EPISODE · Apr 17, 2023 · 21 MIN
Episode 6.6: Matthew Bernards — Engineering A Better World
from The Vandal Theory · host University of Idaho
Question: What would you send to space? Meet Matthew Bernards (https://go.uidaho.edu/3ZS7I0Z), an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (https://go.uidaho.edu/41j7P6P) at University of Idaho and the director of the NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium. He sends things to space to track how germs spread. And he explains how the search far and wide for answers that could make medicine more effective and make space travel work better. Visit our website go.uidaho.edu/thevandaltheory. Email us at [email protected]. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu. More U of I Engineering Stories Super Smart Vineyards (https://go.uidaho.edu/3MwVNCI) Launching with NASA (https://go.uidaho.edu/3MsnvRf) Student Improves Robotic Devices to Advance Treatment for Survivors of Stroke (https://go.uidaho.edu/43os5pu) Music “Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (bit.ly/3f271AU) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (bit.ly/3D7wBMV). “Still Young” (https://go.uidaho.edu/3MtW3CH) by Desert Dive via soundstripe.
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Question: What would you send to space? Meet Matthew Bernards (https://go.uidaho.edu/3ZS7I0Z), an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (https://go.uidaho.edu/41j7P6P) at University of Idaho and the director of the NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium. He sends things to space to track how germs spread. And he explains how the search far and wide for answers that could make medicine more effective and make space travel work better. Visit our website go.uidaho.edu/thevandaltheory. Email us at [email protected]. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu. More U of I Engineering Stories Super Smart Vineyards (https://go.uidaho.edu/3MwVNCI) Launching with NASA (https://go.uidaho.edu/3MsnvRf) Student Improves Robotic Devices to Advance Treatment for Survivors of Stroke (https://go.uidaho.edu/43os5pu) Music “Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (bit.ly/3f271AU) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (bit.ly/3D7wBMV). “Still Young” (https://go.uidaho.edu/3MtW3CH) by Desert Dive via soundstripe.
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