bella, L. L. (2009). Not enough to drink: Pollution, drought, and tainted water supplies . Rosen Pub. Black history month: Defining environmental justice . Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park. (2020, February 13). Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.conservancyforcvnp.org/defining-environmental-justice-how-the-conservancy-and-the-local-com...

Dec 25, 202122 minSeason 1Ep. 4

Alphabet Soup: CSB

Learn more about the U.S. Chemical Safety Board on this first episode of Alphabet Soup. Sources: Campbell, A. F. (2020, July 28). A small federal agency focused on preventing industrial disasters is on life support. trump wants it gone. Vox. Retrieved October 29, 2021, from https://www.vox.com/2020/7/28/21336481/chemical-safety-hazard-investigation-board?fbclid=IwAR0D1MR1zhgHp67GmAg4VMxLm1utkoqpEHcEiI3tM2V1LA-cDpiOJzKOIds. U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. (n.d.). CSB. Retriev...

Oct 29, 202114 min

TMI

Three Mile Island Accident & Nuclear Energy Make sure to follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @eng_misjudgment for pictures for each episode Sources Blakemore, E. (2019, March 27). How the Three Mile Island Accident Was Made Even Worse By a Chaotic Response . HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/three-mile-island-evacuation-orders-controversy Brady, J. (2019, May 8). Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant To Close, Latest Symbol Of Struggling Industry . NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/05/08/7...

Oct 06, 202130 minSeason 1Ep. 3

Bhopal

The Bhopal Tragedy and Plume Gas. *correction: UUC should be UCC (Union Carbide Corp.) Make sure to follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @eng_misjudgment for pictures for each episode Sources: AIChE. (2021, November 7). CCPS Process Safety Glossary . CCPS. https://www.aiche.org/ccps/resources/glossary?title=gas#views-exposed-form-glossary-page Anderson, C. (2014, November 2). Warren M. Anderson, who was chief of Union Carbide during the Bhopal disaster in 1984, dies at 92 . Washington Pos...

Sep 21, 202133 minSeason 1Ep. 2

Sugar

Dust and the Imperial Sugar Explosion. Make sure to follow the podcast on instagram and twitter at @eng_misjudgment for pictures for each episode! Sources: CSB, Investigation Report: Sugar Dust Explosion and Fire (2009). Retrieved September 12, 2021, from https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/20/imperial_sugar_report_final_updated.pdf?13902. Evers, J., & West, K. (Eds.). (2011, January 21). dust . National Geographic Society. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/dust/. History | Imperial S...

Sep 14, 202127 minSeason 1Ep. 1

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