Autumn Greco fuses fashion and science while Alison Sheets fuses body mechanics and athletic clothing as an engineer at Nike. ​​ 10:10 | 3/1/19 | Season 1 ​ ​ This episode is brought to you by Epilog Laser. #S1E5Sports

The Apollo dress shirt is based on temperature-regulating spacesuits designed for astronauts traveling to Mars. Courtesy: Ministry of Supply) He’s always been a hacker, though probably not what you first think of when you hear the term. Gihan Amarasiriwardena, a 2011 MIT grad, hacks clothing and outdoor gear, and he’s been doing it since he was a teenager – cobbling together things like custom waterproof jackets and heat-trapping sleeping bags. In 2012, that hobby led him and

Source: MU Athletics Officials at college sporting venues are leading the effort toward zero-waste events at their facilities. Many professional and collegiate leagues have started adopting energy and water conservation into their programs, as well as increased recycling and composting. Researchers at the University of Missouri recently published a study that analyzed waste and recyclables during the Mizzou’s 2014 home football season. Through implementing several recommendat

In this era of #MeToo and female empowerment, we need to do more to remove the gender gap associated with our girls and women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math. There probably isn't a day that passes when you don't hear the term STEM in the news, in a conversation or from the mouths of parents who are trying to find "the angle" to get their child a scholarship or a job. The disappointing reality is that while many girls are strong at math and scien

When Alison Sheets-Singer was a young gymnast in Maryland, her coach, Steve Cornelison, held his day job with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. Cornelison held a Ph.D. degree in physics and was often executing calculations focused on improving his gymnasts’ performances. She may not have understood much about it at the time, but Sheets-Singer knew that whatever it was that he was working out on paper was leading to suggestions that had a measurable impact. Cornelison could t

Episode: S1 E5: Sports Hometown: Churchvill, MD Occupation: Biomechanical Engineer at NIKE Education: Cornell University, Stanford University Fun Fact: Her gymnastic teacher when she was 9 is who initially peaked her interest in physics and movement of the human body. In the news: Engineering UC Davis Social Media: Facebook #NerdGirlNationGuest #S1E5Sports #Mechanicalengineering

Episode: S1 E5: Sports Hometown: New York City, NY Occupation: Student at Stanford University Education: Stanford University Fun Fact: Autumn Greco has received research funding, modeled in major print ads such as Microsoft, H&M, and Nordstrom to name a few as well as commercial modeling campaigns for companies such as Barbie and Microsoft, she acted as co-host for TedYouth 2015, and is on the verge of publishing clinical research. In the news: Boy Meets Girl Naluda Social Me