STEAM-Cast

This is the second part of our ongoing conversation with research scientist Nathan McDonald, where we discuss statements and predictions of the future that were given to us in 2017 from physicist and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku. In this episode, we get into what exactly is the multiverse, can we visit it, and then take a tangential digression into the Chronicles of Narnia, Star Wars and Star Trek – but don’t worry, it all comes back together STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

This week we’re having a conversation with Evan Drozd – Evan is an associate research scientist with ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC, specializing in medical devices and neuroscience. Evan is also the first past Project Fibonacci® STEAM Scholar to join us on this program, so we’re going to see how attending the annual STEAM Leadership Conference influenced his thinking, and how he combines an arts background with a scientific career. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

The first part of a multi-part conversation with research scientist Nathan McDonald, where we discuss statements and predictions of the future that were given to us in 2017 from physicist and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku. In this episode we discuss the future and ethics of AI – getting into Asimov’s 3 rules of robotics – nanotech and biotech. We go into some fun tangents (the math of Hari Seldon’s psychohistory in the “Foundation” series, the width and breadth of Isaac Asimov’s interests as a writer), culminating in the ethics of nanotech, biotech, and artificial intelligence. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

Part Two of our conversation with astrophysicist Dr. Alex Filippenko, chair of UC-Berkeley's astronomy department. He and Dan talk about the discovery of gravitational waves (yay, Einstein!) and the practical uses of quantum physics. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

Astrophysicist Dr. Alex Filippenko, chair of UC-Berkeley's astronomy department, joins Dan for the first part of a two-part conversation. In part one, he talks about the nature of dark energy and how the universe may end in a few billion years. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

On Thursday, March 28, 2019, the Project Fibonacci® Foundation hosted the first annual Women & STEAM Congress, a professional development and networking event for young women and girls in high school and college, in coordination with Utica College and Women TIES, and sponsored by ANDRO Computational Solutions, Community Bank, Adirondack Bank, R-Tronics, and media sponsor WKTV NewsChannel 2. The centerpiece of the event was a panel on women in entrepreneurship, moderated by WKTV's meteorologist Jill Reale (@TheRealeDeal), and featured Master Sgt. Della Pray (ret.) of the US Air Force; Cathy Dare, geoenvironmental engineer & chief executive manager of TRM environmental; the Honorable Bernadette Romano Clark, NYS Supreme Court Justice; Christi Harrington, professor of art at Mohawk Valley Community College; Jenna Stanton, 21-year-old owner of Soul Bowl; Dr. Maria Kontaridis, director of research at Masonic Medical Research Institute; Linda Fake, owner of Uniquely Yours Interior Design; Dr. Stephanie Nesbitt, faculty administrator at Utica College; and Sonja Glumich, security systems engineer for the Air Force Research Lab. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

On Thursday, March 28, 2019, the Project Fibonacci® Foundation hosted the first annual Women & STEAM Congress, a professional development and networking event for young women and girls in high school and college, in coordination with Utica College and Women TIES, and sponsored by ANDRO Computational Solutions, Community Bank, Adirondack Bank, R-Tronics, and media sponsor WKTV NewsChannel 2. The centerpiece of the event was a panel on women in entrepreneurship, moderated by WKTV's meteorologist Jill Reale (@TheRealeDeal), and featured Master Sgt. Della Pray (ret.) of the US Air Force; Cathy Dare, geoenvironmental engineer & chief executive manager of TRM environmental; the Honorable Bernadette Romano Clark, NYS Supreme Court Justice; Christi Harrington, professor of art at Mohawk Valley Community College; Jenna Stanton, 21-year-old owner of Soul Bowl; Dr. Maria Kontaridis, director of research at Masonic Medical Research Institute; Linda Fake, owner of Uniquely Yours Interior Design; Dr. Stephanie Nesbitt, faculty administrator at Utica College; and Sonja Glumich, security systems engineer for the Air Force Research Lab. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham, founder of Women TIES, speaks with Dan about the importance of having more women in entrepreneurial roles, women in sports, and how to close the gender pay gap. Follow her at WomenTIES.com. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

Our Women's History Month series continues with Alane Varga, Dean of Diversity & Inclusion at Utica College. She sat down with Dan to talk about what diversity actually means & how it can be realized. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

We’re kicking off Women’s History Month with a brief but inspirational conversation we had with Dr. Debbie Berebichez, the host of Outrageous Acts of Science and the first Mexican woman to earn a PhD in physics from Stanford. Debbie spoke with Project Fibonacci Foundation media intern Jasmine Millner at the 2017 Project Fibonacci STEAM Conference. You can follow Dr. Berebichez at sciencewithdebbie.com and @debbiebere STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

“Professional Curiousers” Bryant Wysocki and Nathan McDonald join Dan once again to delve into the question of what is science. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci.

Research scientist Nathan McDonald joins us again to talk about exploration, ethics in science, and bidding goodbye to the Mars Opportunity Rover. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary STEAM learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to projectfibonacci.org. Steam-cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec. You can follow Dan on twitter @dankostelec. Technical support is by Andrew Burger. The music in the show is by the Live and Breathe from the album Rete. You can find it on itunes or wherever you listen to music. Please subscribe and rate the show 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci. Thanks for listening. Keep moving forward, Full STEAM aheadFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailShare

We’re looking at the Smart City of STEAM Challenge, a collaboration between the Project Fibonacci® Foundation and EPICS in IEEE. Special thanks to the Albany Medical Center and their STEP program, the Tech Valley Center of Gravity, the Rome Hospital Foundation and Rome Memorial Hospital, the South Colonie Central School District, and EPICS in IEEE…

Entrepreneur and engineer Bob Bojanek is the co-chair of the annual Project Fibonacci STEAM Leadership Conference and is involved in various community foundations and non-profits with a focus on education and youth development, such as the Project Fibonacci Foundation, where he is a board member. He and his wife, Kathy, are the founders of the…

Author and science historian Dr. Brandy Schillace joins Dan to talk about a wide range of topics, including everything from chaos theory to quantum physics, the arts inside of STEM, healthcare in America and financial instability, cosplay and fandom, science history and what history can teach us about where we are right now and where…

Research scientists Dr. Bryant Wysocki and Nathan McDonald join us to talk about  neuroplasticity – what it is, what it means for you, and how the public has a need for basic scientific and art literacy.   STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci Foundation, a 501-c-3 non-profit educational organization who mission is to…

This is part two of a two-part interview with the founder of the Project Fibonacci Foundation, Andy Drozd. If you missed part one, go download episode 1 right now!   STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci Foundation, a 501-c-3 non-profit educational organization who mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of…

Welcome to STEAM-Cast, where STEM and the Arts collide With your host Dan Kostelec we’re going to have conversations with the brightest lights and rising stars in the fields of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math – exploring the world that we live in, the science that makes it all possible and the art that makes it interesting. This is episode one, and it’s part one of a two-part interview with the founder of the Project Fibonacci Foundation, Andy Drozd. Andy is an engineer, a scientist, an entrepreneur, an amateur musician, and a philanthropist with an aim toward using STEAM education as a catalyst for better workforce preparedness and economic development in his hometown of Rome, New York. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci Foundation, a 501-c-3 non-profit educational organization who mission is to introduce our youth to a culture of interdisciplinary steam learning, teaching them to become creative, independent leaders of community resurgence. You can learn more by going to ProjectFibonacci.org STEAM-Cast was written, produced and hosted by Dan Kostelec - you can follow Dan on Twitter @dankostelec Technical support by Andrew Burger The music that opens and closes the show is by The Live and Breathe, from the album Rete – you can find that on iTunes or whereever you listen to music Please rate the show 5 stars, don’t forget to subscribe, and follow us on Twitter – we’re @ProFibonacci. Thanks for listening – keep moving forward full STEAM ahead

DO YOU KNOW HOW OR WHY THE BIG BANG HAPPENED? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW AIRPLANES STAY IN THE SKY? HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT MATH SOUNDS LIKE, OR WHAT GEOMETRY HAS TO DO WITH ART? THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE ARE GOING TO BE ANSWERED. WELCOME TO THE NEW PODCAST FROM THE PROJECT FIBONACCI FOUNDATION, STEAM-CAST, HOSTED BY DAN KOSTELEC. HERE WE’RE GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THE SCIENCE, MATH AND ART THAT WE LIVE WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND PUT IT INTO A DIGESTIBLE FORM, WITH SOME OF THE LEADING MINDS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, THE ARTS, AND MATH. TUNE IN EVERY MONDAY TO HEAR INTERVIEWS WITH THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS AND RISING STARS IN THE STEAM FIELDS, ALONG WITH PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, AND NONPROFITS WHO ARE WORKING TO USE STEAM EDUCATION AS A CATALYST TO DRIVE A MODERN RENAISSANCE, STEAM-CAST WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT’S NEW IN SCIENCE NEWS AND THE ARTISTIC TRENDS THAT ARE ON THE RISE. STEAM-CAST IS A PRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT FIBONACCI FOUNDATION, A 501-C-3 NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO INTRODUCE OUR YOUTH TO A CULTURE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STEAM LEARNING, TEACHING THEM TO BECOME CREATIVE, INDEPENDENT LEADERS OF COMMUNITY RESURGENCE. STEAM-CAST PREMIERES ON MONDAY, JANUARY 7TH – SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS OR WHERE-EVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS. STEAM-CAST: WHERE S.T.E.M. AND THE ARTS COLLIDE! FULL STEAM AHEAD!

DO YOU KNOW HOW OR WHY THE BIG BANG HAPPENED? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW AIRPLANES STAY IN THE SKY? HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT MATH SOUNDS LIKE, OR WHAT GEOMETRY HAS TO DO WITH ART? THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE ARE GOING TO BE ANSWERED. WELCOME TO THE NEW PODCAST FROM THE PROJECT FIBONACCI FOUNDATION, STEAM-CAST, HOSTED BY DAN KOSTELEC. HERE WE’RE GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THE SCIENCE, MATH AND ART THAT WE LIVE WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND PUT IT INTO A DIGESTIBLE FORM, WITH SOME OF THE LEADING MINDS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, THE ARTS, AND MATH. TUNE IN EVERY MONDAY TO HEAR INTERVIEWS WITH THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS AND RISING STARS IN THE STEAM FIELDS, ALONG WITH PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, AND NONPROFITS WHO ARE WORKING TO USE STEAM EDUCATION AS A CATALYST TO DRIVE A MODERN RENAISSANCE, STEAM-CAST WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT’S NEW IN SCIENCE NEWS AND THE ARTISTIC TRENDS THAT ARE ON THE RISE. STEAM-CAST IS A PRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT FIBONACCI FOUNDATION, A 501-C-3 NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO INTRODUCE OUR YOUTH TO A CULTURE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STEAM LEARNING, TEACHING THEM TO BECOME CREATIVE, INDEPENDENT LEADERS OF COMMUNITY RESURGENCE. STEAM-CAST PREMIERES ON MONDAY, JANUARY 7TH – SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS OR WHERE-EVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS. STEAM-CAST: WHERE S.T.E.M. AND THE ARTS COLLIDE! FULL STEAM AHEAD!