Episode 150: How Do You Build a Droid?
Meet the Expert: Dr. Topher Hunter, scientist and expert droid builder Topher Hunter, PhD, is a scientist at a small medical device company. However he didn’t start out planning...
Episode 149: How Do You Study Manatees?
Presidential Award-Winning teacher and hula hoop enthusiast, Beth loves bringing real world science to kids! A graduate of College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, Maine, she loves engineering challenges,...
Episode 148: How Do You Get Energy from the Wind?
Neil Milani is currently a senior application engineer for Bachmann electronic and lives in Greenville, SC with his wife, 2 kids and Bongo their pet sugar glider. He has a...
Episode 147: How do you make a spacecraft safe?
Meet the Expert: Vera Demchenko, Systems Verification & Test Engineer with Lockheed Martin’s Orion Program. Vera Demchenko is a Systems Test and Verification Engineer on Lockheed Martin’s Orion...
Episode 146: What Does a Primatologist Do?
Meet the Expert: Dr. Mireya Mayor, Primatologist, Explorer, “Her Wildness” Dr. Mireya Mayor is a world-renowned primatologist and explorer, an award winning TV host and a recognized science communicator....
Episode 145: How Do Astronauts Live in Space?
Meet the Expert: Dr. Mike Harrison, Chief Medical Officer for Axiom Space Michael Harrison, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. is the Chief Medical Officer for Axiom Space. Dr. Harrison is...
Episode 144: How Do Humans (and Robots) Feel?
Meet the Expert: Dr. Darren Lipomi, Nano engineering professor at UC San Diego Darren Lipomi earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a minor in physics as a Beckman...
Episode 143: How Do You Get Materials from the Earth?
Meet the Expert: Alexis Lua, industrial engineer Born in Mexico City where her love for rock formations, exploring caves and cenotes with her dad led to a passion for...
Episode 142: How Did Computers Evolve?
Meet the Expert: Rachel Ignotofsky, New York Times Best Selling nonfiction author and illustrator Rachel Ignotofsky grew up in New Jersey on a healthy diet of Star Trek...
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Episod 151: Can You Problem-solve Like an Orangutan?
Meet the Expert: Dr. Laurel Neme, science writer for National Geographic As a young girl growing up outside of Chicago, Laurel Neme dreamed of helping animals. At first, she...