Billy L. Quarles, PhD

The SloMo Guys (primarily Gav) demonstrate how a television works using cameras with a high shutter speed. Contrary to what you might assume, the image on a...

The SloMo guys release some awesome videos of fluid dynamics in slow motion. In their latest post, they use a kitana sword to cut through some water bottles...

In my experience, the biggest challenge to learning a new skill is first believing that you are capable of doing it. After accepting that you can do the tas...

Tides on the Earth move an immense amount of water on a daily (monthly) basis. As a result, vortices form as all this water has to squeeze through a narrow ...

The metric unit of mass is the kilogram and just like all your favorite superheroes, it's undergoing a reboot. This has been a path for most standard units ...

Interesting example of interview question to determine one's ability to think critically and come up with solutions. In FizzBuzz, you replace every multiple...

As a visiting professor, I was able to design and implement new labs and curriculum. One project I developed (built) was a stream table, which is a mock lan...

I wonder when (or if) we will observe meteorology on other worlds. What would be necessary to observe it? On Earth, we often associate the life giving prec...

Awesome video illuminating the trials of exoplanet science before its successes. Exoplanet science wasn't always the sexiest discipline and really gained ac...