PODCAST | Dr. Berry Goes to Washington (and Brings His AI Expertise with Him)

Every year, AAAS Congressional Fellows travel to the Hill to bring their expertise of STEM and evidence-based decision-making into the offices of senators, representatives and committees. From the outside, the Hill can feel opaque and its inner workings are hard to understand, especially to academic researchers. On this episode of Sci on the Fly, host and current fellow Mark Feuer DiTusa sits with current fellow Dr. K Joel Berry, a recently retired professor of mechanical engineering from Kettering University in Flint, to learn more about his time in Senator Mark Kelly's office, what it's like to be a scientist fellow joining a policy office, the bills he's writing, and how being in Congress in this particular moment in history speaks to him.

Host & Producer

Mark Feuer DiTusa, Ph.D., Physics
2024-2025 Congressional Fellow at the U.S. Senate
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Participant

K. Joel Berry, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
2024-2025 AI Congressional Fellow sponsored by ASME, Office of Senator Mark Kelly
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Image: Kingsley Joel Berry