STEMSpeak

Earthquakes are the cause of much woe and misery across the world. However, they are an integral part of the earth’s dynamics and inevitable. While they can’t be prevented, science and engineering helps us in lowering the risks and damages of earthquakes. Dr. Lap-Loi Chung, Deputy Director General of National Centre for Research and Education in Earthquake Engineering shares what about Taiwan’s geography makes it susceptible to earthquakes, what is being done to detect seismic activity, how are building structures improved to resist quakes.

What is haptics? How has the development of computer interface evolved from keyboard to tablet screen to virtual reality? What sensors enable wearable technology? What is the future of computer interface? What are the possibilities of the integration of AI and HCI? Let’s tackle these with our special guest from National Chiao Tung University (NCTU). Dr. Da-Yuan Huang works at the interface of Design and Computer and Electrical engineering to develop novel products for Human-Computer Interface. Learn more about Dr. Huang's research work at http://bit.ly/2MigST7 Did you miss the previous episode? Listen to it from here http://bit.ly/2H6HimX Let's be friends 👫👭 https://twitter.com/STEMSpeakPod https://www.facebook.com/STEMSpeakPod https://Instagram.com/stemspeakpod

In the aftermath of the 50th anniversary of Moon landing, Dr. Claudia Antolini from the Public Engagement Team at the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, discusses the emergence of space as a research frontier, what we have learnt from our missions to the moon, what are the benefits of space research, what questions we need to address in the future. She also charts her career path from PhD to postdoc in physics and science communication. You can find her on Twitter @CA_AstroComm Did you miss the previous episode? Listen to Episode 13 http://bit.ly/335FEvc Let's be friends 👫👭 https://twitter.com/STEMSpeakPod https://www.facebook.com/STEMSpeakPod https://Instagram.com/stemspeakpod

Why are some bacteria pathogenic and some are not? How do we differentiate between bacterial species and why should we? What can we learn from comparing bacterial genomes? What is metagenomics? Dr. Chih-Horng Kuo, Associate Research Fellow from the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology in Academia Sinica answers these questions and illustrates how studying the history of bacterial evolution is important for our future. Learn more about his research work http://bit.ly/32YIW33 Did you miss the previous episode? Listen to Episode 12 http://bit.ly/2Y7ACiT Let's be friends 👫👭 https://twitter.com/STEMSpeakPod https://www.facebook.com/STEMSpeakPod https://Instagram.com/stemspeakpod

Dr. Pao Kuan Wang, Director and Distinguished Research Fellow from the Research Center for Environmental Changes at Academia Sinica tackles the ever-important Climate change debate. He talks about how historical climate prediction is important, how air pollution is measured, how the physical properties of a raindrop can provide more information about cloud formation, how we could deal with global warming by carbon capture methods and more. Learn more about his research work http://bit.ly/2MgLCTN Did you miss our previous episode? Listen to it from here http://bit.ly/2ZbHsQD Let's be friends 👫👭 https://twitter.com/STEMSpeakPod https://www.facebook.com/STEMSpeakPod https://Instagram.com/stemspeakpod