Manufacturing Talks
There are millions of cool stories in manufacturing. Your host, Jim Vinoski, helps share them by talking to the people who are making them happen. Manufacturing is where the rubber meets the road. There's no hiding. You're either making good products people will buy for enough to keep you in business, or you're not. Meet the amazing folks who thrive in that survival-of-the-fittest world.
Manufacturing Talks
Miss America '23 Grace Stanke updates us on her new career as a nuclear engineer
Grace Stanke is back! Our inspiring friend - former Miss Wisconsin, former Miss America, accomplished classical violinist, and now working nuclear engineer - join us again to give us the lowdown as she wraps up her first year in her new career.
Here are the highlights.
Chapters:
00:00 - intro
02:20 - the hottest things going in nuclear right now
05:30 - Grace's pre-career diversion to go climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
11:00 - Grace is engaged!!
11:15 - the first half of Grace's job: nuclear fuels engineering for pressurized water reactors
12:40 - the second half of Grace's job: advocating for nuclear energy
16:30 - the boost nuclear is getting from tech companies
22:00 - the new public support for nuclear
25:30 - create your own success!
26:30 - an update on nuclear fusion
30:00 - the battle of the silverware
31:00 - advances in nuclear fuels
What an educational discussion it was!
Tune in for the whole thing.