Call it “frozen smoke” or “see-through insulation.” Either way, Union College aerogel could soon be used in homes across the colder reaches of North America (think New York to British Columbia).
Helen Hanson '83 is an associate professor in the Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering Department. After graduate school in Cambridge, Mass., she was a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
It may come as no surprise that a string theory researcher like Nelia Mann, who investigates the most fundamental laws of physics, turns to science fiction in her spare time.
