Resonate Recordings https://resonaterecordings.com © 2026 Horsepower to Hyperloops - Kettering University Kettering University en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:09:59 +0000 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:09:59 +0000 https://www.kettering.edu/podcast https://storage.googleapis.com/com-resonaterecordings-public/cover-art/h4iFCCz2hfIvvM22n1y8yWbL2aFtjTVFEIgPaVi1.jpg https://www.kettering.edu/podcast Kettering University false episodic Kettering University Kettering University communications@kettering.edu No false 2 5 A Different Way to College: Ray Ravaglia and Sheila Bauer Discuss the Little-Known Criteria for a Successful College Career -- and Which Colleges Offer the Best Opportunities for Success Ray Ravaglia and Sheila Bauer discuss the criteria most predictive of student success in college and after, the schools which provide the richest environments for success, and what prospective stud... full 33ef705f-ceba-4561-9fa0-95457ac17b29 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 1 5 Chasing the Future of Agriculture: Jon chase discusses his long career at John Deere Jon Chase VP of Marketing & Shared Services for John Deere's Agriculture & Turf Business in North America. Jon has had a fascinating career moving from engineering to management, and his thoughts o... full 193de3b4-837a-4f9a-844b-a924fc8d019e Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 1 5 Doing Well by Doing Good: Tony Bedard Leads Frontier Co-op Tony Bedard is CEO of Frontier Co-op, purveyors of certified organic herbs, spices, seasonings, teas, and essential oils. Frontier is a model of a responsible and enlightened business, not only gro... full 05a14137-c0a0-4bc3-8517-4bd1287dd05d Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2410 false false 5 4 No Silver Bullets: Propelling our Mobile Future Former GM vice president and Kettering grad Dan Hancock discusses the future of mobility and propulsion from the standpoints of performance, efficiency and environmental impact. full 0a0a7efa-6cee-4894-af21-9769369dd4e6 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2185 false false 4 4 The Most Noble Form of Engineering. A Kettering University professor, a recent grad, and two students discuss Kettering’s SAGE, or Student Association for Global Engineering, Club, in which students direct and deliver engineering sol... full 64221f3f-38d9-4338-8dd9-72a797e9257e Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000 3014 false false 3 4 SAE at Kettering: Students in the lab, on the track and in the air Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Jennifer Bastiaan, one of Kettering's SAE faculty advisers, and students Braydin Jones and Benjamin Spore, discuss all things SAE full fde118fc-d599-4c24-b1cc-aa565cf75b84 Fri, 31 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000 2507 false false 2 4 Robots - R - US: Robotics Czar Dan Mantz talks about REC Foundation's work to spread robotics education around the world and the VEX Robotics Work Championships the REC hosts each Arpil. Dan Mantz, CEO of the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation talks about the upcoming 2024 VEX Robotics World Championships, sponsored by REC, the mission of the REC Foundation. their mission... full ead7e62e-92f6-4895-a8b3-c9039aa0e812 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000 3363 false false 1 4 The Ultimate Mobility Vehicle The Ultimate Mobility Vehicle – a car with legs developed to take anyone safely anywhere – is at the heart of this episode’s discussion with the UMV’s developer, John Suh, founding director of Hyun... full 9f08dc75-97f9-4ece-b207-76bb1dbd15f7 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2602 false false 24 3 Cybersecurity, Autonomous Vehicles, and Fast Tracking Your Career with Hemanth Tadepalli Hemanth Tadepalli is a 2023 graduate of Kettering University, where he won the Sobey Scholar Award and the President’s Medal, two of the school’s most prestigious honors. In the most recent Horsepo... full 2036dd98-65a4-45e7-8dee-ea91b7a24375 Fri, 29 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 2163 false false 23 2 Drumming Up a Career in Motown: Jeffrey Thennisch on the Musical Edge Jeffrey Thennisch '90 started his career in corporate law, moved to intellectual property, helped the surviving spouse of a musician regain the royalties from her late husband's music, and now find... full 912ecb8e-afff-421e-90ca-1aeb09ea85ed Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1951 false false 22 2 The Engineer Who is Saving the World Sheri Hickock '99, CEO of Climate Impact Partners (CIP) in London, is heading up CIP’s efforts to partner with international corporations, governments, non-profits and local organizations on hundre... full bafa77ff-4630-44a7-adbe-d5c85840ef51 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2537 false false 21 2 The Finance Engineer: Ash Chopra's Extraordinary Journey An inspiring story of self-belief, adaptability, an engineer’s ability to solve problems and an unbelievable work ethic spanning two continents reveals a young man's rise from modest circumstances ... full 1b1a7e79-61b5-4a15-b0fd-3c3cdb033668 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2532 false false 20 2 The HeartPartner™: Tending to Your Second Heart The often-overlooked soleus muscle in the calf has been called the “second heart” because it is the muscle that sends blood back up to the heart. System engineer and entrepreneur Dr. Ken McLeod ('7... full 3e15a005-13e4-4d12-8e40-b5499f5582dd Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2261 false false 19 2 The Wine Engineer: Matt Sherrow discusses the winery and brewery he founded and runs with his wife Ginny in Fenton, Michigan In 2007, mechanical engineer Matt Sherrow '98 left the corporate world to follow his dream of becoming a winemaker and brewer. He founded and now runs the Fenton Winery & Brewery and the Dream Mach... full a96b5f54-12a2-421f-8990-ebf53ece0b28 Tue, 16 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2543 false false 18 2 Creating the Future: A Discussion with General Motors EVP Gerald Johnson Gerald Johnson '85, Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Sustainability at General Motors, discusses the primary initiatives at GM that will help define the future for all of us, in... full 26e6bae6-5706-47eb-8f79-727a3904299d Wed, 05 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000 2090 false false 16 2 Partners and Heroes Recently retired Honda Executive Vice President Rick Schostek ('80, Industrial Administration) talks about the increasing need for partnerships—among other innovations—in the brave new world of the... full ff3ae1c4-01b3-4265-b91b-7bbfee332b28 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000 2059 false false 1 3 Beyond Automotive: Clean Energy for Everything Else John Krzminski '03 discusses his efforts to create clean, carbon-neutral emissions for the off-road sector. This includes hundreds of millions of engines, from lawnmowers and ATVs to boats, drones ... full c150f5a3-090c-4520-a0ce-90f845b1480a Thu, 02 Feb 2023 20:00:00 +0000 2241 false false 14 2 Indy Car Racing: A View from the Pits Michael Cox '15 is the performance engineer on the No. 29 IndyCar for Andretti Autosport. In this episode, Michael gives us a rare inside view, from both the shop and the track, of the excitement a... full 7b270fb2-efd8-467d-875e-d678bdcf5ca9 Wed, 28 Dec 2022 18:00:00 +0000 1993 false false 13 2 The Lithium Future Denise Gray '86, Head of LG Energy Solutions North America External Affairs and Government Relations, discusses the future of electrified vehicles and the production of lithium-ion batteries. full 639cd61e-6ee0-44cf-aef9-e635a00e437b Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:00:00 +0000 2380 false false 12 2 From Powertrains to Poker Chips: Caesar's Entertainment Regional President Sean McBurney Talks All things Vegas. IN THE MIX: Caesar's Entertainment Regional President Sean McBurney ('03, ME) discusses maintaining customer service with tens of thousands of employees; how the gaming and entertainment industry s... full 6b16fa83-ed66-48e6-b68e-8ffbbf479949 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000 2317 false false 11 2 Kettering Global: Educating the World IN THE MIX: Kettering University Vice President for Kettering Global Campus Dr. Christine Wallace and Dr. Janie Jacobs, Kettering Global’s Higher Education and Corporate Training Professional, disc... full 7ea3cb3e-0631-43ac-940b-3132b6fb77b2 Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 1284 false false 9 2 Fin Tales: Rescuing Cadillac IN THE MIX: Discussion with John Smith about his new book "Fin Tales," which recounts how he and his team rescued the sinking Cadillac brand in the late 1990s. full f260e910-22e9-4c74-a7df-c9b65d2e3d7b Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000 3383 false false 8 2 Focus on Flint: Part Two 48504: In Part Two, Venetia Petteway, Kettering’s Director of Corporate and Community Engagement, and Jack Stock, Kettering’s Director of External Relations, discuss how Kettering is engaged with F... full a302cf46-e924-4fb5-a9b8-a7c01b93bbb7 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1451 false false 7 2 Focus on Flint: Part One 48504: In part one of a two-part series, Venetia Petteway, Kettering’s Director of Corporate and Community Engagement, and Jack Stock, Kettering’s Director of External Relations, discuss how Ketter... full f67232ad-f5d3-40ca-9fd4-947367727ccc Fri, 20 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1173 false false 6 2 GM's Features Dude & the 2022 Electric Hummer IN THE MIX: Mike Colville ('00, EE), one of GM's leading performance engineers more commonly known as the “features dude,” discusses the development of one of the most audacious road vehicles ever ... full f6954b0d-a417-42ae-a4fa-06632293b81e Wed, 04 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1453 false false 5 2 The Circular Economy IN THE MIX: Jamie Zinser ('99, ME), Vice President of Global Automotive Sales and Marketing at Novelis, discusses sustainability and the infinite recyclability of aluminum. full a3f64d1e-306e-4973-8cfe-d4bb1857f08a Tue, 05 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1278 false false 4 2 The Garden in the Machine: The role of Liberal Studies inside Kettering's STEM education program 48054: Dr. Babak Elahi, head of Kettering University's Liberal Studies Department, discusses the role liberal studies plays in STEM education and the path all Kettering students take through his de... full 5287cb6b-037e-42e2-9b76-ad7a056960e6 Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:00:00 +0000 2673 false false 3 2 The Secret Sauce: Kettering's Innovative BorgWarner Scholars Program 48504: How the new BorgWarner Scholars Program at Kettering could not only broaden minority access to STEM education, but supercharge Kettering’s entire cooperative model with coverage of all stude... full f2401f19-b004-4354-845a-59a5003f030c Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000 1479 false false 2 2 The Robotic Alternative to Knee Replacement IN THE MIX: Kettering alumna Ashley Swartz has dedicated her career to helping people walk. She is the team leader at Roam Robotics, where they developed a wearable robotic knee brace that is helpi... full ff1191b8-06da-4a3d-a3e3-9669276e6f42 Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000 1680 false false 1 2 The Learning Commons: A New Paradigm in Higher Education Architecture THE 48504: Travis Sage, lead designer for Kettering's innovative new Learning Commons, describes the building and shares why it represents an entirely new paradigm in higher education architecture. full 16637b38-42c1-4593-802d-14eda987fc0d Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0000 993 false false 22 1 A Fast and Accurate Diagnosis: Steve Schwartz and Genomenon provide a life-saving technology Steve Schwartz and Genomenon, the company he co-founded, are saving lives with technology that allows diagnosticians to quickly review millions of scientific articles to make accurate diagnoses and... full e8927805-720c-4369-9fdb-db524542e141 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000 2156 false false 20 1 Don't Hack my Car! Automotive Cybersecurity Automotive cybersecurity engineer Kristie Pfosi talks about cyber threats to your car you never even imagined--and what she and her colleagues are doing to prevent it. full e26befd5-398c-4f3c-92c5-50c6fe916562 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 2124 false false 21 1 The First Degree The crisis in the 1940s that forced GMI to award degrees. full c53b9fbc-92da-4cd5-a988-eb522ef690ab Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 687 false false 19 1 Kettering's Bright Future: A Program to Reposition Kettering for a Changing World PART 3 THE PRESIDENT'S SKETCHPAD: The third installment in a three-part series with Kettering University Dr. President Robert K. McMahan addressing a pivotal moment of institutional assessment and change,... full a063fb41-769e-4cd4-9685-e910ce919b8e Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0000 1547 false false 18 1 Kettering's Bright Future: A Program to Reposition Kettering for a Changing World PART 2 THE PRESIDENT'S SKETCHPAD: The second of a three-part series with Kettering University Dr. President Robert K. McMahan addressing a pivotal moment of institutional assessment and change, in the for... full bead6546-4716-468e-b953-333efcdffbe6 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1620 false false 17 1 Kettering's Bright Future: A Program to Reposition Kettering for a Changing World PART 1 THE PRESIDENT'S SKETCHPAD: A three-part series with Kettering University President Dr. Robert K. McMahan addressing a pivotal moment of institutional assessment and change, in the form of the Presi... full 0a80f6e2-c3a2-4547-949b-14103ff57624 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1537 false false 16 1 Program the Pepperoni, Boot-up the Barista IN THE MIX: Kettering grad Shawn Lange ('01, ME and EE) and his company, Lab2Fab are hastening the future of the food service industry with robotics, automation and artificial intelligence. full 9981457a-3e75-4991-b50f-a894b9a81fc0 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 2213 false false 14 1 Cory Steuben: YouTubing Teardowns, Teslas, and Technology IN THE MIX: Cory Steuben ('10) went from co-op student at Munro and Associates to company president in 10 years. When others were circling their corporate wagons during the pandemic, he expanded th... full 728a241a-ac22-441f-80db-966abebc53d6 Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000 2025 false false 15 1 Neil Berish: Student Entrepreneur Neil Berish ('23, ME) has taken what he's learned at Kettering and turned his hobby into a profitable business and Co-op opportunity. Within nine months of creating a website, he and his friend hav... full e179e042-c252-4320-802c-5a15b63b37e1 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1535 false false 13 1 From Makerspace to Outer Space Software engineer Wes Faler ('92) describes how he quit his own company in software engineering to return to a college project, building a plasma thruster, used to build a satellite that won NASA's... full 541d65c0-4829-4c57-bbf0-ec536b199e93 Fri, 30 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000 2372 false false 12 1 The Surprising Story of GMI / Kettering's First Female Students BULLDOG DIARIES: GMI's first women students did not arrive in the 1960s as commonly thought. Instead, they arrived years before, when GMI students were predominantly female for a short time. full e1ce2ca8-33ab-4cec-9639-0cff2e00ea4b Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000 332 false false 11 1 The Changing Landscape of Health Care Delivery GMI grad Lori Flees, SVP and COO of Walmart Health and Wellness, discusses Walmart's efforts to extend affordable primary health care to underserved populations, the changing face of health care de... full 4d750bca-f372-4aa9-9eaa-680859e2d493 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 20:00:00 +0000 1850 false false 10 1 The Autonomous Vehicles of Tomorrow IN THE MIX: Automotive software executive Qasar Younis discusses the future of autonomous vehicles…and how soon our cars will be chauffeering us around!. full 2587ca42-9625-4e14-afc2-92fbcf00924f Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1033 false false 9 1 GMI Builds a Campus BULLDOG DIARIES: A short story about how GMI President Dusty Rodes procured the land and expanded GMI with the Campus Center, parking deck and dorm during the 1960s full 44ebfb6b-fd27-4831-b60a-2c0d25a19ca7 Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000 391 false false 8 1 The Legend of Rice and Clapp BULLDOG DIARIES: During the famous UAW strike of 1936-37, two GMI students snuck into the plant the strikers had occupied and got themselves in a world of trouble. In this episode, we reveal the st... full 135ab775-12b7-475d-aa1a-93f0780f56c7 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000 744 false false 7 1 Making a Difference IN THE MIX: Sam Wells, senior global director sales at Inteva Products, has devoted his life to helping hundreds of young men achieve their potential in life, starting with academics and continuin... full fb8f9add-793a-48a2-a751-a16d5ba8103c Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:00:00 +0000 1981 false false 6 1 Calling All Robotics Students IN THE MIX: Robotics Outreach Manager Kim Shumaker discusses the University’s extensive program, how it uniquely prepares high schoolers for college and Co-ops, and her quest to bring the nation’s ... full cd3ce6b8-5a25-42ff-87e0-db038a0555b9 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 18:21:00 +0000 2427 false false 5 1 The Terraplane Solution Dr. Ken McLeod of Binghamton University shares a plan for energy efficient, high speed, ground transportation techncology called Terraplane full c4cb79dd-a1fe-4c64-950f-c2aa5074bd82 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 18:20:00 +0000 2489 false false 4 1 Bess Sobey, The First Lady of GMI BULLDOG DIARIES: Historian and author Tim Troupe Noonan relates the little-known story of the vital role Major Al Sobey's wife, Bess Penoyar Sobey, who was also an educator, played in shaping the e... full 1926155d-0edf-4043-a6c7-03d15e1f4ba4 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 18:19:00 +0000 587 false false 3 1 Feeding the World IN THE MIX: Entrepreneur Brian Falther (’10) details his adventure into vertical, high production farming, which yields as much 100 times more crops per acre than traditional farming. full 2a769055-2add-4ddc-b951-2be3f9132fe5 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 18:18:00 +0000 1172 false false 2 1 Responding to the Pandemic IN THE MIX: John Groetelaars '90, CEO of leading medical equipment provider Hillrom, discusses how his firm and the industry learned about and responded to the pandemic. full d228c822-67a3-4885-9ce2-2b23baf51a7f Thu, 03 Jun 2021 18:17:00 +0000 1787 false false 1 1 Welcome to Horsepower to Hyperloops PRESIDENT'S SKETCHPAD: Kettering University President Dr. Robert K. 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