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  • The Silent Technology Securing American Electrification

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    Rare earth elements. They are a hot topic in the news... but why? What technologies are they used in? Jett Barham, a materials engineering major at University of Kentucky, describes his summer doing research at University of Cincinnati and how new magnet research could shape the global energy landscape.
    Creator/Author:
    Barham, Jett; Steiner, Matthew A., and Payton, Eric J.
    Submitter:
    Eric Payton
    Date Uploaded:
    08/13/2026
    Date Modified:
    08/15/2026
    Date Created:
    2026-08-13
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Science Shouldn't Be A Luxury

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    What happens when the biggest barrier to scientific discovery isn’t a lack of ideas, but the cost of the tools themselves? In this episode, Jarin Earle, a junior in Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University, shares how a summer research project designing a low-cost viscometer changed the way he thinks about engineering; not as a way to build machines, but as a way to expand who gets the opportunity to do science.
    Creator/Author:
    Earle, Jarin O.; Yavitt, Benjamin M., and Payton, Eric J.
    Submitter:
    Eric Payton
    Date Uploaded:
    07/24/2026
    Date Modified:
    08/15/2026
    Date Created:
    2026-07-24
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Bubbles and Biases: Demystifying Research and Sustainability

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    Through my college journey, the terms “research” and “zero-emissions” have become central to my academic identity. Not just because they reflect both my lab experience and keen interest in sustainable tech, but because they evoke a personal question that many high school seniors and college underclassmen grapple with: what does it mean to be a scientist? I’m Trevon Collins, a mechanical engineering student at Tennessee Technological University. In this podcast episode, I’ll share the answers I’ve found through investigating age-old secrets of phase change and their implications for the green transition.
    Creator/Author:
    Collins, Trevon L; Yasin, Ayaaz; Bellur, Kishan, and Payton, Eric J
    Submitter:
    Eric Payton
    Date Uploaded:
    07/24/2026
    Date Modified:
    07/25/2026
    Date Created:
    2026-07-24
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Do Not Fear Failure

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    Description/Abstract:
    Kennedy Whiters lives by "Do not fear failure; rather, fear not trying." She participated in the REALIZE REU when she was a junior at Albany State University. Kennedy performed research on methanogens, a type of anaerobic bacteria that consumes carbon dioxide and turns it into natural gas, which we can use as a source of energy in power plants. In this episode, she describes her experience working in the lab of Prof Annie Rowe, where she found the lab group to be a good source of positive support, like her family.
    Creator/Author:
    Whiters, Kennedy D.; Rowe, Annette R., and Payton, Eric J.
    Submitter:
    Eric Payton
    Date Uploaded:
    07/19/2026
    Date Modified:
    07/24/2026
    Date Created:
    2024-07-28
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International