LASER: Materials Science Podcast

LASER: Materials Science Podcast

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LASER: Materials Science Podcast episodes

  • Episode 13 – Microgravity
    This week is all about Microgravity! Chase and Cameron interview some members of the ASU Dust Devils Experiment about their plans to take dust into microgravity and learn more about how planets are formed! Then we talk about ISS experiments for fighting fires in space and on the ISS, and finally cooling atoms down to the lowest temperatures ever achieved to learn about and perform experiments for quantum mechanics.
    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 12 – Laserbones
    On this week's show-- Laserbones--Chris and Cameron discuss laser-3-D-Printed materials based on bones (lasers & bones), the use of cremated remains for synthetic diamonds (bones), and potential space mirror technologies made out of laser-trapped polystyrene beads (lasers)! We also have our first iTunes review!
    56 min
  • Episode 11 – Plant Materials
    This week on LASER we have a plant materials themed episode where we discuss cellulose nanocrystals for use in composites, using plants as wires for computing, and using green tea to synthesize gold nano-stars for cancer treatments, drug delivery, and photonics.
    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 10 – Perovskites, Gold, and 3-D Metal Printing
    This week on LASER we discuss Perovskite solar cells with organic charge transport layers, the horrible health effects of illegal backyard gold ore refining in Indonesia, and a new free open source metal 3-d printer from Michigan Tech. This show is also the first one we ever recorded entirely over the internet.
    1 hr 6 min
  • Short Update & Help LASER!

    Just a quick update about our plans for the future, and some begging for ratings and reviews, topic suggestions, and interviews.

    Now that we’re 10 episodes deep, and finally getting the hang of this podcasting thing, its time to start trying to expand our listener base, and make a couple changes to the show. We’re going to start recording short pieces trying to explain specific topics or experimental techniques in materials science & engineering.  We would also like to start inviting people involved in interesting things onto the show, and discussing with them.

    So please help us out by leaving a rating and review, telling people about us, and if you are doing something interesting or know somebody else who is, please email us at cameron-at-lsaerpodcast-dot-com! Do the same if you have any STEM topic you want us to discuss.

    Thanks,

    Cameron

    3 min
  • Episode 9 – Space, Robots, & the FUTURE
    This week on LASER, a super-sized cast discusses Semiconductor design/processing, Google robots and the DARPA robotics Challenge, a proposed form of space-based propulsion called e-sails, and the extension of the ISS mission until at least 2020!
    1 hr 19 min
  • Episode 8 – Special Perihelion Edition
    This is our special perihelion edition, where we celebrate being closest to our sun by reviewing some of the best science and engineering stories of 2013. Today we're a whopping 4% closer to the sun than at the furthest point. This episode spans many different subject areas, but is extremely disorganized, so please don't take this as a representative of usual episodes. We'll be back to better shows next week.
    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 7 – The Battery Outbreak
    This week on LASER, Emily and Cameron discuss batteries built by modified viruses, charge-dependent crystal changes of Lithium/Selenium-Sulfer Batteries, and Microbiological fuel cells built on natural loofah sponges.
    1 hr
  • Episode 6 – Fukushima Roll
    In Episode 6 - Fukushima Roll - we discuss whether tuna contaminated by the Fukushima disaster is safe to eat, canceled plans for a wind farm off the coast of the UK, and a new advancement in nanostructuring superhydrophobic materials for even better waterproof surfaces.
    1 hr 20 min
  • Episode 5 – Old News
    In Episode 5 - Old News, we discuss "space" tourism balloons (Hindenburg), photonic crystals applied to photovoltaic solar cells, and million year data storage in fancy Q-R codes (iPods for immortal elves?).
    1 hr 8 min

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Discussing recent publications and news in materials science, physics, and engineering fields.