Science & Engineering
Hard tech, research breakthroughs, and the people pushing the frontier.
EP 06Lilian Krengel
Lilian Krengel: Space Traffic Management AI and Earth's Invisible Crisis
19-year-old Santa Clara freshman Lilian Krengel founded OrbitGuard AI — a real-time satellite collision prediction system — after 13 years of gymnastics, a stint arguing NATO AI policy in debate at 16, and a winter night crying, questioning whether engineering was right for her at all.
EP 04Bailley Georgieva
Who Are You Without AI? A Deep Dive into Hypersonics and Human Originality with Bailley Georgieva
Bailley Georgieva simulates Mach 10+ flight physics at MIT and evaluated startup fixes at the Defense Innovation Unit. She has a specific, grounded answer to what it means to stay original in a world that defaults to AI.
EP 02Michael Yoshimura
Still Human? The Bioengineer Building the Technology of Tomorrow
From a career-ending injury to the front lines of the AI revolution — Michael Yoshimura on the Execution Culture gap, 3D-printed healthcare, and why most great ideas die within two weeks.