In our Extreme Engineering series, former NASA astronaut Professor Michael Massimino joins Eitan Grinspun in the Computer Graphics lab to take a look at extremely creative computing. Extreme Engineering, Eitan Grinspun, Computer Graphics, Columbia Engineering, animation, simulation, Moana, Jungle Book, Disney, calculus of variations, geometry

Kartik Chandran engineers bacteria to transform waste into resources. In this latest installment of Columbia Engineering's Extreme Engineering video series, Mechanical Engineering Professor and former NASA astronaut Michael J. Massimino takes the viewer on an inside tour of MacArthur winner and Environmental Engineering Professor Kartik Chandran's lab to see how bacteria are disrupting how we approach waste.

Michael J. Massimino, professor of Mechanical Engineering and former NASA astronaut, explains the Extreme Engineering initiative at at Columbia Engineering

As a former NASA astronaut, mechanical engineering professor Mike Massimino is an authority in Extreme Engineering. In the first in the series, he delves into the future of digital health with Biomedical Engineering professor Sam Sia. Together they explore how to couple a smart phone with Sia's lab-on-a-chip to empower patients worldwide.