Archive 2010
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| Wednesday Jan. 5th noon-1pm |
Biomechanics: Molecular Toolkits without the Axle Grease Todd Sulchek, of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, will discuss the molecular basis for the mechanical action of cells and how diseases can affect such mechanical processes. |
| Wednesday Dec. 29th noon-1pm |
Looking Back on 2010 Pete revisits all the topics we covered in and takes calls from listeners. |
| Wednesday Dec. 22nd noon-1pm |
Classic Rewind Pete is out of town so we will be playing a previously aired show. |
| Wednesday Dec. 15th noon-1pm |
Classic Rewind Pete is out of town so we will be playing a previously aired show. |
| Wednesday Dec. 8th noon-1pm |
Biting the Bullet: The Technology of Anesthesia Joel Zivot of the Emory Medical School joins us to discuss the technology behind modern anesthesia. |
| Wednesday Dec. 1st noon-1pm |
More than Manure: How Fertilizer Changed the World Amit Roy, President and CEO of the IFDC will talk with us about how fertilizer technology has changed, and is continuing to change the face of the planet. TheIFDC is a public international organization that helps sustain food security and agricultural productivity in over 130 developing countries through the development and transfer of effective and environmentally sound crop nutrient technology and agribusiness expertise. |
| Wednesday Nov. 24th noon-1pm |
High-Tech Voyeurism On the eve of one of the year’s busiest travel days we will be talking about the technology behind the airport scanners that have everyone in a tizzy. We will also be taking calls about any other topic in science and technology. |
| Wednesday Nov. 17th noon-1pm |
Listener Calls Bill is still out of town, but Pete will be taking listen calls. Pete is still getting over a cold so he will be in a Dextromethorphan-induced haze. Of course that will only make things more interesting. |
| Wednesday Nov. 10th noon-1pm |
Classic Rewind Pete and Bill are both out of town so we are featuring a rebroadcast of a class Inside the Black Box show. |
| Wednesday Nov. 3rd noon-1pm |
Black Box Jambalaya Today we will be taking listener callers on any and every topic in science and technology. We are calling it a Jambalaya show because we are sick of potpourri. |
| Wednesday Oct. 27th noon-1pm |
Both Sides of Medical Marijuana In an effort to get a balanced view of this topic we are discussing it with Kamy Akhavan, Managing Editor of www.procon.org. |
| Wednesday Oct. 20th noon-1pm |
Science in Washington As a follow-up to our Oct. 6th show on science policy we go to the trenches withRob Butera of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Rob will discuss his experience as a Jefferson Fellow advising the federal government on technical matters. |
| Wednesday Oct. 13th noon-1pm |
Classic Rewind We will be playing a classic rebroadcast of Inside the Black Box. |
| Wednesday Oct. 6th noon-1pm |
How Science Gets Made into Science Policy Richard Barke of the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy joins us to discuss how science gets translated into policy. Both the science of politics and the politics of science will be addressed. |
| Wednesday Sept. 29th noon-1pm |
A Diamond is not Forever Graphene is the more stable form of Carbon. Despite the fact that it is not as sparkly is does have some amazing properties. Walt de Heer of the Georgia Tech School of Physics and the Georgia Tech Materials Research Science & Engineering Center on Graphene joins us to talk about this amazing material. This program was the first to air the hit single Graphene. |
| Wednesday Sept. 22nd noon-1pm |
Potpourri Despite Bill’s switching to a new deodorant, we are having a hard time scheduling guests, so today’s show will be based on listener’s questions and comments. Call us at 404-894-2468. |
| Wednesday Sept. 15th noon-1pm |
Choco-Technology While nanotechnology seems to grab most of the headlines, choco-technology tastes better. Craig D’Egidio, engineer turned chocolate maker of Schakolad in Sandy Springs, joins us to talk about how chocolate and how it is made. |
| Wednesday Sept. 8th noon-1pm |
Potpourri With the success of our last potpourri show, we are trying it again. Please call in with your questions and comments as well as suggestions for future shows. |
| Wednesday Sept. 1st noon-1pm |
Chemistry in the Computer Chris Williams from the Chemical Computing Group will join us to talk about molecular modeling and its application to design of new drugs in the computer. |
| Wednesday Aug. 25th noon-1pm |
Why Plants Don’t Want to be Turned into Gasoline Jeremy Smith of the Center for Molecular Biophysics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory joins us to discuss what can we do with supercomputers and neutrons to help quietly persuade these plants to cooperate (it could be very good indeed for the environment and our energy independence). |
| Wednesday Aug. 18th noon-1pm |
Meet George Jetson Our last discussion on robots featured comedian Bill Dwyer on his experience hosting Battlebots. Now we are getting serious and talking with Charlie Kemp of the Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Bioengineering about the current state of robot technology and what we need to do to make it to the age of the Jetsons. |
| Wednesday Aug. 11th noon-1pm |
Zymurgy: the chemistry lecture you won’t sleep through Zymurgy is the chemistry of fermentation. Tracy Hamilton from the Dept. of Chemistry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will join us to talk about the chemistry of beer. Tracy is a tour speaker for the American Chemical Society’s Speaker Service and talks about everything from the chemistry of coffee to the chemistry of beer. |
| Wednesday Aug. 4th noon-1pm |
dQ/T < dS – Not Just a Good Idea…It’s the Law Sam Shelton, the founding director of the Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institutejoins us to discuss energy systems and their potential application to our current energy challenges |
| Wednesday July 28th noon-1pm |
Cancelled Our show with Chris Williams of the Chemical Computing Group on molecular modeling was cancelled due to technical difficulties. Chris will join us in September |
| Wednesday July 21st noon-1pm |
Hard Facts about Software Don Cooper, software engineer and international man of mystery, joins us to talk about the field of software engineering. |
| Wednesday July 14th noon-1pm |
Potpourri We haven’t done a potpourri show in quite a while so here is a chance for our listeners to call in and chat about any aspect of science and technology (404) 894-2468. |
| Wednesday July 7th noon-1pm |
Lost in the Stacks Charlie Bennett and Ameet Doshi, host of Lost in the Stacks the World’s only Research Library Rock & Roll Radio Show on WREK join us to discuss new ways to get people engaged in the modern library. As the internet makes books and journals more accessible on-line, people are now visiting the library for information needs unheard of 20 years ago. |
| Wednesday June 30th noon-1pm |
Scientific Research – It’s Your Money In 1980, the Bayh-Dole Act allowed the commercialization of government-sponsored research. Nigam Acharya, an attorney from the Atlanta office of Barnes & Thornburg, will join us to discuss the ramifications of this law on scientific research. |
| Wednesday June 23rd noon-1pm |
Classic Rewind We will be rebroadcasting some of your favorite Inside the Black Box programs becuase we are not broadcasting through much of June as the broadcast tower is being painted. Sorry but this is beyond our control. |
| Wednesday June 16th noon-1pm |
Classic Rewind We will be rebroadcasting some of your favorite Inside the Black Box programs becuase we are not broadcasting through much of June as the broadcast tower is being painted. Sorry but this is beyond our control |
| Wednesday June 9th noon-1pm |
Classic Rewind We will be rebroadcasting some of your favorite Inside the Black Box programs becuase we are not broadcasting through much of June as the broadcast tower is being painted. Sorry but this is beyond our control |
| Wednesday June 2nd noon-1pm |
Classic Rewind We will be rebroadcasting some of your favorite Inside the Black Box programs becuase we are not broadcasting through much of June as the broadcast tower is being painted. Sorry but this is beyond our control |
| Wednesday May 26th noon-1pm |
The Science Behind the Science of the Big Bang Theory David Saltzberg of the UCLA Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and technical consultant on the hit CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory will discuss his dual life. Can a nerd who studies neutrinos teach the public about physics through the lives of 4 TV geeks and the girl next door? Check out David’s Blog on the physics behind the show: The Big Blog Theory. |
| Wednesday May 19th noon-1pm |
Power to the People Tom Fuller of the Georgia Tech Research Institute and the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering will join us to discuss recent advances in fuel cell and battery technology |
| Wednesday May 12th noon-1pm |
It’s a Bug’s Life Kostas Konstantinidis of the Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering will discuss the important role that microorganisms play in the global biogeochemical and life cycles on the planet |
| Wednesday May 5th noon-1pm |
Speech Synthesis – from Darth Vader to Princess Leia Tom Barnwell, from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, joins us to discuss the history of research and development on speech theory, processing and synthesis and how the synthesized voice is a bit less scary than it used to be. |
| Wednesday Apr. 28th noon-1pm |
Women, Science and Technology The co-directors of the Georgia Tech Women, Science and Technology program,Carol Colatrella, Mary Frank Fox and Mary Lynn Realff, join us to talk about the changing role of women in science and engineering. |
| Wednesday Apr. 21st noon-1pm |
Where Did We Come from? – The Ribosome Two former guests, Loren Williams and Nick Hud will discuss the molecular origin of life and research in Georgia Tech’s new NASA-funded Center for Ribosomal Evolution and Adaptation. |
| Wednesday Apr. 14th noon-1pm |
Invention + Adventure = Inventure Prof. Craig Forest, of the Georgia Tech Inventure Prize, a competition that finds and nutures the best undergraduate inventors on campus, joins us with the winners Patrick Whaley and Sarah Vaden to talk about this amazing event and the importance of technical innovation. |
| Wednesday Apr. 7th noon-1pm |
WARNING – Darwin in Science Class Jeff Selman, lead plaintiff in the landmark case Selman vs. Cobb County School District, will join us to talk about the fallout from this 2002 attempt to constrain the teaching of evolution in Georgia. We will also explore relevant issues regarding evolution in the classroom since this court case. |
| Wednesday March 31st noon-1pm |
Classic Rewind Pete is out of town so we will be playing a previous show. |
| Wednesday Mar. 24th noon-1pm |
Biomaterials – from wooden legs to nanomaterials Julie Champion, of the Georgia Tech School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, talks with us about synthetic biomaterials and their numerous applications to improving health. |
| Wednesday Mar. 17th noon-1pm |
Green Business Bob Drew, of ECOVIE Rainwater Collection Systems, will be discussing how we can do business in an environmentally friendly way. |
| Wednesday Mar. 10th noon-1pm |
Piezoelectricity – from Sonar to AFM Art Ballato will join us to discuss the history and science behind everyone’s favorite physical phenomenon, piezoelectricity. |
| Wednesday Mar. 3rd noon-1pm |
Science from Science Fiction We will be joined by the Lisa Yazsek and her co-hosts of WREK’s SciFiLab to discuss science fiction that has turned into science. Pete and Bill will also join SciFiLab to cover this topic on Sunday March 7th |
| Wednesday Feb. 24th noon-1pm |
Nanotechnology – Size Does Matter David Gottfried from the Georgia Tech Nanotechnology Research Center will join us to talk about the role that Nanotechnology plays in your life everyday. |
| Wednesday Feb. 17th noon-1pm |
Stem Cells – Cells Not Sure What They Want to Do When They Grow Up Todd McDevitt, director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech, talks about Stem Cell technology and its potential applications. |
| Wednesday Feb. 10th noon-1pm |
Science on Stage Lauren Gunderson, the first ever playwright in residence at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical physics at the University of Santa Barbara has authored numerous critically acclaimed plays about science. She will discuss the juxtaposition of science and the performing arts and her recent projects in this area. |
| Wednesday Feb. 3rd noon-1pm |
Sir Harry Kroto Sir Harry Kroto, who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of buckministerfullerene will join us to talk about science, society and education. |
| Wednesday Jan. 27th noon-1pm |
Fluids with an Attitude Amyn Teja from the Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will join us to talk about the thermodynamics and applications of supercritical fluids. They are not quite as critical as your mother-in-law, but they have applications for everything for making de-caffeinated coffee to dry cleaning. |
| Wednesday Jan. 20th noon-1pm |
POT-Pourri Our nanotechnology guest had to reschedule so we did a pot pourri show. The Science in the News article was on medical marijuana research which generated lots of discussion regarding how lots of policy decisions are made independent of science. We also discussed how the scientific method may be used for seemingly unscientific problems. |
| Wednesday Jan. 13th noon-1pm |
Coffee Chemistry Tracy Hamilton from the Dept. of Chemistry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will join us to talk about the chemistry of coffee. Tracy is a tour speaker for the American Chemical Society’s Speaker Service and talks about everything from the chemistry of coffee to the chemistry of beer. |
| Wednesday Jan. 6th noon-1pm |
High Speed Rail: When the Wait is Longer than the Flight Allen M. Zerembski, President of Zeta Tech, a consulting firm in the rail and transportation industry, will join us to discuss details if high speed rail and its prospects in the U.S. |