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Harnessing the Power of Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Stormwater Management
Nicole Chavas (President + Chief Operating Officer) and Lucy Kopchak (Associate Engineer) join us to discuss green infrastructure and sustainable engineering. Due to climate change, cities are seeing
How do architects design science laboratories?
Specializing in designing science laboratories, Marilee is a registered architect and Senior Laboratory Planner at , one of the oldest and largest architecture and engineering firms in the country.
What is Data Science and How is it Used?
Ever wonder where some A.I. programs their data? Farhan Shaikh (VP of Data and Digital Solutions at Jacobs) discusses Data Science. Jacobs is an international company working to make the world smarter
Conservation of Valuable Land Through a Land Trust
Ben Taylor is a Project Manager at ACRES Land Trust in Northern Indiana. He joins us today to discuss the details of what a Land Trust is and his role in conservation and saving valuable lands for the
The Quest to Discover Dark Matter
Dr. Rafael Lang from Purdue University Physics and Astronomy is an eternal optimist. As iny scienteest has to be. He is on a quest to discover Dark Matter. Dark matter is a mysterious and invisible su
Exploring Ancient Volcanoes: Unveiling Insights from the Past
Disha Okhai researches ancient volcanoes to learn about the patterns and processes that provide valuable information about how magma accumulates, moves, and triggers volcanic eruptions. This historica
Demystifying Severe Storms and Tornadoes: Separating Fact from Fiction
This exciting crash course on tornado formation is led by Professor Dan Dawson, aka Tornado Dan, renowned research scientist from Purdue University Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sci
Frozen Quest: A Geochemist's Antarctic Expedition Searching for Knowledge
Geochemist Marissa Tremblay recently returned from a field research excursion in Antarctica. She describes the extreme cold environment as well as the science that is looking to reveal the secrets of
Understanding Drug Discovery: Finding the Cure for the Flu
Drug Discovery is a very interdisciplinary field of research. Imrul Shahriar, Ph.D. Candidate with the Low Research Laboratory at Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery, walks us through the process of d