Episode 157: What Can We Learn from Volcanoes?
Meet the Expert: Skylar Hughes, volcano expert and tour guide for Big Island VIP Skylar Hughes is a private volcano tour guide on The Big Island of Hawaii. Originally...
Episode 156: How Do Plants Survive in Extreme Habitats?
Meet the Expert: Matthew Biggs, Expert Gardener, author, and broadcaster Matthew trained at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He has presented numerous television programmes, notably Channel 4’s ‘Garden Club’,...
Episode 155: How Will AI Help Help Humans with Mobility?
Meet the Expert: Dr. Brenna Argall, robotics engineer Dr. Argall is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University. Her research lies at the...
Episode 154: How Do You Slow Down a Spaceship?
Meet the Expert: Julie Wolfson, Orion Program Risk Manager at Lockheed Martin In this role, she works to ensure that Orion risks to the success of every Artemis mission...
Episode 153: Why are Shark Teeth Shaped like That?
Meet the Expert: Dr. Lisa Whitenack, Associate Professor and Shark Expert Associate Professor of Biology Lisa Whitenack has contributed to two chapters in the third edition of Biology of...
Episode 152: How Do You Move a Rocket?
Meet the Expert: Dan Zapata, Crawler Systems Engineer, Exploration Ground Systems Kennedy Space Center Dan Zapata is a crawler systems engineer for the Exploration Ground Systems Program at NASA’s...
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...
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,...
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Episode 158: Why Does a Spacecraft Need a Heat Shield?
Meet the Expert: Dr. Sarah D’Souza, the Orion Thermal Protection Deputy System Manager at NASA Ames Dr. Sarah D’Souza is currently the Orion Thermal Protection System (TPS) Deputy System Manager at NASA...