Jim Pfaendtner is a chemical engineer at the University of Washington in Seattle. He joined the podcast to talk about data — the flood of it from modern experiments and simulations, the challenge of dealing with it, and its potential to transform the practice of science and engineering. Other critical topics include the Tacoma Aroma, Swiss army knives, the meaning of life, the dangers of Microsoft Excel, and SkyNet.

Show details:
• Hosted and edited by Michael Filler (@michaelfiller)
• Recorded on November 15, 2016
• Show notes are available at http://www.fillerlab.com/nanovation/archive/24
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