Moira Gunn

Raymond Kurzweil and Moira Gunn at Accelerating Change 2005

Moira Gunn is host of the radio programs Tech Nation and BioTech Nation, aired by National Public Radio. Tech Nation episodes are normally based on an interview with the author of a science or technology book. BioTech Nation is based on interviews with significant people in the field of bio-technology, as well as regular discussions with science journalist David Ewing Duncan.

Tech Nation and BioTech Nation programs are also published as podcasts by IT Conversations.

Gunn's early career included work at NASA on large-scale scientific computation and global communications, with special emphasis in infrared satellite image processing, computational fluid dynamics, and global climate and weather modeling. She also did work in robotics engineering at IBM, Morton Thiokol, United Technologies/Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed-Martin, Rolls-Royce, and the US Navy.[1]

Gunn has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an M.A. in computer science.[2]

References

Purdue University alumni page Retrieved on 2008-01-01.

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