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Guest | Dr. Moriba Jah, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin [@UTAustin]On Twitter | https://x.com/moribajahOn LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahniverse/On Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/moribajahWebsite | https://www.moriba.com/Host | Matthew S WilliamsOn ITSPmagazine  

Episode: 1174 Nature or nurture, explaining intellectual dynasties.  Today, more on the matter of heredity or environment.

As a child, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell '98, dreamt that one day she would defy gravity, taking her rightful place in the sky among the stars.----more---- SUMMARY Rochelle Kimbrell shared her journey of growing up as a young black girl in a small town in Colorado who dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot. Despite being told she couldn't or shouldn't pursue this goal, she developed a strong work ethic and passion for flying from a young age. She meticulously planned her path, gaining leadership experience in Civil Air Patrol and excelling academically to earn an appointment to the Air Force Academy. Kimbrell overcame challenges like failing a class by changing majors and learning from mistakes. As one of the first female fighter pilots, Kimbrell faced obstacles like lack of proper gear and medical issues. She discussed the difficulties of balancing pregnancy/motherhood with her flying career due to changing policies. After 13 years of active duty service, Kimbrell transitioned to the reserves and pursued public speaking and entrepreneurship. This allowed her to find fulfillment in empowering and mentoring others, especially young minorities.   OUR FAVORITE QUOTES "My parents always feel this to just just go out and chase our dreams and follow our dreams, and, you know, to forge our own paths and to be strong." "I think we plan our vacations really well. But I don't think we plan our lives really well." "You've got to have a plan for your life. Like yes, you can change course 100%. But you've got to have first vision, so that you can start working towards it and figure out what it's going to take." "You learn that there are many paths that can lead there. And so it was it was okay. And that everybody's gonna have a setback." "I want to impact people's lives. I want to empower people to be their best selves." - Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell '89   SHARE THIS EPISODE FACEBOOK  |  LINKEDIN  |  TWITTER  |  EMAIL   CHAPTERS 00:00:  Introduction and Background 06:34:  Overcoming Doubts and Breaking Barriers 25:43:  Challenges Faced by Female Fighter Pilots 32:50:  The Importance of Mentorship 49:33:  Dare to Dream and Pursue Your Goals   SOME TAKEAWAYS - Believe in yourself and pursue your dreams, even when others doubt you. - Having a plan and being willing to pivot can lead to unexpected opportunities. - Overcoming challenges and setbacks is part of the journey to success. - Representation matters - being a role model can inspire others to pursue their own dreams. Female fighter pilots faced challenges in terms of camaraderie, gear, and facilities. - Balancing motherhood and a career as a fighter pilot was challenging. - Mentorship is important, and mentors don't have to look like you. - It's important to dare to dream and pursue your goals, despite obstacles and failures. - Planning your life and having a clear vision of where you want to go is crucial.   COL. KIMBRELL'S BIO Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Rochelle Kimbrell is a charismatic trailblazer whose road to becoming the US military's first Black female fighter pilot started when she was a little girl growing up in Parker, Colorado. She had a dream that was beyond the imagination of most. In a time before women were allowed to fly fighter aircraft and women being in combat was literally against the law, those boundaries were no deterrent for Rochelle. Powered by a dream, Rochelle crafted a plan to achieve this dream and the journey to success through failure took commitment. The story of her journey is legendary and can ignite a flame in any individual or team and challenge them to dare to dream again. Rochelle not only broke several glass ceilings in the F-16 community, her experiences transformed into operations on the ground and then on to the highly technological remotely piloted aircraft. Rochelle has over 2100 hours piloting military aircraft and over 975 combat and combat support hours. Rochelle retired from the Air Force in 2020 after almost 22 years of service.  She is a full time public servant pouring her time and energy back into her community. She volunteers as an orientation pilot in the Civil Air Patrol, shares her story and teaches leadership and success principles to individuals and organizations across the country through her Dare To Dream (Dare-2-Dream.com) speaking platform and is also a full time mother to 2 amazing boys and wife to an awesome husband. - Copy credit:  AthenasVoiceUSA.com   CONNECT WITH ROCHELLE LINKEDIN  |  WEBSITE   ABOUT LONG BLUE LEADERSHIP Long Blue Leadership drops every two weeks on Tuesdays and is available on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn + Alexa, Spotify and all your favorite podcast platforms. Search @AirForceGrads on your favorite social channels for Long Blue Leadership news and updates!        TRANSCRIPT OUR SPEAKERS Our guest, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell '89 | Our host is Naviere Walkewicz '99   Naviere Walkewicz Col. Kimbrell, welcome to Long Blue Leadership and thank you for being here today.   Rochelle Kimbrell Thank you so much, Naviere.  That's an awesome intro and I'm really excited to here today talking with my alma mater.     Naviere Walkewicz  00:49 That's right. Well, that's my pleasure. And you know, I think it's always especially wonderful when I get to speak to someone that I was at the Academy with at the same time. So, we're kind of going back in the day. And we can say that because, you know, we're amongst friends here. But this is a great opportunity to share with our listeners a little bit about you and your journey. So, we're really excited.   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  01:08 Awesome, excited to be here.   Naviere Walkewicz  01:09 Well, let's go back in time a little bit. Let's go back to you as a little girl. Can you share a little bit with our listeners about where you grew up, what your family life was like? Take us on the journey.   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  01:21 Take you on the journey. All right. So absolutely. So, my family actually migrated here from Guyana in South America. So, my dad moved out here for college, went to Howard, and then he was getting his Ph.D. in Indiana — Purdue — when I was born. So, I'm the youngest of four. And we moved around a little bit, and then we ended up settling in Colorado. So, I actually grew up in Parker, which is only about an hour down the road, 45 minutes down the road from the Academy. And, you know, we grew up in a time where — Parker now is a thriving metropolis, but it was a really small horse town. Growing up where we were one of two Black families that I was aware of growing up, and I was the only Black person in my class from kindergarten all the way through graduation. So, it was an interesting time; it was an interesting town. But I'm an animal fanatic. I grew up showing horses and showing dogs and you know, when I tell people about where I grew up, and I talk about, you know, Parker had one stoplight and Main Street had a saloon with still saloon doors on it. We used to ride our horses down to the candy store, the Mountain Man Fruit and Candy store, and there was a hitching post outside. And people were like, “You're from Montana?” I'm like, “No, no, no, no, just up the road about 45 minutes.” So, a very different place back then. And my parents just being immigrants, you know, they knew that America was kind of the place where you come to make your dreams come true, the land of opportunity, they believed that you do it through education, and if you were educated, then you could go out and achieve whatever you wanted to. And so they always feel this — to just go out and chase our dreams and follow our dreams, and, you know, to forge our own paths and to be strong and to go for it, you know. They knew that they didn't have all the answers, but that they were out there, and that there was nothing that was stopping us other than ourselves. So, they always fostered that in us growing up, which I really appreciate. So, when I came out of left field with the crazy notion of being a fighter pilot, they had no idea. Military life? What that was like? What that was about? But they said, you know, go after it. You know, figure it out and go do.   Naviere Walkewicz  03:47 That's amazing. I mean, it sounds like, just right from the get-go, you had such wonderful role models of not being afraid, right, and taking the chance at the dream and pursuing things that are greater and bigger and whatever we want to achieve. Maybe you can expand on that. Because from horses to fighter jets, you know, it's like, “Wait, that's a big leap.” Let's talk about how did you know that you wanted to become a fighter pilot.   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  04:11 So, from about kindergarten, I wanted to be an astronaut. And I was always just fascinated with space and the stars and the sky and weightlessness and speed and defying gravity. Like, it was all just really interesting to me. And I just wanted to be up there among the stars from day one. And so in kindergarten, I wrote away to NASA and asked, you know, what do I have to do - on that line paper - you know, and said, “How do I become an astronaut?” and they sent back a ginormous package of huge pamphlets and books and things that I never got all the way through. But, you know, kind of laying that process out of what that would look like and all the things that you can do and learn. And as I continue to learn about it, watch a little bit of it, learn you know what that was like, somewhere along the way I found out that not all astronauts get to go to space. I didn't want to do all that training and maybe not get picked, right? So, I think, you know, as I've dissected my life, I kind of go back and I think about, you know, being picked and maybe being, you know, that minority child not always being picked first. I think that was one of my stepping stones to saying, you know, if it really comes down to you've done all the training, and somebody still has to choose you, I wasn't confident that I would be chosen to go to space. So somewhere along the road I learned about fighter jets, you know. We had Academy kids that used to come down to our church, and they would sing over Christmas, and then they'd spend a couple of days with you, and then go back — our church had that program. So, over time I'd heard some of them talking about being fighter pilots, and I kind of probed him, you know, hid around the corner, and listened to what they're talking about — being, you know, fighter pilots. And I was like, “That sounds pretty cool, like fast and jets, and it's up there in the sky; you're still defying gravity. I want to do that.” And so that's where that kind of passion came from. And, you know, the animals were just, you know, animals are great companions. So, I think just growing up in the in those scenarios, they were comforting. It was challenging, it was fun. And I think it really is kind of along the same lines, you know, you kind of set your mind out and you're gonna go do something that's challenging, but it fills that need for you. And that's what flying became for me further into my life.   Naviere Walkewicz  06:35 That helps explain the move from horses to the stars, and then into the cockpit of a fighter jet. So when you said your parents and your family was really supportive of you going to the Academy, did you know the Academy was the route you're gonna take?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  06:49 Absolutely. So, once I decided I wanted to be a fighter pilot. My dad got me a flight lesson when I was 14, a discovery flight. And that just really sealed the deal. I mean, just being in control of a little Cessna up there, 14 years old, you know, you take off and the world is your oyster. It's a whole different perspective. It's just a different view of life in general. And that's how I feel about flying to this day. I love it. It's the ultimate freedom. It's amazing. So, from there, I kind of reverse engineered my life. I said, “How do I become a fighter pilot?” Because my parents didn't have the answers. And so I started asking the questions. And I really looked at it as this is the goal: to get to the Air Force Academy, because they had the most pilot training slots. So, I looked around, I didn't learn a lot about ROTC, I didn't learn a lot about it. Because I learned that they didn't have a lot of slots at the time. I never heard the word Reserve, I never really heard the word Guard. So that was interesting going forward — that there were other paths, but I didn't know about them. So I knew the Academy had the most pilot training slots. And I said, “OK, how do I get there? How do I get to the Academy?” You know, so you start reading and seeing things and it's good grades, you've got to be well rounded, and you've got to have leadership, sports, you've got to have all of these things. I'm like, “I don't know what this well-rounded thing means. But OK, good grades. I can do the good grades, I do good grades and try to figure out all the rest of the stuff.” I ended up joining Civil Air Patrol when I was in, I think, eighth grade. And that really just opened up a huge — it was really like a foot in the door for me because it was military-esque. You know, they're an auxiliary of the Air Force. So, you're wearing the uniform, you're doing the marching and lots of leadership opportunities. So, I actually ended up commanding the drill team and taking us to nationals and doing encampments up here at the Air Force Academy. So, we run the leadership reaction course before I even came here, you know, and it was that leg up that I needed for not having, you know, family, second generation, all that, it was the leg up that I really needed to crack the door and go, “OK, this is something that yeah, I could do this.” So, I got to have those leadership experiences. And I played sports. You know, all sorts of different sports. I did soccer and volleyball and ran track and ended up doing swimming so that I could pass basic swimming, those types of things. So it was really a well thought out chartered course, because I knew I wanted to go to the Academy. And I think that's something that I've tried to pass on to my kids is like, “You've got to have a plan for your life.” Like, “Yes, you can change course 100%. But you've got to have first vision, so that you can start working towards it and figure out what it's going to take.” I don't think that we spend enough time doing that sometimes. I think we plan our vacations really well. But I don't think we plan our lives really well.   Naviere Walkewicz  09:42 I was just gonna say that sounds like a really good leadership nugget right there. I mean, honestly, when did you realize you — have you always been a planner or was that something as a kid that you've, you knew about yourself or just developed about yourself?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  09:55 I would say that that was the first big plan that I created. And it was very intentional. The people that say, “Oh, I just, you know, showed up and I took a flight at the Academy and decided I wanted to go fly.” That's not how this worked for me. Like, I've been calling for this from day one. So yeah, absolutely.   Naviere Walkewicz  10:20 You had said something about in Civil Air Patrol, you were leading, you took your team to nationals. I would love to learn more about what that leadership journey was. And the reason I asked that is because sometimes our listeners think, you know, “What does leadership look like? And if I've not been involved in something, can I still get to a leadership position in it?” You know, and so it sounds like you took that on.   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  10:40 So, I think as a young person, it's a little bit scary, because it's the first time that you're leading your peers, and trying to get people to do things that they don't necessarily want to do, because part of our competition was running. We played volleyball, and we drilled, you know, and it was voluntary, obviously, it's not, you know, to get in there and to go to the drill team. But it was really creating that camaraderie among the people that made them want to show up and want to show up at their best. And it was just kind of my first crack at getting to do that. And I think we were super successful in being able to create that environment that people wanted to be around where they got to be themselves and come out, and everybody had a strength and everybody had weaknesses, that we had to cover everybody, you know, and then we get to build them up. And you see that growth. And maybe at the time, I wouldn't say that I took that all in and knew what was, you know — that this is what was happening. But as I go back and dissect, I feel like that's where we got some of our successes is because the environment that we created was so fun, so welcoming, but we all were on a mission and we wanted to win. So, we had that vibe underneath that was driving us, but people could show up as themselves. So, it was pretty awesome.   Naviere Walkewicz  11:56 I see that strength in you. Just the theme that it's kind of running through everything you're talking about is, you know, kind of finding a way and I think bringing others along with you — sounds like that's kind of where we're headed. So I really like that. Maybe let's talk about when you got into the Academy. What was that experience like? Did you get the letter? How did you find out? And what were your first reactions?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  12:18 So, the only two places that I applied to were the Air Force Academy and the Naval Academy. My mom was like, “You should apply to MIT.” I don't know if they have a good pilot program, but they don't have the most pilot training slots.That was my plan and so I actually got accepted to the Naval Academy first, quite a while before I got accepted to the Air Force Academy. I ended up with a vice presidential nomination for the Academy for the Air Force Academy. And I waited. And I was really excited about the Naval Academy. I had been out to visit and it's a beautiful campus. And it would be super fun to go and learn how to crew and do things that I've never done. And I thought it'd be fun to do a summer on a boat. And I wanted to go away from home. So, it was really, yeah, it was really enticing to actually just say, “Yeah, I'm gonna go to the Naval Academy.” And then when I got that acceptance letter from the Air Force Academy, I was like, oh, OK, this is what it's always been about. And so I sat down and I made a list of where I wanted to go, and why I chose these two schools. And the Air Force Academy just came out with, this is what I was set out to do. These are the goals that I had, and this will fulfill all those goals. And that's probably what I should do, even though it's not away from home. And it's not, you know, and I was like, but that was the goal. So, I stepped foot in and it was awesome. I mean, it was everything that I thought it was gonna be, you know, a lot of people, not a lot, some people look back and wonder what they got themselves into when they show up here. And I knew exactly what I was getting myself into. I was excited about it. I had actually got to train with the PJs while I was in Civil Air Patrol. And that was way harder than basic training. So, when I showed up, I was like, “Oh, this is awesome.” People were like, “How do you know how to blouse your boots?” So, I'm like, “Because this was my plan.” I was like, “This was my plan all along.” And then you start asking people, “Why are you here?” Because you have all the different things right? There's other people that thought to be here and there's other people that showed up for they don't know why. And there's other people that were gonna just try it out. And so, you had the plethora, you had all of the… but I was one of those people. It's like this is where I have been fighting to get in from the time I was 14.   Naviere Walkewicz  14:49 Obviously it shows that hard work pays off. And you know, one of the other things that stood out to me, she's [Col. Kimbrell] wearing a red blazer because she is Red Class and I did want to acknowledge the fact that I noticed so, you're welcome.   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  15:00 Awesome. Thank you. Dominate.   Naviere Walkewicz  15:03 So, you know, I am doing my part, you know, as a Gold Class, you know, just paying homage. So, let's talk about time at the Academy, and you said it was everything you'd hoped it to be.   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  15:15 So it was, well, school was a little harder than I hoped it would be. The hope was that it would prepare me to go on to be a fighter pilot was the hope. And I think, you know, I just knew what I was getting myself into. So, there were no huge surprises, which I think was helpful as I walked through the journey. So, showing up doing basic — that was all well and good. The camaraderie that we built around that being, you know, Screaming Demons, and then, you know, going into the Killer Cobras. For my first two years, just a solid group of human beings. We had phenomenal upperclassmen, like, you know, just the greatest leadership team to teach us leadership and teach us exactly what I'm talking about. And that's probably where it solidified, was, you know, really working hard. You're working your tail off, but being part of something greater than yourself. And that was the first time I really learned about that piece of leadership, that it wasn't just about me going off to be a fighter pilot. But there's all this team building that has to happen in between. And that's kind of when that started to set in. And I think the Academy does that very well, in building teams and strong teams through challenge. So, I came in and, you know, did the things. It was a walk-on to the fencing team for a semester. And then I learned about falconry. And, you know, we only select four people from each class to be falconer just for their time here to take care of our mascots, to love them and just be amazing. And to go out and represent the school as well. And so, you know, my love of animals, it was perfect. And it was my kind of escape from when things did get crazy. I got to go down to the muse and play with the birds. And, you know, we brought our beloved Aurora here when she was just a little fledgling (with) fluffy feathers. So when I came back, 20 years later, she was still alive, and I got to see her and handle her. And it was awesome. So, I did that for my four years here, which afforded me lots of opportunities to go out and talk to high schools and do all kinds of different things. That's one thing I talked to people about, you know, going out and doing the hard things and getting in programs that are rigorous, make sure you have your outlet, make sure that you're taking care of yourself, whatever that looks like, you know, whether it's falconry or, whether it's you know, meditation or yoga, or whatever it is, make sure that you take that time to do that so that you can enjoy your experience, even though it's super challenging.   Naviere Walkewicz  17:51 One of the questions I think some of our listeners have is, you know, your time as a cadet. While a lot of things, you expect them to be challenging, to have an outlet and such, you know, maybe you can share an example where it was a challenge that you had to overcome something or you learned something about yourself having to go through an experience a challenge. Can you share maybe a setback or something that helped you grow as a leader?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  18:13 Definitely, I think, you know, failing or almost failing the class like that — that had never happened; it never occurred to me that it could happen. Um, you know, we all come in here, as you know, top rated top academics, you know, we've not always done things well. But we have surpassed many in our journey to get here. And I was always really good at math. It was something that I prided myself on being good at. And then I hit that Engineering Math 343 and it crushed my world. And so, I started out as an Engineering Mechanics major. And when that happened, they were like, “Well, you can take that again, or you can change your major.” And I was like, “I'll just change my major.” And that was kind of the first time that I had backed down from my plan. But I realized that there are many paths that could lead there. And so it was OK. And that everybody's gonna have a setback. So that was kind of the first big pill. I mean, not the first, but that's one that I definitely remember to this day that I had to swallow for myself. “Oh, I'm not gonna graduate with this degree that I thought I was gonna graduate with.” But it afforded more opportunities and different doors to open to find out, you know, that I really enjoyed doubly. So, I took a bunch of classes and so I got to branch out a little bit more than I would have been just being on the straight and narrow and not learning to pivot. And so, I think that was my first lesson in learning to pivot, which would suit me later on in my career for sure.   Naviere Walkewicz  19:55 Now that's a great example. And I think that it's really, you know, good for people to hear that sometimes there are many ways we can get to an end goal. And just because the plan has to shift, that's absolutely OK. And that's life. Right? So, in the intro, we talked a bit about couldn't and shouldn't. So, let's kind of dive into that a little bit. Was that more after graduation? Would you say there were things even at the Academy that kind of followed that trajectory?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  20:23 I think that was all the way from the time I was little, you know, when I was a little Black girl growing up in Parker, people thought I couldn't and shouldn't do a lot of things. And that really, I think, even from a really young age, that really became the fuel to part of who I became. Going against the grain was my norm, like it became my norm as I was growing up. And, you know, for our military history buffs, you would know that women weren't even allowed to fly fighters until '93. And I graduated high school in '94. So, starting at 14, it was not just a, “You shouldn't” it was, “It's against the law.” Like, I would tell people I'm going to be a fighter pilot. And [they'd] say, “Well, you can't.” And I would tell them, I was like, “Well, I'm young.” So that's either gonna change, or I'm gonna change it. Like, those were my words that came out to people starting very young. And fortunately, I didn't have to change it, it changed right at the cusp — right in the nick of time, it changed. But it also came with a lot of challenges. You know, I remember being in pilot training and flying out across country, somewhere in the middle of nowhere, Texas, and crawling out of the T-38. And the guy at the gas station at the, you know, the [place] where we fill up our airplanes saying, “They let you fly that?” And I was like, “They let you talk?” That's what I said. And because I was spicy when I was younger, you know, sometimes it wasn't, you know, the most appropriate way. But standing up for yourself and knowing that you deserved as much of an opportunity as the next person to give it your best.   Naviere Walkewicz  22:11 I mean, there are so many lessons that we could just take from that just in general. I love that you said if there's not a way, I will find it or something to that… and you know, to that degree. Talk about that a little bit. So, when you went to pilot training, that path was afforded to you. But I'm sure it wasn't just like, “I want to be,” so it's done. Right? You had to work really hard. So talk about what some of that looked like, if you don't mind.   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  22:36 Um, so pilot training, whew, that was a, you know, I was thinking in my mind I was prepared because I had my pilot's license, you know? I knew that I could take off and land. But that happens. And once you start, once you get over the simulator process, and the ground part process of pilot training, everybody catches up to you in about two weeks — everybody's taking off and landing, like that was nothing special. So that was eye opening. I was like, “Oh, OK, I thought I had a leg up.” You know, it was the pace of learning and growth of going through what pilot training takes you to and just the professional process of training is fascinating. Like, it's very fascinating. If you sat back and you watched what you can learn in a year, when focused solely on, you know, two airplanes, you know, one airplane for six months, one airplane for another six months, and just what you need to do. You learn a lot, and I had a lot to learn, and it was rigorous. And it really took a team effort as far as study groups, and just learning how to study and those people who had family members, and were legacy pilots and legacy fighter pilots were, you know, you need those people in your group to just kind of help you decipher what it is, or I needed those people in my group to help me decipher what it was that I was reading and studying. So it was awesome. I had a great group of guys and gals initially in my class. And then once I split off to [T-38s] from that point, for many years, I was the only woman in my squadron that was flying, or in my group.   Naviere Walkewicz  24:14 Well, can you talk about that a little bit, I think, you know, you said the only female. I was a “loggie,” so I was helping to load aircraft. And I did get, during ops Air Force, a ride in a F-16D model. So, I got to sit in the back seat. I'm like, “This is great.” But that was my extent beyond the soaring program at the Academy. So can you talk about what it's like being a female fighter pilot and some of the experiences that you had maybe that aren't glamorous that people don't know about, like maybe don't even know to ask or what that was like? I think it's, really unique for people to hear some of what had to be overcome so that things are now normal.   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  24:51 I mean, I think it was a lot of little things that we had to, or though I'll just say that I'll just talk from my perspective. I won't speak for all the female fighter pilots out there because we are all walked very different paths. So, I think for me, it was a lot of little things that you had to deal with on a day-to-day that didn't allow me to show up at my best necessarily every day because I was focusing on the wrong things based on kind of the surroundings and what I was walking into. You know, I kind of think about it as some — this is a recent analogy that I've kind of come up with —it's kind of like, if you were out in public and you walked into the men's restroom, right. And that's where you were supposed to be, but you didn't feel like you were supposed to be there. Right? And so that was very similar to the initial walking into, you know, the T-38 is a little bit different because we started out, and I think I want to say, we actually had a large class of women going into my 993 team down at Laughlin. I think there were six of us. But then everybody went off — my roommate went off to helicopters, and then everybody else went “heavies.” And I was the only one that went fighters so you kind of had camaraderie with those guys initially. And so going into 38s was not as big of a deal. I think it was more showing up at Luke, and going through our fighter training unit there FTU, at Luke, where that's the first time you meet some other people and then every squadron subsequent to that. And I know for now, I do know, for many of us female fighter pilots, the gear was an issue. So just not having sizes that fit, not having good relief systems on the airplanes that women could use. So instead of focusing on things like tactics, and you know, where I need to be in formation, what our target is, and where I am on my target, you know, sometimes you can think about, like, I really gotta go to the bathroom and there's nothing I'm gonna be able to do about it for the next two hours, which doesn't make a good teammate. When you're a four-ship, and one person is not in the game fully, right, that is something that you absolutely need to be in the game fully 100 percent, 100 percent of the mission, 100 percent of the time. And I think that some of those basic needs not being met didn't afford me to be fully present when I needed to be at times. You know, and then that kind of goes hand in hand with, you know, potential leak-causing medical issues further down the road of, you know, not hydrating when you're flying jets, which is key, like you have to be hydrated to pull nine Gs. And I know, I flew not hydrated many times because I was concerned about other things. So those are some of the things that I think on the leading edge of, “Yeah, let's get women in the cockpit and the fighters,” you know, for a lot of reasons. That's a great idea. But we needed to think about it as a community kind of. What does that require, you know, what, what differences, you know, physiologically, whatever it is, does that require? And have we addressed that before we invite people into this space and say, “Yeah, go be a fighter pilot.” You know, we all managed and we figured it out. And, you know, that's the resiliency, that's the tenaciousness, that's the, “We're gonna do this, you know, come hell or high water. That's what we're gonna do.” And I think that was the mentality like, “I'm allowed to be here, I'm going to do my best to make the grade. I've done the things I'm, you know, I've made the grade and training, there's no reason that I shouldn't be able to go do this,” right? And then there's the reality of, here's a few things we need to tweak. And we're many years away from fixing those problems. Some of that has been arranged, and or some of that has been solved now, and some of it is still being worked on, you know. And I think we've come a long way in the realm of pregnancy and having babies and having kids in the fighter community. You know, it's kind of on the leading edge of that, too.   Naviere Walkewicz  29:16 You must be in my head. I was going to ask, you know, what it's like to be a fighter pilot and have children?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  29:23 So, and that's, you know, that's challenging. It was very challenging. And I think, being on the leading edge, the commander's didn't necessarily know what to do with you. I was at a non-flying assignment when we chose — I say chose — but I use that word loosely, because I had asked, you know, if I was on a non-flying assignment, which meant I would have to go to a transition course in order to go back to the jet. And so, I got married while I was at the non-flying assignment. And I asked, “If I went to the transition course and then subsequently decided to have a child, what would that look like?” And my commander said, “Well, we don't have to give you another transition course.” So essentially what that means to everybody who, you know, just to make it perfectly clear, your flying career would be over if I chose to have a child. So that was the thought process at the time by some, not all, because it was very commander-dependent. It was very, you know, they had the power, so we chose to have my son before I went to the transition course. And the rules at the time were that you were allowed to PCS, they were allowed to PCS you three months after you had a baby. Well, I had an emergency C-section. And three months after I had a baby, I couldn't do a sit up, they were ready to PCS me back-to-back to go pull nine Gs. And I was trying to explain that to the guy at the assignments. And he's like, “But the book says…” and I'm like, “I understand what the book says. However, we've got to think outside the box here a little bit. And I'm gonna need a little bit of an extension here before I can go the course. So, I can do a sit up, maybe stand up, maybe just do some basic things aside from pulling nine Gs.” And so, I think it was six to seven months after having my son I ended up at my course. And I was in Italy with a 9-month-old, going back to the jet, which was crazy. I'm not sure that it was sane at all. I mean, I don't know, for those people who've had babies, and you know what the first two years of life is like with the amount of sleep that you get. And it doesn't matter how phenomenal your spouse is, if you're the mom, you're the mom, and you've still got duties that you have to perform, whether it's you know, child's hungry, there's only one person that can do something about that. So, it was interesting. And then, you know, the other part of that is support for your spouse, you know. We were one of the few people that had young kids showing up in Italy — he was the only guy and in the spouse's area, he had no support. With a 9-month-old in a foreign country, didn't speak the language. It was tough. It was challenging.   Naviere Walkewicz  32:20 That is. And so how did you I mean, aside from we just got through it, you know, what were some of the things that you might share with others? Look back. How were you able to so maybe others can think about what that looks like?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  32:36 We really did just get through it, right? We did, we leaned on each other, we, you know, went through some struggles there and, you know, I mean, I think, what I would tell people, you know, if they're thinking about whatever it is that you're going to actually go through in your life, right, and you're choosing a partner, you have understand each other's, you know, lives, and you have to be strong in your partnership to try and do something like this, you know, like, you'll talk to a lot of mil-to-mil families and the things that they've had to go through, and we weren't mil to mil, but you know, there's different things that you have to go through. So really having a partner that understands, and that you can figure things out and you're committed to each other even when it gets hard. I think, you know, because you can't necessarily always count on going into a new place and it being a certain kind of way. Right? You hope that you would have this type of support and that type of support. But having never seen the dynamic, they might not know how to have that type of support for you. So, it was a lot of opening new doors that people just kind of looked at us and didn't have any. We can't help you. We appreciate you.   Naviere Walkewicz  34:02 I think just sharing that because I think a lot of times, people don't, you know, really think about, you know, what does that look like and sometimes it just looks like you just take a step forward and you open up a door and you kind of, you know, assess and you go forward. And I think that there's something to be said about just moving forward. And it sounds like that's what you did really well. And through communication and everything as well. Maybe you can share, were there any leaders along the way that kind of supported you or inspired you to kind of get through some of the difficult times whether they're in that as a new mom or just in your career in general? What did that kind of look like from an inspirational standpoint?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  34:38 So, this was my struggle that I did not understand. And I really try to help young people and people up and coming and even people who are established in their careers, try to help them understand mentorship, because while we throw around the word “mentorship” a lot, we don't really talk about what does that really look like? And so along my career, I would hear “mentorship.” And I thought to myself, “I need to find another Black woman fighter pilot to help me figure out how to do this.” OK, well, when you are the first, there's nobody else out there to help you do that. And so I thought that I had to figure it out on my own and forge my own path, which made it harder for me. And part of that was self-imposed — 100 percent. But I didn't understand. So, as I got older in my career, and as I had, you know, gone through some trials and tribulations and I really sat down and I learned what mentorship was, I make sure that people understand three things about mentorship: You need to find somebody who sees you and the journey that you're on, and believes that you can do it. That's the first thing they need to be successful in wherever it is that you're trying to go. So, if I'm looking for a successful fighter pilot, they need to have been a successful fighter pilot. And that's what they need to be, right? I can't learn from a successful mechanic or a successful cook, or whatever. They need to be where you're trying to be successful. And then they need to be willing to take the time out of their own life to show you how to do it. Right? And if they're not those three things, then they're not a good mentor. But that doesn't mean they have to be the same color, creed, race, religion — none of that. That is not a factor. So, I was looking at all the wrong factors while looking for mentorship. And so, I really never had any solid mentors going through.   Naviere Walkewicz  36:38 When did you realize that and like, at what point did that kind of shift the way you look at things or the way you, you know, continue to pursue your professional — whether both in the uniform or outside the uniform — career?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  36:50 So, I realized that when I got around an outside organization that was not part of the military and I found true mentorship. And I think sometimes we're just in the military, we're very busy. And you have to pursue mentorship, right? It's not going to fall in your lap, it's not going to, you know, somebody may pass across your path and say, “I will mentor you if you want.” But if you don't pursue that, it's probably not going to happen, because that person is successful. They're busy, they're doing their thing. And you have to want their mentorship. And so, it wasn't until I was about to separate from active duty and go on to the Reserve that I started to understand what I had kind of missed. And I was like, “Oh, that's that mentorship thing that people have been talking about.” I mean, the word was around for the whole time. But the explanation and my understanding of it was not.   Naviere Walkewicz  37:55 What a good time for that to come, though. Yes. And when you're at that crossroads. So how many years active did you do? 13? OK. And that's interesting, because some people will say, “Once you get to 10, just stay in.” And so that was a big decision for you. What led you to that?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  38:12 So, it was looking around and saying, “You're 13 years, you have another seven years.” Seven years is a long time. And it's seven years of your life. And seven years of my life, like it's not just seven years, right? And so, I was looking at people 10 years ahead of me, and they were mostly airline pilots, or sim operators. I don't love the simulator. I don't want to operate the simulator, like, I mean, it has its place, its value, it's a valuable tool, but it was not my favorite place to be. So, I did not want to be a sim operator. And, you know, my joke to myself is that, you know, passengers on airlines don't like to go upside down. So, I don't think those are the planes I want to fly either, right? You know, they're, you know, a great career path, you know, but a lot of times as we transition, we look at the skill sets that we've learned. And that kind of easy-button is to just stay with the skill sets. We weren't because we spent, you know, a solid portion of our life, you know, 20 to 30 years learning that skill set. So that's what people would typically lean on. And being the outlier that I am, you know, a strange human being that I've come to be, you know, against the grain. That's not what I wanted to do. I wanted to have impact in other people's lives in a different way. And I was searching for something that I didn't necessarily know. And so, I was able to find it. So I was really excited about that, which really changed my whole trajectory of how I make decisions, why I make decisions. I really dissected things that I had done and what had made me successful in my career to a point, what was holding me back what had held me back from being, you know, from reaching the ranks, which is what some people would consider more success. And how do I want to live? You know, once you become a mom, in my opinion, your priorities change. It wasn't about me and my freedom and flying jets. And it's amazing, and it's awesome. And it's fun, and I love it. And living the fighter pilot life, it was, “I gotta build a life for these kids too,” you know, for my two boys, and I have to be a person that I need to be my boys' hero. Right? So, the rest of the world, you know, they're wishy washy, take it or leave it, you know. Some people are gonna love you, some people are gonna hate you, that's fine. But I need to be my boys' hero. I'm the only person that can be their mom in their life. And I needed to be that.   Naviere Walkewicz  41:05 I really appreciate that. I mean, I'm going back to something you said earlier about, everyone has an individual experience and it shapes them in different ways. And you can't say just because this person had this, others will have this. But I think what you just said really strikes home, because sometimes the biggest decisions we make really don't depend on others — it depends on where we are and what we want to do and who we want to be. So, who did you want to be, in addition to being there for your boys, like you want to be their hero? What did that translate to for you on the outside of military service?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  41:38 So that translated into, you know, being really a mentor. I wanted to have impact in other's lives. And I realized that sometimes that's going to translate individually to helping people individually. But when you really dive into people's lives — that they actually want mentorship, that actually want change — that's powerful. And that changes families. That changes generations. So I've been able to start working with people on that level.   Naviere Walkewicz  42:21 So it sounds like you made a pretty big leap from, you said, you went to the Reserve, so you had the ability to continue to serve and you know, and then retire in 2020. But you invested in yourself in an entrepreneurial way. And I'm sure there were trials and tribulations and that, in itself, right, because, you know, you have a message to share? And what was that journey like? And how do people who are thinking about something like that do it successfully from what you've learned?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  42:48 Yeah so I think, you know, really, it is learning your own self-worth. And then not allowing yourself to settle for anything less than that, knowing that you have value to add. And if you are not being treated that way, if you are not able to give your full self in the way that you want to, then maybe, you know, you have to look at it and say, “Is there a better way that I can use this one life that I was given?” And are there other people that need to hear your story, and so part of it was transitioning into speaking, because I learned that I had more value than just being a fighter pilot, right? I think that we are all normal people. And some people choose to do extraordinary things, right. But we're all just people. And anybody's capable of doing something extraordinary if they choose themselves. And so, I really had to unpack that in myself and say, I know when I talk to high schoolers, when I talk to young Black girls, when I talk to any minority, they get excited about possibilities for themselves. And there is value in helping people get excited about possibilities for themselves. Because they get out of their own way. They get out of listening to people who've told them that they only belong in a certain area, certain place, a certain socioeconomic class, whatever it is, and they see possibility. And for me, I knew if there was somebody in the world who could do that for my boys, and they would see a speaker wherever they would see somebody and it brought on possibility for them of what they could do in their life and they didn't do it I would be frustrated. It would be like you're not living your value right. And so, I thought that of myself, I'm like, “If I can show one person that they have more possibility and they have more value than they've ever known that they had and it causes them to act, that's it.” Like, that's why I'm here on this Earth…   Naviere Walkewicz  45:01 You're glowing because you're actually doing something you're so passionate about. I can tell that it really is to your core, you know, the part of your journey. It's wonderful to see when you have that ability to change someone's life, or it's more personal and it leads to, maybe, generational change. Can you share a story or maybe an example where you've had that happen with you and someone else?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  45:23 So, there's a young man out in Oregon, and his name is Jeremiah Stroupe. And he's one of my mentors. Absolutely. And he has really helped me walk this journey, and has really helped me find the value and be able to communicate it a little bit better. And he has helped my husband and I communicate better. He has helped us get our marriage back on track, he's just helped us get our finances and just understand, like our true value, outside of what people think, right. And I've never been a big, “I worry about what people think.” But we are all a little bit programmed by society, by media by, especially with social media now, but by those things, and you have a tendency to react in different ways to what you are bombarded with. And so he really helps me to walk that line to be better, and to impact more. Because he was able to help me get my life on track in transition, you know, like we were talking about as I was transitioning out of the military, because that's a hard time for people. And do you walk into a space where now you get to be the rest of you, if you weren't that before. Like some people don't have to do that transition. But I feel like walking through the time frame that we have walking through the fighter pilot world, I feel like I had to be a little bit of a chameleon and transform some of who I fully was to assimilate, as opposed to be completely accepted as myself. And so now I get to be me. And that took me years to remember who that was, who that's grown into. And to be able to see my whole self and then be able to value my whole self and then be able to give my whole self — I'm still working on it. It's still a work in progress. I'll work on it till the day I die. But I really had to take a step back. And I realized how much of myself I had put away to do the mission. And so, you know, as people are coming up and they're making these hard decisions — and I would do it again because it's what I wanted to do. I wanted to fly jets, I did fly jets, it was amazing. I've crossed paths with some amazing wingmen, flight leads, leaders, leadership, you know, yeah, there's the people that you know, that you don't get along with. But all in all, it's been an amazing journey. But the walk back to self was a little bit shocking to me, as I kind of unpacked and moved on to the next phase. But it's been really freeing, too. So, it's been awesome.   Naviere Walkewicz  48:33 I feel like time has flown by; there's so many good things we covered. Was there anything that I didn't ask you that you wanted to share with our listeners?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  48:42 No, we did cover a lot of things. I mean, I think I really love to share that mentorship piece, because I think it's important for people to know that your mentors don't have to look like you, don't have to be like you. In fact, it's better if they're not.   Naviere Walkewicz  48:55 I think that's a great message. I really do. And I think that really opens up — I mean, then it's almost like the whole world is your oyster. Really, you know what I mean? And so, I think that's a beautiful thing. Well, what we'd like to do is we'd like to share with our listeners key lessons they can take away around leadership. And I think we've heard some along the way, but if you had to boil it down, and they're thinking about Col. Kimbrell, Rochelle, what are some of the things you want to leave our listeners with when it comes to leadership?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  49:21 I would just leave you with: Dare to dream, right? Because what you have in your heart is not necessarily what people are going to see you for, see you as. But it's OK. So dare to have that boldness about yourself, to dream what you want to dream about yourself and then to go after it. And there are going to be obstacles, understand there's going to be obstacles, there's going to be failures. You don't grow unless you fail. And you have to learn how to walk through those but you have to learn from your failures in order to grow from them. And don't be afraid of that. So, I just challenge people to dare to dream — it doesn't matter if you're 10 or if you're 80, there's still more life in you, you can still have another dream, and you can still go after it. And that's really my biggest challenge is a lot of ways to get to places. And I would say, plan your life. Take the time, like you would a 10-day vacation to figure out how you're going to get there. Where do you want to go? And how are you going to get there? And who do you want to take with you?   Naviere Walkewicz  50:36 Thank you. So, may I just ask, what's your dream today?   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  50:41 My dream today is just to be impactful. I want to impact people's lives. I want to empower people to be their best selves. I want to raise good citizens with my two boys. And I want to live free.   Naviere Walkewicz  51:00 Well, I think you're on your way because you inspired me today. So thank you for that.   Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rochelle Kimbrell  51:03 Thank you. Good to be here. Appreciate your time.   Naviere Walkewicz  51:06 Definitely. Thank you.     KEYWORDS fighter pilot, Air Force Academy, childhood, dreams, challenges, perseverance, role model, female fighter pilot, camaraderie, gear, facilities, motherhood, mentorship, transition, speaking, mentoring     The Long Blue Line Podcast Network is presented by the U.S. Air Force Academy Association and Foundation      

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In our Season 9 closing episode, Fabi and I reacted to Dr. Judy Wood's presentation at the Breakthrough Energy Movement Conference in Holland that took place over a decade ago. Her evidence of directed free-energy technology present at the site of 9/11 was extremely compelling and we shared a portion of that presentation with our audience in episode 90. We also haven't heard much from Dr. Judy Wood since the time of that conference and we wondered what she was up to and if any new developments have happened since her book, "Where Did The Towers Go?" was published in 2010. Since Dr. Judy is not on social media, we had no way to reach her other than to ask the internet. And guess what? It worked! Dr. Judy found our last video and reached out to us via an intermediary and the rest is history. We then got the chance to sit down with Dr. Judy and dive into some of the same data from her Breakthrough Energy Conference presentation and dive in around her legal challenge to the NIST investigation and report that was undertaken to explain the supposed collapse. Needless to say, we covered a lot in 2.5 hours and she opened our eyes to even more than she already had uncovered in the Breakthrough Energy Conference presentation. There are time markers listed below if you wish to skip ahead to specific parts of the conversation. This episode is available on video from our Rumble Channel at: TCRP - Episode 91 - Dr. Judy Wood Reaches Out! (rumble.com) Time Markers: 00:01:36 Dr Judy Wood Bio 00:03:21 Thinking something was wrong from the start 00:19:04 Evidence of Free Energy Technology used on 9/11 00:19:50 What does it take to be an expert? 00:20:30 The 3 stories 00:21:51 Was this your moment of awakening? 00:25:36 How do you know we've come to the correct conclusion? 00:33:06 How much energy was required? 00:37:23 Lack of Debris 00:50:08 Tipping top of WTC 2 00:57:14 Holes/Voids 01:01:23 WTC 7 not spilling over street after it came down 01:01:46 Lack of major seismic impact and zero foundational Bathtub damage 01:03:07 Toasted cars on the streets and in parking lots 01:05:21 People jumping from the building 01:18:17 Object Levitation 01:22:41 Lack of High Heat 01:33:05 Dustification of the buildings 01:40:14 Core column spire turning to dust after outer shell peels away 01:46:05 WTC 7 turning to dust internally 01:48:21 What has to be done for controlled demolition? 01:52:13 What to know about the topic of “Thermite” 01:53:28 NIST Legal Challenge – Request for Correction around Why and How of Collapse 02:10:19 Dr. Judy Wood's thoughts on where this is all at right now Dr Judy Wood Bio: She holds a BS in Civil Engineering, an MS in Engineering Mechanics (Applied Physics) and a PHD in Materials Engineering Science. These are degrees that speak to nothing less than an adult lifetime dedicated to scientific analysis and observation. Dr. Woods areas of special focus within physics and engineering will strike readers for their obvious suitability of the study of 9/11. Dr. Woods M.S. Thesis involved the development of a Fizeau interferometer to study the effects of material defects on the thermal expansion behavior of composite materials. Her PHD dissertation involved the development of an experimental method to measure thermal stresses in bimaterial joints using more' interferometry. Careful readers of "Where Did The Towers Go?" Will quickly understand the remarkable compatibility between the subject of Dr Woods dissertation and its applicability to her analysis of 9/11. The same is true of certain courses she taught when she was a member of the faculty at Clemson University. These included Experimental Stress Analysis, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials (The Strength of Materials), and (though not at Clemson) Strength of Materials Testing. It's difficult to imagine an academic preparation more logically relevant to the study of 9/11 than Dr Wood's. Join the conversation on Telegram at: https://t.me/tcrpodcast Resources from this episode: Dr. Judy Wood's Website: https://www.drjudywood.com/wp/ Dr. Judy Wood's Book, Where Did The Towers Go?: https://www.wheredidthetowersgo.com/ Dr. Judy Wood - Breakthrough Energy Movement conference in Holland, 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1NbBxDGSkI Andrew Johnson's Book, "Holding The Truth": https://www.checktheevidence.com/wordpress/product/9-11-holding-the-truth-by-andrew-johnson/ https://www.checktheevidence.com/wordpress/2017/11/20/9-11-holding-the-truth/

We are back for episode 90!  In this episode we take a look at Dr. Judy Wood's research around what actually happened on 9/11/2001.  We react to some of Dr Wood's presentation at the 2012 Breakthrough Energy Movement Conference in Holland and the book that she published as a result, "Where Did The Towers Go?"  We then discuss some of the counter-narratives that are popping up around the recent tragedy in Lahaina, Hawaii and the apparent wildfire that raged through the city.  It's all potentially circling around the term, "Directed Energy Weapon" or "DEW".  Is there anything to this or are both science fiction?   This interview is available as a video from our Rumble channel at: https://rumble.com/v3gqftw-tcrp-episode-90-revisiting-911-dr.-judy-wood-and-potential-parallels-with-m.html Dr Judy Wood Bio: Dr Judy Wood holds a BS in Civil Engineering , an MS in Engineering Mechanics (Applied Physics) and a PHD in Materials Engineering Science.  These are degrees that speak to nothing less than an adult lifetime dedicated to scientific analysis and observation.  Dr. Woods areas of special focus within physics and engineering will strike readers for their obvious suitability of the study of 9/11.  Dr. Woods M.S. Thesis involved the development of a Fizeau interferometer to study the effects of material defects on the thermal expansion behavior of composite materials,  Her PHD dissertation involved the development of an experimental method to measure thermal stresses in bimaterial joints using moire' interferometry.  Careful readers of "Where Did The Towers Go?" Will quickly understand the remarkable compatibility between the subject of Dr Woods dissertation and its applicability to her analysis of 9/11.  The same is true of certain courses she taught when she was a member of the faculty at Clemson University.  These included Experimental Stress Analysis, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials (The Strength of Materials), and (though not at Clemson) Strength of Materials Testing.  It's difficult to imagine an academic preparation more logically relevant to the study of 9/11 than Dr Wood's.  Join the conversation on Telegram at: https://t.me/tcrpodcast Resources from this episode: Dr. Judy Wood's Website: https://www.drjudywood.com/wp/ Dr. Judy Wood's Book, Where Did The Towers Go?: https://www.wheredidthetowersgo.com/ Dr. Judy Wood - Breakthrough Energy Movement conference in Holland, 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1NbBxDGSkI DemocracyNow's Interview with Kapua'ala Sproat on Disaster Capitalism: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/18/maui_wildfire_sirens Seth Holehouse's Man In America Podcast Interview with David Martin: https://rumble.com/v3ayta4-dr.-david-martin-dont-fear-the-coming-lockdowns-the-cabal-is-already-dead.html Maui Fire Telegram Channel: https://t.me/+k4MkCnu7g21mZGRh  

Dr. Ellen Arruda is the Maria Comninou Collegiate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with joint appointments as Professor of Biomedical Engineering, as well as Macromolecular Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Ellen studies the mechanical behavior of soft materials, including polymers, plastics, and soft tissues of the body. Her research group focuses on understanding how to design with soft materials so the materials don't break in different applications, as well as how to design replacements for soft tissues in our bodies when they are damaged. Ellen's hobbies include running, cooking, and knitting. Running is one of her favorite ways to get exercise and generate great ideas for her work. She is a skilled sweater knitter who learned how to crochet from her mother and picked up knitting from her mother-in-law. She received her B.S. with Honors in Engineering Science and her M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Pennsylvania State University. Ellen was awarded her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She joined the faculty at the University of Michigan afterwards in 1992. Ellen has received numerous awards and honors for her outstanding research, teaching, and service, including the Ann Arbor Spark Best of Boot Camp award, the Excellence in Research Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Ted Kennedy Family Team Excellence Award from the University of Michigan College of Engineering, the Research Excellence Award from the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, the Cadell Memorial Award, the Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award from the Pennsylvania State University, the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award from the University of Michigan, and the Trudy Huebner Service Excellence Award from the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Ellen is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Academy of Mechanics, and the Society of Engineering Science. She was also named a Centennial Fellow of the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Pennsylvania State University. She was also recently named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering. Ellen joined us for an interview to discuss her experiences in her career, her life, and her engineering research.

As many of you know, this week is Women in Construction Week.  "Women in Construction Week, celebrates and promotes the role of women in the construction industry. This year's theme, 'Many Paths, One Mission', celebrates the different pathways women have taken towards strengthening the success of women in the construction industry."   Concrete Garb is doing its part by bringing you Emmeline Watson.  Emmeline is an Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Nebraska within the Durham School of Engineering and Construction. Professor Watson started her career path in the Construction Industry in her hometown in Brazil, where she was in a variety of roles in vertical construction, before coming to the US for graduate school.   After finishing her masters, Professor Watson worked as a Structural Engineer in the Rail and Aviation Industry, and Certification Coordinator before coming back to academia as a Professor of Practice. She has acquired a Bachelors in Civil Engineering, a Masters in Engineering Mechanics.  Her areas of research and professional interests include Materials for construction, concrete and mortar, and Diversity and inclusion.      Ladies and Gents, Allow the garb to introduce, Emmeline Watson.    

In today's episode we'll explore the growing problem of space debris and how the new company Privateer Space is working to protect the future of space for the future of us. Joining us is Dr. Moriba Jah, the Chief Scientist of Privateer. Moriba is a co-founder of Privateer along with the company's CEO Alex Fielding and the company's president, Steve Wozniak. Moriba is a renowned astrodynamicist, a space environmentalist, and an associate professor and the University of Texas at Austin. As Privateer's Chief Scientist, he is the visionary behind Privateer's innovative technology that will help keep the space environment safe as more and more satellites are put in orbit and human spaceflights expand. ——————————————————————

Overview: Dr. Patrick T. Mather '89, '90g Engineering is the fourth Dean of the Schreyer Honors College. Dean Mather returned to Dear Old State after a career that was launched with the US Air Force Research Lab and several stops with increasing responsibility in academia including the University of Connecticut, Case Western Reserve University, Syracuse University, and most recently Bucknell University, where he served as the Dean of Engineering. He earned his B.S. with honors and M.S. degrees from Penn State in Engineering Science and Engineering Mechanics, respectively, following which he went on to receive his Ph.D. in Materials at U.C. Santa Barbara in 1994. “Dean Pat” joined Following the Gong to share his career story and life & career advice for Scholars from his unique perspectives as both an alum and as Dean – including lessons in materials science, the thesis, liquid crystals, academia, and leadership. He also shares his musical talents in this episode recorded live in Atherton Hall's famed Grandfather Clock Lounge. You can read Dean Pat's full bio and a more detailed breakdown of the episode topics below. Guest Bio: Dr. Patrick T. Mather currently serves as the fourth Dean of the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State. Dean Mather earned his B.S. with honors ('89) and M.S. (‘90) degrees from Penn State in Engineering Science and Engineering Mechanics, respectively, following which he went on to receive his Ph.D. in Materials at U.C. Santa Barbara in 1994 with dissertation research focused on the rheology of liquid crystals. Following work as materials research engineer for Air Force Research Lab, Mather's academic career has included University of Connecticut, Case Western Reserve University, and Syracuse University, where he helped to create and serve as director of the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, a sustainable, interdisciplinary effort with 20+ faculty spanning three institutions and seven departments. From 2016 to 2021, Pat served as Dean of Engineering at Bucknell University, where he enjoyed the opportunities and challenges of academic leadership, with a particular focus on inclusive excellence. In 2021 returned to his academic roots at Penn State to become the dean of Schreyer Honors College and professor of Chemical Engineering. Mather's research interests center around smart materials, including shape memory polymers, self-healing materials, polymeric nanocomposites, and biodegradable polymers for medical devices. He is the author of over 160 peer-reviewed papers, inventor on more than 40 patents, and Fellow of both SPE (Society of Plastics Engineering) and the AIMBE (American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering). Pat is the Editor-in-Chief for Polymer Reviews. He has won several student-nominated teaching awards and prides himself on innovative and engaging teaching methods. Pat and his wife Tara Mather enjoy spending time with their blended family of five grown children (and too many cats to count). You can often catch Tara and Pat out on the road distance running or tandem cycling. Episode Specifics: In this episode, Dean Mather shares his insights on: · Choosing a pragmatic major when you are “not an academic” in high school · Leveraging general education courses (“electives”) to engage in interests outside your major · Finding res · Research opportunities in your passion area – and why epoxy is important for aircraft, and not just crafts! · Thoughts on the honors thesis process as both alum and Dean · Pursuing passions outside your major – like playing in a band as an engineering student · What it's like to stay an extra year to complete a master's degree at University Park · Perspectives on the unique opportunities of graduate education · A crash course on liquid crystals from a subject matter expert · Paying for graduate education – and how to get assistance in a crisis for current Scholars · Going into academia – especially after time in industry – and adjusting to becoming a teacher · Taking the next step in academia by founding and leading an interdisciplinary research center · Moving up to the Dean level – and what exactly that involves · How Dean Mather prepared to take on a leadership role like the Deanship at Bucknell, and resources Scholars can use in their own leadership roles on campus · The nuts and bolts of actually being hired as a Dean · What the Dean is and does – and how this directly impacts Scholars daily · Practical and philosophical advice on negotiating offers (jobs, internships, research, etc.) · Identifying, developing, and defining your personal values and vision · A musical interlude with our multi-talented Dean · Reflections on professional mistakes and taking risks · The importance of not being too hard on yourself ----- Schreyer Honors College Links: • Website • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • LinkedIn • Upcoming Events • Scholars – Need Assistance? Book an Appointment! • Alumni – Learn Why and How to Volunteer • Make a Gift to Benefit Schreyer Scholars • Join the Penn State Alumni Association ----- Credits & Notes: This content is available in text form here. This show is hosted, produced, and edited by Sean Goheen ‘11 Lib (Schreyer). The artwork was created by Tom Harrington, the College's Web Developer. The sound effect is “Chinese Gong,” accessed via SoundBible used under Creative Commons License. The theme music is “Conquest” by Geovane Bruno, accessed via Pixabay and used under Creative Commons License.

911 Free Fall with Andy Steele ASCE: The holy scripture of 9/11 will not be challenged Richard Johns, co-author of a long-censored technical paper on the Twin Towers' destruction, and AE911Truth's Ted Walter are this week's guests on 9/11 Free Fall. They talk with host Andy Steele about the latest developments in the decade-long saga involving Johns' paper, which he and co-author Tony Szamboti first submitted to the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Journal of Engineering Mechanics in 2011. Their paper was critiquing an earlier paper by Zdeněk Bažant and Jia-Liang Le that purported to explain how, through gravity alone, the top of the North Tower could crush through the structure below it without observably slowing down. Their paper was finally rejected as “out of scope” in 2013, more than two years after they submitted it. One of the editors who rejected it, Kaspar Willam, was a contractor on the NIST WTC investigation. The other editor, Roberto Ballarini, was a colleague and co-author of Le's. Nine years later, Johns and Szamboti are still fighting to have their paper published. Walter also updates listeners on a separate paper that civil engineer Jonathan Cole submitted last month to the ASCE's Journal of Structural Engineering, critiquing a new paper by Bažant and Le. Cole's paper was rejected just two days after submission by editor John van de Lindt, whose Center of Excellence for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning at Colorado State University receives $4 million per year in funding from NIST and works directly with NIST WTC investigator Therese McAllister.

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Dr. Ricardo Vinuesa is an Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Mechanics, at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He is also a Researcher at the AI Sustainability Center in Stockholm and Vice Director of the KTH Digitalization Platform. He received his PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. His research combines numerical simulations and data-driven methods to understand and model complex wall-bounded turbulent flows, such as the boundary layers developing around wings, obstacles, or the flow through ducted geometries. He has also led several international initiatives within sustainable and interpretable AI, which have led to highly influential articles in the literature. Dr. Vinuesa's research is funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR) and the Swedish e-Science Research Centre (SeRC). He has also received the Göran Gustafsson Award for Young Researchers. —————————————————————————————

Moriba Jah is a world-renowned astrodynamicist who specializes in tracking the thousands of pieces of space debris currently orbiting our planet and possibly threatening to disrupt our satellite networks if nothing is done to fix it. He is a professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas in Austin and recently co-founded Privateer Space with Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple. Their goal is to create a platform that will allow for the tracking, avoidance, and removal of space debris.Find out more at their site, http://www.privateer.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I recently came across a Wall Street Journal article about a four-ton Chinese rocket booster that was anticipated to crash into the moon and expected to leave a 65-foot-diameter crater. This crash is different than all other human-related crashes into the moon because this one was unintentional! According to the article, humans have been crashing spacecraft into the moon for the last 60 years. And, it's not just the moon crashes that are alarming. The mass of human-made space debris is a grave concern as well, as it poses a danger to astronauts, space tourists and the environment in space, not to mention its potential for disrupting technology on earth! To better understand this news and the history behind it, I spoke with Moriba Jah, a well-recognized expert on this topic. Moriba is an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin. He's won numerous awards and has many accomplishments, too many to list here. To learn more about Moriba, visit his academic homepage, the link for which is provided in the detailed caption of this episode. And visit Privateer, Moriba's super cool startup. I hope you enjoy this episode. Adel Host of ThePeel.news podcast UFOs, S1E21 Science Series SUPPORT: please click here and join our other supporters in the news peeler community. Thank you.

In this episode of the “Nano Matters” podcast, Nanshu Lu, Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses her work using nanotechnology to design wear-and-forgettable biosensors that can monitor a person's health. If you would like to learn more about nanotechnology, go to nano.gov or email us at info@nnco.nano.gov. Closed captioning is provided on our YouTube Channel. For this episode, go to: https://youtu.be/MxJGRYtUviI CREDITS Special thanks to:  Nanshu LuUniversity of Texas at Austin Produced by:Andrew Pomeroy Music:  Inspirational Outlook by Scott Holmes  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sc...https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this podcast are those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office or United States Government. Additionally, mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by any of the aforementioned parties. Any mention of commercial products, processes, or services cannot be construed as an endorsement or recommendation.

Having years of experience in one arena can set you up for success, but having varied experience can help you develop a unique skill set that equips you to rise above the rest! Today's guest, Iven Vian, is a retired Air Force pilot who holds a BsC in Engineering Mechanics, an MBA in international finance, and works today as Anthem Capital's strategist. His years in the military have equipped him to execute projects with incredible precision, while the leadership skills he developed there have refined his expertise at navigating through complicated situations under pressure. Working closely alongside our property management companies, we have experienced his versatility and hands-on approach, which has led to 15 years of great investing success. Over the past six years, he has co-sponsored 17 multifamily assets totaling 2,146 units in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Utah, and now Kansas. With his long track record, Iven has achieved $170 million in multifamily investments and counting, $200 million in holding value with $66 million equity, and successful projects including a 103 percent total return, a 210-unit property in just three years, and the refinancing of a 111-unit property with a 70 percent equity return to investors. Tune in to hear his story, along with many nuggets of golden advice today!Key Points From This Episode:Insight into Iven's upbringing and professional history.The story of how his first investment happened and why it was a mistake.How he encountered a mentorship program via an AM radio show.What a mentor can offer you in terms of the tools you need.Why finding a partner with a complementary skillset is so beneficial.The story of how his partner, Tariq Sattar, created the plan and Iven executed it.Some of the amazing work that Iven and his partner, Tariq, have done together.Having clarity around what your goal is.Why you don't have to do business in the same way as Iven; and you can invest passively!The story of how he moved from single family to multifamily real estate investment.The five ways to make money with single family.The six ways to make money with multifamily.Why it makes more sense to go into multifamily.How surround yourself with the right people can help shift your mindset, with the Brad group as an example.The value of educating yourself and finding mentorship.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Iven Vian on LinkedInAnthem CapitalTo learn about syndications and how passively investing in one can help you gain freedom and control over your life, visit:www.passiveCREprofits.com

On this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast, Tom Patton talks with Moriba Jah about the challenges of orbital debris as more and more satellites are launched into space. Moriba Jah is an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin where he is the holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering. He recently joined Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak's startup venture Privateer as Chief Scientific Advisor. The challenges of orbital debris can be daunting. According to an ESA document dated January 5th of this year, there are some 36,500 objects of 10 cm or larger currently in Earth orbit. And while the threat of collisions is real, Professor Jah says that is not the root of the problem. "We don't even have a census of this human-made or anthropogenic space object population. We can't measure the whole thing. There's a bunch of stuff that is untrackable ... there's like random bullets up there." Professor Jah says that the biggest challenge in understanding the population of orbital debris is a lack of shared data. To combat that problem, Professor Jah developed "Astriagraph", which is meant to be a multi-source, crowdsource database of space objects. Before we can address the problem, we have to know what's there. Professor Jah also talks about Privateer and its efforts to address the challenges of orbital debris. It's all on this edition of the Ex Terra Podcast. How does what happens in space affect your everyday life? The Ex Terra podcast is dedicated to introducing you to many of the interesting people involved in the commercial space industry, and taking you behind the scenes with many of the companies making significant contributions to the new space economy. The podcast is available on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Overcast, Pocketcasts and Radio Public.

On this week's episode, we're joined by Dr. Moriba Jah to discuss space environmentalism and provide the latest update on our shared orbital domain.Moriba joined us here on Celestial Citizen Podcast in Season 1 and he is back again to discuss the recent Russian anti-satellite test as an update to our space sustainability conversation from this past spring, as well as, share more about his new role as the Chief Scientific Advisor at the new space startup, Privateer.My guest on today's show, Dr. Moriba Jah, joined the Oden Institute core faculty in 2018 at the University of Texas at Austin, and is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.  As previously stated, Moriba is also the Chief Scientific Advisor at Privateer, a much-anticipated space startup that aims to tackle humanity's ever-increasing space debris problem.  He is also the Program Lead of Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, as well as, a research affiliate with the Space Enabled Group at MIT Media Lab.You can check out the first episode of Shifted Space (mentioned in this episode) which is part of a documentary series featuring Dr. Moriba Jah and focusing on the interconnectedness between land, sea, and sky.Support the show (https://donorbox.org/celestial-citizen)

Welcome to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Dr Robert Bishop, the Dean of Engineering at the University of Florida. He was also the Department Chairman, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin and Dean of Engineering at Marquette University. After a successful career, Robert noted the urban beauty and potential of the growing USF campus. He welcomed the challenge to create something new and transformative in the region for the academic institution. He is the Founder, President and CEO of the USF Institute of Applied Engineering. Tune in to learn more on this!

Dr. Garry Vermaas is founder and CEO of BASE4 and Stonepile Construction College. With more than twenty-five years of experience in structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering design and construction, he focuses his extensive knowledge and influence on the global leadership and industry. He earned his Ph.D. and Master's in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia University, MS and BS degree in Structural Engineering from Lehigh University, and is licensed as a Professional Engineer in 48 states in the U.S. He has authored numerous publications, provided expert testimony in his field, and currently leads BASE4 and Stonepile Construction College as Chief Executive Officer. Bourne out of Dr. Garry Vermaas' vision, BASE4 harnesses the innovation of technological advances to speed production amid the somewhat archaic brick-and-mortar A/E (architecture/engineering) industry. Offering full A/E, DfMA, and Modular design, BASE4 provides all architectural and engineering services in-house, using 3D BIM (Revit) and well-coordinated final outputs. Currently, his culturally- and technologically-diverse team of over 200 employees continues to develop technology-driven organizational and A/E data-sharing systems to communicate with fellow A/E team members in real-time. The global office allows the BASE4 to have a 24-hour workday and pass quality products, time-efficient client services, and significant cost-savings to their strategic partners and clients. In fact, many clients boast how this front-line firm cuts many A/E competitors' design schedules in half. Dr. Garry Vermaas now resides in Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife of 24 years, Dr. Jodi Vermaas, and their 12 children (10 adopted from China, India, and the Philippines). Together, they lead Get Money Do Good Publishing, Inc. and work with i-40 Productions to bring inspiring stories to life on the big screen. For more info please see these website:• BASE4 – www.base-4.com• Stonepile Construction College – www.stonpile.us• Garry's Family Book – www.getmoneydogood.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With more than twenty-five years of experience in structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering design and construction, today's guest, Dr. Garry Vermaas, founded BASE4 and Stonepile Construction College. As a CEO with a Ph.D. and a Master's in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia University, he focuses his extensive knowledge and influence on offering executive coaching and leadership development to team members and is also licensed as a Professional Engineer in 48 states. Dr. Garry Vermaas has authored numerous publications, provided expert testimony in his field, and currently leads BASE4 and Stonepile Construction College as Chief Executive Officer. Watch now to hear the fascinating story of the life and journey of the highly successful entrepreneur, Dr. Garry Vermaas.    Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beyond End-to-End Encryption (BE2EE) technology can protect your data in-transit and at-rest in a consistent way: NUTS may help define this new category. Last year, we presented the technology of NUTS (https://ceri.as/nuts2020). This year, we demonstrate NUTS in action with our Beta version. See secure objects move around in cyberspace without a central reference monitor in a transport agnostic way. The demo will show practical use cases that NUTS enables. The global pandemic drastically altered our way of life and Work-From-Home presents technical challenges that reveal the structural weaknesses of our largest systems. Adversarial threats are now more common place and large outages are frequent. We believe NUTS shows a new path towards a more resilient operating environment for our data. We strongly recommend viewing last year's presentation (https://ceri.as/nuts2020)to better understand the background and approach of the tech.Joining us for this session will be COL (Ret) Robert Banks, USA, PhD. who served as Deputy Director, Current Operations of U.S. Cyber Command with his insights and comments on this technology. Dr. Banks retired from the U.S. Army after a distinguished 37-yearcareer. His previous services include Chief of Operations of the Army Global Network Operation & Security Center, Command of the largest Army Helicopter Battalion of 64 Chinooks covering 8 states, and providing significant contributions at the Joint Staff Cyberspace Division, National Counterintelligence Security Center, Army Defense Industrial Base, Asymmetric Warfare Office - Electronic Warfare, National Guard Bureau, and Co-Chaired the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel, while supporting the Tri-County Electric Cooperative. He holds numerous advanced degrees including a PhD in Information Technology from George Mason University specializing in Hybrid Security Risk Assessment Models. Additionally, he holds the following certifications: CISSP, PSDGP, ITILv3, AWS-CCP, AZURE-AI. About the speaker: Yoon Auh, CISSP, is the founder and CEO of NUTS Technologies Inc., a midwestern deep infrastructure technology startup. He holds multiple US patents around structured security, structured cryptography and secure data management. His firm is breaking new grounds in applying security at the data layer in a portable form to achieve full BE2EE. He graduated from Columbia College in NYC with a BA in Physics and a BS in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia School of Engineering. Yoon's prior career was in finance and technology culminating to a successful career as Head Trader for several world class financial firms. NUTS was created to fill the gaps in technology that don't get addressed in the way it ought to be.

After spending 10+ years as an F-16 fighter pilot and finishing his career as a US Air Force Weapon School instructor, Steven C. Shallenberger is grateful he didn't listen to the Air Force instructor who visited his school when he was in seventh grade and told him he'll never be a fighter pilot, that it wasn't for anybody.  Today, I am pleased to welcome one of my sons, Steven C. Shallenberger, CEO of ElementOne, a startup focused on restoring clean air while allowing the continued use of our modern transportation economy. He holds a BS in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Air Force Academy and an MBA in Financial and Entrepreneurial Management from the University of Pennsylvania.  In this episode, Steven shares his experiences as a fighter pilot, the challenges he overcame during that time, and how those experiences helped him upgrade his leadership abilities. We have an inspiring conversation about leadership, humility, resilience, and situation awareness. Steven kindly shared the mantra that helped him successfully carry on with the privilege of being part of the 1% of pilots and technicians that turn into instructors of the Weapons School.  Tune in to Episode 290 of Becoming Your Best, and enjoy the inspirational insights Steven shared with us.  Some Questions I Ask: Could you give us a little background and share a couple of key points from the Air Force experience? (3:06) For anybody interested in getting into the Air Force Academy, could you tell us what the process is? (4:21) Can you talk about some of the adversity that you had? How are you able to overcome adversity and setbacks? (13:17) From your experience, what are the traits of a successful leader within the fighter pilot community? And how can these be applied in everyday life? (17:26) In This Episode, You Will Learn: Steven talks about the sensation of making his dreams come true by getting into the US Air Force (7:05) The relevance of having a clear purpose for overcoming adversity (8:09) What it was like to be in hostile environments as a fighter pilot (10:52) Steven talks about how understanding the struggle between humility vs. ego helped him overcome setbacks (13:20) Steven explains the mantra: being humble, approachable, credible (17:34) Connect with Steven: LinkedIn Becoming Your Best Resources: Becoming Your Best Website Becoming Your Best University Website Becoming Your Best Library Email: support@becomingyourbest.com  Book: Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders Book: Conquer Anxiety: How to Overcome Anxiety and Optimize Your Performance Facebook Group – Conquer Anxiety See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

FlightSafety International, a Berkshire Hathaway company Ron was named the President, FlightSafety Services Corporation (FSSC), in January 2014. FSSC provides turnkey aircrew training systems (ATS) and contractor logistics support (CLS) to its military customers. It includes aircrew training, courseware, advanced technology training devices, computer based training workstations and support for simulators at 18 U.S. military bases. Current programs include the development and fielding of the ATS for the new KC-46 aircraft., CLS for T-1 and T-38 training devices, instruction and CLS for KDAM ATARS (special operations) and the KC-10. Ron joined the FlightSafety International team as the Director of Military Business Development, FlightSafety Simulation, in October 2011. His responsibilities included finding first-class training and simulation solutions for its military customers. This covered the spectrum from part-task trainers to high fidelity, full flight simulators. He was then named as the Vice President of FSSC in October 2013. He previously served in the U.S Air Force obtaining the rank of Major General. He commanded the first squadron operating the new C-17, a C-141 operations group and a KC-135 air refueling wing. He also led the Air Force's center that directed worldwide flights of its fleet of 800 cargo and tanker aircraft – about one takeoff every 90 seconds. Ron's interagency experience includes international contingency planning as the senior Air Force officer at the Department of State. His Pentagon experience includes planning and budgeting about $30 billion to support Air Force logistics. He also ran the Air Force's accredited Staff College. Finally, Ron's Air Force career culminated with leading 17th Air Force which directed all Air Force activities in Africa to include anti-terrorism, anti-piracy and disaster relief operations. Ron has about 4,800 hours as a pilot and instructor flying C-141A/B, C-17A, KC-135R (Boeing 707) and C-21 (Lear 35) aircraft. His formal education includes a degree in Engineering Mechanics from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a master's degree in Business Administration from Webster University a degree from Air Command and Staff College and a master's degree from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Ron also attended the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Dr. Moriba Jah, Associate Professor for Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, takes you on his personal journey to space, and discusses what is happening in orbit today. Regarded as ‘space environmentalist', Jah discusses space situational awareness and considerations that need to be addressed for the future of the orbits around Earth.

MEP EP#278: Design With Manufacturing - Altium and MacroFabTed Pawela Altium's Chief Ecosystem Officer Head of Nexar, Altium's cloud business unit Holds a M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State University, a B.S in. Oceanographic Technology from Florida Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from IE Business School, Madrid, Spain Chris Church Is a founder and the Chief Product Officer at MacroFab Has been working in the software industry for over twenty years, with a focus on robotics and electronics over the last decade Prior to MacroFab, he founded Dynamic Perception and Alert Logic Recent fundraising press release Altium's goals around connecting design engineers to manufacturing data Perspective on the role and level of control engineers have in manufacturing? Will engineers take on a much bigger role with electronics production? What about engineers being equally important to the supply chain and procurement process? What are you hearing from the engineers themselves? Are they pushing Altium to do more to enable manufacturing? What exactly is Nexar? How do you envision these services evolving? How MacroFab and Altium will work together to improve the design to manufacturing experience What are y’all looking forward to the most with this collaboration?

For episode 8 of the Astro Ben Podcast, we welcome Moriba Jah. Moriba is a space scientist and space engineer known for his contributions to orbit determination, space attitude awareness, and space traffic monitoring. He is currently an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas. Hear Moriba's fascinating insights into space environmentalism and how we should accept that "near-Earth" space will never be clean. Ben asks a question Moriba has never been asked (but has another technical problem too!). Thought provoking discussion about the difference between diversity and inclusivity and how we shouldn't worship astronauts! 0:17 Intro 0:57 Last week on The Astro Ben Podcast 02:14 Background to Moriba Jah and Ben attempts to explain space junk (badly) 04:50 Moriba joins Ben 05:12 The importance of running (on Earth) 06:16 What is a normal week for Moriba 07:28 Space environmentalism 09:38 Did the Apollo program consider the future of space junk? 10:25 Similarities to ocean plastic – is it too late? 11:48 Ben has technical issue! (Embarrassing – blame Sky internet) 12:28 Attention to traditional ecological knowledge. 15:00 What happened with Chinese rocket crash? 17:33 Where Moriba got his passion for public speaking for? 19:20 Diversity in space industry 22:08 Hopes and dreams for space industry (great answer!) 24:10 Thanks Moriba! 24:44 Ben attempts to summarize. 25:30 Outro/wrap up – Moriba's socials! 26:50 Thanks again Moriba – see you next time! 27:08 Next weeks guest Social Media Twitter + Instagram: @moribajah Mentions Space Diversity Education Satellites Astronomy London Student Candidate space exploration Payloads running rockets space junk debris spacejunk LEO china Chinese rocket dynamics NASA career interplanetary air force Mars Earth Ecological Alaska Environment SpaceX Starlink Flash Gordon Science Fiction Near-Earth Rockets Science Education Public speaking Haiti Diversity Inclusivity TedX Talk Inspire Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us Please subscribe and rate - Ad Astra!

On this week's episode, we'll discuss the increasing risk of potential collisions in our near Earth space environment as the problem of orbital debris continues to worsen, and what we can all do to become space environmentalists and better stewards of the shared commons of our sky. My guest on the show, Dr. Moriba Jah, joined the Oden Institute core faculty in 2018 at the University of Texas at Austin, and is currently serving as an associate professor of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.  His research interests are in non-gravitational astrodynamics and advanced/non-linear multi-sensor/object tracking, prediction, and information fusion.  His expertise is in space object detection, tracking, identification, and characterization, as well as spacecraft navigation.He earned his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder specializing in astrodynamics and statistical orbit determination.Prior to joining UT Austin, Dr. Jah was the Director of the University of Arizona's Space Object Behavioral Sciences with applications to Space Domain Awareness, Space Protection, Space Traffic Monitoring, and Space Debris research to name a few.  Preceding that, Dr. Jah was the lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Advanced Sciences and Technology Research Institute for Astronautics and also previously served as a spacecraft navigator for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA.Support the show (https://donorbox.org/celestial-citizen)

In today's episode of Mixed Blessing: Breaking Bread at the Multiethnic Table, we get to visit with Ashley Bauer-Yuen. Ashley is a wonderful storyteller and has a unique perspective in a lot of different spheres of life. She occupies the in-between land in so many ways, and we are all richer for being able to learn from her. Her creativity and humor provide a key insight into part of the Mixed experience, so join us to hear more about her story. Shownotes:Better Than Seven Sons podcast“Watching Hmong Movies – Mini Ep 3”“Ep 1: Better Than Seven Sons”Ashley is a Campus Staff Minister at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working with Asian American students. She holds a B.S. in Engineering Mechanics and has been with InterVarsity for three years. Ashley is passionate about developing Asian American leaders, empowering students in their vocation and faith journey, and contextualizing ministry tools to serve communities well.She grew up in the Midwest, quickly learning how to navigate the multicultural nuances of her family dynamic and her social location. Because of her experience, she is also passionate about breaking out of monocultural experiences and embracing the multicultural reality that Jesus talks about.Ashley loves creating new things and will have multiple unfinished projects going on all at once! She also has a lot of fun teaching, preaching, and co-hosting the Better Than Seven Sons Podcast, available on all podcast platforms.

In episode 9, we are joined by Dr. Moriba Jah. Dr. Jah is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin where he is the holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering. He has previously supported Mars missions as a spacecraft navigator and is an avid science communicator. He is currently working on ways to manage and track space debris to preserve humanity's access to space.

Episode: 2017 In which we S-T-R-E-T-C-H our imaginations.  Today, let us stretch out imaginations.

Before the pandemic, we were the show that invited scholars, makers, and professionals out to brunch for informal conversations about their work, and we look forward to being that show again one day. But for now, we’re recording remotely to maintain physical distancing.It’s still a pretty fantastic job.Trish Culligan is Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering at Notre Dame and a professor in the University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. Before joining the Notre Dame faculty this past August, she was chair and Carleton Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University.Internationally recognized for her expertise in water resources and environmental engineering, Trish is currently co-directing a research network sponsored by the National Science Foundation that is developing new models for urban infrastructure to make cities cleaner, healthier, and more enjoyable places to live.She talked with us about that work and the potential of decentralized infrastructure to make a difference in both the developed and developing worlds, albeit for very different reasons. We also covered where the term “civil engineering” comes from, the importance of engineers being able to play a role in informing public policy, and how successful engineering practice isn’t all concrete, steel, and technical detail—no matter how much she may love talking about those things.We started by asking Trish for her thoughts on a random engineering quote we found on the Internet. Her willingness to engage with our attempt at a creative interview opening let us know right away we were in for a good conversation.LINKEpisode Transcript

Moriba Jah is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is the holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering. In this role, Moriba focuses on space traffic and the dangers associated with in-space collisions. He is also a TED fellow and a public advocate of space debris awareness. Learn more about Moriba and his work at flow.page/moriba. Hosted by Owen Marr and Riley Schnee. Timestamps 00:00 - Intro and Guest background 05:20 - PhD and Early career 10:55 - AstriaGraph 15:55 - Space debris accumulation 20:25 - Cleaning space debris 25:25 - Debris mitigation 29:30 - Accountability 33:45 - Public engagement 40:30 - Advice

Featured interview: SpaceX's record number of satellite launches and possible dangers of an orbital collision -스페이스 엑스의 위성발사 세계기록 달성과 현재 궤도 혼잡의 위험성 분석 Guest: Professor Moriba Jah, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin

Moriba Jah is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin where he is the holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering. He's the director for Computational Astronautical Sciences and Technologies (CAST), a group within the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences as well as the Lead for the Space Security and Safety Program at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law. Moriba came to UT Austin by way of the Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory prior to that, where he was a Spacecraft Navigator on a handful of Mars missions. Moriba is a Fellow of multiple organizations: TED, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Astronautical Society (AAS), International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS), Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He has served on the US delegation to the United Nations Committee On Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS), is an elected Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and has testified to congress on his work as related to Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management. He's an Associate Editor of the Elsevier Advances in Space Research journal, and serves on multiple committees: IAA Space Debris, AIAA Astrodynamics, IAF Astrodynamics, and IAF Space Security. Connect with Dr. Jah: Here: https://www.flow.page/moriba or here https://www.eyesonthesky.org/ If you enjoyed the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping us get to a new listener. For show notes and past guests, please visit https://www.christopherategeka.com/gratitribe Become a patron and support our creative work: https://www.patreon.com/chrisategeka Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please send us some love here https://www.christopherategeka.com/contact Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisategeka Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/chrisategeka PODCAST Links / Handles / Contact info: Podcast Link: www.christopherategeka.com/gratitribe Instagram: @Gratitribe Twitter: @Gratitribe Facebook Page: Gratitribe Podcast Email / Contact info: Gratitribe@gmail.com Hashtags: #gratitribe #gratitude #podcast #podcastsofinstagram #chrisategeka --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/christopher-ategeka/support

Dr. Moriba Jah of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT joins us to discuss his unconventional life trajectory that took him from guarding nukes in Montana for the Air Force to being a renowned academic with a mission to enlighten the general public about the environmental dangers we pose to our final frontier. Learn about his impressive push to promote transdiscplinary efforts on university campuses (particularly UT Austin), and find out how Dr. Jah defines inclusivity and what this means for space, space travel, and international cooperation in the face of current trends of populism and nationalism. Thanks for joining us on the Other Side of Campus! ABOUT THE GUEST https://i1.wp.com/dimensionsxr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/moriba-jah-ssvar-e1601678497354.jpeg?w=640&ssl=1 Dr. Moriba Jah joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics in 2017. His research interests are in non-gravitational astrodynamics and advanced/non-linear multi-sensor/object tracking, prediction, and information fusion. His expertise is in space object detection, tracking, identification, and characterization, as well as spacecraft navigation. He received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder specializing in astrodynamics and statistical orbit determination. Dr. Jah is a world-recognized subject matter expert in astrodynamics-based Space Domain Awareness sciences and technologies with 75+ publications in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and symposia. He's been an invited lecturer and keynote speaker at 20+ national and international space events, workshops and fora. You can find Moriba's podcast series and more information here: bit.ly/moribasvoxpopuli and here: bit.ly/jahniverse And check out his work on Eyes on the Sky here: https://www.eyesonthesky.org/ ABOUT OUR GUEST STUDENT HOST https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1?ui=2&ik=7aed11d76b&attid=0.1.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1685078806055773308&th=17629a3f057e647c&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8ReQi3nCl9E4AKMlv0nh6irbDY2dWcvCEdlXy8KAU07X6Mtpl9cUo643vQHikcsApQvX30MdWM_4Rh9pwjlFlfre1aKD94n6vUEMddE_MmTMSh6a015Pp58d4&disp=emb Asha Jain is a junior, earning her BS in Aerospace Engineering, Honors on the Space Track at the University of Texas at Austin. She is an active member of the Longhorn Rocketry Association which aims to launch student designed and manufactured rockets to a controlled altitude at America's Spaceport Cup. In her freshman year, Asha led the association's payload team, designed an experiment to test human venous compliance and integrated the experimental payload into supporting rocket systems. An internship with General Electric Aviation on their Passport jet engine introduced Asha to Humanoid Robotics, the field of her current honors thesis research. Asha works with UT Austin professor, Luis Sentis, to develop human-like navigation techniques to guide humanoid robots through dense crowds. This past semester Asha worked with French Space Law experts at her study abroad school Ecole Centrale Paris to write an article on the lack of space debris mitigation guidelines for planets other than Earth. This experience sparked Asha's interest in Space Law, Global Security and International Conflict of Law. Asha joined the 2019 Next Generation Brumley Scholars to continue exploring this intersection between aerospace and policy. In the future, Asha plans to attend graduate school to earn a dual degree, masters in engineering and a JD. With these skills, Asha plans to enter the patent or space law field with aspirations of starting her own company, bringing innovative aerospace inventions to solve public needs. PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on October 20th, 2020 via Zoom. CREDITS Assistant Producers/Hosts: Stephanie Seidel Holmsten, Asha Jain (Intro theme features additional PTF fellows Patrick Davis, Keith Brown, David Vanden Bout) Intro and Outro Music by: Charlie Harper (Additional background music by Charlie Harper, Blue Dot Sessions, Scott Holmes, and Ketsa) www.charlieharpermusic.com -- Movie sample from Star Wars Episode V taken from YouTube. Recorded, Edited, and Produced by: Michelle S Daniel Creator & Executive Producer: Mary C. Neuburger Connect with us! Facebook: /texasptf Twitter: @TexasPTF Website: https://texasptf.org DISCLAIMER: The Other Side of Campus is a member of the Texas Podcast Network, brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/1ed1b736-a1fa-4ae4-b346-90d58dfbc8a4/4GSxOOOU.png Special Guest: Moriba Jah.

Can objects be truly secured independently without resorting to a massive central reference monitor? It's a great question and we will discuss a solution to it called NUTS. During this talk, we'll take data structures, message protocols and applied cryptography and toss them into the cauldron of reality, sprinkle in some DNA and data management to brew up some Security at the Data Perimeter towards crafting Data as the Endpoint. It sounds like a bad witch's brew of epic proportions but once we cast the spell, you will see the integration of many CS/CISSP concepts you've learned over the years and new ways to use it.  Our goal is to make sure that the private individual has the best applied cryptographic technologies at their disposal for free in an unobtrusive way. By the way, a nut is the only secure data structure we know of that can help mitigate insider threats in a purely cryptographic way independent of reference monitors. We'll also show you how the NUTS Ecosystem can provide Alice with a ransom-ware resistant ‘hot' system at home using just 2 computers. About the speaker: Yoon Auh, CISSP, is the founder and CEO of NUTS Technologies® Inc., a midwestern cybersecurity startup. He holds multiple US patents around structured security and structured cryptography. His firm is breaking new grounds in applying structured security and cryptography at the data layer. He graduated from Columbia College in NYC with a BA in Physics and a BS in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia School of Engineering. Yoon's prior career was in finance and technology culminating to a successful career as Head Trader for several world class financial firms. A little NUTS history; Tired of poor personal data protection tools and even worse data management methods for the average Joe, Yoon created the eNcrypted Userdata Transit & Storage (NUTS) ecosystem which relies on viewing Data as the Endpoint™. To this end, a secure cryptographic data structure was created called a nut which is a complex structured cryptographic data structure featuring built-in multi-layered, multi-model pure cryptographic access controls requiring no reference monitors (if you understood this sentence, you are in for a real treat) - essentially, a nut allows the security perimeter to be brought down to the data layer so that it can travel with it.

“We cannot depend on our institutions to guarantee that our votes will determine the next president” is what a leaked National AFL-CIO PowerPoint stated this week.  The AFL-CIO had a meeting planned with State Federations and union leaders from around concerning a Trump Coup - yes, and we mean Coup - and how unions will mobilize in the days after the election.  However, that meeting was canceled after the slideshow was leaked to the press.   Randi Weingarten - President of the American Federation of Teachers - told Bloomberg: “There’s many of us that have talked about how we need to count every vote, how we are very concerned that the president - that you take his words seriously when he says he's not sure he’d agree to a peaceful transfer of power. And the labor movement is of the community that needs to prepare.” Activists around Pennsylvania are planning for massive protests if there is widespread efforts to disrupt the election or if Trump seeks to remain in power with the help of his appointments to the Supreme Court. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that activists, clergy, unions, and liberal advocates are signing on to “Nobody Comes for Philly,” a pledge to vote then “not rest until our state counts every vote.”  At least 545 children who were separated at the border under Trump’s brutal immigration policies are still without their parents. Worse, immigration advocates say their parents cannot be located.  According to a report in Politico, Bernie Sanders may be making a play to be Secretary of Labor in a Biden administration.  There was a debate last night. We’ll check in on that.  The after-effects of colleges and universities returning to campus amid the pandemic are now manifesting in vulnerable populations in college towns. The Washington Post reports that a month after students returned to college in La Cross, Wisconsin, home of three different colleges, the city is seeing a devastating spike in coronavirus cases, leading to the deaths of at least 19 residents in long-term care facilities. Until this week, no long-term care residents had died due to the virus. Brace yourself, everyone.  OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma tells the Department of Justice, “Ooops, our bad,” and pleads guilty to three felony counts for defrauding the federal government and lying about the company’s efforts to flood communities with OxyContin in order to reap billions in profits. The company will pay $225 million as part of a $2 billion criminal forfeiture. Purdue still faces a $3.5 billion criminal fine and has agreed to pay $2.8 billion as part of a civil settlement. The owner of Purdue, the Sackler family, will also have to pay $225 million in civil fines.  AOC goes on Twitch to play Among Us and get out the vote. It becomes one of the biggest Twitch streams ever. And, it turns out, she’s pretty good at Among Us, too. The cred just keeps stacking up! Is it time to start talking about a blue-wave in Pennsylvania? Cook Political Report moved the Pennsylvania House from “lean Republican” to “toss-up” while groups like Emily’s List dumped a million dollars into Pennsylvania for down-ballot races.  On the mail-in-ballot front, close to one-million Democrats have returned their ballots giving them a 680,000 voter edge over Republicans.  Of those voting by mail, over 300,000 Pennsylvanians who sat out in 2016 applied for a mail-in-ballot and 70% of those who sat out in 2016 but are voting by mail in 2020 are Democrats. Trump’s campaign has been videotaping Philadelphia voters at ballot drop boxes, leading to warnings of voter intimidation by Pennsylvania’s attorney general, Josh Shapiro. The Trump campaign has claimed that they are photographing and videotaping voters who might be dropping off multiple ballots.  Fake Proud Boys emails sent to voters saying “vote for Trump, or else!” Amazon Web Services, AWS, launches a space division called Aerospace and Satellite Solutions. According to the company, the purpose of the new division is to help “government and commercial space entities become more agile and flexible by making use of the cloud.”  After two non-functioning satellites nearly collided in orbit, there are renewed calls to begin dealing with the millions of pieces of space junk orbiting the Earth. Dr. Moriba Jah, director of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas Austin, has called for space environmentalism, telling Axios, "Orbital debris is not climate change, but the ecosystem requires environmental protection...Whatever narratives we have for maritime, land and air, these environmental protection narratives need to have, 'and space.'" Free Will Brewing’s Sharing Size release last Saturday was amazing.  Free Will hosts Sour Sunday, this coming Sunday, October 25 from 11-6.  Star Trek Discovery rocks.

In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, guest Dave Grupp, VP and Head of Renewable Services at Direct Energy Business, talks about his career and gives us his take on the evolution of the retail energy business, including the expanding role that renewable energy is playing within it. After 15 years in the industry, Dave has had a front-row seat to the changes that have taken place and has seen the market mature and evolve in that time.    There will be plenty to take away as he touches on many different areas of interest in his discussion with John. From challenges to successes and goals to inspirations, this is an episode with something for everyone. Energy is growing, so learning from others is one way we can grow with it!   You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in...   Who Dave Grupp is and his role at Direct Energy Business [1:43] Some of the biggest changes that have taken place in Dave's time [3:32] The biggest challenges for retail energy companies evolving in a changing market [4:47] How has customer demand for renewable energy impacted the retail business? [6:57] Why Dave was chosen for this role and some of his goals [10:57] Major challenges over the last 12 months [15:08] Will reluctance to adapt to renewables cause a downgrade? [18:26] Dave's 1, 5, & 10 year predictions for where energy is heading [21:07] What drives Dave Grupp? [25:50] Who was Dave's biggest influence and who inspires him [30:19] Pointers on successful collaboration [34:14] Serious consolidation has taken place   One of the biggest changes that Dave has observed over time is the growth of risk management within the industry. He says the market's become more efficient and that there's been more consolidation. Nearly half of all customer loads are controlled by the top three suppliers and around 97% by the top 20, so it's fascinating to watch where the money flows and who's paying attention to energy these days. Get the full scoop when you listen to this informative episode of Smart Energy Voices.    Future challenges could include a disruptor in the energy space Dave talks about how there haven't been any real disruptors in the space in the last five or 10 years. The role of renewable energy and distributed energy resources have all started to become much more common and certainly create new challenges for retail suppliers. Future challenges will likely include a new disruptor, whether it be technology or someone well-capitalized that upends the current business models that we all operate under. Tech companies are very active in the renewable space. Will they become more active in the retail energy space and compete with or against suppliers or even become suppliers? Check out the full episode to learn more.    A collaboration where everyone wins is good for even your harshest critic   Collaboration is a huge factor and it potentially gets overused at times. Understanding who your stakeholders are is essential to successful collaboration. Making sure that you understand their motivations and finding a way to allow them to be successful while getting what you want and need is critical. It's been interesting for Dave to collaborate with so many different people over the years. He recommends seeking input from those that would be your strongest attractors - not just collaborating with people that agree with you or that are on your team. Who is your harshest critic, could you bring them along for the ride? If you can do that then you've achieved something incredible. Learn more about how when you listen to this episode of SEV.   Resources & People Mentioned   Dave's company Direct Energy Business   Connect with Dave Grupp   On Linkedin   Dave Grupp, VP, and Head of Renewable Services, Direct Energy Business Dave Grupp serves as VP and Head of Renewable Services for Direct Energy Business. He is responsible for the overall business strategy and execution delivering renewable power and zero-carbon natural gas supply to commercial and industrial customers. Dave is currently heading the transformation of Direct Energy into the leading provider of renewable energy services in North America.   Prior to his current role, Dave spent the past 10 years as Head of National Key Accounts for Direct Energy and has over 25 years of industry experience. Dave also worked in various other capacities in sales, marketing and product management and is responsible for developing the company's “Make Me GreenTM” renewable energy product certified by Green-e Energy.   Prior to retail energy, Dave worked for an industrial fan manufacturer providing pollution control solutions to heavy industry including chemical, steel, and power generation.  In his role as Director of R&D, Dave was responsible for aerodynamic and acoustic testing and design and as Project Manager was responsible for rotordynamic and mechanical analyses while providing oversight for multimillion dollar projects.    Dave routinely presents at conferences on the topics of energy markets and renewable energy. In addition he has published and presented several technical papers on fan performance and design at AMCA/ASHRAE, EPRI, and the North American Mine Ventilation Symposium.     Dave holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State with a minor in Engineering Mechanics and graduated with honors with a MBA with concentrations in Finance and Sustainability from Duquesne University.   Dave currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife Milan, boys Maddox and Camden, and two yellow labs, Wallace & Grommit. Connect With Smart Energy Decisions   https://smartenergydecisions.com   Follow them on Facebook Follow them on Twitter Follow them on LinkedIn   Subscribe to Smart Energy Voices If you're interested in participating in the next edition of the SED Renewable Energy Sourcing Forum taking place on December 7-11, visit our website or email our Event Operations Director, Lisa Carroll at lisa@smartenergydecisions.com"

Cemal Basaran Kimdir? 1982 Yılında Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesinden lisans diplomasini alan Prof. Başaran, 1985 yılında ODTÜ'de yüksek lisansını tamamladı. Kariyerine Amerika'da devam ederek 1988 yılında MIT'de İnşaat Mühendisliğinde(Civil Engineering) yüksek lisansını tamamladı ve 1988-1992 yılları arasında Boston, Massachusetts'de Nükleer Endüstride inşaat mühendisi olarak çalıştı. 1992-1994 yılları arasında University of Arizona'da Mühendislik Mekaniği (Engineering Mechanics) bölümünden doktorasını tamamlayan Prof. Başaran, doktorasını tamamladıktan sonra University of Buffalo bünyesinde çalışmaya başladı ve 26 yıldır bu üniversitede akademik çalışmalarını sürdürmektedir. Çalışmaları sonucunda dergi ve konferanslarda 200'den fazla makalesi bulunmakta ve alanıyla ilgili 4 adet de kitap sahibidir.

WE have to own this problem - America is wrestling with racial tensions and legacies and is looking to VETERANS for leadership and guidance.  Ron Lewis is one person working hard to strengthen business and community in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, and bridge some of the racial divide at the same time.  When I first met Ron at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, we struck up a casual conversation over a beer and he mentioned he had just recently retired from the Army. I assumed (my first mistake) from his young looks that he did twenty and pulled the ripcord. Well, no one gets to O-9 THAT fast. Stunned, embarrassed and after I picked up my jaw, we began what has blossomed into a great professional friendship. Ron Lewis attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, and graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering Mechanics. Ron went on to earn his Master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.  Ron is an expert in strategy and planning, having led units as large as 30,000 soldiers and solving very complex problems. Ron founded LTC2 Solutions to address complex, multi-layered problems. LTC2 specializes in leader development, corporate culture and strategic planning for its clients. Ron is also the Vice Chairman for Military Affairs for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce https://www.hrchamber.com/, and the organizer of the Hampton Roads Military Affairs Council, drawing active duty, federal and state agencies as well as private sector employers together to work to support the military community within the region.  Leaders must be empathetic and willing to listen to people according to Ron Lewis, our guest on this episode of the VeteranCrowd Spotlight. As a retired Army General Officer, Ron knows how to be an effective leader after serving 30 years in the Army. He also knows about the challenges social issues and current unrest pose to leaders of our nation.  We placed Ron in the Spotlight to discuss his experience as an Army General, his work as CEO of his own consulting firm, and his opinions on the current tension within our country.  Learn more about Ron in our show notes- https://bit.ly/ronlewisshownotes Never miss a thing - Subscribe the VeteranCrowd Spotlight https://veterancrowdnetwork.com/contact/

We're welcoming Rachel Seevers on our newest episode, an accomplished oceanographic and engineering mechanic researcher!

Subject of mechanical engineering cover the syllabus according to the gate we are going to discuss all chapters related to engineering mechanics in this podcast. This is mainly for revision.

David is a research and teaching academic with specialisation in the mechanics of advanced composite materials and biological tissue; Course convenor, educational technology developer and lecturer for a large foundational first and second year mechanics course. He specialises in the continuum and computational mechanics of advanced structural materials such as carbon fibre reinforced plastics and biological tissue. He has worked as research fellow at the University of Nottingham UK, been research associate in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (UNSW) ranked 13th in the world, and is now a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW Sydney. David has worked in applying his models for Boeing Research and Technology, the Composites CRC of Australia, and collegiate researchers around the world. He has pioneered the development and implementation of new technologies into his teaching practice and is a recipient of the UNSW Awards for Teaching Excellence. He is the course convenor and lecturer for the largest foundational first and second year engineering subjects (Engineering Mechanics and the Mechanics of Solids), teaching over 1,000 students each year. You can follow David on Twitter @DrKellermann

Before joining the Stanford’s Mechanical Engineering faculty as the first female professor, Sheri Sheppard spent time working at different jobs in the motor industry. She had always loved cars, and after receiving a bachelors in Engineering Mechanics around age 22, she began working at the Chrysler Institute Program, getting to rotate through many different roles in the industry. Eventually, after working at Ford Motor Company, she made her way to California and to Stanford, beginning her teaching and researching career.Fearless First by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-firstLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The first flight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly nine years is happening May 27. The mission will launch astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Dr. Andre Mazzoleni, the Director of the Engineering Mechanics and the Space Systems Laboratory at NC State, examines the Demo-2 mission, process, challenges, ISS, Mars and space tourists’ vacations.

M. Amin Karami is an Associate Professor at Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He is the director of Intelligent Dynamic Energy and Sensing Systems (IDEAS) lab. His area of expertise is energy harvesting and specially powering medical devices using body movements, nonlinear renewable wind and wave energy generators as well as smart material and meta-material systems. Dr. Karami has been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Aerospace Engineering at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received his PhD in summer 2011 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Engineering Mechanics. He worked in the Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS). Dr. Karami has about 30 Journal publications and book chapters which have been cited over 1300 times. He has been invited to present his research at medical and engineering conferences including conferences in Hong Kong and China. His research has been supported by grants from NSF, NIH, and industrial grants related to his patents.

In this episode I speak with Dr Moriba Jah, an Associate Professor and the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.Moriba Jah is the director for Computational Astronautical Sciences and Technologies (CAST), a group within the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Lead for the Space Security and Safety Program at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law. Moriba came to UT Austin by way of the Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory prior to that, where he was a Spacecraft Navigator on a handful of Mars missions.Moriba is a Fellow of multiple organizations: TED, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Astronautical Society (AAS), International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS), Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He has served on the US delegation to the United Nations Committee On Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS), is an elected Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and has testified to congress on his work as related to Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management. He's an Associate Editor of the Elsevier Advances in Space Research journal, and serves on multiple committees: IAA Space Debris, AIAA Astrodynamics, IAF Astrodynamics, and IAF Space Security.While in the US last year for the International Astronautical Congress, Moriba and I got talking at a dodgy bar in DC. Some drinks later, we decided to get together over Skype and record this episode. We chat about tackling fear in the face of adversity, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and what it all has to do with Space sustainability.Music (as requested by Moriba): 'The Voice' by Celtic Woman Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/space-junk-podcast. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/space-junk-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the first episode of our podcast! This is an interview-based podcast with leaders, innovators, and influencers on the law, leadership, and best practices of the day. In this episode, we discuss “leadership” with retired Brigadier General Patrick Mordente. Brigadier General Mordente is a 29-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a combat pilot with over 2,700 hours of flying time in the T-37, T-38, and C-130 aircraft. He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1987 and attended undergraduate pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base Mississippi. He has served on multiple high level staffs within the Department of Defense including the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, and he is a combat veteran who served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He retired as the Vice Commander at 18th Air Force, Scott AFB, IL in October of 2016. Brigadier General Mordente also holds Master of Science degrees from the National Defense University in National Resource Strategy, from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Air Mobility, as well as a Master of Arts degree from Weber University in Business, and an undergraduate degree in Engineering Mechanics from the Air Force Academy. He is currently the director of the George W. Bush, Presidential Library Museum, located in Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Ellen Arruda is the Maria Comninou Collegiate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with joint appointments as Professor of Biomedical Engineering, as well as Macromolecular Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Ellen’s hobbies include running, cooking, and knitting. Running is one of her favorite ways to get exercise and generate great ideas for her work. She is a skilled sweater knitter who learned how to crochet from her mother and picked up knitting from her mother-in-law. Ellen studies the mechanical behavior of soft materials, including polymers, plastics, and soft tissues of the body. Her research group focuses on understanding how to design with soft materials so the materials don’t break in different applications, as well as how to design replacements for soft tissues in our bodies when they are damaged. She received her B.S. with Honors in Engineering Science and her M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Pennsylvania State University. Ellen was awarded her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She joined the faculty at the University of Michigan afterwards in 1992. Ellen has received numerous awards and honors for her outstanding research, teaching, and service, including the Ann Arbor Spark Best of Boot Camp award, the Excellence in Research Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Ted Kennedy Family Team Excellence Award from the University of Michigan College of Engineering, the Research Excellence Award from the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, the Cadell Memorial Award, the Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award from the Pennsylvania State University, the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award from the University of Michigan, and the Trudy Huebner Service Excellence Award from the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Ellen is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Academy of Mechanics, and the Society of Engineering Science. She was also named a Centennial Fellow of the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Pennsylvania State University. She was also recently named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering. Ellen joined us for an interview to discuss her experiences in her career, her life, and her engineering research.

Dennis Craggs, Consultant Tim interviews Dennis Craggs a consultant about his background and ongoing work concerning big data analytics. Dennis studied at the University of Detroit and Wayne State University achieving a Masters in Engineering Mechanics and Operations Research. He is a licensed Professional Engineer, and a Quality and Reliability Engineer. In various roles at NASA, […] The post DTK Dennis Craggs Consultant appeared first on Accendo Reliability.

"The Year in Science." A panel discussion of discoveries and inventions made during the previous 12 months. Speakers: James Maxey, Erin Penn, JT the Enginerd, and me, Stephen Euin Cobb, as the moderator. James Maxey is the author of the superhero novels Nobody Gets the Girl and Burn Baby Burn; as well as the Dragon Age trilogy: Bitterwood, Dragonforge, and Dragonseed. His multi-book epic, Dragon Apocalypse, is an enthusiastic blend of the superhero and fantasy genres. Its titles include Greatshadow (2012), Hush (2012) and Witchbreaker (2013). J.T. "the Enginerd"obtained her Masters of Science in Engineering Mechanics with a focus in biomechanics from Virginia Tech. Her research focused on animal locomotion and included the analysis of beetle respiration, and constructing a platform to measure the force produced during an insect's jump. She teaches engineering and design. She also blogs about science fiction, video games, and photography at FrakinSpoilers.com. Erin Penn is a writer and line-editor. She received her Bachelors of Science from Alma College with a double major in Computer Science and Sociology, then completed a Masters of Business Administration. Her website is ErinPenn.com Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the Oct 12, 2016 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 64 minutes] This episode contains the entire one-hour panel, and was recorded in front of an audience in Charlotte NC on June 4, 2016 at the SF&F convention ConCarolinas. Stephen Euin Cobb has interviewed over 350 people for his work as an author, futurist, magazine writer, ghostwriter, and award-winning podcaster. A contributing editor for Space and Time Magazine; he has also been a regular contributor for Robot, H+, Grim Couture and Port Iris magazines; and he spent three years as a columnist and contributing editor for Jim Baen's Universe Magazine. For the last ten years he has produced a weekly podcast, The Future And You, which explores (through interviews, panel discussions and commentary) all the ways the future will be different from today. He is an artist, essayist, game designer, transhumanist, and is on the Advisory Board of The Lifeboat Foundation. Stephen is the author of an ebook about the future entitled: Indistinguishable from Magic: Predictions of Revolutionary Future Science.

Life Extension (part 2 of 2). Speakers include J.T. "the Enginerd," Erin Penn, and Stephen Euin Cobb as the moderator. J.T. "the Enginerd"obtained her Masters of Science in Engineering Mechanics with a focus in biomechanics from Virginia Tech. Her research focused on animal locomotion and included the analysis of beetle respiration, and constructing a platform to measure the force produced during an insect's jump. She teaches engineering and design. She also blogs about science fiction, video games, and photography at FrakinSpoilers.com. Erin Penn is a writer and line-editor. She received her Bachelors of Science from Alma College with a double major in Computer Science and Sociology, then completed a Masters of Business Administration. Her website is ErinPenn.com Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the June 22, 2016 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 35 minutes] This episode contains the second half of this panel. The first half is in last week's show. This panel was recorded in front of an audience in Charlotte NC on June 4, 2016 at the SF&F convention ConCarolinas. Stephen Euin Cobb has interviewed over 350 people for his work as an author, futurist, magazine writer, ghostwriter, and award-winning podcaster. A contributing editor for Space and Time Magazine; he has also been a regular contributor for Robot, H+, Grim Couture and Port Iris magazines; and he spent three years as a columnist and contributing editor for Jim Baen's Universe Magazine. For the last ten years he has produced a weekly podcast, The Future And You, which explores (through interviews, panel discussions and commentary) all the ways the future will be different from today. He is an artist, essayist, game designer, transhumanist, and is on the Advisory Board of The Lifeboat Foundation. Stephen is the author of an ebook about the future entitled: Indistinguishable from Magic: Predictions of Revolutionary Future Science.

Life Extension (part 1 of 2). Speakers include J.T. "the Enginerd," Erin Penn, and Stephen Euin Cobb as the moderator. J.T. "the Enginerd" obtained her Masters of Science in Engineering Mechanics with a focus in biomechanics from Virginia Tech. Her research focused on animal locomotion and included the analysis of beetle respiration, and constructing a platform to measure the force produced during an insect's jump. She teaches engineering and design. She also blogs about science fiction, video games, and photography at FrakinSpoilers.com. Erin Penn is a writer and line-editor. She received her Bachelors of Science from Alma College with a double major in Computer Science and Sociology, then completed a Masters of Business Administration. Her website is ErinPenn.com Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the June 15, 2016 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 30 minutes] This episode contains the first half of this panel. The second half will be in next week's show. This panel was recorded in front of an audience in Charlotte NC on June 4, 2016 at the SF&F convention ConCaolinas. Stephen Euin Cobb has interviewed over 350 people for his work as an author, futurist, magazine writer, ghostwriter, and award-winning podcaster. A contributing editor for Space and Time Magazine; he has also been a regular contributor for Robot, H+, Grim Couture and Port Iris magazines; and he spent three years as a columnist and contributing editor for Jim Baen's Universe Magazine. For the last ten years he has produced a weekly podcast, The Future And You, which explores (through interviews, panel discussions and commentary) all the ways the future will be different from today. He is an artist, essayist, game designer, transhumanist, and is on the Advisory Board of The Lifeboat Foundation. Stephen is the author of an ebook about the future entitled: Indistinguishable from Magic: Predictions of Revolutionary Future Science.

We stand today at the dawn of an entirely new age. Man has in his hands a method of disrupting the molecular basis for matter and the ability to split the earth in half on a moments notice. (It gives the term, "scorched-earth policy" a new significance.) The technology that was demonstrated on 911 can split the earth in half or it can be used to allow ALL people to live happily ever after with free energy. However, he who controls the energy, controls the people. Control of energy leads to destruction of the planet. But we have a choice. And this choice is real. Live happily ever after or destroy the planet. This is why I have been studying the evidence of what happened on 9/11. This evidence is central to it all. 9/11 was a demonstration of a new technology; free energy. Tonight hear the science, theory and facts about the realities. DR. Judy Wood holds a B.S. (Civil Engineering, 1981) (Structural Engineering), M.S. (Engineering Mechanics (Applied Physics), 1983), and a Ph.D. (Materials Engineering Science, 1992) from the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her dissertation involved the development of an experimental method to measure thermal stresses in bimaterial joints. She has taught courses including * Experimental Stress Analysis, * Engineering Mechanics, * Mechanics of Materials (Strength of Materials),* Strength of Materials Testing

Judy D. Wood is a former professor of mechanical engineering with research interests in experimental stress analysis, structural mechanics, optical methods, deformation analysis, and the materials characterization of biomaterials and composite materials. She is a member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), co-founded SEM’s Biological Systems and Materials Division, and currently serves on the SEM Composite Materials Technical Division. Dr. Wood started to question the events of 9/11 on that same day when what she saw and heard on television was contradictory and appeared to violate the laws of physics. Since that day she has used her knowledge of engineering mechanics to prove that the collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers could not have happened as the American public was told. Dr. Wood's website: http://www.drjudywood.com/ Her website is so full of information that you will want to roam there for days! Dr. Wood received her * B.S. (Civil Engineering, 1981) (Structural Engineering), * M.S. (Engineering Mechanics (Applied Physics), 1983), and * Ph.D. (Materials Engineering Science, 1992) from the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her dissertation involved the development of an experimental method to measure thermal stresses in bimaterial joints. She has taught courses including * Experimental Stress Analysis, * Engineering Mechanics, * Mechanics of Materials (Strength of Materials) * Strength of Materials Testing