Projects

Published ArticleS

Science@Work:

Edith Widder; Marine biologist, deep sea explorer

is in the July/August 2023 issue of Cricket’s Muse Magazine. I interviewed Dr. Edith Widder about her work studying the ways in which deep ocean animals use bioluminescence to communicate and how she used this knowledge on an expedition to capture the first ever footage of a giant squid in it’s natural habitat.

A Closer Look: The Colorful Science of Decoding Starlight

is in the May/June 2022 issue of Cricket’s Muse Magazine. This article describes how astronomers use star spectra to learn about the Universe.

Looking for Life on Mars

is a feature article in the February 2023 issue of Cricket’s Muse Magazine. The article explains how a technique discovered almost 100 years ago in India is being used by the Perseverance rover to look for signs of ancient life on Mars.

Science@Work: Dakshita Khurana, Quantum Crytographer

is in the January 2023 issue of Cricket’s Muse Magazine. I interviewed Dakshita Khurana on how she became interested in quantum cryptography and how it works. How do we know if a stranger is eavesdropping on our texts?

Insect or LeaF?

is in the April 2024 issue of High Five Magazine. This article for young readers shows how some insects look like leaves.

non fiction Book Manuscripts

Secrets of the Stars

This non fiction book describes the fascinating ways astronomers have used star spectra to understand our Universe. Starlight tells us about stars, their temperature, their lifespan and their composition. The change in starlight tells us about their motion. Where is that star going? Wobbling starlight can show us if exoplanets circle a distant stars. With the latest spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope, we hope to find evidence of life on distant exoplanets.

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Solve It For Kids

Author Jennifer Swanson invited me as a guest on Solve It For Kids . In this ongoing podcast, Jennifer and her cohost, Jeff Gonyea, talk to engineers and scientists and about real world problems they have solved. I was honored to asked to talk about How Computer Brains Are Made. We discussed my work as a semiconductor engineer making microprocessors.

unpublished non fiction Articles

  • Living Light: How Ocean Animals Send Messages Using Bioluminescence

  • The Power of Binary Code: How Zeros and Ones Create Worlds

  • Decoding Barcodes

  • Space Clouds: Where Stars are Born and Die

  • Bending Light: The Physics Behind Why Things Aren’t Always Where They Appear To Be

  • Odd or Even?

  • The Ancient Bristlecone Pines: What Do the World’s Oldest Trees Have To Tell Us About Climate, History, and Longevity? 

  • Animal Signs

  • Exploring a Lava Tube Cave