Tag: matthew spencer
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The Academic Minute for 2025.07.21-2025.07.25
Monday Patrick Shober – Paris Obersavtory The Case of the Missing Meteorites Patrick Shober is a planetary scientist who investigates small solar-system bodies—from asteroids and comets to the spectacular fireballs their debris creates in Earth’s atmosphere. He earned his PhD at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, where he worked with the Desert Fireball Network to…
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Matthew Spencer, Harvey Mudd College – Drones for Wildfire Detection and Suppression
Drones can help us with wildfire detection and suppression. Matthew Spencer, associate professor of engineering at Harvey Mudd College, takes a bird’s eye view. Matthew Spencer (Member, IEEE) received B.S. and M.Eng. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007 and 2008, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.07.21)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.07.21 Monday Patrick Shober, postdoctoral fellow at the Paris Observatory and NASA’s Johnson Space Center, watches the skies for answers to the case of the missing meteorites. Tuesday Antonin Affholder, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Arizona, discusses whether there could be life on Titan. Wednesday…