# S1E31 Feedback From the Floor, Purdue, & Toothpaste Boxes | Kirsty Crofton

- Show: [Being an Engineer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer)
- Published: 2020-08-21
- Length: 45m
- Episode: 31
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-08-21-s1e31-feedback-from-the-floor-purdue-toothpaste-boxes-kirsty-crofton
- Listen: https://teampipeline.us/feedback-from-the-floor/

## Summary

Kirsty Crofton, a biomedical engineer at Edwards Lifesciences, discusses her educational path at Purdue University and her career in medical devices. She emphasizes the importance of listening to floor operators to solve manufacturing problems, illustrating this with an anecdote about a toothpaste box inspection. Crofton also explores the shift toward digital health and the challenges of diversity in engineering leadership.

## Chapters

- [0:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-08-21-s1e31-feedback-from-the-floor-purdue-toothpaste-boxes-kirsty-crofton#t=13) Introduction and Purdue Education
- [12:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-08-21-s1e31-feedback-from-the-floor-purdue-toothpaste-boxes-kirsty-crofton#t=735) Internships and Career Path
- [14:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-08-21-s1e31-feedback-from-the-floor-purdue-toothpaste-boxes-kirsty-crofton#t=874) Digital Health and Patient Data
- [20:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-08-21-s1e31-feedback-from-the-floor-purdue-toothpaste-boxes-kirsty-crofton#t=1230) Women in Engineering and Diversity
- [26:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-08-21-s1e31-feedback-from-the-floor-purdue-toothpaste-boxes-kirsty-crofton#t=1602) Learning from Floor Operators
- [33:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-08-21-s1e31-feedback-from-the-floor-purdue-toothpaste-boxes-kirsty-crofton#t=2007) Gauge R&R and Human Factors
- [38:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-08-21-s1e31-feedback-from-the-floor-purdue-toothpaste-boxes-kirsty-crofton#t=2296) Manufacturing Knowledge Transfer
- [40:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-08-21-s1e31-feedback-from-the-floor-purdue-toothpaste-boxes-kirsty-crofton#t=2447) Emotional Investment in Products

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Quality & yield](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/quality-and-yield)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Edwards Lifesciences (company)
- Purdue University (other)
- Huntsmen (company)
- Abbott (company)
- TempurPedic (product)
- Apple Watch (product)
- Pipeline Design & Engineering (company)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Meet a Guru: Laura Court](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-05-19-meet-a-guru-laura-court) (Global Medical Device Podcast)
- [007 - "Beyond The Obvious" with Miiri Kotche](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-17-007-beyond-the-obvious-with-miiri-kotche) (Let's Combinate)
- [97 - Medical device packaging and the IoPP with Jennifer Benolken from Dupont](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2022-01-11-97-medical-device-packaging-and-the-iopp-with-jennifer-benolken-from-dupont) (People of Packaging)
- [305: Humans Have a Terrible Spec Sheet](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2019-10-03-305-humans-have-a-terrible-spec-sheet) (Embedded.fm)
- [127 - "If we do our job, no one will know" with LeRonda Perry](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2022-04-27-127-if-we-do-our-job-no-one-will-know-with-leronda-perry) (People of Packaging)

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