# 318: Amazed at How Things Are Amazing

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2020-01-24
- Length: 1h 00m
- Episode: 318
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-01-24-318-amazed-at-how-things-are-amazing
- Listen: https://makingembeddedsystems.libsyn.com/318-amazed-at-how-things-are-amazing

## Summary

Darryl Yong, a mathematics professor at Harvey Mudd College and former classmate of the hosts, discusses the college's 'Clinic' program, which places interdisciplinary student teams with industry sponsors for year-long capstone projects. He highlights recent trends in these projects, such as machine learning applications for companies like Steelcase and American Express, and explains how the program serves as a recruitment pipeline for firms like Cisco and Lockheed Martin. Yong also details his work with the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, teaching number theory to incarcerated individuals at the California Rehabilitation Center, and his efforts to reform pedagogy through formative assessment and diversity initiatives at the college.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-01-24-318-amazed-at-how-things-are-amazing#t=6) Introduction and Lightning Round
- [3:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-01-24-318-amazed-at-how-things-are-amazing#t=181) Harvey Mudd Clinic Program Overview
- [6:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-01-24-318-amazed-at-how-things-are-amazing#t=387) Hosts' Clinic Experiences at Lockheed Martin and Cisco
- [12:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-01-24-318-amazed-at-how-things-are-amazing#t=769) Project Selection, Value, and Ethics
- [27:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-01-24-318-amazed-at-how-things-are-amazing#t=1638) Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program
- [36:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-01-24-318-amazed-at-how-things-are-amazing#t=2207) Pedagogy: Formative Assessment and Flipped Classrooms
- [46:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-01-24-318-amazed-at-how-things-are-amazing#t=2800) Diversity, Equity, and Faculty Development
- [56:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-01-24-318-amazed-at-how-things-are-amazing#t=3367) Math for America Los Angeles and Closing Thoughts

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Harvey Mudd College (company)
- Math for America Los Angeles (company)
- Steelcase (company)
- American Express (company)
- Cisco (company)
- Lockheed Martin (company)
- Aerospace Corporation (company)
- ESRI (company)
- Python (other)
- Jupiter notebooks (tool)
- Colab (tool)
- Fortran (other)
- Vax (other)
- RSA crypto system (other)
- California Rehabilitation Center (other)
- Temple University (company)

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