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Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers: Mechanical Engineer

8 minutes 6 seconds

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Nate Ball uses science to develop mechanical devices that help improve life. Some of his designs push technology to its limits, like his portable, refrigerated vaccine backpack.

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Runtime: 8 minutes 6 seconds

Rear view of woman with brown hair walking with a blonde woman away from camera down a hospital hallway. Another woman with black hair wearing scrubs looks at a tall, complex shelving system with another blonde woman.
Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers
Episode 1
9 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers
Episode 2
5 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Two people walking next to rows of industrial tanks with piping and gauges. Caption: planning the scale-up of a new product.
Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers
Episode 3
6 minutes 22 seconds
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Episode 4
5 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Multiple shiny skyscrapers against a blue sky seen from below looking up.
Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers
Episode 5
7 minutes 35 seconds
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An X-ray of human ribs and a few vertebrae.
Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers
Episode 6
5 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
People in scuba gear placing and carrying metal cages at different places on the ocean floor. Caption: in various locations along the reef.
Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers
Episode 7
7 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers
Episode 8
6 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person wearing a hard hat kneeling next to a metal fence working on something. Caption: (male narrator) Tamar's area of specialty is water engineering,
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Episode 9
7 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Episode 10
6 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12