After Office Hours

Our conversation with Dr. Missy Cummings, Director of Duke's Humans and Autonomy Lab and Duke Robotics. She talks about her experiences serving as one of the U.S. Navy's first female fighter pilots, and how her experiences witnessing the tragedy that resulted from the failure of autonomous systems, coupled with her involvement in the policy sphere as a member of the Defense Innovation Board, has influenced her career as a researcher.

Our conversation with Dr. Nightingale, Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Nightingale speaks about her experiences that led her to starting her own lab and become a world leader in ultrasonic elastography (including playing on the Duke basketball team and working as an officer in the Air Force!!)

Our conversation with Dr. Marc Sommer, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neurobiology, and Psychology and Neuroscience. He speaks about how he balances his research in neural engineering with his role as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the BME department.

Our conversation with Anna Knight, PhD student in Dr. Kathryn Nightingale's lab in the BME Department at Duke University. Anna tell us about her time as an undergraduate at Duke, how campus has changed since then, and about the lessons she has learned as a graduate student.

Our conversation with Dr. Craig Henriquez, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and former chair of the BME Department at Duke. Dr. Henriquez is a skilled researcher and educator and an avid fan of Duke basketball.

Hosts Becky and Rohin talk about the inspiration behind "After Office Hours," share what they're excited about, and discuss their vision for the podcast.