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Horsepower to Hyperloops - Kettering University

Horsepower to Hyperloops - Kettering University

Hosted by Kettering University

Episodes

53

Latest episode

Sep 2025

Language

EN-US

About the show

Horsepower to Hyperloops is Kettering University’s new podcast, bringing you fascinating people, groundbreaking ideas and noteworthy advancements in fields as diverse as mobility, health care, engineering, and technology.

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53 recent
September 11, 2025Episode 2

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 students should look for when selecting a college.

June 5, 2025

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 on the agricultural sector, career management and leadership represent interesting insights and extraordinary wisdom, particularly for those starting out in their careers.

February 4, 2025Episode 140 min

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 growing from 10 million to 250 million over 30 years, but doing so by using a three pillared philosophy of doing well by doing good: supporting its supplier communities around the world, supporting its local community and supporting its workers.

October 29, 2024Episode 536 min

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.

August 19, 2024Episode 450 min

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 solutions as humanitarian efforts in Michigan and elsewhere. Spoiler Alert: it’s not as simple as it seems!

May 31, 2024Episode 341 min

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

April 15, 2024Episode 256 min

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 to grow STEM and computer science programs around the world and their venture into drones, online virtual reality and other cutting edge technologies.

February 21, 2024Episode 143 min

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 Hyundai’s New Horizon’s Studio. We were joined by Kettering President Dr. Robert K. McMahan to address various related topics like asking the right question and changing assumptions, that arise when engineering on the edge.

December 29, 2023Episode 2436 min

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 Horsepower to Hyperloops episode, we discuss how an undergraduate Co-op program, like Kettering’s, can be a dramatic career jumpstart. We also talk about the critical role of cybersecurity in the coming age of autonomous vehicles. Hemanth is a cybersecurity compliance engineer at May Mobility, a top autonomous vehicle company in Michigan. In addition to being at the forefront of two cutting edge technologies, he is also pursuing his masters in cybersecurity at UC Berkeley. In his spare time (if you can believe it) he plays the viola in the Troy Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

November 1, 2023Episode 2332 min

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 finds himself working on the cutting edge of new musical technologies.

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