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