Archive 2017
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| Wednesday Dec. 13th, 2017 noon-1pm | Quantum Pictures Colin Parker of the Georgia Tech School of Physics joins us to talk about quantum mechanics, why it is important, and his efforts to visualize important quantum phenomena. |
| Wednesday Dec. 6th, 2017 noon-1pm | Potluck Science Everyone brought in their favorite science stories aimed at the upcoming holidays. |
| Wednesday Nov. 29th, 2017 noon-1pm | Ear Engineering Pamela Bhatti of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering joins us to talk about cochlear implants and how electronic sensing can address auditory challenges. |
| Wednesday Nov. 22nd, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Everyone was home cooking that day for Thanksgiving. |
| Wednesday Nov. 15th, 2017 noon-1pm | The Sweet Technology of Beer George Matthews, Packaging Manager, and Lead Brewer, Nick Burgoyne, at the Sweetwater Brewery in Atlanta, joins us to chat about the technological challenges of making beer at a large scale. |
| Wednesday Nov. 8th, 2017 noon-1pm | Listener Call In Show Ed, Jennifer and Jon take listener calls and chat about topics in science. |
| Wednesday Nov. 1st, 2017 noon-1pm | Our Dynamic Oceans Annalisa Bracco, from the Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences joins us to discuss the short and long term changes in our oceans. |
| Wednesday Oct. 25th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind The crew is out of town this week, so please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday Oct. 18th, 2017 noon-1pm | In Silico Biology Melissa Kemp, from the Georgia Tech School of Biomedical Engineering joins us to discuss computational modeling of the biochemical communications between cells. |
| Wednesday Oct. 11th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind We were on Fall break this week, but we will be back next week. |
| Wednesday Oct. 4th, 2017 noon-1pm | Science & Poetry Roald Hoffmann, an accomplished chemist and poet, joins us from Cornell University to discuss the interplay between his two favorite topics. He also received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which is fitting given that the 2017 prizes are being announced this week. |
| Wednesday Sept. 27th, 2017 noon-1pm | Finding ET Chris Reinhard, from the Georgia Tech School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, joins us to discuss evolution and large-scale effects of Earth’s biosphere to understand the emergence of life on earth and earth-like planets. |
| Wednesday Sept. 20th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind The crew is out of town this week, so please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday Sept. 13th, 2017 noon-1pm | Tiny Creatures – Global Change Jennifer Glass, from the Georgia Tech School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, joins us to discuss the tiny metabolisms of microbes, and what a big effect they have on our planet. |
| Wednesday Sept. 6th, 2017 noon-1pm | Drugs from the Sea Part II Julia Kubanek, from the Georgia Tech School of Biology, brings us an update from her latest Pacific trip in search of pharmaceuticals from sea life. |
| Wednesday Aug. 30th, 2017 noon-1pm | Science at the Con Atlanta’s favorite nerd festival is around the corner, and director of the Science Track at Dragoncon, Stephen Granade joins us to talk about science at this years event . |
| Wednesday Aug. 23rd, 2017 noon-1pm | Turf Technology Abhiram Kannan, Researcher for Field Turf will discuss the science and technology of artificial turf. |
| Wednesday August 16th, 2017 noon-1pm | Science on the Rocks James Casey, who competed his Ph.D. at Georgia Tech, joins us live from the South Pole via satellite to discuss what is new at the Ice Cube South Pole Neutrino Observatory. |
| Wednesday August 9th, 2017 noon-1pm | Eclipse – American Style Joining us to discuss the upcoming eclipse that will traverse the U.S. on August 21st are Carol Paty, from the Georgia Tech Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty, and James Sowell, the director of the Georgia Tech Observatory. |
| Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 noon-1pm | Voting Technology Rich DeMillo former Dean of the Georgia Tech College of Computing, and Director of the Center for 21st Century Universities at Georgia Tech joins us to talk about the technology of voting machines and elections. Rich will discuss recent issues from law suits in Georgia in which he testified. |
| Wednesday July 26th, 2017 noon-1pm | Paper Technology – Over 2000 Years in the Making Chris Luettgen Director of Pulp & Paper for the the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute joins us to talk about the science and technology of paper. |
| Wednesday July 19th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind The crew is out of town this week, so please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday July 12th, 2017 noon-1pm | Listener Call-in Show Today we took a look at the Liquid Light that was brought up last week |
| Wednesday July 5th, 2017 noon-1pm | Listener Call-in Show Thanks so out listeners who brought up the Liquid Light phenomenon. |
| Wednesday June 28th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Pete is in Columbus talking about six sigma quality enhancement. |
| Wednesday June 21st, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Pete is in Montreal talking with nerdy molecular modelers. |
| Wednesday June 14th, 2017 noon-1pm | Big Molecules and Small Domains Meisha Shofner of the Georgia Tech School of Material Science & Engineering joins us to discuss the science of polymer nanocomposites. |
| Wednesday June 7th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind We are still trying to find a student op to work with us. Until we do, please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday May 31st, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind We are still trying to find a student op to work with us. Until we do, please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday May 24th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind We are still trying to find a student op to work with us. Until we do, please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday May 17th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind We are still trying to find a student op to work with us. Until we do, please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday May 10th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind We are still trying to find a student op to work with us. Until we do, please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday May 3rd, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind We are still trying to find a student op to work with us. Until we do, please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday April 26th, 2017 noon-1pm | Solar Fertilizers It’s been a few years since we talked about the importance of fertilizer, so A.J. Medford from the Georgia Tech school of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering joins us to talk about his work on new ways to produce fertilizer. He is attempting to understand how future fertilizers might be produced locally using electricity and light. |
| Wednesday April 19th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Pete is listening senior design presentations this week, so please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday April 12th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Pete is listening senior design presentations this week, so please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday April 5th, 2017 noon-1pm | 4D Printing Jerry Qi from the Georgia Tech School of Mechanical Engineering joins us to talk about the 4D printing, the use of active materials in 3D printing. Such active materials include shape memory, and light activated polymers. |
| Wednesday March 29th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Our student engineers are off on spring break so please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday March 15th, 2017 noon-1pm | 2017 Atlanta Science Festival Meisa Salaita, founder and co-director of the Atlanta Science Festival, joins us to discuss some of the amazing events at this years Festival. Meisa is an active force for educating the public about science. As such, she was recently named by Atlanta Magazine as one of twelve women making a mark in Atlanta. |
| Wednesday March 8th, 2017 noon-1pm | Purls of Wisdom Elisabetta Matsumoto, from the Georgia Tech School of Physics, joins us to discuss her work on the geometry and topology of soft materials. To get yourself oriented, check out her recent virtual reality tour through non-Euclidean space. |
| Wednesday March 1st, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday Feb. 22nd, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday Feb. 15th, 2017 noon-1pm | Shiny Hydrogen Martin Mourigal, from the Georgia Tech School of Physics, does research on condensed matter physics and quantum materials. He joins us to discuss the recent developments in metallic hydrogen. |
| Wednesday Feb. 8th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday Feb. 1st, 2017 noon-1pm | Listener Calls Today we took listener calls and discussed topics ranging from the effect of the presidential travel ban on science to metallic hydrogen. |
| Wednesday Jan. 25th, 2017 noon-1pm | 2016 InVenture Prize Some finalists from the 2016 InVenture Prize Competition at Georgia Tech will join us to discuss their experience from last year in the nation’s largest collegiate invention competition. |
| Wednesday Jan. 18th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday Jan. 11th, 2017 noon-1pm | Material Products from the Ground Up Blair Brettmann from the Georgia Tech School of Material Science & Engineering joins us to discuss how material design is integrated into the modern manufacturing process. |
| Wednesday Jan. 4th, 2017 noon-1pm | Classic Rewind Please enjoy this previously aired episode of Inside the Black Box. Tech is still on Holiday Break. |
