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Elliot McAllister: Butterfly net for alien microbes

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#60 – Elliot McAllister: Butterfly net for alien microbes

Elliot McAllister, founder and CEO of Skyphos Technology in Blacksburg, Virginia, and winner of a Beers with Engineers T-shirt giveaway for being the 1,001st connection. We discuss hands on tinkering and cycling the Iditarod Trail. Engineering wise, we discuss materials science and microfluidics. Sorry, but you’ll have to listen to find out how aliens and butterfly nets fit in.

  • Likes Two-hearted IPA
  • He didn’t choose engineering, it chose him.
  • Elliot and Bert are both cyclists.
  • Elliot wanted to be a bike designer
  • Worked on an all-wheel drive bike.
  • Raced a bike on the Iditarod trail.
  • Story about 1988 Giro d’Italia, “The Day the Strong Men Cried”
  • Materials are always important.
  • Got the idea for his company Skyphos during a class in microfluidics.
  • Similar to electronics but typically much smaller volumes.
  • Why sneakers squeak.
  • Elliot first saw ET while wearing a red sweatshirt.
  • National Outdoor Leadership School in Pacific Northwest
  • Volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and uses the Habitat Restore
  • Worked a few years as a roofer.
  • Hiking and skiing with his 3 kids.
  • Analysis of warmest sleeping positions

    • Elliot’s company - www.skyphos.tech

    Bert’s Company – www.dexterityeng.com

    Merchandise - www.beerswithengineers.shop 

     

    Hat tip to Joseph McDade for free use of his music "Mirrors".

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