Smart Clothes Science Symposium | Radcliffe Institute

Scan-Model-Innovate-Make-Explore! This talk by Dava J. Newman presents advanced spacesuit concepts for human exploration of Mars as well as how these smart technologies can be used here on earth to enable enhanced locomotion. To learn more about the smart clothes science lecture series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, visit

00:00 Introductions by John Huth, Codirector, Science Program, Academic Ventures, Radcliffe Institute; Donner Professor of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University and Conor J. Walsh, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences 04:40 Oren Milstein, President and Chief Scientific Officer of StemRad, Inc. 30:44 Vijay Varadan, Twenty-First Century Endowed Chair in Nano- and Bio-Technologies and Medicine, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, Distinguished Professor of Biomed Engineering, and Professor of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas Medical School 55:19 Babak Parviz, Creator, Google Glass, and Affiliate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington 01:21:08 Q&A moderated by Conor J. Walsh 01:42:34 Concluding remarks by John Huth

00:00 Karen Gleason, Associate Dean of Engineering for Research Alexander and I. Michael Kasser Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 20:01 Christine Ortiz, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Dean for Graduate Education, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 47:47 Joseph K. Hitt, Program Manager, Tactical Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 01:16:25 Q&A moderated by Leia Stirling, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

00:00 Welcoming Remarks Lizabeth Cohen, Dean, Radcliffe Institute, and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University John Huth, Codirector, Science Program, Academic Ventures, Radcliffe Institute; Donner Professor of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University 08:54 Biological Ideas and Smart Materials in Biology Peter Vukusic, Associate Professor of Natural Photonics, University of Exeter Introduced by Marko Loncar, Tiantsai Lin Professor of Electrical Engineering; Faculty Associate, Center for Nanoscale Systems; Participant, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences