#013 - Engineering for Nuclear Security with Cameron Tracy
Description
Cameron is a research scholar at the Standford Center for International Security and Cooperation
In this episode we discuss
- How Cameron went from a PhD in materials engineering to researching global security issues
- A brief history of the role of academia in international and nuclear security
- Nuclear arms reduction
- Nuclear waste management and hypersonic missiles
- The importance of dialogue between technologists in different nations to create effective international security policy
- How social dynamics shape discourse on existing and emerging technologies
- The ethical considerations and obligations of engineers, particularly in the weapons and defence space
- How engineers from all disciplines can contribute to the field
Full show notes: http://engineeredforimpact.show/cameron
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/w-wInL6KcR8
Timestamps
(00:00:00 ) Intro
(00:01:29 ) Cameron
(00:02:28 ) Cameron's journey
(00:08:22 ) Academic landscape of nuclear and international policy
(00:18:50 ) Disposal of nuclear waste
(00:33:23 ) The social roles of technologists
(00:41:04 ) Social context of nuclear waste
(00:48:23 ) Hypersonic missiles
(01:00:11 ) How policymakers get information on weapons systems
(01:03:44 ) Impatial information from institutions
(01:11:14 ) Ethics of being an engineer
(01:21:44 ) How to enter policy as an engineer
(01:24:17 ) Best engineering disciplines for nuclear policy work
(01:27:35 ) Resources for learning more
(01:28:44 ) What do you wish you had invented
(01:30:38 ) Learn more about Cameron
(01:31:40 ) Outro
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