Streaming Science

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication Major, Leanne Gamet talks with UNL Ph.D. Student Bridget Tripp. Bridget explains her studies in the Complex Biosystems program and the big data that is tied throughout. Find out more about her work with Harvard Med and Dilarium.

In this episode of Streaming Science, AESC major Bethany Karlberg interviews UNL Ph.D. student, John Evans about harvest logistics modeling. John is from Lexington, KS, and received his B.S. and M.S. in biosystems engineering at the University of Kentucky. John has a desire to create a tool that can give farmers on-the-spot efficiency numbers and spot corrections while their tractor is in the field. He is paving a way in agricultural technology.

In this episode of Streaming Science, AESC major Bethany Karlberg interviews UNL BSE-PIE Lab Manager, James Roeber. James discusses how he is trying to determine a way to measure and record power transfer from the tractor to the implement. He also adds in pertinent information about tractor/equipment power that can benefit all farmers!

In this Streaming Science podcast, we further explore Big Data with @UNLBigData but on the machinery side. Rylie Kalb, an AESC major, chats with Dr. Santosh Pitla, an assistant professor in the Biological Systems Engineering department, to learn more about his research relating to driverless tractors technology and its future. He explains how this new way of looking at tractor technology will innovate the agricultural industry as he continues research in advanced machinery systems.

In this Streaming Science podcast, we tackle the subject of corn genetics big data with Dr. James Schnable with @UNLBigData. Rylie Kalb, an AESC major, chats with Dr. James Schnable, an assistant professor in Agronomy and Horticulture, to learn more about how big data relates to his corn research. He explains how his area of research is looking to innovate crop production in Nebraska and beyond.

This episode of Streaming Science features, Dr. Jennifer Clarke, the Director of the Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative (QLSI) at the University of Nebraska Lincoln interviewed by AESC undergraduate student, Hannah Borg. QLSI is a faculty-led initiative to develop research and educational opportunities in data science for the life sciences. Have you ever heard the term ‘big data’ and didn’t really know exactly what it is? This is the podcast for you then. Dr. Clarke and Hannah Borg dive deeper into what ‘big data’ is and even what does ‘big data’ look like? Also, Dr. Clarke talks about what QLSI is doing and how it is helping production agriculture among other subjects like how is she changing the traditional stereotype of a scientist.

Calling all social media lovers! In this episode of Streaming Science Lisa Lightner, Business Associate for the Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative, shares her insight on how to effectively use social media to increase science literacy. Lisa specifically shares her enthusiasm for Twitter, and her advice for future journalists and science communicators.

Ever wonder what the difference between dirt and soil is? If so, this podcast is for you! Ashley Stengel, a UNL Complex Biosystems PhD student discusses how soil microbes and nutrients can help us feed the world’s growing population by “thinking like a microbe.” Additionally, Ashley also gives career exploration insight as she shares her journey to becoming a scientist. This podcast was developed by student Halle Ramsey for Streaming Science.

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication student, Catherine Jones met with Matthew Jockers, an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. For this Streaming Science podcast episode, the two discussed the Digital Research in the Humanities Matthew completed and how using big data led to him discover what it takes to write a New York Times Best Seller.

In this episode of Streaming Science, AESC student Catherine Jones visits with Carrie Brown, an Outreach and Training Specialist with the Holland Computing Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Tune into the podcast to hear an explanation of what “big data” is, how Carrie sees it impacting us all in the future and how she is helping researchers make big discoveries every day.