Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Joel Cuello

Dickson and Vincent speak with Professor Joel Cuello about his work on engineering of sustainable biological and agricultural innovations, including bioregenerative space life support, crop hydroponics, plant tissue culture, micropropagation, and industrial mass production of algae and plant cell and microbial cultures.

Links for this episode

• Controlled environment agriculture
• World without walls (pdf)
• 10 tips for engineering students
• Realizing algal biofuels full potential
• Image credit

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