Podcast "omega tau science & engineering podcast"

Wissenschaft und Technik im Kopfhoerer / Science and Engineering in your Headphones

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Markus Voelter

Nora Ludewig

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335 – Spiegelherstellung für Teleskope bei Schott

Vor über fünf Jahren hatten wir in Episode 150 über das ELT berichtet, ein gerade im Bau befindliches 39 m Teleskop mit einem Spiegel aus 798 Segmenten. In dieser Episode sprechen wir mit Thomas Westerhoff von Schott über den Herstellungsprozess dieser (und anderer) Spiegel für die Astronomie, und das dafür verwendete Material, Zerodur. Zusammen mit den nächsten Ausgabe zur Steuerung des ELT sind habe ich diese Episode auch deshalb gemacht, weil sie Teil des Buches sein wird.

Erschienen: 29.01.2020
Dauer: 1:17:46

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334 – Kriminaltechnik beim LKA Baden-Württemberg

Im November habe ich das Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart besucht um mich dort zu Kriminaltechnik schlau zu machen. Nach einer kurzen Einführung zu den Aufgaben des LKA haben wir drei Themen genauer betrachtet: Daktyloskopie (mit Hag[.

Im November habe ich das Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart besucht um mich dort zu Kriminaltechnik schlau zu machen. Nach einer kurzen Einführung zu den Aufgaben des LKA haben wir drei Themen genauer betrachtet: Daktyloskopie (mit Hagen Gunzenhauser), Waffen und Ballistik (mit Volker Schäfer) sowie DNA Analysen (mit Rasmus Förster).

Erschienen: 14.01.2020
Dauer: 2:09:57

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333 – (Flying and Simulating) The F-14 Tomcat

The F-14 Tomcat is one of the most iconic fighters, certainly among its generation. In this episode we talk with Nick Pirnia about the aircraft's development and history as well as about flying it with former pilot Okie Nance. The aircraft is also a[...]

The F-14 Tomcat is one of the most iconic fighters, certainly among its generation. In this episode we talk with Nick Pirnia about the aircraft's development and history as well as about flying it with former pilot Okie Nance. The aircraft is also available in the DCS flight simulator and the third part of this episode is a conversation with the development team from Heatblur about how to implement the F-14 in DCS; if you haven't yet, check out some of their videos, this thing looks unbelievably realistic!

Erschienen: 03.01.2020
Dauer: 4:15:28

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332 – Attribution of Extreme Weather Events

An important consequence of the warming of the planet due to climate change is that the frequency and/or severity of extreme weather events will increase. But how can we tell whether a particular event can be attributed to the changing climate? Woul[...]

An important consequence of the warming of the planet due to climate change is that the frequency and/or severity of extreme weather events will increase. But how can we tell whether a particular event can be attributed to the changing climate? Would it have happened in "normal" climate as well, and if so, how would the event have been different? This aspect of climate science is called attribution science, and the guest of this episode,

Erschienen: 22.12.2019
Dauer: 1:22:48

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331 – Samanthas Lange Reise

Als italienische ESA Astronautin war Samantha Cristoforetti von November 2014 bis Juni 2015 für 200 Tage auf der Internationalen Raumstation. In ihrem neuen Buch erzählt Samantha über ihre Ausbildung zur Astronautin und schildert einige Ihrer Eindrücke auf der Mission. Einen kleinen Teil davon erzählt sie uns in dieser Episode.

Erschienen: 12.12.2019
Dauer: 1:03:36

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330 – Parabolic Flights at AirZeroG

When I was in Bordeaux with the DLR to report about their science campaign in September, I also talked to the team from AirZeroG/Novespace about the technical and aviation aspects of parabolic flights. These interviews are in this episode. I chat wi[...]

When I was in Bordeaux with the DLR to report about their science campaign in September, I also talked to the team from AirZeroG/Novespace about the technical and aviation aspects of parabolic flights. These interviews are in this episode. I chat with Jean-François Clervoy about the history of the company, with Eric Delesalle about piloting the parabolas, with Hervé Normand about the reasons for the potential sickness, and with Nicolas Barbotin about cabin safety. At the end of the episode I also provide some details about the technical problem that prevented parabolas during my own flight with the A-310 ZeroG.

Erschienen: 29.11.2019
Dauer: 1:33:38

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329 – Forschung in Schwerelosigkeit – DLR Parabelflüge

Im September habe ich das DLR (und ungefähr 100 Wissenschaftler) bei der 34. Parabelflug-Kampagne bei Novespace/AirZeroG in Bordeaux begleitet. In dieser Episode unterhalte ich mich mit der DLR-Programmleiterin Katrin Stang, dem Astronauten Matthias[...]

Im September habe ich das DLR (und ungefähr 100 Wissenschaftler) bei der 34. Parabelflug-Kampagne bei Novespace/AirZeroG in Bordeaux begleitet. In dieser Episode unterhalte ich mich mit der DLR-Programmleiterin Katrin Stang, dem Astronauten Matthias Maurer, sowie sechs Wissenschaftler(teams) aus den Gebieten Biologie & Medizin, Physik, Materialwissenschaften und Enginering/Robotik. In der nächsten Episode besprechen wir die fliegerischen Aspekte der Parabelfliegerei.

Erschienen: 25.11.2019
Dauer: 3:41:22

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328 – Flying the P-3 Orion (and some other aircraft)

Marija Jovanovich is a pilot for the Royal Australian Air Force where she has been flying the P-3 Orion. We discuss the aircraft, the missions, and some anecdotes. Marija then also attended the USAF Experimental Test Pilot School, and we talk a bit [...]

Marija Jovanovich is a pilot for the Royal Australian Air Force where she has been flying the P-3 Orion. We discuss the aircraft, the missions, and some anecdotes. Marija then also attended the USAF Experimental Test Pilot School, and we talk a bit about the experience of flying a wide range of different aircraft.

Erschienen: 12.11.2019
Dauer: 2:15:18

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327 – Das Radioteleskop Effelsberg

Im August war ich in der Eifel und habe dort das 100m-Radioteleskop in Effelsberg besucht. Mit meinem Gast(geber) Norbert Junkes spreche ich über Konstruktion, Funktionsweise und Einbindung in VLBI-Interferometer.

Erschienen: 01.11.2019
Dauer: 1:24:52

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326 – Weather Forecasting at the ECMWF

Earlier this year I visited the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, a European organization that produces global weather forecasts and performs research on how to improve those. The episode has three parts. First, Hilda Carr gives us[...]

Earlier this year I visited the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, a European organization that produces global weather forecasts and performs research on how to improve those. The episode has three parts. First, Hilda Carr gives us an overview of the organization, its purpose and its history. Then I talk with Peter Bauer about weather and climate modeling and about encoding these models efficiently in software programs that run on supercomputers. Part three is a conversation with Tony McNally about where the ECMWF gets its data and how it is continuously fed into the "running" model.

Erschienen: 19.10.2019
Dauer: 3:05:25

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