It's a Material World | Materials Science Podcast

126: Racquet Sports Equipment and Materials Testing (ft. Koki Asahina)

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/2R3o5UMJ0SI When you pick up a racquet at the tennis court, have you ever thought: “this feels great!” Or, “this doesn’t f

125: Driving Nuclear Energy: Data-Driven Materials Science (ft. David Pham)

A resume mix-up landed a material scientist into a data scientist role. This happy accident led him to discover how data drives the design and operation of materials and

124: Shape Memory Alloys: Flexing for Safer Innovation (ft. Dr. Habib Alavi)

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123: From Biology & Industrial Design to MSE: Seamlessly Shifting Roles (ft. Aaron Nesser)

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122: Failure Analysis as a Key Metallurgical Skill (ft. Nirbhay Tandel)

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121: Evolution of Organic Electronics & Electronic Packaging (ft. Dr. Benedict San Jose)

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120: Metal Additive Manufacturing: Ultrasonic Energy vs Heat Energy (ft. Dr. Anagh Deshpande)

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119: Disruption vs. Incrementalization in the Energy Transition (ft. Dr. Reed Eisenhart)

What does it take to completely revolutionize the global energy infrastructure?    This is the Energy Transition.    We’ve done it before.    Once the value of gaso

118: A Program That Predicts the Properties of New Polymers (ft. Dr. Rishi Gurnani)

Bakelite was discovered in 1907. Nylon was discovered in 1935, polyethylene in 1936, Kevlar in 1966. All of these discoveries were revolutionary and had years of work put

117: Choosing Ethical and Environmentally Compliant Materials (ft. Caitlin Hirschler)

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116: The Materials Science of Cosmetics: Cosmetic Chemistry (ft. Kelly Dobos)

Cosmetic chemistry is the science responsible for the creation and refinement of makeup, body wash, deodorant, and many more body-based products that people use every day

115: The Design of Earthquake-Resistant Buildings (ft. Dr. Matthew Bandelt)

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114: Design Meets Engineering: The Making of E-Textiles (ft. Madison Maxey)

What do wearable medical devices, automotive interiors, and healthcare products all have in common?    Electronic textiles (E-textiles) can be used for all of them!   

113: Adaptation in the Oil and Gas Industry (ft. Justin Gauthier)

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112: Commercializing Ocean-Inspired Sustainable Fibers (ft. Dr. Chris Mekeel)

As a new sustainable biopolymer fiber, seaweed boasts a wide development and application space. If this material could be engineered to make personalized products, its co

111: Applications of Perovskites: Solar Cells & Beyond (ft. Akash Singh)

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/oBCvpLutoGM Perovskites are a different material than the silicon wafers that make up traditional solar panels – they have

110: Pioneering Performance Apparel for the Office and the Gym (ft. Gihan Amarasiriwardena)

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/hLVGRIbH01c Picture this: you BARELY made it to your big meeting on time, but you had to hustle get there. You didn’t anti

109: How AI & ML Will Revolutionize Microscopy (ft. Dr. Sergei Kalinin)

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/8t4yR6br6Kg Have you ever taken a long SEM scan, only to realize that the image doesn’t show what you are looking for? O

108: Investing in Materials Science Research (ft.Keong Chan)

Two words: Investors. Startups.    So you’ve made a new thing. Or maybe it’s a new process, a new technology, a different approach to the norm. You decided to take this

107: ChatGPT Asks Us How to Succeed in Materials Science

In today’s episode, Punith and David discussed Successful Project Management in Materials Science. This episode could explore effective project management strategies for