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In Terminal Velocity, you'll meet scientists who crash cars in
order to design safer ones, land spacecraft on surface of Mars, and
use complex machines to clean up potentially devastating distasters.
These four host researchers are the guides who explain how we use the
physics of forces and motion to make the world a better place!
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Meet the Researchers
Each year, JASON selects host researchers from NOAA, NASA, and
National Geographic. To learn more about the host researchers
featured in the Terminal Velocity curriculum, preview
the sample Meet the Researchers video. |
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Meet the Researchers
Each year, JASON selects host
researchers from NOAA, NASA, and National Geographic. To learn
more about the host researchers featured in the Terminal
Velocity curriculum, preview the sample Meet the Researchers
video. |
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Our Terminal Velocityresearchers
include: |
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Dan Sawyer
Mechanical Engineer, Precision Engineering Division, National
Institute of Standards and Technology
Host Researcher,
Expedition 1
Dan Sawyer and his coworkers use state-of-the-art
tools and techniques to ensure that scientific instruments,
measurement tools, and medical products on the market today
meet the required standards for accuracy and precision.
People can be confident in the measurements they make using
these items because of the calibrations performed in laboratories
like Dan’s. |
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Matt Brumbelow
Mechanical Engineer, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Host Researcher,
Expedition 2
At the Insurance Institute of Highway
Safety (IIHS), Matt Brumbelow uses crash test dummies –
and his knowledge of forces and motion – to understand what
happens to passengers in car crashes. Matt’s work helps
save lives by making cars safer. |
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Kobie Boykins
Mechanical Engineer, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Host Researcher, Expedition 3
At NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL), Kobie Boykins uses his knowledge physics
to help design and build robotic rovers, such as Curiosity,
which study the surfaces of other planets like Mars to determine
if these planets could sustain life. |
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Lisa Jones
Marine Biologist, NOAA
Host Researcher, Expedition 4
Lisa Jones and other scientists from the National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use simple and complex
machines as they monitor and clean up the Gulf region in
the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. |
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