This Week on The Academic Minute
Monday
Chip Manchester, C. Robert Clauer Collegiate Research professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan, looks into predicting space weather.
Tuesday
Alexis Redding, faculty member at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, talks the secret to supporting the mental health of college students.
Wednesday
Rosie Dutt, Teaching Assistant Professor & Director of the Undergraduate Neuroscience Career Development at the University of North Carolina, explores how to turn AI from an educational shortcut to a scaffold that helps students learn.
Thursday
Claire Huntington, Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, has a template for regulating AI companions.
Friday
Brian Alexander, associate professor of politics at Washington and Lee University, explores a change to Thomas Jefferson’s book A Manual of Parliamentary Practice.
Catch up with The Academic Minute from 3/30 - 4/3
Monday
Bilal El-Zahab - Florida International University
Unlocking Durable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries for EVs
Dr. Bilal El-Zahab is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Florida International University, where he serves as Graduate Program Director and leads the university’s Battery Research Laboratory. A recognized expert in electrochemical energy storage, his work focuses on advancing next-generation battery technologies that will shape the future of sustainable energy.
Tuesday
Lucia Bellino - University of Texas at Austin
Volcanism Shaped the Habitability of Early Mars
Lucia Bellino is a doctoral student and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in her fourth year at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, TX. Under the guidance of Dr. Chenguang Sun, Lucia’s research centers the cycling of hydrogen, carbon, and sulfur through high-temperature magmatic processes like magmatic degassing. She seeks to understand the connection between the interior and surface of planetary bodies through volcanism to investigate the potential habitability, climate, atmosphere, and evolution of Mars and Io.
Wednesday
Erik Van Aken - Rocky Mountain College
Chaos and Cause
Erik Van Aken is Instructor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Rocky Mountain College. His research focuses on the metaphysics of causality, scientific methodology, and debates on objectivity.
Thursday
Scott N. Taylor - Babson College
A Conceptual Model of Entrepreneurial Leadership
Scott N. Taylor is a professor of organizational behavior and the Arthur M. Blank Endowed Chair for Values-Based Leadership at The Blank School at Babson College. He is also a research fellow with the Coaching Research Lab at Case Western Reserve University, and a core member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations (CREIO).
Friday
Andrea King - University of Chicago
Questioning the Dark Side of Addiction
Andrea King is a clinical and research psychologist with expertise in addictive disorders, including alcohol use disorder.
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