Dec. 1, 2015 How could a real-life BB-8 work? Wolfgang Fink is a world-renowned roboticist who engineers free-thinking Mars rovers. As an avid “Star Wars” fan, these days he’s particularly interested in BB-8 and how he might build one in real life.
Dec. 8, 2015 The Lightsaber's Energy Crisis UA Optical scientist Jason Jones explores the reasons why we don't have real-life lightsabers.
Dec. 15, 2015 For "Star Wars" Fans, Nostalgia Shapes Expectations In Jeff Greenberg’s “Social Psychology and the Cinema” class, students use movies to explore psychology. Here, he ruminates on how nostalgia for the original films might affect audiences’ expectations for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
July 21, 2016 Risk Analysis of the Death Star Thermal Exhaust Port Design Why the Death Star thermal exhaust port was "lazy, terrible design"—Roberto Furfaro, UA Space Systems Engineer, considers the Death Star’s flawed design
