The Spotlight Report1 Apr 2024

Wayne Geerling on Using Pop Culture and Chat GPT In Teaching Economics

Wayne Geerling discusses his research and work in utilizing pop culture to engage students in introductory Economics courses. Pop culture, from Squid Game to Taylor Swift, can tell us quite a lot about various core economics concepts, and Dr. Geerling has leveraged the accessiblity and appeal of pop culture to engage early students, providing them with strong motivation to continue pursuits an otherwise math heavy and technically intimidating field. Wayne additionally comments on the new reality of Chat GPT and how it has impacted the university classroom, and his approaches to adapting to this new reality. Overall, I see a lot synergy between Wayne's work in pedagogy as it applies towards economics, and how it could apply to optics or other technical and math heavy fields. Additionally, his approach to Chat GPT is fascinating and seems like it will be universally true for teaching at any level. This was a really fun interview for me, Wayne was a wonderful guest. I hope you enjoy! Links: 1) "ChatGPT has Mastered the Principles of Economics: Now What?" https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4356034 2) "The Economics Behind the Billions: How Taylor Swift and MrBeast Can Be Used to Teach Economics" https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4640484 3) "Using Squid Game to Teach Game Theory" https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3990316 4) The Rest is History Podcast: https://therestishistory.com/episodes/

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Kashmira Nakhoda on The Journey from Large Optics Metrology to X-Ray Synchrotron Application Design and Metrology

Dr. Kashmira Nakhoda sat down to discuss her journey through optics. Kashmira shared her early work on metrology and scattering modeling of the DKIST 4.2 m primary mirror and how she progressed to X-R...

2 Okt 20241h 27min

Travis Sawyer on Early Cancer Detection with Multimodal Optical Imaging

Dr. Travis Sawyer, Professor of Optical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Health Sciences, and Medicine, was kind enough to speak with me about how multimodal opti...

6 Sep 20241h 8min

Hyemin Yoo on the Sine Condition Test, Deflectometry, and Optical Alignment

I spoke with Hyemin Yoo, who recently completed her dissertation on a combined Sine Condition/Deflectometry test method for optical alignment. Hyemin discusses the methodology in detail, starting with...

1 Aug 20241h 39min

Eric Goodwin on Interferometry, Optics, and Metrology

Eric Goodwin wrote the Field Guide to Interferometric Testing, and now is the Director of Optical Sciences at Nikon Research Corporation of America. In his work, he has undoubtedly worked on cutting e...

12 Jul 202451min

Joel Berkson on Fringe Metrology and Starting an Optical Metrology Company

Joel Berkson sat down to discuss forming his optical metrology company, Fringe Metrology. Joel discusses the ups and downs of creating a startup, why more people should try it, and how to evaluate a p...

20 Mai 20241h 20min

Pearl John on Utilizing Holography for Art and Outreach

Dr. Pearl John sat down to discuss her work in art, holography, and optics outreach. Pearl discusses her artwork, which touches upon both the very human side of time, memories, and relationships, as w...

24 Apr 20241h 13min

Bill Green on Looking Up, Street Astronomy, and Light Pollution

NOTE: If you or someone you know has achromatic doublets they would donate to Bill for his street astronomy, reach out! Bill is looking for doublets and his contact info can be found at philly moon me...

28 Feb 202453min