This edition: Science and Engineering
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Episode Details
Original tape date: August 3, 2015. First aired: September 1, 2015.This month Science & U! takes on engineering in our everyday lives with some interesting results:
Tinabeth Pina gets a lesson in physics to understand how everyday things like our TVs and cellphones work.
Donna Hanover revisits the MTA’s 2nd Avenue subway tunnel to see how far along the project has gotten.
Mike Gilliam checks in on the construction of the replacement to the Tappan Zee Bridge and talks with bridge designer Khaled Mahmoud.
Dr. Max Gomez looks at something right out of science fiction…. the mechanical exoskeleton which is helping some paraplegic patients to walk again.
Lisa Beth Kovetz visits one science classroom to see what some 11th graders can make out of littleBits, nifty new electronic circuits you snap together like Legos.
Carol Anne Riddell meets a Girl Scout troop that‘s excited about technology, not cookies.
For More Information:
2nd Avenue Subway - www.mta.info
Bridges - www.newnybridge.com
- www.kmbtc.com
littleBits - littlebits.cc
Girl Scouts - www.girlscoutsnyc.org
- www.ngcproject.org
Guest List
David Capobianco Project Manager, The New NY Bridge
Brian Conybeare Special Advisor, The New NY Bridge
Alexi Feliciano Girl Scout
Calvin Grace Senior Technician, New York City College of Technology/CUNY
Michael Horodniceanu President, MTA Capitol Construction
Anna Kalishman Girl Scout
Roman Kezerashvili Chairman of Physics Department, New York City College of Technology/CUNY
Dr. Allan Kozlowski Director of Rehabilitation, Mount Sinai Hospital
Emily Layden Girl Scout
Dr. Khaled M. Mahmoud Engineer; President, Bridge Technology Consulting
Krystal Persaud Director of Product Design, littleBits
Sarah Pooley Manager, Youth Leadership & Volunteer Support, Girl Scouts of Greater New York
Gregory Schepper Paraplegic
Tatiana Serafin Troop Leader, Troop 2832
Sergio Urias Paraplegic
Michael Zitolo Science Teacher, School of the Future
