Ep 19 Dieselgate

<p>The episode begins with a special segment on Women in Engineering to celebrate International Women`s Day (March 9th) and National Engineering Month in Canada.  This week’s segment covers Engineers Canada’s 30 by 30 Initiative to increase the number of women in engineering (0:00)</p> <p> </p> <p>This week`s engineering failure is the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal; AKA Dieselgate.  Using a defeat device (6:35), Volkwagen’s TDI diesel vehicles altered engine performance to cheat emissions tests.  They almost got away with it, until a Canadian Air Resource Board study, including test results from a West Virginia test (7:35) exposed their device.  Since being exposed, Volkswagen has faced consequences (10:05) and received backlash from countries and consumers around the world.</p> <p>Transcript / Photos / Sources from this episode - <a href='https://www.failurology.ca/'>https://www.failurology.ca/</a></p> <p>National Engineering Month Events - <a href='http://nemontario.ca/events/'>http://nemontario.ca/events/</a></p> <p>Ways to get in touch:</p> <p>Twitter - <a href='https://twitter.com/failurology'>https://twitter.com/failurology</a></p> <p>Email - <a href='mailto:thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com'>thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Linked In - <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast'>https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast</a></p> <p>Website – <a href='http://www.failurology.ca'>www.failurology.ca</a></p> <p>YouTube - <a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1Buq46PYyxKbCDGTqbsDg'>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1Buq46PYyxKbCDGTqbsDg</a></p>