Douglas Vakoch | Talking to Extraterrestrials

For over fifty years, astronomers have pointed their telescopes to the sky, looking for signals from advanced civilizations—a project called SETI, the search for extraterrestrial civilizations. So far, they’ve found nothing. But what if there *are* other civilizations out there, but they’re doing exactly what we are doing—simply listening, and not transmitting? I advocate a
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Jeff Dugan | Tiny Fibers for Big Jobs

Etched-plate technology is a exploding new approach to making fibers. Fibers so tiny they can’t be seen can now be made into filters that capture invisibly small particles. Or you can write your name in a 10-micron fiber and use it to trace a terrorist’s bomb. Or…there’s lots more, and it’s all enabled by this
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Apparao Rao | Enhanced Performance in Imperfect Materials

Apparao Rao is a professor of physics and director of The Nanomaterials Center at a national university. Rao is a recipient of the 2014 Governor’s Award For Excellence and leader in green energy.
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Luigi Boccuto | Personalized Medicine: A New Approach

Luigi is a clinical geneticist who trained for several years under Professor Neri in Rome with a focus on hereditary cancer, overgrowth syndromes and intellectual disability (ID) syndromes.
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Ralph Hulseman | The Power of Microsurfaces

Hoowaki transforms the surfaces of common materials through micro technology on extruded and molded products and processes. We reduce sliding friction and control surface tension along with other custom capabilities. Using our proprietary technology, Hoowaki creates micro structured surfaces on your industrial tooling to create micron-sized features on the polymer and metal surfaces of your
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Emil Alexov | Listen to Your Genes

What if you could chat with your DNA to obtain advice about your health, your education, your career? Would you? This future may not be as far away as you think. About Emil Emil is a Professor at the Department of Physics at Clemson University and President of Predicagen LLC. He completed his PhD in
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Even Skjervold | What Biodiversity Means

This Upstate bioengineer demonstrates how nature can help us make great beer – and solve some of the world’s major challenges. About Even Born and raised in Norway, Even came to the US seeking an environment that fostered creation and progress. He wanted to find a cure for cancer through nanotechnology. After received his undergraduate
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Naren Vyavahare | Elastin: Rubber Band of Life

You’ve heard about this ingredient in your skin – but do you know it’s also a critical component of your vital organs? Research in elastin preservation and regeneration may be the key to future longevity. About Naren Naren Vyavahare is a Hunter Endowed Chair and Professor of Bioengineering at Clemson University—his primary research and teaching
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Joey Obermann | Good Morning Sunshine

A walking encyclopedia about light and how it influences the human brain, Joey Obermann explains how the quality of light affects quality of life. This electrical design engineer relates that light is something that affects our lives in ways that we can barely perceive, giving examples of how different kinds of light make us feel
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John DesJardins | Medical Implant Innovation

Patients are granted renewed hope and vigor with medical implants born in Clemson University’s Bioengineering Department. John DesJardins tells us about the growing number of total knee replacements, and how things can go wrong due to infections or other complications. This may result in a hard choice for patients — be wheelchair bound, have the
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Melisa Holmes | Eight Is Great: The Birds and The Bees Talk

How old were you when your parents relayed the dreaded birds-and-the-bees talk? How did it go? A physician, associate professor, and mother of three, Melisa Holmes provides a somewhat startling vision to help make the process easier and more meaningful — at the ripe old age of eight. That’s right. Eight. And why not? We
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Emily Reach | Invisible Illness and Incommunicable Diseases

About Emily Emily Reach White is the co-founder of Paris MTN Scout, a production company dedicated to bringing micro-budget, artistically ambitious, non-cynical films to market. In this role, she has worked as the story editor on one feature film, TAKEN IN, and two short films, GOOD LIFE (2010) and DOBRA OJCA (2012). She is the
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