Surprisingly STEM: Space Waste Engineer

https://plus.nasa.gov/video/surprisingly-stem-space-waste-engineer/ As the saying goes, “one person’s trash is another person’s treasure” and at NASA, Annie Meier is that person! Annie is a space waste engineer working on technologies to convert waste into vital resources for human space travel. Trash can be used to produce important gasses and even water – commodities astronauts traveling to another planet can’t just pick up along the way. Surprisingly STEM: Memory Metal Engineer https://plus.nasa.gov/video/surprisingly-stem-memory-metal-engineer/ An elephant supposedly never forgets, but apparently some metals can have a pretty good memory too! Shape memory metal engineer Othmane Benafan “trains” metal to take specific shapes when prompted. In this episode, Benafan irons out the details of how he creates alloys that can bend, stretch, and twist when heat is applied, and how this technology is turning up the heat on what’s possible for NASA missions. https://plus.nasa.gov/video/surprisingly-stem-memory-metal-engineer/