Heights of Humanity Jason Bott

In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Deirdre Shoemaker, an award-winning professor and researcher of gravitational physics. Dr. Shoemaker is a contributor to the groundbreaking LIGO Collaboration, a multinational scientific effort that made physical observations of gravity waves for the first time in human history. She also leads a team of gravitational physicists at the University of Texas at Austin, where they work to uncover the secrets of Black Holes, Black Hole and Neutron Star Collisions, and the Gravity Waves that they produce.

Dr. Shoemaker is as sharp as she is hilarious. Amidst the laughter of this episode, expect to learn about what happens when the most massive objects in our universe - black holes - collide, what a gravity wave is exactly, how black holes help prove Einstein's equations, and much more.


Mentioned Publications, Sources, and Further Reading: Abbott, B.  P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T.  D., Abernathy, M.  R., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adams, T., Addesso, P., Adhikari, R.  X., Adya, V.  B., Affeldt, C., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O.  D., Aiello, L., Ain, A., Ajith, P., & Allen, B. (2016). Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger. Physical Review Letters, 116(6). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.116.061102 ‪
Shoemaker, D. M., Huq, M. F., & Matzner, R. A. (2000). Generic tracking of multiple apparent horizons with level flow. Physical Review, 62(12). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.62.124005 ‌
The, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration, Abbott, R., D, A. T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adhikari, N., X, A. R., B, A. V., Affeldt, C., Agarwal, D., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., D, A. O., Aiello, L., Ain, A., & Ajith, P. (2023). GWTC-3: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the Second Part of the Third Observing Run. Physical Review X, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.13.041039 ‌
LIGO Project Website: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/


Dr. Deirdre Shoemaker
Academic Profile: https://sites.cns.utexas.edu/cgp/people/deirdre-shoemaker
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=QzwcWv0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-shoemaker-8588b140/


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In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Maša Prodanović, a Croatian-born Applied Mathematician and Petroleum Engineering Professor who specializes in modeling fluid flow through porous rocks in the subsurface. Dr. Prodanović's work is integral in building our understanding of how oil reservoirs behave underground and constraining the geometry, oil content, reservoir permeability, and other critical factors in reservoir extraction. Dr. Prodanović has won a plethora of awards for her groundbreaking work in subsurface modeling as well as her teaching competency and has been recognized as a top ten faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin as well as a member of Stony Brook University's 40 under 40. Her developments in the study of fluid flow through porous media can also have significant impacts on other fields such as Carbon Capture/Storage, Hydrogeology, Biomedical Engineering, and more.
During the podcast Dr. Prodanović talks about her upbringing in Croatia, the grit and tenacity that Croatians have had to develop through their tenacious history, what it was like coming to the USA for the first time, how capillary forces interact with buoyancy and gravity to drive fluid flow, the process in which Computational Neural Networks are used to help simulate fluid flow in rocks, the importance of sharing data in the age of AI and Neural Networks, and much much more.

Mentioned Articles, Sources, and Further Reading
History of Petrinja, Croatia
What Does It Take To Automate Digital Rock Petrophysics
Data=Based Prediction Of Transport In Heterogeneous Porous Media
Transport of complex and active fluids in porous media
Nano-scale Wetting Film Impact on Multiphase Transport Properties in Porous Media
Comprehensive comparison of pore-scale models for multiphase flow in porous media

Dr. Maša Prodanović
Academic profile: https://pge.utexas.edu/facultystaff/faculty-directory/prodanovic
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/utexas.edu/masha/home
Featured Lectures: https://sites.google.com/utexas.edu/masha/news
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hs_-TQoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsKKNKel9GcI8R_FqM8v_gw
Github: https://github.com/dr-masha

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In this episode, I enjoyed a wonderful conversation with Dr. Douglas Hemingway, a world-renowned Planetary Geophysist and Robotics/Systems Engineer who makes groundbreaking discoveries of geologic phenomena on Planetary Bodies within our Solar System. Dr. Hemingway's work stretches many topics, from Paleo-Oceans on Mars to the Formation of Geysers on Enceladus that can reach up to 130km long (for scale, that's almost the distance from Portland to LA).

His discoveries are monumental in pursuing a better understanding of our Solar System and the Planetary Bodies within. His field of research will only continue to grow as our ability to explore space increases. Dr. Hemingway also helped build planetary Rovers and the International Space Station during his time as a Robotics and Systems Engineer in industry. During the interview, Dr. Hemingway explained topics such as how Planetary Bodies produce magnetic fields, the formation of Enceledus' Tiger Stripe Formations, the differences, and similarities between icy moons like Europa, Enceladus, and Ganymede, evidence for Ancient Martian Oceans, what are Lunar Swirls and how they form, the mechanics of Space Weathering, and much much more.

Mentioned Articles, Sources, and Further Reading:
Global drainage patterns and the origins of topographic relief on Earth, Mars, and Titan. Science. https://doi.org/aag0171
Lunar Swirl Morphology Constrains the Geometry, Magnetization, and Origins of Lunar Magnetic Anomalies. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005604
Enceladus's ice shell structure as a window on internal heat production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.03.011
Cascading parallel fractures on Enceladus. Nature Astronomy, 4(3), 234-239. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0958-x
The Gravity Field and Interior Structure of Enceladus. Science. https://doi.org/1250551

Dr. Douglas Hemingway
Academic profile: https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/researcher/douglas_hemingway/
Personal website: http://douglashemingway.com/
Featured Lectures: https://sites.google.com/utexas.edu/masha/news
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=joSBPckAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-207X
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-hemingway-bbaa072/

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On this episode of the Heights of Humanity Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking to Pascal from the Everything Goes Podcast.
In this discussion Pascal delves deep into his motivations for podcasting, what it's like being an interviewer, his journey toward chasing his dreams, entrepreneurship, unexpected viral success, and much much more.
Check out the Everything Goes Podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@everythinggoeswithpascal
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In this episode, I sat down with Shubham Pandey, a Data Engineer and Machine Learning Expert who builds machine learning algorithms in both the finance and advertisement industries. Throughout this discussion, Mr. Pandy provides advice to Computer Science Students, his opinion on self-driving cars, insights into the future of AI/Machine Learning, and more

In this episode, I had a wonderful discussion with Mr. Chip Baker: a best-selling author, podcaster, motivational speaker, educator, and football coach. Mr. Baker was actually my football coach back in my high school days, which makes it super surreal to sit down with him now in a podcast setting.
Expect to learn about How to Build Consistency, Chip Baker’s Keys to Success, the Influence of Positive Actions, What it’s like to be a College Football Player, and More.