[E:75] Essam Namous: Doctor of Engineering Makes Power Tools Moar Awesomer

Create/Invent Podcast

If you have an engineering problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire... Dr. Essam Namouz YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC300jnYJu7u66EQX9S0SUZA iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-creativity-podcast/id1281330349 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7nHfNJNICMHqZWo0HPCMeA ToC: 0:00 - Intro Essam works from home 0:55 - Essam is a prepared father 3:05 - Essam and Jeremy worked together at a bearing factory 5:05 - Why and how did Essam get his doctorate in engineering? 9:25 - Essam's master's thesis - The Lazy Parts Project 13:00 - Solidworks CAD + Machine learning (ANN) used to estimate assembly time 15:00 - How can engineers and small business owners use ChatGPT? 17:30 - More on neural network assembly time estimation 23:30 - How does having your doctorate in engineering open up pssibilities? 25:08 - Coffee break 27:17 - Return from coffee break - Essam is officially #1 father 28:13 - Butterwhat Discord - "only you can come on the Butterwhat Discord" https://butterwhat.com/discord 31:25 - After PhD, went into advanced engineering group for TTI/Ryobi 33:32 - Essam (and Li-Ion tech) helped improve Ryobi tools 35:40 - Essam worked for Harbor Freight for around 2 years 38:50 - Breaking phones, tools, and 10mm sockets 41:20 - Essam has mixed feelings about working remotely 43:50 - Pat misses work lunch (but only ever met Shakira at breakfast) 46:36 - Essam sometimes works as a cook at family restaurant Pita House 49:12 - Making the jump to self employment 53:10 - Essam's business is called EZN Innovation (maybe) 54:45 - Essam loves his laser cutter 56:00 - Doctorate in engineering + PE gives people confidence in your work 58:25 - Essam's neural network sports prediction program (Python) 1:02:45 - Sign off, where do we find Essam? Dr. Essam Namouz, PE: You can possibly find him on Linkedin, or ask Jeremy Pat Regan: Twitter: https://twitter.com/patsheadcom/​ Website: https://blog.patshead.com/​ Store: https://www.tindie.com/stores/patshead/ Jeremy Cook: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jscook55​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​ Store: jcdevices.com